Written on the by the midnight lamp while nature is wraped in sleep Farewell ye year of eightteen hundred thirty five. Go sleep with chaos since tho hast bourn thy report of millions to heaven and finished thy work yea whether thou has bourn good or evil report it cannot be rec alled it is finished it is sealed before A univers to be sounded Thousands also thou hast bourn to the tomb to sleep in death untill the trunp shall sound when they shall rise from their capatious bed to meet their God. But why dwell among the dead let them sleep for others must as well as they and turn thy thoughts upon the living, for time will soon Eerth all men if they are not wise (for the day has broak that never more will close) Farewell ye rooling year the sable shades of night bespeacks your departure But hark the Queen of the night yet in her station wanes pours forth her beams & still invites another year Ah yes the year of eighteen hundred thirty six allready moun ted the wheels of time for swifter speed to commence her dread alarm True she approaches us in calm But who beholds her slaughter while going out. But O great, important, and momenteous year thy rapid strides roll on the fierceer be the tempest the sooner it is oer. Yes important for the new Era that thou wilt unfold yes unfold and open to and record among human and Divine events great things Yes the opening of that day that will close no more untill tis finish'd for Judgments works. O Babylon thy dread alarm is ownly sheltered under the curtain of an hour. Will not eighteen hundred thirty six begin to sound the report of thy loss Hark methinks I hear thy crumbling Fabricks begin to thunder in there fall and the voice of God to Gwar. thy deadly weapons Thy tortering kingdoms will soon send up the cry accompanied by the smoke of thy crackling spires Alas, Alas. Like the Ox struck in his wonted path so will thy perils overtake thee in an hour ye think not. O ye Saints of God come out of her and save yourselves. Be clean ye that go out of Babylon to bear the vessels of the Lord [Isaiah 52:11] for the weapons of the Lord are fire and sword with them he will pead with all flesh. Important year for the Judgments thou wilt bring upon the head of sinful man Earthquakes will shake our land like chaos At midnight and midday Pestilence shall waste her hosts of men. While hail shall destroy the crops the fruits of their labours and wind tostle their dwellings as with the fury of the Lord and level the forest as with the voice of devastation Allready the distant thunders roar that are to precede these events yea enough to cause sensation among the beasts of the field yet blind inconsiderate ^man^ will sleep. Ye Saints of God. Ye gospel mesengers let Eighteen hundred thirty six be noted for the exertion ye shall mak to save thyselves and others from this unto^w^ard generation. Flee to thy tents O Israel at the command of God go forth of Babylon tarry not within her bounds lest ye are caught within her snares. For the last time let Israels Elders blow the gospel trump within the walls of Babylon and sound the alarm that there garm ents may be clear Ye chosen twelve and others shielded by heavens proteciion go ye forth when endow'd to Europe's shores and proclaim the word of God to Gentile and to Jew that many from Jacob may arise to rear the walls of Zion in beauty and glory and be prepared to meet the Bridegroom in the day of the Lords Power Glorious day for which all other days were made wellcome to my sight that scene when the Box, the Pine, the Fir tree shall stand to Beautify the place of Gods sanctuary Yes this once ye latter day Saints. Ye servents of God spare not like a trumpet lift up thy voice throughout the land call aloud upon Babylon warn her of her desolation and thou art clear And when she shuts her ears and casts out the servents of God then go forth of her. O Babylon sleep on and take thy rest for it is short untill thou wilt be awoak be the voice of God of Judgment and of burning A voice thou canst not withstand Thy fall is sure for God will shak both heaven and earth Thy palases will fall while Judgmen works and Christ desends with burning coals at his feet

st of Dec the last day of 1835 spent at Brother Taylors

On the night of the & of the year of our Lord 1835 I perused my Journal & found it to contain the following account of my travels & procedings in the year ^of^ 1835 commencing the 13 Jan' 1835 making one year 12 days excepted 1st Travled three thousand, two hundred & forty eight miles 3248 miles divided in the following manner From the 13th of Jany to the 28th of June travled 1808 miles while holding the office of A Priest 212 miles in Missouri with Elder H Brown 212 miles 656 miles in the Arkansas Territory 608 with Elder Brown & 48 Alone 656 miles 9340 miles in Tennessee 760 miles with Elder Warren Parrish & 180 Alone 9340 miles Travled from the 28th of June to the 31st of Dec after holding the office of An Elder in the states of KY & Tenn principly alone ^1440^ 1440 miles the sum total 3248 mile 2 I held one hundred and seventy meetings divided in the following manner 170 meetings while a Priest 10 with Elder Brown. 56 with Elder Parrish & 4 Alone 70 And 100 after holding the office of An Elder. Principly alone 100 3 I Baptized forty three 8 while A Priest & 35 while an Elder 3 were Campbellite Priests 43 bapt And was an assistant to Elder Brown while Baptizing 2 in the Arkansas Also Assisted Elder W Parrish while baptizing 18 persons in Tenn & KY 4 I procured twenty subscribers for M & Advocate while an Elder and 4 while A Priest. 24. ^And 2 subscribers for the Star^ ^2^

The last of the year I spent at brother Taylor's when I perused my journal and made up a summary of my travels and proceedings during 1835 commencing January 13th. This summary and my closing reflections of the year I will give here at the end of this chapter, copied from the "first book" of the first vol. of my journals. Miles Travelled: I travelled during the year th[r]ee thousand two hundred and forty-eight. Meetings Held. I held one hundred and seventy meetings. Churches Built Up. I planted organized and built up three Churches Number Baptised I baptized forty-three, of whom three were Campbellite Priests. "Messenger and Advocate" For the Messenger and Advocate I procured twenty subscribers and for the reprinted "Star" two. The Petition I obtained seventy-three signatures to the Petition to the Govenor of Missouri for redress of wrongs done the Church by Jackson County mob. Letters I wrote eighteen letters and received ten.