Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-06
MORMON TEMPLE
|. AT LA|E, HAWAII,
HAS COST $15Q,0DD
Stands as a Monument to 70
Years of Work by the Church.
First Mission, 1850.

HONOLULU. T. H., November Is
Press).- at a cost ofapprox
inately 100000. the magnificent new
Mormon temple at Laie, forty miles
flom Honolulu. on this island, Oahu,
stands monument to seventy years
of effective work by the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in
Hawaii.
On December II, 1850. only three
years after the great migration of
| the Mormons to Utah, the first party
OF Mormon missionaries landed at
Hawaii, a little more than thirty
years later than the first Christian
missionaries from Boston.
In this first Mormon party was
Elder George Q. Cannon, later a
counselor to the first presidency of
the church in Salt Lake City He re-
manned in the islands number of
years, learned the native language
and translated the Book of Mormon
| into Hawaiian.
Joseph f. Smith. the late president
of the church. came to Hawaii in 1854
as missionary. being but sixteen
years old at that time. He remained
turned in 1885 for a stay of two years
during which his son. Elias Wesley
Smith, now residing here as presi-
dent of the Hawaiian Mission. was
born. twenty years ago President
Smith made his last VISIT to Hawaii
Property Worth Millions.
At present the Mormon Church has
more than fifty places of worship on
the different islands of Hawaii. with
membership among the natives of
approximately 10000. It's property,
a >1o
the Laie settlement. is worth mill
lions of dollars. A year ago the
church paid 100000 for 500 acres of
sugar cane land adjoining it's planta-
ton. eleven miles of railways and an
irrigation system.
The new temple at Laie has a beau
tiful setting in a tropical garden of
five acres, browning a small hill.
The temple. constructed of pulver-
lied lava rock and reinforced concrete,
is built in the form of a Greek cross,
occupying a space of seventy-eight
feet square. 1t is said to be an ex-
act replica in design and dimensions
suggestive of the Aztec style of ar
chitecture.
Japanese oak and Hawaiian oak
were utilized for interior work. while
many of the rooms are heavily tapes
tried. Mural decorations in certain
chambers are alIegOrlcal OF events
described in the Book of Mormon and
in the Bible.
Hawaiian Temple the Seventh.
The Hawaiian temple is the seventh
to be erected by the Latter Day
Saints. The first temple erected still
stands at Kirkland, Ohio, but it is no.
longer owned by the church. The
temple at Nauvoo, Ill, was burned and
the charred walls were later wrecked
by a tornado. The other four tenn
pies are located at Salt Lake City,
Logan, St George and Manti, Utah.
Independence, Mo-. originally was
designated as the temple site in a
revelation said to have been made to
the Prophet Joseph Smith. No work
ever has been undertaken, but the
church holds the commission to erect
temple at Independence to be a
sacred trust. and it is expected that
it will be built later. Another temple
is under construction at Cardston
Alberta, Canada. 1t is said that the
next temple probably will be erected
in Arizona. where there is a large
Mormon colony.
g. The Church of Christ of Latter Day
Saints, among the many sects and
churches protesting Christianity,
claims to stand alone in the teaching
and practice of temple ministration