Joseph teaches his hope for the dedication of the Nauvoo temple so ordinances for the living and dead can happen.
Discourse, 8 April 1844, as Reported by Willard Richards, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed February 13, 2024
soon as the Temple is finis[h]ed.— Lord hath
ordaind where these last & mo[s]t impotnt [important]
ordinance must be in a house.— provided
for the purpose— where we can get a house
built first there is the place.—
Bap[tized]. washd. ano[in]ted. seald. &c for the dead
the same as for themselves.—