tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48027859057054810912024-03-17T20:00:14.718-07:00NighUntoKolobLynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-57635858263896543462024-02-25T18:25:00.000-08:002024-02-26T14:17:26.488-08:00"Hie unto Kolob" -- The most unique, imaginative and thought-provoking hymn of all<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2PVLaCQsU08LH98ZdaULVpqJbgB5mx1JF3w7uUbRifBSXcGfgDHofVCAGl4GtSbUB8CtlFItstdE54YEyMEW4jmQ9Elzhw_WaMCNhsIbLGSiQs4LyKiafNXUfHf0yat2wyeDxY59e9MDDGKTce0zogYaMAML3fDk6MT0J9JLOLNCCaywbt815N0TgoWI/s640/Hymns1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb2PVLaCQsU08LH98ZdaULVpqJbgB5mx1JF3w7uUbRifBSXcGfgDHofVCAGl4GtSbUB8CtlFItstdE54YEyMEW4jmQ9Elzhw_WaMCNhsIbLGSiQs4LyKiafNXUfHf0yat2wyeDxY59e9MDDGKTce0zogYaMAML3fDk6MT0J9JLOLNCCaywbt815N0TgoWI/w480-h640/Hymns1.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p> "HIE </b>unto Kolob" (page 284) is </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">probably the most unique, as well as the most imaginative and thought-provoking of all hymns in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> More than a century before "Star Trek" or "Star Wars," in 1856, the hymn's author, William W. Phelps, created a tune about outer space, vast distances, eternity and infinity.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The hymn begins with the premise of a person traveling to Kolob (nearest star to God's residence) "in the twinkling of an eye," (faster even than warp drive, or light speed) and then alluding</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> that even with such vast velocity that one could still not find the beginnings of eternity and the universe (as the universe is limitless and unending).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Of all the concepts in existence, "eternity" or "limitless" are perhaps concepts that mortal man just cannot fully comprehend!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The first verse also states "Gods" in the plural, as an endless chain of generations of "God the Fathers" (alluding to LDS belief in plurality of Gods).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> No other hymn in the church delves into such deep doctrine.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The hymn also uses various scriptural terms, like "one eternal round," to state how the universe and Gods continue to expand in endless harmony, on continuing cycles of existence.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The hymn stresses that no one can see outside the curtains that God has put in place (probably meaning we cannot see outside the bounds of what God lets us see in the universe).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> "There is no end to matter: There is no end to space; "There is no end to spirit; There is no end to race (or mankind)," Verse 3 states.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Later verses continue to stress the limitless nature of other factors too, like light, priesthood, love, virtue, truth, youth, wisdom and more.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The hymn concludes by declaring there is no end to being or (life) and that death does not exist "above" (meaning beyond mortal life).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> You could almost have a course of meta physics on the verses of this hymn.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Now, I've noted a few shortcomings in this hymn in past blog posts. For example,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Hie" is probably not doctrinally correct, as</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">in Old English, it means "to quickly, hasten, hurry," according to Webster's Dictionary. "Hie" is also NOT found in the Book of Abraham.</span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Nigh" means "nearly, almost," according to Webster. "Nigh" is found in the Book of Abraham.</span><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> So, the title of the hymn to be more correct should likely be "Nigh unto Kolob" (also the title of this blog).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> But, wait, there's more -- in the third line of the first verse, it states about "continue onward" (beyond Kolob). Thus, for complete accuracy, the title and premise of the song should be "Nigh beyond Kolob," as Kolob is NOT the ultimate destination mentioned in the hymn.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> It is likely that too many church members appear to incorrectly believe Kolob is WHERE God actually dwells.</span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">n fact, Kolob is simply the name of a great star that is NEAREST where God dwells (Abraham 3:3) and not actually the place where God dwells.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span>(We are given no specific name as to God's residence, except perhaps highest level of the Celestial Kingdom.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> How many singers of this hymn actually ponder the words in the verses?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> (None in Spanish do, as this hymn is NOT in that version of the LDS Hymn book...)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> -William Phelps wrote dozens of other early LDS hymns too. He was also excommunication a few times, but always returned to the church. He was a gifted poet and his poetic language is visible in his works. "The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning" is perhaps his other, most famous of hymns.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglICNld5vWGlY4e3hwlK0ywlMQkFx7xUgGNdmwd7eozeYlgvGt6kX1WNZ9pkjT8bqByXb4-V4czXjiI2T51qcOr8pyJwPSeE5RSs2x-l8Vl0_Qin7IGq0PuV1KKSlRVgxHkC5DOuIS5C85MErXQ9ybQoYhthThVMJl_UpfUg9AIPn3BvP5aMU-8iYJuI7z/s3911/112.tiff" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3082" data-original-width="3911" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglICNld5vWGlY4e3hwlK0ywlMQkFx7xUgGNdmwd7eozeYlgvGt6kX1WNZ9pkjT8bqByXb4-V4czXjiI2T51qcOr8pyJwPSeE5RSs2x-l8Vl0_Qin7IGq0PuV1KKSlRVgxHkC5DOuIS5C85MErXQ9ybQoYhthThVMJl_UpfUg9AIPn3BvP5aMU-8iYJuI7z/w640-h504/112.tiff" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span> An early 20th Century photograph from archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> -In addition, there was an astronomical observatory located on Temple Square, for decades -- right next to the Salt Lake Temple -- confirming the church's strong interest in outer space, especially in the 19th Century.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""arimo" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span> NOTE: This article and all of the NighUntoKolob blog are NOT </span></span><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); color: #333333; font-style: italic;"><span>an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are the author's conclusions and opinions only.</span></span></span></p><div><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); color: #333333; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-41554303548717209022023-11-08T15:37:00.001-08:002023-11-08T15:37:14.565-08:00What did Jesus Christ do from age 12 to about age 30?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWW6k6d7xsp65kKt72-8aXS04KTN0Ob_ayeYPfsgEBHwdZJcNdwcc8GxGKuEdCRt6AzeB8tP2O7G9KOTHq7UR-frrLDzn5Bq_113fh_-ablMPkOB8oVR2CupdEBsCKo3Vz7jMOqZ1oozzZWfBYIDJ7CD6hf9x49WUOUemZpmdRjgCy6bf0jj_OkRtkVi1/s4320/ChristRed.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4320" data-original-width="3240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWW6k6d7xsp65kKt72-8aXS04KTN0Ob_ayeYPfsgEBHwdZJcNdwcc8GxGKuEdCRt6AzeB8tP2O7G9KOTHq7UR-frrLDzn5Bq_113fh_-ablMPkOB8oVR2CupdEBsCKo3Vz7jMOqZ1oozzZWfBYIDJ7CD6hf9x49WUOUemZpmdRjgCy6bf0jj_OkRtkVi1/w480-h640/ChristRed.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> Christ will return in red apparel for his "Second Coming."<p></p><p> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>JESUS</b> Christ didn't begin his preaching of the gospel, at least to large groups, until he was about age 30. (At age 12 he had shown in the Temple that he was already an astounding person.) So, what did Christ do for about 18 years?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> The Scriptures don't contain details on that.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> (In fact, I think some accounts were originally in the New Testament on Christ's missing 18 years, but were taken out by corrupt Christians over the centuries.) </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Elder Bruce R. McConkie stated in his "Mortal Messiah" book series:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">"We cannot doubt that the youthful Jesus . . . </span><u style="font-size: x-large;">was himself now</u><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><u style="font-size: x-large;">beginning to teach and to testify</u><span style="font-size: x-large;">. HIS FORMAL AND LEGAL MINISTRY </span><u style="font-size: x-large;">cannot begin for another eighteen years.</u><span style="font-size: x-large;"> For the time being he is to go back to Nazareth and be subject to Joseph and Mary. He is to mature and grow in the Spirit and find favor with God and man. HE IS TO PARTAKE OF THE NORMAL LIFE OF JEWISH MEN, DOING WHAT THEY DID, ENJOYING THE FAMILIAL ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE PART OF THEIR CULTURAL, and gaining all the experiences he would need for the arduous hours of his formal ministry." (Volume 1, pages 378-379).</span></p><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Now according to Alfred Edersheim's, </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">Sketches of Jewish Social life in the Days of Christ</i><span style="font-size: x-large;">, 1876, Elder McConkie writes the following: "Men married at sixteen or seventeen years of age, almost never later than twenty; and women at a somewhat younger age, often when not older than fourteen. THESE AGES APPLIED TO ALL, Joseph and Mary included" (p. 223). </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> So, Jesus undoubtedly got married in his teens. Perhaps raising his family (yes, with children) was his primary focus for those missing years. </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"> Joseph Fielding Smith wrote: "The Lord doesn't reveal all His truth to men . . . We are often asked if Christ was married. If you say yes, you get into a heap of trouble. I've got a habit of saying the scriptures don't tell us and let it go at that . They wouldn't understand it if you tried to tell them . . ." (Joseph Fielding Smith, President of the Twelve, An Address to Seminary and Institute Faculty, August 28, 1954, The Origin of Man, p. 23). </span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"> The Jews would NOT have listened to Christ at all, if he was not married. That was the Jewish way.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"> Also, for one who was baptized to fulfill all righteous, does not the command in Genesis to "multiply and replenish the earth" also apply to him?</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"> Yes, there are key questions remaining -- who were his wife or wives? Who were his children and what happened to them?</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: large;"> As difficult as a successful marriage can be, it is comforting to know that Jesus was married and had children too. That way he is certainly the ultimate example to us.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size: large;"><br style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";" /></div>Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-51541336373807907012023-11-08T15:35:00.000-08:002023-11-12T10:17:17.074-08:00Jobs that may be extinct in the Millennium<p><b> </b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1ICzH5bKxPwwjYv1u_4__YODYGFi9vzFdcPLumcbupZcw4dMgzU18DuIoBQ0_GQN0kGy4XPJZQwh6hDwFKk_B0NLtZJ96Q4vnjJXjPUnxYsk8rqnB7MmTdxQL1rjyYhM_uktGhxMU1vCQ4NWkl9FH659ui0Mk3a4VdEtGl8X9GFk_pVy3QsXGNsA_N_r/s3648/IMG_0015.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="3648" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1ICzH5bKxPwwjYv1u_4__YODYGFi9vzFdcPLumcbupZcw4dMgzU18DuIoBQ0_GQN0kGy4XPJZQwh6hDwFKk_B0NLtZJ96Q4vnjJXjPUnxYsk8rqnB7MmTdxQL1rjyYhM_uktGhxMU1vCQ4NWkl9FH659ui0Mk3a4VdEtGl8X9GFk_pVy3QsXGNsA_N_r/w640-h360/IMG_0015.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span> A farm in southeast Idaho.</span><p></p><p><span><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">AFTER</span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Jesus Christ's "Second Coming," the 1,000-year Millennium premieres and the Earth switches from Telestial to Terrestrial world.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As such, certain parameters change in a Terrestrial world.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For example, there will likely be no meat eating and no alcohol, or weeds, or disease.