alone; none but congeniel spirits there. Wilford arose (and
with the spirit of a Joseph towards his father Jacob) opened
his heardt to his father and spoke his mind, the sentime
nt was recieved. I lade my hands upon my Father's Aphek
head (And according to the authority of the Priesthood and
Apostleship confered upon me by the Revelations of Jesus Christ
under the hands of the Twelve Apostles, President B. Young being
mouth upon the cornor stone of the house of the Lord in
far west in the land of Zion,) I ordained My father Aphek
Woodruff unto the office of an high Priest and Patriarch
after the order of Melchezedeck I sealed him up unto eternal
life I placed upon his head the seals of the covenant
illegible
illegible When all was oer it
was right, my soul was satisfyed, I had accomplished
what my soul longed after. My Dear father and step
mother retired, I was left alone: Alone did I say no not
alone, A conjeniel spirit, A kindred spirit dwelt with me,
around my [FIGURE] bed, upon my briest, within my heart, O glorious
night, sleep departed from me, meditations, scenes and
visions of by gone days and days to come, formed my
covering, my curtain, who knows the sweets of obedience,
the gospel, eternal truth? the Ancientst Patriarch's so do we
I shall never forget the last night I spent beneath my
fathers Roof, I may never spend another, there.
O God protect my aged father, through life, let the strength
of Parental obligation rest with due wait upon my head
Console the heart of her who has watched my wants,
my youth, my life, and when my mother rises from
the grave let the union of my father be like a three fold
cord not easily broaken [FIGURE] Let him stand in
the linage of his fathers in his exhaltations
what I say unto one I say unto all watch, for thoughts
dwell deep, but words pass away
[FIGURE] {vera amicitia est sempiterna}
15 m[iles]

alone; none but congeniel spirits there. Wilford arose (and with the spirit of a Joseph rewards his father Jacob) opened his heart [FIGURE] to his father and spoke his mind, the sentime nt was recieved. I lade my hands upon my Father Aphek head (and according to the authority of the Priesthood and Apostleship confered upon me by the revelations of Jesus Christ under the hands of the Twelve Apostles, President B. Young being mouth upon the cornor stone of the house of the Lord in far west in the land of Zion,) I ordained My father Aphek Woodruff unto the office of an high Priest and Patriarch after the order of Melchezedeck I sealed him up unto eternal life I placed upon his head the seals of the covenant one and a half lines illegible and struck out When all was oer it was right, my soul was satisfyed, I had accomplished what my soul longed after. My Dear father and step mother retired, I was left alone: Alone did I say no not alone, a conjeniel spirit, A kindred spirit dwelt with me, around my [FIGURE] bed, upon my briest, within my heart, O glorious night, sleep departed from me, meditations, scenes and visions of by gone days and days to come, formed my covering, my curtain, who knows the sweets of obedience, the gospel, eternal truth? the Ancient Patriarch? so do we I shall never forget the last night I spent beneath my fathers Roof, I may never spend another, there, O God protect my aged father, through life, let the strength of Parental obligation rest with due wait upon my head Console the heart of her who has watched my wants, my youth, my life, and when my mother rises from the grave let the union of my father be like a three fold cord not easily broaken [FIGURE] Let him stand in the linage of his fathers in his exhaltations what I say unto one I say unto all watch, for thoughts dwell deep, but words pass away FIGURES vera amieitia est sempiterna 15 m