Nor is this all; but in baptism is symbolized the forgiveness of sins to the baptized. John preached "the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins."[A] Peter commanded the multitude on the day of Pentecost to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.[B] "Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins."[C] "Come unto me and be baptized in my name that ye may receive a remission of your sins."[D] "Thou shalt declare * * * remission of sins by baptism."[E] "Preach repentance and remission of sins by way of baptism in the name of Jesus Christ."[F] [Footnote A: Mark i:4. Luke iii:3.] [Footnote B: Acts ii:38.] [Footnote C: Acts xxii:16.] [Footnote D: III Nephi xxx:2.] [Footnote E: Doc. & Cov. Sec. xix:31.] [Footnote F: Doc. & Cov. Sec. iv:2.] "Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection."[A] [Footnote A: Rom. vi:4, 5. See also "The Gospel"--Third Edition, Ch. xvi.] Baptism then not only becomes a symbol of the Christ's death, burial and resurrection to newness of life; but also the death and burial to sin of the baptized; and his resurrection to a newness of moral and spiritual life. To him it is a birth to righteousness. Water baptism is completed by the baptism of the spirit, by which man is placed in union with God, through the reception of the Holy Ghost, foreshadowing that more complete union which shall come when man shall dwell in the very presence of God the Father, and God the Son after the resurrection.[A] [Footnote A: Doc. & Cov. Sec. xxvi.] And thus the symbols of the Atonement of Christ to the very uttermost are found in this Christian institution of baptism.