April 4^th I met at the house of Elder Hales at one ^1^ oclock PM.
in company with twenty three Elders President Joseph
Young making one of the number for the purpose of
attending to the ordinance of washing the body with clean
watter & perfumes that our bodies might be prepared
for the anointing. President Young opened the meeting
by prayer we then proceded to the ordinance myself
& Elder G. W. Meeks were the first washed under

the hands of President Joseph Young we then assisted
President Young in washing our Brethren the Elders
much of the spirit of God rested upon us I washed &
perfumed the bodies of a number of my Brethren
& the interview closed after ^after^ expressing our feelings to each
other. We again met together in the quorum of the Sev-
enties at the upper part of the Lords house at early
candle light to receieve our anointing. The quorums of
the Deacons, Teachers, & Priest occupied one apartment
the Elders another & the Seventies the third. each
quorums met for the anointing. Three of the presidents
met with the seventies viz H Aldrich J. Young and
Z. Coultrin. President Coultrin opened the meeting
by prayer & after conversing plainly to those who
were to be anointed they proceded to business the
presidency consecrated the oil before God that it
might be holy. The person to be anointed then took a
seat & the presidency then laid hands upon his head
& consecrated him unto God & then anointed him in
the name of the Lord & pronounced such blessings
upon his his head as the testimony of Jesus shall direct
which is the spirit of prophecy.

We had a
glorious season indeed in this solumn ordinance of the
house of the Lord there were fifteen annointed in
our quorum mostly by President Coultrin. the power
of God rested upon us.

President Coultrin
anointed me & the following are some of the blessing
that he pronounced upon my head while clothed upon
by the spirit & power of God, viz. that God would
bless me with all the powers of the priesthood &
give me a multiplicity of blessing that kings would
tremble upon their thrones at my word, that I should
become a counsellor & multitudes should seek cou-
nsel at my mouth & I should have great wisdom

& power to fly through the midst under heaven as Philip
travled by the spirit, [Acts 8:39] that I should have power over
my enemies & have long life to bring many into the
kingdom of God Also that I should have the riches
of the earth & that I should have sons & consecrate
them priests unto God in Zion & that I should tread
upon the ashes of my eniemies in Jackson County they
that had sought to take my life & the life of my breth
ren that went to redeem Zion & he Also sealed
upon my head all the blessing that had previously
been pronounced upon me & thes blessing were
sealed upon my head with a loud Amen from all
of the anointed present in the name of Jesus Christ
Much of the power & spirit of God & a sens of the
virtue of the ordinance rested upon me. May God
enable me to possess those blessing & obtain those
vishions that have been promised me in this &
other solumn ordinances & keep me from dish-
onouring my anointing & the Holy Priesthood
for Christ sake Amen.

The interview closed about
10 oclock P.M. I then repaired into the lower court of
the Lords house in company with Elders Joseph B.
Nobles & G. W. Meeks to spend the night (after being
anointed) in prayer & fasting before God the vales
being closed we entered the Elders pulpit & there
upon our knees we ple^a^d with God & we covenanted
with each other in the holy stand that we would not
give sleep to our eyes neither take food untill we
receieved a blessing from God by the outpourings
of his spirit upon us if it was untill the end of three
days and according to our covenant we commenced
praying & a part of the night we had a severe
trial of our faith by great temptation from Satan
but before day we gained a good degree of victory
over the Devil & the Lord poured out his spirit
upon us & we felt it good to be in the house of

God while nature was hushed in silenced by the
sable shades of night. After spending the night
in prayer we returned to our homes in the morning
intending to spend the day in prayer & fasting for
still greater blessings this being upon