Patriarchal blessing of Edson Barney by
John Smith on August 31, 1844:
Thou shalt have power
to save all thy dear friends, clear back to Able, there shall not be a link
broken in the chain, and thy desires concerning the living ones according to
the desire of thy heart shall thy days be even to see the fulfillment of all
the prophets have spoken concerning Zion since the worlds began, and shall be
satisfied with the riches of the earth . . . (H. Michael Marquardt, comp., Later
Patriarchal Blessings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
[Salt Lake City: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2012], 11)
Patriarchal blessing of David Sessions by
John Smith on February 10, 1848:
Thou shall be sati[s]fied
with every good and perfect gift; redeem thy father’s house that none shall be
lost from the days of Abel until thou hast accomplished thy works. Not a word
of this blessing shall fail. Amen. (Ibid., 42)
Patriarchal blessing of Esther Wainwright
Bennion by John Smith on February 28, 1848:
. . . there shall not
a link broken from the days of righteous Abel, until all things may be
fulfilled which the prophets have spoken concerning Zion. (Ibid., 43)
