Brother Samuel: In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by thy own request, I lay my hands upon thy head to impart unto thee a blessing - a Patriarchal Blessing. And I trust that God will give unto me of the Holy Spirit that what I may say may be recorded in the Archives of Heaven. And I bless thee in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and say unto thee that God the Eternal Father is well pleased with thee and with thy labors, for thou art of Ephraim through the loins of ElKanah, and Ephrathite, and of Samuel his son. And inasmuch as thy great progenitor was called upon to administer unto the Great High Priest so that great influence which he enjoyed to administer unto the Holy of the Holies and wait upon Eli the great High Priest and became great and mighty in the things of God, that has descended unto thee for his blood permeates in thy veins. Thou art laboring in the Temples of the most High near unto the Holy of the Holies as he did; but that great opportunity that he might enjoyed in thine and a greater work because of the greater light, for he only held one Kev, but in this dispensation, which is a dispensation of all dispensations, a consolidation of them all, when all the powers and all the authority of the world has come together a mightier work is to be done.

I say unto thee, Brother RosKelley, the Lord will bless thy progenitors. They have a watchful eye over thee, and the day will come, and that not very long, when your progenitors will visit you, when they will reveal unto thee the full links of thy ancestry, according to the genealogy of the Priesthood as it has been handed down from the days of Adam. And those who have not had the opportunities that you and I have had to live in this great gospel day, they shall be redeemed. Thou shalt stand forth upon Mount Zion as a Saviour, of the true and living God. I say unto thee that thou shalt accordingly go forth and bind up the Law and Seal up the Testimony and shall declare before Heaven, and before the World, that Jesus is the Christ, that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of the Most High God. Thou shalt bear witness of the Resurrection of the Dead, of what thy eyes have seen, and what thy ears have heard, that thou hast seen Him and enjoyed his Society. He has placed his hands upon thy head and blessed thee. Canst Thou believe that? It is true! And greater works than these shall be thy lot if thou still continue to hold on to the 'rod of Iron' as unmovable as the pillars of the Temple of the Most High.

There is no blessing that the Lord shall not grant unto thee. The destroyer shall be rebuked! He will not have power over thee though Earth and Hell shall rage; for thy eyes shall sparkle as living diamonds, that every power within its grasp shall fall before thee. And I bless thee with the blessings of the New and Everlasting Covenant, and with every blessing. But the wicked will rage, they will desire to destroy thee from the Earth. They will desire to impair thy usefulness; for the principle of the Resurrection of the Dead must be proclaimed to this generation, and some must 'bite the dust' and lay down their lives for the testimony of Jesus Christ as they have done in ancient days. And I seal these blessings upon thee, and the blessings of Health, and the blessings of Life, and everything that thou desires in thy heart. God will grant unto thee, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Brother Samuel RosKelley: By the authority of the Holy Priesthood and in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, my Master, I lay my hands upon your head, and according to your desires I give unto you a Patriarchal blessing. Thou are of the House of Israel and of the lineage of Ephraim and the blood of that royal lineage flows freely through thy veins, and although in the earlier part of thy life thy pathway has been strewn with trials which have been heaped upon thee by thine enemies, yet through the help of thy God, thou hast been more than conquered; and thy mind has become full of comfort and joy, and satisfaction has filled thy soul, as a reward for thy faithfulness during the early part of thy life. The promise of the Lord is unto thee for good; even that thy last days shall be thy best days, and thou shalt live for many years upon the earth; yea, thou shalt live to the full age of man. Even until thou hast passed thy 85th birthday. And thy body shall be filled with vitality, thy health shall be renewed unto thee, and thy vital powers shall be full of the strength and vitality of youth. Yea, thou shalt be blessed with the full desires of thy heart before the Lord. And thou shalt stand at the head of thy family as a servant of God. And thou shalt have great strength in the Holy Priesthood. If any member of thy family are sick, through the gift and Power of the Holy Priesthood that has been placed upon thee, when thou shall be anointed with oil, and when thou shall lay thy hands upon them they shall be healed. And thou shalt have the gift of discernment, and thou shalt know those that stand before thee what spirit they are of. This shall be thy gift, and the blessing of the Lord will make it manifest unto thee so that thou shalt not be deceived.

All the powers and gifts and blessings that were promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are thine; for they shall be sealed upon thy head, and they shall be continued unto thee, and unto all thy generations that will obey the counsel of their husband and father. For thou shall not fail to continue faithful to the end of thy life, for thou wast fore-ordained to do a mighty work upon the Earth and the Father has great respect unto thee, and will honor thee in all thy labors, and thou shall fulfil thy measure according to thy promises before thou entered this probation. Brother Samuel RosKelley the Lord has great respect unto thee. Thy Heavenly Father has confidence in thee, and he will not fail thee in every time of need, but he will be thy comforter, and will sustain thee in all the conditions of life which may be placed in thy pathway in thy long future upon the Earth. Thou shalt be blessed with plenty, thy table shall be spread with the bounties of the Earth, and thou, nor thy numerous family shall want for any of the necessities of life. But when thou art advanced in years, thy name shall be reverenced in thy family, and they shall honor their father and their head with great respect, and they shall surround thy habitation by the scores to bless and to comfort their aged parent.

Father in heaven, I place these blessings upon the head of this thy servant, and through his faithfulness before thee, in which he will not fail. All these blessings shall be fulfilled upon his head, for I seal them upon him in the name of Jesus Christ, Master, and by the power and authority of the Holy Priesthood that has been sealed upon me, and I seal him up unto eternal life, unto crowns, principalities and thrones and kingdoms in thy Celestial presence even in the presence of God and the Lamb. All these blessings I seal upon you, Brother Samuel RosKelley in the name of Jesus Christ, my Master. Even so, Amen.