Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
I left Boston on the and arrived at my
father's house in Farmington two days later. I found my father
and stepmother alone, not a child with them in their decline of
life to watch over them
I had but twenty four hours to stay
and I happily improved the time. My father was 67 years
of age and I might never have seen him again in mortality
and my mind had been deeply impressed of late that I
had something to do for my parents
As the sable shades of a serene night
drew her curtain over the earth and stilled the cares of day
we met alone: none but congenial spirits were there. I
arose and with the Spirit like that of Joseph towards his
father Jacob opened my heart to my father and he reciprocated
my sentiments. [Genesis 46:29] I then laid my hands upon his head and
according to the authority of the Priesthood and Apostleship
(confered upon me under the hands of the Twelve Apostles
upon the corner stone of the house of the Lord in Far West
President Brigham Young being mouth) I ordained my
father Aphek Woodruff unto the office of an High
Priest and Patriarch after the order of Melchezedic and
I placed upon his head the seals of the covenant in connection
with Bulah Thompson and Azubah Hart—my own
mother and stepmother and sealed him up unto eternal
life. I shall never forget the deep satisfaction and
heavenly spirit of that night beneath my father's roof
Sleep departed from me and I was wrapt in the
meditations and visions of by gone days and the days
to come and of this life and the one hereafter.
