. Salt Lake City, the "Zion" of the new world . always hasbeen, and prob-ably always willbe the centralcity of the Mor-mon followers of the religion of Joseph Smith, num-bered by hundreds of thousands,regard it with strange is the place of their greatesttemple, the seat of their ecclesias-tical authority, the home of theirprophet. Almost the first thingthe visitor does upon reaching SaltLake City is to visit the temple,which stands within sight and soundof the business center. Work began 9 THE BEEHIVEHOUSE. on it with thefirst beat ofthe citys heartand con
. Salt Lake City, the "Zion" of the new world . always hasbeen, and prob-ably always willbe the centralcity of the Mor-mon followers of the religion of Joseph Smith, num-bered by hundreds of thousands,regard it with strange is the place of their greatesttemple, the seat of their ecclesias-tical authority, the home of theirprophet. Almost the first thingthe visitor does upon reaching SaltLake City is to visit the temple,which stands within sight and soundof the business center. Work began 9 THE BEEHIVEHOUSE. on it with thefirst beat ofthe citys heartand continuedunremittingly for forty years. Itcost over four million dollars and isone of the notable buildings of thecontinent. It stands upon an emi-nence and towers above all sur-rounding objects, its whole formoutlined against the sky long beforethe faintest sign of the city is tobe seen. Its exterior is gravenwith the curious symbols of theMormon creed, and its loftiest spireis surmounted full 215 feet abovethe earth by the golden figure ofMoroni, the angel who revealed the
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