in Zion, or in any other of her stakes which are organized, that teach them not to understand the doctrine of repentance, faith in Christ, the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when eight years old, the sin be upon the heads of the parents; for this shall be a law unto the inhabitants of Zion, or in any of her stakes which are organized; and their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins, when eight years old.

Sec. civ. 11 Go ye into all the world, and preach my Gospel unto every creature who has not received it, and he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not, and is not baptized, shall be damned.

Sec. ii. 5 As many as would believe and be baptized in his holy name, and endure in faith to the end, should be saved.

Sec. lxv. 2 The Lord commands His servants in these days, as He did Peter of old, to preach repentance and baptism.-xliii. 6 All men, women, and children who have arrived at the years of accountability must repent and be baptized iv. 10 Belief and baptism necessary for the remission of sins, and the reception of the Holy Ghost; 12 Those who do not believe, and are not baptized, shall be damned and not enter into the kingdom of God. This commandment is in force upon all the world.-ii. 21 Baptism is to be administered unto all those who repent.-xcii. 5 They who received the testimony of Jesus, believed on his name, and were baptized, &c.

MODE OF BAPTISM.

Bible.

Col. ii. 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Rom. vi. 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: John iii. 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Matt. iii. 6; Mark i. 5, 9 Were all baptized of him in the river Jordan.-Matt. iii. 16; Mark i. 10 Jesus, when he was baptized, went out of the water.-John iii. 23 John was baptizing in Ænon, near Salim, because there was much water there.-Acts viii. 38, 39 Philip went with the eunuch down into the water to baptize him, and came up out of the water. -xxii. 16 Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins.-1 Cor. x. 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea.-Eph. v. 25, 26 Christ gave himself for the Church, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water.-Tit. iii. 5 He saved us by the washing of regeneration.

Book of Mormon.

Mosiah ix. 8 And after Alma had said these words, both Alma and Helam were buried in the water; and they arose and came forth out of the water rejoicing, being filled with the Spirit. And again, Alma took another, and went forth a second time into the water, and baptized him according to the first, only he did not bury himself again in the water. And after this manner he did baptize every one that went forth to the place of Mormon; and there were in number about two hundred and four souls.-[See eontext.]

Nephi v. 8 And he said unto them, on this wise shall ye baptize; and there shall be no disputations among you. Verily I say unto you, That whoso repenteth of his sins through your words, and desireth to be baptized in my name, on this wise shall ye baptize them: behold, ye shall go down and stand in the water, and in my name shall ye baptize them. And now behold, these are the words which ye shall say, calling them by name, saying, Having authority given me of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And then shall ye immerse them in the water, and come forth again out of the water.

Mosiah xi. 11 Alma did go forth into the water, and did baptize them after the manner he did his brethren in the waters of Mormon.-Nephi ix. 2 Nephi went down into the water to be baptized, and, with his associates, to baptize them.

Doctrine and Covenants.

Sec. ii. 21 Baptism is to be administered in the following

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manner unto all those who repent:-The person who is called of God, and has authority from Jesus Christ to baptize, shall go down into the water with the person who has presented him or herself for baptism, and shall say, calling him or her by name-Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then shall he immerse him or her in the water and come forth again out of the water.

Sec. xcii. 5 And again, we bear record, for we saw and heard, and this is the testimony of the Gospel of Christ, concerning them who come forth in the resurrection of the just: they are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he has given, that by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins.

Sec. cvi. 12 The ordinance of baptism by water, to be immersed therein in order to answer to the likeness of the dead, that one principle might accord with the other. To be immersed in the water and come forth out of the water is in the likeness of the resurrection of the dead in coming forth out of their graves; hence this ordinance was instituted to form a relationship with the ordinance of baptism for the dead, being in likeness of the dead.

