The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries Ancient and ModernTalmage, James E. (James Edward)
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The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries Ancient and Modern
Talmage, James E. (James Edward)
Latter Day Saint temples; Temples
The building has five full stories. The basement story is occupied by
the font room and adjoining dressing rooms. In common with the practise
followed in Latter-day Saint Temples generally, the font is supported
on twelve oxen of cast-iron which stand in a well beneath the general
level of the floor. From the basement level rise at intervals of a few
feet a number of rooms used in ceremonial work. Thus, about eight feet
above the basement floor is the room corresponding to the Lower Lecture
Room, four feet higher one corresponding to the Garden {222} Room, and
five feet higher one corresponding to the World Room, and yet ten feet
higher a room corresponding to the Upper Lecture Room or Terrestrial
Room, as already described in connection with the Temple at Salt Lake
City. The rest of the space in the first and second stories is occupied
by offices for the president of the Temple, the recorders and other
officials, library room, etc. The third story is occupied by what is
known as the C Room, which corresponds to the Celestial Room elsewhere
described. As in other Temples this is the most splendidly finished of
all the large rooms. Connecting with this room on the east side are
three small apartments used in the sealing ordinances.
The fourth floor is wholly occupied by the main assembly room with its
vestries and ante-chambers. The assembly room itself is one hundred and
four feet long by ninety-five feet wide, and the ceiling is thirty feet
high. At the east is a large elevated platform with stands or pulpits
reserved for the officers of the Melchisedek Priesthood, and at the
west is a corresponding platform with stands devoted to the officers of
the Aaronic Priesthood. The auditorium is occupied by reversible seats,
allowing the audience to face either way according to the nature of
the services at any time,--whether conducted by the Higher or Lesser
Priesthood. This room provides for the comfortable seating of fifteen
hundred people. The fifth floor comprises detached rooms in the east
and west towers. There are no rooms in the main body above the assembly
room on the fourth floor already described.
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