The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-07
MORMON TEMPLES
WILL Be ERECTED
ON TWO OUTPOSTS
To-" Be Located AT Laie,
~ 0ahu' apd the Other In
Alberta .
REQUIRE MENTS OF CHURCH
DEMAND THESE EDIFICES
South Sea Islanders Also To Be
Under Jurisdiction Of Temple
At Laie

One OF two far flung outposts Of the
Mormon church of Utah will be the
temple Mt Lair, Oahu, work on which
may be started early next year by the
Church OF Jesus Christ, Latter Day
Saints. The other extreme OUTPOST Is
the tempe now in course of erection
Mt MngratG. Alberta canada. In these
will be performed the sacred, secret
reremoDinls of the church as they are
given in the big temple at Salt Lake
| City, nnG in them the marriages Of
members will be sOlemnized according
to the ritual of the organization.
/ For all dPvOnt wOrshippers Of the
| faith who live in Canadn the temple
in Alberta will become n mecca, and
the one TO be erected at Laie likewise
will be the mecca for followers Of the
church throughout the SOnth Seas.
! There are colonies of the Church of
'Irsus Christ, Latter Day Saints, in
| Tahiti, Samoa, TONGA and New Zealand
and members Of all these win flock 60
| Honolulu and thence TO Laie. where In
the temple their marriages may be per
formed as required by the church.
Authorized october 8 ..l.. 81" o..
! As told in The Advertiser Of October
| 4, the temple at Laie was authorized
| mt q conference Of the church LEADERS,
ut Salt Lake City October 8. What its
design or Eize will be Is not known
here yet, but II is thought the struc-
ture win he modelled on the style Of
that in Alberta. These are the only
Mormon temples vet authorized TO be
constructed outside the United States.
There are three in Utah besides the
big central tuilding in Salt Lake City.
They are at Logan, Manti and 81.
George. 49,. v.rt' -. #@T
s. T.. Woollcy. president Of the Ha.
waiiaD mission of the Mormon church
is at Salt Lake City at the present
time and on his return early in Janu-
airy may bring some definite informa-
tiOn concerning the plans for the FRO
posed temple at Laie. Preliminary
plans, it is understood, are in progress
4 at Salt Lake Gitv now, ...s #.
Is. Joseph +. Smith,. prasident Of the
Utah chnIrh, in the November issne Of
the Improvement Era tells the church 3
reasons for the temples in Canada aud
Hawaii. He is quoted by that publica-
ton as follows: 49,. .anf.
Mexican Temple Planned ".9
"Wen, what ran Won do nnder cir.
cumstanees of that kindf Ali we could
do was TO say to him: Go to the near
ast bishop or elder Of tho church that
you can find, and with orr permission
and approval ask him to unite you in
marriage for time, and as soon rs you
are able to reach q temple, where you
can 90 to the altar and be united by
The power Of God, and not of man, for
time and for all eternity, 90 and GET
vour union sealed BY the power Of God
that will unite ven for eternity as well
as for time, and will hiring your chill
dren unto you under the bond of the
new aud everlasting covenant. as heirs
of God AVID Joint heirs with Jesus
Christ What else could we say to
hinf Nothing else, so we said IL;
hut b." and nv we will have a temple
mp there, and those who are in these
circumstances will not be compelled to
waste all thCr suf stance in travel TO
come to n temple here. We were in
homes. rot wany wears ago. OF being
obi" 10 huild arOther tpmnle near, the
borders of the FniteA States. In Mr~i.
90: hut that nation Is unfortunate
nrOplr, Oppressed by rulers ambitions
f." ""w"r ~ the cost Of the lives Of
their fellow MA, have driven out or
"r' rlI"d. N-actically, our people from
their land.
, "Now, away of in the Pacific Ocean
~" various groups of islands, from the
4 Sa"dwch Islands down to Tahii, Sa-
moQ, Tonga. and New Zealand. On
them are Thousands of good peop'e,
; 1P" skinned hut Of the bloo1 Of IsrSeL
when Won cnrrv the gospcl to them
thev receive it with open hrarts. They
need the same privileges that we do.
Hpd that we enjoy. Int these are ort
/ 0f their uOwPF. They are pOor, and
they can I gather mems to come IN
here to b" oud wed. and sRalsl FOR
TIME and eternity, for thoir living ara
'h"ir dead. AMI to be baptized for their
dead. What shall we do with thamg
H"rH'ofore, we .baHe suffered the cont.
ti""S that erist thH~e. an have
aao'ted the best measures, that we
know how. always looking to- the better
and fuFe" re"nirements Of the gospel
Of Jesus Christ.
, Now, | say TO nv brethren and sis
'"'" thie morning that we have come 10
N" conclusion that il would hc a good
thing t" build temple that shall he
dc Tented to the ordinances Of the
h"us" Of Cot. flown upon one II tae
Sandwi"h Islands 81 that the good
""O"l" of those islands may reach tha
blessing Of the House of Col within
their own lO"'lerA, and that the people
from sew Zealand. If they do not he.
COM s',''"g enough to require house
: to be nilt there also, by and by, can
com" +" l@i'. wh"re they can get heir
dressings aud return home and live In
"e'r", hNrinq fulfilled all the fequire-
m"nts OF the gospel the Same as we
bnNn tho nPiVilann 80 Adm. ,