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Source: Church History Vol. 2 Chapter 24 Page: 563 (~1842)

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563 1841, and the command of God, (Doctrine and Covenants 107:10, 11,) 14 was rejected as a church.

That the church did not finish the temple is evident from the following statements from men who know of what they affirm. The two first-named were reared at Nauvoo and were acquainted with the temple and its condition through all the years of its existence. The last named was one of the chief men at Nauvoo and certainly knew concerning whereof he speaks:-

"TEMPLE AT NAUVOO NOT FINISHED.

"I lived at Nauvoo from 1839 to 1866; with the exception of the time between September 12,1846, and February 19, 1847.

"I knew of the work being done on the temple at that place from the time it began until the building was burned in 1848. It was not finished. The basement was fitted for occupation, and the baptismal font was ready for use. The auditorium on the first floor was completed sufficiently to be seated and occupied for assembly purposes. The stairway on the south side was completed for use. The auditorium on second floor, the stairway on north side, nor any other portion of the building except those above-named were completed; though the small rooms above the second floor auditorium were used by President Young and the resident church authorities for various purposes.

"As boy and man I visited the building both while it was being built and after work on it stopped, was all over it from cellar to the dome, many times, with visitors from abroad, and with comrades, after the saints left the city and while David La Barron had charge, attended meetings in it both for worship and for political purposes, and know from actual personal observation that the temple at Nauvoo was

14 But I command you, all ye my saints, to build an house unto me and I grant unto you a sufficient time to build an house unto me, and during this time your baptisms shall be acceptable unto me. But, behold, at the end of this appointment, your baptisms for your dead shall not be acceptable unto me; and if you do not these things at the end of the appointment, ye shall be rejected as a church with your dead saith the Lord your God.

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