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">As such, here are some jobs/professions/companies that will, in my opinion, no longer exist during the Millennium (and most people on Earth then might be farmers/temple workers):</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Butcher/meat cutter</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Cattle rancher</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Zoo Keeper</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Bar tender/drink mixer</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Football coach/player. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Boxer</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Casino employee</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Insurance agent</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">-Mortician (after all the dead are buried from latter day wars.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""arimo" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">This article and all of the NighUntoKolob blog are NOT </span></span><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); color: #333333; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are the author's conclusions and opinions only.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p></div>Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-42922118990847609982023-11-08T15:34:00.003-08:002024-03-17T18:24:24.118-07:00All Dogs go to Heaven -- and to the Spirit World too! The 'Henrie" Miracle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfePMqXbciCATbYC2xU9kGdIsE2htUZRHFVxDLZ9AxI71GutyAN7J1yMLd2YnbWjo_zS7g6UoWJLiIAXTUObLDEpTpiHg34KOykW7-4TzpEWIiZHKCVHjXT8Mnj8-x4VDmnOQWQn__JE0lOEEt0LkRLYVeLY_zdA9uv_N_s4Zj9N8RTMUnZpN1zmxEAtUq/s5152/DSCN9994.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfePMqXbciCATbYC2xU9kGdIsE2htUZRHFVxDLZ9AxI71GutyAN7J1yMLd2YnbWjo_zS7g6UoWJLiIAXTUObLDEpTpiHg34KOykW7-4TzpEWIiZHKCVHjXT8Mnj8-x4VDmnOQWQn__JE0lOEEt0LkRLYVeLY_zdA9uv_N_s4Zj9N8RTMUnZpN1zmxEAtUq/w640-h480/DSCN9994.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Henrie<br /><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> sad limitation with dogs is that they don't live long enough.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Eventually, usually 10-16 years or so, they will die, or require a "put to sleep" decision.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm a dog lover and have had to endure the loss of about a dozen beloved dogs over the decades.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">One was in August of 2023 -- and after 10 losses, it didn't get any easier, but there was a miracle involved with No. 11.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">My daughter-in-law, Whitney, had a dog, "Henrie," that seemed to care for me a lot.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Whitney had to go to her veterinarian to put Henrie, about age 14, to sleep, as he wasn't walking or eating anymore. (I got to say my goodbyes to him that morning.)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvyeJmzd5uuTB240ns5WklRhILs1HFigkIInoomUXhDlW_fdyZPdjSmwk9Hvge2fvQa6bmw2BgrsIdXBuaQV_NNQ_M_xjjwfWE7VaOw6ashy0ZAvExgcT5kyoWUMSWwvQYvXYH_KgyfAB9IHu1wOE_LTMhoISrL_zHlbO4J3zYkjqFvATf6yzMLUFIBuE/s4320/DSCN0345.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvyeJmzd5uuTB240ns5WklRhILs1HFigkIInoomUXhDlW_fdyZPdjSmwk9Hvge2fvQa6bmw2BgrsIdXBuaQV_NNQ_M_xjjwfWE7VaOw6ashy0ZAvExgcT5kyoWUMSWwvQYvXYH_KgyfAB9IHu1wOE_LTMhoISrL_zHlbO4J3zYkjqFvATf6yzMLUFIBuE/w640-h480/DSCN0345.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Henrie, a very small Yorkie.<p></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">I really struggled with the loss of Henrie. I strongly believe people will be met by their loved ones when they enter the spirit world, but I wondered, "What do dogs, or other pets encounter they die? Are they met by their animal parents, owners, or what? Do they even enter the same spirit world that people enter when they leave mortality?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Whitney actually stayed with the veterinarian, while the two shots were given to humanely end Henrie's life. He was gone a good 30 seconds or so when an outright miracle happened.</span></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie_MWLlLdpP4HJWM2M9XaBMRd_mrkfI2FWRFCe06XawABj-wj0xVCGksrrRgQ3wIJUVePPv8YzFF0sutZH2aaboXGwjfn3gI3snoAzhwpWugupSZZAMmijfpl2pArkAsm2buGeXeZK-CF3yhYQDippJot-YlAwVQ9N9BqO5g56EVtmmIx05u35ebon-87/s4320/021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhie_MWLlLdpP4HJWM2M9XaBMRd_mrkfI2FWRFCe06XawABj-wj0xVCGksrrRgQ3wIJUVePPv8YzFF0sutZH2aaboXGwjfn3gI3snoAzhwpWugupSZZAMmijfpl2pArkAsm2buGeXeZK-CF3yhYQDippJot-YlAwVQ9N9BqO5g56EVtmmIx05u35ebon-87/w640-h480/021.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span> Henrie, in his prime.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="font-size: xx-large;">She heard Henrie bark, as in the distance, after he was deceased. Then, she distinctly heard her late mother's voice (Anita) state, "I have him."</b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Her late mother was also extremely fond of Henrie, and Henrie of her. Whitney has a declared, spiritual gift to at times see through the veil, to the spirit world. (She can also apparently hear through the veil at times too.)</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;">"All dogs go to he</span><span style="text-align: left;">aven," well, "all dogs apparently go to the spirit world" too.</span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">This miracle made the loss of Henrie more tolerable to me and gave specific hope for my past and future dogs, that we will meet again. </span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQc7l4ljlvx0LQ9KTBF0UuCxz1BA53OI4FFJPA4gK1hybjIc841j0GuOTWTjQm1GAOu94aJG4fxxJj1RPP3AT8f5CLWrCztsjZJw7zmURL35YBw20EvzS5DaIz_F4DD3IVJU8y-IV7XJqPCyFQuNMaowu0XDEiy4PQt9rmwx_1keDDkbxsyGupsMPrQv6/s4320/Henrie%20(2).JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQc7l4ljlvx0LQ9KTBF0UuCxz1BA53OI4FFJPA4gK1hybjIc841j0GuOTWTjQm1GAOu94aJG4fxxJj1RPP3AT8f5CLWrCztsjZJw7zmURL35YBw20EvzS5DaIz_F4DD3IVJU8y-IV7XJqPCyFQuNMaowu0XDEiy4PQt9rmwx_1keDDkbxsyGupsMPrQv6/w640-h480/Henrie%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span> Henrie</span><span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Has a family member greeted all, or some, of my deceased dogs in the spirit world? Perhaps. These dogs were loved and important to me and my deceased family members likely know that.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span>I</span><span>t seems our late pets, at least dogs, are not far from us, in the spirit world... just as our beloved humans are.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W41Ib5wgRNr7qEaLne9j3nithJTQY0ut33WQuZASoE6rvr2NPPKatgTXNt1qmLpOSqhPFCr9_R7FFWM5dvc4OwRxO9Gaca1W_3OehHf0zpNNsrX3_ZAKO9DrghZNv4cPpRzDtlirE5xPESkzPDy0zAdFj19J0Fc9rqFpUbrPNv-I4g_iL7cTRC01-0CQ/s5152/Henrie%20and%20carrier.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W41Ib5wgRNr7qEaLne9j3nithJTQY0ut33WQuZASoE6rvr2NPPKatgTXNt1qmLpOSqhPFCr9_R7FFWM5dvc4OwRxO9Gaca1W_3OehHf0zpNNsrX3_ZAKO9DrghZNv4cPpRzDtlirE5xPESkzPDy0zAdFj19J0Fc9rqFpUbrPNv-I4g_iL7cTRC01-0CQ/w480-h640/Henrie%20and%20carrier.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span> The author and Henrie.<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>UPDATE and MORE DOG MIRACLES?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> A couple of months after Henrie's passing, I was faced with my own dog, Mozzie, almost age 11, having a terminal illness. His stomach was enlarged and cloudy, with likely tumors; plus his lungs were failing.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> As I faced that, another, dog, Oreo, unexpectedly came into my life. Looking at ads for dogs on a whim, there was this free dog being offered some 50 miles away ... and his eyes just called to me, to come take him home -- and I did just that. Little did I know that less than three weeks later, my current dog, Mozzie, would indeed pass away.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWogPVCRa9QbqlcBtViyTiJ7sg5eD408KoOxzKXdzQv4yDaxhDkqe8tO09nX9hJV1WFUD2HOO8YWjyzcOM668TYrW6FHtHt1cb6j114dUYFlPYb0aqfbs_Toj2wFqph_5k4X7crT-zCsucrPg7x558w58XPkewSJEZgV1VhYAX2UIDHU3AnZ52RNFuQct_/s4320/DSCN7793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="4320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWogPVCRa9QbqlcBtViyTiJ7sg5eD408KoOxzKXdzQv4yDaxhDkqe8tO09nX9hJV1WFUD2HOO8YWjyzcOM668TYrW6FHtHt1cb6j114dUYFlPYb0aqfbs_Toj2wFqph_5k4X7crT-zCsucrPg7x558w58XPkewSJEZgV1VhYAX2UIDHU3AnZ52RNFuQct_/w640-h480/DSCN7793.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> Mozzie, in his prime.<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I not only prayed for Mozzie (and gave him a priesthood blessing too) to pass quickly and in little pain, but he seemed to do just that. In fact, he passed so quickly, that he could not even be taken to the vet to be put to sleep. (Mozzie hated the vet, also his boarding location and so that was a blessing that he passed away at home.) </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I prayed that my late parents would meet Mozzie in the spirit world too and I believe that they did just that.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG3BRc8NGsj7ku9CnWGayh4TUai-vbu5cJ5cPfQdqhLc_CJ2xpvKS6ZWg9sYLWYIIH7bI1t7vdfcRNz-Z6UnA_7esL4t-7iLo4sqGcqFxAnpjl4a_QoIQO9-3fY7Br7WNbgg80GtbqlQywNIYtf8u5zHC09hC9Wd4jhvMo6pUZA2BsDzF4geC8WHSE9pU/s3648/IMG_0013.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="3648" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG3BRc8NGsj7ku9CnWGayh4TUai-vbu5cJ5cPfQdqhLc_CJ2xpvKS6ZWg9sYLWYIIH7bI1t7vdfcRNz-Z6UnA_7esL4t-7iLo4sqGcqFxAnpjl4a_QoIQO9-3fY7Br7WNbgg80GtbqlQywNIYtf8u5zHC09hC9Wd4jhvMo6pUZA2BsDzF4geC8WHSE9pU/w640-h360/IMG_0013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> My new dog, Oreo, a border collie-corgi mix.<br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Having a new dog, Oreo, too, eased my grief somewhat -- and the Henrie "miracle" helped me even further.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> God definitely looked out for me and gave me and my animals some tender mercies.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <i> Joseph Smith was reputed to once say that he expected to have his favorite horse in the eternities. He also said that we can speak with animals in the spirit world and thereafter, they understanding us and we them (from "Teachings of The Prophet Joseph Smith," pages 291-292).</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><b>NOTE:</b> Yes, these miracles are a rather personal revelation. Still, I decided to share it on this, my LDS-oriented blog, because I strongly feel other dog and pet owners will find comfort and inspiration in my family's miracles and tender mercies.</i></div><div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Note 2:</b> If you like pets, search for my blog entry on "</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Miracle of the Washington, D.C. Temple Guard Dog: Zacharias."</span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span face=""arimo" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOTE 3:</b> This article and all of the NighUntoKolob blog are NOT </span></span><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); color: #333333; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;">an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are the author's conclusions and opinions only.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div>Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-47865270957864809832021-02-11T14:21:00.004-08:002024-02-29T19:24:50.920-08:00The Manti Temple: From Rattlesnake Heaven to Mummies to Bigfoot<div><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); color: #333333; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); color: #333333;"><span><span style="font-style: italic;"><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4wOOsQDltv5wIkbpKluMy67pwDjRViQ31C3Yc3NsrIv07XzzEojKkB8Am2kmBFNoaTJISQQRxUW6iPCAd2r1J07JFfiiC_H3xbblylXb4lnu-8hqZdGhOpOYBohr8qdAD5tydIkHJL24/s5152/Temple+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4wOOsQDltv5wIkbpKluMy67pwDjRViQ31C3Yc3NsrIv07XzzEojKkB8Am2kmBFNoaTJISQQRxUW6iPCAd2r1J07JFfiiC_H3xbblylXb4lnu-8hqZdGhOpOYBohr8qdAD5tydIkHJL24/w640-h480/Temple+1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </b> </span><span> The Manti Temple.</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px;">By Lynn Arave</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>THE</i> </b>story of Adam and Eve and the Serpent probably has a little more relevance at the Manti Temple, than at any other Church Temple.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Why?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>ACCORDING</b> to www.ldschurchtemples.com, "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: large; text-indent: 20px;">The Manti Utah Temple was built on a rattlesnake-infested site, known as the Manti Stone Quarry."</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; text-indent: 20px;">The Temple's construction started in 1877 and was completed 11 years later in 1888, as the third temple in Utah.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; text-indent: 20px;">Located on "Temple Hill," the exterior of the Temple was obtained from quarries in the hill where it is located.