Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-10


himself In the waters Of Utah"
All who know anything about the
hapuzinr done In Utah understand
that the 'rebap.lzlng' spoken of was
simply ns renewal Of covenants.
and not because they had departed
from the fslih." etc
Those who are interested In the uues.
tiun can md clear case 90 "rahapiiz-
Ing" recorded IN the book Of Mormon.
From III Nuphi. 7 chapter. We learn
that Ncphi. mlnistoriug In the name OF
Jesus Christ. cast out devils aud un-
clean spirits. raised his brother from
the dead. preached repentance nni re-
mission " sins ana baptized and or
dniucd men unto the ministry. All who
rcpcutcd were baptized. and this We
must remember was during the time
when Christ was engaged In introduce
Ing the Gospel among the Jews.
The Book VI Mormon tells Of the
great destruction on this continent at
the time ~ tho crucinxion and informs
NJ that u was the more righteous ncn-
PIE who were saved. tii Nephi in.i2l
The Son ~ Man said % ghn jews
"oihcr sheep have ami thny ahnli hear
my vnicsi" so in fnlnimont NJ ihn. pre-
dlcton lie came to the Nephtes. soon
after His resurrection. and "Ncrhl
went down 10 the water. ard was hnr-
izcd." then he baptized an those
whom Jesus hnd chosen" Here we
have righteous man who had been
preaching repentance AMI remission ~
ginr. being hapiized3 a careful reading
of III Ncphi viii show that they must
have been "rohaplaIng. but here is
something on the subject from the
True t.atsr-dny Saints Herald and nt
that time Joseph Smith. ~ the fcur-
rauizcd church. WIS editor with NJ. W.
Furscutt as his assistant.
quote from ~ i0'.ios Or the Herald
"nTnAPTisM."
- reply ,u Il; SmithH Question"
- had Intended ~ answer V. Smiths
article on rchariinm nt lDnHthshui sick.
ness In our family has forced delay tlll
an abiHr p0n than m.ur undertook the
task end rendered my efforts unncccH-
natT. ny Ereniful thanks e. our
worthy brother y. Z.
u viii nnswrr = direct question pros
pounded hy ~. Smith, however
he says. nfs' now sirtcr. have you
known an hidrr IN the l,corEanizcd
Church 90 r,hlpuse anyone
~ cord. ala he say 4 bap;izo you or !
r"bnniise your
= aurwrr. have known a rocdly
uuirhrr 90 persons rnhputiEcd BY Elders
In she itfnrgnrizrd church. -rohnptlzcd
10 on intrntH nhd purposes. because
their former hupiiHm wnn ioEal and
.rno. aud they had never been expelled
from the church.
SECONDLY. I ala hear on Elder say u
fcbnptifr you and I have tho oral tes-
tImony OF three. N was lu FnE River.
Illinois aud she Elder officiating wac
our beloved ard hlnorot President
Joseph snith. time. August isc1
"PERi.A WILD"
The above quotation rh- ~ what ihe
nourrnni7cfH have been doing and she
following from She TimrH and SeafnnH,
Vol . D. ,Gs. shows she pro rtlcf of the
church In the days NJ the Prophet JOS
cph Smith.
= ouote from the minutes ~ confer.
cnco held nt Nauvoo. April Z. isis.
Pros. Joseph Smith raid-'l iaptlamn
FOR the dead. and for the healing ~ the
body muat be- In the font, thpf" coming
into tho church and those rchnptiSed
may b. done In the river. 4 box should
be prepared for she use Of the font.
that tho clerk may be- paid. ana a book
procured by the monies 10 be- put there.
IN. Wy those baptized. tn. remainder o.
En % ihe ufe ~ the Temple. Sing a
hymn. ordinations ipiake place tumorruw
mornlnE. bapllnmn In the font also"
Again from the same minutes ~ April
Sth. John TAYLOR preached sermon
while the ordinations and baptiHmn
were going on"
This quotation shows that under jos
| ephH direction haptlnmH. with various
objects In View. We're being performed
and thar besides the rchlptl.lnE. ihry
were haptlsma Tor the dead and FOR the
healing ~ the body" In the font ~ the
Nnuvoo Temple. which font had been
dedicated Nov. \. 1871.
There can be- no objection raised 60
| these minutes. Tor M that time Joseph
Smith WINS editor NJ the Times ana Sea-
nlna and had tho conference clerk r..
ported him Incorrectly. h. would have
made the correction. The minutes are
correct. ..