Some possibilities would be to have them be low relief sculptures, mosaics, stained glass, or painted on (although moisture could cause problems if they are painted). I would be interested to see a new style of oxen. I like the variety and even like the Idaho Falls Temple oxen for their uniqueness. The style of oxen also varies with some being vary realistic, most fairly realistic, and the Idaho Falls Temple oxen being very stylized (Art Deco). Sometimes oxen are also placed in an ellipse facing 12 directions. This follows the pattern of Numbers 2 where three tribes camped on each direction of the Tabernacle. A lot of times the oxen are facing 4 directions with 3 oxen facing each direction. Sometimes they face 12 directions (so each is rotated 30 degrees from the previous). When the entire oxen are present they come in several styles. Other temples have the entire oxen sculpted. In this case the oxen are typically made to appear as if coming out of reeds. Some have just the heads and two front legs sculpted. Most are made of fiberglass made to look like stone (and a few may actually be stone.)įinally, the oxen used to support Latter-day Saint temple fonts have been done in many different ways. The Mesa Arizona Temple uses terra cotta tile. Many temple have brass, bronze, or other metal oxen (Salt Lake, Hamilton New Zealand, Los Angeles). Originally the Nauvoo font was made of wood. It really is a nice setup.įont materials vary quite a bit. I have fond memories of sitting on top of the Bountiful Temple font reading scriptures while baptisms are performed feet away. Then there are fonts like the ones in the Bountiful Temple and Boston Massachusetts Temple where there is seating on top of the fonts - usually two rows of pews. Others like the one in the Jordan River temple have seating behind the font at an upper level so the oxen only support the actual font. Fonts like the one in the Salt Lake Temple have seating around the bottom and the oxen are only supporting the actual font. Otherwise I really like the normal entrance and exit style, mainly because it isn't used as often.įont also vary in by what is on top of the oxen. I think a good variation would be to have a font with an entrance and an exit offset 90 degrees (Las Vegas might be this way, but I can't remember for sure). I looked through my font photos and only noticed these two variations. You enter the font on one end and then exit on the other (180 degrees from the entrance). The Nauvoo Temple was the first with a baptismal font and has an entrance and exit. This is actually how the first ones were. Most have you enter and exit at the same place (for example: Draper, Jordan River, London, San Diego). Temple baptismal fonts come in a variety of styles.įonts can have one or two entrances. It is up to them if they want to accept the work and join Christ's church or to reject the baptism and stay as they are. In this way the dead have the option of accepting baptism. These are used for baptisms for the dead where people can be baptized in behalf of the dead who didn't get a chance to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ in this life. I thought I'd use today's post to discuss Latter-day Saint temple baptismal fonts.
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