</span></span><div><div style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-indent: 20px;"><span style="color: #333300; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-indent: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP36fIcX2HDS-b2ikCYxQjoW3f2GSNjxLeht7TZsdTsGyn9fVqED_zdQJ_FOT1K1PaUcbZ8AQyK4IsptctViRnhbexcNXURjsyjGCtR-dtC3lYR1by_Q9t4u9SOnmMHUVQSD_IDrXV0A1n/s5152/Rock1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP36fIcX2HDS-b2ikCYxQjoW3f2GSNjxLeht7TZsdTsGyn9fVqED_zdQJ_FOT1K1PaUcbZ8AQyK4IsptctViRnhbexcNXURjsyjGCtR-dtC3lYR1by_Q9t4u9SOnmMHUVQSD_IDrXV0A1n/w640-h480/Rock1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> Some of the exposed rock just east of the Temple.<br /><span style="color: #333300; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-indent: 20px;"><span style="color: #333300; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-indent: 20px;"><span style="color: #333300; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-indent: 20px;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWK_TuyS2oSGpSoRNNGBVvATogIL4yhBfLGX_0HTFw3HfUSmLACT5wjVeYuyVGajXzRLI8ROtSc90RIj0SBtz7r7i4dZaT3n4pKzY-VwmK_wEdD8eSuShTTreRatfJfWBiwRRkFCqQ461/s5152/Rock2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWK_TuyS2oSGpSoRNNGBVvATogIL4yhBfLGX_0HTFw3HfUSmLACT5wjVeYuyVGajXzRLI8ROtSc90RIj0SBtz7r7i4dZaT3n4pKzY-VwmK_wEdD8eSuShTTreRatfJfWBiwRRkFCqQ461/w640-h480/Rock2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> </span><i> Some above ground rock, left intact, in a yard just to the south of the Manti Temple.</i><br /><span style="color: #333300; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; text-indent: 20px;">This hill was apparently rattlesnake heaven as not dozens, but hundreds of the poisonous reptiles called it home when the first pioneer settlers arrived there.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; text-indent: 20px;">In fact, according to the Ensign Magazine of March 1978, settlers "</span></span><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">battled rattlesnakes for possession of the valley." </span></span><br /><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to several pioneer diaries referenced on </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span face=""roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #006621; white-space: nowrap;">scholarsarchive.byu.edu</span><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333;">, </span></span><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: large;">the Temple Hill had the greatest infestation of all.</span><br /><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first pioneers arrived in the fall of 1849 and sought refuge by building dugouts on the south side of the hill that would later be known as "Temple Hill."</span></span><br /><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">After what was one of the worst winters ever in the area (according to the local Native Americans), a warming spring brought hope to the settlers.</span></span><br /><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, as temperatures warmed in the spring of 1850, rattlesnakes began to appear everywhere on the hillside -- even in people's dugouts, beds, etc.</span></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwprZahU0_FE2NfS6Rt2uMkicn5phQ_upsQxLXR8XJ9NRrZ_5Rdr5Eq0-W4n83brwNr0AIrHmxQza6MCxjdmEjKFOcj2Cy6tYki7yA1TAAqMO6Mju-jZx_aI0ogZQh89keYl-5m1ACuL8k/s5152/Temple+hill.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwprZahU0_FE2NfS6Rt2uMkicn5phQ_upsQxLXR8XJ9NRrZ_5Rdr5Eq0-W4n83brwNr0AIrHmxQza6MCxjdmEjKFOcj2Cy6tYki7yA1TAAqMO6Mju-jZx_aI0ogZQh89keYl-5m1ACuL8k/w640-h480/Temple+hill.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> </span><i> The famous, now cancelled, Manti Pageant used to be held on this open lawn.</i><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">One pioneer diary claimed 300 snakes were killed during the first night they appeared. Another stated at least 500 were killed. Still another claimed "1,500" were wiped out. The extermination of the reptiles continued several more nights too.</span></span><br /><span face=""open sans" , "zoram" , "noto sans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.008); color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Settlers primarily used primarily torches and clubs to kill the snakes and the miraculous factor is that there was not one report of a snakebite.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333300; font-size: large; text-indent: 20px;">According to Utah Pioneer Stories on Sanpete.com, the spring of 1850 brought this development:</span><br /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large;">"Soon hundreds of hissing rattlesnakes appeared in the dugouts. They were everywhere! As the sun began to go down the snakes became more plentiful and the battle was on. The settlers armed themselves with clubs, torches and anything else that they could use as a weapon against hundreds of snakes."</span><br /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nryrjpk8KuBvgJlk_3Hvao5ASi_ZuplAhdj3nvAs8vUUViVWWhALFMdKj1R8Q0IdUXLuVlnfTz5CZ4xs-1mTjvYBDU85hrV4iGw1dTGiCZ2qgTnjgWhQaJSHer8lwEdfZl-9MHJbHds1/s5152/Manti+sign.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nryrjpk8KuBvgJlk_3Hvao5ASi_ZuplAhdj3nvAs8vUUViVWWhALFMdKj1R8Q0IdUXLuVlnfTz5CZ4xs-1mTjvYBDU85hrV4iGw1dTGiCZ2qgTnjgWhQaJSHer8lwEdfZl-9MHJbHds1/w640-h480/Manti+sign.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Manti is a Utah pioneer city older than any outside the Wasatch Front.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 22pt;">Some 27 years later in 1877, presumably most of the snakes were gone by then, as Brigham Young announced the temple site.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 22pt;">President Young reportedly said, “Here is the spot where the Prophet Moroni stood and dedicated this piece of land for a Temple site, and that is the reason why the location is made here, and we can’t move it from this spot; and if you and I are the only persons that come here at high noon today, we will dedicate this ground.” (LDS Church News, March 8, 1958.)<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><i><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large;"></span></i><div style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlib3piJmVO_UrePz8lttgaWcSbRd5VWM4Hz8oLWuvyQ3RuHA9SnWcXbURj_Yd-LfZGJoHAKN0Qliw-nDJAbkVPrwEAXs1qPm-KUFv6MhIEtE0t3ijtAEGeWuNAZdWGFLLJECLJ2JjZwup/s5152/Manti+Garden.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlib3piJmVO_UrePz8lttgaWcSbRd5VWM4Hz8oLWuvyQ3RuHA9SnWcXbURj_Yd-LfZGJoHAKN0Qliw-nDJAbkVPrwEAXs1qPm-KUFv6MhIEtE0t3ijtAEGeWuNAZdWGFLLJECLJ2JjZwup/w640-h480/Manti+Garden.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-style: italic;">A section of the City's garden, southwest of the Temple. There used to be a "Mortal" Moroni statue standing nearby, but it was permanently removed in about 2012.</span><br /><div style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br />(Note that some now question that Moroni actually dedicated the site for this temple. That's because it relies upon a single source and the occurrence was never included in any official Manti Temple histories, such as its dedication proceedings.)</i><br /><br /></div><div style="font-size: x-large; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 22pt;">Construction began that same year and the first step was to level out the hilltop so a temple could sit there. It required significant blasting as the hill contained a lot of rock.</span></div><div style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 22pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyPXmeii4Mduh9AcWW5RM6Ds19XLf_2SICccKW1wUnQ3TY11HmRauqBsK3aRVa2GQclkHMRD-Lo-72Wewm9YjmmW92ovfxAvE5baRepACTV5_OqIMxQU2ddOkwISEQzAyDlbeloXDY-EM/s5152/No+Angel+on+top.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyPXmeii4Mduh9AcWW5RM6Ds19XLf_2SICccKW1wUnQ3TY11HmRauqBsK3aRVa2GQclkHMRD-Lo-72Wewm9YjmmW92ovfxAvE5baRepACTV5_OqIMxQU2ddOkwISEQzAyDlbeloXDY-EM/w640-h480/No+Angel+on+top.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Note that there is no Angel Moroni on either of the Manti Temple's spires. That's ironic, a lack of Moroni's image on the outside of the temple, given that from at least one source, the Prophet Moroni as a mortal, wandered the Americas and possibly dedicated the very spot where the temple is to be such.<br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: 22pt;"><br /></span></div><br /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large;">(In fact, even today Temple Hill only has dirt that extends downward from a few inches deep to several feet before hitting all rock.)</span><br /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large;">When the temple builders were creating the western foundation for the structure, they discovered an extensive network of caves and tunnels, obviously where the rattlesnakes used to nest in winter several decades earlier.</span><br /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Rattlesnakes have left a lasting impression on the Manti area. Indeed, one of the tallest mountain summits in the area is named Rattlesnake Peak, at 8,612 feet above sea level.</span></span><br /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZSg2wwB5URAs6DsQ04pY8kPEtZysc4qVMhc4VG8F3kb-Af-aaf_1uieUgrLjIiawOVFWMpvh4X42zIZPNsfPNSsxUC9uTZC0_vojg9jH_-qktANo0IIhO53YCeEVAReZh_NCwthh04O6/s5152/Temple+closeup.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvZSg2wwB5URAs6DsQ04pY8kPEtZysc4qVMhc4VG8F3kb-Af-aaf_1uieUgrLjIiawOVFWMpvh4X42zIZPNsfPNSsxUC9uTZC0_vojg9jH_-qktANo0IIhO53YCeEVAReZh_NCwthh04O6/w640-h480/Temple+closeup.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic;"><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">-There are also other, more fanciful tales regarding the Manti Temple.</span><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;" /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">There are unconfirmed stories of strange inscriptions on some of the rocks found inside Temple Hill's caves during the early construction.</span><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;" /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">Other tales speak of even metal plates and mummies found beneath the hill in its caves.</span><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;" /><span face=""muli" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5a5a5a; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">Some stories claim local Native Americans spoke about an ancient temple and altar being on the hill long ago. These Indians also warned of the dangers of going inside any of the caves.</span><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;" /><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">-Even stranger story: At the timber camp in Ephraim Canyon, during the early construction of the</span><b style="color: black; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal;"> Manti</b><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">Temple, likely in the late 1870s, there was an incident one night where men of the camp were terrified by some creature in the forest. It made strange noises, killed some of their dogs and frightened their horses. They finally started a bonfire and shot guns in the darkness to try and get it to leave. It did finally depart.</span><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;" /><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;">Some believe this creature was Bigfoot and could have been the first recorded sighting ever of Sasquatch in Utah territory.</span><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;" /><span style="color: black; font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX-BrxLtKTFEk5Y96KGworQmsKupABFAvhtXZqLxGELUevux_5O6_huYgwjmhRyOhPVskk7D00Ns1BYKrZDcDXCUI8O8rpg83HcgCm0SgIy_0bbkcTnaf0k3-w69qGCROrF5PhCQUEb5b/s5152/Old+portal.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOX-BrxLtKTFEk5Y96KGworQmsKupABFAvhtXZqLxGELUevux_5O6_huYgwjmhRyOhPVskk7D00Ns1BYKrZDcDXCUI8O8rpg83HcgCm0SgIy_0bbkcTnaf0k3-w69qGCROrF5PhCQUEb5b/w640-h480/Old+portal.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;">The enclosed arch where you used to be able to drive through the temple without a recommend.</div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><br /></div><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;" /><br style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;" /><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">-<b>TRUE TALE</b> though is that you used to be able to drive THROUGH the Manti Temple.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">The original construction included an arched tunnel at ground level, just wide enough for a small automobile or wagon to pass through.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">The archway was eventually filled in decades later and is now a large window and stone.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still, people back in the day used to joke that Manti was the only temple you could go through WITHOUT a recommend.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(Some early photographs of the Manti Temple clearly show the archway.)</i></span></div><div style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times roman", serif; font-size: 24pt;">Another
ironic occurrence to the construction of the Manti Temple was that much of its
