Know all men by these presents, before whom this may come, that we have this day , consecrated, and set apart, our worthy and faithful brother, , by the authority of the holy , by the imposition of our hands, to be an and a special witness to the nations of the earth, (and especially to the empire of Russia,) of the of the fulness of times, to stand in this age to the as Paul stood in the primitive church, having full power to regulate the church among all nations where he may travel, (in the absence of the ) and we cheerfully recommend him as a faithful minister of the , to the confidence, liberality, and fellowship of the saints and honourable men in all the world.

, June 7th, 1844. [p. [2]]