Doctrine and Covenants 68: 25

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 68

25 And again, inasmuch as ^aparents have children in Zion, or in any of her ^bstakes which are organized, that ^cteach them not to understand the ^ddoctrine of repentance, faith in Christ the Son of the living God, and of baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, when ^eeight years old, the ^fsin be upon the heads of the parents.

Footnotes

25a	TG Family, Patriarchal. TG Marriage, Fatherhood. TG Marriage, Motherhood.
b	TG Stakes.
c	1 Sam. 3: 13. 13 For I have told him that I will ^ajudge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his ^bsons made themselves vile, and he ^crestrained them not. Ps. 78: 4 (4-6). 4 We will not ^ahide them from their children, ^bshewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. TG Family, Children, Responsibilities toward.
d	Heb. 6: 2. 2 Of the ^adoctrine of ^bbaptisms, and of ^claying on of ^dhands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
e	D&C 18: 42. 42 For all men must repent and be baptized, and not only men, but women, and ^achildren who have arrived at the years of ^baccountability. D&C 20: 71. 71 No one can be received into the church of Christ unless he has arrived unto the years of ^aaccountability before God, and is capable of ^brepentance.
f	Ezek. 33: 4 (2-8). 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his ^ablood shall be upon his ^bown head. Jacob 1: 18. 18 For I, Jacob, and my brother Joseph had been ^aconsecrated priests and ^bteachers of this people, by the hand of Nephi. D&C 29: 48. 48 For it is given unto them even as I will, according to mine own ^apleasure, that great things may be required at the hand of their ^bfathers.