This then is sufficient answer to the question as to why the Latter-day Saints build and maintain temples. They have been instructed and required so to do by the Lord of Hosts. They have learned that many essential ordinances of the Church are acceptable only when performed in temples specially erected and reserved for the purpose. They know that within these precincts of sanctity the Lord has revealed many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God; and that He has promised to reveal yet more to man in houses sacred to His name. They have learned that a great part of the mission and ministry of the restored Church is the administration of vicarious ordinances in behalf of the unnumbered dead who never heard the tidings of the Gospel, and that for such sacred and saving service _Temples are a necessity_. FOOTNOTES 1. See the author's "The Articles of Faith," Lecture IV; and references therein given. 2. See the author's "The Articles of Faith," Lectures V--VIII with references therein given. 3. I Cor. 1:23; 2:2. 4. See Mark 1:24; 3:11; 5:1-18; and Matt. 8:28-34. 5. Acts 11:18; Rom. 2:4; see also the author's "The Articles of Faith," Lecture V:19-30 and references therein given. 6. Doctrine and Covenants 1:31-33. 7. I Peter 3:19-20; compare 4:6. 8. See Luke 23:39-43. 9. Consider our Lord's declaration to Nicodemus, John 3:1-5. 10. John 20:17. 11. Isaiah 24:22. 12. Isaiah 42:6, 7. 13. Psalms 16:9-10. 14. Book of Mormon, Alma 34:32-35. 15. "The Articles of Faith," Lecture VI:1. For a general treatment of Baptism see Lectures VI and VII. 16. Matt. 3:13-17. 17. See John 3:1-7. 18. Matt. 28:19. 19. Mark 16:16. 20. See Acts 2:38; 9:1-18; 10:30-48; 22:1-16; I Peter 3:21. 21. Doctrine and Covenants 68:8, 9. 22. Doctrine and Covenants, 84:64, 74; see also 112:28, 29. 23. See "The Articles of Faith," Lecture VIII. 24. Matt. 3:11; compare Mark 1:7, 8; Luke 3:16. 25. John 1:29-33. 26. John 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26; 16:7, 13. 27. Acts 1:4, 5, 8. 28. Acts 2:1-4. 29. Acts 2:37, 38. 30. For an instance, see Book of Mormon, II Nephi 31:8, 12-14, 17. 31. III Nephi 11:35; 12:2. 32. Doctrine and Covenants 84:64. 33. Lev. 16:20-22. 34. Lev. chap. 4. 35. Doctrine and Covenants 19:16-19. 36. See Obadiah 21; I Timothy 4:16; James 5:20. 37. Deut. 18:15, 17-19; Job 19:25-27; Psalms 2:1-12; Zech. 9:9; 12:10; 13:6; Isa. 7:14; 9:6, 7; Micah 5:2. 38. See Luke 24:27, 45, 46. 39. I Peter 1:19, 20. 40. Rom. 3:25. See further Rom. 16:25, 26; Eph. 3:9-11; Col. 1:24-26; II Tim, 1:8-10; Titus 1:2, 3; Rev. 13:8. 41. See pages 68-70. 42. See Malachi 4:1, 2, 5, 6. 43. Compare Matt. 11:14; 17:11; Mark 9:11; Luke 1:17. 44. Luke 1:17. 45. Doctrine and Covenants 110:13-16. 46. Doctrine and Covenants 128:18. 47. See Doctrine and Covenants 128:5-8. 48. Doctrine and Covenants 124:28-41. Read the entire section. CHAPTER IV MODERN TEMPLE ORDINANCES