Brigham Young's Temple Prophecy — 'Not a Man Shall Be Hurt' on the Exodus Through Iowa (1846)

During the difficult time of the exodus from Nauvoo, some of the Saints were fearful about the journey, specifically doubting they would be allowed to pass through the Territory of Iowa. Brigham Young testified in the Temple that they would all pass through and not a man would be hurt. As the Saints began to cross the Mississippi River, the opposition began to dissipate, and the mobs dispersed, allowing the Saints to pass through unhurt as prophesied.

Fuller account of this event (in the witness’s own words):

Some good men at that time went to brother Brigham, 'We shall never get out, we never can be permitted to pass through the Territory of Iowa.' Says brother Brigham, in reply to them, 'We shall all go through, and not a man shall be hurt.' This I heard him say in the Temple of the Lord. Was it not the case? It was. The very moment the Saints began to cross the Mississippi River the cloud began to disperse, and the light in the west began to break forth; mobs began to disperse each way on the right and on the left, to let the Saints pass through unhurt. That was the situation of affairs at that time, it is all fresh upon my memory.