A Touch of the Salt Lake Temple in the Balcony of the St. George Tabernacle

St. George Tabernacle

I have a good friend at work who understands my fetish with facts and figures from Church history. He recently visited the St. George Tabernacle, took the tour, and then passed along to me his findings. For starters, every President of the Church other than Joseph Smith preached from its pulpit (he was quick to point out that even though Howard W. Hunter and Thomas S. Monson did speak in the building, that they were not Presidents of the Church at the time). He also told me the amazing story of how Brigham Young and the contractor put their heads together to resolve the issue of the balcony being too high, the chandeliers too large, and as a result, no one in the back balcony could see the pulpit ( I will share this story along with the answer tomorrow). There was something else interesting about the balcony. At a time when the Salt Lake Temple was renovated, some items were taken out and replaced with new. This item was not thrown away, but rather placed in the balcony of the St. George Tabernacle. What was the item?

A)     Handrails

B)     Chairs

C)     Lighting

D)     Stairs

Yesterday’s answer:

1.                  (B)   30 years

 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church History In The Fulness Of Times (Salt Lake City: Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1993), 468.

2.                  (A)

 In 1964, during a meeting with President David O. McKay, U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson asks the Church President for advice and indicates that he has felt inspired during previous visits with President McKay.

Richard Neitzel Holzpfel et al., On This Day In The Church (Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000), 23.

3.                   (A)   100 years

Elder Russell M. Nelson attends the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago, Illinois, on August 28, 1993; exactly 100 years after the body rejected a Latter-day Saint delegation headed by Elder B.H. Roberts.

Richard Neitzel Holzpfel et al., On This Day In The Church (Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000), 167.

4.                   (D)   80 years of age

 George Q. Morris is ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at eighty years of age (April of 1954) making him the oldest man ordained an Apostle in this dispensation, replacing Matthew Cowley, who had died.

Richard Neitzel Holzpfel et al., On This Day In The Church (Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000), 70.