Show y PRAYER ordered BY DY YOUNG 0 on n ac ilic occasion of the Dedic dedication atio n of f the temple site at efantis san pete county wednesday 12 ff elock clock m april 1877 0 GOD goti our father who art in heaven beaven even the god of cur fathers abraham isaac and jacob and of the I 1 prophets and the holy men meu who called upon thy name in ancient ir fays jays ai 81 we present ourselves before thee the ou oil this occa occasion sidn sIdD in the name of or jesus christ thy son our saviour who is Js thoe of the be world for the purpose of dedicating this spot of ground whereon we expect to erect a temple to thy most holy name in which to receive the ordinances of the holy priesthood which thou hast bast restored in these the latter days we lVe approach chilgren chil chii fron iron thy servants ser feer and handmaidens hand maidens to offer our thanks unto thee in the name of jesus christ our saviour and we humbly pray thee to look in mercy upon us and bless us with thy holy spirit and annd with the forgiveness of all that thy purity has bas beheld amiss in us our sins and follies and misspent misspend mis spent time and accept of our gratitude and our thanksgiving forthia blessed privilege forwe for tor we do esteem it a it privilege above aboe any any that our fellow men eave wave enjoyed enjoy edi even all the ther nations ortho of the earth that have lived and pas passe daway dawny generation after generation without the gospel and the ordinances of thy holy house houses which we now enjoy yve lve ask thee our father in the name of jesus to bless and pour out thy spirit upon us who have come up before thee and upon thy people round about and upon all who call upon thy name in sincerity bless the onn off officers leers of thy church and kingdom inspire those who preside and who direct the affairs of thy church that they may be filled with the spirit of their calling and possess that power of wisdom and judgment and understanding that is necessary to qualify them to discharge their several duties we ask thee holy father to receive our thanks and tu to accept of us at this times time lime that what we do and say may come up before the lord as an acceptable buering ou ening ering rig tig we dedicate to thee this ground on which we now are which has been surveyed for temple purposes wo we dedicate the spur of the mountain meun tain of which it Is i a part and we tied dedicate the mountain itself and the valley vailey round about to the name and service of the lord we dedicate also the land laud occupied by our brethren for farming purposes for gardens and ore orchards bards hards cause that the game same may bel bei be lessed messed that it may bring forth in a abundance for thesus the sustenance and comfort of thy people we also dedicate unto thee the habitations of thy people that they may be the sanctuaries of peace and happiness but do we dedicate unto then theo this ground on the southeast south east corner of which we now kneels kneel for the purpose of building a temple to thy most holy name dame and we ask ak that it may be jnue that the rock and the soil soll and every part and portion of it pay may be sanctified for this tills purpose and wilt thou 0 father help thy by people to erect this building with holy hands bands with pure hands with holy hearts with pure hearts hud aud holy desires desire we ask thee in the ibe name of jes jesus US christ thy son that thou wilt wiit hide bide up the tho treasures of the earth that no DO more may be found in this section of the country wilt thou 0 father rule and overrule in thih but we e say av not our will but thy will be done we do humbly pray that thou wilt preserve thy people from the inducements which these derf peri perishable things ommer offer which are liable to decoy the minds of 0 thy siai SiAl saints rits from the principles of the holy gospel that they go no tAfter the thing things of this world and cause that these things may not come in their path to tempt them or lead them astray but that thy people may live in these valleys to glorify thy name and to rear their children in thy fear and in the known wiit wilt thou 0 tord lord bless each one onn now before heo hee thee and biess bless the ground this temple site this hill and tile the hills and valleys round about and the waters and the atmosphere mo sphere and the elements pertaining to this valley that the same rii ili blessed aud and sanctified before the tho lord give GI unto thy servants and handmaidens hand maidens wisdom to uso use tho the gifts that thou art bestowing upon them that they may not dispose of their substance unwisely bul but ut that they may take care of it and waste nothing storing up that which thou ginest them inspire the hearts of thy servants so that tbt they y may know how bow to proc procure brothe the things of this earth and to make use of the same for the building up of thy kingdom on the earth bless ties 0 our father and pour on out t th thy spirit upon thy people to this thia end preserve thy servants who may work i on this building from every n accident and every evil both in handling the rock and the poles poes for putt putting ingui ingul up the tilo scaffolding and in removing it and also in procuring the lime and the sand that no accident may mity befall any of them we ask thee 0 lord god of israel that thou wilt hold in remembrance the wicked and men who delight in their wickedness who right fight against thee and thy truth and who feel to despise and deride thy holy priesthood and who heed beed not thee nor th thy ways but who delight in wick wickedness ey cont continually and who will turn not have mercy upon such as will hearken unto thy counsel and repent before thee and those who will harden themselves in iniquity and continue so to do and will not repent remove them out of their places that they may be known no more and may they not riot have power to hurt nor injure thy servants thy cause calaor or thy people we also ask thee 0 god our father to biess blesa our families and thy saints everywhere and bless the good and the virtuous all over the earth bless also the laman ites itea who are a part of the house of israel inspire the tho hearts of thy thi people the latter day saints to do good to that fallen race that they in thin thlu own due time may be found la iti the path of their duty in return ing to thee wilt thou hear our supplications ions and answer these our petitions far we ask all 0 jehovah in the name of jesus christ our saviour overthrow wickedness in the land lund and abomination of every kind enable us thy children to establish truth in the earth never more to be taken away to build up thy zion ot of the latter jatter days and to accomplish any righteous desire of our hearts receive our thanks anti antl the de dl 1 cation of this land and our future work in rearing a temple to thy hame mame all of which we ask in the name of jesus christ our saviour and redeemer amen |