Jan 1, 1877
consecrated unto thee. Let thy choice blessings continue upon
thy people who have labored upon or contributed to build this House inasmuch as they have done it in faith. may they
and their generations after them and through them the Fathers
before them enjoy the blessings and Exaltation which flow
through the ordinances of thy House and the administration
of thy Holy Priesthood Bles esspecially thy servant Brigham
Young whom thou hast given us for a leader and President
over all thy People by whose hand thou didst lead them unto
this land and plant their feet in the Tops of the Mountains
and inspired him to build this house unto thee with all thee
appartments and appointments thereof comfort him in his
old age heal up his body relieve him of his akes and pains, fill
him with the revelations of thy spirit that he may be alble
to speak thy word unto the people and to order all things in
this thine house and among thy people as thou wilt bless also
his wives and children and all thou hast given him, Bless
in like manner his councillers John W. Young and Daniel H
Wells and the assistant councillors with all the Apostles their
wives and children Houses lands flocks & herds, strengthen them
in body and spirit to Enable them to over come the world and
magnify therir callings unto the End Preserve their ossffspring
from wickedness from unbelief and rebellion from pride
wolrldly mindedness and folly from apostacy and the second death
if any have gone astray chasten them in thy Mercy and restore
them into thy fold Enable them to walk in the footsteps of their
fathers and become shining lights throughout the world that in
them all Nations may be blessed Remember thy servants
Jan 1, 1877
consecrated unto thee. Let thy choice blessings continue upon
thy people who have labored upon or contributed to build this
House inasmuch as they have done it in faith. may they
and their generations after them and through them the Fathers
before them enjoy the blessings and Exaltation which flow
through the ordinances of thy House and the administration
of thy Holy Priesthood Bles esspecially thy servant Brigham
Young whom thou hast given us for a leader and President
over all thy People by whose hand thou didst lead them unto
this land and plant their feet in the Tops of the Mountains
and inspired him to build this house unto thee with all thee
apartments and appointments thereof comfort him in his
old age heal up his body relieve him of his akes and pains, fill
him with the revelations of thy spirit that he may be able
to speak thy word unto the people and to order all things in
this thine house and among thy people as thou wilt bless also
his wives and children and all thou hast given him, Bless
in like manner his councillers John W. Young and Daniel H
Wells and the assistant councillors with all the Apostles their
wives and children Houses lands flocks & herds, strengthen them
in body and spirit to Enable them to over come the world and
magnify their callings unto the End Preserve their offspring
from wickedness from unbelief and rebellion from pride
worldly mindedness and folly from apostacy and the second death
if any have gone astray chasten them in thy Mercy and restore
them into thy fold Enable them to walk in the footsteps of their
fathers and become shining lights throughout the world that in
them all Nations may be blessed Remember thy servants
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," January 1, 1877, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/oQ7X