lumber came from the nearby “Hell’s Kitchen” area of a nearby forest.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times roman", serif; font-size: 24pt;"><br /></span></div></div></span></span><div><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.01); color: #333333;"><span><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;"><span face=""arimo" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-style: italic; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOTE:</b> This article and all of the NighUntoKolob blog are NOT </span></span><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-style: italic; text-indent: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are the author's conclusions and opinions only.</span></span><br /></div></span></span></div>Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-2433625769864222452020-12-06T20:02:00.009-08:002024-02-29T19:25:05.940-08:00A capsule look at the 'Three Nephites'<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZzTHgFzWeVzD6hI74qy0S_c6uygC6n1aQ9mKJXbcYqPF_-QoX19tu57XxkLQSybIJN5QWh2SnrA4366xO51wLEwcujt3nFAqiIVqDaTkHLFVIvybakxqzRJOj7j8aSJwQ5hbujALYtNjXjJztdi_F0-doVZ9XJi6dPBtQKTtbXpX177YXTxd0e-JXcpX/s4320/BOM%20snow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4320" data-original-width="3240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZzTHgFzWeVzD6hI74qy0S_c6uygC6n1aQ9mKJXbcYqPF_-QoX19tu57XxkLQSybIJN5QWh2SnrA4366xO51wLEwcujt3nFAqiIVqDaTkHLFVIvybakxqzRJOj7j8aSJwQ5hbujALYtNjXjJztdi_F0-doVZ9XJi6dPBtQKTtbXpX177YXTxd0e-JXcpX/w480-h640/BOM%20snow.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> Moroni was the last known mortal Nephite to live on the American Continent.<br /><p><br /></p><p><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24pt;">Elder</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24pt;"> Orson Pratt was the first leader in
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to call attention to the famed
“Three Nephites” to the general church.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">He did so on April 7, 1855 in a sermon at
the new bowery in Salt Lake City.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">(The “Three Nephites” are translated
beings, like John the Revelator from the New Testament. They cannot die and are
beyond the powers of earth. They will remain on earth until Jesus Christ
returns.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">Elder Pratt’s sermon said these heavenly
beings can show themselves unto whomever they choose to. Otherwise, they remain
unseen. They do come among us openly because the time is not right and there is
work for humans to do to prepare to Christ’s return. They work in secret to
promote righteousness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">Elder Erastus Snow and Brigham Young also
gave sermons later that alluded to the existence of these Three Nephites.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">However, Elder James E. Talmage, an LDS
Apostle in the early 20<sup>th</sup> Century stated the church members in his
era were too eager to attribute any unusual happening to the Three Nephites. As
such, he said they must be the most overworked of all individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">Later, it has been assumed that since
physical struggles are so easy for us in modern times, that we don’t have the
need to these individuals, at least for physical matters.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">Notwithstanding, in many of the tales of
visits by these beings, they are described as old men with white hair and
beards.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">From ghostly hitchhikers who appear, offer
some spiritual advice and eventually just disappear from a back car seat, to
beggars who ask for food to test our generosity, there are various such stories
from Utah over the decades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">In others, someone is saved from death.
For example, in the 1950s, a young boy fell into deep water at the Ogden Bay
Bird Refuge, located west of Hooper. He might have drowned had not an older man
appeared out of nowhere to save him. Then, the man vanished. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">In another tale, two young girls were
hiking in the mountains around Richfield in the early 20<sup>th</sup> Century.
They became lost and then a man appeared and led them back to the trail, before
disappearing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;">-Some of these stories are contained in a
1947 book by </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hector Lee, “The Three Nephites: The
Substance and Significance of the Legend in Folklore,” (1947), a </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); color: black; font-size: 24pt;">Ph.D. dissertation for the </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">University
of New Mexico.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk58178292;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 24pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-26823886494933389642019-11-19T09:25:00.000-08:002019-12-29T18:29:28.408-08:00Should Church members celebrate Halloween?<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">A ward's "Trunk or Treat" decorated vehicle, as part of a Halloween party, with inside the cultural hall events too.</span><br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">THERE </b><span style="font-size: large;">are some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints who DO NOT believe in celebrating Halloween, mostly because of its dark beginnings. That is their freedom of choice to do so.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, Halloween was mostly about scary and the equivalent in costumes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">However, today that is NOT the universal case. When some 170 children came to my door on Halloween night of 2019, I'd estimate that 95 percent-plus were wearing super-hero and fantasy costumes -- not scary ones.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Halloween today is mostly about candy and cute or inventive costumes. Yes, there are some haunted houses one can visit and even Lagoon Park in Farmington, Utah, hosts "Frightmares" each fall, with a scary twist.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">However, even some of the most popular decorations of Christmas have strong roots in pagan rituals and so does one forsake Christmas because of that shady past?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The choice is yours, but about the only advice on Halloween in Church Handbooks has been that masks are not allowed inside a Church building.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So, Halloween is what you make it.</span><br />
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Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-46815096522898887722019-08-22T08:52:00.003-07:002019-12-29T18:35:08.647-08:00Forget about decaff products or only health issues -- The Word of Wisdom is also designed to separate Latter-day Saints from the world<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Choices of caffeine abound in today's world.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>THE </b>Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints recently re-clarified some of the taboos of the Word of Wisdom.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of the member reaction focuses on one forbidden ingredient: caffeine.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In my opinion, this is where all too many Church members miss a key purpose of the Word of Wisdom: <b>to separate Latter-day Saints from the rest of the world.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(This is just like the ancient Israelites' health code separated them from the world ... But too many Church members only read The Book of Mormon and have never studied the Old Testament.)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Word of Wisdom isn't just about health, in my view and not enough young church members are taught that.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Members can argue health studies all they want, or feel fine if they drink a decaff coffee, tea or even cola. But the spirit of "separation from the world" in the Word of Wisdom to me says NO to any coffee, tea or cola -- and says to stay out of any coffee shop period.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-My wife thinks the Church should firmly come out against energy drinks, which I do see many in the younger generation consuming daily. They are, of course, not a healthy alternative and a no-brainer to avoid regularly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Also, others notice that some Church members eat too many unhealthy snacks, or don't exercise. We can't lengthen our lives, yet we can certainly shorten them by unhealthy habits.</span><br />
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<br style="text-indent: -48px;" />Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-70949449754934669482019-07-21T19:32:00.001-07:002023-07-09T16:53:28.953-07:00Why such a fixation in the Church on handcarts, when they were not the norm?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MY</b> Ward's Sacrament meeting program (for July 21, 2019) carried the prominent drawing of a handcart, used by Mormon pioneers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For history's sake, I think handcarts are way over emphasized in the LDS Church. <b>Handcarts have very incorrectly become the iconic symbol of pioneer Mormonism.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">First, consider that no more than <b>4 percent</b> of the estimated 70,000 people who immigrated to Utah Territory between 1847 and 1869 (when the railroad was opened) came by handcart. Thus, handcarts are NOT anywhere near the norm in numbers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i> Why so much focus on what a lesser number of people did?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(I guess they are sort of the "Titanic" of disasters among all the pioneers ... And, they overrule most Church members' proper understanding of history.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Also, h</span><span face=""interface" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 20px;">andcarts didn't carry everything such pioneers had. All handcart companies traveled with supply wagons that carried tents, extra food and other provisions, too. One wagon was usually allocated for about every 100 members of a handcart company.</span><br />
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<span face=""interface" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 20px;">-And the well-known Willie and Martin handcart companies are dwelled upon way too much. There are other such handcart companies that came across the plains with few deaths -- but they are rarely mentioned.</span><br />
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<span face=""interface" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: 20px;">-PLUS, the Willie and Martin companies were warned before they left that their departure was TOO LATE IN THE SEASON, but such advice was ignored. </span><br />
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<b style="font-size: 24pt;">DESERET</b><span style="font-size: 24pt;"> Industries opened its Harrisville Store, 435 North Wall Avenue on Sept. 24,
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That meant
the DI left Ogden City after more than 6 decades there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The first DI
in Ogden opened in 1941 on the south side of 24<sup>th</sup> Street, between
Grant Avenue and Washington Boulevard. It later moved to 2360 Washington
Boulevard, just north of where ZCMI used to be located. Finally, the old
Williamson Auto Body property was secured and the Ogden DI moved to 2048
Washington Boulevard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt;">That third
store location meant the DI remodeled almost annually. Also, in that era, the
DI repaired TVs and electronics and even recut and reused broken mirrors. </span><u style="font-size: 24pt;">Used
shoes</u><span style="font-size: 24pt;"> were also repaired and shined. Old furniture was repaired and rugs
were made from rags, as waste was kept to almost zero.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Nothing is
wasted when sent to the Deseret Industries” was almost a DI motto in the 1970s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"> Two photos of the Ogden DI from</span><i><span style="line-height: 34.24px;">“The Church in Ogden Yearbook for 1978.”)</span> </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">-Deseret
Industries was born during the post-Depression era when The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints sent two officials to Los Angeles in 1938 to study
Goodwill Industries and determine how the church could create similar
employment opportunities through a thrift-store business.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"> The Ogden DI manager in the late 1970s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24pt;">Deseret Industries
was born later that year under the direction of LDS Church President Heber J.
