Show dedication OF THE TEMPLE AT MANTI I 1 I 1 IT has been decided to dedicate the manti temple OR on MONDAY MAY 21 1888 the dedicatory services wil commence at 10 am the quarterly conference of the I 1 sanpete stake will be held on saturday and sunday the and of may it may be necessary to continue the service of dedication more than one day this will depend upon the number of persons who may be present and who may mav desire to witness and take part in the p proceedings ro ce edings at logan the number of persons present was so great that it required three days services to enable all who desired to be present to get admission to the temple the facilities for reaching manti are not so hood good as they were tor for beach reaching logan the utah central railroad runs from the north and south to nephi at that point the abe sanpete valley railroad connects with it and reaches into sanpete as far as chester a distance of about fifteen miles from manti prom from this point conveyance will necessarily be by teams while it is desirable that all the 0 officers fal and members of the church who cin can possibly be present at the dedication should be three still it will be necessary for all who go to make their own arrangements for or transportation from chester to manti and also for their entertainment while there either at manti or some of the abe adjacent settlements the accommodations at mantl manti are limited buton but on such an occasion as this no doubt everything will be done that is possible by the residents to make the visitors comfortable for and to furnish th the necessary entertainment by addressing letters to the presidency of the sanpete stake president canute peterson and his bis counselors henry beal and john B malben maiben or to superintendent in william H HF folsom of the manti temple arrangements doubtless can be made by visitors both for transportation and accommodation admission to the dedication services will be by ticket these tickets will be given to the presidents of stakes and la in their absence to their counselors or the bishops and by them will be distributed to the members of their stakes and wards who are in good standing it will be well for the members who desire to go to manti on this occasion to ascertain beforehand whether the presidency of the stake or the bishop and counselors of the ward to which they belong will be at the dedication services for if none of these should be present they ought to provide themselves before leaving home with letter of recommendation so that they the y may be admitted to the temple without question special rates on the railroads will be made to all persons going to and returning from manti on this occasion WILFORD WOODRUFF on behalf of the council of the apostles |