Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-10
MORMONS SPEND
whereto-and with the three estates OF
spirit. body and resurrection.
"Wanes of Sin Is Death"
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spirit. DOQF ana resurrection.
Wages of Sin Is Death"
Such questions were too deep for us,
50 we FASTENED on to the garden of
Eden, where we thought we could, for
a few minutes at least, forget our
troubles. And a yeritabie garden it
was, toe. The woodwork was entire
ly Of birdseye maple while the walls
We're covered with pictures of fruit
trees painted by Legreen Richards.
Every edible kind of fruit from a lemon
to a peach was represented. In the
front of the room was q rostrum or
lecture platform. On each side Of the
room was a round closet that looked
like a telephone booth, but which WI
were told represented the tree Of
knowledge and understanding, and of
choosing between good and evil. The
purpose Of this room is to teach.
through the lectures, the lesson of
compensation. THE wages of sin is
death" This room will be furnished
with birdseye maple furniture and the
floor will be covered with q cream
colored carpet of floral design. The
telephone booths will be hung with
rich draperies.
Adam and Eve were not permitted
to remain long in the garden and
neither were We. Like them. we had
to move on and we found ourselves in
what is called the world room. Here
Il young artist named Edward Evans
had illustrated for us the three pc
RODS of the world and the parting of
the ways. The animals in these pic
lures were all animals of prey, fight
ing for their existence. This was in
sharp contrast to the pictures in the
creation room and the garden of Eden.
This room was finished in English
walnut and will have a carpet TO har-
monte with it.
The Mormons leave nothing to the
Imagination. They even teach their
people how to pray. This is done in
the prayerie. The only decoration in
the room is q very appropriate paint
ing of Jesus praying in the garden Of
Gethsemane. Here the people are also
taught that they must be liberal, broad
minded and tolerant. Dividing this
room from the next will be a sliding
partition called the veil of the temple,
Rug in Celestial Room
On the other side of the veil is the
celestial room or heaven. supposed to
be the most luxurious and beautiful
room in the temple. We were now 210
feet above the sidewalk. about as near
heaven as we would expect to get. The
room is the exact shape of n Maltese
cross and is 50 feet in diameter, 1t
contains 40 different kinds of wood
and the ceiling is inlaid with gold. The
wainscoting, two and a half feet high,
is of pure onyx stone. The carpet
will be brown, pure wool, an inch thick,
and will cost $4,000. The only place
in the world where such & rug can be
made is at Brussels. Belgium, because
that is the only place which has 4 loom
large enough.
We reluctantly left heaven and went
into the sealing rooms. The first seal
ing room was of Circassian walnut of
which the wood had all been taken
from the same tree. Here children will
to their children. The mex sealing
room was finished in African and
Egyptian mahogany. In the center
was an altar. The purpose of this
room is to seal husbands and wives to
each other for now and for all eter-
nifty The couples will come from far
and near to be married for only in the
temple may such q ceremony be per
formed.
We now descended the stairs and
stopped n minute in the assembly room
where the opening services Will be held
each morning. On the walls were pie
tured a wicked people, the prophets
warning them to repent. the burnt of
~ferings of Nephi and the Saviour in
the sacrament.
We had made a complete tour of the
building with the exception of the
eellarl and we're down to earth again,
back Mt the entrance door. We looked
at our watches. We had been there
an hour and 81 minutes