Religious - Joshua K. Whitney missionary blessing, 9 April 1863
given in G. S. L. City. , under the
hands of Elders Wilford Woodruff, Amasa M.
Lyman and Lorenzo Snow.
Pronounced by A. M. Lyman
Brother Joshua K. Whitney. In the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ and by virtue of the
Prieshood we set thee apart to the mission
to which you have been called and appointed,
and we ask God the Eternal Father that his
protecting care may be around this thy servant
that he may be protected from the evils incident
to his journey. Let thy Spirit rest upon him
to inspire him with mercy and confidence in
thee and continue to dispose him to be subject
to thy counsel and to the council of thy servants
and may he be devoted affectionatily to the labors
and duties that have been assigned him, and
may the blessings of life & health be extended
unto him, and may thy spirit assist
him to preserve & fulfil every duty divolving
upon him in a manner that shall be
acceptable to the land that shall be for the
comfort & blessing of those to whom his
administrations shall extend, & may he be
saved from all corruption & from all that
would bring darkness upon his mind or
reflect an evil upon him through any
impropriety, but may he be saved through
