In his journal entry for December 30, 1860, Wilford Woodruff recorded Emanuel M. Murphy’s recounting his meeting with Joseph and Joseph’s certain belief in the then-future fulfillment of D&C 87:
Sunday
Brother Emanuel M. Murphy Preached in the
morning gave an
account of his receiving the gospel, his gathering
to Missouri, his
visit to Joseph in Prision,
the advice of Joseph the Prophet to him to
go to South Carolina & Georgia & warn his friends of the wrath &
desolation ofthat the people in that land & to gather out his Friends
to
Zion for the wars & rebelion would begin in
South Carolinia Elder John Taylor Preached
in the afternoon & refered to many
of the revelations & prophesies of Joseph
Smiths which are now Fulfilling. The cecession of South Carolinia, The
Lord's coming out of his hiding place to vex the Nation,
& many other things
Further Reading on D&C 87:
