forty thousand people on the temple grounds on this occasion. A
platform had been erected on the south side of the temple, whereon the
authorities of the Church were seated. There were services of singing,
prayer, and speaking, and then President Woodruff touched a button which
sent an electric current up a wire to the top of the tower. The electricity
set free the capstone which settled into its place. President Lorenzo Snow
led the vast audience in giving the grand Hosanna shout.

President Woodruff was anxious to live to see the completion of the temple.
It was therefore voted by the large audience present that the inside of the
building be finished in one year.

To accomplish this, means were donated liberally by the Saints, and the
work went on rapidly. On the 6th of April, 1893, the temple was completed,
and on the morning of that day the first meeting was held in the building.
President Woodruff offered the dedicatory prayer. In the afternoon another
meeting was held, and this continued day after day until thirty-one
meetings had been held. Seventy thousand of the Saints witnessed the
dedication exercises, besides thirteen thousand Sunday School children, for
whom special services were held.

Some of you who read this book may have been in one of our temples. Did you
not notice what a calm, sweet feeling came over you while there? Surely,
the Spirit of God is in these sacred buildings, and those who labor therein
for the living and the dead enjoy its blessed influence. Let every one of
you so live that your life may be pure and clean, so that some day you may
be worthy of entering the House of God and partaking of the blessings in
store for you.

Topics.--1. Salvation for the dead. 2. The temples. 3. Salt Lake temple.

Questions and Review.--1. What is salvation? 2. Is salvation limited to
this life? 3. How is salvation obtained? 4. Name some of the first
principles of the gospel. 5. Name some of its first ordinances. 6. What
have some preachers of religion taught regarding salvation? 7. What did the
Lord reveal to Joseph Smith on this subject? 8. Where did Jesus go while
his body lay in the sepulchre? (I Peter 3:18, 20.) 9. What are some of the
uses of temples? 10. How many temples have been built by the Church? 11.
Locate each. 12. Tell something about the Nauvoo temple. 13. Describe the
Salt Lake temple. 14. When was it dedicated? 15. What great blessings are
to be had in a temple?

CHAPTER XXXVIII