Our Spiritual Mother Forever—Sister Huang Liu Minglie
The young people who lived in Hall 3 of the Church in Taipei City in the early 1970s were truly blessed. The negative impacts of the biggest turmoil on the island of Taiwan had completely passed, and the church life began to blossom with a scenario of growth and life. The elderly brothers and sisters, while saddened by the loss of a generation of young working saints, were extremely eager for the student generation to rise up and continue the commission. They cherished the young people like precious treasures, and how could the young people not be blessed? I thank God for His sovereign arrangement that allowed me to be a part of this and witness its glory.
Moreover, in order to cultivate an excellent next generation, Brother Huang Guisen and Sister Huang Liu Minglie, who were both alumni of National Taiwan University, were specifically sent to serve in Taipei Hall 3 and Hall 19, nurturing many gifted ones who went on to serve among the churches throughout Taiwan and even throughout the whole world. Their labor in the Lord during those years is worthy of remembrance for eternity.
Closely Following the Most Up-to-Date Leading of the Ministry
At that time, Brother Lee was ministering in California, USA. His messages which were released in English were not yet recorded on video, but were still in the audio cassette stage, which greatly limited in their dissemination. The saints in Taipei were generally slow to respond to this. However, Brother Huang and his wife actively led the young people to follow closely, practice diligently, and release the most timely messages at the college conferences, taking the lead in entering into it. During those years, the college students became the vitality and pioneers of the church life, functioning like a locomotive.
The Solid Practice of Spiritual Life
The brothers and sisters who lived in the student center of the Hall 3 (nearly a hundred at its peak) were required to fill out a spiritual practice form every week. They had to fill in details about their daily morning revival, evening prayer, weekly school meetings, Lord’s Day meetings, and gospel preaching, …etc. One of the most unforgettable things was that Brother Huang and his wife led the way in praying and reading the Lord’s word. During the weekday, after the daily group morning revival in each household, those who volunteered are welcomed to go to the living room on the fifth floor for another session, praying-reading the Lord’s word verse by verse for half an hour. Starting from Genesis 1:1, they prayed-read aloud until they were burning in spirit, rejoice exultingly. The more they prayed-read, the more people joined in, the longer the time went on, the louder their voices became, and the more they shared. The living room on the fifth floor was like a boiling furnace.
Perfecting Young People to Function Properly in the Church
Young people were encouraged to have the spirit of being “in charge” and actively receive the commission. Campus meetings were served and led by student saints themselves, who also took charge of preaching the gospel. The young people were trained and perfected to fulfill their functions. Automatically, the responsibility of feeding and caring for the younger ones fell on their shoulders. Some served college students, some served high school students, and others served children. In many practical services of the church, they also participated according to their burdens, being fully blended into the life and service of the whole church.
When the Church in Taipei City began to resume the gospel outreach at the New Park Music Stage, all the services in the first gospel meeting were entrusted to the young people. The young people sang hymns on stage, gave testimonies, translated into Taiwanese dialect, and even the gospel message was preached by a graduate student from National Taiwan University. It was evident that a new generation was being raised up by the Lord.
When the churches began to pursue the Life-study of Genesis, the ministry of the word on Lord’s Day in each meeting hall was unexpectedly entrusted to the young people. The young people would prepare diligently, and then decide before the meeting who would be responsible for the service according to their burden. At that time, I was also included among the learners. In order to practice diligently, sometimes I fasted and stayed awake at Saturday night. I truly received a great deal of perfecting, which remains vivid in my memory to this day. (“Dark are his eyes with wine, / And white are his teeth with milk.”- Genesis 49:12.)
They did not directly lead the various meetings and services, but they actively blended in, providing specific perfecting and leading before or after. They also held a weekly perfecting meeting for the service. What they did set the best example for “the perfecting of the saints” mentioned in Ephesians 4:12.
Providing Comprehensive, Meticulous, and Thoughtful Care as a Nursing Mother
In Volume 2 of the Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1973-1974, The Various Meetings in Los Angeles, the first chapter mentioned: ” When the church life in practicality reaches a peak, there should be some real mothers in every church; in Romans 16:13 Paul says, ‘Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother as well as mine’”.
