CHAPTER VII.
THE PRIESTHOOD RESTORED.
When Joseph and Oliver were engaged in translating the Book of Mormon they came to a passage which told of baptism in water for the remission of sins.
This was not quite plain to them.

They knew, of course, something of the many kinds of baptism practiced by the various sects of the day, but if the religions on the earth at that time were not accepted of the Lord as Joseph had been told, none of the ministers would have a right to baptize; besides, the passage in the Book of Mormon said that baptism was for the remission of sins.

The preachers did not teach it this way, though they could read that it was taught in the same manner by the apostles in Christ's time.

(Acts 2:38.) This right or authority to do things in the name of the Lord is called Priesthood.

The apostles and prophets of old had it, but where were they to look for this power now?
So Joseph and Oliver on the 15th day of May, 1829, went into the woods to ask the Lord about it.