Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 73: October 19, 1911 We have referred to the particular inspiration which was given to Bezaleel and Aholiab to do all manner of cunning work in the construction of the tabernacle and the ark, which constituted a portable temple that Israel carried with them through the wilder ness. Also the garments for the clothing of Aaron and his sons when they appeared before the Lord in sacred worship. Every thing, down to the smallest minutia necessary to make the same complete and perfect, is defined and their uses fully explained. Solo mon's Temple, the character of which, in its peculiar construction, appointments and adornments, was revealed in detail by God Him self. Although altogether difierent from the then known archi tectural rules and designs, it became the admiration of all, great and small, who were privileged to gaze upon it. So highly was it prized by Israel that, subsequent to its destruction, another was built upon its site, and although Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, had been lavish in their gifts to bring about its completion after the pattern of the first one, yet the children of Israel mourned, because of its inferiority to the temple built by Solomon. We might quote other and numerous instances to prove that the Creator was what might be termed, not only an expert designer, but a master workman as well; and would not accept of anything that man might make as directed by Him unless it came up to the standard which He had given. Hence, He said to Moses: See that thou make all things according to the pattern Showed thee on the Mount. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.