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Which Way Was Used When You Were Ordained? P5 of Ch7 of Holy Priesthood Vol 1
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(Use full name) by the authority of the Holy Priesthood in us vested, we lay our hands upon your head and ordain you an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and bestow upon you all the rights, powers and authority pertaining to this office and calling in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and we do this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
Individual ordained to an office in the Church, only. This way was used from April 1921 to April 1957–36 years–with no Priesthood conferred.
(Use full name) by the authority of the Holy Priesthood in us vested, we lay our hands upon your head and confer on you the Priesthood of Melchizedek, and ordain you an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and bestow upon you all the rights, powers and authority pertaining to this office and calling in the Melchizedek Priesthood, and we do this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
Priesthood conferred and individual then ordained to office in the Church. The original way used again since April 1957.