Gerald's Patriarchal Blessing

Gerald Lee Romney Patriarchal Blessing
(What is underlined is what he underlined on his original Patriarchal blessing.)

Brother Gerald Lee Romney, in accordance with your desires, and because of your worthiness in your life before the Lord, in the authority of the Holy Priesthood which I bear, and by virtue of the office and calling bestowed upon me, I place my hands upon your head, and as I shall be directed of the spirit, give unto you a patriarchal blessing, which shall be recorded in the heavens for you to receive the blessings, for they shall be sealed upon your head. And every blessing which you receive from the Almighty God, and gracious and loving Parent, is because of the obedience and compliance to the law, the ceremony and the ordinances upon which these blessings are predicated.

The Lord is pleased with you. He loves you. He has been mindful of you ever since your birth. You are one of those favored and choice spirits who, when the Stars of the Morning shouted for joy and all the sons of God sang together, you were there. And this shouting and this singing was in glorious praise because of the victory of Light and Truth and free agency, over darkness, deception and slavery, which is of the evil one. You were valiant in the defense of God’s plan for the salvation and exaltation of all His children. You knew the plan for mortality. You knew the gospel and the blessings of this, the most glorious period. You desired these blessings, and you sought for them and prayed for the opportunity to receive them. You have been privileged because of your worthiness to come into this mortal experience through the chosen and favored lineage, even that of Ephraim. You are a descendent of the great patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Joseph, that great prophet-patriarch, who, as a boy, was sold into Egypt, and through his son, Ephraim, of whom you are, you are heir to every blessing which you desired and prayed for before your mortal existence. And being heir, through Ephraim, you shall receive, through your worthy life, every blessing you crave and desire, and the Lord shall not withhold from you every blessing of which you prove worthy. If you continue to trust in the Lord, following the dictates of the Still Small Voice, the promptings of His Holy Spirit, giving thanks to Him in earnest prayer, your prayers shall ascend to the throne of God and there be recorded for blessings upon your head.

And if you fail not to bow on your knees in humble acknowledgment and thanksgiving and supplicating God, our Father, for His preserving care for your journeyings, and before your returning from the journeyings, the preserving hand and power of the Lord shall be over you that you shall go and come without injury. You shall be blessed of the Lord to live and fill up the full mission, the full purpose of your mortality, in full measure. Your mind shall be enlightened in preparation for great and glorious blessings which shall come to you. He will bless you in your studies and in your preparations for your future life. And in the own due time of the Lord, you shall have the glorious privilege of carrying the gospel message of salvation to those who are in darkness and have not known Light and Truth, which is the true word of God. You shall be given the power of language, by His spirit to bear your testimony, on conviction and conversation to many, and your mission shall be a school-master, through training and direction of the spirit, you shall be prepared for ministry in His kingdom here in the earth.

You shall be guided by the spirit in the selection of a profession in which you may be successful, in which the time required for your ministry in His service shall not detract from your success in the ministry and in your profession. Each shall compliment the other for your well-being.

In the due time of the Lord you shall find your companion, a worthy, lovely daughter of our Father in Heaven, with whom you shall to into His Holy House, the Temple of our Lord, and there receive the blessings, the ceremonies and the priesthood ordinances, even the fullness thereof, which fullness is the sealing, in the authority of the priesthood, man and woman as eternal, celestial companions, which is the greatest blessing which God gives to His worthy children here in this mortal life. This opens the door to you and your companion to the glory which is of the presence of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, where you shall reign in dominion for all generations to come, forever and forever.

And if you accept every call that is made of you by those who preside in the priesthood, accepting promptly, giving thanks to the Lord for the opportunity of serving, fulfilling completely and well, the priesthood shall be a power in your life, and in your home upon your companion and your children, for because of her preparation and your inspiration and preparation, your children shall be taught of the Lord and shall grow up in righteous fear of His law and the love of His word. They shall become stalwarts of strength in His kingdom. And if you tithe precisely and promptly, if you are liberal in giving to the church, in time and means, if you are generous in giving through the church for those who have not, your household shall be blessed with an abundance of the good things of the earth, your basket and your store shall not be diminished, but shall be increased, and the rich and choice blessings of Heaven shall abide in your home. The Lord shall require much of your time in His ministry, for you shall become a leader, you shall be given the gift of teaching, the power of directing and leadership among your fellow men and in the church. Your influence shall bring many who are inclined to waywardness and inactivity into the active service in His work, and many shall rise up and call you blessed for your service in their behalf.

The Spirit of Elijah shall rest upon you in power, that you shall understand and know genealogy and its need in the salvation for God’s children. And through your participation in the searching for records, great records shall be miraculously placed in your hands, which have not been known to exist. For many of those who have passed on without the glorious blessings which shall come to you and which you have received, have been waiting long for your coming into this mortality and for the service that you with your companion shall do for them vicariously in the temples of our Lord. You shall be called to direct and preside in temple, and you with your lovely companion shall be blessed to see and hear many of those for whom you serve singing in praise and thanksgiving to our Father in Heaven for your vicarious service in their behalf.

You and your lovely companion shall live to a full and ripe life, and you shall be blessed of the spirit to know in your mind and in your heart that your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, and that your calling and election shall be sure. I bless you with health and with strength that you shall be uninhibited in carrying all which the Lord shall place upon you, for He shall not withhold from you His blessings. And every righteous desire of your heart, in the due time of the Lord, shall be granted unto you, for the eye hath not seen, nor the ear heard, neither can enter into the heart of mortal man, the glorious reward which God has in store for those who serve Him in righteousness and in Truth.

I seal you up to eternal life. I seal you up to come forth in the resurrection of the just and the honored of this great dispensation. I seal this blessing upon your head, in the authority and the power of the Holy Priesthood which I bear, and in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, even so, Amen.

El Paso (259) Texas
3 November 1966
Moroni L. Abegg

GERALD LEE ROMNEY
Ianthus B. Romney Eleanor Brown
13 Bebruary 1950, Silver City, New Mexico