After a restless night in a smoke-filled motel room in Kirtland, LeGrand got up very early and found the Isaac Morley Farm by himself. He didn't dare wake the rest of us since we got in so late the previous night. But the beauty of the sunrise and his own love for the man who would teach and baptise his own great grandfather inspired him to get the rest of us out of bed for an amazing start to the day.
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| The fields of the Isaac Morley Farm in the early morning |
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Farmhouse/Missionary Quarters
Rolling out of bed and on to the trail to the Morley Schoolhouse site where many important revelations were received. From Joseph who was teaching a few of the elders of the Church at this site: ". . . I want to say to you before the Lord, that you know no more concerning the destinies of the Church and kingdom than a babe upon its mother's lap. You don't comprehend it. It is only a little handful of Pristhood you see here tonight, but this Church will fill North and South America and it will fill the world."
LeGrand's Devo: "When God gives a commandment, He already has a way prepared for us." Thank you John Tanner!
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After breakfast, we arrived at the Kirtland Temple. Love love love that temple!
Jodi's Devotional at Kirtland Temple: "Covenants are disproportionate--we make covenants, God does most of the work and we get all of the blessings."
The Kirtland Temple was the most expensive temple the Church ever built in relationship to the Saint's ability to pay. During construction, the Kirtland Temple was guarded at night to protect the building from threatening mobs and vandals. The Saints crushed glass and chinaware into the stucco applied to the exterior walls of the Kirtland Temple, which glittered in the sun.
"The temple is concerned with things of immortality. It is a bridge between this life and the next. All of the ordinances that take place in the house of the Lord are expressions of our belief in the immortality of the human soul." Pres.Gordon B. Hinckley
During the weeks surrounding the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, the Saints experienced an outpouring of heavenly manifestations, which included the appearance of angels and the Saints seeing visions, uttering prophecies, and speaking in tongues.
On Easter Sunday, April 3, 1836, during the Jewish Passover, the Lord appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple, accepting His house. Priesthood keys were then restored through three ancient prophets: Moses, the keys to the gathering of Israel; Elias, the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham; and Elijah, the sealing keys.
(The Kirtland Temple, LDS website)
