Mormon Pacific Historical Society
Keywords
temple, Hyrum Conrad Pope, Pu'uhonua
Abstract
At night if one looks over from the Ko’olau mountain range, the sea, or the land a great light can be seen shining from the Laie Hawaii temple. For over three hundred years mankind has congratulated himself on the invention of lighthouses that bring ships in to harbor from a stormy sea. But for eternities has God created lighthouses of His own and the one that stands here has guided millions to safe harbor in a world awash in tumultuous darkness. This temple is unique for many reasons. La’ie Hawai’i temple is the first outside the continental US. This land beneath us is a pu’uhonua, a traditional refuge, made sacred from long before the ground was broken by the faith of the kama’aina who sacrificed all they had for every inch of this temple. People often ask, why is this temple so sacred? What is this that I feel within my heart, this serenity, this light?
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Fullerton, Hannah
(2019)
"Hyrum Conrad Pope: Architect of God’s Temple on this Pu’uhonua,"
Mormon Pacific Historical Society: Vol. 40, Article 6.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mphs/vol40/iss1/6
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