A copy of the blessing given by Abel John Evens, Patriarch in Lehi, Utah 9 Feb. 1930 upon the head of Clara Ann Stewart Gay, daughter of Julia Page and Louis Stewart, born at Provo, Utah, 25 Nov. 1874.
Dear Sister Clara Stewart Gay. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the virtue and authority of the Holy Priesthood, I lay my hands upon thy head and give thee a Patriarchial Blessing as the Lord shall direct. Thy lineage is of Isreal through the loins of Ephriam, one whom the Lord loved, and by reason thereof the blood coursing in thy veins is royal and entitles thee to the blessings of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. Thy name is written in the Lambs Book of Life and if thou wilt continue to be faithful, it shall never be blotted out, neither erased from the records of the Church to which thou belongest. Thou should be exceedingly greatful that thy spirit was retained in yonder heaven where it was born and thou wast reserved because of having kept thy first estate to come forth in this generation of the world when God has established his work a new and given man authority to bind on earth and it shall be bound in Heaven, and to loose on earth and it shall be loosed in heaven. The greatest authority ever given to man since Jesus Christ, our Lord, was upon the earth.
The Lord is pleased with thy life, dear sister, because of thy love of Him and His son Jesus Christ, as well as the work He has established in this day and generation of the world, and inasmuch as thou hast had the privilege of entering into the house of the Lord and there preforming labor for thyself which shall be eternal, and if thou wilt continue to be faithful and keep the Word of Wisdom and be prudent in what thou shalt eat and drink, I bless thee that thy days shall be long upon the earth and the blessed heritage of thy offsprings shall never be blotted out, and thou shalt ever have a representative upon the earth to honor thy name to the latest generation. I bless thee that thou mayest live when the Lord shall smite the wicked by war, pestilance and famine, and thou shalt see them fall upon the right hand and upon the left hand, and thy heart shall go out in pity for them and thou canst do nothing but weep for God has decreed distruction for the wicked of the inhabitants of this land unless they come to repentance, for that has been the lot of nations who have inhabited this land before and refused to repent though the power of God was manifest in their presence.
I bless thee that thou mayest yet feed the hungry, cloth the naked, and administer unto the wants of the sick and afflicted and in as much as thou wilt be humble and meek before the Lord, the heavens shall be opened to thy cries and men and women be relieved of their distress because of thy humble petitions unto the Lord. Lift up thy head and rejoice for many happy days are before thee and angels shall go before thee and prepare thy way, both spiritually and temporally, for thy table shall never be barron.
Now, dear sister, take comfort and when thou shalt be troubled in thy heart and downcast in thy spirit take this blessing and read it and faith and comfort shall come unto thy soul, be reason of this blessing, because it is pronounced upon thy head through the authority and power of God.
I now seal thee to come forth in the morning of the first resurrection, crowned with glory, immortality and eternal life, to reign in the House of the Lord forever. These blessings are given unto thee and the promises made and conferred upon thee on condition of thy faithfulness to the Lord and those who preside over thee in the Church for I seal them upon thee by the Holy Evangelical calling which has been pronounced upon my head through ordination of the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ, Amen.
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