Our Sister Huang is the best example and model of this. They not only cared about our spiritual life but also about all aspects of our lives. The student center provided high-quality meals, taking care of our physical needs. For senior students, they were even more concerned about the brothers’ and sisters’ marriages, considering them from a spiritual perspective and making introductions and matches.
Moreover, they mobilized the older sisters to take extra care of the student brothers and sisters’ daily lives. During the Spring Festival, they prepared love feasts for students from other places who remained at the student center, expressing their care and concern. There are countless examples of their love and care. It is just as Hymn 705 in the Supplement says: “O home full of love and care! God’s river of life we share; I’m strengthened every day, And guided all the way; Dear Church! How I love Thee, Home sweet home, I love Thee!”
Special Perfecting for Me, a Junior
What was especially important was their constant prayer and intercession for us, the younger ones. Like watchmen on the watchtower, they paid attention to our situation and continuously provided appropriate help. I still remember when I was a sophomore in college, I had a heart for the Lord and hoped to serve Him full-time for the rest of my life. However, the reality was cruel: I stuttered, had a bad temper, and found it difficult to get along with others. My service also did not have much effect. After praying for a while, I went to fellowship with Sister Huang and explained my situation to her. I hoped that they would take me in and give me special perfecting so that I would have the capacity to serve the Lord full-time for the rest of my life. If they agreed, I could immediately go to National Taiwan University to apply for a leave of absence and follow them to learn full-time like an apprentice. I considered myself to have nothing, and if I had anything, it was should only a simple heart that loved the Lord. Unexpectedly, after listening to me, Sister Huang said “Oh Lord, Oh Lord” for a long time before slowly responding, “Brother Samuel, not to mention that we dare not to agree, even Brother Witness Lee wouldn’t dare to agree.” My last remaining bit of heart was completely shattered. I truly was an uncarvable piece of rotten wood!
Although I was rotten wood, they did not give up on me at all. In addition to the general common leading, they would often give me tailor-made special tutoring, recommend spiritual books for me to read, and give me opportunities to practice serving in the church. Observing my diligent study of the Bible, they even bought me a Young’s Concordance as a gift. They perfected me by bringing me under the ministry and into the practical coordination of the church, rather than the so-called individualistic, heroic training. Decades later, I realized that this was the best kind of perfecting ever.
In the blink of an eye, three years passed, and they accepted the commission to go to the Philippines to spread the work. After that, we didn’t have much time together, but their pattern and service have been deeply engraved in me that can never be removed.
Time flies so fast. It has been almost fifty years since I service in a full-time way. Looking back now, it is truly all the God’s mercy. ” So then, it is not of the one who wills, nor of the one who runs, but of God, the One who shows mercy.” (Romans 9:16)
Our Spiritual Mother Forever
Many years ago, when I returned to Hall one of the church in Taipei, I heard the saints mention that Sister Huang prayed daily for the Lord’s recovery with many saints as well, and I was among those she mentioned by name every day. I felt deeply blessed and engraved with gratitude. Thank God for giving me such a nursing mother, our spiritual mother forever.
