Show TIIE THE LOGAN dedication T I 1 C BY SPECIAL grecial TO THE DEST ERE eret N NEWS r theofan The ogan temple tempie e was dedicated this morning with appropriate services bervic es the doors were ivere opened nt at ten and closed at half past ten the services commenced at fifteen fit teen minutes to eleven no one was admitted without vit hout a ticket about 1400 persons were present thel presiding priesthood were seated according to their respective callings the biel on the east cast the aaronie on the west the great hall is chaste and beautiful f ua being pure une ane white with the exception of t the I 1 e upholstery work on the pulpits p u 1 I 1 its 1 and the gold initials thereon lie 1 the 1 service commenced by the singing of the temple dedication hymn hyma by the logan choir president taylor then offered the following dedicatory prayer 0 god the eternal father the creator of all things visible and invisible the author of our existence the loa lor lord and giver of life ilfe I 1 we approach rhee as thou hast bast directed in the name namer of thy well beloved son conj jesus esus christ our savior and redeemer and sa say conr gour father who art in heaven hadl hadi hallowed owed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaten 11 we acknowledge led e thy power we bow to thy authority and reverence thy holy name we 0 god a few of thy creatures according to thine instructions ana and in obedience to thy lawand thy word have built this house unto thee which was contemplated and designed designedly design edby bf thy servant brigham that it maybe may be a house bouse of order a house of prayer a place ac acceptable to thee I 1 and wherein we can worship thee with thy will thy law and the principles which thou thon hast bast revealed andhor and for lor the manifestation of thy will wiil and the teaching and administration nances bances I 1 and the people 6 in all principles of 0 science aw BA 4 intel intelligence lil ili ence pertaining to this life and the lives that are to come it hath pleased thee 0 lord god our heavenly father to reveal thyself in our day and to make known unto us through ugh thy servant joseph by the manifestation of thyself and thy well beloved son jesus christ our savior and Redeemer by thine appearing unto him hina that thou still livest b bv y the opening of the heavens by the brightness of thine appearance and by thine own voice thou hast manifested thyself unto him and pointing also to our klor glorious lous ious deemer redeemer Ke who was present with thee declared him to bo ba thy well weli beloved son in whom thou wast was wll wil pleased and commanded I vant joseph to hear him thou hast also been pleased through him aud awad through the holy priesthood 1 which have llave lived on the earth and still exist in the heavens to restore the ei everlasting gospel in its falness ful ness rich ness power olver and glory with the holy priesthood and the tho keys thereof and pertaining thereunto together with the dispensation of tile the f ulness of times spoken of by all the holy prophets since sinice the world was which our forefathers have waited to bs be revealed that we vye as well as th thy servant joseph might inight ba aff put in possession 0 of f the knowledg knowledge e of Thyself and of thy law through tre the poster of the holy priesthood ard and the everlasting ting gospel which brings life and immortality to light and opens a communication between the heavens and the earth and through which as thou hast stated god shall give unto you the the tho saints a knowledge by ills liis holy spirit yea by the unspeakable rift gift of the holy ghost that has lits not been revealed since the world was until now thou command thy servant joseph in the land of ohio to build a house unto thee saying organize rg anize yourselves prepare every needful tiling and d establish a house even a th h house U N of prayer a house of fasting a libuse house of faith a house of learning a house of glory a house of order a house hodge of god and when this house was completed thou manifest thyself to thy servant joseph to oliver oiiver cowdery and to others of the priesthood and in the brightness of thy glory reveal unto nim mm exceedingly cee great and precious principles an and T thou send also thine ari arl ancient clent servant moses Koses who formerly gathered thy people israel from the land of E egypt apt 0 commit the keys of th the e gathering g of I 1 atter day israel and a also aiso r so elias who committed the dispensation of the gospel of abraham and also elijah the prophet to whom was committed the keys of the dispensation sensation ensa tion spoken of by which was to turn the heart of the fathers to the children and th the heart of the children to their fathers and thou then introduce a reparatory preparatory work as associated with the te washings and an oln oin tings of thy people thou also command thy servant joseph to build a house at nauvoo wherein further developments of the holy priesthood might be introduced saying for there is not a place aglace f found on earth that 11 he may come and restore that which was lost unto you or which he hath taken away even the falness of the priesthood for a baptismal font there Is not upon the earth that they my saints may be baptized for those who are dead As it is