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Black and white photograph of the Tiffany stained-glass rendering of The First Vision. This photograph was taken inside the Holy of Holies.
The Baptistry - Separating the Baptistry from the two rooms to the east is a twelve-foot-wide corridor that extends the cross axial width of the Temple and acts as a narthex for both areas. It terminates at the south end with an elegant wooden grand staircase which leads to the above-ground second floor. Its north end serves as the main entrance and exit point for the Temple. It is linked by passageways to the Temple Annex.
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The Baptistry occupies the west half of the basement. It consists of three compartments which are below ground to symbolize death and burial. The central room, being the largest, houses the six-by-ten-foot eliptical cast-iron baptismal font. It is large enough to hold 500 gallons of water to facilitate baptism by complete immersion (symbolic of death, burial and resurrection).
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In similitude of Solomon's "molten sea" and the twelve tribes of Israel, the font rests on the backs of twelve life-sized cast-iron oxen. The oxen are set three feet below the pavement of the main floor, possibly to accent the concept of burial and bring the font within perspective of those on the pavement level. The font is now reached by two staircases on either side of a platform that forms around the west end of the font. On the platform at the top of the stairs, there are places for the recorder and witnesses. The living proxies who act in behalf of the deceased enter the font by five short steps. There are attendant facilities to the west of the platform to care for those who have come from the font. To the north and south of the baptistry are dressing rooms that open onto the font area through twelve arched double-glazed doors.
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Recipient of the Benny Award of Excellence.
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