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“I am writing to you brethren as a group, for you are the only living members of the original committee of thirteen, appointed in 1941 to frame a uniform Baptismal Covenant, Vow, and Certificate. Elder Branson was chairman and I was secretary, Elder McElhaney, (J. F.) Wright, Ruhling, and (A. B.) Russell are all deceased. ... The task of this committee was to formulate a uniform Baptismal Covenant, and Vow, based on the 1931 ‘Fundamental Beliefs’ statement in the Yearbook and Manual. It was also to point up a bit more sharply the First, Second, and Third Persons of the Godhead.” (Letter of L. E. Froom to R. A. Anderson, J. L. Shuler, D. E. Rebok, A. W. Peterson, W. G. Turner, J. E. Weaver, November 22, 1966)