~~ourREADERSSAY August, 1967 VOL. XXXII NO. S Million Circulati on fUlld r(lisillg tlJllOlIg le·wish people for Circulation: 1.030,000 Copies "It has finally happened! The the buildillg of (I lem/)Ie which we Publidled monthly at PJ.~adcna. Californ;l; \X':ltford, Enl(l3nd; lnd North Svdney, Australia. PLAIN TRUTH has reached a million htlve rereired - thollgh ll'e h{Ule by Amb~'i~.ldor ColleJ:"e. Germ.1n and French edltion$ publi~h{'d monthly It \X'ltford. En.';bnd. copies circulation. I remember the nrst talked alld writtell of the pOIJibihty © 1967 Amb~ssador Collt·ge. All Tl~hIS re­ installments of the 'Autobiography' for ye(l),s.' served. EDITOR which covered }'our early life, business HERBERT W. AHM STRONG career, and later conversion. When One Other Pa inr EXECUTIVE ED ITOR The PLAIN T RUTH first began to be " In your series on evolution, one Garner Ted Armstrong published it \vas a Sl11ltll mImeo­ poin t has been omitted, nor have I MANAGING EDITOR H erman L Hoeh graphed pamphlet of only a few pages. ever heard evolutionists speak of it. SENIOR EDITOR Feature the growth! Now a full-color The mating calls and signs of all ani­ Roderick C. Meredith 52-page international magazine, rank­ mals and insects differ. ~.'( lIst have been AJJociate EditrJr! Albert J. Portune D;tvid Jon Hill ing twelfth among world magazines. I CJuitc a mix-up for several million years COlltribufiNg Edilor! imagine, sir, that your feelings at the while they discovered which was call~ Robert C. Bor:tker C. Paul j\feredith realization of what God has begun ing to which and if it took lhat long \X'illi:llll F. Dankenbring L. Leroy Neff through you are often hard to de­ for :l lightning bug [firefly) to charge C h:trl e.~ V. Dorothy Rich:trd H . SedliJcik scribe. From the small start in 1934 J;tck R. Elliott Lynn E. Torrance his hattery I reckon he never made i~oberl E. Gentel Eugene M. Walter hy YOli :tnd your wi fe - this Work it. " Ernest L Martin Basil \\7ol\'erlon John L. P., has grown into three colleges, several Gerhard O. Marx Clint C. Zimmerman Yellville.:, Arkansas printing establishments, the largest ra­ James \Y.!. Robinson, COp) Edilor d io broadcast on earth - and now even Cancel P.IUI K roll./lrl Edi/or larger accomplishments of publishing " It is with a felling of sadness I NeIl'S Bflr~(/fl write.: this letter to ask you to remove Gene H. Hogberg, Direc/oJ' the Gospel looms ahead." Dexter H . Faulkner DOn:lld D. Sch roeder Ruby D., my name from your mailing list for The Eloise E. Hentlrickson Velma J. Upton Radnt:)' A . [{epr Charles P. Vorhe<; Portland, Oregon P LAIN TRUTH magazine. If you want to know why, read on: Phologral,her! Larry Altergott How:trd A. 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rebuild the temple." "Fortunately I know enough about .'l:C01'o0 HMS POSTAGE paid at PasldcnJ. CIII­ Cornia. Miss Lena E. S., the Theory of Evolution to be able to Entt'rl'd .IS ~£CONI) Cl ... SS MJtter at Manila Post Ollice on March 16. 1967. Morton, lllinois spot destorted way that YOll present the nF. SURE TO NOTIFY US JMMEDlATlilY of Jny ch~np-e in your address. Plelse include both old • TbiJ is the first direrl /lelli S of local (Coil/in lied 011 page J I) and new :1ddress. IMPORTANT! August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH In This Issue:

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HAT IF there were no GOD? hurry - but it does upset and unbal­ Personal From the Editor J was startled when sud­ ance one's bodily metabolism, and re­ W denly that question flas hed quire some adjustment. But we live in Race Riots - Here 's the into my mind. a fast-moving, speedy age - the SPACE­ Real Cause! ...... 3 This column is personal. In it I want AGE! And my very urgent responsibili­ to be free to talk with our readers in a ties require that I move at a fast dip! The Autobiography of more intimate, personal way. I think it's Now back to my question: tr iP' hat if Herbert W. Armstrong 5 good for people to be able, once in a there were no God?" whi Ie, to be more personal - intimate I was unable to sleep longer, so I and frank, without embarrassment. dressed and came in to my study to get A Duckbilled Platywhat? 6 Let me tell YOll what led to that open­ some work done. But first, I knelt at ing question: "What if - just tuhat if my prayer-bench, and began THANKING Why You Have Those there were NO GOD?" God (as I also did last night) for financial Troubles 9 It is now, as I write, ten minutes to delivering me safely back at Head­ four in the morning. Rather early to be quarters, and for a new grandson, the Short Questions up and writing a PLAIN TRUTH talk news of which came by long distance from Our Readers . . . . • . . . 13 with our readers! Yet 110t "early" for telephone on arrival home; and for me. You see, I just arrived back in many, many other things . But just then Radio log ...... 14 Pasadena from England last evening I was reminded of Jesus' "Lord's about six. Only, for me, it was not Prayer," in which He told us after 6 p.m., but 2 a.m.! For I had left which manner to pray. H is "sample Why Don't You Grow Up? 17 London the same morning at 10:45 prayer," as a brief example to us of a.m. the 1n(lJmer in which to pray begins The Bible Story ...... 33 There was no space on the nonstop with "Our Father which art in heaven, "polar" flight, so I had to fly to New HALLOWED 8E THY NAME '" First of all Prophecy Come s Alive York, and with an hour-and-a-half Jesus taught us, we should EXALT GOD! in Today's World News . ... 48 stopover, take another flight on to Los Nearly always I do begin a prayer Angeles. My stopwatch said I had spent with exaltation of God, which brings to 12 hours 3SY2 minutes in the air, not my mind HOW GREAT - HOW WON­ counting the 90 minutes clearing cus­ DERFUL - is the ALL-M ighty One to toms and changing planes in New York. whom I am speaking! So immediately It is eight hours later in London than I broke off the thanksgiving and the in Pasadena. So, by the time I arrived gratitude temporarily, to praise and home in Pasadena it was 2 a.m. by the exalt and extol the Supreme CREATOR time to which I had been adjusted. GOD! Yet I just naturally continued Even though it is now summer vaca­ my giving thanks - now thanking God tion, and co ll ege is out until September, for Himself - and realizing how grate­ quite a group of students, working for fill I am that God IS - that there IS the summer on campus, were waiting the Great GOD - that He is the living to greet me. It was only 6 p.m. for God! them! But I was very travel-weary. I And immediately, as if God H imself Delroil Fr .... Pr~u got to bed about 7 :30. But that was put the th ought in mind, came the OUR COVER 3 :30 a.m., for me! question, "WHAT IF THERE WERE NO Detroit rests at laS{ in a n uneasy So, you see, here I am in my study, GOD '" What if the highest power that peace after its "six-day war" - the at home in Pasadena, at my typewriter, exists were just :MORTAL MAN? most dlaotic and costly riot in U. S. hislory. Forty-one dead - tWO thou­ before 4 a.m., Pasadena time. But it is Irrunediately it flashed to mind HOW sand injured-1600 fjres-4000 ar· already NOON in London - according HELPLESS man really is, of and by him­ rested - half·billion-dollar damage! A !though Detroit suffered mOst, to the time to which I had become self! And of course, that status is pre­ more than 100 siSler cities were adjusted. This jet-flight gets one a cisely that which the greatest minds ravaged with riots. Read about the real cause of .riots beginning on third of the way around the earth in a (ContinI/eel on page 47) page three. Wid, World PhotO$ TROUBLE IN DETROIT - Below, Negro, lamp in hand, sprints across Detroit street as thousands of Negroes rioted. Above, left, men arrested in Detroit rioting (notice some are white) are moved into Jackson, Michigan State Prison. Above, police protect firemen battling blazes set off by rioters.

-- RACE RIOTS Here's the REAL Cause! With every outbreak of violence comes the clamor from offi­ cialdom to " find the CAUSE" of riots. Special investigative boards are appointed. Hundreds are interviewed, reams of words are written. But still the riots continue - with belea­ guered mayors and governors saying, " I don't know what could have CAUSED such a terrible mess!" It's time you saw the REAL cause of race riots - time you faced the stern truth, regard- less of your race or color.

by Garner Ted Armstrong

o MERELY repeat the bloody for so long it comes almost as "second - and were NOT, in a true sense of chronicle of riot here would be nature" to erupt into brutal, bestial, the word. "riots" - but mere CRIME T wasteful and superfluous. For blind, unreasoning violence! in the wake of chaos. Race, by itself, weeks, you've heard of almost nothing As has repeatedly been demonstrated, is the CAUSTIC AGENT, the cohesiveness else. the MAJORITY of Negroes DO NOT for the riots - but it is NOT THE Over 80 U. S. cities have been WANT RIOTS. CAUSE! The cause goes far deeper. stricken with riotous incidents by hate­ Certain ly the majority of whites do crazed, inflamed Negroes within the not. The Traditional, False Causes past weeks. In a "holiday," almost And the attempt of some of the After each conflagration, wearied carnival-like atmosphere of stealing, "black power"' hate mongers to dub ollicials talk of "ghettos," and pi ll aging, looting and burning, roving these acts of wanton murder and arson "poverty-stricken" areas. Millions have gangs of Negroes plunged into an orgy a "revolution" is as ludicrous and ridic­ asswned the concoction of poverty. of lawlessness unparalleled in national ulous a claim as a communist dupe "ghettos," and " long hot summers history. could hatch. are the perfect formula for riot. Everyone wants to know why. Still, Communists do advocate riots Not so. Obviously, there is no connection - and they ARE actively AGITATING Millions of A.merican immigrants of whatever between a sweating rioter for MORE riots in the United States. other races: Jews, Czechs, Poles, staggering home under the load of a Make no mistake! These riots are Ukranians, Germans, Italians, Norwe­ color TV set and some attempt to no light matter to pass over casually! gians and Swedes; Japanese, Chinese "demonstrate" against rea l Or imagined RACE WARS are coming - and the and Mexican Americans have all lived deprivation of civil rights. scope of race wars looms WORLDWIDE! in "ghettos," oftentimes for genera· Still obviously, the wanton ravaging Race hatreds are kept at constant tions, before they finally became of liquor stores, furniture marts, super­ FEVER PITCH in many, many countries, absorbed into the nation as a whole. markets, and firebombi ng of businesses and are the biggest social and domes­ But those early ghettos, and the and homes has no connection whatever tic concerns in MANY nations today. present olles were not producing riots. to the civil rights movement. Look at the incredible bloodshed io the Another fanciful notion has been You need to realize one basic truth! Congo, in East Africa, in the war be­ that riots occur where no civil, state, And that truth is: regardlus of race tween the Pakistanis and Indians. or federal programs exist to dear up or color, the broad majority of the Around the 1Vorld, race hatreds seethe! some of the problems of poor housing, "riots" you have been witnessing and Race hatreds, alone, did not cause joblessness, lack of educational oppor­ reading of are pure VANDALISM, on a the gigantic riots in the United States. tunity and the like. massive scale! But. with all the othe,. causes - the Not so. They are outbursts of lawlessness­ riots are given impetus because of race Detroit, as a case in point, was doing anarchial defiance of all codes of hatreds. Remember, many WHITES took MORE along these lines than perhaps human decency - by ignorant, militant, part in the riots - were caught looting any other city. Multiple MJLLlONS of deceived, hate-filled Negroes who have and piUaging. Hundreds and hundreds dollars have been poured into slum been fed a diet of venom against whites of CR IM ES OF OPPORTUNITY took place areas in the forms of new housi ng, 4 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967 playgrounds, hospitals, schools and responding change is somehow wrought TWICE AS FAST as in the huge direct government-sponsored job op­ IN THEIR HEART; unless orderliness re· cities. portunities. places sloven liness, and unless garbage Here are a few shocking statistics in There is no possible basis In fact for is placed in the cans instead of the hall­ crime which you may not have realized. anyone to ding to the false notion that ways, and unless lawns are carefully Understand, we are not picking on any living in poverty grants one the freedom groomed instead of neglected, and un· city or area in particular. Crime has to RIOT! Leaders of government, and less property is cared for instead of become a NATIONAL way of life. leaders of the civil rights movement, ruined - then all the poverty programs - Serious crime was up 11 percent however, HAVE made statements which on earth will not remove the ugly in 1966. have been direct.ly interpreted in such blemi sh of crime, hatred, laz iness and - Five cnmes per minute were fashion. indifference that is such a growing committed in 1966. As one official said, in viewing a slum hallmark of our times. - M ajor crimes in Los Angeles out* area, "If I had to live under conditions Does this mean AL L Negro people? stripped population by TEN TIMES in like that, I'D RlOT TOO!" Of course not - just entirely TOO the last sixteen years. But poor living conditions do not MANY! Can you, whether colored or - In Washington, D. C, crime rose cause riots. white; whether Mexican American or 42 percent over the same month in They CAN stimulate a fierce deter­ Pole; whether German or Japanese, read 1965. mination to BETTER those conditions. this article WITHOUT PASSION? Can you - Seattle, Washington had a 146 They can give rise, as they have in the PUT DOWN prejudice in YOUR OWN percent ri se in murder, 496 percent hundreds of ghettos of the other races HEART, and receive this article as it is ri se in robberies, 610 percent increase mentioned, to a concerted effort to written - with the very love of Jesus in auto thefts, 1300 percent increase in CLEAN UP the ghetto, to become ED­ Christ, and the PITY and SADNESS HE burglaries. UCATED, and to LIVE a decent, law­ FEELS over such deplorable tragedies? What was the population increase at abiding, MORAL and RESPECTABLE life! Can you look, logically, unemotion­ the time? About .017 percent! All this Thousands of American families aUy, and objectively, at the true FACTS has happened since 1960. managed, somehow, to pursue such goals - and see the REAL CAUSES? If YOU - There are more m1lrders in Hous· - in the ghetto. Thousands sti ll do. are one who is mature enough to LOOK ton, Texas than in all of England . But the public notion that poverty AT THE TRUTH - REGARDLESS as to - Cities such as New York and and hot summers create riot is p ure race, then read on! Chicago OUTSTRIP most European coun­ fancy - warped reasoning - and not tries in their homicide totals. Chronicle of Crime fa ct ! - One out of thirty-s ix Americans Today, crime is increasing - sky* will have their cars stolen in four years. Must Have Change in Heart rocketing - all OUT of proportion to - Crime is costing the United States Space in several PLAIN TRUTH mag* the population rise. Some people who about THIRTY BILLION dollars a year. azines would be necessary to underline don't know any better claim this isn't That's one-fourth the total national the direct PROOF of those statements. so. They try to say, "Why, we have budget. Proof in the form of actual PICTURES better reporting today!" And in a shocking survey, some 91 and INTERVIEWS with families living in Let's not a waken them! percent of those interviewed ADMITTED what used to be shining, new govecn* Leading magazines, books, and that they had committed one or more ment·built housing in cleared slum periodical studies by the Federal Bureau offenses for which they would have areas. The hallways stink and reek with of Investigation PROVE crime is in FAR drawn a jail or prison sentence. garbage, offal, and all sorts of human EXCESS to the increase in population. What Has Gone Wrong? refuse. Stairwells, hallways, elevators are And the situation is worsening. darkened, narrow chambers of horror In 1962, magazine articles proved Crime has become a national curse. for many residents, where murder, rob· crime was rising FOUR TIMES the rate Not only Negroes, but MOST American bery and rape await. of population growth. Then, the crime citizens are guilty of one or more serious Walls are defaced and marred. Furni· increase rose to j.'lVE TIME S the popu­ crimes. ture is broken. Lawns become ugly, lation growth. But why? brown swatdles of dust and weeds. Today, crime is rising at SIX TIMES W hat has gone wrong with our Abandoned, ancient cars and trucks rust the growth of population! society? What is the real callse for crime in the parking lots. Windows are bro* Not only that, but law enforcement and racial violence? ken - plumbing fixtures jammed. officials report that three times the First - digest these FACTS, and, as It is becoming increasingly evident number of reported crimes are commit· you do - keep yourself FREE from to poverty officials that you can take the ted. racial prejudice! people out of the slums with money­ Some misinformed sociologists claim There are approximately 22 million but you can't take the slums out of the that poverty, lack of education and other Negroes in the United States - or 11 people ! You can change their immedi­ such factors emile crime. But crime in percent of the total population. But ate environment - but unless a cor· \ /ealthy, educated subll1'bia is growing (Colltill"ed all page 41) The Autobiography of Herbert W. Armstrong

