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25 years ago
President Spencer W. Kimball presided on Aug. 15, 1981, at a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Jordan River Temple, according to the Aug. 22 Church News.
Some 12,000 people filled the long, sloping lawn in front of the Jordan River (Utah) Temple to witness a cornerstone laying at what would be the Church's 20th temple in operation, according to the article.
President Kimball said he was pleased with the new temple, adding, "the Lord is magnifying His people in their callings."
"At last we are at another stage in our growth and development," President Kimball told those gathered for the ceremony. "And we are happy indeed to set apart this beautiful new temple, and we will be (happy) of other temples that will be built in due time."
President Gordon B. Hinckley, then a counselor in the First Presidency, called the temple a testimony to all who see it of the faith of Latter-day Saints in the immortality of the soul, according to the article.
"Every purpose for which it is built is an affirmation of our conviction that life continues after death for all of our Father's children," President Hinckley said.
