LDS Temples are considered to be the most sacred buildings on the face of the earth by the faithful.  Inside these beautiful buildings families are sealed for eternity.  So they come to represent the eternal nature of love and of the family.  When LDS people come into their temples to make promises of faithful living and receive the blessings of eternal family,  death of loved ones ceases to be the devastating loss it once was.  Because of the Mormon Temple, nothing is lost.  For those of us who have lost a loved one, there can be no greater promise.  So it is no wonder that the image of these lovely buildings are found sculpted, painted, drawn and photographed. 

LDS artists have been trying to capture the beauty of the temple since the first one in Kirtland was dedicated in the 1800s.  Since then over one hundred and fifty temples have been built.  Each one has been photographed and painted by numerous members of the church.  Many copies are hanging on the walls of faithful members of the church worldwide. 

President Spencer W. Kimball recalled the story of a mother who was saddened because her three sons had left home and gone to sea instead of preparing for further schooling and missions for the Church. You have taught them well." (See Ensign, Dec. 1972, p. 46.) President Kimball then went on to suggest that if parents want their children to marry in the temple, they would do well to hang a picture of the temple in a prominent place in their homes.

Gary E. Stevenson

As you walk through the rooms of your home, do you see uplifting images which include appropriate pictures of the temple and the Savior? Doing such begins the construction of a "spiritual mansion" in which we all may reside regardless of our worldly circumstance—a home filled with treasure that "neither moth nor rust doth corrupt."10 There exists a righteous unity between the temple and the home.

When members of the church were called to leave Nauvoo.  As they walked down Parley Street to cross the Mississippi River they could turn and see the beautiful Nauvoo Temple behind them.  It was the promises they received inside that temple that made their hardships bearable. 

I am so grateful for those who have dedicated their time and talent to create such beautiful pictures and art.  It brings a spirit into our home that nothing else can.

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