JS and , Blessing, to Ezra Strong Jr., , Hancock Co., IL, 7 Oct. 1840. Version copied [ca. 1882] in Ezra Strong Jr., Notebook, ca. 1882–1884, [78]–[85]; handwriting of Ezra Strong Jr.; CHL.
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Even to be a proph[e]t, & revelator. And we now this right on your head in the name of Jesus Christ. If thou were cast upon the Islands of the sea, or in distant lands; it is thy right to build up and Establish the in all its parts, and to confirm upon them the Apostleship, through the revelations of God which is, and will be given to you. None knoweth thy Gift but by the revelation of God. Thou— shalt have dreams by night, and the Still Whisperings of the Spirit by day. Thou shall be turned there by when thy heart runeth after eavel. [p. [80]]