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Show -64- Behold a great and marvelous work, the foundation of which has been laid through you and your posterity, great good shall be accomplished . I pray my Heavenly Father to give unto you the gift of wisdom and understandin g concerning the details of yow min- istry for it cannot be written. Suffice it to say the Lord is well pleased, for the desire of thy heart and through thy humility and faith you shall be able to stand and hea.r the voice of the good shepherd when it shall be said, Behold the Bridegroom cometh, and thou shalt come forth in the first resurrection and inherit the mansion that is prepared for thee with ·all thy fathers hou.se. I seal all these blessings upon thy head with all thy former blessings in the name of Jesus Ghrist, .Amen. Woodruff, May a, 1898. A blessing by Lorenzo Hill Eatch, patriarch, onthe haad of Iifary 3llen Owens Bradshaw~ daughter of Horace Burr Owens and Sally Ann Layne Owens, born July 14, 1664 at Fillmore,Mll lard County, Utah. · Beloved sister, !,'i ary ~lle11, I place my hands upon thy head in the name of Jesus of Nazareth and by the authority of tho holy priesthood I pronounce upon thee a patriarchal and fathers bless- . ing. The Lord had heard .thy petitions and will manifest his will unto thee from time to ti ~-1e. :For thou art a great source of com- fort to thy husband and unto thy children. They will rise up and bless thee through all generations for of thy increase there shall be no end. Thou art a descendent of Joseph that ~as sold into Egypt, through the loins of Ephraim, and I seal upon thy head all the blessings of the new and ever lusting covenant. And thou shall live until thou art satisfied ½ith life. Thou shalt be prepared for many changes and vieissitudes through which thou shalt be called to puss. gospels. The sick Thou shal t enjoy 11tany of the gifts of the am the afflicted shall be raised up under |
