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Show ': :' - ,- ,' ,.; i,,,- 7 177:!!'-' -.- ',.:;',,.'fr,',', ,, '.,',. ,, .,,, - - ,,,-- Asitrd,,A,...t ai,,,,,,,,ii,,'AjLio,.,.vv,,zw,,,,,,, -- ,..,,.,, ,,,,,,d.e,t,,,,...,,,,,,,.,,,,ti,,;,,t,,t,,,,o,..; ,,,,,,,3,4,,,vd.,,,...1.t, u,..,,,,,,,,,,24a.,,e,,,,,i,,,,,,,o,..2:,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , ','":,,:,' i,'. ,'f' ,. . .. ,. I ,4; N1 MESA, ARIZ, 1 the visitors Tempe Mission has many niiire referrals to call upon as a result of the :IA i!ona Temtet open house March 17 to April '3. Mission Pres. Oscar W. McCookie Jr, repo:-iP15,719 nonmembers siimed referral cards :iiter tourni The Arizona ,;4, - !: Referrals Rise As Visitors Tour Temple , rk,::11 ' ..., 1;,:,.: sr.-- V- a - Ap ,,,,.',?dik first dedicated in :.)27 ministers of other LI 161 total (if 2ott,000 special pamphlets, printed for the occasion, were distributed to the visitiors, along with it;o,oitit other pamphlets. Four thou.i;and copies of the Mormon also were dispensed by the olittinaries at the temple eNit and in the visitors A the tens. who "In addition, many Church mem-hernou ate the visit to temple nonmember friends ilio missionaries to the referrals new bringing said. McConkie teach them." Pres He reported that 205,243 visitors ere tallied duri1 the reopening to the public which followed a remodeling and expansion of the temple. 1 tI ri ti missionailes reported that Scottsdale Stithe now ha,s such a healthy stack of e rcterrak. as 1 result of the open house, that iiike inisionarics will require many months to ,2, ,A included If's i full-tim- ,,!111,ict t.i;e:11 191 - p,:""'''',;:.ij-t'd,"'',...rlef,ti;::".., , . .44-11- 1 . .' 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' s N.,:-- ; ,- ,...k ::. .:.-f;,:,::::- ,Y ";,,,: r , ?ll'::,-- :: T,o, e , -- ,, ,'?;i5,4: Domingo Pedraza and Bishop Robert Rodriguez. drove for many hours. vi , $,..,44:;,,,1, ,:4, -- 1 , .; , 4 ; ; !i ,.:C-,,- ,,-3:'- : - ,:it 7!r f t.:i t ,,A : 1 Dedication: Sacred Pri iIege , "Chance of a lifetime;' 'wonderful;" "spiritual feast," These are the words us,ed to describe the rededication of the Arizona Temple. i 4 , s : : : : I ,..t 11. , , k r-- 0 J1 7, 'T ps, 1 "I had faith that we would make it safely," he said. it is a marvelous occasion to see the prophet and be in the temple. I feel like this temple is spcin,i for the Lamanites," "We love to go to the temple, and this is a chance of a lifetime to be at the rededication. Truly a spiritual oilierence," was the comment of Erin Milligan, Sierra Vista, Ariz,, who traveled 350 miles to attend. "It is the greatest privilege we could have," said Junius Hansen, of Mesa, Ariz. "It is one of the finest spiritual experiences I have ever had. "I attended the dedication 48 ago when President Heber J. Grant was here. It was an outside meeting with special occasion." Eva Houghton, a convert of 0 years and a native of England, said, "It was Wondorl ut The Spirit ef the Lord was present. President Kimball's talk aud all the speakers were wonderful. I heard Elder Hugh B. Brown speak 40 years ago in England. It was wonderful, this Church is wonderful because it has all the at ,wer-6- The longer I hve the eetiel the Church becomes to me." loudspeakers broadcasting the talks." "I just lived a few blocks from the temple when it vas dedicated,- said Elder Delbert L. Stapley, of the Council of the Twelve, as he visited with friends outside the temple. "I was a guide before the dedication, though there were not so many people who visited the temple then as there wai; recently. "The temple was isolated, with only a few homes in the area, ''The