ELKO, NEVADA — The Elko Nevada Temple dedication on Sunday, Oct. 12, will be remembered by many for the unique timing of its dedication.

With President Dallin H. Oaks leading The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, this temple dedication marks the first time a house of the Lord has been dedicated during a period of apostolic interregnum since 1888. At that time, President Wilford Woodruff was president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles during the dedication of the Manti Utah Temple.

Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who dedicated the Elko temple, said that even in the midst of violence and tragedy that has put the world in commotion, he has “witnessed the divine process of the passing of

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