MTC is protected from attacking demons by angels

Hard to prove

The most told version of this legend has the MTC mission president waking in the middle of the night with an awful feeling. He rushes outside and finds several demons (usually dark figures on black horses) heading towards the MTC. The demons suddenly stop and turn back around or disappear. The president then sees angels armed with swords protecting the doors of the MTC.

This legend could come from a true account that took place over 100 years ago in the Logan temple. Marriner W. Merrill, president of the Logan temple, recalls a very similar story in which he looks out of the temple windows and sees men on horseback approaching the temple. Merrill was angered at the men taking over the temple grounds and asked who they were. One man said, "I am Satan and these are my people."

Merrill was then told by the man that he did not like the work that was going on in the temple. Merrill claims that if the temple hadn't been protected by angels, the men would never have left. ("Saints of Sage and Saddle" by Austin Fife, pg. 222).

This story can also be found in "The First 100 Years: The Logan Temple" by Nolan Prter Olsen.