Blessing #4 

Blessing of Hyrum D. Clark 

Son of Ezra T. and Mary Stevenson Clark, born Feb. 13th , 1856. Given Jan. 12, 1901, by Patriarch Ezra T. Clark

Hyrum, I place my hands upon thy head, as a father to give unto thee a father’s blessing that thou mayest feel in thy heart that the Lord is with thee. 

I bless thee as a patriarch also. Thou thou art of the lineage of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I bless thee that thou mayest live long in the land. 

Thou has been an obedient son; thou hast been an ornament to thy father’s House and a blessing therein. Thou shalt from this time be greatly blest, and then shalt be a shining light in thy Father’s Household, and the blessings of thy father shall be upon thee and upon thy companion and upon thy children after thee from generation to generation, and they shall emulate their examples; thou shalt be blest in thy basket and in thy store; thou shalt feed the hungry and administer to those of the people of God that are in need and be a useful man, for no power that is arrayed against thee shall prosper; thou shalt be blest abundantly with the things of the earth and with flocks and herds and shall be able to administer to the sick and afflicted people of God, and shall go forth and do a great work in the earth. 

Thy name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and the angels of the Lord have charge over thee and have preserved thee from many dangers seen and unseen to do the things of the Lord; and He has preserved thee for a wise purpose that you may be blest with the blessings of eternal life; and an eternal increase shall be upon thee, and thou shalt be blest from this time forth; thy mind shall be quickened and enlarged and thy understanding that thou mayest be instrumental in proclaiming the word of God and be a great comfort to thy family and those with whom thou art associated in the Holy Priesthood; and thou shalt be blest therein by the power of God and thou shalt lay hands upon the sick and they shall recover. Thou shalt be an instrument in the ordinances of the Holy Priesthood, and thou shalt be blest as a man of God and be preserved upon the earth to do a great work through thy faithfulness and obedience to the Lord, for thou shalt claim the blessings of honoring thy parents and thy days shall be long in the land. This blessing is thine and shall rest upon thee, and thou shalt be blest with the blessings of Eternal Life for I seal upon thee that great blessing; and thou shalt go forth and administer in righteousness to the people of God. Thy name shall never be obliterated from the earth; thy posterity shall go on and increase in the land; and thou shalt always have a representative upon the earth; and thou shalt administer in the Temple for living and the dead. I seal thee up to come forth in the Morning of the First Resurrection as a King and reign in the House of the Lord with thy posterity. I seal and confer these blessings upon thee as a Patriarch in the name of the Lord. Even so. Amen. 

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