Bro. George Franklin Richards, according to the desire of thy heart, I lay my hands upon thy head and by virtue & authority of the Holy Priesthood vested in me, I pronounce and seal upon thee a Patriarchal blessing. I say unto thee that thou hast been preserved according to the mind and will of God in the eternal heavens and didst covenant to come forth to labor and perform a mission upon this earth in aiding and publishing the Everlasting Gospel and bringing together the remnants of Israel and aiding in establishing Zion on this continent in the latter-days until Zion shall flourish in magnitude, power and glory and thou shalt receive the glories of Zion. The Spirit of thy office and calling in the Holy Priesthood shall abundantly rest upon you. Thou shalt be blessed in all thy labors. The Holy Ghost shall rest upon thee and enlighten thy mind and reveal and manifest unto thee pertaining to the great things that are going to transpire during thy mission through all the days of thy sojourn in this life. Thou shalt comprehend many things that have been revealed down to the present day and also many things that yet remain to be revealed. Thou art of Israel of the seed of Joseph through the loins of the seed of Ephraim. Thou shalt be blessed with health and strength and in all things thou puttest thy hand to do in righteousness.

Thou shalt be blessed with wives and a numerous posterity who shall live to appreciate thy goodness and to bear a kind remembrance of thee and of thy labors. Thou art destined to attain to a fulness of the everlasting Priesthood. Holy angels shall be round about thee to ward off all evil from thee and to watch over thee and suggest many things that shall be for thy guidance in the labors thou mayest be appointed unto by the Authorities of the Holy Priesthood. Thou shalt labor in the Temples of the Lord for the living and the dead and shalt have great joy in these good works pertaining to those who have been called away in the days that are past. I seal these blessings upon thee and say unto thee that thou shalt come forth in the morning of the first resurrection and shall return to partake of all the blessings with the redeemed and be with the Redeemer in the Millennium and be abundantly satisfied in all that thou hast been brought through and witnessed in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ even so Amen and Amen.