David O. McKay approves the policy that baptisms for the dead for Black people be performed by non-Blacks as proxies "if this can be accomplished without offense."
- Type
- Book
- Source
- Devery Anderson LDS
- Hearsay
- Scribed VerbatimReprint
- Reference
Devery S. Anderson, ed., The Development of LDS Temple Worship, 1846–2000: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2011), 341–342
- Scribe/Publisher
- Signature Books
- People
- ElRay L. Christiansen, David O. McKay, Devery Anderson, Hugh B. Brown, Howard W. Hunter, N. Eldon Tanner
- Audience
- Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
PDF- Transcription
Temples-Book of Decisions for [Temple) Presidents . . .
Presidents [Hugh B.] Brown and [N. Eldon] Tanner reported to me that they had gone through the manuscript of the proposed book of decisions as prepared by Elders Howard W Hunter, ElRay L. Christiansen
and Alvin R. Dyer, and had marked those items which they felt needed [a] decision by me. The matters were presented and I approved as follows:
(1) Endowment work need not be done for deceased children under eight years of age. . . .
[p. 342]
(6) It was suggested that the ordinance of baptism for members of the negro race be performed by others than negroes if this can be accomplished without offense.
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