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| Letter of Commendation to Grandmother Tilda Wasden for her services at Manti Temple |
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| Grandmother Tilda Wasden's invitation to Dedication of Manti Temple |
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Source:
Grateful thanks to Judy Petersen
Information Concerning Dedication of Manti Temple:
ReplyDeletePRIVATE DEDICATION: 17 May 1888, by Wilford Woodruff
DEDICATION: 21–23 May 1888, by Lorenzo Snow
REDEDICATION: 14–16 June 1985, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Manti Temple
I’m writing concerning that elegant photograph by Anselm Spring of the Manti Temple in the November 1982 Ensign. You say that Wilford Woodruff dedicated the temple. Wasn’t it Lorenzo Snow?
In Volume 6 of A Comprehensive History of the Church, B. H. Roberts clears up the confusion on this matter: “The dedication of the Manti Temple was at a time when many of the leading elders of the church were in retirement, avoiding arrest by United States officials, hence [a] private dedication that the leading authorities of the church might be present, and afterwards the public dedication.” (p. 231.) The first dedicatory prayer was offered on 17 May 1888 by President Wilford Woodruff. A number of the Quorum of the Twelve were present at this private dedication. On May 21, the first of three public dedications was held, with President Lorenzo Snow reading President Woodruff’s dedicatory prayer. (See p. 230.)