To begin with I desire to say that the ordinance of washing and anointing is one that should
only be administered in Temples or other holy places
which are dedicated for the purpose of giving endow-
ments to the Saints. That ordinance ought not to be
administered to any one, whether she has received or
has not received her endowments, in any other place
or under any other circumstances.
But I imagine from your question
that you refer to a practice that has grown up among
the sisters of washing and anointing sisters who are
approaching their confinement. If so, this is not,
strictly speaking, an ordinance, unless it be done
under the direction of the priesthood and in con-
nection with the ordinance of laying on of hands
for the restoration of the sick.
There is no impropriety in sisters
washing and anointing their sisters in this way, under
the circumstances you describe; but it should be
the Temple for the ordinances?"
To begin with I desire to say that the
ordinance of washing and anointing is one that should
only be administered in Temples or other holy places
which are dedicated for the purpose of giving endowments to the Saints. That ordinance ought not to be
administered to any one, whether she has received or
has not received her endowments, in any other place
or under any other circumstances.
But I imagine from your question
that you refer to a practice that has grown up among
the sisters of washing and anointing sisters who are
approaching their confinement. If so, this is not,
strictly speaking, an ordinance, unless it be done
under the direction of the priesthood and in connection with the ordinance of laying on of hands
for the restoration of the sick.
There is no impropriety in sisters
washing and anointing their sisters in this way, under
the circumstances you describe; but it should be