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Through the
Camera Lens
The People at Nauvoo
Like Walking the Streets of Zion
Text and Photographs
by Scot Facer Proctor
Note: Click
on photos below for enlargements.
There was a
precious moment I saw as I was following various Brethren with my
camera. I watched Elder Russell Nelson (2nd from left) as he was
shown into the northwest side door of the temple. Before he went
inside he glanced over at the massive moonstones at the base of
the pilasters. Doesn't seem like much of a moment but it made my
heart swell within me. You can see President Boyd K. Packer just
entering the temple on the right. Elder Donald L. Staheli, Area
President, has his back to us on the right.
It was a treat
to watch the glances of love between Elder Neal A. Maxwell and his
wife, Sister Colleen Maxwell throughout the events. They communicated
much with their eyes just before the beginning of the dedication
itself in the Assembly Room. Here they made their way to the southeast
cornerstone where they placed some mortar on the coverstone of the
sealed box.
Elder David
B. Haight was assisted by Elder Donald L. Staheli as he headed toward
the southeast cornerstone of the temple. Elder Haight was born in
1906, just seventy years after the first Nauvoo Temple was dedicated.
Surely Elder Haight was one of the oldest in attendance of the dedication
of this rebuilt Nauvoo Temple.
I figured that
this precious little girl was about the youngest in attendance of
the coverstone ceremony. It reminded me of the length of the memory
of this people between Elder David B. Haight and this precious baby.
Nauvoo Mayor
Tom Wilson was invited to the stand by President Gordon B. Hinckley
to put "some mud" on the coverstone and say a few words.
Mayor Wilson has become quite a friend of the Church. It looks like
the young people in the background are saluting him but they are
only shading their eyes from the sun.
A sea of faces
surrounded the coverstone ceremony. I'm not sure how many were there
but it surely numbered in the low thousands.
Continue
Reading this Article: Part 3
(All
photographs Copyright 2002 Scot Facer Proctor)
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