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 Judgments besides war, great calamities await the wicked this year. there will be wars in foreign lands and a great ^want^ of Bread in the Earth ther will be pestilence, tempests, floods Earth quaks and whirl winds 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 Gentiles upon this continent and He will never scease untill they are broaken up & destroyed. The Historian tryswill have much material for History during this year.

The foundation of the Temple 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 Government and there will be a great gathering of the Saints and there will many things transpire in fulfillment of the Ancient & Modern Prophets. 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

President Brigham Young who delivered a vary instructing & useful discourse. [FIGURE] He Exhorted the saints to bring ther passions in subjection to the spirit of God for the spirit of God would teach every person that which is right & rwrong then let the saints take the wright & refuse the wrong as long as a man follows the spirit of God so long so long the spirit of God will dwell with him we shall have a glory Just according to the Law we keep there are many degrees of glory ther are but vary few capable of receiving the Highest degree of Glory there are but few in comparison who will be crown[ed] Gods & the sons of God for they will not keep the Law which will give it to them He made many vary important remarks.