Show SALT LAKE TEMPLE WORK president lorenzo from A notice snow in reference to the regulation of the sacred work performed in the salt bait lake temple appears in this issue all who are interested la in the subject ought to pay due attention to the statements and requests talt it embodies we understand that the numbers of saints who have been recently admitted to the temple to work in behalf of the dead have largely exceeded excie ded the proportions intended and that have been deem ad judicious by president woodruff overcrowding over crowding avoided when especially should be work of a sacred character la in performed otherwise the solemnity solemnity which ought attached to it is liable to to be always be depreciated those engaged in it i under conditions should not be placed tending toward physical discomfort which super induces mental perturbs per bior noi no situation should exist which would detract from the serene spirit the house of the lord which pervades those to whom the suggestions con talked in the notice from brother snow apply should promptly act upon them that the inconvenience referred obviated in future to may be the doctrine of preparation is con with every undertaking human odivine or it IB specially im m portent in its if application to labor as that which the so a latter day saints are performing in behalf of boyhe the deadam well as that which they do for themselves every led ird who purposes entering the temple Temp templeton leTor for an object so holy ought to sentiment and desire every te be free from not godlike there should that is of a nature that also be a preparation pre will lead to the work being done intelligently gret great care should be record of those taken in having the for whom ordinance work is to be done carefully compiled and written out on blank ehrets no one should RO go to the house of the lord trusting to te his memory those who are unable on this subject to do this writing themselves vei should have some competent person perform U for them the principal genealogies genealogical information 8 required concerning the dead for whom the labor is to be performed is ie the date of birth and where born town county and country also the date of death in oases cases where the exact information can cannot not be bad about the dates can be stated the leading object of the record is the identification of the persons for whom the work to done it will be seen from this fact alone that it I 1 is of vital importance to have it as an nearly correct as possible the prophet joseph smith in elucidating the subject of salvation for the i dead atta attached ebed great weight to the keeping of records and seeing that they are correct in every detail the salt bait lake temple has distributed tri buted blanks to enable the people to write down the main points of information r required quiren previous to presenting themselves for ordinance work these same sheets are also for sale at this office at a nominal figure those who purpose doing work in the temple should not fall fail to procure them and thus save themselves and the recorders a great amount of trouble not to say eay perplexity the preaching of the gospel of christ to the dead to is in constant progress and preparations are being rapidly forwarded in the spirit world behind the veil for the coming to earth of the lord jesus jebus christ whom when the righteous shall be raised from the dead this laboroi labor of redemption will continue until the great mass massof of the human family are saved and jesus shall hall have conquered death hell and the grave hence the labor for the dead in which the cattar day saints are engaged in the holy temples they have reared to the name of the most high has haa barely begun those who now perform this god given labor should so operate that it may be continued by their children after they themselves have left the scenes of mortality this cannot well bedone be done unless each individual or family shall keep a correct private record of the work performed to enable the saints to do record books have been in existence for a considerable time one of a specially simple description has lately been prepared in to avoid forming the book into se separate larate divisions to admit of the recording of different classes of ordinance work all that is not deemed essential for a private record has been eliminated from the headings in this way the record of all ordinance work can be placed opposite each listed jilted name on a direct line lice opposite to it across two pages of the book no latter day saint family or individual as the case maybe may be en in performing temple work should fall fail to procure a book and carefully f u ily keep a record of what to is done the very situation alluded to by elder snow the danger of the overcrowding of the salt bait lake temple is compensated for by the gratifying thought that the saints are ta jakine kanir a deep interest in one of the most sublime and magnanimous departments of their mission the hearts of the children are turned towards the he fathers and the evidences are numerous and potential which go to show that the fathers rp re toward the children but the offered in the notice should receive prompt and practical attention that the smoothness and facility with the holy work to ie being conducted may not run any risk of being marred |