Religious - Abraham Owen Woodruff Missionary Blessing, 19 January 1894
Woodruff, . Reported by John M. Whitaker.
Brother Abraham Owen Woodruff, In the name of the Lord Jesus, and by
virtue of the Holy Priesthood, we, the servants of the Lord, bearing the holy
priesthood, lay our hands upon your head AND ORDAIN YOU ^to be^ A SEVENTY in the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; and we seal upon your head all
the peower, keys, prihnciplens and priethood which belongs to this office and
calling, and that you may go forth in the name of the Lord and lift up your
voice and declare the words of life and salvation to the children of men, as
you have power now to go forth and baptize the sons and daughters of men,
and in baptizing them that their sins may be forgiven them and they become
members of the Church and Kingdom of God, by layoing your hands upon them
that they may receive the Holy Ghost, in fulfillment of the voice of the
Priesthood of the Son of God through the Apostles and Prohphets in every
age and generation of man. And we ask God the Eternal Father to clothe
you with the power and calling whereunto you are ordained, that you may
have the spirit and power of the Holy Ghost, that you may be true and faith
ful unto God, to this Church and Kingdom, and in all the works you are
called upon to pferform.
We also set you apart to this mission whereunto you have been called
to go forth to Germany in connection with your brethren, and there to warn
the children of men to flee from the judgements of God and the warath to
come, and to preach the Gospel unto them and teach them the principles of
life and salvation. Inasmuch as you will do this and be faithful and true
the blessings of the Lord will rest upon you, you shall have power to bring
souls to Christ and shall rejoice with them oin the Kingdom of God in the
future, you shall be preserved upon the sean and upon the land, and the
power of God shall hbe with you and administer unto you by the still mes-
sengers of heaven, that you may go in peace and return, when your work is
completed, in safety. Be true to your God, be true to your covenants, obey
the counsels of the spirit, and when you shall have completed your mission
you shall return to your brothers and sisters and friends here in the