INSTALLMENT 72 phone my aunt, now widowed. But she (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Autobiogra­ d id not cafe to see me. She had been UR OVERSEAS TOUR OF 1956 had phy has noc appeared since the very cordial to me during the advertis­ been a long and eventful one. August. 1965, number. In retent months demands from readers have ing days - whenever I was in Des O from Paris, we drove our car become more and mOre insistent that Moines . But her cordiality cooled no­ back to London - crossing the Chan­ the Autobiography be resumed. We hope, with this nnd installment. to ticeably after I had entered the minis­ nel, Calais to Dover by ferry. be able to continue it once again eaw mandl, until it is brought up to the try. Now, I was disappointed to learn, At the time, we had left George preselll.) it had chilled completely. I hung up Meeker in charge of the London office. the receiver, hurt, deeply disappointed. After checking in at the office in Lon­ I have never heard from, or about her, chased a new Mercedes - one of the don, within a few days we agatn sj nce. boarded the Queen Mary for the return smaller models - and drove it back to Thousa nds who will be reading these voyage to the United States. California. Garner Ted and his wife Shirley, anxious to get back to their words have lea rned this same thing by The 1956 Return Voyage ch il dren, flew home from New York. experience. When God reall y gets hold And Mrs. Armstrong and I drove our of onc's life - when that life be­ All four of the larger British and car - which we had taken with us comes changed by the indwelling of American trans-Atlantic ships conduct to Europe - across the country. That God's Holy Spirit - one's contacts, table-tennis tournaments during the left Mrs. Armstrong and me alone for friends, and especially relatives will crossing. On most voyages I have the drive from New York to Pasadena. chill decisively. A certain underlying noticed there ace no real expert table­ I had wanted to drive through the hostility will be sensed, if not openly tennis players on board. But on this city of my birth, Des Moines, Iowa, es­ displayed. Actually it is not the con­ particular crossing there were four or verted human they resent. It is the five who were fairly good - among pecially to see my uncle, Frank Arm­ strong, who had virtually steered my Living Jesus Christ - now living His them the fonDer Maureen Connolly, earlier life, beginning at age 18. life within the converted one, who is nicknamed "Little Mo," three times the real object of the hostility. How­ women's world champion lawn tennis Death of My Uncle ever, the ca rnal mind does not realize playec - usually ranked with Helen Those who have read the Autobiog­ or understand this phase of its own Wills as one of the best women's tennis working. players of all time. Maureen was rather raphy from the beginning will remem­ ber that, at age 18, I had put myself I felt intense sorrow and disappoint­ good at table tennis, although not of ment over my aunt's cold and blunt the topAight championship class she through a vocational-guid ance analysis, statement that she did not care to see had been at lawn tennis. and decided I belonged in the advertis­ ing profession. My Uncle Frank was the mc. She said , icily, she had never ap­ As I write, that was eleven years ago. leading advertising man of the state of proved of my "relig ion." I had always As I remember, my son Garner Ted Iowa, and naturally I went to him for been very deeply grateful to my uncle played her during the tournament, but counsel and guidance. After moving to for his advice and counsel. It had be­ neither he nor I remember now who Oregon, in 1924, I had seen very little come a long-standing feeling of affec­ won. Ted had been, nine or ten years of my uncle. Especially after my con­ tion. Some day, in a resurrection, her earlier, a rather good table tennis version and having been drawn into eyes will open. I think she will be player. the ministry, except on rare occasions quite astounded when they are opened Before sailing from Southampton, when I happened to be in Des Moines. to the TRUTH. Dick (Richard David, our elder son), I felt that, since he was now past 80, A Fabulous Property Offered had sold his Hillman-Minx car, re­ this might be my last opportunity to ceiving almost as much for it as he had see him. I may have recorded it in an earlier paid new two years before. I had stated. But, arriving in Des Moi nes, I tele­ installment, but while we were in Lon­ in Installment 66, June, 1964 number, phoned his office and learned that he don on this 1956 tour, before leaving that Dick sold his Hillman-Minx in had died while Mrs. Armstrong and I for the Middle East, I received a trans­ 1954, but a recheck proves that was an had been in the Middle East on this Atlantic telephone call from Mr. Mere­ errOr. same trip. So it already was too late. dith at Pasadena Headquarters. It was Arriving in New York, Dick pur- However, I fel t I should at least tele- (Continl/ed on page 19)

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HBIZARRE!" "Monstrous Misfit!" "UNBELIEVABLE '" " An im­ possible patchwork creature!" say evolutionists of the duckbill platy­ pus. If the little creature could talk, he would probably say the same thing about evolutionary theories! Such are the shocked expIicatives evolutionists use when trying to de­ scribe and explain one of the "strang­ est" creatures alive today - the duck­ bill platypus. Native to Australia, the platypus SEEMS to be a "patchwork" animal _ because evolution likes to see JOlne Jort of comparison or illlerrelatiowhip in all living things. In trying to relate the platypus to various other animals, evolutioni sts have not been able to stop short of at least four or five widely differing creatures - nowhere near each other in the purely fanciful "evo­ lutionary tree." The platypus, at first glance, looks Like some strange little duck-like bea­ ver-otter. It has webbed forefeet, like an otter, but with tough skin that extends beyond the toes for swimming, and retracts behind the toes for bur­ rowing! The male of the species has a pit, or sharp, hollow spur on its hind foot. Like a pit viper, it ca rries a fairly poisonous venom. But its tail is muscular, and flal, shaped like a beaver's tail - stil1 , even though looking like a beaver tail, it is covered with fur instead of SCALES! The appearance of the construction of the shoulder, or "shou lder girdle" is defi­ nitely rep tilitw. And then there·s the strange-looking '·biIL '· But while ducks have a fairly hard and bony bill, the bill of the platypus is of a softer texture, like pliable skin, and is filled with highly sensitive nerves. You see, when a platypus dives to the bottom of his wa­ tery habitat to feed, he closes his eyes, and finds his way about with the most effective guidance sys tem built into his "bill'· - gobbling up worms and other marine foods. Since the little animal "suckles" its

Clorke - A,mbossodor College Du ckbill platypus swims in special tanks built at th e Sir Colen McKenzie Sanctuary, Healesvill e, Australia. 8 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967 young, it is "classified" as a mammal. almost DOUBT the testimony of my own pair of pickled specimens sent in a But - astounding though it seems, it eyes" (The PlatyptlJ, Harry Burrell, cask of spirits by Governor James Hun­ lays eggs.' The eggs are "reptil ian" in pages 17, 19 - a few words slightly ter of New South Wales, Australia. nature, being much like turtle's eggs in changed to bring language up to date). "Dri ed skins had been received be­ appearance, and covered with a skin­ This creature was so strange, one fore, but these were the F IRST actual like texture, instead of a hard shell. scientist even dubbed it " paradox"s." specimens to be seen outside the Anti­ And the little platypus doesn't really Fortunately, naturalists didn't know podes. "suckle" its young, but actually secretes that the platypus laid eggs and suckled "They were turned over to Everard the milk from a mammary opening, its young at the time. Otherwise, sanity H ome, a distinguished anatomist, for which then drips from the hair of the among that class of scientists may have dissection. Dr. Home's report left the underbelly, and the young lap the been sharply curtailed. members of the Royal Society in a state milk from the hai r ! Another anatomist, from Edinburgh, of stunned increduli ty. He pronounced But in spite of the duck-like bill, Scotland had this to say about the th is egg-laying aquatic mammal OUT­ beaver-like tail, snake-like eggs and platypus: RAGEOUS BUT GENUINE!" (Marvels and venom fang, and with otter-like forefeet "It is well known that specimens of Mysteries of Ollr Animal UYodd, and young-suckling (but not really ') th is very extraordinary animal when Reader's Digest Publication, page 82.) characteristics of the mammals, the little first brought to Europe were considered Shock to Zoologists creature has only a single ventral open­ by many to be IMPOSITIONS. They ing for el imination, mating and birth ­ reached England by vessels which had Here's another admission of shock: just like REPTILES! But the trouble is, navigated the Indian seas, a circum­ "Since the aim of science is to find he is warm-blooded, wh id1 reptiles are stance arousing the suspicions of scien­ order in the appal'eul chaos of the natu­ not! Further, he stores food in cheek tists, aware of the monstrous impostures ral world, it came as a SHOCK to zoolo­ pouches, like some mammals, but UN­ which the artful Chinese then practiced gists 160 years ago to confront a small LIKE mammals, has no exterior ear, but on European adventurers. furry animal with a beaver-like tail and only an opening into his hearing appara­ '·These oriental taxidermists were a duck-like bill" (The WonderJ of Life tus, which is located inside! quite notorious for their skill in con­ Oil Earth, Editors of Life, page 174). No WONDER evolutionists get structing NONEXISTENT ANIMALS for No animal has given such a rise to "mixed-up" when they attempt to sale to credulous seamen, such as the so much controversy among scientists "properly place" the duckbilled platy­ so-called 'eastern mermaid: to be seen and evolutionists. pus in their evolutionary tree! occasionally in curiosity shops to this Another exclamation of shock ap­ In fact, early evolutionists chose the day, consisting of the forepart of a peared in a recent Australian publica­ easiest way out - they simply refused monkey skillfully stitched to the tail of tion: "Australia is a land ... of the oddest to believe the creature existed. Others a fis h" (Fllrred Al1imals of Amt,.alial said it was a strange HOAX. Ellis Troughton, page 4), animal misfits on the face of the earth . .. p latypuses, besides being almost A Chinese Joke Platypus Finally Accepted UNBELIEVABLE at first sight, are per­ Zoologists actually thought that some But it wasn't any Chinese joke! haps the most adaptable creatures that clever Chinese had SEWN TOGETHER And it wasn't a mistake. Here was a ever walked, SWalrt, or b1lrrowed.l parts of different animals. These creature - on the basis of "scientific" "They have absorbed EVERY MAD patched-up animals - thought zoolo­ classification - which could either be T RICK that evolllt;ol1 has handed out" gists - had been sold to sailors as a mammal, bird or reptile! The platypus (1/'1' alkabollt, article, "He's Just an Old joke. simply did not FIT the evolutionary Fossil," Kendrick Howard, page 12). Around 1798, an English naturalist, sdleme of things. Ah, now we're getting closer to the George Shaw, described one of these Even more amazing, there was problem. patchwork platypuses. NOTH ING transitional about the platy­ W'hy is he an "animal misfit"? "Of all the mammals yet known it pus. He was highly in telligent and re­ Because it appeal'J that the platypus has seems the most extraordinary in its markably built to fit his environment. 100 mm1y evolutionary innovations un­ conformation, exhibiting the perfect Since a live or preserved specimen der onc skin. RemembC'i t thcre's noth­ resemblance of the beak of a duck had never been seen, most zoologists ing weird about a platypus. He's not a GRAFTED ON the head of a quadruped. "pooh-poohed" the idea that such a misfit. H e isn't handicapped. He's Dot "So accurate is the appearance, that, creature could exist. Jame. at first view, it naturally excites the idea But in the early 1800's the platypus As a matter of fact, the platypus does of some DECEPTIVE PREPARATION by won his place of honor as a bona fide quite well for himsel f. artificial means. inhabitant of the earth! Bllt he bothers evolHli011ists.l "On a subject so extraordinary as the "The furore touched off by ti,e writ­ present, a degree of scepticism is not ten descri ption of the platypus was Oh, they try to explain him away. only pardonable, but laudable; and I revived and amplified a few years later But in the back of their heads, evolu- ought perhaps to acknowledge that I when the British Museum received a (Conlilmed 011 page 27) WHY You Have Those Financial Troubles You may have put a financial curse on yourself - and not know it! There is a CAUSE for every effect. Even many pro­ fessing Christians are under this curse. There is a financial LA W that produces financial blessing - or curse!

