-- Dec 24, 1832
"Newel" reports results of recently returned missionaries: EMS 1, no. 9 (Feb. 1833). (1)
Hyrum and William Smith baptizes 23 in Pennsylvania in three weeks. (1)
John Murdock baptizes 23 in Thompson, Ohio. (1)
Lyman E. Johnson and Orson Pratt baptize nearly 100 in the East (Orson is still out). (1)
Martin and Emer Harris baptize 100 at Chenango Point, New York within a few weeks. (1)
Orson Hyde and Samuel H. Smith establish one church in Maine, two in Massachusetts, one in Pennsylvania, baptized 60 or more. (1)
Simeon and Jared Carter baptizes over 100 in Vermont. (1)
-- Dec 25, 1832
[Black History] Joseph Smith Jr. predicts slave revolt, (2)
Revelation and Prophecy on War (D&C 87) received by Joseph Smith. [See Civil War Prophecy.] (3)
Joseph Smith received the prophecy on war (D&C 87). (4)
I prophesy, in the name of the Lord God. that the commencement of the difficulties which will cause much bloodshed previous to the coming of the Son of Man. will be in South Carolina: (it may probably arise through the Slave Question; this a voice declared to me. while I was praying earnestly on the subject: December 25th, 1832.
D&C 130:12-13. (1)
Joseph Smith predicts civil war. (5)
[Joseph Smith] Kirtland, Ohio. Joseph Smith received Doctrine & Covenants 87, a revelation containing prophecies about wars, most notably the forthcoming American Civil War. (6)
Footnotes:
1 - http://saintswithouthalos.com/dirs/d_c.phtml
2 - http://www.xtimeline.com/events.aspx?q=Bif200802111550260291166
3 - Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
4 - http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
5 - http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgv482t8_0d5hdn5cv
6 - BYU Studies Journal, volume 46, no. 4: A Chronology of the Life of Joseph Smith
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