Reynolds Cahoon — Manifestations at the Kirtland Temple

As a member of the Kirtland Temple building committee, Reynolds Cahoon was a primary witness to the spiritual manifestations that occurred during the temple's dedicatory season. Cahoon bore personal testimony of seeing visions and experiencing the presence of the Lord within the sacred structure. He described himself as one of the 'repentant, believing, and sanctified souls' who witnessed these heavenly manifestations, which included the appearance of angels and the fulfillment of the Lord's promise to endow His servants with power from on high.

Recording note: The testimony summarized here — Cahoon's witness of being among the “repentant, believing, and sanctified souls” who saw the Kirtland endowment — circulates in Latter-day Saint historical compilations (including Joseph Smith Foundation materials), but the original published account has not been identified in a public archival source, so no verbatim excerpt is reproduced here. Cahoon, an early Ohio convert and member of the temple's building committee, was a lifelong witness of the Kirtland endowment season.