Grant. </span><span style="font-size: 24pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt;">It was originally part of the
Bishop’s Storehouse. It became its own separate entity in early 1941.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Today it is
one of the largest thrift store chains in the nation, behind Goodwill and
Savers stores, with 46 stores in seven Western states: Arizona, California,
Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The stores
operate on the principles of thrift, work, giving and self-reliance, and their
primary purpose is employment rehabilitation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">-According
to information from the organization, Deseret Industries is composed of three
related parts. First, employees receive training and find long-term employment.
Second, the public may purchase inexpensive, quality merchandise in a clean,
safe retail environment. To those in need, merchandise is provided at no cost.
Third, all people may provide meaningful service through the donation of time
and merchandise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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McKenna, director of Deseret Industries, said the ultimate goal of Deseret
Industries is to provide temporary employment and job skills to people who need
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"We
serve without regard to religion," he said. Currently, D.I. stores
probably employ about 50 percent non-LDS workers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He said
selling used clothing and items is what keeps the DIs funded — they have to be
self-sustaining.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">McKenna said
the DI system hasn't expanded with new stores in recent years, because it is
oriented toward quality and not just to opening more outlets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"We
have a desire to be the best," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">He also said
the DIs have no desire to set a price at the maximum amount, but simply a fair
price.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by Lynn Arave in the Deseret News and a Sept. 6, 2009 Deseret News story.
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Layton,
Utah DI originally opened May of 1998 at 1010 West Hill Field Road. This was a
leased building of about 30,000-square feet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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years later in October of 2008, the DI moved eastward, a few hundred yards, to
930 West Hill Field Road and into a new building that was about twice the size
as its original Layton store.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This DI was
part of the Welfare Service Center, which included six components besides the
D.I. — LDS Family Services, LDS Employment, the Distribution Center, Bishop's
Storehouse, Family Home Storage Center and a humanitarian volunteer room — all
under one roof.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The new
facility was dedicated by Presiding Bishop H. David Burton of the LDS Church. A
ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for 9:45 a.m. today. The grand opening
celebration continues through Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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process of moving the estimated 12,000 items that are donated each day to the
sales floor became much faster in the new facility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morning, Monday through Saturday, a line of up at least several dozen patrons
forms outside the Layton DI, as they await a chance to see what new items have
been donated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>THE </b>Logan Temple was the second temple in Utah built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was dedicated on May 17, 1884. (The St. George Temple had been dedicated just seven years earlier, in 1877.)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Ogden and Provo temples were opened in 1972-1973, in hopes of postponing remodeling and expansion of both the Logan and Manti temples. That worked for a few years, but usage of the Logan Temple had surged by the mid-1970s.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Initially, Church leaders considered building a new temple in Preston, Idaho. However, at about 27 miles distant from Logan, a temple there was considered too far away from the Cache County base of temple patrons. A remodel was the only option.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(Note that this account is not intended to be a full history of the Logan Temple, but to just concentrate on a summary of the remodeling history.)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">According to information from Fred Baker, head of the LDS Church's building program, from 1965-1991, the Logan Temple remodel presented a special challenge -- temple patrons doing endowment work had to travel from room-to-room to complete the process and each room was a step or two higher than the previous room. In fact, endowment patrons started on level one in the temple and ended up on the third level to complete the endowment. That equaled great symbolism in ascending, but complicated any interior remodeling.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Logan Temple was a historic pioneer temple and like the Salt Lake Temple, had many, many unique paintings and hand-crafted work throughout the building.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Church leaders decided to gut the Logan Temple and redo it to accommodate the video presentation of the endowment. That proved to be an inspired decision.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Baker said the Logan Temple's main structural beam was found to be cracked in two when extensive remodeling work began in 1976. It was surmised that a past earthquake (possibly from the March 27, 1975 Pocatello Valley Idaho quake that was near the Utah-Idaho border and equaled 6.3 in strength).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thus, if the temple had simply been renovated, the roof could have eventually collapsed ...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(However, of course, the Lord was not going to allow that to happen and hence the extensive remodeling of the Temple.)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Brother Baker said the Church had remodeled all 13 existing temples during his tenure and only the Logan Temple patrons were upset -- they felt their historic temple was being wrecked. (And, when the remodel ended up removing the entire inside and the roof, with the sky showing above, it was indeed an extensive process.)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(Church Architect Emil Fetzer had looked at saving the solemn assembly room in particular, but decided just propping that section up would make a mishmash of the rest of the temple -- totally redoing the inside was the only way to go.)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Brother Baker said he felt he needed bodyguards when he went to Logan as Church members there were so upset at gutting the temple. He said there were notes placed on his car and also posters about Logan against the remodel process.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Logan Temple was rededicated on March 13, 1979. All the pioneer era paintings were gone and the Temple inside looked more like the Ogden Temple than the Salt Lake Temple.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Church did save two of the large paintings and put them in storage. Others were painting on walls and could not be salvaged.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The good news was that using the endowment film meant the temple could handle significantly more patrons and complete much more vicarious work for the dead than before.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-During a Sept. 8, 2018 sealing in the Logan Temple, the sealer stated that there is a strong rumor that a complete or partial restoration of the pioneer aspects of the Logan Temple are being considered now, though there is nothing definite and no timeline yet.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">That would likely please many Church members in the Cache Valley. Although the outside of the Logan Temple is historic, the inside of the Temple is far too modern to match its pioneer legacy.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Would the Logan Temple's legendary original "Gold" sealing room -- and more -- return during a possible restoration? Time will tell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>-Note 1: Why the Manti Temple was NOT remodeled with a complete tear out process, like the Logan Temple had. This was because the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Relief Society visited the First Presidency and asked that the Manti Temple only be renovated. Their request was granted and the pioneer aspects of the Manti Temple still remain today as it still lacks a temple endowment film. Obviously too, the Manti Temple's main supports were in better shape than Logan's and had NOT been damaged by an earthquake.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Note 2: The Author co-wrote the official Ogden Temple history for the Church in 2014 and much of the above information on the Logan Temple was also obtained during that process.</span><br />
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Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-9146419119356260042018-08-01T19:45:00.002-07:002023-09-18T11:22:59.163-07:00New 'Ministering' Program's Possible Acronym : 'MMM' -- The Triple M Program?<div><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFLDMoPHznvb7241R8e4LRZuVW87uMr6RCdXF4HXV27MCo-mujcFw0Y9ZATOEExIbknbueGmVz2RBTP41_n1EHo-cBZS9f7YjUiaia36K77vqOMNqbVhvovmzHTmQx38fQghBsTax_1ZZIotEz_Mhwi1tY8quahDZ7Eud5ulCHmtX8MfZN6y0os5qyFst/s4320/21%20Angel%20Moroni.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4320" data-original-width="3240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFLDMoPHznvb7241R8e4LRZuVW87uMr6RCdXF4HXV27MCo-mujcFw0Y9ZATOEExIbknbueGmVz2RBTP41_n1EHo-cBZS9f7YjUiaia36K77vqOMNqbVhvovmzHTmQx38fQghBsTax_1ZZIotEz_Mhwi1tY8quahDZ7Eud5ulCHmtX8MfZN6y0os5qyFst/w480-h640/21%20Angel%20Moroni.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A</b> relief society president was recently heard saying, "That ministering thing," while another member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said the "Ministering term sounds more like something another Christian church would espouse rather than the Latter-day Saints."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Such is the confusion surrounding the new program that replaced "Home Teaching" in April of 2018.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There's no doubt the new program is inspired and comes from revelation through President Russell M. Nelson.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">However, does the Church need a catchy acronym to help power the new program forward?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How about The Triple M program? -- <b>M</b>ortals <b>M</b>inistering <b>M</b>ortals? OR the 3M program?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or, <b>M</b>embers <b>M</b>inistering <b>M</b>embers?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Until the Ministering program was announced, "The ministering of Angels" was about the only use of the term previously in the Church of Jesus Christ.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-666693455197883192018-05-15T17:10:00.002-07:002023-09-18T11:21:17.067-07:00Core danger: Too many Church members don’t know the Standard Works <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXke6M7J9B_GlBwYeYe0EqrNuJj-TFtOC9b4KkaPAqZQubVnRpcQLDm2ok7GBrLXRCdrEepDMTdSzMqi4LfUN_SyBueBustCKbPDDgJpDSoApR_L3ZeLvrTtSMPchos83Z0Tkf3W5gY7mZc1EqFr2Zw0BNjmpXFVPdqtnjzVm11KVYknLpVYDKp3V5PHUy/s5152/D&C.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5152" data-original-width="3864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXke6M7J9B_GlBwYeYe0EqrNuJj-TFtOC9b4KkaPAqZQubVnRpcQLDm2ok7GBrLXRCdrEepDMTdSzMqi4LfUN_SyBueBustCKbPDDgJpDSoApR_L3ZeLvrTtSMPchos83Z0Tkf3W5gY7mZc1EqFr2Zw0BNjmpXFVPdqtnjzVm11KVYknLpVYDKp3V5PHUy/w480-h640/D&C.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br />
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often among the most trusting and gullible people in the world. They also
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false and not even worth reading. A big problem is they sometimes then teach
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teach our people to find their answers in the scriptures. If only each of us
would be wise enough to say that we aren’t able to answer any question unless
we can find a doctrinal answer in the scriptures! And if we hear someone
teaching something that is contrary to what is in the scriptures, each of us
may know whether the things spoken are false—it is as simple as that. But the
unfortunate thing is that so many of us are not reading the scriptures. We do
not know what is in them, and therefore we speculate about the things that we
ought to have found in the scriptures themselves. I think that therein is one
of our biggest dangers of today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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missionaries and they ask questions about things pertaining to the temple, I
say to them, as I close the discussion, “I don’t dare answer any of your
questions unless I can find an answer in the standard works or in the authentic
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Lord has given us in the standard works the means by which we should measure
truth and untruth. May we all heed his word: “Thou shalt take the things which
thou hast received, which have been given unto thee in my scriptures for a law,
to be my law to govern my church.” (</span><a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/42.59?lang=eng#58" target="_blank"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="border: 1pt none; color: #147ea7; font-size: 18pt; padding: 0in;">D&C 42:59</span></a><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 18pt;">.)”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">There’s no doubt that a sandstone base, taken from Red Butte Canyon, was the Temple’s original base. But is any of the sandstone still there?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">The vast majority of all Internet searches find sources that imply the sandstone base was entirely removed – it is all granite now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">“At this time, President Young examined the newly uncovered foundation and became aware that it was defective. He and his associates noticed large cracks and concluded that its small stones held together with mortar could not carry the massive weight of the temple. On January 1, 1862, he announced that the inadequate foundation would be removed and replaced by one made entirely of granite. The footings would be sixteen feet thick. “I want to see the Temple built in a manner that it will endure through the Millennium,” he later declared. The work of rebuilding the foundation moved slowly, and the walls did not reach ground level until the end of the construction season in 1867, fourteen years after the original cornerstones had been laid.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">The Deseret News of March 30, 1963 published a photograph of when extensive excavations were made around the base of the Salt Lake Temple. This photograph lists the granite foundation as 14 feet deep (two feet less than the BYU article stated).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">It also clearly shows a sandstone sub-foundation still there, underneath the granite foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">So, technically both statements of a granite or sandstone base are true.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">An earlier Deseret News story on Sept. 8, 1962, stated:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">“The story of the foundation and the back-breaking labors of the pioneers who toiled with oxen to haul giant pieces of granite from Cottonwood Canyon quarries to replace an original foundation of sandstone has been told.