The Last of the British Saints

The Last of the British Saints

When did the last emigration company leave the British Isles?

a.      1902

b.      1868

c.       1889

d.      1892

Yesterday’s answers:

1.      True

Any person in this Church who has been baptized and confirmed and is in good standing may go into the temple to be baptized for the dead. And so these young men and young women, those holding the Aaronic Priesthood and members of the Primary Association, have the privilege of assisting in the saving of the children of our Father in heaven.

Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 165.

2.      A   The Jews

Salvation for the dead was understood in the days of the primitive Christian Church, and to some extent baptisms for the dead continued to be performed until A.D. 379, when the Council of Carthage forbade any longer the administration of this ordinance and “holy communion” for the dead. Paul uses baptism for the dead as an argument against the Corinthian Saints, who, even in that day, were falling away from the true gospel. These saints understood the doctrine of baptism for the dead, yet they doubted the general resurrection.

   In the Catholic Encyclopedia, under the subject of “Baptism,” is a statement that baptism for the dead was practiced by some “heretical sects,” also that the Jews practiced this ordinance, which, of course, must have been after the resurrection of our Lord. It is intimated also in this article that some early fathers believed that this ordinance was practiced in the early church. Of course, we have the evidence of this in the words of Paul.

Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 163.

3.      True

The disciples in that day did have the keys for this work. These keys were given to Peter, James, and John on the mount when they received this power from Elias and Moses, the latter conferring the keys of the gathering of Israel. Christ told these three men, who I believe received their endowments on the mount, that they were not to mention this vision and what had taken place until after he was resurrected. Therefore, the exercise of this authority had to wait until Christ had prepared the way.

Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 165.

Additional interesting information:

Now under these conditions, when there is no house of the Lord and the work is urgent, the Lord makes it possible that not only baptism for the dead but also the ordinances that pertain to the house of the Lord may be performed in the wilderness, on a mountain top, or in a lake or a stream of water. I am convinced in my own mind that when the Savior took the three disciples up on the mount, which is spoken of as the “Mount of Transfiguration,” he there gave unto them the ordinances that pertain to the house of the Lord and that they were endowed. That was the only place they could go. That place became holy and sacred for the rites of salvation which were performed on that occasion.

Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 170.

4.      B.   Ensign Peak

The first endowments in Utah were given on Ensign Peak.

Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 165.

5.      C.   St. George

The first endowments for the dead in this dispensation were performed in the St. George Temple. Endowments for the living were performed in Nauvoo. Even as far back as the days of the Kirtland Temple a partial endowment was given for the living.

Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 171.