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Show T -~~ Pr ~ m :ff~trl . ~·· Lifl_ """"' ",_1' 111 --·· ~ . ~-:,:_~~ ~ .;lfAB.. , ' -- • , - "'.: ,. Figure 13: The Manti Temple Nearing Completion, c.1887. towns, and homesteads, a place where the temporal objectives of Mormon Kingdom Building--at least in terms of the material Zion--came close to realization. The crowning achievement in this Kingdom building process was the erection of a temple on the hill above Manti. As mentioned earlier, the gathering of the Mormon Zion was undertaken with the express purpose of preparing the earth for the expected Second Coming of Christ. When everything was ready, Christ would descend to earth and abide during the millennium. From this millenarian doctrine emerged the concept of the temple--the sacred place 75 |
