[12]. Mark 1:8.
[13]. President Lorenzo Snow, in describing the effect of the Spirit upon himself, after his baptism in water, says: "It was a complete baptism—a tangible immersion in the heavenly principle or element, the Holy Ghost."—Improvement Era, June, 1919, p. 654.
[14]. Acts 8:17.
[15]. Other synonyms were "consecration" and "consummation." Those baptized were understood to have consecrated their lives to God, and to have consummated or completed their preparation for communion with the Church of Christ. Only to such was the sacrament of the Lord's Supper administered.
[16]. 1 Cor. 15:35-44.
[17]. 1 Cor. 3:1,2; Heb. 5:13, 14.
[18]. Dan. 7; Rev. 13, 17.
[19]. Gen. 1:2.
[20]. Ib. 6:13.