written therefore verily I 1 say unto you that your anoint ings and your washings and your baptisms for the dead am and your solemn assemblies and your memorials for your sacrifices by the sons of lavi levi and for your oracles I 1 in M your most holy places wherein you receive conversations and me your ur statutes and judgments for the beginning ginning of the revelations and foundation of zion and for the glory honor and endowment of all lier her pals pais als ais are arc ordained by the ordinance of my iny holy house holise which my people are akl aki always i ays commanded to build unto my holy name 11 this house was commenced by thy servant joseph and completed by thy servant brigham and the twelve and in it were revealed mt many great and precious principles and ordinances ices which had previously been communicated to a chosen few before thy servant josephs death and as thou give lve ive l lye a standing domman commandment dment that thy people were always to build houses unto thy holy name when thy people came came here unto this land even the land of zion thy servant brigham according to this commandment and ang thy manifest manifestations unto him did build a house in st george in this territory wherein many precious principles have been de developed V eloped and much labor libor performed according to thy holy ordinances in the interests of the living and the dead io so ly we L have now completed this another house which we this day dedicate and aud consecrate unto thee that we may be further prepared to carry out thy will to administer in thine ordinances din ances to purify and instruct thy church and to build buildup up and establish thy zion on the earth which thou nast hast decreed should be boe accomplished in lri the dispensation of the falness of times we feel 0 lord god our 0 weakness and unworthiness before thee and our inability to do anything without thy guidance and assistance put rui as thou hast bast given us a command ant in common with others we have bab bam built this house and present it to thee and nd pray that thou wilt accept it ili in them edme of thy son jesus christ our lord lora and redeemer we dedicate the ground on which it Is built as also by bv which it is surrounded known as thic thee temple block we dedicate the foundation it rests the stones the myrtir fortar nor tar the doors the stairs thor the windows the floors the tho fastenings the callings ceilings and roof the painting and ornamentation the stands for the holy priesthood the baptismal font and the various rooms associated therewith and also all the rooms for the performance of ordinances and the various purposes for which they are designed the heating apparatus and the f furniture urn iture and everything therein from the foundation to tg the towers thereof unto thee tile the I 1 lord our god that it may be a place most holy wherein thine ordinances I 1 may be performed and thy priesthood administer according to thy holy hoir law and in accordance with thy wa will wili holf and purposes pertaining to the tha human family fon eon thou 0 god hast brila brola ined the principles which have been developed for the blessing 1 salvation and exaltation ex action of the hum human a n race and hast appointed appo cited thy holy ordinances for the tiie endowment of thy holy priesthood and in the interests of the living livin and the dead that thy servants may go forth to the nations of the earth endowed with power from on oll high and bear a message of salvation even as thy messengers to all the family of adam according to thy word and that th thy people may be prepared through tle tie the ordinances of thine house to therit inherit thrones principalities pali ties powers dominions and exaltations in the eternal worlds and also that thy purposes pertaining to the redemption ol of the dead maybe may be carried out strictly in accordance with thy law that in this thy holy house thine ordinances may be berf performed ormed in the interest of those who have died without a knowledge of the gospel and that thy servants and handmaidens hand maidens who may officiate in thy holy ordinances therein may thus become saviors mount zion even according to the words of thine ancient servant malachi wherein wrier wiLer eln ein he stated that it was necessary that the hearts of the fathers should be tur turned neato to the children and the hearts of the children to the f fathers and that according to late later r revelations a we welding weiding laing connecting link might bind together the tile living and the lead dead in f fraternal ra and patriarchal relations lat lOns ions according to the holy order which exists with the gods and a bond of union and fellowship be brought about between the heavens and the eartle for thou hast said that they without V us cannot be made perfect and that we vye without them cannot be made perfect we vve pray thee therefore 0 god that those who officiate here may act prudently wisely and intelligently with purity virtue and honor before thee the and perform their duties acceptably in this thy temple on the earth and we vye also pray thee 0 eather father that thy priesthood may be assisted by thy holy priesthood in the heavens that priesthood which is after the order berof of the son of god after the order of Melch isedee and after