Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-06-03
THE NEW MORMON TEMPLE.
Interesting Description by a Grandson
Of Brigham Young.

you the inside Of the building, / viii
say chat the interior is intended to
typify the plan of God MS to the saliva
lion Of man. Therefore, in entering
you pass into the baptismal room which
is On the southwest corner Of the base
meut In its center is the large marble
and iron bapdsmal font, resting upon
the backs Of II life-size bronze oxen.
standing I'm natural Pastures, and three
looking toward each point i'm the com
pass The font is approached by a
short flight of narrow steps, and is
surrounded b. railing or fence Of deli
cate iron hligree work. Around the
sides Of the room are several small
rooms, or closets, containing marble
tubs which are used for amounting with
! oil
/ Passing from the font room you enter
/ a large room in the northeast corner of
the basement, which is furnished in
white and contains about $50 opera
chairs Here in the ordinances lectures
are given which prepare the mind for
what is to come.
Passing on from this you enter a
room i'm the southeast corner Of the
basement, the ceiling Of which is paint
ed to represent the sky with SUM- moon
and stars, and on the side walls o"
which are fine paintings Of animals
and scenery. Intended to typify the
earth before the introduction of sin,
the paintings show peace; for wild
animals mlngle with tame ones and
none offer harm, and the plants the
wildly profuse, are arranged in rhyth-
mic order But one particular thing
attracted my eye. In the deep embra-
surrs of The windows (the walls are is
feet through real tropical plants have
been placed and birds seem to be flying
over them, SO perfectly has the artist
blended art and nature Here lectures
suited to the character Of the room
are given 1t is called the Creation
room
Passing from this room YOU ascend
to the first floor by means of richly
carved and wild" cherry stairway, mt
the top of which on the right is q pic
ture of Jesus preaching TO tue Naphitcs
on this continent, the idea of which is
derived from the Book Of Mormon But
entering the first room to The left dn
the southwest corner Of the first floor
You find yourself surrounded 10y paint
ngs of all that is discordant in nature.
Here are vast tangled forests from
whose somber depths rough, craggy
mountains, scanned and torn by the con-
tending elements. raise thcir hoary
heads umbliug, leaplng waterfalls now
disturb the formerly placid river; and
animals are seen pursuing and deyour
ing their prey I'm every part of the
room; for 1t is intended 20 represent
the condition Of the world after Adam
had yielded TO temptation. and thus
introduced sin Here appropriate lee
lures are also given
Passing ON we are shown into the
terrestrial room dn the northwest cor .
ner OF this first floor which is intended
to ypify the glory of the terrestrial
kingdom in the hereafter Finished off
In white and gold il seems TO me one
OF the most chastcly beautiful rooms
that could be imagined Many costly
works IF art adom its walls. chief
among which is one representing Jo-
scph interpreting the buffers dream,
taken from the Bible. and companion
pictures, one Of Jerusalem mt sunset.
The other a scene on the hunks of the
Dead sea-. Here also lectures are given. .
But as Won gaze around on the SPLEEN
doris of this room your eye is attracted
by the beams of light that come softly
stealing through exquisite crushed rose
silk damaSk curtains dependent from
m arch 30 feet i'm height, which seems
90 separate You from another and more
beautiful room.
Iiuryiug on with but q haotv glance
over tho terrestrial rooG; You pass
through q small doorway into the celps-
N1l ROOM intended to typify the glory
of the celestial kingdom The only cx-
preston that I can fud which win ex-
press my ideas Of this room is. II is
truly heavenly To attempt to describe
il would be folly for there is nothing
with which I cam compare it: it Is
entirely orginal But If you can pos
~thy Imagine the picture that would
he presented if the splendor OF an east
rp palace wore mingled with northern
art So entirely blended that You could
NOT tnN whore one heylu and the other
nulei and over &c all thrown IDEAS
from all 1-oS ot the world. You might
draw @ ile. If .he beauty Of the most
beautiful room IND the temple
Not being o tradesman I'm the ftlrui-
iare ana tape try line I cannot tell
you the STYLE K rhe furniture or hang.
.nsS EUt tic room Is finished on iu
3 warm tnrra Gotta brown, standing ont
n bold relief from which are eigh,
rlt>riallly carved GreCiau columns four
.n north side ana four au tbc south
.de each ending In q niche for the
#ts.s af prominent men i'm the church.
IHe hn~tS of ms grandfather # Pros
t1.ut Nl1'orl Woodruff ana Sc George
81 Cannon and Joseph II Smith Ccom
>lars ta the president of the church,