Patriarchial
Blessings
Sarah Emma Goold
Monroe, Sevier
Co. Utah
Jan 23 1901
A blessing by
Robert F. Goold Patrarch on
the head of Sarah Emma Goold daughter of Samuel W.
and Sarah Ann Lewis Goold, born Dec. 16 1874 St
George Washington Co. Utah.
Sarah Emma thou
daughter of Zion I now place my
hands on your head and seal upon you a Partricachal
blessing. Your course in life shall be
an honor to your ancestry and to yourself, and redown
to the honor and glory of your Father in Heaven. The work assigned you on the earth shall be marvellous in your own eyes, attended with abundent success.
Your name is recorded in the Lambs Book of Life and shall remain there
throughout the countless ages of eternity.
The angels of the Lord have charge concerning you to preserve your life
upon the Earth. The inspriation
and the power of the Holy Ghost shall be your constant companion and advise and
shall talk of the things of God, and through its inspiration make them plain to
your understanding, so that the errors and traditions of men shall never cause
your feet to stray from the path of righteousness. You shall fill the measure of your creation
on the Earth as designed by the God of Heaven.
Your days shall be crowned with joy on the Earth. You shall live to see the Glory and Power of
God made manifest in the interest of his work now established on the Earth. Therefore I
say unto you be true and faithful. Shun
the society of those who use their influence with the view to obstruct the
progress of the work of God on the Earth.
The Lord will draw near unto you and will support you through all the
vicissitudes of life upon the earth. I
seal upon you these blessing on condition of your faithfulness in keeping the
commandments of God, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Mary Elizabeth Goold
Monroe, Sevier
Co. Utah
Jan 23 1900
A Blessing by
Robert F. Goold, Patriarch on the head of Mary
Elizabeth Goold, daughter of Samuel W. and Sarah Ann
Lewis Goold.
Born Aug 31 1876 Salt Lake
City Utah.
Mary Elizabeth
I now place my hands upon your head and seal upon you a Patriarchal
blessing. May the God of Heaven be with
you in all the walks of life, and your labors upon the earth in connection with
the great latter day work and up to this end you were appointed and ordained to
come forth in this day and generation to be a power in Israel to assist in
bringing to pass the purposes of Jehovah.
You have been endowed with intelectual powers
of mind to qualify you for this great and important work. Your life is hid up as in the hollow of the
hand of your Father in Heaven. He heard
your prayers and has given your guarding angel charge concerning you. You are recognized in the heavens as one of
the sweet singers in Israel. You shall be held in respect and esteem by
those of your sex. Your days will be
many upon the Earth to fillfull the measure of your
creation in the due time of the Lord.
The Holy Ghost shall be your constant companion and guide. You shall at all times be able to comprehend
the mind and will of the Lord concerning you.
Snares may be laid in your pathway to draw you aside from the path of
duty but the Lord shall give strength to overcome them, them all. It shall be your pleasure and delight to meditate
the purposes of the Almighty. Therfore I say unto you put your trust in the Lord, God of
Israel. No spirit of influence shall
have power over to cause you to swerve from the work of the Lord to the latest
period of your mortal existance on the earth. All your desires founded in rightiousness shall be yours. I seal upon you these blessings on condition
of your faithfulness in keeping the commandments of God in the Name of Jesus,
Amen.
Ida Rebecca Goold
Monroe Sevier
Co. Utah
Feb 10 1901
A
blessing by Robert F. Goold, Patriarch on the head of
Ida R. Goold, daughter of Samuel W. and Sarah Ann
Lewis Goold born Dec.1 1882 Bellvue
Washington Co. Utah.
Ida R. Goold I now place my hands upon your head and seal upon you
a Patriarchal blessing. I say unto you
that your Father in heaver in pleased with the course
you have pursued in the days of your youth, in devoting your time and energy in
his service. The Lord has appointed you
to do a great work on the Earth in these last days, and to this end he has
blessed you with strong intellectual powers of mind to accomplishs
the same. Your days upon the earth shall
be many. Angels shall watch around your
path, and shall have charge concerning you to protect you from every danger
that may threaten your life. I say unto
you that you are of Ephriam and in due time shall
fulfill the measure of your creation on the earth. The eye of the Lord is upon you to direct
your future course in life. By the
revelation and inspiriations of the Holy Ghost, I
say unto you seek by diligent studies to treasure up knowledge and
understanding, for you will need it to perform the great and glorious work your
Father in heaven has designed you shall accomplish on the earth. The influence that you shall wield in the
midst of Israel shall reflect
credit and honor to yourself and shall pass down through the lineage of you
fathers to the latest generation. I say
unto you be humble and call on the Lord in fervant
and mighty prayer in the days of your youth and whatever gifts of the Gospel
you desire in rightiousness shall be granted unto
you. I seal these blessing upon you on
conditions of your faithfullness in keeping the
commandments of God, in the name of Jesus, Amen.
Samuel William Goold,
Jr.
Monroe, Sevier
Co. Utah
Oct. 5 1905
A
blessing by Patriarch Robert F. Goold on the head of
Samuel William Goold Jr. son of Samuel William and
Sarah Ann Lewis Goold. Born Sep
18 1888 Bellvue Washington Co, Utah.