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">Thus, if there ever was a full foundation of sandstone up to the ground level, then the upper 14 feet of that base had to have been removed and replaced with granite. However, the BYU story stated that the temple structure didn’t rise to ground level until 1867, or 10 years after the threat from the U.S. Army. So, this casts some doubt on a full underground base of sandstone ever existing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">Notwithstanding, it is a fact that some 14 feet to 16 feet of lower sandstone sub-base still remain below ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">The 1963 Deseret News story stated that the sandstone sub-foundation was 30 feet down. Amazingly, only hand tools, horse and oxen power created that foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">This sandstone sub-foundation covers an area of 4,850 square feet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">The photograph also reveals how layered in blocks and even partially eroded the sandstone sub-foundation appears to have been in 1963.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">During the 1963 renovation, cement wells and footings were added to replace the previous rocky subsoil. At the same time of the 1963 underground improvements, underground passages were also added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">-“Facts about the Temple” was an Oct. 22, 1891 story on the S.L. Temple in the Salt Lake Herald newspaper. This article accurately mentions the deepest foundations as being sandstone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">“The Salt Lake Temple foundation is not laid of granite from Cottonwood canon (sic), as has been stated, but is of the same kind of sandstone as the temple block wall foundation – we call it firestone – and has never been disturbed or taken up and relayed as has been stated …” the Herald story stated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">-One other interesting excerpt from the BYU Religious Studies article on the history of the S.L. Temple is this:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">“Because the builders recalled President Young’s desire for this temple to stand through time, the structure was very solid. Even at their tops, the walls were six feet thick, and the granite blocks were individually and skillfully shaped to fit snugly together. Nearly a century later, Elder Mark E. Petersen attested to the soundness of the temple’s construction. He was in the temple when a rather severe earthquake hit, damaging several buildings around the Salt Lake Valley. “As I sat there in that temple I could feel the sway of the quake and that the whole building groaned.” Afterward, he recalled, the engineers “could not find one semblance of damage” anywhere in the temple.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">“Some have suggested that in the Salt Lake Temple, shafts were provided for elevators and spaces left throughout the building for electric conduits and heating ducts even before these technologies were known. Angell Sr., (the temple’s architect) however, certainly would have learned about elevators, which were just coming into use at the time of his 1856 visit to Europe. By the early 1860s, electricity was already being used in Utah for the Deseret Telegraph system. Hence, most of the temple’s interior was designed and built long after these technologies emerged. Although the west center tower proved to be a convenient location for the two main elevators, there is no evidence to suggest that their shafts were planned when there was no knowledge of this technology.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">NOTE 1:</b><span style="font-size: large;"> The term "granite" is a layman's term in this article. Geologists probably have their own different scientific terms.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 29.3333px;"><b>NOTE 2: </b>Temples can be vulnerable to earthquakes, God permitting. Example: T</span><span style="font-size: large;">he Logan Temple's main structural beam was found to be cracked in two when extensive remodeling work began in 1976. It was surmised that a past earthquake (possibly from the March 27, 1975 Pocatello Valley Idaho quake that was near the Utah-Idaho border and equaled 6.3 in strength), damaged it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thus, if the temple had simply been renovated, the roof could have eventually collapsed. Fortunately, a total rebuilding inside the walls and roof was done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOTE 3: </b>It was announced in April of 2019 that the Salt Lake Temple will close at the end of 2019 for approximately 4 years for extensive remodeling. This will be the first remodeling of that temple since 1963, when the photos on this blog were taken. Extensive seismic upgrades will be made -- and the sandstone sub-foundation will surely be exposed again.</span><br />
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Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-78855763330896103122018-05-07T06:26:00.002-07:002020-07-04T10:46:16.881-07:00Don't make the error of elevating The Apocrypha (or Esdras) to a Standard Work <br />
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<b style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">SOME</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;"> members of </span><span style="font-size: large;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">have apparently recently seized upon verses from
the Book of 2</span><sup style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;">nd</sup><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;"> Esdras in the Apocrypha as being Gospel and clearer and more prophetic than the Book of Revelation and the Doctrine and Covenants about what happens in the last
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">These questionable teachings are even on some popular LDS member's pages on Facebook - and yet few seem to be even questioning their validity ....</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><b>BEFORE</b> anyone buys into this kind of risky doctrine, they should consider the
following:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">The Prophet Joseph Smith said much of the Apocrypha is true and
much of it is false. (See D&C 91:1-2). Without the spirit, it is not
possible to determine which is which. The scriptures also stated it was
not needful for the Prophet to re-translate any of the Apocrypha. Why? Likely because
there was nothing important enough there. The Prophet also wanted to run for
President of the United States. If the Esdras sections of the Apocrypha
actually contain the future history of U.S. Presidents (as some claim in an eagle's feathers treatise), it is hard to accept that
Joseph Smith didn’t note that somewhere – and yet he didn’t.</span></div>
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</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; text-indent: -0.5in;">President Gordon B. Hinckley said time and time again that Church
members should read the Book of Mormon -- a book of scripture written for us
and our day. He said nothing about reading the Apocrypha. It is the Book of
Mormon that is the book for the American continent. The Sealed Plates of the
Book of Mormon likely do have a detailed history of the world from the
beginning to the end, so why would Esdras have a small section of that in it?</span></div>
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</b></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><b>It is simply hard to believe that Ezra, who wrote the book of
Esdras in the Apocrypha could be so detailed in his so-called foretelling of
the American Presidency and future of the USA, when no other scripture --
including the Doctrine and Covenants -- is even close to being as
detailed.</b> And, the Lord's style simply ISN'T to give man such detailed accounts of things to come -- and certainly not a presidential timeline.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"> This blog isn't the only one to question the teachings in Esdras. For example, ldsscriptureteachings.org states:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The apocalyptic tone of II Esdras is impressive and appealing. Not all of the content, however, is trustworthy. It tries to describe some very questionable signs of the Second Coming as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">…infants a year old shall talk, and women with child will bring forth untimely infants at three or four months, and they will live and dance…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">…[in that day] wild animals will go outside their [dens], and women in their uncleanness will bear monsters. (2 Esdras 6:21; 5:8)"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, the same blog states:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "bitstream charter" , serif; font-weight: 400;">"The Second Book of Esdras teaches</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "bitstream charter" , serif;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: "georgia" , "bitstream charter" , serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">false doctrine about Father Adam</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "bitstream charter" , serif;">, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "bitstream charter" , serif; font-weight: 400;">blaming him for the consequences of the Fall."</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Plus</span>, who was the author of Esdras? He
was Ezra, a scribe and priest for the Jews. Not likely a prophet ... and why did he get such
revelation that was certainly not in any way pertinent to his calling? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Doesn’t D&C 50:13 apply here to Ezra?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ye ordained?”)</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Or, even if Ezra was writing down a prophet’s words, who was
that prophet? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">Finally, if you search Ezra the Jewish scribe on Google, it is clear
that many scholars believe his writings are counter to other Biblical doctrines
and Esdras may not have actually been fully written when Ezra was even still alive,
but may have been written later on. Some scholars even question Ezra’s sanity
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">-<b>BOTTOM LINE: Some Church members are too hasty to believe such fringe and shaky doctrines these days, especially with the easy access to them via the Web.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Some of these same Church members likely haven't even read the Old Testament, or the Pearl of Great Price and yet they jump to The Apocrypha?<b> If they don't know what's in the Standard Works, then how can they judge authenticity for The Apocrypha? </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><br /></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">-Lastly, </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "bitstream charter" , serif; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: large;">Robert J. Matthews, BYU professor, said, "When compared with the scriptures, the Apocrypha is less fruitful soil for spiritual growth without greater than usual assistance from the Spirit… While historians and scholars can find much in these documents of importance to their research, average Church members will receive a greater spiritual return on their investment of time by reading the Bible and the other standard works than they will by reading the Apocrypha." (Ensign, December, 1983, page 70.)</span></span></b><br />
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April 1, 2018, mention anything about a temple in Layton, Utah and you were
talking about the Layton Buddhist Temple, 644 East 1000 North in Layton – as
that was the lone “temple” inside the City’s boundaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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opened way back in 1979.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 29.3333px;">The new Layton Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will open in June of 2024, giving the city its second "temple."<br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> The "Layton Temple," a Buddhist shrine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;">Announced on
Sunday, April 1, 2018 in General Conference, this temple will be the 19<sup>th</sup>
in Utah.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHBlLYVHwbKGP0Bzdphb7ts1nDHkFYowqO4if30TRCfTe4icybDzsBs3jwdK9aaGPlY0y5nnfPJmQ89CFkT4syQ_E1qkPu99Lxt80jWn_2tPDzGxvEDyBy7KyEvkysvga59urzJmOWyQfazlgjPWG6A_oC-2ONT5LUYQjg8OiTzfXyU7N6f-a7u2eCDGU/s4032/leann%20layton%20temple1%20august%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHBlLYVHwbKGP0Bzdphb7ts1nDHkFYowqO4if30TRCfTe4icybDzsBs3jwdK9aaGPlY0y5nnfPJmQ89CFkT4syQ_E1qkPu99Lxt80jWn_2tPDzGxvEDyBy7KyEvkysvga59urzJmOWyQfazlgjPWG6A_oC-2ONT5LUYQjg8OiTzfXyU7N6f-a7u2eCDGU/w480-h640/leann%20layton%20temple1%20august%202022.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> The new Layton Temple.<br /><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PaRuCOPvLOzzYgmMr8A4kcCiHsyy2lvgMk47Z4ZeAMxqc6eScWoKzin2PC8l8jiSi6Sy1s0_HTzAaCl-U0IFlOM-wqp5-4GvQjxW-4bl9du3h9c0IvW_Vt0yHm-wrZUgBRD-yl8wt9lIC42GMz6bA54T8hLnEVcY5GguzLkQlsydchNvxGPRqsASFPVK/s2048/Layton-Temple-exterior-rendering.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2048" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PaRuCOPvLOzzYgmMr8A4kcCiHsyy2lvgMk47Z4ZeAMxqc6eScWoKzin2PC8l8jiSi6Sy1s0_HTzAaCl-U0IFlOM-wqp5-4GvQjxW-4bl9du3h9c0IvW_Vt0yHm-wrZUgBRD-yl8wt9lIC42GMz6bA54T8hLnEVcY5GguzLkQlsydchNvxGPRqsASFPVK/w640-h506/Layton-Temple-exterior-rendering.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> The artist's rendering of the Layton Temple, before construction. Courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<br /><span style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 22pt;">“We are now pleased to announce plans to construct seven more
temples,” said Church of Jesus Christ President Russell M. Nelson during the Sunday, April
1, 2018 afternoon session of General Conference. “Layton, Utah,” President
Nelson both smiled and laughed when he announced the name Layton, which was met
with awes and cheers.</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 22pt;">(In one Layton household, a woman listening to General
Conference yelled, “What? What?” after the announcement was made.)<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 22pt;"> It was announced on July 15, 2019, that the temple site is indeed where this blog stated it would be 15 months earlier -- the corner of Oaks Hills Drive and Rosewood Lane. It will sit on an-11.8 acre site and be 3 stories tall and 87,000-square feet (or 75 percent as large as the Ogden Temple is).</span><br /><br />
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 22pt;">-Layton is a relatively “new” city in Utah, based on pioneer
settlements, being an outgrowth of Kaysville, Utah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;">Layton community
residents de-annexed from Kaysville City, from 1902-1907, to become their own,
separate unincorporated area. Layton finally incorporated as a town in 1920.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;">According to the Davis
County Clipper newspaper of May 6, 1892, members of the Kaysville Second Ward
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints really resided in what most
recognized as Layton territory and not Kaysville. Hence, some Church members
circulated a petition in 1892, asking Church leaders to rename the ward to what
it really is -- the Layton Ward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;">"We do not live in
Kaysville City, nor Kaysville precinct, and why it is called the 2nd Ward of
Kaysville we cannot understand," the newspaper report stated.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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later, the Ward name change did take place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;">“The members of second ward of Kaysville
last Sunday decided to change the name to Layton Ward
to so as to conform with the precinct and post office And
hereafter it will be known by that name.” (-Davis County Clipper, Aug. 31,
1892.)</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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became its own official town in 1920, Kaysville’s population was 809, while
Layton had less than 400 residents.</span></div>
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by 1940, Layton only had half the population of Kaysville, with 646 residents.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was World War II and rise of area military installations, like Hill Air
Force Base, that produced a surge in Layton’s population.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was probably around 1943 when Layton surpassed Kaysville in total population.
