Copy of D&C 87 in Willard Richard's Pocket Companion (c. 1838).
Revelation, 25 December 1832, as Recorded in Richards, Pocket Companion [D&C 87], 29-31, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed July 22, 2024
Prophecy OR.
commandment given December 25th 1825 [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 & misery
of many souls! and the days will come
that war will be poured out upon all Nations beginning at this place for
behold the Southern States shall be
dividid against the northern states,
and the Southern States will call on
other nations even the nation of Great
Britain as it is called, & they shall also
call upon other nations in order to defend
themselves against other nations, & thus
war shall be poured out upon all
nations & it shall come to pass after many days slaves shall rise up against
their masters who shall be martialed
disciplined for war & it shall come
to pass also that the remnant were
left of the land will martial themselves
& shall become exceeding angry &
shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexation
and thus with the sword & by bloodshed the inhabitants of the earth shall
mourn & with famine & plague & earthquakes, & the thunder of heaven & the fierce
& vivid Lightning also shall the inhabitants of the earth be made to feel the
wrath and indignation & chastning hand
of an Almighty God until 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 & be not moved until the day
of the Lord. Amen.