Baptism is the one way revealed in scripture by which we may come under the atoning power of the blood of Christ. It is the ordinance chosen by God as the means through this phase of the atonement becomes effective upon us individually. Therefore it is specially designated as being for the remission of sins. . . . (Samuel O. Bennion, “Baptism For the Remission of Sins,” Spring 1938, in Fundamental Principles of the Gospel, 47)