by Roderick C. Meredith

N SPITE of national afHuence. mil· ence brings BLESSINGS. And it is dOIl­ on the tither is real. It works! It is a I lions of professing Christians are btl' so in the matter of tithing. /(Jet .' constantly in financial trouble. T hey To those Christians who have obeyed The Almighty promises: "Honour just can't seem to make ends meet. God's tithing law for years, the h"ppy the Lord with thy substance, and with They are under a financial CURSE. resldls of tithing will be famil iar. Let the nrstfruits of all thine increase: So For the God of heaven has given us consider some of them. shall thy barns be F ILLED with plenty, specific financial instructions which First, it is an absolute fact that the and thy presses shall burst out with new bring blessings when obeyed. In the faithful tither is PROSPERED by God. wine" (Prov. 3:9-10). soon-coming lt7 01'ttl Tomorrow, these Here at the Headquarters of God's Now notice that in the last book m laws will be universally understood and Work, we receive word of literally the Old Testament, in a chapter look· obeyed - and tremendous PROSPERITY sCOres of people who have started pros­ ing toward the future and the New will result. These laws are living, active pering after they began to tithe! Covenant, God says: "Bring ye all the principles that produce rewlls, For they J n some cases, this can be attributed lithes into the storehouse, that there were set in motion by a REAL GOD who may be meat in mine house, and PROVE ill Pdft to the fact that people begin is very much alive and active! to budget their income more wisely me nOw herewith, saith the Lord of Many Christians are beginning to once they begin to tithe. But this is hosts, if I will not open you the win­ wake flP to God's financial laws which dows of heaven, and pour you out a NOT the whole story. most have neglected. Another important factor is that BLESSING, that there shaH not be room Recent articles in popular national when you start tithing, you are forced enough to receive it" (Mal. 3:10). magazines indicate a revival in the idea to realize that you are in a literal type Here is a blistering CHA LLENGE of tithing. Have you read about It? of partnership with God. Almost allto­ from Almighty God! Have you heard of the BLESSING that l1lr1ticallYI this helps you obey Jesus' God says He WILL bless you if you comes from obeying this Biblical com­ command: "Seek ye {tnt the kingdom begin tithing - as He c01J1uumds - mand? of God, and his righteousness; and all through faith in Him and in His Word. Thousands of church members have these things [your material needs] shall Hundreds of case histories may be cited recently discovered that they are finan­ be added unto you" (Mat. 6:33). to show that God certainly does bless cially blessed for tithing" They gal/e the tither even in material ways. He Thus, by seeking God's Kingdom more but they sti II had more left! may not do it immediately. You may first, your life takes on more real pur­ have to obey Him and exercise faith Tithing Brings Blessings pose and meaning. You become a better for a while. But as you fetVe Him, worker or employer - a better human This remarkable paradox would have obey Him, tmst Him, God will keep being. Your horizons take on g reater been ev~n more pronounced if these His part of the bargain. Your blessing dimension. You arc soon able to ac­ . people had followed the Bible instruc­ is CERTAIN to come ! tion on tithing. Instead, they were fol­ complish more - and your resultant lowing a "watered-down" version of financial reUJtlYd is naturally greater. The Spiritual Benefits of Tithing tithing now being adopted by many Actually, though, the biggest reason Even mOre important than the ab­ of our leading churches. Nevertheless, that tithers prosper is that God Al­ solute promise of material and fi nancial to the extent that it was carried out, mighty really and literally BLESSES blessing, is the spirit1/(d blessing re­ this nationwide experiment in "mod­ them ~ The true God is Creator and ceived by the tither. ern tithing" clearly indicated that if Rllier of heaven and earth. He CON­ For one thing, tithing bui lds faith. the tithing principle is followed - the TROLS the forces of nature. He has the The tither learns to look to God and tither is bleJSed in many ways.! POWER to change circumstances and His Word in a realistic manner. In If there is one principle that runs men's hearts. tithing, He is worshipping God in a through God's Word, it is that obedi· Yes, God is REAL! And His blessing tangible, literal way. This tangible act 10 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967 of faith in turn builds more faith in pay the tithe, or first tenth of income, All right-you shall have them! Will God. And it brings a new inner confi ­ to His ministers during Old Testament you BELIEVE? Will you OBEV? dence and peace of mind. times. But many have heard that God's In speaking to the scribes and Phar­ In like manner, tithing strengthens financial law for that time has been isees, who often made a self-righteous your relationship with God and with CHANGED in the New Testament. display of strictly keeping some of the His Work. Through the renewed faith Since Christ came as the Mediator of smaller points of God's law, Jesus sa id: in God which tithing brings, you come the New Covenant, H e would be the "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, to regard God' J interests and God's ways one to au thorize such a change if one hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and more as yoltr interests and desires. Your were made. It is certain that the apos­ anise and cummin, and have omitted partnership with God assumes deeper tles had no allthorit), to authorize any the weightier matters of the law, judg­ proportions than a purely material such change in God's Law, and that they ment, mercy, and faith: these ollght ye thing. Because you have made it a real did not do so. Notice that after His 10 have done [these weightier matters], th ing through tithing, your relationship resurrection from the dead, Chr ist com­ and NOT TO LEAVE THE OTHER [care­ with God soon becomes your first in­ manded the apostles to go to all nations, fully tithing!] UNDONE" (Mat. 23 :23). terest in life. "Teaching them to observe all things Isn' t that clear enough? Jesus said Remember Jesus' words: "For where WHATSOEVER I HAVE COMMANDED that spiritual qualities such as merci' your treasure is, there will your hearl yOU" (Mat. 28:20). and faith ought to be put ahead of be also" (Mat. 6:21). Tithing puts They were uowhere authorized to carefully and strictly paying tithes on your HEART in God's Work! teach ANYTHING different! every little plant that might grow in In this great Work which God has What then was Jesus Ch rist's teach­ YOllr ga rden-especially when that str ict­ raised up to proc.laim His last warning ing on the subject of tithing? ness led to self-righteousness. But Christ said "NOT to leave the other undone" - message to a dying world and the good First, consider the import of Jesus' NOT to fail to pay your full tithes as news of the World Tomorrow, we find statement in Matthew 4 :4, "Man shall God has commanded! that those who faithf1llly pay their not Ji ve by bread alone, but by every In Luke 11 :42, th is same command tithes and give liberal offefi!lgs besides word that proceedeth out of the mouth as God has commanded (Mal. 3 :8), are of God." is repeated in a similar manner - in­ the ones who are GROWING spiritually Remember th at the onl), written Word spired to be placed here also by God's Holy Spirit! and who are best preparing themselves of God at the time Jesus spoke was the for a place in God's Kingdom. Because Old Testament! In the Old Testament, Men would like to regard God's tith­ ing law as of importance. But both their hea/"ts and their pocketbooks tithing is referred to as a principle of least speaking of even the smaller points of are YIELDED to God, His spiritual bless~ God even before the Old Covenant was ing and POWER is at work in their lives! made with ISfael (Gen. 14:20). And God's law, Jesus continued: "Whoso­ ever therefore shall break one of these Jesus warned: "Ye cannot serve God the New Testament book of Hebrews least commandments and shall teach and mammon" (Mat. 6:24), You cannot refers to this very act of Abraham PAV­ l men so, he shall be called the least in "halfway" worship the true God! Bu t ING TITHES to Melchisedec as a proof the kingdom of heaven. But whosoever when your whole LIFE is dedicated to of the superiorit), and spirituality of the shall DO and TEACH them, the same God's will- and to doing yOIl/" part MeJchisedec priesthood over the tem­ shall be called gfeat in the kingdom of in the great WORK He has commis­ porary Levitical priesthood (Hob. heaven" (Mat. 5 :19). sioned His servants to perform - you 7:l-8). How plain! If we are looking for an will then truly worship and serve the Since this entire chapter in Hebrews argument, we will always find onc. But living God. Your earnest prayers, your is speaking of the takillg of tithes as a if we are willing to "hunger and thi rst" time, your talents, your tithes, and of­ R1 GHT of God's true ministry in each for righteousness, to obey even the fe/"illgs - all will be freely offered to age, verses 9 through 16 dearly indicate smaller points of God's law, we wiH further the IV o/"k of God. the right of Christ and His spiritflal be BLESSED for so doing. God's IV o/"k is warning the world of priesthood to take tithes under the New its sins, and preaching the good news Covenant. BLESSINGS of Obedience of His soon-coming Kingdom, or world­ Direct Statements on Tithing ruling government (Mat. 24:14). If Literally thollsands of letters come in to our office each year describing the your treasure is in God's Work and in Not fully understanding that Jesus BLESS INGS that come-here and now­ His Kingdom, your HEART - as Jesus Christ is the "Word" of God - the One said - will also be there. And if you who inspired the Old T es tament, not through tithing. These letters are from REAL people - like you and me! overcome self and are faithful, soon­ rea lizing that the laws of God are fully at Christ's coming - YOU will be listed ONLY in the Old Testament and These letters strikingly demonstrate there! are merely spiritually magnified and ex· that it PAYS - even physically and finan­ plained in the New Testament, some cially - to obey the commands of Jesus Christ's Teaching will still insist: "We want some DIRECT Almighty God. Heed them and learn Most people understand and know statements b), Christ which show that how God lives and moves TODAY. that God commanded His children to He approved of the tithing law ." A reader in Texas writes: August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 11

"God truly does bless a tither. When want to thank you for showing me the Work - not some counterfeit work of I first started tithing a year and a half way. May God bless you and keep His ago I was making $1.50 an hour. I word going in these last days." men! And this dying world desperately now make over $4.40 an hour and I'm NEEDS to be reached with God's t/'llth working in the trade I like best. The How to Obey? way it all came about would be impos­ and with a knowledge of the WAY to sible without God's help." Yes, Jesus Christ taught tithing! And, peace, happiness and prosperity. as we have seen, He commanded His God's tithes should be paid to A Mississippi mother who works part­ apostles to teach the nations "ALL things God's representati ves who are doing time states: whatsoever I have commanded you." He His Work and preaching His message! "I have been feeling ashamed to send then promised: "1 am with you always, in such a small amount for tithes. But Don', get to thinking you cannot af­ the o ther day I was looking for some even unto the end of the world" (Mat. ford to pay tithes. Y01l canl10t afford papers and ran across one of myoid 28:20). receiplS where in 1962 1 only sent in not 10/ $ 1.00 for tithes, and it started me to We are very NEAR the end of this think how much better things have If you obey through love and faith, been with me and my children: better age! Christ commands us to tithe to your very Creator says He will BLESS health, food, clothes, and I have more His spiritual priesthood - His true min­ you for it. And, as we have stated, that work CO do than I did then. And I do send in more than 1 did although it is isters- to carry out His Work of preach­ blessing is just as REAL as God is real! so small an amount." hlg the good news of God's government, It is both a ph)'sical and a spiritflal and warning a rebellious, God-rejecting And from Idaho - convinced by his blessing. world of the Divine PUNISHMENTS father'S example: Frankly, if you hope to enter God's soon to come. "I have read your PLAIN TRUTH Kingdom and inherit eternal life, you articles that my Dad has received for Jesus referred to this time of world had better learn to do tuhat I eJ/ls Christ quite awhile in California and have convulsion and fear of human annihila­ seen the results of his tithing. For says.' Speaking of tithing, He definitely example, on the job he has now, 12 or tion. He spoke prophetically of the great states that you had better NOT leave 13 years ago he had some difficulry worldwide Work His true ministers with the bosses (there are several) it undone! and advertised for another job. He got wou ld carry out in this last age: "And one right away at the same wage he this gospel of the kingdom shall be had been getting. When he gave notice he was leaving he was given a $50.00 preached in all the world for a witness per month raise to Stay on there. About unto all nations; and then shall the Wid- our 10 months later he ran into the same trouble of toO many bosses contradict­ END come" (Mat. 24:14). ing each other with Dad in the middle again. He quit again and before he gOt Somewhere on earth today are the READERS SAY his belongings loaded he was enticed to true ministers of God. As the end of (Continued from imide tront (Over) stay with another raise, this time $25.00 per month. Before sending his tithes this age approaches, they will be carry­ Theory and now I am wondering about in to you he was like me, just not ing out Christ's commission with in­ quite get ling by and in debt up to many of the other things you say that I the ears." creasing POWER. They are making plain have been taking on fath. the good news of the soon-coming King­ "Thank you for the PLAIN TRUTH An Arizonan has seen the proof: dom of God. Without fear or favor, they that I have received in the past but " I am convinced that I muSt tithe. are explaining the laws of that King­ from now on I will try to get my in­ I have been like some of the people dom . And they are making plain and who quoted 'I'll get out of debt, then formation from a less biased source of tithe'- but I have also found that it dear the hundreds of prophecies refer­ DOESN'T WORK [emphasis ours}. news if possible." ring directly to this end-time. Through For my debts are the same as they were James c., Nashville, Tenn. this time last year; in fa ct, the deblS God's Spirit, they alone can be definite are larger. I have in the past tithed, • E,.,·ors not o"rs. but nOt on a regular basis and did and SPECIFIC about the tremendous receive financial blessings each time. events soon to occur on this earth. My tithes in the future will be the first Cancel My Cancellation to be paid, regardless of debt pressure. Y his 'Very 117 ark which you are now "A few weeks ago I wrote to you 1 kIJolu that God will provide the reading about and whose message you safery va lve to take this pressure telling you to cancel my subscription away." hear over The WORLD TOMORROW to The PLAIN TRUTH. If you have broadcast is the ONLY Work which is An overseas soldier has put God to received my letter and have taken my preaching and publishing the gospel of the tithing test, and is thankful: name off the list of those who receive the soon-coming Kingdom of God! If "I would like to write this letter to it, please disregard my letter and con­ tell you some good news. I started in this is not yet clear to you, then just October, 1965, to send a little over ten tinue sending me your PLAIN TRUTH. percent of my earning to tithe each keep an open mind and let the fruits Now that the Middle East is in the month. 1 was a Private E-l then send­ PROVE to YOll where Almighty God is ing about eight dollars a month. Each headlines, I cannot afford to miss the time [ was promoted 1 kept sending a really working! For God's trlle minis­ magazine." little over ten percent. Now in a little over a year 1 have been promoted to ters are carrying on His \'qork. They Jack D., E-5. So next month 1 will increase my represent Him. It is to God that you Hartly, Delaware monthly tithe from twenty dollars to thirty. This is well over ten percent of should pay your tithes and cheerfuUy Redirected earning, the rest is a gift to thank God. give your offerings. God directs His "One of the guys at work said, Making God my business partner was the wisest thing I have ever done. 1 ministers to use His money for His 'Here, read this. You're always spout- 12 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967

