Journal of Discourses

Public sermons by Mormon leaders from 1851-1886
“Why is it that we are so anxious to build temples? It is that we may attend to ordinances necessary for the salvation of the living and the dead, that we may be baptized for our ancestors who died without having the privilege of hearing and obeying the Gospel.”
Portrait of George Q. CannonGeorge Q. Cannon, December 3, 1871 · The New Birth—Baptism for the Dead—Temples · JD 14:310-323