Kirtland Temple Dedication (Messenger and Advocate)

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<Messenger and Advocate

The Latter Day Saint newspaper, Messenger and Advocate, contains a record of the dedication of the first Latter Day Saint temple, Kirtland Temple, 27 March 1836.

According to this account, "one thousand persons" crowded in for the eight hour dedication service. During this time six hymns were sung, Sidney Rigdon gave a two-and-a-half hour sermon, Joseph Smith, Jr. read a half hour dedicatory prayer, the assembly voted to affirm the various positions of leadership in the church, and several church leaders gave their own speaches.

The newspaper account includes the full text of the dedicatory prayer and each hymn, and includes a summary Rigdon's sermon and the various other procedings that took place.

Joseph Smith, Jr. also made a record of the event in his diary.

Contents

• Page 274
  • ...
  • Gathering
  • Hymn: Ere Long the Vail

• Page 275
  • Hymn: Ere Long the Vail (Continued)
  • Hymn: O Happy Souls Who Pray
  • Sidney Rigdon's Sermon

• Page 276
  • Sidney Rigdon's Sermon (Continued)
  • Hymn: Now Let Us Rejoice
  • Intermission
  • Hymn: This Earth was Once a Garden Place (Adam-ondi-Ahman)

• Page 277
  • Hymn: This Earth was Once a Garden Place (Adam-ondi-Ahman) (Continued)
  • Vote to Affirm Quorums of the Church, Remarks by Joseph Smith, jr.
  • Hymn: How Pleased and Blest Was I
  • Dedicatory Prayer

• Page 278
  • Dedicatory Prayer (Continued)

• Page 279
  • Dedicatory Prayer (Continued)

• Page 280
  • Dedicatory Prayer (Continued)
  • Hymn: The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning

• Page 281
  • Hymn: The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Burning (Continued)
  • Vote to Accept Dedicatory Prayer
  • Administering of the Eucharist
  • Testimonies of the Presidents of the Church
  • Closing Remarks, Hosanna Shout, Blessing
  • Demeanor of Congregation, Donations
  • ...

Source

• Messenger and Advocate, Vol. 2 (March 1836), pp. 274-81.

Note: all headings and bracketed texts are editorial and not part of the original text.