To view this multimedia properly you will need the Flash 7 plugin installed and a fast Internet connection.
Mormon Temple, NauvooUnknown, 1849
"It is highly
important for the forwarding of the temple" (History of
the Church, 4:517).
The Burning of the Nauvoo TempleC.C.A. Christensen, 1865
"On Monday the
19th of November, our citizens were awakened by the
alarm of fire, which when first discovered, was bursting out
through the spire of the Temple" (History of the
Church, 7:617, footnote).
"Nauvoo City" in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room CompanionUnknown, July 22, 1854
A visitor of Nauvoo
remarked: "There is not a city within my knowledge that can
boast of a more enterprising and industrious people than
Nauvoo" (History of the Church, 6:367).
Council Meeting in Nauvoo TempleHarold Kilbourn, 1960
"I say unto you,
that your . . . solemn assemblies . . . are ordained
by the ordinance of my holy house" (D&C 124:39).
Joseph Smith and Nauvoo TempleValoy Eaton, unknown"I am going like a lamb to the slaughter; but I am calm as a summer's morning; I have a conscience void of offense towards God, and towards all men" (D&C 135:4).Leaving NauvooGlen S. Hopkinson, 2000"My people must be tried in all things" (D&C 136:31).Nauvoo, Illinois, 1859John Schroder, 1982
"This is the
loveliest place and the best people under the heavens"
(History of the Church, 6:554).
Nauvoo Temple Video
