Jan 1, 1877
the Prayers offerd by thine Apostles Wilford Woodruff
and Erastus Snow that they may penetrate the Ears of the Lord
Sabbaoth that the blessings of God may rest upon and in this building from the foundation to the Towers thereof, and now our
Father we have assembled in this upper room wharein we
anticipate performing the ordinances of sealing women to Men
children to their Parents and man to his fellow man that
the bond may reach unto heaven thy dwelling place and when
we attain to that happy state and rise with the just in the morning
of the first resurrection that we may legally claim the
Relationship of Husbands and wives parents and children
and be crowned Sons and Daughters of God and joint
heirs with Jesus Christ our Elder Brother We dedicate this
room unto thee, the circular Stairs leading to it the board nai[l]s
and paint which compose the stairs the Timbers upon which
they rest the studing, ILath, plastering and nailes with the
several parts thereof, And we dedicate this room unto the[e]
O Our Father the walls and the stones of which they are
built, with the sand and lime and all timber which rest
in the walls the Joist and their Bridging and the double floors
which rest upon the Joist and the nails and fastnings thereof
and the plaster upon the walls and the ornamental cornice
and the centre ornament and the materials of which they are
composed and the stove and fixtures within this room together
with the windows wtheir casings weights and cords sash glass and
paint. We ask thy Blessing upon the Alter which stands within
this room, which we dedicate and consecrate unto thee the Lord
our God for the performance of the cealing ordinance that the
Jan 1, 1877
the Prayers offerd by thine Apostles Wilford Woodruff
and Erastus Snow that they may penetrate the Ears of the Lord
Sabbaoth that the blessings of God may rest upon and in this
building from the foundation to the Towers thereof, and now our
Father we have assembled in this upper room wharein we
anticipate performing the ordinances of sealing women to Men
children to their Parents and man to his fellow man that
the bond may reach unto heaven thy dwelling place and when
we attain to that happy state and rise with the just in the morning
of the first resurrection that we may legally claim the
Relationship of Husbands and wives parents and children
and be crowned Sons and Daughters of God and joint
heirs with Jesus Christ our Elder Brother We dedicate this
room unto thee, the circular Stairs leading to it the board nails
and paint which compose the stairs the Timbers upon which
they rest the studing,Lath, plastering and nailes with the
several parts thereof, And we dedicate this room unto thee
O Our Father the walls and the stones of which they are
built, with the sand and lime and all timber which rest
in the walls the Joist and their Bridging and the double floors
which rest upon the Joist and the nails and fastnings thereof
and the plaster upon the walls and the ornamental cornice
and the centre ornament and the materials of which they are
composed and the stove and fixtures within this room together
with the windowstheir casings weights and cords sash glass and
paint. We ask thy Blessing upon the Alter which stands within
this room, which we dedicate and consecrate unto thee the Lord
our God for the performance of the cealing ordinance that the
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