"And again, verily I say unto you, let my servant William [Law] be appointed, ordained, and anointed, as a counselor unto my servant Joseph [Smith] in the room of my servant Hyrum, that my servant Hyrum may take the office of Priesthood and Patriarch, which was appointed unto him by his father, by blessing and also by right.
"That from henceforth he shall hold the keys of the patriarchal blessing upon the heads of all my people;
"That whoever he blesses shall be blessed, and whoever he curses shall be cursed; that whatsoever he shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever he shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
"And from this time forth I appoint unto him that he may be a prophet, and a seer and a revelator unto my Church, as well as my servant Joseph.
"That he may act in concert also with my servant Joseph, and that he shall receive counsel from my servant Joseph, who shall show unto him the keys whereby he may ask and receive, and be crowned with the same blessing, and glory, and honor, and Priesthood, and gifts of the Priesthood, that once were put upon him that was my servant Oliver Cowdery;
"That my servant Hyrum may bear record of the things which I shall show unto him, that his name may be had in honorable remembrance from generation to generation, forever and ever."
Oliver Cowdery's Blessing Transferred to Hyrum Smith
Oliver Cowdery, as we have learned, stood with the Prophet Joseph Smith in holding the keys of the kingdom. He was associated with Joseph Smith in all his ordinations and in the bestowal of keys from the heavens from the beginning. It was Oliver Cowdery, not Sidney Rigdon or Frederick G. Williams, who knelt with the Prophet Joseph at the altar in the Kirtland Temple, April 3, 1836, when the Savior, Moses, Elias, Elijah, and perhaps other ancient prophets, came and conferred with them, bestowing keys, Priesthood and authority of former dispensations that all things might be complete and perfect in the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times. All these blessings Oliver Cowdery would have held throughout eternity, if he had remained faithful and true to his calling; but he fell away, and therefore the Lord bestowed these gifts, blessings, and powers of presidency, upon the head of Hyrum Smith, the faithful brother of the Prophet Joseph, of whom the Lord also said in this revelation: "And again, verily I say unto you, blessed is my servant Hyrum Smith, for I, the Lord, love him because of the integrity of his heart, and because he loveth that which is right before me."