Show MANTI TEMPLE prophecies concerning the selection of its ita site and a Kne succinct description of et tho manifestations seen at its Dedica dedication tibia the following statement appears in the millennial star ot of august I 1 being a correspondence from one of the brethren laboring in mantl mand temple and addressed to president george teasdale many of the facts presented in it have been given in these columns in detached form bat the shape in which thy now appear renders them specially interesting no doubt you yon have heard from the breth brethren reir of your quorum of the rood good times experienced in the dedication of this temple and of the enjoyable enjo lable times of the and of may at the serviced held here enclosed you will find a register of the daily lator from the opening to the end of june jane you will perceive the gradual increase of work and our prospects are bright for future babonn in redeeming the dead already over have been baptized for in the st george and logan legan temples demples Lem ples up HP to may 1 1883 1 I know this fact to la interesting to you feeling as you do the great benefit that is derived from this labor aird the results that proceed but since my labors here I 1 have been writing up the dedicatory services and in addition thereto have gathea sat berea some very interesting items fertaw pertaining g to this holy mountain moan tain of the lord and I 1 feel to give some of them to you in an in early day when president youba and party were making toe location of a settlement bett lement here president debt heber C kimball acied that the day would come when a temple would be built on this hill bill some disbelieved and doubted the possibility of oven even making a settlement here brotter brother kimball said well it will be so and more than that the rock will be quarried from that hill to build it with and some of tile the stone from that quarry will be taken to kelp help complete the salt lake temple on july 28 two large stones weighing respectively ively and pounds were taken from the mantl stone quarry hauled beeam to york the U C J B R B R ter terminus minad then and shipped to salt lake city to be used for the tablets in the cs east and west ends of the salt lake city temple yon no doubt nave seen them and know brother ll ebers prophecy has aas been literally fulfilled at a conference held in ephraim Ephr alm I 1 jane ta 1875 nearly all toe the speakers expressed their feel ings to have a temple billt in San petee county and grau their views as to what point and ana where to build it and to show the he union that existed elders eiders daniel bantel H wells sll a 0 mantl 1 george Q cannon brigham brixham Brix hain young jr john taylor orson hyde erastus show 9 franklin D richards lorenzo yo young and A M musser said mantl manti stone quarry I 1 havel given the names in the order in which they spoke at 4 pm that day president brigham youn young said the temple should be built og on mantl I 1 early na r I 1 on the morning of april 2 president brigham young aelrid brother warren 8 to go wit i him to the temple hill brother goow snow ilava we two were alone president ot young took toe me to the spot where the temple was to stand we went to the southeast corner and president young sald said here to is the pot plot where the prophet moroni stood and dedicated tuis lna piece of land for a temple site eite aad loaf to is the rea son wa why the location w made here and we cant canet move it from this spot and if you and I 1 are the ony only persons that come here at blab nou noa no a today we will dedicate this grousd groua 1 1 you no doubt kave have taken a lively Ini interest erest in the ev evenio ats tuat have attended the building ut of this temple until its completion and rich ai bw W of the spirit of gid gad luat at was wai poured doured out upon the t and bearers st at it its dedicatory services will be things ions TO le be remembered there were many manifestations of gods goda power and pleasure aseen and beard on those memorably days the foll following dwing to were casually obtained on the ri t of mav alay before toe opening ex cociu brother A C amith the chorister ebor later heated himself h at tat af organ and a ad rend ered a viege piece of sacred ic belec ion from at OU conclusion of which 1 pera oo lian the ibe jentre centre of the t e hall ball araj also albu on OB the stand at attebe the west eld beard most I 1 heavenly voices aad it sounded to them most moat aia aag g kc aud appeared to be behind and sod they faey their beach in thu the sound woud erles it if iacre was another choir in acuto ot part of the temple the follow i croo yr oo out wt vo DO dolbt miny more moie iffa it t ew heard tatt singia gand abid vole v A my y 4 freeli free salt lake maiji ala aw shipp salt lata cna cit culbert Culli elt king marion ward garfield