The following comes from “A Mormon Prophecy,” The New York Times (June 2, 1861): 3:
Elder ORSON PRATT desires us to
publish the following extract from "a revelation and prophecy by the
prophet, seer and revelator, JOSEPH SMITH, given December 25, 1832." It
will be found on page 35 of the Pearl of Great Price:
"Verily thus saith the Lord,
concerning the wars that will shortly come to pass, beginning at the rebellion
of South Carolina, which will eventually terminate in the death and misery of
many souls. The days will come that war will be poured out upon all nations,
beginning at that place; for behold, the Southern States shall be divided
against the Northern States; and the Southern States will call on other
nations, even the nation of Great Britain, as it is called, and they shall also
call upon other nations in order to defend themselves against other nations;
and thus, war shall be poured out upon all nations. And it shall come to pass,
after many days, slaves shall rise up against their masters, who shall be
marshaled and disciplined for war. And it shall come to pass also, that the
remnants who are left of the land will marshal themselves, and shall become
exceeding angry, and shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexation. And thus,
with the sword, and by bloodshed, the inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and
with famine, and plague, and earthquakes, and the thunder of heaven, and the
fierce and vivid lightning also, shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to
feel the wrath, and indignation, and chastening hand of an Almighty God, until
the consumption, decreed, hath made a full end of all nations; that the cry of
the Saints, and of the blood of Saints, shall cease to come up into the ears of
the Lord of Sabbath, from the earth, to be avenged of their enemies. Wherefore,
stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for
behold it cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen.
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