Thursday morning we got up and went to the St. George Temple. It is the 4th temple built but the first temple in Utah completed, so its pretty old, but so beautiful, inside and out.
This is the temple where then President of the Church, Willford Woodruff had our founding Fathers appear to him and ask him why their temple work had not been done? They have a beautiful picture inside representing this important event.
"Wilford Woodruff, in his journal entry of Sunday, 19 August 1877, Elder
Woodruff, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve and president of the
St. George Temple, wrote: “I spent the evening in preparing a list of
the noted men of the 17 century and 18th, including the signers of the
Declaration of Independence and presidents of the United States, for baptism on Tuesday the 21 Aug 1877.”
"The first public mention of these
events was made nearly a month after the baptisms were performed. In an
address in the Tabernacle on Temple Square on 16 September 1877, Elder
Woodruff first told publicly of the visitation of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. “They waited on me for two days and two
nights,” he said,
“I thought it very singular, that notwithstanding so much work had been done, and yet nothing had been done for them.” (Journal of Discourses, 19:229.)
The founding fathers’ appearance to Elder Woodruff illustrates the importance of family
history and temple work as well as the interest many of those living in
the spirit world have in receiving the saving ordinances of the gospel."
We found this wonderful and FREE place to visit where we walked pathways and where all the desert plants and trees were marked with their names.
The view from the Gardens.
After this we went to an afternoon movie, then later met Mary, (Dave couldn't come) at Red Lobster and had a nice visit.
It was a good day!
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