| Show SPREADING AN INFLUENCE afiz tn student of human nature in its individual or communal aspects might find and much food lor for profitable reflection in an In investigation vesti stion of the effects of temple building and temple work upon such members of the church as take an active part therein so no matter what night might n ight be the religious views of the investigator vesti gator were he to pursue his examination far enough and in a manner that would disclose the facts he would see that the influence of temples among the latter day saints is marked and in every way beneficent this la Is particularly true trite of the educational cat ional tendency of those institutions as is shown among the persons who have formed the classes or audiences before whom the lectures in the lo 10 logan an temple have been delivered thein the individuals divi duals who have enjoyed the privilege of listen log tag to these interesting and instructive discourses show in theirl subsequent conduct and conversation that they have acquired new conceptions of life and its objects loftier and more enlarged than any they had previously entertained they understand better the purposes had ir view in the creation of this world and the laws upon which their happiness in it both boch before and after its re demotion demp tion are predicated the result of the intelligence intelli nence which to Is communicated to the saints by the educational exercises and influences q of their temples is to enlarge their sympathies for each other and for all mankind cathles to increase love and charity among them to rell refine ne and discipline their minds and aad make them in every way better purer and happier and consequently more elevated in the scale of being effects of this character are so pal bably manifested by the students in and frequenters of the two temples now la in use by the saints at st george and logan respectively that the purpose had to la view in their erection requires no further vindication to full fully y justify it the benefits which the living receive in them repays in a manifold mannor manner their cost OmItt omitting lug all reference to the blessings resulting to the dead temple building and the labors ed and aad otherwise performed within those edifices will yet prove among the most powerful of all the agencies that will operate in vindicate ng the motives and lives of the lat tor lr may atay salute saints their unselfish generosity in contributing large sums for the erection of Temple sand toe the eaker eager jaw aesa with wita which various various classes among oem both young and old devote much time and means for the purpose of par la in the exercises and educational advantages connected with the sacred structures prove that t the lie motives which actuate the Sait ittin temple work are pure pare lotty lofty and commendable |
