for their protection, and when the enemy had fired their
combustibles, these men, endowed with the holy priesthood,
walked along like sentinels on their posts, and waved
their hands, and the flames, and smoke, and ashes, that
were intended for the destruction of the Saints turned up-
on our enemies, and when this combustible matter was
consumed and the fire and smoke had cleared away, lo!
and behold the enemies of this people were not to be
found. During all this time, our people were laboring
in the Temples day and night, endowing the Elders of
Israel with the fulness of the blessings of the holy priest-
hood, until they had got the number of fifty thousand
endowed. The Temple in Salt Lake City, during this
time, had been completed, and in one of the rooms,
situated in one of the towers, Jesus and Joseph, with
their councils, were setting. Then preparations were made
for the fifty thousand to go down to the Centre Stake of
Zion, with Jesus and Joseph at their head, riding in
their chariots of fire; they seemed to be somewhere about
from six to ten rods above the earth. While all these
scenes had been transpiring, the remnants of the land had
gathered in from all quarters East of the Rocky moun-
tains, and some had come from South America, and
when our brethren passed down to the Centre Stake of
Zion, the remnants went forth and redeemed the land
of Zion. I saw the foundation ^of the Temple^ laid there, which had the
appearance of a bright lustre. The chariots or pillar

for their protection, and when the enemy had fired their combustibles, these men, endowed with the holy priesthood, walked along like sentinels on their posts, and waved their hands, and the flames, and smoke, and ashes, that were intended for the destruction of the Saints turned upon our enemies, and when this combustible matter was consumed and the fire and smoke had cleared away, lo! and behold the enemies of this people were not to be found. During all this time, our people were laboring in the Temples day and night, endowing the Elders of Israel with the fulness of the blessings of the holy priesthood, until they had got the number of fifty thousand endowed. The Temple in Salt Lake City, during this time, had been completed, and in one of the rooms, situated in one of the towers, Jesus and Joseph, with their councils, were setting. Then preparations were made for the fifty thousand to go down to the Centre Stake of Zion, with Jesus and Joseph at their head, riding in their chariots of fire; they seemed to be somewhere about from six to ten rods above the earth. While all these scenes had been transpiring, the remnants of the land had gathered in from all quarters East of the Rocky mountains, and some had come from South America, and when our brethren passed down to the Centre Stake of Zion, the remnants went forth and redeemed the land of Zion. I saw the foundation of the Temple laid there, which had the appearance of a bright lustre. The chariots or pillar