The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-04-22

Inmates on Tue pain .Oy tHc sl10y
attacked Mr.. ninEley md hs aaaSle g.
heroic defense, Int was f0ssed q TO run ~ SsssS
last to save his life. 1t Is said j the lnnas
tics look like Americans, and u u sup
posed they have escaped to the "a noutssssSs
of Matlock have gone in pursuit of them.
Here the train pulled out, and 4 wasas
glad of 1t. ssss NJ ~
THE NEW MORMON TEMPLE "a
"A View OF the interior..lmpressl of One
- zNhn5 Saw Il.
.Intcr-O Ocean Special Gorrespondence::
q I was ls,ndly invited, with many other
non NIormons, to visit the new Mormon Fill
temple. N x .35. n
This is the last Of the four great
temples, the largest, the richest in. 81
every respect, and cost probably much
ohnn The other three ppt 4
gether, and the fsst one ever entered by
Ia GENTLE after being comple leted: ~ was q.
only at almost the last moment that
the authorities concluded to grant this n
privilege. After the dedicatio no gems
( tile, under any pretense, will ever en-.
ter its sacred portals. There lis . pre-
vailing impression outside of g tab, 81
that these temples 5nre for public meet
| ings. and like the tabernacle, will be
I open to the public when meetings oc-
cur, and to strange visiting the city
4 at all times, but this as notSso; it is for 81
/ the ordinances of the church. wholly s
and entirely. s5sa as
All marriages nre celebrated there,
1.-THE most important probably in point h
of ceremony of any enacted, taking. sew
eral hours in its performance. Baptism
\ is also another ordinance Of great ini-
4 portance and religiously observed IA
4 know q Mormon lady who was bap-
I Itized 100 times in one day for dead
friends Baptism for the remission of Z
4 sins is like confession in the Catholic
4 church, freely u to be used IL considered
necessary or desired. The priesthood
4 of the Mormon church in point OF snunl-Ss
5lsbers is beyond all the other religions
4 combined, and EN- bruces the AaroniO
a and that after the Order Of Me- elchised
q and takes within its folds almost every
male member of the church in some ct
4 its degrees, and working as perfectly
81 laehurch. The Mormon reltg gion con-
8 tains3 parts of many Of the great re-
Y l.gions of the world, to ray nptll-
J ! ing of spiri lism, astrology and the
7 fI8mysticisms of the most ancient religion.
a Of history, embracing the cs0beriE and
I the exoteric, the former confined, In g
Il more or less degree, TO the CHER de-
g grees iii the holy priesth thood. these
& temples face to the east, and every part
\ \ of tile great structu within and WI tlI-
! ! ont has its significant In the twenty
i | three years that q have; e;0ecgsionally
e written upon this subj a have found
s always something new TO ate OBJ ONT
\ and when Joseph Cook learned tho
., whole thing in /. four days visit hers
9 my establishment can be magined.E
! !. make this little al itsression that
il reader may better und nderstanSll-
as desert ipS;au OF the; temple.
this temple sis Ii he ip
g Brigham Ypung and .notiln
= been built, perhaps, ut least IN TN 8
e e Ecolint with SO mitch Sta and
4 Z perfection us this temple 1tis built of
l. fine granite quarried out Of the big
ii boulders at the mouth of Little Cotton-
wood canon, twenty miles distant.
4 tquite portion OF which was bro ught
e e by OK teams, and every piece Of which
- =. was marked at the quarry for the posi-
tion it was to occupy, brought to the
%, temple block, cut to fit, and in the
" whole structure not a chip was used
,e and not particle of lime, just a littla
ot cement in the seams. Nhenthe reader
~ considers that its foundation is l6 feet
"a "a wide and 10 feet high, that its walls
II are 167i5 feet high and 9 feet thick at
the bottom and 8 feet thick at the top,
IN with six large towers whose spires ars
st from 194 feet in height to 2s2i feet,
I'd measuring upon the ground 1876 5Sx9a
~ feet, some idea may be formed Of the
~ Il cost and labor a religious enthusiasm
4 lipf,
ID actual cost is not known. probably
II I S3, 500, 600 would be d fair estimate,
,g The time occupied in its building
has been prccisel, forty years, to, nc
OF o. cord with the building of Solomon's
~ temple, as recorded in the bible.
IT. The interior is simply magnifcen'
IS and grand beyond descriptio ion. From
cd top to bottom not q crack of any kim
tie in the massive halls; staircases, audi
toriums, the hall of the priesthood
, ! with their grand pnlpits the esbeautifu
reception rooms, The baptismal room
,ets withitss fine font: resting upon lively
Ed golden oxen of life size, its twelve com
I'M partments with bathtub and toilet nI
be- rooms for the different orders of tn
az az priests, the affairs, the rich furniture
,nll ,al the .. 900 electric lights, the rich drar
,at cries. the display of arts, the illumi
" mated windows, the decorated walls
o d the rich ornaments, the organ with it
all soft music, the newness and the grand
ole eur of the whole is something TO n
n ~. member.
lo ,eu There have been $4,000 recommend
: q issued by the different wards in til
sle territory for admission to the tempt.
fel and the dedication and the visiting {
by, ,i these members OF the church is divide
Ia tinue twelve days.
in The Mormons may be justly proud (
AS this great achievement which dos
| n them honor and credit, and stamps til
ing honesty of their convictions and the
sed implicit faith in their religion wha
lte ever it may be. From every Mormo
rsh pulpit it has peen preached that ever
member of the church desiring to Wis
cal the temple aud receive new blessin
its5 must be at peace with the world, an
on If they have any feelings that are NJ
of brotllerly love they must be recol
..a haa Eciled before they apply for admissio
lied An Easter Prayer.
Within the dusky pew kneIt
And breathed a rich perfume, {.
ing For near at hand the altar steps III
iii We're banked with snaRy hi0oDass
ing And while the PEOPLES prayers arpse
,me Like incense sweet To ssssys h;
From linderIea til my dropping plMuael
watched the lilies nod ss
usi-.. s,3 II. ss.s
hat I gazed upon their Eolaen near
ont Theif perfect whiteness rare
uissi Their slender stems OF clcarcst green
the And prayed little prayer i
,de- Twas never found IN any oooR
ime, & Or said in any cell, .55
that And from my soul it bubblcd up
hold Like water from y well.
see. pear Lord, said, when am tlea
,,,1. aor And done with grief md pain, III
..,i, If thou from out the narrow grave II
VII WI. Should cali me forth again ~