county M B shipp silt salt lake city christina wit wil lard landsom lar daom som ephraim Ep braim president john D DT T mcallister st georgi wm H folsom manti amelia P F young silt salt like lake city elizabeth Folsom Salt lake cuy city sarah A petersen ephraim henry beal ephraim peter madsen brigham igbani Br city henry fleury gardner salt lake city and edwin Lehi 11 A bright halo of light was seen by a number ot of persons over and around the heads beads of the following speakers vie lorenzo snow jacob Gates Robt Tam john henry smith smita francis franci at lyman liman john W taylor Tay lorand and al A M cannon brother canute W petersen of ephraim Ephr aira observed this halo around the heads of ef all the speakers while the dedicatory prayer was being offered by brother lorenzo snow near the middle of the prayer during daring a pause the words hallelujah hallel hallelujah u the lord be praised was uttered by a voice is in a very soft melodious tone heard by brother lewis anderson one of our assistant recorders here on the ot of may when brother john W taylor wa waa speaking a bright halo surrounded him and iu in that halo the personages of presidents brigham young john taylor and a third per conage whom a she e believed to be the prophet joseph were seen by sister emma G bull ball of salt lake city also the personage of brother jedediah M grant was seen by her standing by his son brother lieber heber J grant looking towards him while he was speaking they were surrounded bys by a bright alie halo sister jane S Rie richards bards wife of brother franklin D saw five personages but she could not tell who they were A braht halo was seen by sisters eroma emma G bull ellen B matheny and elizbeth elizabeth H shipp around brothers johnhenry john henry Heury smith and francis M lyman while they were speaking on the the singing and voices boyses were heard beard by a bumber of the members of the choir and the halo of licht was seen around brothers john W taylor and heber J grant by sisters amelia F young and elizabeth folsom I 1 was sitting at the foot of the east stand taking notes of the services I 1 looked up while brother heber J grant was speaking and saw sav a bright halo surrounding him which swayed to and ana fro as he moved his hia body I 1 laid down my pencil and gazed steadily at him aim tor for a tew lew moments sister writes me the following under date ot may 23 1888 our beautiful temple has been dedicated to the lord the long antici time has come and gone how my heart swelled and beat with gratitude as I 1 entered its holy walls and took my seat in front of the stand the many manifestations of the holy spirit that I 1 saw and heard will never no never be forgotten when apostle lorenzo snow arose a beautiful heavenly light enveloped his head and shoulders he looked aug angelic elic in the same manner did toe the holy spirit fall on brothers wells lyman grant and others that I 1 did not know their names aames particularly was the spirit made manifest through apostle john W taylor IV ahen hen he first arose to speak the same light surrounded him as it others other then a bright light b righter brighter t then e n the noonday surrounded b him I 1 fro from the tips of toe the fingerson fingers on t he rig it A hand and up the arm over the h head ea an and shoulders and down the left arm i it was a bright v light a and d stood out from three to five inches wide and the rays from the light formed a halo of milky white light all around him there was also a column of light re beeding obliquely from the back of his head toward the cei ceiling liag it appeared like a beautiful bright iun sunbeam beam his bis form was reflected on the wall behind like the oui sunlight alight pouring into a closed room through a window and when he was relating his vision at his bis fathers deathbed there were two other bright reflect loce on the wall I 1 saw not the substance but the bright reflections were there and aud appeared to be reclining toward boward him in fact he appeared to be trafis transformed formed into a heavenly being and it did not leave him when he be took his seat or removed about th abe stand estand I 1 asked ISla sister tir squire who sat beside me it she saw it she said she saw the cloud of white vapor but not the bright when apostle apostal e lyman was speak lax I 1 heard strains of heavenly music coming f from rom above 1 sometimes soft sometimes loader louder as thrush it might be a choir with musio music hafting wafting to and fro in air these mant mani fe stations I 1 saw and heard beard during the dedicatory services wednesday may 23 1 now my mv dear broth eryou can realize to the f full all the great and rich blessings that were werd poured out upon us here ana aaa that full free flow flew of the spirit of god has been with us na ever since and aad I 1 trust may always remain here |