sentences:  On May 31, 1873, in a meeting presided over by Brigham Young, apostle John Taylor ordained Coltrin to be a church patriarch, a position he held for fourteen years until his death in Spanish Fork at the age of 82.In that ecclesiastical capacity, he traveled widely and pronounced more that one thousand patriarchal blessings upon the heads of Latter-day Saints.When in early October 1883 John Taylor again organized the School of the Prophets (upon the occasion of its 50th anniversary), Taylor knelt within Salt Lake City's Endowment House on October 12 and washed Coltrin's feet.