109 off about evolution.' Being inter­ this at the exact time his sorrow was T ruth - a problem? ested, I read your magazine. finding beginning. How wise, how great is the "Thank you for sending The PLAIN myself completely engrossed. ] must love of our Father and how perfect TRUTH and other literature. The evo ~ admit my views have been redirected H is timing. Again, a sincere and a lution articles may one day contribute 180 degrees. To say your magazine is heartfelt thank you." to the loss of my present position as interesting is an underestimation. I Mrs. Mary M. A., principal and teacher. I have read each would appreciate receiving The PLAIN Tobinsport, Indiana one to fourth, fifth and sixth graders, TRUTH very much. Sort of an aperitif mounted each page in plastic covers to your radio program." "] have been reading The PLAIN and placed them in the classroom with Paul J. P., Jr., TRUT H for a number of months now the other science material. The pupils St. Clair Shores, Michigan as well as much of the other fine litera­ have enjoyed the co lorful p ictures and ture. Nothi ng has opened my eyes and even drawn some cartoons of their own. 1. T. S., "1 am anxiously awaiting The PLAIN changed my life so much and I want to California TRUTH's story of the real situation in thank God and you for coming into this Middle East controversy. We're my life and reveal ing to me the Plain "The war in the Middle East is not certainly hearing enough conflicting rc­ Truth of the Bible. It would take a a 'Holy War.' The article in your July ports. However, I always listen to book to explain the wonders that have issue places all of the 'worldwide' them, and then wait to see what The been created in my dail y living through blame on the U. S. S. R. It does I/ot tell PLAIN TRUTH has to say." your works. I would not trade these Ulat the U. S. supplied arms to both things for the fifty-seven years behind Mrs. Homee C , sides and it does 110t tell that not once me. Neither would I trade them for Springville, Indiana during the entire conR ict did the U. S. all the gold or coUege degrees that I stop its training of Arab pilots. Please might have obtained in the fifty-seven discontinue sending me your magazine "The article 'Jews Take Jerusalem r' years. at once!" In the June issue of The PLAJN C. Waldo 1., Steven, Sherman Oaks, Calif. TRUTH and the current series concern­ Saugus, Massachusetts • In the Jldy, 1966, isslle of the PLAIN ing Bible prophecy on your radio TRUTH , the artie/e 1vritten from the broadcasts have sent me directly to the Eig hteen Months in One mideast specifically stated the problems Bible to read and reread the passages "The reason there are so many of the mideast arms face, and cleafly to which you refer. For the first time in booklets that r want is that in the last stated the fflct of fecellt fIrms shipments my life Bible prophecy means more eleven days I have read eighteen issues to Jordan, The PLA.IN TRUTH is 1/ot than some misguided person announc­ of The PLAIN TRUTH which had ac~ political. [t takes ~lO sides. Those ing that the world will end on a cumulated during two years of college. who are emotionally illvolved in world certain date. I have become so fasci ­ ] had stopped reading them because displltes u/ill find 110 commiseration 111 nated by this look at the future that they seemed to be self4 righteous, sen­ the page; of the PLAIN TRUTH - j1lJt 1 have managed to get my husband, sationalistic propaganda. My mind has the plain facts, and the tl'llth about two teen 4 age daughters, and 12-year­ since completely changed. Yours is the what the prophecies of the Bible say old son interested as well." most edifying magazine that I have is coming! Mrs. Dione L. N., ever encountered." And ),011'11 have a frightftilly dilfrcttlt Nortn Miami Beach, Dan P., time convincing the majority of the Florida Mechanicsburg, Ohio population llild t"rders of Egypt, Syria, Comforted Unique Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Sm,di Arabia, "May] thank you from the bottom tIThe PLA IN TRUTH IS without Algeria Clnd others that the mideast 1var of my heart for your article in The doubt a unigue method of presenting is ~1 0t a rlHoJy ltv ar." PLAIN TRUTH, 'When You D ie­ the Truth. I am a retired teacher in Then What Happens ?' My husband is Correspondence Course the social science field and in a posi 4 in the beginning of learning God's "I have just received the latest issue tion to appreciate the great work you truths. He had read a part of this article of The PLAIN TRUTH and 1 am very when his mother came to us with the are doing. I have always passed on to interested in receiving your Bible Study message that his childhood friend (one my friends the used copies, and they Correspondence Course. who even now we were expecting to all declare it to be the most thought­ " It has been such a wonderful ex­ spend a few days with us) was dead provoking magazine they have experi­ perience read ing the monthly that I'm of a massive stroke. He was in his enced. Though I mllst practice the con­ anxiously awaiting the home study early 40's, had a wife and 3 children. servation of eyesight, I manage to read course. It may be the answer to my It was a terrible shock to my husband. every article with the greatest of in­ problems; that] am able to study the He went back and finished your arti­ terest." Bible slowly and guietly, so necessary cle. He will not sorrow now because E. F. N., to learn and yet know there IS knowl­ God in His love and mercy revealed Freeport, Illinois edgeable guidance avail able without the August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 13 embarrassing revealing of one's lack of found that I would have to list myself will find the expression to be "a root." knowledge about the Bible." with those who really know little of the So "love of money" is merely a root" Mrs. David W. L., Bible. of all evil. This gives added meaning Redondo Beach, Cal ifornia "This is not because I think the to the thought. It is a root, 110t the Bible is out-of-date but because I don't only root of ev il. There are other " I have just received my first lesson seem to understand what I read. roots of evil beside the love of money. in the Bi ble Course, and am thrilled "I enjoy the magazin e so much and The co rrect rendering of this passage beyond words. It has taken years of it has g iven me a new insight in the IS: "For the love of money is a root hard stu·dy to come up with the meanings of the Bible verses." of all evils . . ." answers that are covered in your first Woman, Now it should be plai n that "'OlleY lesson, but I did find them now, San Diego, Cali fornia is not the root of evil. but "the LOVE thanks to YOll. I shall have them at of money is (l root of evil." reach. I have enjoyed each minute of "I just wanted to tell you that the my first lesson, and am certainly look­ Ambassador College Bible Correspon­ • Should one pay his debts be­ dence Course has 'teen appeal.' I am ing forward to more." fore he starts tithing? Mrs. B. D. B., 16, but T have found this Course to - G. F., California Louisville, Mississippi be an interesting source of blessing and pleasLl[e. Thank you for offering Some people say: " I know that it is "Please enroll me in the Ambassador this Course free of charge." right to tithe, and I plan to start tithing CoJlege Bible Correspondence Course. Doris ] ., as soon as I can, but I think I should " I read the article 'What Do You Detroit, Michigan pay my debts first:' What is wrong wi th Mean "Bible Out-of-Date"'? in the • T hOllsands of other teel1-agen agree this question? June issue of The PLAIN TRUTH and with YOIt, Doris. In the first place. to whom do y01t owe the GREATEST DEBT? Why, to God! If you have not been paying your THE BIBLE ANSWERS tithe, you owe God ten percent of all that you have ever earned. However, God is quite lenient. If yOll start to pay your debt to God first by tithing, He will prosper you so you can payoff FROM OUR READERS your secondary debts to your fellow­ man. Many are in debt now merely because they do not pay God His tithe. They are under a curse. HERE are the Bible answers to God prospers those who are faithful questions which can be answered briefly in a short space. Send in your to Him. One who does not have questio1lS. While we cannot promise that all questions will find space God's blessing is under a cu rse. Notice Malachi 3 :9. God says: for answer in this department, we shall try to anSwer all that are vital and in the general interest of our readers. "Ye are cursed with a curse: for you h ave robbed me, even this whole • A man told me the Bible sa),s root of all evil ..." It says the " LOVE nation." How have we robbed Him ? money is the root of all evil. of money," not merely money, but the Read verse 8: .. Wherei n have we But I have never noticed that r'love of money," is the root of all evil. robbed Thee? In tithes and offerings." statement in the Bible. Does the From this you can see that a person That is why so many in our nations Bible really make that cl aim ? with 110 money cou ld st il1 commit this are cursed with large debts. James R., Mississippi evil. How, then, ca n people get out from This question has been as ked fre­ The poor and the ridl alike can under this curse? Notice God's instruc­ guentl y. LOVE money. Money by itself is not tion in the fo llowing verses of Malachi. Some have very quickly turned to sin. It is the mi suse of money that is He invites you to put Him to the test I Timothy 6: 10 and, by ca reless read­ sin. Money can be used for good as by paying your tithes. See if He won't ing, assumed something this text does well as evil. "pour you out a blessing that you can­ not say at all. If you will turn to this The second point which is not gen­ not hold." Take God at His word. Be­ Scripture in your Bible and carefully erally known or understood is the ex­ gin to pay Him what rightfully be­ study it, you wi Ji see where the error is pression rendered in the King James longs to Him. He will cause you to made. translation " the root." If an interlinear have more than enough to pay all your To start with, notice that the text Greek-English text is consulted, or some debts, and prosper you with more than reads "For the love of money is the of the more accurate translations, you YOll had in the past. 14 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967 RAD 10 LOG "The WORLD TOMORROW" MAJOR STA TI O NS West Coast \VARE - Ware, Mass. - 1250 kc., 8:30 Eost KIRO-Seatde-710 kc., 100.7 FM, p.m. Sun. WOR - New York - 710 kc .• 11:30 10:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 5:30 a.m. WJAR - Providence, R. 1. - 920 kl-., Tues.-Sat. & p.m. SUD. 6:30 p_m. Sat. Sun., 8:30 p.m. *KRAK - Sacramento - 11 40 kc., 9 Mon.-Fri. WHN - New York - 1050 kc., 9 a.m. p.m. daily. Sun. WNLC - New London, Conn.-1510 XERB - Lower Calif. - 1090 kc., 7 h ., 8:30 p.m. Sun. WHAM - Rochester - 1180 kc., 10:30 p,m. daily. a.m. Sun. Centra' WWVA - Wheeling, W. Va. - 1170 LEADING LOCAL-AREA STATIONS kc.• 98.7 FM, 10:30 a.m., 8:30 p.m. East \'(fSPO - Toledo, Ohio - 1370 kc., 9 p.m. Su n. , 9:05 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Sun., 8:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. WBMD - Baltimore - 750 kc., 12:30 WNAC - BostOn - 680 kc., 98.5 FM WSLR - Akron, Ohio - 1350 kc., 7 p.m. dail}'. p.m. daily. (WRKO·FM), 6:30 a.m. Sun. WPEN - Philadelphia - 950 kc., 7 WIBG - Philadelphia - 990 kc.. 94.1 \VEM) - Youngstown, Ohio - 1390 a.m. Sun., 10: 30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. kc., 10:30 p.m. Sun., 7 p.m. Mon.­ FM. 12:30 p.m. Sun. WPIT - Pittsburgh - 730 kc., 101.5 WBAL - Baltimore - 1090 kc., 8:30 Fri., 7:05 p.m. Sat. FM, I I a.m. Sun., 12 noon Mon.­ WBNS - Columbus, Ohio - 1460 kc., a.m. Sun. Fri., I :30 p.m. Sat. WRVA-Richmond - lI.40 kc., 10:30 8:30 p.m. daily. \'VMCK - Pittsburgh - 1360 kc., 12:30 WBR) - Marietta, Ohio - 910 kc., p.m. Sun., 10 p.m. Mon.-Sat. p.m. daily. \VPTF - Raleigh, N. C. - 680 kc., 12:30 p.m. daily. WHP - Harrisburg, Pa. - 580 kc., 7:30 \V J8K - Detroit - 1500 kc., 5:30 a.m. 94.7 FM, 9:30 a.m. Sun., 1:30 & p.m. daily. 10:30 p.m. Mon,-Sat. Mon.-Sat. \'V'jAC - Johnstown, Pa. - 850 kc., WaCK - Battle Creek, Mich. - 930 WBT - Charlotte. N. C. - 1110 kc., 7:30 p.m. dail y. ll:05 p.m. Sun., 8 p.m. Mon.-Fri. kc., 12:30 p.m. Sat., Sun., 7 p.m. WSAN - Allentown, PlI. - 1470 kc., Mon,-Fri. 8:30 p.m. Sun., 7: 15 p.m. Mon.-Fri., Centrol Stotes \~/ J DG - 51. 19nace, Mich. - 910 kc., 7:30 p.m. Sat. 8: 30 a.m. dail}'. WLAC-Nashville-1.510 kc.,6:3D a.m. WSCR - Scranton, Pa. - 1320 kc., Sun., 5 a.m. Mon.-Sat., 7 p.m. daily. KRVN - Lexington, Nebr. - 1010 kc., 12:30 p.m., 7 p.m. daily. 10:30 a.m. Sun., 3 p.m. Mon.-Sat. WSM-Nashville-650 kc.,9 p.m. Sun. \VBRE - \'Qilkes-Barre, Pa. - 1340 kt:., WCKY - Cincinnati - 1530 kc., 7, KMMJ - Grand Island, Nehr. - 750 98.5 FM, 10:30 a.m. Sun., 11:30 a.m. kc., 4 p.m. daily. 9:30 p.m. Sun., 5:30 a.m. Mon.-Sat., Mon.-Fri., I p.m. Sat. \VNAX- YanklOn, S. Oak. - 570 kc., 12 midnight Tues.-Sun. \VCHS - Charleston, W. Va. - 580 kc., WLW - Cincinnati - 700 kc., 11:05 7:30 p.m. daily. 7:30 p.m. daily. \1(IEAW - Chicago - 1330 k c., 9:30 p.m. daily. WCIR - Beckley, W. Va. - 1060 kc., \X'JjO-Chicago-1160 kc., 11 a.m. Sun. a.m. Sun., 8 a.m. Mon.-Fri., 7:30 10:30 a.m. Sun., 12: 30 p.m. Mon.­ a.m. Sat., 12 noon daily (105.1 FM, KSTP - Minneapolis-St. Paul - 1500 Fri., 5 p.m. Sat. kc., 8 a.m. Sun., 5 a.m. Mon.-Sat. 8 p.m. Sun., 7 a.m. Mon.-Sat.). WTVR - Richmond, Va. - 1380 kc., WJOL - Joliet, lll. -1340 kc., 9,30 KXEL- Waterloo-1.540 kc., 8 p.m. 7:30 p.m, daily. p.m. daily. Sun., 9:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. WCYB - Bristol, Va. - 690 kc., 12:30 WITY - Danville, III. - 980 kc., 7 KXEN - St. Louis - 1010 kc., 10:30 p.m. daily. a.m. Sun., 12 noon Mon.-Sat. p.m. daily. \V/LOS - Asheville, N . C. - 1380 kc., \V\'VCA - Gary, Ind. - 1270 kc., -4 South 99.9 FM, 6:30 p.m. daily. p.lI1. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. WPAQ-Mount Airy, N. C.-740 kc., \VjOB - I-I:lmmond, Ind. - 1230 kc., KRLD - Dallas - 1080 kc., 8: 10 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Sun., 1:05 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 8 p.m. Sun., 9 p.m. or after base­ daily. WAAT - Trenton, N. J. - 1300 kc., WFAA - Dallas - 820 kc., 10:45 p.m. ball Mon.-Sat. 9:30 a.m. Sun .• 6 a.m. Mon. -Sat. WXCL - Peoria - 1350 kc., 6:.'0 p.m. Mon.-Sat. WEVD - New York -1330 kc., 97.9 KTRI-I -Houston - 740 kc., JO l .1 FM, daily. FM, 10 p.m. Sun., 10 p.m. Tues.-Fri., WIBC - Indianapolis-l070 kc., 10:30 8 p.m. Sun., 8:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 10:30 p.m. Sat. WOAI -San Antonio, Tex. - 1200 kc., p.m. Sun. \X'GLI - Babylon, L. I. - 1290 kc., 7 KBHS - Hot Springs, Ark. - 590 kc., 10:15 p.m. Mon.-Sat. p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. K\~KH - Shreveport - 1130 kc., 94.5 J p.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.·Sat. \XfBNX - New York - 1380 kc., 9: 15 KFVS - Cape Girardeau, Mo. - 960 FM, 10:30 a.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m. Mon.­ n.m. Sun. (in Spanish). Fri., or before or after baseball. kc., 9:15 a.m. Sun., 7 a.m. Mon.-Sat. W\XfOL - Buffalo, N . Y. - 1120 kc., K\'VTO - Springfield, Mo. - 560 kc., 11:30 a.m., 11:30 p.m. Sat. 10 a.l11. Sun., 4 p.m. Sat. WNOE - New Orleans - 1060 kc., 6:30 p.m. daily. \VI-ILD - Niagara Falls, N. Y. KFEQ - St. joseph, Mo. - 680 kc., 7 9:30 a.m. Sun. 1270 kc., 6 a.m. Mon.-Fri. KAAY - Little Rock - 1090 kc., 9:30 p.m. daily. WFAS - White Plains, N. Y. - 1230 KUDL - Kansas City, Mo. - 1380 kc.. a.m., 7:30 p.m. Sun., 5:15 a.m., 7:30 kc., 103.9 FM, 9 p.m. dai ly. p.m. Mon_-Sat. 12: 30 p.m. Sun., 5:50 a.m. Mon.-Sat. \'{IWNH - Rochester, N. H. - 930 kc., KFSB - jOl)lin, Mo. - 1310 kc., 6:30 WGUN-Atlanta- IOJO kc., 4 p.m. 9:05 a.m. Sun., 7:05 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Sun., 11 a.m. Mon.-Sat. p.m. Sat. & Sun., 12:30 p.m. Mon.­ \VOEV - \Vaterhury, Vt. - 550 kc., 8 FrL WI API - Birmingham - 1070 kc., 8:30 p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. a.m. Sun. KFDI - Wichita, Kans. - 1070 kc., 10 \'({POR - Portland, Me. - 1490 kc., 9 a.m. Sun., 10 p.m. Mon.-Sat. \VMOO - Mobile - 1550 kc., 10:30 a.m. Sun. a.m. Sun., 6:55 a.m. Mon.-Sat. KFH-Wichita, Kans.-1330 kc., 100.3 WCOU - Lewiston, Me. - 1240 kc., FM, 9:30 a.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon.­ WJNQ - Tampa - 1010 kc., 12 noon 9: 30 p.m. Sun. Mon.·Fri., 12:10 p.m. Sat., Sun. Sa.t. WRYT - Boston - 950 kc., 10 a.lll. KGGF - Coffeyville, Kans. - 690 kc., KRMG - Tulsa - 740 kc., 10 a .m. Sun. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.-Sat. XEG - 1050 kc., 8:30 I).m. daily. (CST) 6 p.m. daily. WBET - Brockton, Mass. - 1460 kc., KXXX-Colby, Kans.-790 kc., 11 :30 Mountain States 7:05 p.m. daily. a.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.-Sat. WMAS - Springfield, Mass. - 1450 KOA-Oenver-850 k<:.,9:30 a.m. Sun. kc., 94.7 FM, 8:30 p.m. Sun. KBEA - Mission, Kans. - 1480 kc., 7 KSWS-Roswell, N. Mex. - l020 kc., p.m. daily. \VACE - Chicopee, i\'fass. - 730 kc., \VMT - Cedar Rapids - 600 kc., 11:30 6:30 a.m. daily. 12:30 p.m. Sun., 7 a.m. Mon.-Sat. XELO - 800 kc., 8 p.m. daily. (MST) a.m. Sun. \'QEJM - Fitchburg, Mass. - 1280 kc., KSO - Des Moines - 1460 kc., 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Sun. daily. "'Asterisk indicates new stati on or time WI-IMP - Northampton, Mass. - 1400 change. kc., 8:30 p.m. Sun. (Colltitmed on next page) us August, 1967 The PLAlN TRUTH 15 RADIO L OG "The WORLD TOMORROW" KMA-Shenandoah, la.-960 kc., 8:30 WEAS - Savannah, Ga. - 900 kc., 12 KRKD - Los Angeles-1150 kc., 9:30 p.m. daily. noon daily. a.m., 6:30 p.m. Sun., 6: 15 a.m., 7 KGLO - Mason City, la. - 1300 kc., WKYX - Paducah, Ky. - 570 kc., 93.3 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 96.3 FM Sun. & p.m. 7:30 p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon.·Sat. FM, 12:30 p.m. daily. times omy. KQRS - Minneapolis - 1440 kc., 92.5 KTYM - Inglewood - 1460 kc., 12 FM, 10 a.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. Mon.­ Mountain States noon Mon.·Fei. Sat. KFOX - Long Beach - 1280 kc., 100.3 WEBC-Duluth, Minn.-560 kc., 6:30 KPHO - Phoenix-910 kc., 6:35 p.m. daily. FM, 7 a.m., 9:30 p.m. Sun., 8:30 p.m. daily. p.m. Mon.·Sat. WMIL - Milwaukee, Wis. - 1290 kc., "'KOY - Phoenix - 550 kc. , 7:30 p.m. KACE - San Bernardino-Riverside - Sun., 8 p.m. Mon.·Sat. 4:30 p.m. Sun., 7 a.m. Mon.-Sat. 1570 kc., 92.7 FM, 9:30 a.m. Sun., WJPG - Green Bay - 1440 kc., 5 p.m. KCUB - Tucson - 1290 ' kc., 9:30 a.m. 7:05 a.m. Mon.·Sat. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon.·Sat. Sun., 6 a.ro. Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m. Sat. ':'KTUC - Tucson - 1400 kc., 7:30 p.m. KCKC - San Bernardino - 1350 kc., WSAU - Wausau, Wis. - 550 kc., 7 Su n., 8 p.m. Mon.·Sat. 9 p.m. daily. p.m. Sun., 7:05 p.m. Mon.-Sat. *KMEN - San Berna.rdino - 1290 kc., WCOW - Sparta, Wis. - 1290 kc., 10 *KYUM - Yuma, Ariz. - 5"60 kc., 2 6:30 a.m. Sun. a. m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. Mon.-Sat. p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon. ·Sat. KOGO - San Diego - 600 kc., 8:30 KFYR - Bismarck, N. Dak. - 550 kc., KGGM - Albuquerque - 610 kc., 6:30 p.m. Sun. 7 p.m. daily. p.m. daily. KLZ - Denver - 560 kc., 106.7 FM, XEMO - Tijuana - 860 kc., 6 p.m. South daily. 7:30 p,m. daily. KALI - Los Angeles - 1430 kc., 4:45 KCTA - Corpus Christi, Tex. - 1030 KMOR - Salt Lake City - 1230 kc., 9 kc., 2 p.m. Sun., 12:30 p.m. Mon.­ a.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. p.m. Sun. (in Spanish). Fri., 4:30 p.m. Sat. KIDO - Boise. Idaho - 630 kc., 7:05 Televisiotl \"'V'BAP - .Ft. Worth - 570 kc., 8 p.m. p.m. daily. K\'VHY - Los Angeles - Channel 22, Sun.·Fn., 6:30 p.m. Sat. KBOI - Boise-670 kc., 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Time. KEES -Gladewater, Tex. - 1430 kc.. daily. . 12 noon daily. KTFI - Twin Falls, Idaho - 1270 kc., Alaska & HawaU KTBB-Tyler, Tex.-600 kc., 12 noon 7:05 p.m. daily. KFQD - Anchorage, Alaska - 750 kc., Mon.-Sa t. KSEI - Pocatello, Idaho - 930 kc., 8 7:30 p.m. daily. KMAC - San Antonio - 630 kc., 9 p.m. daily. KNDI - Honolulu, Hawaii - 1270 kc., a.m. Sun., 7: 15 a.m. Mon.-Sat. KMON-Great Falls, Mont.-560 kc., 6 a.m., 6 p.m. daily. KTBC - Austin - 590 kc., 9:30 a.m. 8 p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon.·Sat. KTRG - Honolulu, Hawaii - 990 kc., Sun., 5:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. West Coast 12 : 15 p.m. daily. XEWG - El Paso - 1240 kc., 9 a.m. *KPOI - Honolulu, Hawaii - 1380 kc.. Sun. (in Spanish). KHQ - Spokane - 590 kc., 8:05 p.m. 5:30 a.m. Sun. KTLU - Rusk, Tex. - 1580 kc., 1 p.m. daily. Sun. CANADA KGNC-Amarillo-710 kc., 9 p.m. daily. KVI - Seattle - 570 kc., 8 a.m. Sun. KBLE-Seattle- l0S0 kc., 12 noon daily. VOCM - St. Jobn's Nlld. - 590 kc., KWFT - Wichita Falls - 620 kc., 4:30 KMO- Tacoma, Wash.-1360 kc., 8:30 6:30 p.m. Sun., 7 p.m. Mon.·Sat. p.m. Sun., 8:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. p.m. daily. ClCH - Halifax, N. S. - 920 kc., 10 KFMJ - Tulsa - 1050 kc., 12:30 p.m. KARl - Bellingham - 550 kc., 6:30 p.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m. Mon.·Sat. daily. p.m. daily. CFBC-St. John, N.B.-930 kc., 7 KOME - Tulsa - 1300 kc., 12:30 p.m., K\"'V'n - Portland - 1080 kc., 10 p.m. p.m. daily. 10 p.m. daily. Sun., 9 p.m. Mon.·Sat. CKCW - Moncton, N. B. - 1220 kc., KBYE - Oklahoma City - 890 kc., KLlQ-Portiand - 1290 kc., 12 noon 6 a.m. Mon.~Sat . 10:30 a.m. Sun., 12: 30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Sun., 7:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. Also 6:30 CFMB - Montreal, Que. - 1410 kc., KXLR - Little Rock - 1150 kc., p.m. Sun. March-Oct., 1967. 1:30 p.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. 12:30 p.m. daily. KEX- Portland-1190 kc.,9 a.m. Sun. CKOY - Ottawa, Onto - 1310 kc., 5:30 KWAM-Memphis-990 kc., 10 a.m. KGAY-Salem - 1430 kc., 9 a.m. Sun., a.m. Mon.·Sat. Sun., 11 a. m. Mon.·Sat. 6:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. C]ET - Smiths Falls, Ont. - 630 kc., WMQM - Memphis - 1480 kc., 1 p.m. KUGN-Eugene -590 kc., 7 p.m. daily. 10:30 a.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m. Mon.·Sat. Sun., 6:25 a.m. Mon.·Sat. ~'KPIR - Eugene - 1120 kc., 9 p.m. CKFH - Toronto, Onto - 1430 kc., 7 WHBQ - Memphis - 560 kc., 9 a.m. da ily. p.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.·Sat. Sun. CHIN - Toronto, Onto - 1540 kc., WSHO - New Orleans - 800 kc., 12 KUMA - Pend~eton, Ore. - 1290 kc., 6:30 p.m. dally. 4:15 p.m. daily. noon daily. CKLB-Oshawa, Ont.-1350 kc., 10:30 WDEF - Chattanooga - 1370 kc., 92.3 KYJC-Medford, Ore.-1230 kc., 6:30 p.m. daily. p.m. Sun., 9:05 p.m. Mon.-Sat. FM, 7:30 p.m. daily. CHIQ - Hamilton, Onto - 1280 kc., WBRC - Birmingham - 960 kc., 106.9 KAGO - Klamath Falls, Ore. - 1150 kc., 6:30 p.m. daily. 9:30 p.m. Sun., 7 p.m. Mon.·Fri., 8 FM, 6:30 p.m. daily. p.m. Sat. WAAX - Gadsden, Ala. - 570 kc., KSAY - San Francisco - 1010 kc., 8:30 a.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. CHLO - St. Thomas, Onto- 680 kc., 12 :30 p.m. daily. 2:30 p.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.·Sat. WCOV -Montgomery- 1170 kc., 6:30 KFRC - San Francisco - 610 kc., 106.1 FM, 7 a.m. Sun. CKSO - Sudbury, Onto - 790 kc., 5:30 p.m. daily. p.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.·Sat. WMEN-Tallahassee-1330 kc., 10:30 KFAX -San Francisco- IlOO kc., 10 a.m., 1~:45 p.m. Sun., 10:30 p.m. C]LX - Foet William, Onto- 800 kc., a.m. Sun., 8 a.m. Mon.·Sat. 7:30 p.m. daily. WFLA - Tampa - 970 kc. , 7:05 p.m. Mon.·Fn., 4: 15 p.m. Mon.·Sat. KFIV - Modesto - 1360 kc.. 9 a.m. CKY - Winnipeg, Man. - 580 kc., 7 daily. a.m. Sun., 5:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. \"'V'INZ - Miami -940 kc 9·30 pm Sun., 6:05 a.m. Mon.·Sat. daily. .,.. . *KSBW - Salinas - 1380 kc., 7 p.m_ CKDM - Dauphin, Man. - 730 kc., da ily. 6:30 p.m. daily. *\'VGBS - Miami - 710 kc., 9 a.m. Sun. CKRM - Regina, Sask. - 980 kc., 6:30 \'VFAB-Minmi -990 kc., 9 a.m. Sun. *KMAK - Fresno - J 340 kc., 9 a.m. Sun., 6:05 a.lll. Mon.-Sat. p.m. daily. (in Spanish). C]GX - York ton, Sask. - 940 kc.,S:30 WVCG - Coral Gables - 1080 kc., KNGS - Hanford, Calif. - 620 kc., 10 p.m. dai.l y. 6:30 a.m. Mon.·Sat. a.m. Sun., 6 p.m. Mon.·Sat. *KFIV - Ki ss im mee, Fla. - 1080 kc .• KGEE - Bakersfield - 1230 kc., 5 p.m. C]NB - North Battleford, Sask. - 1050 daily. kc., 2:30 p.m. daily, 6:30 p,m. Sun., 9 a.m. Sun., 6:05 a.m. Mon.-Sat. 7:30 p.m. Mon.·Sat. WZOK - Jacksonville, Fla. - 1320 KDB - Santa Barbara - 1490 kc., 93.7 kc., 12 :30 & 11: 30 p.m. daily. FM, 7 p.m. daily. (ContiJlued on next page) 16 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967 RADIO LOG "The WORLD TOMORROW"

