| Show OLD MORONI Venice TABERNACLE Anderson Moroni Senior Second Honorable Utah Division Mention Historical Essay Twenty-seven years ago an eighty year old Moroni Utah hobbled to the fence surrounding building to see he loved it The built in beautiful 1879 to solace gothic saw this Its its style massive builders swept with rubble the Moroni stone and in worshipping It was fell to and gasped built--I ve D walls place was brought Tired to of saddened homeward was among doom and by in money Their necessity quite and built shocked those refuge of poorly be taught on pioneers had been they and not improved completed and built but was those who holocaust but the old Taberfinally had watched shelter were to became fire on April 22 1950 available fire fighting townsmen who by Mormon homes roof evening destruction and meditated long hours the building asplace of worship It was high was therein uncontrollable same day All her Tabernacle and equipment was brought into use to stay this the flames were whipped by strong winds and nacle come go monument found and resident ofburning had This the awful value cost first been until was the and very use of the hurriedly place to be the of little because built turned to and gather Moroni Tabernacle the and for Slowly and laboriously rocks and timber were brought to site by horses and ox teams where well-trained masons carpenters shaped the walls and constructedbuilding future generations The Tight and entering steeple truth this stood those It could valley many be seen bell hung -105 years assentinel in any direction majestically in of upon its tower |
