Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30

ediHce chiefly FOR ordinances sacred to
the Church. most OF them 90 away sat
lsfed, But the irrational assailant
| Of Che Church who Is one Of tho IRE.
/ organizers" a body which has little else
| in rs evangelism but attacks upon
! tho LatteI-day Saints, has been en-
! deayoring to show that a Temple such
as is spoken OF in the Bible should be
| open TO the public and used FOR general
assemblies. worship and preaching He
cites the preaching by Christ IN the
Temple, talks OF others who held dis
putes IN the Temple at Jerusalem, and
SO on In doing so he displays the usual
ignorance OF such disputonts concern
Ing the structure OF the Temple OF SOL
onion and the uses 20 which certain
portions Of It were consecrated. For
the benefit Of persons interested In the
subject we submit the following.
The Temple OF Solomon stood on
Mount Morah, upon the highest point
OF lot containing 10000 square cubits.
The building Itself was copy Of the
Tabernacle used for sacrncial worship
IN the desert, only It was double the
size and erected Of more durable mater
ials-hcwu stones, some of which were
OF enormous size.
Contrary to n popular impression. the
temple was not very large building
being according 10 / Kings vi 2, sixty
cubits long. twenty wide. and thirty high
This was the main structure and was
divided into two parts, The smaller
room, which was known as the Holy Of
HOLES had no windows but was per-
fcctly dark, except as II was III up by
the presence Of the ShekInah, or the
glory OF God
In front Of the east side OF the TEN.
pie was porch the exact dimensions
Of which are somewhat IN dispute II
had two columns Of brass. adorned with
castings Of lilies. network, and pome-
granates What these colossal columns
were intended to represent is not
known by Bible commentators. but Il
Is believed that the Apostle Paul refers
20 the chains which connected these
columns with the Holy Of Holes, when
no says, IN Heb. VI. 10; (Which hope
we have as an anchor Tor chainl OF
the soul. both sure and steadfast, and
which cntereth into that within the
veil"
Michaells. we believe makes the sug-
geston that through these chains this
anchor which reached the apartment
behind the veil, the congregation Of Is
rael, who were not permitted TO enter
the sacred building, had some mani
festation Of the presence Of the Di-
vine Glory when the High Priest en-
tered and performed the services pre-
scribed by the divine law,
on the north, west, and south sides
tho Temple was surrounded by three
tiers OF side chambers, designed for
stores and treasures, and other purpOs-
es connected with the Temple service.
The height ~ each tier was five cublts,
or say the entire height allowing for
projections etc, was is cubits. This
would leave room for the lattices"
mentioned in / Kings vi, 4, that were
Intended for the ventilation Of the
main structure Of the Temple, which
had no windows for light, but was
entirely 1T UP by lamps.
The Temple was surrounded by two
courts, raised one above the other
like terraces u Kings XXI, - OF which,
however, the inner alone, perhaps, was
completed by Solomon, since only one
is mentioned In | Kings Vi, So. This
Is called the upper court The second
court was the place Of congregation
Of the people, and It IS supposed this
was separated from the inner court by
n railing, permitting the con-
rregation TO witness the sacrifices
IN tho inner court The separation Of
| the people from the Temple Itself was
even more strict than from tho Taber-
naclo that served az temple IN the
wilderness.
Tho Temple that existed az the time Of
our Savior was not the Identical build
| ing erected by Solomon, but the second
Temple reared by Zerubbabel and re-
stored by Herod tho Great-a work that
commenced about IS years before the
birth OF Christ It was still unfinished
at the beginning OF His ministry It
| had. however, no ark, no mercy-seat,
no shelllnah, no fire kindled from heav-
on. no Trim and Thummim,as the Tenn
rio Of solomon had.
TO approach this structure, one Ind
TO enter FIRST the court OF the Gentlles
an enclosure 25O yards each way, Here
were the market place, the money
changers, the cattle and animals sold
for tho sacrlncal service Raised a
fow feet and separated from this court
was the court Of tho women. on pillars
along tho partition were Inscriptions
warning outsiders not 70 enter on pain
OF death. Comp. Eph. Fl; l3. 40 An
J ascent Of Aiteen steps from this place
led 10 the mons court, In these two
courts called the court OF the Israelites,
the people met for prayer, while the
priest was offering incense IN the sane
tuary. Guke 1: 100 In tho corners OF
! This square were rooms for publication
and for tho use OF Nazarltes, The mex,
enclosure was called the court OF the
priests, because they only were permit
toI 10 enter. From this a flight OF
twelve steps led into the Temple itself
It should be noted that the word
"t,mrIs" 60 the English version OF the
| New Testament Is the translation Of tive
marLa. one moaning Tho entire conge.