I PETER 3:18-20.--Christ, after His death, went and preached to the
spirits of those who had been destroyed in the Flood; and--
I PETER 4:6.--What He preached was the gospel. As these spirits, as
well as all who are in the spirit world, cannot receive water baptism,
it will have to be performed vicariously on the earth for those who
repent. I COR. 15:29.--Paul refers to baptism for the dead.
DOC. & COV. 127:6-10; Sec. 128.--Joseph Smith explains the doctrine of
baptism for the dead.
Note:--Farrar, in his "Early Days of Christianity," Chaps. VII and
VIII, makes some interesting comments on these passages, upholding the
view taken by the Latter-day Saints on the subject of salvation for the
dead.
LUKE 23:42, 43.--The thief on the cross went with Jesus to
Paradise--the spirit world.
JOHN 20:17.--The thief did not go to the Father, or to heaven, for
Jesus declared to Mary three days later that He Himself had not been
there.
_THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER._
LUKE 22:7-20.--It was instituted by the Lord.
ACTS 20:7.--And practiced by His disciples.
I COR. 11:23-34.--It should be partaken of worthily, and in remembrance
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
DOC. & COV. 27:2-4.--The Saints are commanded not to use wine or strong
drinks in partaking of the sacrament.
DOC. & COV. 20:77-79.--Form of blessing on the bread and water.
_TITHING._
GEN. 14:18-20.--Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek.
LEV. 27:30.--It was a law unto Israel.
MAL. 3:7-12.--Blessings promised the tithe payer.
LUKE 11:42.--Jesus commends tithe paying.
DOC. & COV. 119.--The law of tithing as given to the Latter-day Saints.
{515} _THE SABBATH, OR LORD'S DAY._