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Show AND THE CITY. 93 combines several kinds of architecture, though the combi nation is well made, and does not destroy the beauty of the building. The work on the Temple is progressing with a view to its greater durability than the one destroyed at Nau-voo, Illinois. The blocks of granite of which the founda tion is made, are not only dressed on the face, but the six sides of the cubes are made as regular and even as the square and spirit- level of the mechanic can make them. The masonry now in, unless disturbed by man or nature, in other ways than the ordinary changes wrought by time, will exist for thousands of years. But it is the universal opinion with anti- Mormons, and I have no doubt with many observing ones of the Faith, also, that the Temple will be longer in building than Solomon's was, or in other words, that it will never be completed. A very small number of workmen are now employed on it just sufficient to make it appear that the work is progressing, and afford an excuse for collecting to prosecute it. Many have already secured seats in the Temple by contributing funds for that special purpose. A story is told of a saint who lived in a remote part of the territory, and had paid for a choice seat, who visited Zion, and expected to occupy her place in the Temple, thinking the structure actually existed as represented in lithographs she had seen. There is a little incident connected with building the Temple which I must mention here. The stone of which the structure is to be reared is brought from the mountains, a number of miles distant, and to facilitate its transportation, the Prophet had a canal cut from the quarry toward the city ; but a blunder of the engineer ruined the enterprise. The end of the canal in the city was unfortu nately higher than where it started from the quarry, and while Mr. Young could not " remove mountains," neither was his faith sufficient to overcome another natural law, and make water run up hill. The Tabernacle is in the same inclosure, and is to con sist of an immense wooden arch, supported on stone pilas ters, ten on twelve feet high. The span of the arch is one |