A blessing given by Samuel H. Hurst, Patriarch, upon the head of Leon Harley Jackson, son of Henry Leon Jackson, and Ina Vivien George, born December 16, 1926 at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Brother Leon Jackson: Responding to your request, and by the virtue of the Holy Priesthood, I place my hands upon your head and give unto you a Patriarchal Blessing. You are desireous of knowing the things that will be of the greatest worth to you while here upon the earth, and also have sealed upon your head the covenants to which you are heir through birth. You are of the royal blood of the House of Israel, and particularly that of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by his brethren, for you came through the loins of Ephraim, he who received the greater blessings from their father as they pertain to the spiriual things. This made you heir to the Priesthood, therefore, continue on in well doing until through your worthinness you attain the highest order of the Priesthood, for it is within your power to attain the highest blessings that the Lord has for any of His children, but rember you must seek for them.
I bless you that you may have the gift of faith. Without this gift you can never attain the highest things that are available to you. During the course of your days upon the earth, you shall be tried and tested in the same spirit in which you are given examinations in school, even that you may have opporunity of proving your worth, thereby placing yourself in position to merit the rewards of those who overcome. In your day, distress shall be manifest in the world as never before in it's history. Pestilence and earthquakes, and other disturbances of the elements shall become prevalent, but they shall have no ill effects upon you providing you cultivate and develope a faith in the Lord and rely upon Him under all circustances and conditions. For the Holy Ghost shall be your guide and companion, and as you learn to detect His whisperings you shall be kept securely in the paths of safety and honor.
It shall be your privilege to preach the gospel to many people and teach them the way of life. You shall receive joy in your ministery, for the inspiration of the Almighty shall bear tiestimony in your soul that you are engaged in the work of your Redeemer. In the due course of time, you shall take unto yourself one of the choice daughters of Zion as a companion who shall be an inspiration to you in your ministery and shall bear you sons and daughters, that your name shall be perpetuated in the earth, thus you become a partaker of the blessings that were given to that weregiven to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and become a companion of God in His work of bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. So long as you are true and faithful to your covenants, and honor every calling you receive in the Holy Priesthood, your table whall never lack the necessities of life, nor your home be found wanting in things pertaining to the spirit of God.
I seal you up against the poswer of the destroyer, that your life upon the earth may not be shortened, but that you may live according to the will of your Heavenly Father, and perform every labor that in His wisdom is essential to exaltation in His kingdom. In the morning of the holy resurrection you shall come forth an eternal immortalized being, to dwell with your loved ones, enjoying their love and fellowship through-out all eternity.
These blessings I seal upon your head through your worthiness, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen
Approved by Samuel H. Hurst- Patriarch
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