The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08
Ceremony Performed in the Beautiful
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC,

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The son of President Lorenzo Snow OF
the Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day
Saints. has just taken bride. The young
mans mama Is Leroy C. Snow He is a
devout Mormon. and It was while en- route
to Germany to do missionary work at the
call Of his church, that he met the girl who
has now become his bride. Her name was
Maude II. Ford. and she lived at Auburn,
o. She was a Gentle when young Snow
met her. with no love for the Mormon
Church Now she Is Mormon. and the
ceremony by which she was married-or
as the Mornons say. sealed" TO young
Snow was performed by the venerable pres
iden. Of the church. who In row her father.
in-lisw.
The sealing was a gorgeous affair.
From all over Utah came relatives and
friends and church officials TO help cele-
brate. for II was the first time that a son
OF President Snow had been sealed, and
the young man himself had gained fame
as jealous worker in the church and a
successful missionary who has even been
imprisoned for the faith Five hundred in
vftations were Issued 20 the grand recep-
ton. banquet and ball at the historic Bee
hive House.
But none Of the Gentle guests saw the
sealing. The BRIDES own father and moth
a. were barred No Gentle foot may enter
the sacred and secret portal Of the Temple
No eye may feast upon its gorgeous inte-
rior except those OF Mormons OF high
standing In tho church.. and they are sworn
to tell naught OF what there is inside Of
those famous gray granite walls. with tow
ers and ptnnscles that loom up SO loftily
that they riva! In prominence the snow
streaked Wasatch or the brown. green and
rsdding OQuihrr Mountains that skirt the
green and picturesque valley Of the Jordan
tho promised land Of the band Of pioneers
LED across the plains over q half century
ago by Brigham Young.
Ask a Mormon what there is inside the
Temple and he will shake his head and re-
ply:
"Oh. IT'S grand-magnifcent You can't
conceive how magnificent it Is"
Press him for details and he merely
shakes his head again and closes his lips.
No Masonic rites were ever moro sacred
ly guarded in their secrecy than are tho
rites Of sealing. or marriage, in the Tenn
pie. Vowa that bind again and again are
D"oh " Win rs mucn sptemnlty as lies
within the realm Of possibility. Ask per-
son who has been through the ceremony
what It II like and he CT she will look at
you shocked ana astounded at the audacity
Of such question It would be Just as
easy to get a high Mason to describe In de-
tail the thirty-third degree as 1t would be
to get q Mormon to tell al about the seal
ing process.
However. ono man who was sealed in thu
Temple who had since ceased paying his
tithing and broken away from the church
has been found who was willing to tell
about the interior Of the Temple and to
describe the sealing in a general way But
even he refused to tell all the details
After all those VOWS I took" he said.
IF should tell everything that took place
there I'd never sleep another wink. I'd bo
% haunted I can't go quite that far"
But he has told a great deal. and this is
the first tino q description Of a Mormon
wedding ceremony has been published.
Tho principal event Of the day--ths seal
ting ftself-is the drst- This takes place at
high noon.
From the moment the party enters the
Temple everything is calculated to Impress
with Its solemnity. The grandeur Of the