Brother Christopher Layton, I place my hands upon your head - having been set apart and ordained as a patriarch - and in the authority thereof I bless you and pray that God will dictate by the spirit that which I shall say, for by that power all blessings come. You are holding the position that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob held to bless their children; therefore thy mind shall be exercised in behalf of thy posterity notwithstanding thou mayest be called to enter a higher sphere of action in the due time of the Lord. Thou shalt exercise in that sphere a greater influence and power than thou canst tabernacled as thou art now, for the spirit cannot expand when it is trammeled with flesh and blood. Brother Layton, thou shalt always have in thy posterity a representative in the earth, for when thy name is called there will always be one to answer to that call. Thy work shall proceed onward until the end of the earth, and as one of the patriarchs thou wilt administer blessings upon thy children's children and that spirit which has actuated the patriarchs of old shall be carried on in the lineage of which thou art, even that of Levi, for in that tribe they will offer an offering in righteousness in the earth in the flesh, for thou hast already obtained the same blessings that were sealed upon Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Thou hast received in the house of God all thine anointings, all that was or ever will be given to man in the flesh. All thy faults have gone before thee, and are cancelled in the flesh and in the heavens. Thy children will bless thee and remember thee in fond remembrance and carry on the great work which shall complete thine exaltation, for thou shalt stand on the right hands of Joseph and Hyrum in connection with all the prophets (for thou art an evangelist), clothed upon with eternal lives. In the resurrection none will have a more glorified body; therefore I say unto you, be thou blessed with the spirit of your exaltation, for thou art fully ripe and prepared to enter into thy rest. Now I seal these blessings upon you, ratifying your former blessings that have been placed upon your head; therefore, be comforted in these sayings for they are true and faithful, and will be fully realized by you, when you gaze upon the labors of your past life in your numerous posterity which shall continue to be upon you and yours throughout the endless ages of eternity. I seal these blessings upon you as a patriarch, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.