| Show BAPTISM eor FOR THE zee DEAD dean AN enquirer asks beks the cwm etc can an you tou yo give va ine an V t the he r reference 8 fr a n ce in I 1 a I 1 Corrinth lano lanm 29 to being baptized sed for the den dew to which the answer is girt that scholars differ some cupps that it refers to the heathen oge themselves ves vea in baptism on account accent the triumphant deaths which tl tu had seen of unabelle v e rs ti 9 phrase then would read re a d awn W eh ab all they do which we are baptized c cause of the abad others that it is a reference to a ausla which certainly existed at a teb reg early age in the church of baa the living livin tiu tin in lieu of the dead how much light 1 P Is this re reply ply just about as much 0 Is usually shed by modern modera adlyne diab upon any subject of theological th dip dit cub cus cumon sion blon they cm can tell what echola fl thinks and give the drift of opinions but have nothing to offal ow which will satisfy the niland mind esger esrey after knowledge how sow much bei bet be tera la ig the tub who rno d the above question since ho he has reply he la Is treated a sophistical rendering or the at to further puzzle puzzie him ns as to its ue na meaning and give him a chance he desires like many artho orthodox dox rea eachers cherb chera to wiggle out of the plain id d simple conclusion to which that rupture leads but which is contra 7 to the tho teachings of all the sects secta there is one valuable admission in ae e response that la is the ament men 9 of the fact that in the early church a customs custom hinly existed of baptizing the livi g for the dead this is qualified fled ough lough by an after expression to the that pauls paulb reference dies not involve ly y commendation of this custom this thib usage of the church crat grat at a ry ary early euly ages age which is here do de a custom 23 is of too uch importance to be be dismissed ith buch bach a title the apostles of esus us christ were not commissioned go to all the tho world and establish oms but to preach the gospel paize believers in the way appoint I 1 and shown forth foith in the pattern it t by the savior himself and to each all things whatsoever he had them jebus jesus did not esome to teach any doc doe doctrine trine trind of is ia own owl but only vet vei forth those which he bad received the father he did not me to dally daily with customs id d the comforter which came to e disciples in his stead was to eide kide ide them into gail gaii all truth troth the he ordinances of the I 1 ight by christ and his apostles re ine none ot of therm them mere more customs t essential observances established the church under divine com an dment they were not to be elected or changed or they were not to be left to the lon ion on or opinions of men but bat were en for fixed purposes and to bo be ministered according to specified ructions baptism for the dead alluded to the apostle paul as aa a support to i argument in favor of the xion of the body wab was waa an ordinance zine fine he early christian church the ruffian stfan stian union admits as much w la in it not likely imely that the doo doe ie e and ordinances of the gospel as baled by jesus christ were more i to be correctly taugh taught tand and to 0 then than at a subsequent time ar r errors errora had crept in and the pie had umed turned away their earb ears a the truth and were turned 0 o fables and had 69 heaped unto im selves teachers having itching 31 a C f baptism for the dead was cort t then it la Is correct now but 0 in the whole christian world ws anything about it today to day 3 popular preachers of all the la s repudiate the doctrine and ve e to get away from the text ted fed ed above by just such sophisms sophi sms aha a christian union suggests Bugg esta ests as of some scholars but church of jesus jebus christ of lat day saints Is ia in possession of nite nita and practical information corning ruing it not through their lai lal or any great wisdom of it own but by the revelations of I 1 in the present age fulfillment fulfilment of the oy of hi of old oid eiljah eluah the prophet prodan red ared to joeph Joep jo eph smith hSmith the tho prot dnn dan in the bho kirtland temple tempie bear ghe the akeya of the turning of the ts s of the fathers to the tho children the hearts of the children to the ere which wh include the bap i for the dead the great pro of the nineteenth century thus thua aed ed the true nature ol of the doc doe and yand ua its place and oot of administration the bene 0 o be derived by the departed depart bd i the ministrations of their liv relatives rolat ivea in the church of ef et at and many things of eternal lent ent in regard to the redempa of the dead which we have nol not a to mention is on this account that temples eing gre gie giewedik reared feared wedin hodin in these mountain y 1 in which the living jiving may for the dead in those aidin 3 which belong to the and ot 06 be observed in the spirit 1 I 1 and wre axa yet essential parts he be plan of salvation tha the er Is not let iet t to conjecture nor agent upon learned or un ed opinion it la is definite and 21 EU the rock of eternal ages 1 and cota cora orla oria of the saints in the holy a prepared as saviors upon it 1 I 1 within the vali vail ech ct the living with the dead the fathers who without uv ug at t be made perfect may gain befits of tho the be bb judg cording arding to men in the tha flesh and ordin to god in the spirit koo keo no of the most moat glorious dool doo brines trines ever revealed to jsn man and opens up tip the plan of human redemption with buch such a flood of joy joyful oui ful effulgence RB As to fill the heart with thanksgiving and everlasting praise |