By 1950, Layton’s population was 3,456, as compared to 1,898 for Kaysville.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #333333; font-size: 22pt;">Layton
City reached another milestone in 1985, when it surpassed Bountiful as the
largest city in Davis County, with an estimated 36,000 residents.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2018, Layton has more than 76.000 residents, as compared to Bountiful’s 45,000
and Kaysville’s 32,000 populations.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Layton Temple site, east of the Smith's Store, near Rosewood and where Oak Hills Drive and Gentile Street split off., BEFORE the Temple was built.<div><br />
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Another view of the temple site in Layton, BEFORE construction.<br />
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Street sign view, with temple site to the right.<br />
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Horses graze on sacred ground, just south of Gentile and Oak Hills streets, before the Temple.<br />
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><b>ELDER</b> Neal A. Maxwell of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Quorum of the Twelve spoke candidly to the Deseret News about his
cancer, in 1999, some 5 years before his passing in 2004.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">And, contrary to what many people
may suspect, he considered his cancerous disease to be more of a blessing than
anything else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Speaking at the annual National
Cancer Survivors Day for Utah at Hogle Zoo on June 5, 1999, he said one of the
blessings of cancer is that it can help a person sort out the big things from
the little things in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><i>Here's more of the original Deseret News interview:</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">"We have a different
perspective, a sharper focus," he said about cancer patients. "I've
been given by the Lord a delay en route."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Elder Maxwell, age 72 at the time,
said hair is one of those things that doesn't seem as important after suffering
from cancer. A loving conversation with your family, however, ends up seeming
very critical.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">He was diagnosed with leukemia
three years ago. It was caught fairly early but was progressing very rapidly.
He had multiple chemotherapies and ended up spending 46 days in the hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Elder Maxwell was only able to
work part time in his church duties until 10 months ago when he regained his
strength and returned to full-time status.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">"I feel much better
now," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">He's still receiving some
chemotherapy but remains very hopeful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">"Each of us faces an
eventual exit route," he said of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Elder Maxwell said quite a number
of general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have
been stricken with cancer, including President Spencer W. Kimball, Elder Bruce
R. McConkie and President Howard W. Hunter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">"There's no immunity from
suffering," he said of church leaders. "Only variation from
suffering. How we handle it is the key."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">He's especially thankful for the
special care his wife, Colleen, whom he describes as a "Florence
Nightingale," provided him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Elder Maxwell said leukemia also has
given him a much greater appreciation of the atonement of Jesus Christ. Another
blessing he made reference to from his illness was a better capacity to receive
help from others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">"We must learn to
receive," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">He said he also has a greater
respect for the doctors and nurses who deal with cancer patients on a daily
basis. He credited the advances of medical science for also helping more cancer
patients recover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">"I'm wiser by the
experience," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">The church leader advised cancer
patients against wondering why me and why now? He urged patients not to allow
tomorrow to overhang today and to continue to avoid self-pity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">He had told the organizers of the
event that he wasn't looking for any special treatment or recognition there. He
was just glad to attend such an event where special kinship can be felt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">"I draw from their
fellowship," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;">Indeed, he was not dressed in the
usual suit and tie apparel of the general authority, but rather a jacket,
T-shirt and casual pants. He even carried and sometimes wore a baseball cap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><i>-Written by Lynn Arave and published
in the Deseret News, June 6, 1999.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><i><b>SIDE NOTE:</b> As a reporter, I was
fortunate to be able to speak one-on-one and privately that day with Elder
Maxwell for about 7 minutes. I also thought of a great final question just as others noticed Elder
Maxwell and came flooding over, swamping him in a sea of zoo-goers -- and it was interview over. I don’t
recall what that unasked query was, but I guess I was not supposed to ask it ….<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 22.0pt;"><i>Some years later, I would attend
a memorial service for Elder Maxwell (not sponsored by the LDS Church) at the
University of Utah. I was surprised how well he had impressed many non-members of
the Church. I’m sure he is currently reaching out to many others now in the Spirit World,
as perhaps only his gentle, poetic style can do. --Lynn Arave.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<br />Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-72798453376864549462018-03-26T20:48:00.000-07:002018-08-16T19:36:52.964-07:00Not enough Church members partake of the ‘meat’ of the Gospel?<br />
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<b style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">NOT</b><span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"> enough members of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints partake of the meat of the gospel, W. Cleon
Skousen, Church author/scholar, said.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">He spoke on April 3, 2003 to the
B'nai Shalom group of Jewish converts at their semiannual meeting on
"Lessons I've Learned from Life" at the Capitol Hill First Ward
Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Skousen, then age 90, was
energetic and focused. (He died less than 3 years later in 2006.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"I plead with you," he
said. "Take the time to get into the meat."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Skousen has written 42 books on Church doctrine and teachings, and he said they all touch on meaty aspects of the
gospel. It was Elder John A. Widtsoe, a Church apostle from 1921 to '52, who
taught him to study. Skousen believes Elder Widtsoe understood the gospel of
Jesus Christ better than any other apostle of his time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">He said a key difference is that
milk eaters of the gospel only ask "what" to do next, while meat
eaters also ask "why."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"A few Saints get to the
meat level," Skousen said. "The why and the how people are the ones
that are really progressing in the gospel."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Why don't more get into the meat?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"Because most people aren't
interested in meat," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"There are some boring
speakers. That's 'cause they get on milk and can't get off it. . . . It's the
duty of everyone to be a good sacrament meeting speaker."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">He said the big test in life is
to endure to the end, but many are too busy with sporting events — even on
Sunday — to do that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"Don't let the holy day
become a holiday."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Exercise, or just doing what the
Lord has told you to do, is also essential.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"Church service is so
important, and we should be active in the community, too."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Skousen also said he's a firm
constitutionalist and initially believed it was wrong to be pre-emptive with
Iraq and go to war over there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"But I feel good about it
now. . . . Serve your country."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Regarding keeping a year's supply
of food, he advises those with old and outdated storage to just throw it away
and start over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"The wonderful thing is that
you didn't have to use it," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Skousen also advises church
members to keep journals and said he has 150 journals outlining many details of
his own life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"We have a lot of things we
have to sharpen up."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">He's keen on both the leadership
and progress of the church today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">"What a magnificent (church)
leadership we have today. I see nothing but progress happening in the
kingdom."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Skousen also touched briefly on
his service as Salt Lake City's police chief in the mid-1950s by saying it
wasn't his idea — Church President David O. McKay asked him to do it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">He also was a longtime professor
in the department of religion at Brigham Young University.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">-Witten by
Lynn Arave and published in the Deseret News, April 12, 2003.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-family: "arimo" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NOTE:</b> This article and all of the NighUntoKolob blog are NOT </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.01); color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">an official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are the author's conclusions and opinions only.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<br />Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-63127550807212293102018-03-26T20:33:00.000-07:002020-01-26T15:18:36.094-08:00Clarifying the story of Moses and ‘The Ten Commandments’ from Hollywood’s version <br />
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<b style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">IF</b><span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"> you've ever watched
the classic movie "The Ten Commandments" by Cecil B. DeMille, it is
so engaging it may have become your definitive version of the story of Moses.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"><i>(At the bottom of this story are details about a Utah scene in the movie.)</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">But the 1956 film,
starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner, sprinkles more than a little fancy
among its facts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">From a romance that
never existed and concocted characters to an instant parting of the Red Sea,
the movie is riddled with fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">It is, in fact, a
cinematic masterpiece in everything except accuracy. It won an Oscar, three
other major movie awards and was nominated for another seven awards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">No later movies about
Moses even come close.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Members of </span><span style="font-size: large;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints </span><span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">tend to read mostly the Book of Mormon and too many members are clueless about
what the Old Testament story of Moses truly states.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">In Hollywood's
defense, perhaps making an almost three-hour movie out of a few dozen Bible
chapters requires some invention just to fill the time and keep viewers engaged.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Historically, ABC-TV
airs the classic movie, the highest grossing film of the 1950s, each year
during Easter weekend. (The one year ABC didn't air the movie — 1999 — it
received a browbeating.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"><b>There’s also somewhat
of a Utah connection to the movie. There’s good evidence that its producer,
Cecil B. DeMille, wanted to eventually make a major motion picture of the Book
of Mormon. In fact, he and his wife, plus Charlton Heston, came to Salt Lake
City for the movie’s premiere and met with Church President David O. McKay
(see picture above from the Deseret News Archives).</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;">Now, in an effort to
shed some light on what's Holy Bible and what's Hollywood, here is a sampling
of differences between the Kings James version of the Old Testament and the
classic Hollywood “Ten Commandments” movie:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> According to the
commentary on the 2004 DVD release of the film, the movie's script was enhanced
by non-biblical sources, such as: Josephus, the Sepher-ha-Yashar, the Chronicle
of Moses and the Quran. Also, some parts in the script are mere inventions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> The movie refers to
all the kings of Egypt with specific names, while the Bible refers to each one
only as "Pharaoh."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> No wives of any kings
are mentioned by name in the Bible, while a star in the movie is "Queen
Nefretiri," obviously a variation of "Nefertari," the wife of
Rameses II, according to Egyptian history. The Bible mentions no extra romance
of Moses with anyone, though Nefretiri's love of Moses is one of the dominant
components of the DeMille movie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> Moses' mother is said
to be Yoshebel in the movie, while Exodus 6:20 states it was Jochebed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> The daughter of
Pharaoh is only mentioned in the Bible when she rescues baby Moses from the
river. In the movie, she eventually goes with the Israelites out of Egypt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> There is also no
biblical mention of Moses having any early relationship with any of the
Pharaoh's sons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> Moses apparently
didn't have the choice to marry any of Midian's seven daughters; he was given
the offer of a specific wife. Exodus 2:21 states: "… and he gave Moses
Zipporah his daughter."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> In the movie, Moses
is said to be a successful military commander, but that reference comes from
Josephus, not the Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> The movie shows Moses
openly fighting an Egyptian, killing him and then being arrested and exiled. Yet
Exodus 2:11-15 says that Moses saw no one else when he killed the Egyptian and
that Moses fled afterward, since the Pharaoh sought to kill him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> Some characters, like
Baka (portrayed by Vincent Price), are not mentioned in the Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> Joshua never came to
the land of Midian to persuade Moses to return to Egypt. God sent Moses back to
Egypt (Exodus 3:10).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> The movie doesn't
accurately portray Moses as being "not eloquent" in speaking (Exodus
4:10).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> The movie only shows
four of the 10 plagues of Egypt. Not only were there time constraints, but
Hollywood at the time could not re-create some of the special effects needed to
show some of the plagues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> Moses doesn't tell
Pharaoh that his word will bring the last plague or that Pharaoh decreed that
all firstborn of Israel would die. God alone executes the final plague (Exodus
12). Furthermore, the Bible offers little beyond saying the firstborn of
Pharaoh died, while the movie focuses extensively on this son's death.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> The movie shows an
instant parting of the Red Sea. However, the Bible states that the strong east
wind took all night to part the waters (Exodus 14:21). (That means the Lord
kept the Pharaoh and his army at bay a really long time.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> The Pharaoh is not
shown as drowning with his army in the movie. Even though Exodus does not state
that Pharaoh did drown, Psalm 136:15 implies that Pharaoh did drown with his
army.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> Israel sang and
danced to celebrate the defeat of Pharaoh and his armies (Exodus 15), but the
movie portrays them as simply standing in silent amazement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt;"> The movie also does
not show Israel's battle with Amalek or of God supplying Israel with manna,
water and quail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>-Written by
Lynn Arave and originally published<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in
the Deseret News, March 27, 2010.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><b>NOTE: According to the Deseret News of Feb. 7, 1976, the "burning bush" scene in the "Ten Commandments" movie was actually shot in the Wasatch Mountains, east of Holladay Boulevard and Wasatch Drive.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><b>Arnold Friberg's home was just below those foothills ... with mists covering some of the mountains, it was considered a good likeness of what Mount Sinai would have been like for Moses.</b></i></span><br />
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<br />Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-10773760453972581702018-03-19T13:45:00.002-07:002021-02-11T14:22:07.145-08:00The Mystery of the Granite Records Facility<br />
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<span style="font-size: 24pt;"><b>THE</b> Granite
Mountain Records Facility in Little Cottonwood Canyon contains what is very
likely the world's most extensive collection of family records.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Operated by
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, these vaults are encased in
the mountain, located about 20 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">When these
vaults, about one mile up the canyon, first opened in 1963, the public was
invited for tours. However, by the end of the 20<sup>th</sup> Century, they
were off limits to all but vault workers. The media were also never invited
there, likely after the 1970s. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“LDS buys
quarry tract as records repository” was a Sept. 29, 1959 headline in the Salt
Lake Tribune. The story stated that the Utah Granite Company and Temple Granite
Quarries Corporation had sold the land needed for the records vault to the
Church. Exact details of the transaction were never made public.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Church cuts
vaults in Granite quarry” was a Jan. 12, 1961 headline in the Salt Lake Tribune.
