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913. The Laying on of Hands

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 15, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 7.

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913. The Laying on of Hands.

WHAT is meant by the laying on of hands? Does it mean the same as confirmation does in the Episcopal Church? or does it mean the same as it did in the apostles' days, the imparting of the Holy Ghost?
The only true confirmation, or establishment in Christ, is by the Spirit of God. See Rom. 1:11; 1 Cor. 1:6-8. The only laying on of hands that ought to be practised by Christians is that which existed in the primitive church.