The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-19
TELLS WHY M0RMONS
BUILD TABtRNACLES
ELDER GEO. G. WOOD WRITES
INTERESTINGLY OF THESE
GREAT STRUCTURES.

Elder Wood, who is in Moscow
looking after the spiritual interests OF
the young men and women from
south Idaho who are members of the
Mormon church, and are here attend
ing the University Of Idaho, has, con-
tributed the following interesting
article:
Why The .Mormons" Build Temples
No doubt every one who reads this
article has heard Of the Great Nor
mon Temple of Salt Lake City, and
wondered why it was built
Not quite six years after the first
company of pioneers arrived in the
Salt Lake valley, this structure was
commenced, April 6, 1853. Because
of the lack of necessary equipment
and means of transportation, for
structure of that kind, it was forty
years in building, costing over S.
100000. It was finished April 6,
1898.
While this was being built. other
smaller temples were being erected
throughout Utah This building pro-
gram has been going on, until they
have five temples completed. The
last one built was in Hawaiian
Islands. They will dedicate another
in Alberta, Canada, next summer
The plans are complete for the erec-
ton of the seventh one, in Arizona.
To understand the work that is car
ried on in these temples, one must
have an idea of the "Mormon's" view
point of life here and hereafter. First,
they believe the body is of two com
ponents, namely spiritual, and mortal;
and, that at death, the mortal is laid
down and the spirit goes on to the
spirit world Paradise.
While Christ was on the cross, the
thief, close by, became repentent, and
trning to the Savior said, 'sLord re-
smember.~me when thou comest into
thy kingdom" The Savior answered
him saying, 'Verily say unto thee,
today shalt thou be with me in Para
disc" Luke %: 42-43. The preva-
lent opinion is, that the thief went
directly to heaven with Christ, be-
cause he repented at this time. But
is that the case? After three days
the Savior came and took up his body,
and as He came out of the tomb He
met Mary, who, when she recognized
Him, went to embrace Him; "Jesus
saith unto her, touch me not; for [
am not yet ascended to my Father:
but go to my brethren, and say unto
them, ascend unto my Father, and
your Father; and to my God and your
God" John 2O:17. f.
The question would now arise.
where was Christ-that is, His spirit; ;
during the three days His body was :
In the tomb? He said He would be :
in paradise, with the thief the day of j,
His death. And according to the ac-
count He gave Mary, "He had not vet :
ascended to His Father" In Peters
First Epistle 3rd chapter 1920 :
verses, he says, "For Christ also hath !
once suffered for sins, the just for !.
The unjust, that He might bring us
% God, being put to death in the !
flesh, but quickened by the spirit: By :
winch also He went and preached un- !
20 the spirits in prison; which some
'lme were disobedient when once the
ong-suffering of God waited in the \
lays OF Noah, while the ark was
preparing, wherein few, that is eight Y
'ouls were saved by water" Accord =
ng to the scripture, Noah preached !.
or 12O years, and only saved his i'm Z Z
Mediate family; the rest were de- !
trOyed by the flood These were = =
asst into the prison Isaiah speaks of, i
And they shall be gathered together, !, =
s prisoners are gathered in a pit, T.
nd shall be shut up the prison, and .
fse,' many days they shall be visited" =, q
saiah "a: %. They were visited by f.
ur Savior, according to Peter'e q,
latement. Peter 8: 1920.
What would be the Savior's object in i;
DING and opening the "prisons" Peter w
Ills us, "for this cause was the gos- OK
el preached also to them that are hs
ead that they might be judged ac- e
ording to men in the flesh, but live if
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