The following comes from:
"Remarkable
if True," Contra Costa Gazette (Martinez, California), (April 23,
1864): 4
Note that this article (which is largely a reprint of D&C 87)
was published by this non-LDS newspaper during the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) and
is understood to be prophetic on the behalf of Joseph Smith:
REMARKABLE IF TRUE.—The following
prophecy of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Sect of Latter Day Saints, it is
claimed was published at various times and places dating as far back as
1834.—The date of the utterance of the prophecy is fixed upon the 25th of
December, 1832.
'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 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 the other nations; and thus war shall be
poured out upon all nations. And it shall come to pass, after many days, Salves
shall rise up against their masters, who shall be marshalled and disciplined
for war.—And it shall come to pass also, that the remnants who are left of the
land will marshall 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,
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 consummation
decreed hath made a full end of all nations; that the cry of the Saints, and of
the blood of the Saints shall cease to come up unto 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, sayeth the Lord. Amen.'
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