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
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. IOrdain
thee to be a High Priest after the order of Melchisedic
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 their 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 inheritancewith the tribe
of Ephriam in the land of Joseph which is the land
of Zion both for time and Eternity
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," July 25, 1845, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 27, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/Z6Z6