Bro. W. I was born November 3d, 1801, in the town of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire. I was married January 1st, 1824, and was baptized into the church April 1st, 1860.
Clerk. Have you paid your tithing punctually? If so, produce your receipts. [These are read, and handed back.] That is sufficient. You are entitled to receive your endowments.
Sister White, will you state when and where you were born, and when you became a member of the church?
Sister W. I was born September 18th, 1815, in the State of New York, and became a member of the church in 1852.
Clerk. Sister Mary Brown, please state when and where you were born, and when you became a member of the church.
Sister Mary. I was born June 20th, 1849, in Great Salt Lake City, and was baptized into the church in 1860.
[The Clerk propounds the same questions to all the candidates, and enters their answers in the record.]
Clerk. You will now proceed to the washing-room, the brethren on the right, and the sisters on the left.
Apostle Peter. You will remove your shoes, that the dust of earth may not pollute the holy ground on which you are about to tread.
[The candidates are then washed in tepid water, and each member blessed with a blessing peculiar to each. They are then pronounced clean from the blood of this generation, and a new name is given to each by the Apostle Peter. They then return to the waiting-room, where the brethren are anointed with oil, the sisters receiving their anointing in their own washing-room.