As the restoration of the fullness of the gospel continue to unfold in the early 1840s,

one revealed doctrine thrilled the Latter-day Saints beyond imagination.

Yes, there were some references to this doctrine in the Holy Bible, but no Christian

denomination at that time understood it and none practiced it.

When the prophet Joseph first made public this amazing truth on Saturday, August 15, 1840,

many of the saints present were so excited, they immediately ran to the Mississippi River to begin

the practice. And what is this doctrine? Baptism for the dead. Today we'll talk about this glorious

truth in detail. Welcome to Meridian Magazine's Come Follow Me podcast.

We are Scott and Maureen Proctor, and we're so happy to be with you again this week.

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See it at latterday saintmag.com forward slash 2026. That's latterday saint mag.com forward slash 2026. In order to understand the

coming forth of this most wonderful doctrine of salvation for the dead, we first have to go back in time

about 17 years to the late fall of 1823. As you well remember, some six weeks after

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