Men rise through temple work to high levels of
character and spiritual joy. Once only may a person receive the temple
endowment for himself, but innumerable times he may receive it for those who
have gone from the earth. Whenever he does so, he performs an unselfish act for
which no earthly recompense is available. He tastes, in part, the sweet joy of
saviorhood. He rises toward the stature of the Lord Jesus Christ who died for
all. Men who thus serve the dead go out of the temple into the marts of men
with renewed power to deal fairly with others, to put into practice the golden
commandment “Do ye unto others as ye would have others do unto you?
Elder
John A Widtsoe, Improvement Era, 6, April 1939 p 228
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