Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-14

ENhiAAAH ENAhNANN AAWAh wv
settlements.
Flaga we're flying and bands There
were two Ia Utah thcn) we're playing.
Men aud women wore their ghytst
attire and smiled their happie.t smiles
presumably their souls were possessed
Of that peace which passeth all unuer-
standing.
A great procession was formed In
honor Of the ceremony which was
about 10 he celebrated.
A programme Of that parade Is sun
extant, hut II a. only necessary 10 the
Conference OF this story to say that tue
Church authorities were the most con-
splCuuus figures 10 the pageant.
There were the Presidents, Apostles
aud High Pricsts, the Councillors, the
Bishops and the Elder and all the
lesser degrees Of Lattor-day Saint dig-
nltaflus.
-Four cornor.stones were laid, four
, drdlcatory prayers were offered IN
which the Almighty was invoked 10
bless the building which was then be-
gun, and four grand ofations were de-
liytted,
There are many conflicting stories
rs to who conceived tho original design
anu plans of this Temple.
Thurman o. Angel was the ftst
architect TO have charge q the work, bnt
IL was IN the brain Of Brigham Young
that the primary ijea Of it, shape and
general construction was born.
Doubtless this idea was founded on
| the descriptions he had read Of King
| Solomon's Temple, but, In any event,
he explained 10 Angel the consiruo-
/ ton hiu mind had pictured, and these
| the architect hal elaborated.
And there have been very few
changes In the plans since they were
hrst draughtei.
To the working out Of these plans
| Angel devoted bis life. After his
/ death mn assistant utdcr him was In
charge for time, but for The past Ave
years Don Carlos Young, son OF
Brigham Young, has detected the con-
stTuctiou.
For many year. the progress on the
/ Temple was exceedingly slow. Tile
foundations were sunk 10 feet below
the surface.
There was a great yawnlng hole TO
be filled, and every rock had TO be
hauled distance Of % miles eby OK.
team.
Many people remember how slow
that Building rose.
They say mat for years not rock
appeared above the level Of the ground,
but nothing was slightod, there was
no hurry, aud the temple, when com.
pleted, was intended 10 be- AZ enduring
~ the mountains from which the
stones were dug TO build II with.
No better Illustration Of the patience
ana industry Vt the Norm people
could be given than that iitp nyed In
the building Oi this great structure.
When one considers the size, the
Absence OF modern mechanical spplian
ces at that timc for such an undertake.
/ ing, the distance TO the quarries where
tue rock was obtained, anu the thou.
saud disadvantages they cOntenucd
against, the work is sten TO bo stupeni.
Gus ami inspires wonder and admira.
ton.
The Temple quRrries ART In aTurlcd
mountain canyon, called Littlo
| Ccit0nw
For many years, or until ls72, every
stone the building contains-aud there
are an immense number OF them-was
hauled by OK teams.
Wagons were especially constructed
for The work, and some Of the stones
/ were 30 large aH to require four aud
five yoke Of cattle to draw the load.
| How slow and expensive building
Of this slLe must be when such methods
are employed In lis construction can
b. readily understood.
In 1872 u branch railroad was built
10 the quatrles, running from the Tenl-
| pie yAru, and since that time the pro.
gress has been more rapid and less ex.
pensive.
When standin. near this pIodlgiou.
| pile, II IL impossible Tor tho behOlder 10
gaiu iull idea Of It's great size.
IL IL only when Viewed from dis.
lance that its full impre.siveness ~
truly c9npreht ndej.
Then It appears massive, and Il rises
above tho other tall buildings ot the
city Ikea high mountain above level
plain
True, when one stands beside II and
tries to count the courses Of stone, they
rise until one tier ia confused and com.
mingled with another.
| But at a distance II stands out
solemn, grand, majestic and lovely.
There "a font room, where hap
tlsms are TO be- performed, for the Nor
mons, like tho Bsptlsts, believe 1t
immersion.
They bapliEs for the remission o
sins, aud also bhptize tho living fo
the sin Of some dead friend or relntiv,
who has passed into the beyond with
out having been redeemed.
The purposes Of these Mormon Tenn
pies are not understood by the un
| Initiated