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Show Little 155 Scandinavia TEMPLE STORIES While Mormon settlers of the region were still struggling to subdue the land, they were directed by Brigham Young to build a temple where saving ordinances of the gospel (baptisms, endowments, sealings, etc.) could be performed for the living and, vicariously, for their dead ancestors. T h e lore generated by the construction of this building, the Manti Temple, gives an even more emphatic view of God's involvement in the affairs of his people than does the settlement lore. Story after story testifies to the fact that the temple was built by the commandment of Above: Elsinore livery stable owned by Henry C. Larsen. George Edward Anderson photograph. Left: Homemade wheelbarrow in the Wilford Murdock collection formerly at Monroe. USHS collections. |
