This certifies that —— has been recieved into the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, organized on the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and has been ordained an Elder —— according to the rules and regulations of said church; and is duly authorised to preach the gospel, agreeably to the authority of that office.

Given by the direction of a general conference of the authorities of said church, assembled at Ill. on the sixth of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.