I met the brethren connected with the Historian's Office
and told them my feelings was to dedicate the place unto
the Lord and so we all knelt down excepting J V Long
who was scribe and I offored up the prayer of which the
following is a synopsis
"O God our Eternal Father we bow
before thee this morning beneath this roof for the purpose
of dedicating the Historian's Office unto the Lord our God
We feel this to be our duty; as we consider this to be a
blessing unto us that we have the privilege of being located
in these Valleys where we can worship thee and build
Temples Tabernacles and cities unto thy Holy name and
have none to molest us or make us affraid
We rejoice in the power of the Priesthood
which thoue hast given unto thy servants through the
power of which and the mercy of God we are protected and
preserved from the wickedness and abominations of the world
We thank thee O Lord that the power of the Priesthood and
righteousness governs and controls us and predominates in these
Valleys of the Mountains. For these things we fell to
offer up our prayers with thanksgiving.
And inasmuch as we have the privelege
of having an Office built for thy servants to occupy while
writing and keeping a history of the Church and kingdom
of God upon the earth in these last days we fell it a
privelege to bow before thee and dedicate this house unto
I met the brethren connected with the Historian's Office
and told them my feelings was to dedicate the place unto
the Lord and so we all knelt down excepting J V Long
who was scribe and I offored up the prayer of which the
following is a synopsis
"O God our Eternal Father we bow
before thee this morning beneath this roof for the purpose
of dedicating the Historian's Office unto the Lord our God
We feel this to be our duty; as we consider this to be a
blessing unto us that we have the privilege of being located
in these Valleys where we can worship thee and build
Temples Tabernacles and cities unto thy Holy name and
have none to molest us or make us afraid
We rejoice in the power of the Priesthood
which thou hast given unto thy servants through the
power of which and the mercy of God we are protected and
preserved from the wickedness and abominations of the world
We thank thee O Lord that the power of the Priesthood and
righteousness govern and control us and predominate in these
Valleys of the Mountains. For these things we fell to
offer up our prayers with thanksgiving.
And inasmuch as we have the privelege
of having an Office built for thy servants to occupy while
writing and keeping a history of the Church and kingdom
of God upon the earth in these last days we fell it a
privelege to bow before thee and dedicate this house unto
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