Articles and Covenants, circa April 1830, as Recorded in Gilbert, Notebook [D&C 20]
Source Note
“Articles and Covenants,” [, Seneca Co., NY, ca. Apr. 1830, though parts may have been received as early as ca. summer 1829]. Version copied [ca. June 1831] in Gilbert, Notebook, [1]–[11]; handwriting of ; Revelations Collection, CHL. For more complete source information, see the source note for Revelation, 27 Feb. 1833 [D&C 89].
Whosoever being called of God & having authority of Jesus Christ shall go down into the water with them & shall say calling them by name, saying, having authority given me of Jesus Christ I thee in the name of the Father & of the Son and of the Holy Ghost— Amen.
and then shall he immerse them in the water & come forth again out of the water and it is expedient that the church meet together oft to partake of bread & wine in remembrance of the Lord Jesus, and the or shall minister it and after this manner shall he do, he shall kneel with the Church & call on the Father in mighty prayer saying O, God the Eternal Father we ask thee in the name of thy Son Jesus Christ to bless & sanctify this bread to the Souls of all those who partake of it that they may eat in remembrance of the body of their Lord, & witness unto thee oh God the Eternal Father that they are willing to take upon them the name of thy Son [p. [9]]