13 Consequently the baptismal font was instituted as a simile of the grave, and was commanded to be in a place underneath where the living are wont to assemble, to shew forth the living and the dead; and that all things may have their likeness, and that they may accord one with another; that which is earthly conforming to that which is heavenly, as Paul hath declared, 1 Cor. xv. 46, 47, and 48.

Sec. lix. 3 Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins.

Journal of Discourses.

Vol. ii. p. 230 Baptism by immersion is the third principle in the Gospel of salvation.-Jedediah M. Grant.—[See context.]

Page 222 There is not a man nor woman in this Church, who believe it, but what have been baptized for the remis sion of their sins, and that too by immersion, being buried with Christ by baptism.-Heber C. Kimball.

Pearl of Great Price.

Page 2 And it came to pass when the Lord had spoken with Adam, our Father, that Adam cried unto the Lord, and he was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the water, and was brought forth out of the water: And thus he was baptized.-Prophecy of Enoch. [See Voice of Warning, Chap. iii. Key to Theology, Chap. xi. O. Spencer's Letters to Mr. Crowel, Number iv. Part ii, Series of Pamphlets entitled "Kingdom of God." Chap. iii, Series of Pamphlets on the First Principles of the Gospel. Seer, Vol. ii, Number 4, by O. Pratt. Only Way to be Saved, by L. Snow. Discourse by B. Young, Jour. of Dis., p. 233.]

BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD.

Bible.

Mal. iv. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the Prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

1 Cor. xv. 29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

Boctrine and Covenants.

Sec. ciii. 10 And build a house to my name, for the Most High to dwell therein; for there is not a place found on earth that He may come and restore again that which was lost unto you, or which He hath taken away, even the fulness of the Priesthood; for a baptismal font there is not upon the earth, that they, my Saints, may be baptized for those who are dead; for this ordinance belongeth to my house.

11 For verily I say unto you, that after you have had sufficient time to build a house to me, wherein the ordinance of baptizing for the dead belongeth, and for which the same was instituted from before the foundation of the world, your baptisms for your dead cannot be acceptable unto me, for therein are the keys of the holy Priesthood, ordained that you may receive honour and glory. [See context and par 12.

Sec. cv. 5 And again, I give unto you a word in relation to the baptism for your dead. Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you concerning your dead: When any of you are baptized for your dead, let there be a recorder, and let him be eye witness of your baptisms; let him hear with his ears, that he may testify of a truth, saith the Lord; that in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven; whatsoever you bind on earth, may be bound in heaven; whatsoever you loose on earth, may be loosed in heaven; for I am about to restore many things to the earth, pertaining to the Priesthood, saith the Lord of hosts.

6 And again, let all the records be had in order, that they may be put in the archives of my Holy Temple, to be held in remembrance from generation to generation, saith the Lord of Hosts.

Sec. cvi. 8 Now the nature of this ordinance consists in the power of the Priesthood, by the revelation of Jesus Christ, wherein it is granted, that whatsoever you bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever you loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Or, in other words, taking a different view of the translation, whatsoever you record on earth, shall be recorded in heaven; and whatsoever you do not record on earth, shall not be recorded in heaven; for out of the books shall your dead be judged, according to their own works, whether they themselves have attended to the ordinances in their own propria persona, or by the means of their own agents, according to the ordinance which God has prepared for their salvation from before the foundation of the world, according to the records which they have kept concerning their dead.

9 It may seem to some to be a very bold doctrine that we talk of a power which records or binds on earth, and binds in heaven. Nevertheless, in all ages of the world, whenever the Lord has given a dispensation of the Priesthood to any man by actual revelation, or any set of men, this power has always been given. Hence, whatsoever those men did in authority, in the name of the Lord, and did it truly and faithfully, and kept a proper and faithful record of the same, it became a law on earth and in heaven, and could not be annulled, according to the decrees of the great Jehovah. This is a faithful saying! Who can hear it? [See instructions on this subject in the History of Joseph Smith, under the following dates. - December 13, 1841; April 15, 1842; September 6, 1842.]