Baptism
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Prophet Brigham Young
(1801 – 1877):
“If the sinner will
repent of his sins, and go down into the waters of
baptism, and there be buried in the likeness of being put into the
earth and buried, and again be delivered from the water, in the
likeness of being born—if in the sincerity of his heart he will do
this, his sins shall be washed away. Will the water of itself wash them
away? No; but keeping the commandments of God will cleanse away the
stain of sin.”
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Prophet Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses,
v. 2, p. 4
Apostle Orson Pratt
(1811 - 1881):
“Baptism is just as
essential to salvation, as Faith and Repentance.
Without being immersed in water no man can enter into the fulness of
Celestial glory: for baptism is instututed for the remission of sins;
and if a person does not take the necessary steps to obtain pardon of
sins, of course, he cannot be saved in the kingdom of God.”
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Apostle Orson Pratt, The Seer, p. 255
“But who in this
generation have authority to baptize? None but those
who have received authority in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day
Saints: all other churches are entirely destitute of all authority from
God; and any person who receives Baptism or the Lord’s supper from
their hands will highly offend God, for he looks upon them as the most
corrupt of all people. Both Catholics and Protestants are nothing less
than the “whore of Babylon” whom the Lord denounces by the mouth of
John the Revelator as having corrupted all the earth by their
fornications and wickedness. And any person who shall be so wicked as
to receive a holy ordinance of the gospel from the ministers of any of
these apostate churches will be sent down to hell with them, unless
they repent of the unholy and impious act.”
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Apostle Orson Pratt, The Seer, p. 255
