45a Voices of the Restoration: Baptism for Our Ancestors

Voices of the Restoration: Baptism for Our Ancestors

Voices of the Restoration: Baptism for Our Ancestors



Phebe and Wilford Woodruff

Phebe shared the good news with her husband who was serving in England. They both were overjoyed.

“The moment I heard of it my soul leaped with joy. … I went forward and was baptised for all my dead relatives I could think of. … I felt to say hallelujah when the revelation came forth revealing to us baptism for the dead. I felt that we had a right to rejoice in the blessings of Heaven.”

Do we so freely do the work for our ancestors? It is a glorious doctrine.

Vilate Kimball

Vilate also shared the news with her husband Heber who was serving a mission.

I want to be baptised for my Mother. I calculated to wait until you come home, but the last time Joseph spoke upon the subject, he advised every one to be up and a doing, and liberate their friends from bondage as quick as possible. So I think I shall go forward this week, as there is a number of the neighbors going forward. Some have already been baptised a number of times over. … Thus you see there is a chance for all. Is not this a glorious doctrine?”

There is a sense of urgency, at least on the other side of the veil. Do we feel it hear and honor it?

Phebe Chase

Phebe let her mother know that “we can be baptised for our dead and become saviors on Mount Zion.”

She wanted to be baptized for as many family members as she could be.

Sally wrote to family and friends. She was so happy her husband could be baptized for their son who'd died.

She eagerly wanted to be baptized for her family and friends as far back as possible.

Do we serve with the same devotion and enlist the help of others?

 

 

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