14th March 2024
Respectfully written by Samuel Liu at the Church of Ontario in California, USA
我们永远的属灵母亲—黄刘明烈师母
活在七零年代初，台北市召会三会所的青年人真是有福。当时台岛最大风波之影响已经完全过去，召会生活开始恢复欣欣向荣的光景。年长弟兄姊妹一面伤心召会失去青职一代，一面却极其盼望学生一代能尽快兴起，承接託付，因此捧在手心上如同至宝，在学青年人能不有福吗？感谢神主宰的安排，让我有分其中，躬逢其盛。
不仅如此，为了培养优秀的下一代，对于台大师大等青年人，工作方面特意打发同为台大学长的黄桂森、黄刘明烈夫妇，来台北三会所、十九会所服事，成全出许多人才，在台岛甚至全球各地召会服事。他们那些年在主里的劳苦，其价值到永世里都值得记念。
紧紧跟随职事最及时的带领
当时李弟兄在美国加州尽职事，信息尚无录影，仍在录音带阶段。且信息皆以英文释放，传播上相当受限制。台北大体圣徒对此反应较慢，然而，黄弟兄夫妇却积极带领年轻人紧紧跟随，认真操练。且在当时大专特会中，释放最及时的信息，率先进入。在那些年间，大专青年人成为召会的活力，召会的先锋，功用如同火车头一般。
扎实的操练属灵生活
入住三会所学生中心之弟兄姊妹（最多时近百位），每周都要认真填写属灵操练表。每天晨更、晚祷，每周学校聚会、主日聚会、传福音…等都需详实填写。最难忘的一件事就是，当时带领祷读主话，黄弟兄夫妇领头进入，于每天各户团体晨更之后，凡志愿者，皆可上五楼客厅，再加一场，逐章逐节祷读主话半小时。从创世记一章一节起，祷读到灵里发烧，喜乐欢腾，越祷读人越多，时间越长，越祷读声音越大，众人分享越多，五楼客厅宛如一沸腾的大火炉。
成全青年人在召会中合式尽功用
鼓励青年人有当家的灵，积极接受託付。校园聚会，由学生圣徒本身来服事带领聚会，传福音。操练并成全青年人来尽功用，喂养照顾年幼的，当然落在青年人的肩头上。有些服事大专学生，有些服事中学生，有些服事儿童。在召会的事务服事上，也照负担合式的参与，全面的调进召会生活和事奉中。
当台北市召会开始恢复新公园音乐台福音时，第一次福音聚会中所有的服事都交给青年人。台上唱诗歌的是青年人，作见证的是青年人，翻译台语的是青年人，连福音信息都由一位台大研究生来传讲。显而易见，新的一代开始被主兴起了。
当众召会开始追求创世记生命读经时，主日各会所的话语服事，竟然都交与青年人服事。青年人要认真预备，最后会前决定，照着负担由誰来尽职。当时弟也被列入学习者之中，为了认真操练，那时每周六晚，有时候禁食、禁睡的预备，实在得着不少成全，至今犹历历在目。（他的眼睛因酒红润；他的牙齿必因奶白亮—创四九12）
他们不直接带领各项聚会和服事，却积极调在其中，在事前或事后有具体的成全与带领，每周并有一次事奉的成全聚会，他们所作的，给以弗所书四章十二节的“成全圣徒”立下了最好典范。
作乳养的母亲提供全面细微周详之照顾
在李常受文集一九七三至一九七四年第二册，洛杉矶二次聚会记录，第一篇里题到：“当召会生活在实行上达到顶峰时，每个召会都该有一些真实的母亲；在罗马十六章十三节保罗说，问在主里蒙拣选的鲁孚和他母亲，也就是我的母亲安。
我们的黄师母就是最好的典型和榜样。他们不只关心我们的属灵生活，更关心生活的全面。学生中心提供高档伙食，顾到我辈肉身的需要。对于高年级者，更关心弟兄姊妹的婚姻，从灵里考量，介绍撮合。
