Jan 1st 1862
Jan 1st 1862 This is the commencement of another
New year in this momentous fast age 1860 & 61 have been
two vary important years in the History of the united States
but 1862 will be more so. The war will be more severe
the people will be more inspired to shed Blood, greater
Battles will be fought & more lives lost, and there will
be many destructions in the Land, the Lord will visit the
people with other besides war, great calamities
await the wicked this year. there will be wars in foreign
lands and a great ^want^ of Bread in the ther will be
pestilence, tempests, floods and
and Hail stormes which will destroy many of the lives
of men and the crops of the Earth, and the Lord will
continue to weaken this Nation untill they are broaken
to peasces and cast down to rise no more forever
The Lord has commenced a controvery with the
upon this continent and He will never
scease untill they are broaken up & destroyed. The
Historian thiswill have much material for History during this
year. The foundation of the has been Uncovered
and it is the intention to commence building it this
season. The Saints are also about to call a convention
to organize a State and there will be a
great gathering of the Saints and there will many things
transpire in fulfillment of the Ancient & Modern
. The Nations of the Earth grow more and
more wicked. Virtue righteousness & truth is hardly
known among men Except what is found among the
Latter Day Saints and they are persecuted by the Nation
because it Exists among them. This is a vary wicked
generation & the Earth groans under its abomination
and because of these things the Lord will pour out his
Judgments upon the inhabitants of the Earth untill the
Earth is clensed from the Abomination that Exhists &
the refuge of lies is swept away and the Earth prepared
for the coming of the LORD, who will Esstablish righteousness & truth
I spent most of the day in the writing
called into the office and gave us the following report He said
that when the got up to when
had changed the to go on as the
Govornor John W. Dawson came to get in Wood Reynolds
knocked Him down He ran into the House Reynolds follo-
wed him in & there beat him almost to death and drove
off & left him in his gore He done this because of his
insult to Mrs also insulting the women at Ephrain
Hanks.
