Dear *****: As a servant of the Lord, holding the Melchizedek Priesthood, I place my hands upon your head and give you a patriarchal blessing. The Lord is watching over you, and He has a good work which it is His will that you should do. Yet you are free to choose the right or the wrong, and it is by choosing the right when the wrong is before you that you gain favor with the Lord and win your place of exaltation in His kingdom.

You have been appointed a certain number of years here on earth, and however long or short they may be, they will be enough for the task that will be required of you, but you have not been appointed time to squander in folly or idleness, and all the valuable time that you waste will detract just that much from what you could have gained by your diligence.

You are of the House of Israel through the loins of Ephraim, and this important heritage brings with it the call and obligation to work for the saving of souls, and the building up of the Lord's kingdom on earth.

There is a destiny over you; it will not interfere with your freedom to act, and it will not excuse you from the evil effects of your doing what you know to be wrong, but it is there as a guiding and protecting hand over you if you remember and respect it. It will bless you in ways that you could not foresee to desire, and it will open the way before you to that which is good and desirable for you to have.

The Lord will bless your efforts. He will be right there in your time of trial and temptation to give you strength as soon as you make resolute effort to resist evil.

The Spirit of the Lord will come into your mind, even in your childhood, and it will fit and prepare you for the places of trust and importance which you will be called to fill. If you seek the Lord to learn of his ways and walk in His paths, He will build you up and make you great in the eyes of good men and women. You will wield a strong influence for good, and will perform a great work. Your name will be honorable in the land, and it will be remembered and cherished by valiant men and women of your posterity.

To your posterity there will be no end, and they will speak your name with reverence because you chose the way of right even in your childhood, thus setting a safe and lofty example for them to follow. You think of yourself as a little boy, but it is for you, if you will receive it, to be setting right now the pace that other boys, and girls and men and women yet unborn are to follow.

Pray the Lord that He will enlighten your mind, and give you strength and courage to appreciate your great privilege of living on earth, that you may lay diligent hold on all the wonderful things He is offering you. I seal you up unto eternal life to be numbered with the chosen of the Lord in the great day of His coming, and I do this by virtue of the holy Priesthood and in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Dear Brother, *****: By the authority of the Holy Priesthood in me vested I place my hands on your head and give you a patriarchal blessing. I pronounce the favor and love of the Lord upon you. You are here in the world to perform an important work, a work for which you have been preparing, and to which you have been looking forward eagerly for a long, long time. The Lord has favored you to be born of choice parentage, and to be taught the great saving principles in the days of your youth, even in those most susceptible years of your life. These precious principles are as seeds which will spring up to immortality, eternal life and exaltation in our Father’s Kingdom.

You are of the House of Israel through the loins of Ephraim. You have in your veins the blood of men and women who have made their calling and election sure, men and women who have suffered for the gospel’s sake and have gained the great prize for which they came into the world. It is for you to emulate their example, to follow after them, to turn to them in your heart and in your feeling according to the mission of Elijah who came “to turn the hearts of the children to the fathers, and the hearts of the fathers to the children,” that they may be bound together, in the holy ties of fatherhood and motherhood, as brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, in the order of families which is to prevail in the Celestial Kingdom. Set your heart upon these exalted matters, study them and find out the beauty and simplicity of the order in which mankind may receive a fullness of joy.

You are blessed with susceptibility to the science of these things, and are to be a chosen vessel in the hands of the Lord in bringing about his purposes to receive and to declare his word. You will be called to fill important positions in the Church, and you will be given wisdom, and courage and faith and the dignity of these callings, that your name will be honorable in the land. You will stand at the head of a numerous posterity, and to your increase there will be no end. From among your posterity will rise up stalwart men and women, who will take part in the building of the great and holy city, even the city of Zion to which the Christ will come, and they who have served Him will see His face and hear His voice. Then the great reign of peace will reign on earth.

Look forth to and prepare for these things, for they will surely come. The Lord will give you gifts and powers according to your needs. He has entrusted you with choice gifts which you are to develop to their excellence of usefulness and to place them on the altar of Zion as your acceptable bid for eternal life. Remember to honor and bless your father and mother, do them good in every possible way and try to repay the loving part they have taken for you. Let these things sink deeply down in your heart; think no more of yourself as but a boy, for you were a man of mature understanding, who, as a spirit with your immortal understanding, aspired with all your heart to come and live here a few years to gain immortal maturity. I seal you up unto eternal life to stand with the chosen and redeemed of the Lord in the glorious day of His appearing, and I do this by authority of the Holy Melchizedek Priesthood and in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.