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M. C. (P) No. 41/1/77 GREAT FACTS ABOUT STEWARDSHIP 1 Stewardship is the management of another's possession. a. "For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the moun- tains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof" IPs. 50:10-12) b. "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth" (Gen 1:26) THE MESSENGER 2. Possessions may be abstract or concrete, spiritual or material. Published bi-monthly as the official organ of the South. a. "As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same east Asia Union Mission of Seventh.day Adventists, 251 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, 13. one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God" (1 Pet. 4:10). Yearly Subscription Price $2.50 (U.S.) b. "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have Editor R. E. Finney dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, Correspondents: and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth" (Gen. News Notes Maggie Tan 1:28). S. A. U. College Maggie Tan Sabah Mission C. S. Gaban Sarawak Mission Sim Chor Kiat Thailand Mission Abel Pangan 3. Angels have their stewardship responsibilities W. Malaysia-Singapore Jonathan Ng a. "To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his Circulation Manager Hermani Ng commandments to do them. The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Bless the Lord, M. C. (P) 616/76 ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his command- SOUTHEAST ASIA UNION MISSION ments, hearkening unto the voice of his word" (Ps. 103: 18-20) OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS DIRECTORY b. "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" (Neb. 1:14). W. L. Wilcox President Daniel Tart Secretary R. C. Thompson Treasurer 4. Stewardship involves the totality of life expressed in four principal H. H. Kong Auditor areas. W. Y. Chen Assistant Treasurer R. L. Heisler Lay Activities & S.S. a. "Hear, 0 Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt R. M. Sellers Publishing love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, M. E. Thorman Educational Roger Heald, M.D. Health and with all thy might" (Deut. 6:4, 5). B. U. Donato M.V. and P.R. b. (11 Body temple — 1 Cor. 6:19, 20. (2) Talents — Matt. 25:14, 15. (3) Time — Ps. 90:10. SABAH MISSION Acting President M. Gaban (4) Treasure — Prov. 3:9. Secretary C. S. Gaban Treasurer & Auditor Peter Wong P. 0. Box 7, Tamparuli, Sabah, East Malaysia 5. No area of Christian stewardship may be lawfully withheld from the service of the Master. SARAWAK MISSION a. "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all President Bruce Johnston thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind" (Matt. Sec-Treasurer & Auditor Johnny Rueh P. 0. Box 41, Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia 22:37). b. "The development of all our powers is the first duty we owe to THAILAND MISSION . God and to our fellow men." COL. 329 (INCLUDING LAOS) President Sunti Sorajjakool Secretary Sunti Sorajjakool 6. This principle is exampled by the Triune God. Treasurer & Auditor H. I. Lukman "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us P, 0. Box 11/234, Bangkok, Thailand a. all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Rom. 8:32). WEST-MALAYSIA — SINGAPORE MISSION b. "It is your Creator who has poured out to you all heaven in President T. K. Chong Sec-Treasurer & Auditor C. B. Lim one wondrous gift, -- His only begotten Son...." CS, 46. 166-A Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur 06-26 Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia 7. All men are stewards, saints or sinners, saved or unsaved. All receive God's blessing. a. "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ: that every one may receive the things done in his body, ac- COVER PICTURE: D. M. Barnett, Stewardship Secretary, cording to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad" (2 Far Eastern Division, speaks at the Workers' meeting, Port Cor. 5:10). Dickson. b. "That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and Printed by Southeast Asia Publishing House sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust" (Matt. 5:45). January-Febuary, 1977 THE MESSENGER 3 Part time teachers include: Dr. Dorothy Comm Dr. Esmeraldo de Leon. An eighth full time man will soon be joining the staff. The following degrees are cur- rently being offered: M. Div. M. A. in religion M. A. in theology and health combined. Death Of A Pioneer Missionary. Students attending the S. D. A. Theological Seminary Extension School at Southeast Asia Union College. The three faculty members who conducted the school are on the top row, at the right: Pastor Wesley Amundson, Dr. Wong Yew Chong, Pastor J. H. Zachary. W. W. R. Lake died November 24, 1976. News of his passing reached Singapore only recently. He Seminary Extension School was born July 28, 1884 and at the age of 92 his mind was still clear and his faith in the Advent Message From November 15 to December of the extension school program. was strong. 17, the S. D. A. Theological Semin- After earning 16 hours of credit in Pastor Lake operated treatment ary (Far East) conducted its sixth extension schools a mission could rooms in India and was successful extension school. have a worker complete his require- in winning favor among the people Twenty students enrolled in the ments for an advanced degree by and the ruling class. Later he and two classes that were offered: attending the Seminary in Manila his wife left India and he enrolled in Christology, taught by Pastor Wes- for one semester. Emmanuel Missionary College--now ley Amundson and Christian Ethics, The need that our ministry re- Andrews University--in the course taught by Pastor J. H. Zachary. ceive this kind of advanced training in theology. After graduation he The students came from Thai- is pressing. Pastors serving in large was ordained to the ministry and land, West Malaysia, Singapore, cities where we have a growing came to Singapore in 1926 where Sarawak, and Sabah. number of professional people in he pastored the Singapore English As the year ended, the Seminary the congregation must have higher Church. had served over 500 students in six education. All of the colleges and In 1932 Pastor Lake was trans- extension schools. academies throughout the Division. ferred to the mission headquarters The five previous extension must move toward having their in Kuala Lumpur. In 1937 he was schools were held in Japan, Korea, Bible teachers upgraded. again transferred; this time to Sara- Taiwan, the Central Philippine Union The staff of the Seminary in- wak. When that country surrendered Mission, and the South Philippine cludes the following full time in- to the Japanese during World War Union Mission. structors. Those with an • are on II he was interned at Kuching in the "The burden of the Seminary," study leave. , same camp as Pastor Gus Young- according to Dr. Norman Gulley, Dr. Norman Gulley, Dean berg. Dean of the Seminary, "is to assist Pastor Walter Comm After the liberation of Southeast in the improvement of our pastoral • Pastor Gil Fernandez Asia, Pastor Lake joined his wife in evangelism ministry throughout the • Pastor John Jones India and from there went to the Division." • Pastor Herminio Reyes United States to retire. The long-range program for the • Pastor Bjorner Storfeldt He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Seminary includes the continuation Pastor James Zachary Marjorie Lake, of Paradise, California. 4 THE MESSENGER January-Febuary, 1977 our Seventh-day Adventist young people in the Ministry and in Educa- tion. Since these programs are reli- SABAH gious in nature and seek to prepare workers for the Seventh-day Ad- Sabah - Sarawak who have had three years, five years, ventist church, students entering the Literature Evangelists' and ten years of service. The Litera- Seminary Programs are exempted ture Evangelists related some of from the donation to the Ministry of Institute their thrilling experiences of how Education fund. The Seminary offers the Lord has blessed and guided courses leading to the Bachelor of In a quiet and peaceful valley at them. Before the institute ended all Theology degree which can be com- the foot of Southeast Asia's highest the colporteurs set their goals for pleted in four years at SAUC. In the mountain, Mount Kinabalu, and the coming year. field of Education, the present cur- constantly refreshed by the clean riculum can be finished in three cool air, the second Sabah-Sarawak Death Of Literature years by a full-time student. combined Literature Evangelists' Evangelist Institute was opened on Tuesday Word has recently come that a Sovereign Singers evening, November 2, 1976, at 7:30, faithful literature evangelist, Madam in the "Youth Hostel" at Sabah Visit Indonesia Dinah Binte Ein, was killed instantly National Park.