When was the lds kirtland temple built

Eliza R. Snow, General Relief Society President, — The ceremonies of that [Kirtland Temple] dedication may be rehearsed, but no mortal language can describe the heavenly manifestations of that memorable day.

Angels appeared to some, while a sense of divine presence was realized by all present, and each heart was filled with "joy inexpressible and full of glory. Tullidge, The Women of Mormondom, , This dedicatory prayer for the Kirtland Temple was given to the Prophet Joseph by revelation. One week after the Kirtland Temple was dedicated, the Prophet Joseph and Oliver Cowdery, separated from the congregation by a veil, offered silent prayer at the pulpit.

When they finished, this glorious vision was given to them. July 23, At a meeting of Church leaders in the nearly completed Kirtland Temple, the initiatory ordinances of the endowment were administered. Williams—saw the building in vision in and presided over the laying of the temple cornerstone at a ceremony held on July The revealed design called for an interior 55 feet wide by 65 feet long with a large first-floor assembly room for administering the sacrament, preaching, fasting, and praying, and another large hall on the second floor for a school of the elders.

The exterior resembled the New England Protestant style, but the interior introduced unique features, particularly the arrangement of two series of four-tiered pulpits on each end of the assembly rooms for seating the presidencies of the Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthoods.

Photograph of the pulpits in the second-floor assembly hall of the Kirtland Temple. The School of the Prophets, a forerunner to temple worship, was established three years before the dedication of the Kirtland Temple. The school met in a room above the Newel K. Whitney Store. The early Saints referred to the Kirtland Temple as simply the "Lord's House," as the term temple was not in general use at the time. The design for the Kirtland Temple was received by detailed revelation to the Prophet Joseph Smith and others.

Kirtland Temple. Photo by Kenneth Mays. The Kirtland Temple was the first temple erected in this dispensation and the revelation to build it was given in the spring of It was constructed through great sacrifice by the Latter-day Saints.

Eliza R. Snow described their arduous efforts as follows:. With very little capital except brain, bone and sinew, combined with unwavering trust in God, men, women, and even children, worked with their might; while the brethren labored in their departments, the sisters were actively engaged in boarding and clothing workmen not otherwise provided for-all living as abstemiously as possible so that every cent might be appropriated to the grand object, while their energies were stimulated by the prospect of participating in the blessing of a house built by the direction of the Most High and accepted by him.

Williams, and Sidney Rigdon, saw the finished temple in vision to help direct for this sacred edifice. Fredrick G. Williams described the experience as follows:. Joseph received the word of the Lord for him to take his two counselors, [Frederick G. We went upon our knees, called on the Lord, and the building appeared within viewing distance.

I being the first to discover it.