Orderville 27^th of June 1880

Patriarchal Blessing given by E.R. Billingly upon the head of Emily Alvira Esplin, daughter of Clarissa Amanda Miller and Israel Hoy. Born 8^th of Dec. 1858 at Nephi City, Juab County, Utah.

Sister Emily the beloved of the Lord in the name of Jesus your Redeemer, I place my hands upon your head and seal upon you a patriarchal blessing. Your lineage is of Joseph through the loins of Ephraim. You have a right to all the privileges and blessings of the gospel through the lineage of your Fathers. Your Heavenly Father has ever been mindful of you and has reserved you to come forth in the dispensation of the fulness of the everlasting gospel. Jesus , the only begotten of the Father laid his hands upon your head and blessed you and gave you a name and your Father had your name recorded in the Lamb's book of Life and through your faith and faithfulness there it will remain world without end. You agreed with your Father to come forth in this dispensation to take a tabernacle and do a good work and that you will do for your life will be prolonged upon the earth to do a good work. Your guardian angel was sent here with you to warn you of the many dangers you will have to pass through. Because you are a literal descendant of Abraham the priesthood will remain with your posterity through all generations of time. Your posterity will be very powerful in the holy priesthood. You will have a beautiful mansion prepared for you at the center stake of Zion for you will yet go to the center stake of Zion and inhabit your mansion and holy angels will visit you there. You and they will shout praises to God and the Lamb. You will keep your mansion very neat and clean with the workmanship of your own hands. Your garden will be like unto the garden of Eden. You will have power given unto you to keep the words of wisdom and the laws of health so that your life will be preserved through pestilence and destruction so that the destroyer will have no power over you. You will have power to heal the sick in your family. In the absence of your husband the enemy of all righteousness will have no power over you. Your life will be preserved until Israel is gathered according to the holy prophets. Your life will be preserved until you see your enemies and the enemies of your Lord put under his feet. You will live to see Babylon fall and the kingdoms of the world will become the kingdom of you God his Christ. And because of your motherly feeling your posterity will hold your name in honorable remembrance throughout all generations of time. You will enter into the temple of the Lord at the center stake of Zion in connection with your husband and posterity and do a mighty work for your dead. Holy angels will visit you there and acquaint you of your dead-their names, ages and birth places. You will be with your husband at the crowning of Ephraim. By the authority of my holy office and calling I bless you in your body limbs, joints, that you may be strong and active to perform all this great work with an eye single to the glory of God. I seal upon you eternal life and upon your head a crown of celestial gory in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

E.D. Poter, Clerk