Temple &c. The quorum of the Twelve and Temple committe
were present with about seven or eight thousand Saints
Hymns were sung and prayer offered up by Parley P. Pratt and then Elder Young arose and observed that
the Patriarch was next and Hyrum came to the stand and
spoke to the assembly. He said
The object of this meeting is to stir
up your minds by way of remembrance. It is necessary
to have a starting point to build the Temple. With the
assistance of the sisters we expect to get the nails and
glass and with the assistance of the brethren we intend
to do the rest. I will proclaim in public and private
that the sisters bought the glass and nails by penny
subscription. Choose ye this day whom ye
will serve!
We shall call upon this vast
multitude for a donation to buy powder and fuse rope
to blast the rocks in the quarry. We want the
brethren to do as much as the sisters. We do
not intend to finish the Nauvoo House this
season but to finish the Temple or the walls
of it this summer get the roof on by December
and do the inside next winter and in about a
year from this spring we will dedicate it
We can do anything we undertake. We have
power and we can do great things
In five years to come the work
will progress more than it has in ten years of the
past. Isaiah said we should perform a marvellous
work and a wonder. [Isaiah 29:14] I do not marvel that he
said so if he saw this vast multitude and I
think this people are abundantly able to build
this Temple and much depends upon it. Our
Temple &c. The quorum of the Twelve and Temple Committe
were present with about seven or eight thousand Saints
Hymns were sung and prayer offered up by
Parley P. Pratt and then Elder Young arose and observed that
the Patriarch was next and Hyrum came to the stand and
spoke to the assembly. He said
The object of this meeting is to stir
up your minds by way of remembrance. It is necessary
to have a starting point to build the Temple. With the
assistance of the sisters we expect to get the nails and
glass and with the assistance of the brethren we intend
to do the rest. I will proclaim in public and private
that the Sisters bought the glass and nails by penny
subscription. Choose ye this day whom ye
will serve!
We shall call upon this vast
multitude for a donation to buy powder and fuse rope
to blast the rocks in the quarry. We want the
brethren to do as much as the sisters. We do
not intend to finish the Nauvoo House this
season but to finish the Temple or the walls
of it this Summer get the roof on by December
and do the inside next winter and in about a
year from this Spring we will dedicate it
We can do anything we undertake We have
power and we can do great things
In five years to come the work
will progress more than it has in ten years of the
past. Isaiah said we should perform a marvellous
work and a wonder. I do not marvel that he
said so if he saw this vast multitude and I
think this people are abundantly able to build
this Temple and much depends upon it. Our