Salt Lake City's Council House
It’s not out
of the question to construct a building with one purpose in mind, but for the
building to double for other uses. For instance, schools are constructed with
the primary purpose of educating, but at the same time have been known to be
used for community or political events. The Council House in Salt Lake City was
one such building. Construction began in 1849 and completed in 1850. Its
primary purpose was to house the territorial government. Since it was the first
public building, obviously it doubled for other purposes. Only one of the
listed uses below actually took place within the walls of the Council House.
Which was it?
A) Endowments were performed in this
building
B) It housed the first primary
C) It was used for the Green and Gold
Balls (I’m aging myself)
D) The original MTC
Yesterday’s answer:
1. (C)
The king of England
In
April of 1934, the church announces that the official representative of the
king of England has been allowed to visit the interior of the Alberta Temple,
even though it had been dedicated.
Richard
Neitzel Holzpfel et al., On This Day In
The Church (Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000), 83.
Note- I have to apologize. Obviously I
didn’t read as carefully as I should. The answer was not the king of England,
but rather the official representative of the king of England. DB
2.
(C) A non-member paid a dollar for the temporary
use of a members temple recommend
Just as the Lord protected the workers as
they built the temple, he protected the completed temple from the desecration
and abuse of those who would harm the structure or enter in unworthily. One
such example of divine intervention took place at the dedication of the temple
in May 1884. As President John Taylor watched the large numbers of people enter
the temple, he suddenly turned to President Charles O. Card and said that a
certain woman coming through the doorway was not worthy to enter the temple. It
was discovered that this woman was not a member, and she was asked to leave.
She had purchased the recommend from a member for a dollar. President Taylor
had never seen this woman before, but the Spirit had whispered that of all the people
in attendance, she was not worthy to be there.
Olsen, Nolan P., Logan Temple: The First 100 Years (Logan,
Utah: Watkins and Sons, 1978), 152-153.
3.
(D) The Quincy Riflemen
The
Quincy Riflemen marched into what they called “the holy city” unannounced one
day hoping to make some arrests. They waited two hours on the square before
marching to the temple and dispatching a few of the brigade to search it. Their
efforts were futile and they then marched two miles out of the city and camped.
The officer in charge reported the night “was fine, but cold and windy.”
Quincy Rifleman 1843-45, 30 September 1845.
4.
(A) Catholic Priests
On 9 December 1846, Bishop Quarter’s
representatives, Revs. Tucker and Hamilton, arrived in the city to investigate
the sale of property in Nauvoo.18 After a tour of Nauvoo, they met with the
Twelve that evening. Brigham Young told them the Saints were willing to reduce
the value of the property so as to make it attractive for either “a society or
speculators,” but they really desired to “hand it over to the Catholics” and so
stop the speculators, who “would want to have [their] property for nothing.”19
After the two priests left, the Twelve wrote out their proposition. The
following morning, Revs. Tucker and Hamilton were admitted to the temple to
meet with the Twelve in Brigham Young’s office in the attic.20 After some
conversation about the temple, Orson Hyde read aloud the Twelve’s proposition.
Brigham Young explained the underlying motivation for the sale of Nauvoo properties,
“We wished to realize from the sale of our property, sufficient to take all our
poor with us in a comfortable manner.”
William Clayton wrote Reverend Tucker’s
response: “Fr. Tucker said he thought it would be wisdom to publish our
positions in all the Catholic [news]papers, and lay the matter before their
people. He should also think it advisable for the Catholic Bishops to send a
competent committee to ascertain the value of our property, &c, at the same
time they will use all their
influence to effect a sale as speedily as
possible. He thinks they have men in St. Louis, New York and other Cities who
could soon raise the amount wanted, but the time is so very short, he don’t
know whether it can be done so soon.”21
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