Blessing #6 

March 10, 1933 No. 827 

A blessing given by Nicholas G. Smith, patriarch, upon the head of 

Hyrum D. Clark Son of Ezra T. Clark and Mary (Stevenson) Clark Born Feb. 13, 1856 at Farmington, Utah 

Brother Hyrum D. Clark: As patriarch in the Church of Jesus Christ I lay my hands upon your head and bless you. Brother Clark, as I think of your achievements and the blessing that you and your father’s family have been to the church, I thrill throughout my whole being. Knowing of your goodness and devotion to your fellow men, knowing of your willingness to sacrifice that others might be enabled to enjoy the good things of life, I realize that you have won the love of the Lord, and His protecting care has been with you throughout all the days of your life. 

You have had the opportunity to impress others, and many lives have been copied after your manner of life, for men and women love you for the good that is inherent in you. Your actions have spoken your part, as the Lord would have you play it. Satan has been busy, and he would have broken through and destroyed your life and caused you to go wrong. You have had your trials and vicissitudes, but that desire which burned in your breast to serve the Lord and do the things He would have you do has been uppermost. And I bless you that your years here upon the earth may be as long as you desire in righteousness, that the marvelous example of your life may continue to bear its impress upon the lives of the rising generation, that the stability of your character may be implanted in the youth of today, that your children and your children’s children may follow your example and be a blessing to every community where they reside. 

The Lord has much for you to do, Brother Clark, therefore set to with a willing heart and a generous hand to play your part in rendering service to your fellow man. Your ancestry are calling for your assistance and your help. In the House of the Lord is to be found peace and joy and happiness in rendering that service which you can do for them. 

Therefore, be of good cheer for you are an heir to the Priesthood, your lineage being through Ephraim, and the power of the Lord shall be with you and go with you as long as you continue to serve the Lord as you have done in the past. Scatter the sunshine that is in your soul. 

I bless you and seal you up unto eternal life to come forth in the morning of the resurrection of the just, a savior upon Mount Zion, and I do this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

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