不仅如此，还发动年长姊妹格外照顾学生弟兄姊妹的生活细节。春节期间，对于还留在学生中心的外地学子，预备爱筵，嘘寒问暖…等等，不胜枚举。真如补充本诗歌705首所说，“在这家中有爱，扶持供应无限，使我有力量，引领我前往。召会阿，我爱你，我爱你，你，甜美家！“
对晚辈我的特别成全
尤其要者是为晚辈不断祷告祈求，如同守望楼上之守望者，留意我们的情形，不断给与合式的帮助。犹记我大二时，因着对主有心，盼望将来一生全时间事奉主。然而，现实残酷：说话口吃结巴，性格不好，不易与人相处，服事也无甚果效。祷告了一段时日，去找黄师母交通，向她说明我当时情形，希望他们收留我，特别的成全我，将来有度量，能一生全时间服事主。如果答应的话，我可以立刻到台大办理休学，如学徒般跟着他们全时间学习。我自视一无所有，若有的话，也只有一颗爱主的心了。不料黄师母听完，哦主阿，哦主阿了好一阵子，才悠悠的说，“晨曦弟兄阿，不要说我们不敢答应，即使李常受弟兄也不敢答应。”我仅存的一颗心也都完全碎了。我真是不可雕的朽木！
虽然是朽木，他们一点没有放弃，除了一般性共同的带领，不时给我量身订作特别的成全，推荐属灵书报阅读，给机会在召会中操练服事。观察到我认真研读圣经，更所费不赀购买Young’s Concordance慨赠我。他们成全我，是把我带到职事之下，也是把我带进召会实际的配搭里，而不是所谓个人英雄式的成全。数十年后，我方了解，这才是最好的成全。
一晃三年过去，他们接受托付去菲律宾开展，之后相处时间不多，但他们的榜样和服事已经深深的铭刻在我里面，无法磨灭。
时间过得好快，已过全时间服事也快五十年了，如今再回头看看，实在完全是主的怜悯。“这不在乎那定意的，也不在乎那奔跑的，只在乎那发怜悯的神”（罗九16）。
我们永远的属灵母亲
多年前回台北一会所，听圣徒们题起，黄师母天天为主的恢复、为圣徒们代祷，其中天天题名的人就有我在其中，我深觉蒙福，铭感内衷。感谢神，给我何等一位乳养的母亲，我们永远的属灵母亲。
二零二四年三月十四日 主内晚刘晨曦敬笔于美国加州安大略召会
我們永遠的屬靈母親—黃劉明烈師母
活在七〇年代初，臺北市召會三會所的青年人真是有福。當時臺島最大風波之影響已經完全過去，召會生活開始恢復欣欣向榮的光景。年長弟兄姊妹一面傷心召會失去青職一代，一面卻極其盼望學生一代能儘快興起，承接託付，因此捧在手心上如同至寶，在學青年人能不有福嗎？感謝神主宰的安排，讓我有分其中，躬逢其盛。
不僅如此，為了培養優秀的下一代，對於臺大師大等之青年人，工作方面特意打發同為臺大學長的黃桂森、黃劉明烈夫婦，來臺北三會所、十九會所服事，成全出許多人才，在臺島甚至全球各地召會服事。他們那些年在主裏的勞苦，其價值到永世裏都值得記念。
緊緊跟隨職事最及時帶領
當時李弟兄在美國加州盡職事，信息尚無錄影，仍在錄音帶階段。且信息皆以英文釋放，傳播上相當受限制。臺北大體聖徒對此反應較慢，然而，黃弟兄夫婦卻積極帶領年輕人緊緊跟隨，認真操練。且在當時大專特會中，釋放最及時的信息，率先進入。在那些年間，大專青年人成為召會的活力，召會的先鋒，功用如同火車頭一般。
扎實的操練屬靈生活
入住三會所學生中心之弟兄姊妹（最多時近百位），每週都要認真填寫屬靈操練表。每天晨更、晚禱，每週學校聚會、主日聚會、傳福音…等都需詳實填寫。最難忘的一件事就是，當時帶領禱讀主話，黃弟兄夫婦領頭進入，於每天各戶團體晨更之後，凡志願者，皆可上五樓客廳，再加一場，逐章逐節禱讀主話半小時。從創世記一章一節起，禱讀到靈裏發燒，喜樂歡騰。越禱讀人越多，時間越長，越禱讀聲音越大，眾人分享越多，五樓客廳宛如一沸騰的大火爐。
成全青年人在召會中合式盡功用