The story reported that some 80 years after the Latter-day Saint Church first
began chipping and hauling away granite blocks for its future Salt Lake Temple,
the Church was back in the same canyon doing other work with the dominant stone
there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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started on the project in the summer of 1960.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">The Centennial Development Company of Juab County had the contract to do the excavation in the canyon. The company first drilled a 700-foot exploration tunnel, to be followed by larger tunnels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">President Henry D. Moyle, Second Counselor in the Church’s First Presidency, told Malin Foster of the Tribune that the vaults are being built at the safest known place from disasters in the area for storing records. The rock vaults were also considered an ideal location for the storage of records based on temperatures and humidity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">“Drills deepen sanctuary for Church records” was a May 29, 1961 headline in the Tribune. Staff writer Don LeFevre reported that a crew of 14 men were cutting through granite to create large caverns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">“Their environment is a dark, damp and cool one as they labor on the construction of the vault which will one day house millions of dollars worth of valuable microfilm and documents,” LeFevre wrote.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">To that date, the drilling was through some 1,800 linear feet of rock and completed channels measure 27 feet wide and 16 feet high. A total of six portals had been drilled into the mountain, on the north side of the canyon, above Utah Highway 210.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">(The canyon road leads to Snowbird and Alta ski resorts. The Church has a historical trail just inside the mouth of the canyon and on the opposite, south side, that commemorates the granite quarry when the S.L. Temple blocks originated from.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">“Crews work in LDS ‘cave’ project” was a Jan. 27, 1962 Tribune headline. By early 1962, crews were done drilling and were pouring cement and deciding the best type of flooring, walls and ceiling for this “cave.” Trenches in the floor had also already been made for future plumbing and electrical lines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">This story also stated that the First Presidency itself chose the site for this granite vault records repository.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">“Impregnable storage vaults safeguard LDS genealogical records” was an Oct. 6, 1963 headline in the Ogden Standard-Examiner. This Associated Press story stated that the vaults were originally called “The Little Cottonwood Project,” had cost more than $1.5 million, had been more than three years in the making and was slated for completion in about one year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">There were three 600-foot-long storage vaults, lined with 18 inches of cement and corrugated steel. Three large heavy bank-like vault doors covered the entrances. The three main passages were also intersected by three others, more than 400 feet long and all interconnected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">“LDS grants look-see of tunnels” was a Dec. 2, 1963 headline in the Salt Lake Tribune. Church leaders first toured the new granite vaults. Then selected civic and business leaders had their turn on day number two; and finally on the third day, the general public got to come and take a look on a guided tour. They were titled "Church Records Vault" when they opened. (Their current title is "<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 32px;">Granite Mountain Records Facility.")</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt;">-Similarly, the U. S. Air Force had began work on its own Cheyenne Mountain Complex in 1957, inside a granite mountain in Colorado, near Colorado Springs. That much larger vault was not completed finished until 1967, cost more than $142 million and sits underneath an estimated 2,000 feet of granite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">-The Salt Lake Tribune of Aug. 23, 1967 reported that landowners in Little Cottonwood Canyon had dropped a plan to build a housing subdivision at the mouth of the canyon, in favor of constructing a private facility for microfilm and other storage inside the mountain itself. Located just up the canyon from the Church’s granite vaults, they were designed to be similar to those man-made caverns. Today, they are called Perpetual Storage, Inc., located at 6279 </span><span style="font-size: 24pt;">Little Cottonwood Road.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 34.24px;">-The accompanying illustrations above are some of the images from a mid-1960s brochure, published by the LDS Church on the Vaults.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Note the sign in the upper righthand corner of this photograph.<br />
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<b><br /></b><span style="font-size: large;">General Conference in </span><span style="font-size: large;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints </span><span style="font-size: large;">was a lot different a century ago.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Foremost, the first public address microphone was barely invented and not yet available for use in a large conference hall. So, hearing a speaker's talk was sometimes difficult.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Also, seats were not padded and air conditioning did not exist, among other things.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">However, if you look in the upper righthand corner of the photograph above, there is something else significant: a sign on the fence of Temple Square, warning people: "Beware of pickpockets."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thus, thieves were apparently out in force in Salt Lake City during the 1920s -- General Conference notwithstanding.</span><br />
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A Deseret News map of Salt Lake's original ward boundaries.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MY</b> own ward boundaries for </span><span style="font-size: large;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints </span><span style="font-size: large;">have changed significantly over the decades.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In some 35 years of living at the same address, I've survived four major Ward boundary changes and have attended four different church buildings.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(And, that doesn't count my five years serving in the bishopric of a Student ward 12 miles away either ...).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">However, early ward borders in Salt Lake City remained about the same for almost 40 years.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In February of 1849, Salt Lake City was divided into an original 19 wards. By 1885, there were just two extra wards and little change in the boundaries of most of the wards.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This was in spite of Salt Lake's population growing from 5,000 in 1849 to some 20, 768 by 1880.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">According to the LDS Church News section of Sept. 22, 1985, the old 18th Ward contained where Church headquarters were and also to serve the families of just 3 men -- Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Newel K. Whitney.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And, back then, each ward was and economic unit, as well as an ecclesiastical area. For example, the original Salt Lake Second Ward banded together to dig a canal from Emigration Canyon to water their farms.</span><br />
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FAMILY -</b>- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf has been a General Authority in </span><span style="font-size: large;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt;">since
1994. He’s now an Apostle. Elder Uchtdorf’s parent’s graves are actually located in the Kaysville, Utah City Cemetery.</span></div>
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had a long presence in Utah. His Mother may have lived with a married daughter and son-in-law in Kaysville for many years. So, she was buried there and her husband’s casket must have also been later
transported from Germany and reburied next to her. (Elder Uchtdorf currently
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Kaysville Cemetery and want to find the grave – enter the main gate; turn right
(east); turn left on the second-to-the-last road going north. The grave is
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, some accounts from people who have temporarily died and then returned to life have presented some rather startling ideas, true or not ...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One is that the more righteous a Spirit World resident is, the whiter his or her attire is. So, some have more gray colored clothing there and anyone in the "Spirit Prison" is dressed in dark color...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Could this be true?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps, though it does seem a bit too obvious there to all residents there of, if true.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This certainly isn't necessarily doctrine, but it does kind of make sense that there is some sort of partial judgment -- visible or not -- like this in the Spirit World. </span><div><span style="font-size: large;">Also, I'm not certain if different races exist in the spirit world. I think "race" is a mortal condition and as such does not extend beyond that.<br /></span>
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</div>Lynn Aravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072138865814563264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4802785905705481091.post-28833119077079719752017-12-31T19:01:00.000-08:002018-08-16T19:45:51.877-07:00The Latin Mystery on page 203 in the Hymn Book<div class="MsoNormal">
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<b style="font-size: 22pt;">THERE</b><span style="font-size: 22pt;"> is a
popular hymn sung during December in many Sacrament meetings in </span><span style="font-size: large;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints </span><span style="font-size: 22pt;">that the majority of Church members DO NOT fully understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is: “Angels
We Have Heard on High” (Hymn book page No. 203).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 22pt;">This French
carol contains an untranslated Latin phrase that the vast
majority of Church members who sing it, do not understand what they are singing – unless they know Latin, or they go
out of their way to look up the meaning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(I’m
personally not much of a singer, but I do like to know what the meaning of what
I’m singing is, or listening to is….)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Gloria in excelsis Deo</span>”<span style="font-size: large;">
is the key Latin phrase in the hymn that members sing six total times in three verses.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Surprisingly, the current Hymn book contains no footnote or side reference to what this 4-word French
phrase means either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I just consider it odd –
especially for adults – to sing something if the full meaning is not clear, as
in “Angels We Have Heard on High.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Now this hymn isn't strictly a Mormon tune, it is also sung in many other Christian churches too, having been around since 1862.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">-For the record, “Gloria in excelsis Deo</span><span style="background: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">"</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> means “Glory to God in the Highest.”</span><o:p></o:p></b><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Obviously music and other
artistic endeavors sometimes take certain liberties to seem more paramount, smoother and/or striking and
this foreign verse in this song is likely one of these …<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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