Copy of D&C 87 in the journal of W. W. Phelps (c. 1835).
Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Phelps, Diary and Notebook [D&C 87]:[1-3], The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed July 22, 2024
Prophecy
or Commandment
Given Decm 25— 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:
and the days will come, that war
will be poured out upon all nations
begining at this 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 britian as it is called, and they shall who 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 martialed, disciplined
for war; and it shall come to pass
also, that the remnant who are left of
the land, will martial themselves;
and shall become exceding angry:
and shall vex the gentiles, with
a soar 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, untill the
consumption decreed hath made
a full end of all nations; that
the cry of the saints; of the bloodshed of the saints shall cease to come
into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth,
from the earth; to be avenged of
their enemies; wherefore, stand ye
in holy places; and be not moved
untill the day of the Lord Amen