CKBI- Prince Albert, Sask. - 900 k~ .• ASIA 2HD - Newcastle, NSW - 1140 kc., 2 p.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m. Mon.-FrI., 10: 30 p.m. Sun., 9 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Formosa 2TM - Tamworth, NSW - 1290 kc., 8 p.m. Sat. RADIO TAIWAN "The 3r.d Network, CKSA - Lloydminster. Sask.-Alta. 9:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. RC.C." - 2AD - Armidale. NSW 1130 kc., 1080 kc .• 7 p.m. daily. BED23 Taichung 1380 kc.; CHED - Edmonton, Alta. - 6:30 kc., 960 kc.; 8:30 p.m. Sat.-Thuts. 9:30 a.m. Sun., 5:30 a.m. Mon.-Sat. BED55 Taipei 2GF - Grafton, NSW - 1210 kc., 7:30 BED78 Tainan City 1540 kc.; p.m. Mon.-Sat. CFCW - Cam rose, Alta. - 790 kc., BED79 Kaohsiung 1220 kc.; 6:25 p.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. BED82 Chiayi 1460 kc., 2LM - Lismore, NSW - 900 kc., 8: 30 CJDV - Drumheller, Alta. - 910 kc., - 18,00 T.S.T. Wed., Fri. p.m. Mon.-Sat. 10:30 a.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.-Sat. 3XY - Melbourne, Vic:. 1420 kc:, CKYL - Peace River, Alta. - 610 kc., Guam 10: 30 p.m. Sun., 10 p.m. Mon.-Fr!. 5 p.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.-Sat. RADIO GUAM - KUAM - 610 kc., 6 3BA - Ballarat, Vic. - 1320 kc., .9:30 elVI - Victoria, B. C. - 900 kc., 6 p.m. Sun. p.m. Sun.-Thurs., 4:30 p.m. Fn. a.m. Mon.-Sat. Okinawa 3BO - Bendigo, Vic. - 960 kc., 9 p.m. CKLG - Vancouver, B. C. -730 kc., 7 RADIO OKINAWA - KSBK - 880 Mon.-Sat. a.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.-Sat. kc., 12:06 p.m. Sun. 3MA-Mildura, Vic.-1470 kc., 9 p.m. In Frencb- Bangkok Mon.-Fri., 10 p.m. Sat. HSAAA - Bangkok, Thailand - 600 4AK - Oakey, Qld. - 1220 kc., 9,30 CFMB-Montreal- 1410 kc., 5 p.m. kc., 9:30 a.m. Sun., 10:05 p.m. Mon.­ p.m. Sun., 10:15 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., Sat" Sun. Sat. 10:30 p.m. Fri. CKJL - SL Jerome, Que. - 900 kc., India and Ceylan 4BK - Brisbane -1300 kc., 9:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. Sun. MALDIVE ISLANDS - 3329 kc., lD Sun., 10:15 p.m. Mon.·Thurs., 10:30 CKBL - Matanc, Que. - 1250 kc., p.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. p.m. Fri. 10:45 a.m. Sat., Sun. Philippine Islands 4WK - Warwick. Qld. - 880 kc., 9 BERMUDA DZAQ - Manila - 620 kc., 8:30 p.m. p.m. Mon.-Sat. ZBM 1 - Hamilton - 1235 kc., 8 p.m. daily. 4CA - Cairns, Qld. - 1010 kc., 9:30 Sun. DZAL - Legaspi City - 1230 kc., 8 p.m. Sun.-Fri. 6KG - Kalgoorlie, WA - 980 kc., 10 ZBM 2 ~ Hamilton - 1340 kc., 2:30 p.m. daily. p.m. Mon.-Sat. DZGH - Sorsogon - 1480 kc:., 8 p.m. p.m. Mon.-Sat. daily. 6PM - Perth WA - 1000 kc., 10 p.m. EUROPE *DZWJ - Lucena City - 1170 kc., 12 Sun., 10:15 p.m. Mon.·Fri. In Eng/ish~ noon Sun., 7 a.m. Mon.-Sat. 7HT - Hobart, Tas. - 1080 kc., 7:30 RADIO LONDON 266 m .. (1120 p.m. Sun.-Fri. kc.) medium wave, 7 p.m. daily. DZRB -Naga City-750 kc., 9 p.m. Sun. 7SD - Scottsdale, Tas. - 540 kc., 9:30 RADIO CAROLINE NORTH-259 m. DZRI - Dagupan City - 1040 kc., 9 p.m. Sun., 9 p.m. Mon.-Fri. (1140 kc.) medium wave. 8 p.m. daily. p.m. Sun. LATIN AMERICA RADIO SCOTLAND - 242 m. (1250 *DZYA - Angeles City - 1400 kc., In Eng/ish- kc.) medium wave, 7 p.m. daily. 8:30 p.m. daily. RADIO ANTILLES - Montserrat, B. '~DZYB - Baguio City - 670 kc., 8:30 RADIO 390 - 390 m. (773 kc.) me­ W. 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RADIO CARVE-CXI6, 850 kc., CXA- t For complete Australian Radio Log, 2GZ - Orange, NSW - 990 kc., 8:45 13. 6156 kc.-Montevideo, Uruguay w.rite to the Editor. p.m. Sun., 9:05 p.m. Mon.-Fri. - 3:30 p.m. Sat. us WHY DON'T YOU GROW UP?