rededication is an historic first," Elder Stapley said. Domingo Pedraza and his shop, Shields, Phoc Ariz., played the organ for the oreinni. session. planned it so that when President Kiml)all came into the room, I would play I ain a Child of God,' it was a wiec in a hictinte experience. One I he things that wade it so special is that my grzinillather, Harry F Payne, was president of the Ari;ona Temple. -- 'Rodriguez, drove for IS hours from San Antonio, Tex., to attend the ' t '440.;:14: rovii v '.' nal rededication. tri1 , .stle,-,- o CHURCH WEEK ENDING AM. hat C, 97 5 Prc,lidont Kiinba!I has knor;n both nal and Ilia! inal inal (mr tikr 1na,1 t1 i. File Theft, titnple t iII Viallor Harm,. !!, ;he k tpri oi KII Ariz tzri:,Ztit nix how milh a taw. I h,o tIIL 'I'cRiay I ot the iol:Fri iron) ti.) It - t iorkoti up 1,0 ,pca1c is it a f.int.a,t!ti Len Nottnn,t, compiiro.Ei cillue vie hen ye aat con..irctiation -- Corbin. tad piI the h!TP 1,nip. hy,,ir vco7,-.- It him 111L9I Lih ,.;,:q!leril.11 in:- - ,Aitt, drio.,t, t,';th,c, oi th; tkrr.pi, -- IL' This is tho .) II "1 t Nt'k' S:1,1 stdem lap nt,I tio op I t,,,,,4 11 Peter and Nancy "I was so linpressed with the celestial loom that I said, It looks like God's living room. I could feel comfortahle here and 1 want to come back,'" said Peter. Brother Smith called the Arizona I nip mis,ion headquarters and arranged for Elder Warren Thomas Kethe II , cnnvert. frnin Ecllevie,,. , Wash., to upon the Elaines and give them the tessons. A stake missionary accom:mnied him for each visit. The lirst lesson, dealing with Joseph Smith's story, so impressed Peter that he inquired what the next baptismal ftite was. At the second lesson, Elder Kellie was impressed to ask Mrs. Blaine for a shopping bag. When she brought it, Elder Kellie and his companion had the Blaines deposit their cigarettes, liquor, ecifee and religious medals and rosary in the bag. Elder Kellie took the bag with him and the Mantes have observed the Word of Wisdom strictly since. For the third lesson, April 3, Elder Kellie took the couple to the Arizona Temple and discussed commandments. At the edge of the reflecting pool, and with the scent of orange and grapefruit blossoms and the background of moon and stars, he told of the three kingdoms to heaven. This was on the last day of the temple iipen house. The Blaines joined the tour in the next-to-lagroup They met Arizona Temple Pres. C. Bryant Whiting at the end of the tour. Pres Whiting told the Blaines to contact their ward bishop, N. Carl Tenney of the Phoenix 14th Ward. Phoenix Arizona East Stake, inn 12, ''lk,'Lliately after their baptism April pertickets Pishop Tenney gave them mitting them to participate in the dalicatory services April 16. Peter and Nancy Blaine have promised themselves that they will return to he temple in a year to have their to marriage sealed for eternity and have their (laughter Rabin, now inonths old, sealed to them. st TAO La Veil lkirico;.itc..ii:,1 Sister Gordon ;Hobert S, 0.- Lehi Zuniga, El Paso, Tex., said, "I took the bus for It) hours so I could see the prophet and he in the house of the Lord. This is a very Spanish-speakin- co,ni.e slr.g wnh thr choir lae Spirit of 1 qV' Blame, i.vere taken In the temple open house by t v id W. Sm il h. They had to wait in line or I '2 hoitcs twforc entering. e !..E.,.1 S. BARKER rhorlfix roan and his wife were so impressed when they viewed the Arizona Temple Marth ..l the first day of the rccent public viewing, that they took the missionary lessons, were baptized and attended dedicatory services April 16. , ,: ! . A - 1 :. F.' 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