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The Salt Lake Temple took 40 years to build by pioneer people in who were persecuted by the US Federal Government. Their previous two temples, those of Kirtland Ohio and Nauvoo Illinois had been desecratated by enemies and the Nauvoo temple actually destroyed.

Brigham Young stated to those weary pioneers upon entering the desolate Great Basin where they had been driven:

Some say, I do not like to do it, for we never began to build a Temple without the bells of hell beginning to ring. I want to hear them ring again. All the tribes of hell will be on the move, if we uncover the walls of this Temple. But what do you think it will amount to? You have all the time seen what it has amounted to (Discourses of Brigham Young, page 410.)

All the angels in heaven are looking at this little handful of people, and stimulating them to thesalvation of the human family. So also are the devils in hell looking at this people, too, and trying to overthrow us, and the people are still shaking hands with the servants of the devil, instead of sanctifying themselves and calling upon the Lord and doing the work which he has commanded us and put into our hands to do. When I think upon this subject, I want the tongues of seven thunders to wake up the people. (Discourses of Brigham Young, page 403-4.)

I think there is a work to be done then which the whole world seems determined we shall not do. What is it? To build temples. We never yet commenced to lay the foundation of a temple but what all hell was in arms against us. That is the difficulty now; we have commenced the foundation of this temple. (Discourses of Brigham Young, page 402.)

The Devil will fight hard to hinder us, and we shall not take an inch of ground except by obedience to the power of and faith in the Gospel of the Son of God. (Discourses of Brigham Young, page 401.) (Boyd K. Packer, The Holy Temple, p. 178.)

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