Letter from John Daniel Thompson McAllister and James Godson Bleak, 6 July 1882
St George, Utah, .
To President John Taylor
and President Wilford Woodruff,
Salt Lake City.
Dearly Beloved Brethren,
On Friday 30th June
the St George Temple closed for renovation as
per your announcement to the public in
the "Deseret News." Our companies in the
Temple have kept up remarkably well.
The following is a list of our half year's work
ending 30th June 1882:- Baptism for health 172;
For Renewal of Covenants, 43; For the Dead 18,773.
Endowments Living: 228, Dead 6,224; Ordi-
nations Elders Living, 40 Dead 2317; Seal-
ings: Living 108, Dead 2,030; Sealing of
Children to Parents: Living 195, Dead 258;
Adoptions: Living 35, Dead 390; Second
Anointings: Living 65, Dead 70.
The Grand totals of work attended
to in the Temple from 9th January 1877
to the 30th June 1882 are as follows:
Baptisms 148,315; Endowments 64,388;
