Joseph Woodruffs Blessing recieved under the Hands of his Father Wilford Woodruff of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles And while in the Arms of his Mother Phebe W. Woodruff on the eights day of his age July 25th 1845 he being born Friday morning 30 minutes past 7 oclok on the eighteenth day of July AD 1845 in Liverpool England while his Parents were on a mission from their native country to England In the name of Jesus Christ and by virtue of the Holy Priesthood & the keys of the Kingdom of God I lay my hands upon thy head & anoint thee with Holy Consecrated oil which has been Consecrated under the hands of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, with this Anointing I seal thy name upon thy head which is JOSEPH. For thou art out of the Loins of Ancient Joseph sold into Eg◊ypt through the linage of Ephraim. Thou hast a legal right to the Melchezedec Priesthood by linage. Thou art the first fruits of the Priesthood unto thy pare- nts since there endowment thdua thou art a gift from God unto thy Parents in answer to their Pryers. I bless you with the blessings of Abraham Isaac and Jacob and Joseph, Ephraim & Manassah and the blessings of the new & Everlasting Covenant the blessings of heaven & the blessings of the Earth I seal thee against the power of Death sicknes & the destroyer untill thy work is finished. ^for thou shalt have power over them^ I hereby dedicate and Consecrate thee unto God and the Priesthood from this time forth and forever. Thou shalt live to honor thy Parents & the Priesthood thou shalt

lay thy hands upon the heads of thy Father and Mother in their old age and bless them & thou shalt be a comfort unto them, thou shalt be Baptized the day thou art eight years of age so that thy covenant with God & his kingdom shall not be broaken during thy life. I ◊Ordain the[e] to be a High Priest after the order of Melchis[e]di[c] in the church and kingdom of God and I seal upon thy head all the powers and blessings of this Priesthood that when thou shalt arive to years of accountability & discretion thou shalt have power to administer in the ordinances thereof thou shalt follow the footsteps of thy Father in thy day and generation in the linage of the priesthood: thou shalt have posterity who shall honor thyeir fathers. I seal thee in the Covenant of thy father that in the morning of the first resurrection thou shalt take thy station in the Celestial kingdom in the linage of thy Fathers in the family organization of the celestial world. I seal thee up unto Eternal life and no man shall take thy Crown. I seal all these blessings upon thy head in the name of Jesus Christ & by virtue of the holy Priesthood, And Apostleship and Keys of the kingdom of God even so Amen Thou shalt have thine inheritance iwith the tribe of Ephriam in the land of Joseph which is the land of Zion both for time and Eternity