Were They Baptized?

Tuesday ten young females assembled at the water to receive the ordinance of baptism.LASW 25.2

One dear child we deeply sympathized with. She decided that she must be baptized. She came with her young companions to the water, but her difficulty returned. She could not look upon the water or see any of her young friends baptized. All had been baptized but her, and she could not be prevailed upon to go into the water. We felt that Satan was opposed to the good work and wished to hinder it, and that she must go forward.LASW 25.3

I put the robe upon her and urged her to go into the water. She hesitated. My husband on one side and myself upon the other and her father entreating her, we tried to encourage her along, yet her dread of water caused her to shrink. We persuaded her to move to the edge of the water and have her hands and head wet. She complied. Her head and hands were wet, and then she moved forward while the administrator several times repeated these words, “In the name of the Lord, move forward.” Calmly she went into the water and was buried in the likeness of Christ’s death. Calmly she came up out of the water. We all rejoiced that we had not consented to let the child go. The next morning she came to the house where we tarried. She expressed her joy that we had not left her to her fears. We rejoiced with her that she had obtained so precious a victory.LASW 25.4

The next day five young men expressed their desire to be baptized. It was an interesting sight to see these young men, all about the same age and size, as they stood side by side professing their faith in Christ. ^{14MS 4, 1863.}LASW 26.1