Vision of Jesus Christ and Angels at Kirtland Temple Endowment

“The Lord blessed his people abundantly in that temple with the spirit of prophecy, the ministering of angels, and visions. I will here relate a vision which was shown to me. It was near the close of the endowments—I was in a meeting for instruction in the upper part of the temple, with about a hundred of the high priests, seventies, and elders. The Saints fell to shout, 'Hosannah,' and the spirit of God rested upon me in mighty power and I beheld the room lighted up, with a peculiar light such as I had never seen before; soft and clear and the room looked to me as though it had neither roof nor floor to the building and I beheld Joseph [Smith the Prophet] and Hyrum Smith [the Prophet’s brother], and Roger Orton enveloped in the light. Joseph exclaimed aloud, 'I behold the Saviour, the Son of God.' Hyrum exclaimed 'I behold the angels of heaven.' Brother Orton exclaimed, 'I behold the chariots of Israel.' All who were in the room felt the power of God to that degree that many prophesied, and the power of God was made manifest in a way that I had never witnessed before; the remembrance of which I shall never forget while I live upon the earth.”

— Harrison Burgess, Autobiography (1814-1848)