City of Joseph July 25. 1845. A blessing by Wm Smith Patriarch on the head of Vienna Shearer daughter of Henry & Lucinda Jacques born Essex Co Massachusetts June 10th 1787
Beloved Sister In the name of Jesus christ I lay my hands upon your head to seal upon you a father[']s blessing and one that shall continue upon thee throughout all thy days, because of thy faith in the fulness of the Gospel the promises made by the fathers concerning Salvation is now sealed and confirmed upon thy head even a Salvation temporal and Spiritual for as a daughter of Abraham thou art justified because of thy faith which is the faith of Abraham which faith has borne thee off conqueror to this present time and like Abraham who was commanded to sacrifice his only son Issac [Isaac] thou hast made thy great & last sacrifice even all of this world[']s good thy Soul bo
dy & Spirit consecrated to God in building up his righteous and holy kingdom on the earth and in being thus willing to follow out the order of God and keep the holy commandment
thy labors shall be rewarded yea even tenfold upon thy head and when the history of the past has been counted up and all thy journeyings with all the sacrifices and good thou hast done shall be recorded upon the Records of Israel thy name shall still be made glorious and the fulness of thy Salvation shall fill thy heart with gladness then in peace thou shalt sit down in Zion & walk her streets unmolested and with Joseph[']s remnants thy Salvation shall be greatly extolled for as one of the seed of Joseph thou shall be numbered with the 144,000 partaking of the power and glory of the Priesthood of those who are called the honored ones of the earth and the glory of this Salvation from this time shall greatly increase upon thee and as the day of thy final deliverance approaches the way shall grow brighte
r and brighter & by wisdom and in judgement thy footsteps shall be directed and guided in the straight and narrow path until the fulness of the glory of the latter dispensation shall open to thy view & thy Soul shall enter into perfect rest and with loud Hossannas [Hosannas] to God & the Lamb exclaim it is enough my Soul is full and thou shalt be rewarded and thy reward is great
and all thy past afflictions and scenes of sorrow and grief shall be forgotten and shall not be remembered any more forever and it shall not be said any longer that as an orphan child thou hast been driven forth upon a heartless world or as a pilgrim and stranger journeying among strangers but as one who is made nigh by the blood of christ shall sit down in the kingdom of God with father Mother Brothers & Sisters and all of thy kindred who shall bless thee & thy Salvation shall be made perfect for in the kingdom of heaven thou shalt realize the fulfilment of all of this blessing and no power shall w
rest it from thee but it shall be the crown of thy Salvation for all the pains and sufferings of this life for I seal it upon thy head even a Salvation that is everlasting in the name of Jesus Christ Amen
[source: Patriarchal Blessings]
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