Excerpts of what my uncle Bing (centre in this 2009 picture, as Founder Chairman of SABA SOCAL), the eldest son of Rev. Timothy Huang, remembers:
Yes, it's quite interesting & brings back many memories.It's such a long long time ago.
I remember Bishop Edwing F. Lee. He lauded father in the pulpit saying that Garret Biblical Institute of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. proclaimed father topped his class & that any time they have some one of father's intellectual caliber to send them to Northwestern.Bishop Hobart Amstutz was the one who sponsored/supported my trip to America in 1948.
Emailed January 24, 2010
Concerning Rev. Timothy Huang's almost losing his faith in his struggle with Liberalism after attending Garrett Bible Institute:
Actually you heard right re your GrandPa that he almost lost his faith, Joseph.
From what I was able to gather, there was just much too much Theology & in fact it reflected & showed up in his sermons when he returned to the pulpit in Penang. I thought he lost his congregation. Good thing he righted himself before long. He reverted back to what Jesus did. He went back to telling stories/parables. He kept his sermons simple, easy to understand.sprinkled with a sense of humour & not long-winded but effective. When he felt he was not up to the high standard he had set for himself, he'd ask his associate pastor to preach in his place. I've seen him do this more than once & I knew something was wrong.
I turned 82, 11 days ago. During these years, I've heard many preachers both in Malaysia, Singapore & U.S. In my humble opinion, your GrandPa ranks high among the best & most effective preachers in the world. He was very well respected by all, from the uneducated lowly Pig-Farmer to medical doctors, teachers, millionaires etc for his honesty, integrity, intelligence, his Christian faith, his scholarly sermons. To be able to touch & affect the lives of a whole range of people, from the lowest to the highest in society, is a talent God has given him. We have every reason to be justifiably proud of him. I've never heard him ask the congregation for money & yet he built the biggest church in Penang @ that time.
During the war, your GrandMa'd ask him for money to buy food & he'd tell her he had given his salary to the very very poor during his visitation. This would upset Your GrandMa very very much because there were 9 mounths to feed besides them. But she was another remarkable person. She was a good wonderful mother to all 9 of us living on a preacher's salary which oftentimes had to be shared with the poorest of the poor in the church.But God did not forsake us. Somehow He provides. We are all college Graduates.
Emailed January 25, 2010
Thank you, Twa Peh! If anyone has old photos, writings, or memories to contribute to this blog, please email me.
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