Instability is the hallmark of our times! The spectacle of dignified government leaders engaging in screaming ha­ rangues; senators, congressmen losing their tempers - the constant reports of riotous mobs raging at police - these and other violent outbursts of rampant human passion fill your newspapers. Here's WHY such unbridled emotion, and what YOU ought to do about it.

by Garner Ted Armstrong

HBUT-WHAT CAUSED it?" ask the sc reaming invective of Radio Cairo You are a human being, with human bewildered citizens in the - the yelling, purple-veined, slavering passions, desires and emotions. When wake of another violent riot. mobs careening through their littered you were born - you knew absolutely Officials demand an investigation. streets, with their reddened, crazed nothing. Yet, you were born with a Police issue official statements about eyes glaring their hatred - fed by certain NATURE, which is described in the "cause" - usually that of police the "holy war" propaganda of a delib­ YOUR BIBLE as being COMPLETELY and action in attempting to arrest a criminal, erate government attempt to foster DESPERATELY wicked and evil - try and the ri otous attempt of a mob to hate. as we may to deny it! (Jer. 17:9.) As prevent it. Then, during the war, the manu­ a tiny baby, you had absolutely NO But isn't the question a little silly, factured scapegoats of Britain and the CONTROL over yourself. You screamed after all' United States became hate objects. with rage. You whimpered with hurt The true CAUSE of riots is HUMAN Humbled in an incredibly swift and feelings. Your hunger brought waiJs NATURE. Vanity·filled, jealous, lustful, utterly decisive defeat - it was only of protest. You made a mess of your· greedy, resentful, rebell ious, hateful, a matter of weeks later that Radio self, and then became enraged at every­ riotous HUMAN NATURE! Cairo was once again calling for "holy one in general because of it! war" against the Jews! There ace four major ways in which The Age of Hate Have you ever witnessed a mob? Ever each person SHOULD mature. Some only

As never before, you're living In a been part of one? make it through one of them. First, time of hatred. Arabs hate the Jews, Have you tried to REASON with a you grow up physically. Then, if you Africans hate East Indians, Whites person who is caught up in his own are blessed with the RIGHT education, hate Blacks, and Blacks hate Whites, blind, passionate HATRED ? Ever tried the RIGHT environment, and RIGHT Pakistanis hate Indians, Nationalist Ch i· to "talk sense" to him ? values and principles, you grow up nese hate Red Chinese, North Koreans LOOK at the threadbare fabric of this mentally. hate South Koreans, and South Viet­ rotting society! LOOK, and see if you In due time, hopefully, you grow up namese hate North Vietnamese. Hus· DARE to look dearly and plainly at the EMOTIONA LLY . bands hate wives, and children hate fantastic amount of blind RAGE, at the And FINALLY- IF GOD SO WILLS, them both - and probably, your hate potential, all around you. Our you can grow up. SPrRIT UA LLY! neighbor hates you! And whom do cities have become hotbeds of racial Your most precious possession is YOII hate? Some people seem to hate violence and brutal crime. Our towns your mind. You are a physical, human almost everybody. fester with the same sins. Our families being, but made in the very similitude Did you ever wonder WHY - and nag, scream, shout, curse at one and copied form of GOD (Genesis shake your head with a certain resigna. another. Diplomats hurl invectives! 1 :26). God Almighty has given each tion - over all the unbridled HATRED "LIARS!" screams a liar. WHY? of us a wonderful MIND, with a fan­ in the world today' tastic capacity for GOOD. Violent emotional outbursts seem to A World Ruled by Emotions The mind may be likened to a characterize OUf day. It's an emotional world. One that is powerful machine - capable of a great Prior to the Jew-Arab war, it was being RULED by emotion. deal of constructive work. But mis- directed, misguided it is of such force and power that it could cause in­ credible DESTRUCTION. The mind is a fine rNSTRU M ENT - meant to be care­ fully cd l'ed for - utilized in the only RIGHT way, according to the instruction book sent along by the manufactu rer! And that instructi on book that tell s how YOUR M IND alight to operate is the Holy W ord of God your Creator! But most people NEVER TRULY USE THEIR M INDS! H ow many people do you know who are (mty emotionally STAB LE ? W ho are emotionally MATURE? W hat about vou? Do you actually CONTROL youc emotions? If so you're a very RAR E person. I have said the world is RU LED by its emotions. Let's see just how true this is. Let's take a quick look at the fabric of the world - at government, race, advertising, entertainment ~ even religion. Actually, world leaders, politicians, advertisers and movie producers know very 11lell that most people are ruled almost wholly by thei r emotions. They make very good lIse of that knowledge. When the foreign policy of a nation demands war with another nation to achieve its ends, the propaganda experts immediately turn out patriotic movies, magazine stories and books - only the pictures of real expediency are shown OPA , W id. World Ph otOJ in newsreels and magazines, and the Above, natives of British colony of Aden riot. Bel ow, pickets and nonstriking (COIltililied 011 pdge 24) workers fi ght. Tw o mo re examples of uncontro ll ed human nature. August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH [9

"Could you gain access to the place Returning to Pasadena, I found the AUTOBIOGRAPHY yet tonight''' I asked. broker and hi s associates had bought (Conlinl/ed trom page 5) Mr. Meredith said they could. the property at the auction. They had near midnight in London - but s hort ~ "All right," I replied. "I want you made the high bid, wh ich was only Iy before 5 p.m. in Pasadena. and Dr. Hoeh to go over there 1m· slightly more than thei r original pu r ~ He asked me whether I felt the col­ mediately. Go completely through the chase offer. However, it seemed their lege would like to acquire the estate of building. List how many rooms could funds were not immed iately available, multimillionaire Hulett C. Merritt. One be used as classrooms - and send me and ollr office had loaned them $5,000 other 200-foot-wide property stood be­ a telegram stating how many rooms to bind their bid. tween this estate and the Ambassador could seat 65 or more students, how Saving Ambassador Hall College campus - as it then was. This many 50 or more, how ma ny 35 or Merritt property was considered the more. Your telegram shou ld be here The auction purchase terms had been one half down, with the balance spread most fabu lous in Pasadena. The man~ by the time [ wake up in the morning. sion on it, built in 1905-1908, had Then T'II give you my decision. I over some seven or eight years. The cost $t,tOO,OOO at that time. That wou ldn't want to accept this property due date for the balance of the one­ would be the equivalent of near ten unless we need it for actual college half down payment had come due, but million dollars today, since dollar value purposes - otherwise we'd have to our prospective donors still had not is not much more than one tenth of pay taxes we can't afford for something had the funds available. They had ob­ its 1905 value. An architect has since we cou ldn't use." tained a thirty-day extension. told me that the place could not be The telegram was waiting for me on I contacted these people. They as­ built for six million today - IF the arisi ng next morning. The ornate and su red me the money wou ld be ava ilable rare woods and materials cou ld be ob­ fabulous bu ilding would be ideally by the fina l extend ed due date. A week tai ned - which they couldn't. suited to become our ch ief classroom before that date 1 contacted the broker again by telephone. He was positively The question came like a bolt out of building of the college. reassuring. Two days before the dead~ the blue. I had always considered this I telegraphed the decision: "Accept line date 1 was becoming quite con· fabulous property as utterly inaccessible it." ce rned. for us. Extending the campus in that Plain Truth Grows "My associates and I will be in Pasa­ direction had not been considered in While we were on thi s Middle­ dena with the money day after tomor­ our future planning. East tou r, the April issue of The row," he said, positively, over the tele~ Me Merritt had died before I had PLAIN TRUTH came out an enlarged phone. "Everything has worked out all left Pasadena on this tour. His wife magazine, and with a new front cover, right. Don't worry about it." had died previously. Mr. Meredith ex­ This had been planned before leaving ] had told him that, having gone plained that the executor of the es tate Pasadena. I have already mentioned it this far, I did not want to lose this was going to put it on the market, but in Installment 65. valuable property. It had totally first, privately, it was being offered to Only once before, a special issue an­ changed our general master~p lanning us through an insurance and real estate nouncing th e new Ambassador College, for the campus. I told him that, if his broker and his associates. January 1947 , had The PLAIN TRUTH people were going to come up short, This broker had an offer to purchase appeared with a front cover. It merely I wanted time to raise the money my­ the estate for less money than the had a masthead, with the lead article self, rather than lose it. beginning on the front cover. This ornamental Iron fence around the The crucial day arrived. Our w ou l d~ Orange Grove Boulevard front of it Apri l, 1956 number also went up to be donors were on hand, bu t the neces­ would cost today. His proposition was 24 pages. At the time this seemed a sa ry funds were not. They had flunked It that he and associates would purci1ase big leap forward. had contained only out completely. the estate at this low figure, and then 16 pages previously. But the 24 pages I went to the executor, who had donate it to the college. It appeared was small compared to today's 52 been Mr. Merritt's business manager. I they had privately checked with some pages, including covee It was still black asked another 30-day extension to allow Internal Revenue people as to whether and white - no color printing. But it time for me to raise the money. they cou ld deduct this donation on their was advancing, improvi ng, growing ! Ten-Day Margin income taxes for something like a half From Cairo we had a long distance mi ll ion dollars. Apparently they felt telephone ta lk with the Pasadena office "But this matter is in probate court," assured th ey co uld. They could pur· about the Merritt property, the pur­ he said, "and another 30-day delay in chase it for less than half of that. chase of which had hit a snag. The meeting the obligation wou ld undoubt­ heirs - all grandchildren - had re­ ed ly cancel out this purchase, and open How W ould We Use It? jected the price tentatively agreed to be~ the property up to another auction. My mind was doing some fast think­ tween the executor and aUf prospective Some of the people building these ing. One doesn't turn down such a gift donors. They insisted the place be multiple-family garden apartments without consideration. But how would sold at auction, th inking it would bring along the boulevard now regret they we use it? a higher price. didn't bid higher. In another auction

