Prayer of Dedication, 27 March 1836, as Recorded in Kimball, Journal and Record [D&C 109]
Source Note
Prayer of Dedication, , Geauga Co., OH, 27 Mar. 1836. Version copied [between 1842 and 1856] in Kimball, “Journal and Record,” pp. 25–30; unidentified handwriting; Heber C. Kimball papers collection, CHL.
upon his and children, that they may be exalted in thy presence, and preserved by thy fostering hand. Have mercy upon all their immediate connexions, that their prejudices may be broken up, and swept away as with a flood, that they may be converted and redeemed with Israel and know that thou art God. Remember O Lord, the presidents, even all the presidents of thy , that thy right hand may exalt them with all their families, and their immediate connexions, that their names may be perpetuated, and had in everlasting remembrance from generation to generation.
Remember all thy church O Lord with all their families, and all their immediate connexions, with all their sick and afflicted ones, with all the poor and meek of the earth, that the kingdom which thou hast set up without hands, may become a great mountain and fill the whole earth, that thy church may come forth out of the wilderness of darkness, and shine forth fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners, and be adorned as a bride for that day when thou shalt unveil the heavens, and cause the mountains to flow down at thy presence, and the valleys to be exalted, the rough places made smooth, that thy glory may fill the earth.
That when the trump shall sound for the dead, we shall be caught up in the cloud to meet thee, that we may ever be with the Lord, that our garments may be pure, that we may be clothed upon with robes of righteousness, with palms in our hands, and crowns of glory upon our heads, and reap eternal joy for all our sufferings. O Lord God Almighty, hear us in these our petitions, and answer us from heaven, thy holy habitations, where thou sittest enthroned, with glory, honor, power, majesty, might, dominion, truth, justice, judgment, mercy, and an infinity of fulness from everlasting to everlasting.
O hear, O hear, O hear us O Lord, and answer these petitions, and accept the dedication of this , unto thee, the work of our hands, which we have built unto thy name; and also this church to put upon it thy name. and help us by the power of thy Spirit, that we may mingle our voices with those bright shining seraphs, around thy throne with acclamations of praise, singing hosanna to God and the Lamb: and let these thine ones be clothed with salvation, and thy saints shout aloud for joy. Amen and Amen. [p. 30]