The following blessing was proclaimed upon the head
of Mother Lucy Smith (the Mother of the prophet
seer and revelator Joseph and his brethren) on the
23rd day of August 1844 under the hands of Elder
Wilford Woodruff of the quorum of the Twelve

Beloved Mother in Israel according to your request
I lay my hands upon your head, in the name of Jesus
Christ of Nazareth and by virtue of the Holy Priesthood
and the [FIGURE] [keys] of the kingdom of God to bestow a blessing
upon you for thou art worthy of all blessings.
As I lade my hands upon thy husband Joseph Smith ^sen
the Patriarch of the Church by his request to bless
him as he lay upon his bed like Jacob of old ready
to gather up his feet and sleep with his fathers, and I
about to take my departure over the sea to visit
foreign nations, which was the last time we ever
met on earth. In like manner do I essteem
it a blessing and a privilege to lay my hands upon
your head, in your decline of life to leave with
you my parting blessing as I am again called
to bid farewell to my native country and visit
foreign climes to bear record of the word of
God we may never meet again on earth. But I
thank my God that I have this privilege of blessing
thee for my heart is full of blessings for thee, for
thou has art the greatest Mother in Israel, the
sons thou hast bourn and cherished, are the most
noble spirits that ever graced humanity or taber-
nacled in flesh. their work shall be had in honorable
rememberance through all generations of men.
Though counted among transgressors, they like the
Messiah have shed their blood for the sins of the
people, and freely offered their lives and sealed
their testimony ^with their Blood^. Tho[u] hast lived and stood to see
the fall of thy sons by the rage of gentile hands,
and like an impenaitrible rock in the mids of the
mighty deep thou hast remained unmoved

The following blessing was proclaimed upon the head of Mother Lucy Smith (the Mother of the prophet seer and Revelator Joseph and his brethren) on the 23rd day of August 1844 under the hands of Elder Wilford Woodruff of the quorum of the Twelve

Beloved Mother in Israel according to your request I lay my hands upon your head, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and by virtue of the Holy Priesthood and the FIGURES keys of the kingdom of God to bestow a blessing upon you for thou art worthy of all blessings. As I lade my hands upon thy husband Joseph Smith sen the Patriarch of the Church by his request to bless him as he lay upon his bed like Jacob of old ready to gather up his feet and sleep with his fathers, and I about to take my departure over the sea to visit foreign nations, which was the last time we ever met on earth. In like manner do I essteem it a blessing and a privilege to lay my hands upon your head, in your decline of life to leave with you my parting blessing as I am again called to bid farewell to my native country and visit foreign climes to bear record of the word of God we may never meet again on earth. But I thank my God that I have this privilege of blessing thee for my heart is full of blessings for thee, for thou art the greatest Mother in Israel, the sons thou hast bourn and Cherished, are the most noble spirits that ever graced humanity or tabernacled in flesh. their work shall be had in honorable rememberance through all generations of men. Though counted among transgressors, they like the Messiah have shed their blood for the sins of the people, and freely offered their lives and sealed their testimony with their Blood. Thou hast lived and stood to see the fall of thy sons by the rage of gentile hands, and like an impenatrible rock in the mids of the mighty deep thou hast remained unmoved