August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 21

they would bid up as high as necessary to acqu ire this property. They realize now that it went for too low a bid." Nevertheless, he ca lled his attorney. The attorney agreed with his opinion, but fe lt they might give me a ten-day extension. J was under pressure, but we man­ aged it. I had an offer of a $20,000 loan from a loyal co-worker, and I had borrowed $30,000 at the bank, neither of which, on the tenth day, I needed. I did accept the $30,000 bank loan, however, and then left it on deposit at the bank to improve our cred it stand­ ing. It was worth paying the interes t. And so the fabulous Merritt prop­ erty, which had been named "Villa M erritt Olivier," became ours, and was renamed "AMBASSADOR HALL." New Academic Center To leap far 'ahead of this chronide of events for a moment, two exceeding­ ly beautiful ultramodern new cl assroom buildings are now under constructi on, flanking Ambassador Hall and the for­ mal Italian sunken garden, with a magnifi cen t plaza in the center, joining the three bu ildings and the Italian gar­ den in to an outstanding academic cen­ ter. Ambassador Hall, with ce rtain re­ modeling to conform to ci ty codes, and one additional added wing, has served us well for several years. But Ambas­ sador Coll ege has grown, and it is no longer suffi cient to provide more than a part of the needed cl assroom faci li· ti es. One of the new buildings will be our Science Hali, the other the Fine Arts Building. The entire grouping w'ill be named in memory of my wife of fifty years, the /l Loma D. Armstrong Academic Cel1ter.'1 A new oil portrait of her is now being painted, to hang in the grand hall of Ambassador Hall. Escrow at the bank, on the purchase of the Ambassador Hall property finally closed October 29th, 1956. The 4·ac[e estate was then ours. Manor Del Mar Acquired Meanwhile, we had ourselves nego­ AmboJSoaor Col/ege PholOl tiated another im portant purchase of HISTORY OF AMBASSADOR HALL - Top left, how the Italian Gardens and former Merritt property through the the west end of Ambassador Hall looked iust before beginning of construction executor of the estate. This fine prop­ on new classrooms. Bottom left, artist's conception of how Ambassador Hall will appear when two new classroom wings are completed. Above, three views of erty, a block to the south of the campus Ambassador Hall when Hulett C. Merritt owned it. as it then existed, had been the three- 22 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967 story mansion of Lewis J. Merritt, girl from Omaha, Dick immediately set could not resist mentioning. in a tone father of Hulett C. Merritt. This prop­ up a prejudice against her in his mind. supposed to be very nonchalant, casual, erty, too, was obtained at a very low Much as he felt the need of a wife, disinterested, and incidental, a "by the price and on very favorable terms. An Dick was not going to let his mother way, Lois Lemon is here, and has regis­ extensive remodeling job was under­ select her for him. But meanwhile tered for classes"· taken at once, and two large rooms Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs. O'Beirn were That did it! were added. This property was named doing their best by letters to interest Sbe didn't sound one whit casual "Manor Del Mar/' since it was located Lois in the advantages of Ambassador or incidental to Dick. on Del Mar Boulevard, which forms College. When Dick returned to campus a the south boundary of the campus as Would GOD Select a Wife? few weeks later, he avoided Lois as it is today. Manor Del Mar became our though she were poison. During the two years previous to this number one men's student residence. It seemed that everyone on campus time .I had had a number of talks with The 1956-7 college year got under sensed "romance in the air" between Dick about the matter of marriage. I had way with the annual faculty reception Dick and Lois, as soon as Lois arrived. counselled him to simply put this prob­ on August 29th. There were two addi­ It seemed just like a "natural" to every­ lem in God's hands, and rely on God tions to the faculty - a new voice one. Naturally, Lois had sensed this to bring him and the right gi rl to· instructor, and Garner Ted Armstrong, from talking to the girls. This set Lois gether. I had urged him not to rush who took over the teaching of two against Dick just as positively as he blindly into any romance. Theology classes, besides speech and had set his mind against her. journalism. Even before 1 had been converted - After returning from the European had come to really know God, His My Advice trip, my elder son, Richard David, truth and His ways - in my carnal­ minded days 1 had somehow realized So they went around, each deter­ joined Roderick C. Meredith in the mined to avoid the other. long-planned evangelistic series of that God had given me my wife. I did not "pick her out." Even before After about two weeks, I called Dick meetings at Fresno, California, with conversIon J did pray occasionally. to my office. splendid success. Everything about those prayers, how­ "Dick," I said, "years ago when I Following this, during late fall and ever, was selfish - except one thing: had been reduced to the depths of winter, Dick was on a "field" assign­ 1 always thanked God for giving me financial depression, just after my con­ ment in southern Texas. While he was my wife! version, I had prayed earnestly for God there a certain young lady arrived on Dick always agreed with me that he to provide me with a new overcoat - campus - near the first of January, should " leave it in God's hands." He among other things. We then lived in 1957, who was to become involved very asked me to pray that God would work Portland, Oregon. It was in January, significantly in Dick's life, and also it out in the right way. I knew that and cold. I needed an overcoat seriously, Mrs. Armstrong's and mine. he had asked others to pray for this so 1 asked God for it. The next day r Dick Needed a Wife same solution. But, even though Dick stopped up at my brother's office a was willing to have God provide his moment. He ~oticed the big hole in Dick had spent many months in- wife, he was not willing to have his the side of my overcoat. c.Juding most of two dreary, lonesome mother pick her out. This, of course, winters, alone in London. Those of us "'Herb,' ·he said, 'you need a new was only human nature at work. Most in the family, as well as students and overcoat. Today is the 20th of January, any other young man would react the faculty, had somehow neglected writing and Meier & Frank have a sale on same way. him most of the time. Dick had come to overcoats. Anything I charge on my While Dick was on his field assign­ feel the desperate need of a wife. He charge account beginning today will not ment in southern Texas that winter, was now 28. It just seemed that the be billed until March 1st. I'll have until Lois arrived on campus, and registered right girl had never come along. March lOth to pay and keep my credit to attend classes beginning the second good. Go over and select an overcoat, Meanwhile there was a young mar­ semester. Mrs. Armstrong just could and during noon-hour I'll come over ried man from Jowa - a Mr. Carl not resist calling Dick long distance. and have it charged on my account.' O'Beirn - here attending college "Now wait a moment, Lorna," I said classes. He had a very pretty wife "But I resisted immediately. It would to her. "If you want to talk to Dick a be rather humiliating to have to have whose family lived in Omaha, N ebras­ while, go ahead and call him. I'd like to ka. Mrs. Armstrong had become very my younger brother buy me an over­ talk to him, too. But whatever you do, fond of her. She had a younger sister, coat. DON' T say one word about Lois being attending university in Omaha. Mrs. "'Oh NO, Russ,' 1 said, '1 couldn't here. You'll on If drive him the other let you do that" Armstrong had heard glowing reports way if you do." on the younger sister, Lois Lemon, "And just at that instant it flashed from Mrs. O'Beirn, and had shown a Prejudice Aroused to my mind, almost as if God Him­ picture of her to Dick. Mrs. Armstrong pm·tially heeded my self were speaking and saying, 'Didn't Sensing his mother's interest in the advice. But not altogether! She just you ask me for a new overcoat? And August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 23 now you don't want to take it THE completely and coldly avoid Lois alto­ One day in March, D ick and Lois WAY r am giving it to you t' gether. Now all that r m going to ask came to Mrs. Armstrong and me, hand­ "So instantly," I continued, to Dick, you, Dick, is this: 1 ask you to get a in-hand. "1 changed my mind and told Russell date with Lois - just once. IF this "Dad and Mom," said Dick, "we've I wou ld do as he said. And now, Dick, is God's doing, give it a CHANCE ~ got someth in g to tell you!" didn't you pray and ask God to send Then don't date her again for a week Of course we knew what it was ! you the right wife of HIS choice? And - but a week later, have just one "We're going to be ma rried," Dick didn't you ask me to pray for it, too­ more date with her. Then if you're announced. and even several others? And here you satisfied she is tlot God's answer to Later he told me what had hap­ are, when everyone on campus seems to your prayers, DON'T EVER DATE H ER pened. just know that Lois is the answer to AGAIN! Now how about it?" That afternoon they had gone for a that prayer, and you are avoid ing her Dick grinned. ta lk in Dick's car. Suddenly D ick li ke the plague !" "O,K., Dad," he sa id rather sheep­ pu ll ed over to the side of the road, is hly. ''I'll do as you say." and stopped the ca r. Just Two Dates Only? That same evening Dick had a date "Lois," he said, "I can't stand this "Now 1 don't want to intervene In NOT with Lois. But he did do as I any longer. I've been fighting this, try­ your most personal problems, Dick, or sa id, fu lly. He did 11 0 t wait a whole ing to steel my mind against liki ng try to pick out your wife for you. But week for the next date. Their next you, and trying to resist it - but 1 I do say that after you asked God date was the very next night t And for can't resist it any longer. I know J'm about this, and have prayed about it so the next few weeks they were seen in Jove with you !"' long, you are acting rather foolishly to together quite frequently . And he said that Lois then said she had been fighting against him in the same way - and she couldn't resist it any longer, either. So then they drove straight to tell Dick's mother and me they were going to be married.

T he H appy Wedding performed the ceremony, as 1 had for our other three chi ldren, on June J [th, [957, in the outdoor garden theatre on the Ambassador College campus, with a reception at OUf home afterward. As I write, now, on my typewriter cadenza beside me is a large sterling­ framed photograph of Dick taken that afternoon at our home during the re­ ception. Dick and Lois took a honeymoon trip up to Oregon, and the scenes of his ea rl y boyhood. Meanwhile I had given them a little help in purchasing a small but very nice new home, which was ready for them on their return. Their marriage lasted just a little more than a year - when it was suddenly and unexpectedly cut off by Dick's un­ timely death resul ti ng from an auto­ mob ile crash while Dick was out on a "baptizing tour." But they live>d a rather full lifetime in that one year. And Dick left behind a little 3-month-old son, Richard David 11 , now nine. Photograph of Mr. Dick Armstrong, ta ken du ring hi s wedding reception. ( To be continued) 24 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967

