PLATE 36.—STAND AND PULPITS FOR MELCHISEDEK PRIESTHOOD IN MAIN ASSEMBLY ROOM
The view presented herewith shows with some detail, one of the end stands in the Main Assembly Room already described. The stand is really a series of four terraces, on each of which is a central lectern with a smaller table on either side. The highest terrace is under a canopy, on the front of which is inscribed the particular order of Priesthood to which the stand belongs. The accompanying picture shows the stand at the east end of the great room, which is reserved for the officers of the Higher or Melchisedek Priesthood.
The lecterns with the smaller book-tables and all allied wood-work of the stand are hand carved. The room is finished in white and gold.
PLATE 37.—SPIRAL STAIRWAY IN MAIN ASSEMBLY ROOM
Access to the gallery of the Main Assembly Room is afforded by four stairways, one in each corner of the great hall. These four stairways are of similar design. Each is a graceful spiral, winding about a central post. This picture shows the stairway in the southwest corner of the Main Assembly Room.
The picture is of interest in illustrating the fact that all parts of the great Temple are finished with thoroughness and care. There is no neglected corner. It would seem, indeed, that the builders had well learned the poet's lesson:
"In the elder days of art
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the gods see everywhere."