the power of an endless life which administers in time and eternity to impart unto us by thy by direction anc and accor according ing to thy y will lill a co correct act knowledge of a all ali I 1 la laws s rites and or ordinances ances and direction how 0 to ad administer inister and to whom to administer that there may maybe be a perfect union and harmony it we are counted worthy between the priesthood on the e earth and the PrIest priesthood hoodin in the heavens and that thou teach us thy will and thy law and thine ordinances din ances more fully and completely and reveal unto us the abundance 0 of truth hand and inte lute intelligence associated with the interests of tile the living and the dead that knowl knowing ng th thy y will we may do thy will on ea earth rth a as s it is done in heaven andas and as thou hast said among other things pertaining to thine house that in it we were to seek diligently and teach one another of wisdom yea seek ye out of the best boors books books words of wisdom se seek ek learning by study and also by faith and thou hast f urther further instructed us to become 3 acquainted with all good books and with languages tongues and people and obtain a knowledge of nations kingdoms governments and laws and nna thou bast hast declared that there is a time to come como in which nothing shall be withheld whether there be one god or many gods they shall be manifest 2 ali all thrones and dominions principalities el pali ties and powers shall be revealed and set forth upon all who have endured valiantly for the gospel of jesus christ ard and und also it if there be bounds set to the heavens or to the seas or to the dry land or to the sun suu moon or stars I 1 all the times of their revolutions all the appointed days months and Y years ears cars anu and all the days of their days months months and years and all their glories I 1 le s laws and set times shall be revealed e dianthe din inthe the days of the tho dispensation of t the he f ulness of times 1 I according to that which was ordained in the midst of the council of the eternal god of all other gods before this world was that should be reserved unto the finishing and the end thereof when every man shall enter into his eternal presence and into his immortal rest and as all wisdom dwells with thee and as all light truth and intelli intelligence ence it flows ow q from thee theer we humbly se seek k unto T thee hee for thy blessing to rest upon this house that it may be indeed a house of learning under thy guidance direction and inspiration and as thou ordain the laws of the universe and art the creator and Sus sustainer talner ner ncr of worlds and the regulator of their times and seasons we ask that in this house a more full knowledge of thee and thy laws lawa may he be developed and that those things bathy by thy servant jose joseph joserh h may mayd mayo legin egin to be mader made manifest IQ we therefore pray thee to lo grant that when thy people draw nigh unto thee in the holy order that thou thor ikast hast ap tip api i pointed and revealed that thou wilt near hear their prayers and look with favor upon their supplications ions which are made in accordance with thy word and thy will and thy law and if we are accounted worthy and it Is I 1 li w accordance cor dance with thy will and and not incompatible with the holy 0 order which exists among the gods and that thou hast bast ordained we pray thee that thy presence may be with us we pray also that the presence of thy son jesus christ our savior kavior may be here and that the holy ghost the comforter may be our guide gulde ulde nide and instructor tor and that thine angels may be permitted to visit this holy habitation and communicate with thy priesthood in the interests of the livins living and the dead we also pray thee as thou hast revealed unto us many things to give live us a more clear kno knowledge cledge of the te estial terrestrial and celestial glorie sand the tile laws regulations and bounds by which they are arc governed and the duties and responsibilities connected with each that we may be enabled more fully to cum comprehend our duties responsibilities and obligations pertaining to all men in the various conditions and associations of life and connected also with this nation and other nations of the world that we may be enabled to act justly prudently righteously and intelligently in all tile the various relations of life pertaining to social religious political and other mer duties devolving upon us and that we may com comprehend compres pree end always fully the relationship that we sustain to this nation n t to t 0 other nations and to the world r ion lon d generally imer alIv in which we live and understand mare more perfectly our res responsibilities on ties to the tho living and the dead leai leas to the wicked and corrupt to the honor able and upright amon among men to thee oun our heavenly vather father to jesus the mediator of ike lie the new covenant to the ancient of days and to the different orders quo quorums rums arums and organizations of the holy priesthood and to our brethren generally in this the land ot of zion we ask thee to bless the nation in which we live and the rulers thereof for we vye are persuaded 0 lord that 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