From the First Presidency

A Holy Place

By President Henry B. Eyring

Second Counselor in the First Presidency

Adapted from “I Love to See the Temple,” Liahona, May 2021, 28–31.

a young President Eyring smiling at an older lady in a white dress

I remember the first day I went inside the Salt Lake Temple. A white-haired lady in a white temple dress greeted me. She said, “Welcome to the temple, Brother Eyring.” I thought for a moment she was an angel because she knew my name. I forgot that my name was on a small card pinned to my suit coat.

I looked up at the high white ceiling. The room was so light that it seemed it was open to the sky. I felt that I had been there before. Then I felt that I had been in a sacred place like that before I was born.

The words “Holiness to the Lord” are written on the outside of all our temples. I know that those words are true. The temple is a holy place where revelation comes to us easily if our hearts are open to it.

I pray that you will want to go there, where you can feel close to the Lord. You can help your ancestors be with Him and with you forever.

Gospel Word

Revelation is a message from God to His children. Revelation usually comes through the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost told President Eyring that before he was born, he was in a sacred place like the temple.

I Love to See the Temple

drawing activity to draw a temple

Copy the lines on the grid to finish the other half of the Calgary Alberta Temple.

In the temple, we can make covenants, or promises, with Heavenly Father. What are you looking forward to about going to the temple someday?

Illustration by Melissa Manwill