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Wilford Woodruff Journal, January 21, 1844Joseph Smith taught the Latter-day Saints about the Spirit of Elijah and the need for the blessings of temple work.
before we get our
Salvation Secure for thei[r] is so many fools in the
world for the devil to operate upon it gives him the
advantage often times, The question is frequently
asked Can we not be saved without going through with
all thes ordinances &c I would answer No not the fulness
of Salvation, Jesus said their was many mansions in his
fathers house & he would go & prepare a place
for them. House here named should have been translated
(Kingdom) & any person who is exhalted to the
highest mansion has to abide a Celestial law & the whole
law to[o]
Building the Nauvoo TempleClark Kelley Price, 1999
"I command you, all ye
my saints, to build a house unto me" (D&C 124:31).
Building of the Nauvoo TempleGlen S. Hopkinson, 1999
"I command you, all ye
my saints, to build a house unto me" (D&C 124:31).
The Nauvoo TempleC.C.A. Christensen, 1865
"Who shall ascend into
the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?"
(Psalm 24:3).
The Mormon Temple at NauvooHenry Lewis, 1854Holiness to the Lord.Map of Hancock County Illinois (detail)Charles Shober, 1859
"Let this house be built
unto my name, that I may reveal mine ordinances therein unto
my people" (D&C 124:40).
Joseph and HyrumSutcliffe Maudsley, 1847
The Prophet and the Patriarch.
Joseph Smith at the Nauvoo TempleGary Smith, 1975
"It is my will that a
house should be built unto me" (D&C 97:10).
Nauvoo Temple Drawings, circa 1841–1846William Weeks was the architect of the Nauvoo Temple and worked with Joseph Smith in its design.Wilford Woodruff Journal, January 21, 1844Joseph Smith taught the Latter-day Saints about the Spirit of Elijah and the need for the blessings of temple work.
21 January 1844
(Sunday). Front of Robert D. Foster's Hotel, Near Temple
What shall I talk about
today I know what Br Cahoon wants me to speak about, he
wants me to speak about he Comeing of Elijah in the last
days I Can see it in his eye, I will speak upon that subject
then, The Bible says, "I will send you Elijah before the
great & dredful day of the Lord Come that he shall turn
the hearts of the fathers to the Children & the hearts
of the Children to their fathers lest I Come & smite the
whole earth with a Curse," Now the word turn here should be
translated (bind or seal) But what is the object of this
important mission or how is it to be fulfilled, The keys are
to be deliverd the spirit of Elijah is to Come, The gospel
to be esstablished
Wilford Woodruff Journal, January 21, 1844Joseph Smith taught the Latter-day Saints about the Spirit of Elijah and the need for the blessings of temple work.
the Saints of God
gatherd Zion Built up, & the Saints to Come up as
Saviors on mount Zion but how are they to become Saviors on
Mount Zion by building thair temples erecting their
Baptismal fonts & going forth & receiving all the
ordinances, Baptisms, Confirmations, washings anointings
ordinations & sealing powers upon our heads in behalf of
all our Progenitors who are dead & redeem them that they
may Come forth in the first resurrection & be exhalted
to thrones of glory with us, & here in is the chain that
binds the hearts of the fathers to the Children, & the
Children to the Fathers which fulfills the mission of Elijah
& I would to God that this temple was now done that we
might go into it & go to work & improve our time
& make use of the seals while they are on earth &
the Saints have none to much time to save & redeem their
dead, & gather together their living relatives that they
may be saved also, before the earth will be smitten &
the Consumption decreed falls upon the world & I would
advise all the Saints to go to with their might & gather
together al their living relatives to this place that they
may be sealed & saved that they may be prepared against
the day that the destroying angel goes forth & if the
whole Church should go to with all their might to save their
dead seal their posterity & gather their living friends
& spend none of their time in behalf of the world they
would hardly get through before ight would Come when no many
Could work & my ownly trouble at the present time is
concerning ourselves that the Saints will be divided &
broken up & scattered
Joseph Smith and Joseph Knight, Jr. Study the Temple PlansPaul Mann, 1988
"I will show unto my
servant Joseph all things pertaining to this house" (D&C 124:42).
