PLATE 46.—THE MANTI TEMPLE
The site for the Manti Temple was selected in June, 1875; excavation work was begun in April, 1877; the corner stones were laid two years later; and the building was dedicated May 21, 1888.
The Temple is built on rock in place and consists of material taken from the Very deposit on which it is founded. This is an excellent variety of oolite of light cream color. The building is one hundred and seventy-one feet long, ninety-five feet wide, and eighty-two feet from the ground to the square. The tower at the east has a height of one hundred and seventy-nine feet, that at the west is ten feet lower; and each of these towers is thirty feet square at the base.
The Temple occupies a position of eminence and is approached by a stairway twenty feet wide, comprising one hundred and twenty-five steps. The hill slope by which the Temple is approached is carpeted by a luxuriant lawn beautified with trees and flowers; each tree is set in a great flower-pot hollowed out for its accommodation in the solid rock. The soil for trees, grass and flowers had to be brought from a distance, as the rocky hill-slope was absolutely bare.
INDEX.
Annex, Logan Temple, 219; Manti Temple, 229; St. George Temple, 214; Salt Lake Temple, 154, 181, 255-259.
Ark of the Covenant, 4, 29, 40.
Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, 205.
Authority to labor for the dead, 82.
Baptism, a Gospel requirement, 71; for the dead, 89; of the Spirit, 74.
Baptistry, Logan Temple, 221; Nauvoo Temple, 130; St. George Temple, 213; Salt Lake Temple, 183, 263.
Bethel, meaning of, 1.
Boaz, the pillar in Solomon's Temple, 37.
Bowery, the Old, Salt Lake City, 202.
Celestial glory, 96.
Celestial Room, 189, 283, 285.
Courts of Temple of Herod, 57.
Council rooms, Salt Lake Temple, 195, 301-307.
Cubit, 23.
Dead, baptism for, 89; Gospel preached to, 91; vicarious service for, 77, 82.
Dedicatory Prayer, Salt Lake Temple, 161.
Degrees of glory, 95.
Doors, outer. Salt Lake Temple, 179, 253.
Earth-stones, Salt Lake Temple, 177.
Endowment in modern temples, 99.
Exaltation and salvation, 95.
Expulsion from Eden, art window, 187, 273.
Ezekiel's vision of temple, 43.
Faith, a Gospel requirement, 66.
Far West, temple site at, 123.
Font, baptismal, see Baptistry.
General Service Plant, Salt Lake City, 206.
Glory, degrees of, 95; celestial, 96; terrestrial, 97; telestial, 98.
"Holiness to the Lord," inscription, 134, 136, 180.
Holy Ghost, the gift of, 74, 93.
Holy of Holies, in Tabernacle of the Congregation, 24; in Solomon's Temple, 36; in Temple of Ezekiel's vision, 44; in Temple of Zerubbabel, 50; in Temple at Salt Lake City, 192, 295.
Holy Place, in Tabernacle of the Congregation, 24; in Solomon's Temple, 36; in Temple of Ezekiel's vision, 44; in Temple of Zerubbabel, 50.
Hyrum Smith, statue of, 180, 327.
Independence, temple site at, 112.
Inscription stones, Salt Lake Temple, 178.
Jachin, the pillar in Solomon's Temple, 37.
Joseph Smith, statue of, 180, 325.
Kirtland Temple, 14, 114, 243.
Lecture rooms. Salt Lake Temple, 185. 189, 265, 279, 281.
Levitical Priesthood, 234, 236.
Marriage, ordained of God, 102; celestial, 101, 105; in the resurrection, 107.
Melchisedek Priesthood, 234, 237.
Modern temple ordinances, 89.
Modern temples, 110.
Moon-stones, Salt Lake Temple, 177.
Mormon Battalion, 202.
Moroni, statue of on Salt Lake Temple, 176, 251.
Most Holy Place, see Holy of Holies.
Necessity of obedience to laws and ordinances of the Gospel, 64.
Need of temples, 63.
Nephite temples, 11.
Oracle, see Holy of Holies.
Ordinances in modern temples, 89.
Ordination and endowment, 93.
Organ, in Salt Lake Tabernacle, 204, 323.
Prayer, at dedication of Salt Lake Temple, 161.
Priesthood, ordination to, 93; authority of necessary in temple ministrations, 27, 103; Aaronic order, 236; Levitical, 236; Melchisedek, 237.
Quorum, distinctive use of term, 230.
Record stones, Salt Lake Temple, 151, 176.
Repentance, a Gospel requirement, 66.
Royal Porch in Temple of Herod, 56.
Salt Lake Temple, 15; historical account of, 136; early description of, 144; laying of capstone, 149; dedication, 152; exterior, 172, 247, 249; interior, 181, 261-315.
Salvation and exaltation, 95.
Sanctuaries in earlier dispensations, 17.
Sealing in marriage, 101, 106; of parents and children, 108.
Smith, Hyrum; see Hyrum Smith.
Smith, Joseph; see Joseph Smith.
Solomon's Porch in Temple of Herod, 56.
Star-stones, Salt Lake Temple, 178.
Sun-stones, Salt Lake Temple, 177.
Tabernacles, ancient; the Provisional, 19; of the Congregation, 3, 20; the Third, 29.
Tabernacles, modern; the Old, Salt Lake City, 202. At Salt Lake City, 203; exterior, 321; interior, 323; organ, 204.
Telestial glory, 98.
Temple Block, Salt Lake City, 201, 319.
Temple site at Far West, 123; at Independence, Mo., 112.
Temples, ancient: of Solomon; 6, 30; of Zerubbabel, 9, 45; of Herod, 11, 53; of Ezekiel's vision, 43; of the Nephites, 11.
Temples of the present, 110; at Kirtland, Ohio, 14, 114, 243; at Nauvoo, 111., 14, 126, 245; at St. George, 209, 329; at Logan, 216, 331; at Manti, 223, 333; at Salt Lake City, see Salt Lake Temple.
Terrestrial glory, 97.
Terrestrial room, 188, 279, 281.
Testimony, The, 18.
Veil, in Tabernacle, 24; in Solomon's Temple, 37; in Temple of Herod, 59; in Salt Lake Temple, 189.
Vicarious service for the dead, 11; temples required for same, 86.
Women, equality of, 94.
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