JosephSmithSr. So shall it be with my father: he shall be
called a prince over his posterity, holding
the keys of the patriarchal priesthood over the kingdom of God on earth, even the Church
of the Latter Day Saints, and he shall sit in the general assembly of patriarchs, even in
council with the Ancient of Days when he shall sit and all the patriarchs with him and shall
enjoy his right and authority under the direction of the Ancient of Days.
He united the kingdom again after it had been alternately ruled by chief of the Houses of Fergus and Lorn. (Lord settled in Lord, Ferghus in Kintyre, Angus in Islay. All three received the blessing of St. Patrick before they left their native shores of Ireland for Caledonia in 466.)