We Met at 12 oclok to Dedicate the Manti Temple
The Hymn was sung The Morning breaks the shadows flee
Then President Wilford Woodruff Kneeled upon the Altar and
Offered up the dedicatory Prayer which can be found
Published in the Deseret News of May 1888 After
which remarks were made By Wilford Woodruff, L. Snow G. Q. CannonB Young & F M Lyman we then dismised
I felt to thank God that I had lived on the Earth to
once More have the privilege of Dedicating another Temple
in the Rocky Mountains unto the Most High God And
I Pray God my Eternal Father that He will protect the
Manti Temple and all other Temples we have buuilt in these
unto His Holy Name that they may Never go into the Hands
of the Gentiles our Enemies to be defiled by them Arthur
Winters reported our remarks made after the offering
up the Prayer. After this Meeting we held a council below I received 5 Letters from Phebe ScholesBell Moses Sarah, Mary, & Newton. I wrote 3 Letters to SarahMary
& Newton. I was informed that Dyer the receiver
had made a Demand for the Logan TempleTabernacle Tithing Office & all Church Property in Logan I went
to bed at 11:30 & slept untill Morning
~ Friday
18 We Met in the upper room & I set Daniel H Wells
Apart to Preside over the TempleL Snow set apart Lund to be his Assistant. After considerable conversation
we bid ade to All in the Temple. Before leaving I consecrated
upon the Altar the seers stone that Joseph Smith found by
Revelation some 30 feet under the Earth carried By him through life
FIGURES We Met at 12 oclok to Dedicate the Manti Temple
The Hymn was sung The Morning breaks the shadows flee
Then President Wilford Woodruff Kneeled upon the Altar and
Offered up the dedicatory Prayer which can be found
Published in the Deseret News of May 1888 After
which remarks were made By Wilford Woodruff, L. SnowG. Q. CannonB Young & F M Lyman we then dismised
I felt to thank God that I had lived on the Earth to
once More have the privilege of Dedicating another Temple
in the Rocky Mountains unto the Most High God And
I Pray God my Eternal Father that He will protect the
Manti Temple and all other Temples we have buuilt in these
unto His Holy Name that they may Never go into the Hands
of the Gentiles our Enemies to be defiled by them Arthur
Winters reported our remarks made after the offering
up the Prayer. After this Meeting we held a council below
FIGURES I received 5 Letters from Phebe ScholesBell MosesSarah, Mary, & Newton. I wrote 3 Letters to SarahMary
& Newton. I was informed that Dyer the receiver
had made a Demand for the Logan TempleTabernacleTithing Office & all Church Property in Logan I went
to bed at 11:30 & slept untill Morning
~ Friday
18 [FIGURE] We Met in the upper room & I set Daniel H Wells
Apart to Preside over the TempleL Snow set apart
Lund to be his Assistant. After considerable conversation
we bid ade to All in the Temple. Before leaving I consecrated
upon the Altar the seers stone that Joseph Smith found by
Revelation some 30 feet under the Earth carried By him through life
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," May 17, 1888 - May 18, 1888, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed October 10, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/GMZK