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Temple in The
Hague, Part 1 Note: Click on any images to enlarge During the construction of the temple in The Hague, children were gathering sea shells off the lot. True to its place in the Netherlands, this is a temple built about 8 feet below sea level, and those sea shells reflect a larger idea. The new small temples that have suddenly sprung to life in so many regions of the Church are a reflection of their area.
In the building, in the open house, and finally in the ongoing ordinance work, the local members have an intimate relationship with their temple. It belongs to them in a very personal sense.
Certainly, these temples have the same spirit and same blessings as the larger temples. They accommodate baptisms for the dead, endowments and sealings; they have the words we revere. De Here Gewijd; Het Huis Des Heron reads the wall of the temple in The Hague. “Holiness to the Lord, The House of the Lord.” De Kerk Van Jezus Christus De Heiligen Der Laatste Dagen, it says.
What is different is that local members officiate, set the schedule, clean the temples and tend the landscape.
Many of the temple recommend holders know each other. They have worked on committees together to plan the open house. They have given input on temple design and needs. Members feel it is their temple.
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