The custom has developed in some of the temples of selling consecrated oil, books and records, and of RENTING TEMPLE CLOTHING, the object being to accommodate persons who come to do work in the House of the Lord. Trafficking in these commodities is hardly in keeping with the sacredness of the temple, and we would, therefore, like you to discontinue this practice after December 31, 1911.
I remember renting temple clothing the one and only time I went, back in 1988. At the time, I thought that was wrong. I thought of Jesus clearing out the temple. It's the earliest I had any doubts, I think. I'm glad to see them discontinue it. Not that I'd go back. They should have done this sooner.
From what I have been told, there is a huge push for people to own their temple attire and not rent it. I didn't mind renting the clothing. So it cost $3.50 - or so. No big deal. They washed and had the clothing ready to use, I was OK with paying a small fee so I didn't have to cart my own clothing around all the time, especially when traveling. I did make my own dresses out of a nice cotton blend though as I wanted to be able to push the arms up and I wanted them to fit comfortably. And. I had my own slippers. But I did rent the robes, etc. very often until, much later, I did have my own attire, which I still have.
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to cover cost of repair, replacement and cleaning; but it's really done as an incentive to get people to buy their own clothes. The smaller temples do have extra clothes they let people borrow for the day without paying a fee.
My brother wasn't able to do a session at the Chicago temple because they no longer rent the clothing. No offer of any clothes he could borrow, either, so maybe they're getting stricter. ETA: this was summer of 2010, by the way
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i got chided for that during several sessions. The Houston Temple seems to insist on keeping the endowment rooms nursing home warm and i'm a hot natured person who doesnt ever wear long sleeves, i pushed them up in the session and promptly got chided for my "immodesty"
transplant in texas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i got chided for that during several sessions. > The Houston Temple seems to insist on keeping the > endowment rooms nursing home warm and i'm a hot > natured person who doesnt ever wear long sleeves, > i pushed them up in the session and promptly got > chided for my "immodesty"
YUP!! I also never took my pierced ear rings out also! Nobody ever said a word. Probably didn't notice. They only went up about 4".
Joseph F. Smith was first and foremost a businessman. I'm sure he sold those items at his various businesses and did not want others encroaching on his market share.