Baptism.
=1.= State what you know of the earliest revelation from God regarding
baptism.
=2.= What is the special purpose of baptism? (Give proofs, 1, from the
Bible; 2, from the Book of Mormon; 3, from modern revelation.)
=3.= Who are fit subjects for Baptism?
=4.= Show that infant baptism is unscriptural (1, that it is
unsustained by the Bible; 2, that it is forbidden in the Book of
Mormon, and by modern revelation).
=5.= Give a brief account of the history of infant baptism.
=6.= Define:--"Pedobaptists;" "Anabaptists." (Give derivation of the
terms and their present meanings.)
=7.= Prove by scriptural evidence that baptism is essential to
salvation (1, from the Bible; 2, from the Book of Mormon; 3, from the
Doctrine and Covenants).
=8.= Why was Christ's baptism a necessity?
=9.= Give a summary of the reasons upon which the Latter-day Saints
base their belief that immersion is the only true mode of baptism.
=10.= Show what evidence is furnished by the derivation of the word
"baptize," and its early usage.
=11.= Show how the symbolism of the baptismal rite is best preserved
by immersion.
=12.= Give scriptural and other historical evidence that immersion is
the only form sanctioned by the Lord.
=13.= Give the revealed formula for baptism (1, among the Nephites; 2,
in the present dispensation).
=14.= Under what conditions may baptism be repeated on the same
person?
=15.= Give instances of "re-baptism" mentioned in scripture, and
allowed in the present dispensation, showing the special or
exceptional nature of such repetitions of the ordinance.
=16.= Show the impropriety of repeated baptisms of the same person.
=17.= Demonstrate the necessity of baptism for the dead.
=18.= What evidence have we that the gospel is preached to the dead?
=19.= Cite scriptural predictions of Christ's ministry amongst the
dead.
=20.= Prove that the vicarious work of the living for the dead in the
last dispensation was fore-told.
=21.= Show that the authority for this labor has been already given to
the Church.
=22.= Explain the two-fold nature of this vicarious labor for the
dead.
=23.= What is a temple?
=24.= Give a brief account of ancient temples accepted by the Lord.
=25.= Describe the work of temple-building already accomplished by the
Church in the present dispensation.