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Show #4 #5 Your l.tt.r tak.s .xception to the statem.nt in lett.r that thi. doctrine was creat.d tor you by the church whioh pr.... and I quote your stat.m.nt. "That I denr. tor the reason that the law and proc.dur. ot the ohurch, only the church oould cre und.r· CIOetrlne tor. the churcn.'r-rgc1te YOUlUoiii"'Tc)SectioR 1912 • which say •• "You .hall r.c.i •• ALL the worda ot Jos.ph S1II1th a. trpm God 'a 0 ... mouth." Thi. was the law and when a. It ••• hoWD. 1Jl Ohurch History •• olu.e 2, that the r ••• lation-wai readlBnd annoURc.ment made concerning bapti •• tor-the-aiad--th.r. was:no 0 .Ciron .aa. and action !!! carri.d out. It was thereby acknowl. • as tEiIr 1 ... !hi Doctrin. aad do.eR ot the R.organize uro J •• u. Ohrl.t ot Latter Day Saint., tor over on. hundr.d year. has carri.d th.se s.ction., and thi. place. a moral and l.gal obligation on them to be recognized as th.lr church 1a... In S.ction ll.l, w. tind the 8tate..nt that the R.organis.d Ohurch haa d.emed better to!!!!! it, S.ction 113, i!! Doctrin. Thi. and Oov.nanta. than to In•• nr.xoua ...·"?or not publishing It. chos. to 1.a•• it in the Doctrin. and PJilnly t.11. ua on so S.ctiolla 1 •• tliii ....nant.. • mad. thaE choic. al.o and r.t.rr.d to lb. Doctraaa-COY.nant8 ot nlso trom the Gen.ral Coat.r.llc. r•• olution ot thi ..... 1845. the r ••• lationa h.r.totor. gi.en to the !iition, -Wh.r.a8, •• tha1;i3.y l'W8icf"Y0'rcea.crtliIi jcc.pt R.organis.d Churoh Ol .sua Chri.t ot Latt.r Dar Sainta, through the word the the pr •••nt pre.iding ottic.r th.reot, s .din tiii"'"Book-o? Lord to hia church, EQUALLY with tho .. pub h.r.ittir-wITH b. that th.l noctrin. and Co••nant.J THAT Sook:w-(P .... d S.pt.mb.r 13. 1878). tii:S ••••••• low I ask you .ino.r.ll whioh book wa. this S.otl0. added to, the 1835 or the S.ooad Bd1tlo.,-:rou-iDow it was to the Book ot Dootrin. aad Oo•• nant. whioh oontaia.d S.otions 107, 109 and 110. Thb alone 1. oontil"llatloll and appro.i.l ot said •• otio.. , b.cau•• ot the r.solution a81., ".qmalll with tho •• PUBLISHED !! !!!! S.otIoD8 109, and 110 w.r. publiih.d Doctrine and Oov.nant.". In the DoOtrrn. and eo.enants. " create that the ohurch oan I di.agr•• with lour .tat .... t. are the belie.er. ot doctrlll.". Only God oan giv. true doctrIIl.. W. Hl. dootrill., Dot the oreator. ot tt. ••• witb you, bapti •• You say 11l your l.tter and I qmot., -I agr •• oreated by S.ctions tor the dead 1. a tal •• dootrin., and it It wa. were talse and 110 or ••• Il 107, th.n and to that .xt.nt th.y 109 " I ask you kindli, was this doctrin••• er practlc.d •• It not then in the Latt.r Dar Saint Churoh b.tore th ••• r.velationa' .tnd ot the churcb l.t's tac. the .tt.ct ot tb••• r••• latloa. o. the L.t'. co.. out agaiDst ot that day aad •••n the pr •••nt r •• ults. hoa.st with God and JIUUl. th.. a. tala. and rev:latioll untru., b.ing Book ot Mormon, ancl lour .tat .... t cono.rning the the fulln •• a I quot., "w.w.re told that the Book ot Moraon containa can .ho .. that ot the gospel (in S.ctions 26 aad 42), and until I baptb. for the d.ad i •••ell ••ntioned in t'hiBooi O'rMormon, o !!!! our that suoh a h.resy i. or .v.r was a part ot the beli.t. •• ot t1 .. or inold.ntal and tm..t.rial What do •• the urob 'fouohine: OD I dhnl •••••• lap matters have were to not assert to do with the qu.stIon' brought , it even but at s __ •••••• truth daterr- I know not and !!, why these qu.stion. w. have !h! I believe the Book of Mormon w1 ., whole soul and w. should that dieagr •• on it a8 commanded. I, too, reject all Not only baptism tor the dead, but Glories", "probation with this book. after atter death", "prison house for correction death", end all other ao called r.vealments that are contrary to the Book of Mormon, whioh The Book ot Mormon and the Bibl. contains the fulln ••• of the goepel. We should agree and we should build thereon, tor "truth is truth.1I repent as a people and return to God and Hie word. teaoh1n§. rely My humble pr87er is that 1n honesty we will each 8eek and de.ir. Faoing our responsibIlity the will ot God, standing tor truth to God and man, not trylng our aoe. but s.eking the souls ot mankind. onl. Sincer.ly in the 10.. ot Chrlst |