Samuel W. Goold Jr. I now place my hands upon your head and seal upon
you a Patriarchal blessing. The Lord is
well pleased with you that you have sought to know his mind and will in the
days of your youth. Through the chanel appointed of our Father in heaven; even that of the
Patriarchal preisthood, you have been favored to come
forth through the linage of noble and worthy ancestry, and you have also been
appointed to come forth in the day and generation when the Gospel in it's fulness has again been restored to the earth. Our Father in heaven has destined you to become
a polished shaft in his hands in assisting to bring to pass his purposes on the
earth. And in as much as you are true
and Faithful to your sacred covenants the Spirit and power of the Almighty will
increase upon you from this very hour, and the work that you shall accomplish
on the Earth associated with the great later day work will be so effectual and
of such magnitude that it will be marvelous in your own eyes. And often times the sentiments of your heart
will burst forth spontaneously in prayer and praise to the God of heaven that
he has called you to the Holy ministry for he has chosen you to be an humble instrument in his hands to proclaim the
everlasting Gospel to the children of men.
Therefore he will bless you with health and Strength of body and length
of days upon the Earth, together with the full strength and vigor of the powers
of mind with which he has endowed you.
Therefore I say unto you draw near unto the Lord in mighty prayer and
every power and gift of the Gospel shall be given unto you, even the gift of
faith to heal the sick, the gift of prophesy and discernment of spirits that
you may be enabled to discern the approach of evil when ever assailed by the
same though trials may await you. Temptations
may cross your path, but the power of the Lord shall sustain you in every hour
of trial. The ministrations of his Holy
Spirit shall be your constant guide and companion. Your guardian angel will take pleasure in
constantly warning of approching danger. Your fellow men will delight in the words of
truth that shall fall from your lips under the administration of the Holy
Ghost. Your words will be quick and
powerful and will bring many to a knowledge of the
truth as it is in Jesus. I now seal upon
you every blessing that shall be calcuated to assist
you in your holy calling. And I now say
unto you be select in your association and seek the society of the righteous
and your name shall be passed down with honor in history to the latest
generation. And when your work shall
have been ended in mortality, you shall come forth in the resurcction
of the just and receive the reward of the righteous. I now seal upon you these blessings on
conditions of your faithfullmess in keeping the
commandments of God, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ Amen.
Samuel W. Goold
Monroe, Utah
Sevier Co.
Jan 7 1901
A
blessing by Robert F. Goold, Patriarch on the head of
Samuel W. Goold. Son of Robert F. and
Emma Goold Born Sep 8 1945
Pontenewymoydd, Monmouthshire,
Wales
G.B.
Samuel W. Goold I place my hands on your head and seal upon you a
Fathers blessing also a Patriarchal blessing and I say unto you the Lord has
his eye upon you for good, and inasmuch as you have been faithfull
in the service of the Lord he will bless you with power and wisdom to forward his
purposes on the Earth. Your labors will
be of a local nature, your words shall fall like the dew of heaven upon the
ears of your brethern and sisters in cleal‑‑you shall be the joy and comfort your
family and associations. The Lord has
been pleased that your youth and early manhood has
been faithfully to his service. The Lord
has still much for you to do in the progress and advancement of His purposes on
the Earth. Therefore be humble,
prayerful and faxoive in the hands of the Lord, that
he may continue to cure you in the future as he has done in the past to the end
of your mortal existence on the Earth, and your shall have power, and the gifts
of the Gospel and the Spirit of prophsey shall be
given unto you in rich abundance and your tongue shall list the praises of God
continually. I say unto you that your
are of the seed of Joseph and your family shall look up to you continually for
counsel and I will honor your name on the Earth as long as there is a representive of your family on the Earth. I seal all the blesseing
that have been pronounced on your head on condidtions
of your faithfullness, in the name of Jesus Amen.
Leo Linden Goold
Monroe Sevier
Co. Utah
Jan 23 1911
A blessing by
Robert F. Goold Patriarch on the head of Leo Linden Goold son of Samuel W. and Sarah Ann Goold
born Mar 19 1894 Monroe, Sevier Co. Utah.
Leo Linden
Goold, thou child of the living God, and one as it were to come forth in due
time on the Earth to do a great and mighty work in these last days. I place my hands on your head and seal upon
you Patriarchal blessing. Agreeable to the order of Christ's Church now established on the
earth. Thou art endowed with
intelligence and power that shall be made manifest in the future course of thy
life on the earth. Angels shall watch
around your path and preserve you from evil that may otherwise surround your
journey in life. Dear Leo I say unto you
the Lord is pleased with you in that you seek to acquire intelligence and
influence to accomplish the work the Lord has designed and fitted you to
perform on the Earth. The testimony of
the great Latter day work with regard to its divinity
shall be made plain to you to thus fit and qualify you to become a power and
leader in Israel. The Lord shall be with you in all your journeys in life, and your
life shall be preserved on the earth to old age. Therefore I say unto you seek the Lord in the
day of your youth, and if you do so the Lord will bless you and hold you as in
the hollow of his hand, that no spirit or influence shall have power to swerve
your youthful mind from the truth of the Gospel. You shall have power to do great and
marvelous things on the earth, associated with the accomplishment of the
purposes of Jehovah on the earth. You
shall go forth and lift up your voice long and loud to promulgate the
principles of the everlasting Gospel among the children of men. You shall be shielded and protected from the
elements of destruction while traveling on water or land. I say unto you call upon the Lord in the days
of your childhood and the Lord will answer your prayers to your soul's
satisfaction. I seal these blessings
upon you on condition of your faithfulness in keeping the commandments of God,
in the name of Jesus, Amen.
(End paper of
original Journal)
