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THE FOLLOWING IS A BLESSING GIVEN TO MARY ELENORA MOORE, DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH RICHARD MOORE AND ADELIA BERNICE WORKMAN MOORE. THE BLESSING IS BEING GIVEN BY PATRIARCH FRANKLIN PEIRCE FISHER.
DEAR SISTER MOORE, IN AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE SOUGHT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY OF RECEIVING A BLESSING I AM SURE OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS PLEASED WITH YOU AND I DO PRAY THAT HE WILL INSPIRE EVERY WORD OF YOUR BLESSING. THOU ART ONE OF HIS WORTHY DAUGHTERS , A CHILD OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND IN YOU LIE THE SEED OF DIVINITY WITH POWER TO CHOOSE GOOD OR EVIL. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER IS PLEASED WITH YOUR CHOICE EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING BEFORE THY BIRTH IN MORTALITY, THE LITTLE ERRORS YOU MAY HAVE MADE SINCE YOUR BAPTISM IN THIS GLORIOUS CHURCH HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN AND THE GOOD YOU HAVE DONE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND WILL BE AS RUNGS IN THE LADDER OF ETERNAL GROWTH AND PROGRESSION AND AFTER LIFE'S MISSION IS OVER AND YO STAND AGAIN IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN AND FEEL THE WARMTH OF HIS DIVINE LOVE YOUR HEART WILL BE OVER JOYED AND YOU WILL BE FILLED WITH PEACE BY THE MEMORY OF YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOUR BIRTH IN MORTALITY AND WHILE IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER YOU WERE ASSIGNED A BEAUTIFUL MISSION AND EACH LITTLE DAILY TASK YOU HAVE PERFORMED SO WELL NOT ONLY FORMS A PART OF THAT MISSION BUT WILL QUALIFY YOU FOR ITS COMPLETION.
YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE BRANCH OF JOSEPH THROUGH THE LOINS OF EPHRIAM, OF THE BIRTH RIGHT TRIVE OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AND THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOUR COURSE IN LIFE IS ACCEPTABLE TO HEAVENLY FATHER, YOUR HEART WILL GLOW WITH LOVE FOR ALL HIS CHILDREN, MORE EWPECIALLY FOR THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH, YOUR SISTERS AND THOSE WHO BEAR THE PRIESTHOOD, FOR YOUR WORTHY PARENTS AND YOUR NEIGHBOR IN NEED. WISDOM SHALL BE GIVEN YOU TO SCHOOL YOUR FEELINGS. YOU SHALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING HEART. WISDOM AND FAITH, AND MANY OF THE PRECIOUS GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU FROM TIME TO TIME, IN THE FULFILMENT OF YOUR VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS, AS A TEACHER OF LITTLE CHILDREN AND A MISSIONARY IN THIS GREAT CHURCH AS A LEADER AMONG YOUR SISTERS AND IN THE ORGANIZATIONS ESTAVLISHED BY OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, FOR THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIS CHILDREN. LIKE SARAH OF OLD, YOU WILL BECOME AS A QUEEN TO A NOBLE AND WORTHY POSTERITY AND SOME DAY IF Y9U ARE FAITHFUL YOU WILL BE ANNOINTED AND BELESSED AS SUCH. ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT MAY BE RECEIVED BY THE DAUGHTER OF ZION I CONFER UPON YOU WITH A PROMISE THAT SOME DAY AT THE ALTERS OF THE HOLY TEMPLE YOU WILL RECEIVE BLESSINGS THAT YOU CANNOT RECEIVE ANY WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. YOU SHALL BECOME A WORTHY COPANION TO A WISE AND VIRTUOUS HUSBAND WHO SHALL BE WILLING AND ANXIOUS THAT YOU GO WITH HIM, WHERE YOU MAY BE SEALED FOR TIME AND ETERNITY AND YOUR CHILDREN MAY BE BORN IN THE EVER LASTING COVENANT. IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY IN DOMESTIC SCEINCE, YOU MAY EXCEL EVEN ABOVE YOUR SISTERS AND IN THE ARTS OF MUSIC OR LITERATURE OR PUBLIC SPEAKING YOU MAY ALSO BE SUCCESSFUL, TRUSTING ALWAYS IN OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR HIS GUIDANCE. YOU MAY GO FORTH FROM ONE DEGREE OF EXCELLENCE TO ANOTHER. YOUR TESTIMONY WILL GROW AND INCREASE AS IN HUMILITY YOU BEAR IT TO THE WORLD AND TO THOSE WITH WHOM YOU ASSOCIATE IN LIFE. YOU SHALL BE A NOBLE MOTHER IN THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND YOUR SISTERS AND THE DAUGHTERS OF ZION WHERE YOU LIVE WILL COME TO YOU FOR COUNCIL AND THEY WILL GO AWAY REJOICING. SEEK TO PERFORM THIS MISSION DEAR SISTER, AND YOU WILL NEVER BE CALLED TO A POSITION IN LIFE BUT THE WAY WILL BE OPENED THAT YOU MAY FULFILL IT IN HONOR. THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL BE YOUR CONSTANT COMPANION AND GUIDE IN LIFE. I SEAL YOU UP AGAINST THE POWERS OF THE DESTROYER TO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION. THOU SHALT LIVE A LONG USEFUL AND HAPPY LIFE AND THROUGH THY KINDNESS, PERSUASION AND LOVE THOU SHALT BE A SAVIOR TO MANY AND BE PRIVELEGED TO GO OFTEN TO THE HOLY TEMPLE AND BE A SAVIOR IN THE HOUSE OF THY PARENTS AND NUMBERED AMONG THE SAVIORS UPON MT. ZION. THE GOOD YOU DO SHALL LIVE FOREVER.
THESE WITH ALL THY FORMER BLESSINGS I CONFER UPON THEE TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT HAVE BEEN CONFERRED UPON THE DAUGHTERS OF ISREAL WHICH WILL BE NECESSARY FOR YOU THAT YOU MIGHT FULFILL YOUR BEAUTIFUL MISSION.
DEAR SISTER, CHOOSE THE WORDS THAT PASS BETWEEN THY LIPS, GUARD THEM FROM THE EILS SO PREVELENT IN THE WORLD AND WHEN YOU KNEEL BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE THEY PRAYERS WILL FIND AN ANSWER AND THE LORD WILL BLESS THEE AND GIVE THEE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO CARRY ON TO THE END OF LIFE WITH YOUR LOVED ONES RECEIVE THE GREATEST BLESSINGS HE HS FOR HIS CHILDREN. I SEAL THESE BLESSINGS UPON YOU IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST.
AMEN.
FRANKLIN FISHER. (PATRIARCH)