9/3/2018 - Section 109:1-14
September 3, 2018 Section 109:1-14 Temple Building, Temple Dedication, Kirtland Temple, Worthy Way of Living, Sacrifice, Temple Attendance and Attitude, Lord’s Suggested Ways of Living, The Kirtland Temple was build at a “ time when the saints were few and poor, and when to raise the money required (between sixty and seventy thousand dollars) meant a great deal of self-sacrifice on their part. ‘While the brethren labored in their departments,’ says Tullidge, ‘the sisters were actively engaged in boarding and clothing workmen not otherwise provided for—all living as abstemiously as possible, so that every cent might be appropriated to the grand object.’ And thus they toiled on from the 23 of July 1933, when the corner stones were laid until it was completed for the dedication.” (p270) The date of the dedication was March 27, 1836—nearly 3 years of so many people living in the most frugal way possible while giving all excess monies to the temple fund.” That is ...