16 I met in council & Prayer Circle spent the day in writing
~ Thursday
17 I received 2 letters & spent the day in writing a work
for Publication as the 4 Reader for the Juvinile office
~ Friday
18 I spent the day in writing and the night at the grass lot
~ Saturday
19. I received a letter from G Teasdale finished my Reader
I went to the farm & spent the night 6 M[iles]
~ Sunday
20 I took Br Gibbs & Wilford went to Orson Pratts
with Joseph F Smith I went to O. Pratt and
I felt to lay my hands upon him and give him my last
Blessing upon him being afraid that I would never see him
again the following is the Blessing that I sealed upon his head
Br Joseph F Smith Anointed him
Brother Orson Pratt, In the the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Heaven & Earth
by virtue of the Holy Priesthood, we your Brethren of the Apostles who stand
connected with you in the Apostleship in this last Dispensation of the fullness of times, lay our hands upon your head, having a desire in our hearts
to bless you, And we ask God the Eternal Father in the name of Jesus Christ to pour
out upon us the spirit of Revelation revealing unto us the mind and will of God
that we may be able to Bless you according to the dictation and direction of the Holy
Spirit in that way and manner in which we may be justifyed befor God
and the heavenly hosts and be satisfied ourselves. In the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ, we seal upon you your Anointings according to the order of the Church and
16 I met in council & Prayer Circle spent the day in writing
~ Thursday
17 [FIGURE] I received 2 letters & spent the day in writing a work
for Publication as the 4 Reader for the Juvinile office
~ Friday
18 I spent the day in writing and the night at the grass lot
~ Saturday
19. [FIGURE] I received a letter from G Teasdale finished my Reader
I went to the farm & spent the night 6 Miles
~ Sunday
20 FIGURES I took Br Gibbs & Wilford went to Orson Pratts
with Joseph F Smith I went to O. Pratt and
I felt to lay my hands upon him and give him my last
Blessing upon him being afraid that I would never see him
again the following is the Blessing that I sealed upon his head
Br Joseph F Smith Anointed him
Brother Orson Pratt, In the the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Heaven & Earth
by virtue of the Holy Priesthood, we your Brethren of the Apostles who stand
connected with you in the Apostleship in this last Dispensation of the
fullness of times, lay our hands upon your head, having a desire in our hearts
to bless you, And we ask God the Eternal Father in the name of Jesus Christ to pour
out upon us the spirit of Revelation revealing unto us the mind and will of God
that we may be able to Bless you according to the dictation and direction of the Holy
Spirit in that way and manner in which we may be justifyed befor God
and the heavenly hosts and be satisfied ourselves. In the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ, we seal upon you your Anointings according to the order of the Church and
"Journal (February 1880 – December 1885)," February 14, 1881 - February 20, 1881, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/VvE1