鼓勵青年人有當家的靈，積極接受託付。校園聚會，由學生聖徒本身來服事帶領聚會，傳福音。操練並成全青年人來盡功用，餧養照顧年幼的，當然落在青年人的肩頭上。有些服事大專學生，有些服事中學生，有些服事兒童。在召會的事務服事上，也照負擔合式的參與，全面的調進召會生活和事奉中。
當臺北市召會開始恢復新公園音樂臺福音時，第一次福音聚會中所有的服事都交給青年人。臺上唱詩歌的是青年人，作見證的是青年人，繙譯臺語的是青年人，連福音信息都由一位臺大研究生來傳講。顯而易見，新的一代開始被主興起了。
當眾召會開始追求創世記生命讀經時，主日各會所的話語服事，竟然都交與青年人服事。青年人要認真豫備，最後會前決定，照着負擔由誰來盡職。當時弟也被列入學習者之中，為了認真操練，那時每週六晚，有時候禁食禁睡的豫備，實在得着不少成全，至今猶歷歷在目。（他的眼睛因酒紅潤；他的牙齒必因奶白亮—創四九12）
他們不直接帶領各項聚會和服事，卻積極調在其中，在事前或事後有具體的成全與帶領，每週並有一次事奉的成全聚會，他們所作的，給以弗所書四章十二節的“成全聖徒”立下了最好典範。
作乳養的母親提供全面細微周詳的照顧
在李常受文集一九七三至一九七四年第二册，洛杉磯二次聚會記錄，第一篇裏題到：“當召會生活在實行上達到頂峰時，每個召會都該有一些真實的母親；在羅馬十六章十三節保羅說，問在主裏蒙揀選的魯孚和他母親，也就是我的母親安。”
我們的黃師母就是最好的典型和榜樣。他們不只關心我們的屬靈生活，更關心生活的全面。學生中心提供高檔伙食，顧到我辈肉身需要。對於高年級者，更關心弟兄姊妹的婚姻，從靈裏考量，介紹撮合。
不僅如此，還發動年長姊妹格外照顧學生弟兄姊妹的生活細節。春節期間，對於還留在學生中心的外地學子，豫備愛筵，噓寒問暖…等等，不勝枚舉。真如補充本詩歌七〇五首所說，“在這家中有愛，扶持供應無限，使我有力量，引領我前往。召會阿，我愛你，我愛你，你，甜美家！”
對晚輩我的特別成全
尤其要者是為晚輩不斷禱告祈求，如同守望樓上之守望者，留意我們的情形，不斷給與合式的幫助。猶記我大二時，因着對主有心，盼望將來一生全時間事奉主，然而，現實殘酷：說話口吃結巴，性格不好，不易與人相處，服事也無甚果效。禱告了一段時日，去找黃師母交通，向她說明我當時情形，希望他們收留我，特別的成全我，將來有度量，能一生全時間服事主。如果答應的話，我可以立刻到臺大辦理休學，如學徒般跟着他們全時間學習。我自視一無所有，若有的話，也只有一顆愛主的心了。不料黃師母聽完，哦主阿，哦主阿了好一陣子，纔悠悠的說，“晨曦弟兄阿，不要說我們不敢答應，卽使李常受弟兄也不敢答應。”我僅存的一顆心也都完全碎了。我真是不可雕的朽木！
雖然是朽木，他們一點沒有放棄，除了一般性共同的帶領，不時給我量身訂作特別的成全，推薦屬靈書報閱讀，給機會在召會中操練服事。觀察到我認真研讀聖經，更所費不貲購買Young’s Concordance慨贈我。他們成全我，是把我帶到職事之下，也是把我帶進召會實際的配搭裏，而不是所謂個人英雄式的成全。數十年後，我方了解，這纔是最好的成全。
一晃三年過去，他們接受託付去菲律賓開展，之後相處時間不多，但他們的榜樣和服事已經深深的銘刻在我裏面，無法磨滅。
時間過得好快，已過全時間服事也快五十年了，如今再回頭看看，實在完全是主的憐憫。“這不在乎那定意的，也不在乎那奔跑的，只在乎那發憐憫的神”（羅九16）。
我們永遠的屬靈母親
多年前回臺北一會所，聽聖徒們題起，黃師母天天為主的恢復、為聖徒們代禱，其中天天題名的人就有我在其中，我深覺蒙福，銘感內衷。感謝神，給我何等一位乳養的母親，我們永遠的屬靈母親。
二〇二四年三月十四日 主内晚劉晨曦敬筆於美國加州安大畧召會
