一九七二年（民國六十一年）十月八日是臺中教會靈恩會的最後一天。早上聚會時，要接受洗禮的人和他們的家人另外聚會，傳道者是要講一些有關洗禮的道理給他們聽。讓他們知道，主耶穌愛我們，要救我們而為我們死了，也為我們流血，洗禮時，藉著主的寶血，要洗去我們的罪，使我們成為神的兒子，成為真教會的信徒。因此洗禮是很重要的聖禮。
October 8, 1972 was the last day of a spiritual convocation at Taichung Church. During the morning service, those who were to receive baptism attended a special service, along with their families, where the preacher explained the teachings related to baptism, so they could better understand it.We know from the Bible that the Lord Jesus loves us and died in order to save us. He shed his precious blood for us so that we could receive salvation. During baptism, our sins are washed away by the Lord’s precious blood, so that we can become the sons of God and the members of the true church. Therefore, baptism is a very important sacrament.
那天早上聚會後，要接受洗禮的人和他們家人，還有幫忙施洗工作或幫忙唱詩的人全都上了大汽車，一同到臺中郊外的河邊，舉行洗禮。
After the morning service that day, those going to the baptismal site got ready to leave. The baptismal candidates and their respective families, along with those assisting in the baptism and those assigned to sing hymns during the baptism got into a minibus. They travelled to a river in a suburb of Taichung to conduct the baptism.
洗禮要開始的時候，先默禱、唱詩、禱告，就在這次禱告中，有一位高雄教會來的林姊妹，就是葉婉恩小妹的表姊，她看到了很美妙的異象。婉恩的表姊禱告時，看見一位穿白衣服的天使從天上輕輕地飛下來，在半空中那天使停下來，站到一旁去，攤著手，這時，又有許多穿白衣的天使輕輕地下來，好像下樓梯似的。
When the baptism was about to commence, they prayed in silence, sang a hymn and prayed together. During the prayer, Sister Lin from Kaoshiung Church, the older cousin of our little sister Wan-En Ye, saw a wonderful vision. While she was praying, she saw an angel dressed in white, serenely fly down from the sky. The angel stopped in mid-air, and moved to one side before spreading out his hands. Then suddenly, many other angels dressed in white assembled beside the first angel, and it was as though they were descending from a staircase.
洗禮開始了，大家在河岸邊上唱詩，要接受洗禮的人按著次序，一個一個下到水裏，走到施洗的傳道者面前，然後跪在水裏，低頭默禱。傳道者就說：「奉主耶穌的聖名為你施洗」，受過洗的人從水裏上來，旁邊有人用毛巾為他擦掉臉上的水，他就走回岸上，換下一個下來受洗。
When the baptism started, people were singing hymns by the riverbank. Those receiving baptism lined up one by one to go down into the water. One of the baptismal candidates walked toward the presiding preacher, knelt down in the water, bowed his head and prayed in silence. Then the preacher said, “In the name of the Lord Jesus I baptize you for the remission of your sins!” Then he came up out of the water and those assisting with the baptism wiped away the water from his face with a towel. After he returned to the riverbank, the next in the line went down into the water to receive water baptism.
有一個可愛的嬰兒也受了洗，幫忙洗禮的人把她抱上來，是一個一個接上來的，這時蔡執事需要站在旁邊的婉恩表姊幫忙，她就放下讚美詩，踩到水裏去幫忙接那嬰兒。就在這時候，婉恩的表姊發現，河的對岸有很多天使。她看到那許多天使排隊排得很整齊，他們都穿著白衣，手中拿著白色的一卷書卷，大概是讚美詩。他們都微笑著，張開口唱詩。真美妙！
That day, there was also an adorable baby who was to be baptized. Those assisting with the baptism carried her up to the riverbank and then passed her carefully from one person to another. At that time, Deacon Tsai required the help of Sister Lin who was standing beside him, so she put down her hymn book and stepped into the water to take the baby into her arms. At that moment, Sister Lin noticed that there were many angels on the riverbank on the opposite side. She saw many angels lined up neatly and dressed in white, carrying a white scroll in their hands, which seemed like a hymn book of some kind. They were all smiling and singing while the baptism was taking place. What a wonderful thing to behold!
婉恩的表姊趕快把手中的嬰兒接過來，抱給他的母親，一直愣望著這邊唱詩的弟兄姊妹，等到她回頭看對岸，結果甚麼都沒有，看不到剛才那些排隊唱詩的天使了。
Sister Lin quickly took the baby and passed him back to his mother while looking at the brothers and sisters singing on the riverbank where she was standing. When she turned her head to look at other side of the river, there was no one there anymore. She could no longer see the angels that had lined up and sang only moments before; the vision had ended.
（摘自宗教教育第47期15頁）
(Taken from Religious Education Publication, page 15 of Issue 47)
Here’s a question to consider:
Why do we need to be baptized? What is the use of baptism? Little children, have you been baptized? Before our baptism, we were sinners who were separated from the Lord and who did not know the Lord Jesus. Perhaps before we came to believe and be baptized, we would often worship idols, lie and do bad things. As such, we could not have entered into the heavenly kingdom in the future, but instead we would be cast into hell for eternal punishment.
