April 28 1881
The forepart of this blessing of written on page Feb 20 1881
And your Testimonies will remain from this time
henceforth and forever and will live, and your works
will live and are recorded in the Celestial Kingdom of God
and we further say unto you that the last official act that
you performed in the flesh that of washing of feet which
you performed in connexion with your Brethren the
Apostles in token of your testimony and work which
you have borne and alone among this Generation are
recorded among the sanctified ones among the Heavenly
Hosts and we your Brethren by virtue of the Apostleship
which we hold seal you up unto Eternal life, and
confirm upon you all the Blessings pertaining to the
Apostleship which has been confirmed upon you
God your Heavenly father has watched over you, and
you have been sustained by the power of God. Through
that Power you have been Enabled to overcome and
to maintain your Position in the Church and untill the Present day. We rebuke all unnecesary
Pain, and we Pray God if it be his will that you may be
restored and that you may Enjoy health strength & life
and yet stand in the midst of your family and friends
and the Quorum of the Priesthood to which you belong. We
commit you into the Hands of God and we fell [feel] to say
his will be done and all will be right. Thou hast done a
Great work such as but few men have Performed in the same
length of time since the days of Father . Therefor let your
heart rejoice and be comforted for Brother ,
and others of the Apostleship who have gone before you
await your coming and will rejoice to meet you
and when you leave here and look upon your work
you will feel to Praise God and shout Glory Hallelulah [Hallelujah]
to God and the Lamb. Thou has been a great man in
the Earth. You have accumulated much Knowledge and
much truth and many Principles all of which will rise
with you in the morning of the first resurrection and you will
have the Benefit of all you have learned while dwelling in the
flesh And we seal these Blessings upon you And we seal
all blessings upon you which belong to the Holy Priesthood
and Apostleship which belongs to the seed of , and
for they are yours. You inherit them and have been
Ordained to these things and you have been Prepared from
before the foundation of the world to come forth in the flesh in the
Midst of your Fathers House, To hold the of you[r] dead
and to open up for them the way of Redemption, all these
things will work out for you an Exceding weight of
Glory in the Presence of God your Heavenly Father. We seal
upon you the Blessings of health & strength together with
Evry blessing that you stand in need of pertaining to
time and Eternity in the name of Jesus Christ Our Redeemer Amen
I spent the fore Part of the day in copying into this Journal
The Blessing of Elder which I sealed upon
his head On Sunday morning Feb 20, 1881 now recorded
in this Journal I took cars at 3:40 Rode to the cars
were loaded with Emigrants I continued to
arived at my house at Smithfied at 1 oclok vary weary 140
I spent the remainder of the night there