unreasoning hatred for the members of WHY DON'T YOU GROW UP? another race, regard/en as to their per­ (Contin1led from page 18) sonal character. Whether it's a Negro talking to his public is told exactly what the experts it is a simple matter for the producers children about "Uncle Charlie," or a decide. of the motion picture to keep his emo­ white, speaking of the "Niggers" ~ Witness the shameful fiasco of eo­ tions in rapt attention. the sickening story of prejudice and raged mobs bUIoing American Embas­ From deep suspense to fright, and race hatred is the same, Soon, this un­ sies In the Mideast recently. then a few minutes of serene pleasant­ bridled emotional rage is destined to This is all a cleverly calculated plan ness, to be suddenly dashed to the write one of the bloodiest cbapters of on the part of a nation to induce its dismal depths of despair - swept up all human history! And how totally people to get wholeheartedly behind agai n to buoyant heights of joy and UNN ECESSARY it all is! How FUTILE ~ the aspirations of the government - to laughter, he anxiously identifies him­ how WORTHLE SS! develop a "flag-waving" attitude of pa­ self with the hero. Slugging his way Look at the passionate forms of triotism! World leaders know this - through an angry mob, he feels the ESCAPE people use. From a yelling, and make use of it! delicious, vicarious feeling of his screaming emotional RELIGIOUS "experi­ By appealing to crazed, uncon­ knuckles pounding the blubbery face ence" to a drunken whiskey jag, man trolled, human emotion, rulers can of the ugly leader into unrecognition. seems bent on remaining enslaved to make a whole nation into a riotous And so ~ as his emotions are running his own violent emotions. mob! riot ~ the only control of emotions is M al2Y times we receive letters from The Advertising Pl oy in the film itself, since the viewer has those who, in a frenzy of emotion, and lost his own. The advertisers are especially clever because others around them were do­ Take a look at national crime rates! manipulators of the emotions of the ing it, went down the aisle to kneel Especially in the United States, crime unsllspecting, gullible public! Knowing before a shouting preacher to "give directly attributive to unbridled emo­ that mo.rt people buy a product on the their hearts to the Lord." Later, they tional outbursts has risen sharply. It is "spur of the moment," just on impulse, wondered what it was they did. But a common OC(JIl"rellce to read 9f brutal the advertisers' aim is to somehow the emotion of the moment swept them murders as a result of arguments in a appeal to these impulses! away. They really DID FEEL remorseful home ~ Official crime reports show the The typical monkey wrench adver­ - they FE LT ashamed ~ they FELT majority of murders are committed in tised by a buxom, scantily clad young like going to the a.ltar - they DE­ the family, or among close acquain­ woman is a good illustration. The SIRED forgiveness ~ but they didn't tances - who KILL in a moment of pleasure-mad sensuality of our modern KNOW WHAT TO REPENT OF --., didn't blind passion! Our large cities espe­ living has led the world on a moral know WHAT IS SIN, and didn't know cially are plagued with sudden out­ landslide of degeneracy where the the TRUTH ABOUT SALVATION! bursts of violence as a result of pent-up word "SEX" must be ultilized if the It was all EMOTION} and precious eyes of John Public are to be emotions explod ing in uncontrolhble Q. little spiritual UNDERSTANDlNG~ ri ot. attracted to anything. Yes ~ whether it's the highest­ WHY ? It is difficu lt to buy a magazine level government parl eys, or the sim­ The answer is quite simple. Because without a gaudily emblazoned an­ plest neighborhood squabble, the whole the average individual has neve1· leamed nouncement of an article dealing with worJd seems gripped by its u"ncontrol­ to hold his impulses, his emotions in some special facet of SEX within its lable emotions ! covers. In the last two decades a veri­ check! Our helter-skelter search for the table FLOOD of little "pocket" maga­ physically and emotionally Jatisfying Is Emotional Stability Inherited, zines loudly flaunting sex, and little has led us up a box canyon of emo­ or Acquired? tional turmoil and instability! If there else, has jammed the newsstands. MOST PEOPLE HAVE NEVER COM­ could be on ly one major si tuation to PLET ELY GROWN Up! Emotions Swept by Movies serve as a graphic illustration of that We mature physically first - and fa ct, it is OUR NATIONAL DIVORCE A cursory examination of our mo­ then, finally, some people mature men­ RATE! tion-picture industry should convince tally. But only comparatively few peo­ People are not happy! Our hom es are even the most dubious of their whole­ ple, it seems, e1Jer tntltllre emotionally Of sale effect on our emotions! The aver­ not happy, and, when the basic institu­ SP IR.ITUALLY! age individual viewing the unfolding tion of any society, the HOME, is un­ The modern child-rearing methods, of a story on the glittering screen is happy ~ the entire nation is in danger! and the progressive education being completely yielded to his emotions. Bigotry and race hatred characterizes disseminated in our Sdlools follow the He is seeking to relax, to be enter­ a great deal of society today. policy of "nonrestraint" where emo­ tained, NOT to think constructively, to Feeding it ~ fanning its rag ing tions are concerned. Emotions, they argue, or to investigate the reasons be­ flames are the hate mongers with their reason, are much like air in a bottle! hind the plot of the story. Therefore, lust for personal power, or their blind, The more you compress the air in the August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 25 bottle, the more liable is the bottle to The WRONG Use of Emotions Satan cont;,wed to play on Christ's break. Therefore, reason the learned emotions - always appealing to vanity The Creator-R ULER of this Universe doctors of psychology, every kicking, to come to the fore, to Christ's author­ reveals in H is inspired Word that this screaming, uncontroll able tantrum a ity and office. Jesus withstood every present world is under the sway an d child stages is allowi ng a certain in­ single tem ptation th rough the power of influence of Satan the Devil (II Cor. trinsic amount of that "pent-up" God's Holy Spi ri t, and by setti ng His 4:4). H e is called the god of this world, pressure to escape - leaving LESS WI LL to MASTER HIMSEL F - to RESIST this age, or society ~ Satan, as the de­ tension, and LESS emotion In the act ing on impulse, upon a sudden emo­ ceiver and the destroyer, WAN TS mao­ bottle I tional suggestion ! Ch rist fi nally gave kind to use emotions WRO NGLY . One The total fallacy and empty ridicu­ a COMMAND, "GET THEE HENCE, of Satan's g reatest tools and weapons lousness of such theories should be SAT AN!" (Verse 10.) And the Devil in trying to destwy humanity is EMO­ apparent to anyone! was DEFEATED . He was WHIPPED by the TIONALISM ! Emotio11s do 110t have intrinsic value, superior mind, the powee and over­ It was PRIDE, JEALOUSY) GREED, but are mental reactions of habit. A whelming AUTHORITY of Jesus Christ! LUST, and VANITY that led Satan to rebellious, emotionall y unstable child The Devil wasn't through with VIOLENCE against his very maker. The has learned the HABIT of rampant emo­ Christ yet, however. All during Jesus' Bible describes the devi l as a "ROARING tional outbursts, and, rather than ea rthly life, Satan worked on the emo­ LION," and a "DRAGON." He is described lessening with each tantnuTI, the pres­ tions of the Jews in Palestine to ki ll as the very epitome of snarling, enraged, sures of wil d, uninhibited emotions are Him! Finally, when God allowed it, violent HATE! bllilt liP by habit! Satan utilized his most effective weapon to finally bring about the horri ble tor­ Through the period of adolescence, How The Devil Failed the story is pretty much the same. The ture and death of Christ - RAMPANT The greatest battle that has ever been corner drugstore, the friends you had, EMOTIONS! fought was not a war between nations, the movi es you saw and the car or the Notice, in the account of the cruci­ uot of spears and swords, not of guns bicycle you had - all were governed by fixion of Christ, in Matthew's Gospel, and bombs, but an awe-Inspiring strug­ impulse, in most cases, and without the people were gathered together in a gle of the WILL! JeJIIs Christ fOllght real mind control. Oll[ modern teen­ MOB against Christ! Have you ever seen that battle, to qllalify to ul timately agers are the product of the war years a MOB of people, angry, shouting, REMOVE Satan fwm his present position when the "lid was off" nearly everything marching against th e object of their as ruler of this world! You'll find the when it came to morals and social hatred? Have you? thrilling history of that tremendous standards. The result is self-evident. Do YOU believe such mobs are using struggle in Matthew the fourth chapter. Our Am eri can teen-agers present one of their MINDS, or just raw, uncontroll ed, Christ had been in the wilderness area the gravest problems, and are one of violent emotions? Just such a crowd of for 40 long days and nights, fasting! the biggest national scandals that has unbridled hatred was unleashed against (Verse 2.) Just think of how hlll1gry ever confronted a nation ~ Over one Christ. Pilate knew that " ... for ENVY H e must have been! Satan the devil half of all allto thefts alld other major they had delivered H im" (Mat. 27 :18). came to Him and craftily said, "If you crimes in recent years were committed After the Governor had determined the be the Son of God, command that these by mixed-lip, restless, thrill-seeking, mob wan ted Barabbas to be released, stones be made bread" (verse 3). emotionally unstable teen-agel's uuder in stead of Christ, Pilate asked them, Notice! the age of eighteen! "What shall I do then with Jesus Today, the wi ld , weird, crazed The Dev il appealed to Christ's EMO ­ which is called Christ?" (Verse 22.) "hippie," or motorcycle thug has be­ TIONS! Fint, to His office/ that of Very And in thei r surging, reckless abandon come a veritable god to the teen-age God in the flesh, and second, to His to passionate hate, they screamed out, products of our hate· fi lled, permissive extreme, near.;starving hllnger that " LET HIM BE CRUCIFIED!" The gove~­ homes. gnawed within H im! Christ COU LD nor tried to reason with them. He ap­ Shocking? have acted on IMPULSE, as most human pealed to their minds, to their logic. Yes - and more than that - an beings wotlld have done. Jesus COU LD He asked, "WHY? What evil has He abomination in the sight of God, who have let vanity drive Him to do just as done?" (Verse 23.) is going to indict a whole nation for Satan had proposed! But did He? But did the wildly shouting mob its crimes against its own children! Not at ali i stop to use their minds? Did they have Emotional stabili ty is NOT a natural Christ controlled His impulses - He control of their EMOTIONS? No ! result of adulthood! The mind does MASTERED His emotions, and with His "They cried 01lt the more, saying, not just "naturally" take control of the MIND, motivated by His willpower, H e LET HIM BE CRUCIFIED!" (Verse 23.) emotions of the average human being. said, " It is written, MAN SHALL NOT And Satan had succeeded in his plot Properly controlled emotions, and a LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY against the life of Christ. However, he level-headed, sound-minded approach EVERY WORD THAT PROCEED­ never could have succeeded, had to life must be TAUGHT, and is there· ETH OUT OF THE MOUTH OF it not been God's express will that fore ACQUIRED, not inherited! GOD!" (Verse 4.) Christ die at that precise time for the 26 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967 sins of the world! God permitted vanity" (Ecc!. 1:2) . The vanity in lames (Allthorized) Version renders it, Satan, however, to sway the emotions human nature is the SOllrce of the "sound mind." Any mind that does of the mob in order to murder God's greed, and of the emotions of jealousy, not have God's Spirit is an UNsound own Son! bitterness, and hatred. Notice how most mind - a mind that is NOT spiritually How similar must have been this of the "works of the flesh" Paul warns SANE! farce of a trial to some of the screaming Christians against, stem directly from True sOlmd mindedness can come only race riots of our ugly times! uncontrolled human emotions.' "Now through OBEDIENCE TO Goo's PERFECT the works of the flesh are manifest, LAWS! (Acts 5:32.) God W ants Us to Use Our which are adultery, fornication, un­ Emotions Wisely The times ahead are going to be more cleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, DEMANDING upon you than you can witchcraft, hatred, va riance, emulations, Untold suffering and mental anguish faintly realize! You are soon going wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envy­ exists in literally hundreds of thousands to be plunged into a holocaust of un­ of homes because of the lack ings, murders, drunkenness, revelJings, right now bridled, violent HATRED; of worldwide and such like, of the wh ich I tell you of emotional stability and control! chaos and WAR! What about YOUR home? Do YOU before, as I have also told you in time What will you do then? always control yourself just the way past, that they which do mch things you would like to? Are you always in shall 1I0t inherit the Kingdom of God" Will YOU become victimized by your complete mastery of YOllrself? (Gal. 5:19-21). own prejudices - your OW11 passions, lusts, and uncontrolled emotions? Will The natural emotions God has built Your natural human mind lllsts to you hate? Will you become gripped by in the human being are not wrong in envy others (James 4:5) and is contral'Y a fa ithless FEAR? W ill you, in the face themselves - but, as in all things, they to sound-minded emotional control. of terrible persecution, LOSE CONTROL can be put to a wrong tlse! Jesus Christ "For the fles h lusts against the Spirit, of yourself, and RENOUNCE your God? had emotion! He was HUMAN as YOU and the Spirit against the flesh, and are human, and as such He possessed these are contrary the one to the other, It's about time you rea lized there is a the same human nature which He had so that you cannot do the things that way of ESCAPE and PROTECTION for to overcome. Christ learned obedience you would" (Gal. 5:17). those who will truly SURRENDER their hearts and minds to their Creator - to by the things He suffered (Heb. 5 :8). Paul was further inspi red to write those who really want the Spirit of He cried out with TEARS to God during to us, " ... the carnal mind (the natural, God to BREAK their hostile, carnal, His earthly life in order to succeed in fl eshly mind] is ellmily against God, HATING nature, and replace it with the maslering Himself, and finally qualify­ for it is not subject to the law of great ou tflowing LOVE that can come ing as our coming King and World God, neither indeed can be" (Rom. only from God. Christ says His own Ruler! (Heb. 5:7.) 8:7) , ELECT will be SPARED in the perilous Jesus was deeply moved at the grave The natural mind, then, is motivated times ahead. He says those who are of Lazarus when He saw the total lack by vallity and the lusts of the flesh, MATURE in true mental, emotional and of failh in H is most intimate friends! and is contrary to God's law, which is spiritual maturity - those who really (John 11:35.) And Jesus wept. He dis­ the channel through which God's LOVE GROW UP, will be spared! played a great deal of emotion over the flows. To remain carnal minded is to Li sten! "And He gave some, apos­ prophesied destruction of heedless Jeru­ remain on the olltside, looking in, for tles; and some, prophets; and some, salem (Mat. 23:37). And He was "except you repent, you shall all like­ evangelists; and some, pastors and moved with righteous anger and indig­ wise perish" (Luke 13:3); and, "If any nation against the hypocritical Pharisees man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is teachers; for the perfectillg of the saints, for the WORK of the ministry, for on many occasions! (See Mat. 23; John none of His" (Rom, 8:9). To be with­ the edifying of the body of Christ: 8:33-59; Mark 3:1-5.) out the Spirit of God is to be carnal TILL we all come in the unity of the God commands His servants to GROW minded - and the carnal mind is just faith, and of the knowledge of the Son in grace and knowledge ( II Pet. 3:18) NATURALLY emotionally immature! of God, unto a MATURE [margin] man, until they can reach stability, matllrity, Tme emotional maturity. then, can and use their emotions properly! "But unto the measure of the stature of the come ONLY through God's H oly Spirit! strong meat (spiritual truth] belongetb fulness of Christ: that we henceforth That is exactly what your Bible to them that are of f/lll age, even those BE NO MORE CIHLDREN, tossed to and teaches! "For God has not given us who by reason of me have their senses fro [ led by our unstable emotions!], the Spirit of fear, but of power, and exercised to discern both good and and carried about with every wind of of love, and of a SOUND MIND"! evil" (Heb. 5 :14). doctrine, by the sleight of men, and (11 Tim. 1:7.) cu nning craftiness, whereby they lie in Basic Human Emotions Various translations of the Bible ren­ wait to deceive; but speaking the truth The very basis of all human nature, der Paul's inspired statement in 1I Tim­ in love, may GROIt7 UP unto HIM in and therefore human emotions, is othy 1 :7, "For God has not given us all things, which is the HEAD, even VANITY! "Vanity of vanities, saith the the spirit of fear; but of power, and of Christ!" (Ephesians 4:11-15.) Preacher, vanity of vanities, ALL is love, and of a SANE MIND"! The King Why don't YOU grow up? August. 1967 Duckbill PLATYPUS (Continlled from page 8) tionists must feel rather uneasy about the plague of platypuses. Another book accuses the innocent platypus of this: "The platypus of Australia and Tas­ mania (are] the MOST BIZARRE of living mammals" (Evo/tltion, LIFE NATURE LIBRARY, page 60). But what is really "bizarre" about the platypus? Absolutely lIothillg. He's perfectly designed for his specific place in "na­ ture," a fine swimmer, a good burrower, a hardy, happy, busy little creature who gazes balefully at the hysterical accusa­ tions of scientists whose cherished theories left no room for him. Can the platypus help it jf evolutionists' theories were so weirdly inadequate they pro­ vided no space for his existence? Think of it! The evolutionists be­ lieve even the various PARTS of the same animal are "unrelated," and yet they function together PERFECTLY! Evolution demands we explain all life forms, no matter HOW "strange" appearing (and what could be stranger than an elephant, or a giraffe, or a rhinoceros, or a narwhal ?) as having Clork - AmboJSodor College

GRADUALLY evolved from common, inference by analogy? And did it never "platywhatever." He is 11 0 t, decidedly, early ancestors. occur to us that analogies PROVE NOTH­ a "full-fledged" platypus, complete with This gradual evolution, they insist, ING ? beavers tail, duck's bill, otter's body, was guided by the ALL-POWERFUL Does it never occur to the layman to snake's fang, mammal's glands or tur­ pseudo-god spoken of in so many texts, demand evidence of the multiple THOU­ tle's eggs! "natural selection." This "natural selec­ SANDS of "intermediate" species which Somehow, he is somewhere 10 be­ tion" more or less AUTOMATICALLY could possibly SU BSTANTIATE such a tween, or under, or somewhere around determined which creatures were best fantastic story? That there would be one or the other of these "stages." suited to their environment - which infinitely more varieties of creatures LeI's say he lives along the banks of could "adapt" or go through some sort with HALF-scales HALF-feathers than a stream. But he can't swim yet, be­ of required "change" demanded by with whole ones? And especially, since cause, being li ke any other normal changing environment. these creatures ( which did not exist) burrowing animal, he has claws only In attempting to these imag­ portray were "not so well eguipped" to survive, for digging, hasn't evolved retractable ined "changes" and "adaptations," evo­ that the fossil records should ABOUND webbed feet, nor developed a tail for lution offers views of strange "trees" - with such evidence - when in reali ty a keel, nor learned to hold hi s breath pictures of various "simple" life forms, it is utterly vacant? that long, nor developed waterproof followed by crustaceans, jellyfish and hair. the like, branching off into plants, The Very First "Platywhatever" But if that's true, then why develop fishes, amphibians, land mammals; up retractable webbed feet, and then decide the trees to various leaping mammals Based on the evolutionary demands and to birds, or from the land mam­ for "gradual" change by "natural selec­ to swim only with his forefeet, drag­ mals to man. tion" leI's be logical. LeI's walk back ging the hind feet rather uselessly along Did it ever occur to the average lay­ in time. Back, back - millions or after? man that all such attempts to "show" billions (or., if evolution insists, even The hungry "platywhatever" pauses an evolutionary process by various "re­ quintillions) of years ago. by the side of the stream. Formerly, lationships" in such creatures is pure We ar looking at our nrst little (since he obviously spent MOST of his 28 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967 time on dry land) he was accustomed in the turbid current, and swept away Shall we assume he BEGAN with the to eating various tiny animals, or plants, into the sands of time - where he proboscis (nose) and without eyes? or whatever may have suited his par­ appears, not as a "platypus," but as a No - the very first time the very ticular fancy. "primitivus, beaverus, otterus, duckus first platypus swam underwater to find But it enters his mind to eat soft, beakus, incredibilus!" food, he had to have a perfectly de­ water-soaked worms! But no, That won't work, either. veloped body for swimming, tail for a But WHY should he want to begin Because no such "creature" is FOUND keel, since he swims with his front feeding on the bottom of streams, in the fossils. two legs only; webs to be stretched out when he can't see any food there, and Let's concentrate on his children sur· over his burrowing toenails for pad­ he can't swim underwater, either? And viving - since obviously, he is not dling; waterproof bair to keep him if he MUST begin feeding along stream even remotely EQUIPPED to survive! from drowning; and an extremely sen­ bottoms in order to survive, then why (At least, not as a platypus. And jf he's sitive nerve-filled "bill " for finding his don't ALL CREATURES ON EARTH with equipped to survive as a SOMETHING way, and finding his food, a similar diet feed along on stream bot­ ELSE - then WHY DlDN iT HE??) The very first time two platypuses toms' How did all the other myriad of The first "platywhatever" was wan­ mated, they had to already have BUILT· creatures keep "surviving" without ever dering along the banks of his favorite IN instincts (so the male didn't acci­ getting wetter than the drenching a stream one day in what finally became dentally jab the female with his dan­ good rain gives them? Australia, and ran smack into the most gerous "fang" on a hind foot, for If this first "platywhatever" had to chall enging question evolution could instance??) so they would not walk off evolve water-feedjng apparatus, then he EVER have to answer - a mate, of the and leave the eggs, but await their only evolved it because he needed jt. opposite sex, that looked exactly the hatching, and then proceed to "nurse" And if he needed it, that means he same except for certain important de­ the offspring - NOT by nursing, but wasn't getting sufficient food where he tails - at least, important to him! by secreting the milk onto underbelly was to SIIrvive, But if he couldn't have In due time, babies are born. hair at various intervals, survived where he was - and obviously, Perhaps they began bearing the ", .. But is this 'fair' reasoning?" couldn't have succeeded in obtaining young ALIVE, and, not having yet But is this "fair" to evolution? Is food from stream bottoms until he had "evolved" the special technique of se­ it "fair" to try to see LOGIC in its gradually, over MILLIONS OF YEARS, crelillg milk on a given signal that claims? Is it "fair" to attempt some evolved that supersensitive bill, and involves enough nerve endings and sort of rational, logical, appeali ng meth­ those retractable, skin-covered forefeet, special sensory techniques - not to od by which evolution COULD HAVE and his whole, specially designed mention fathomless animal INSTINCT ~ taken pl ace? aquatic body and tail - then he to give a computer a headache, the Or is that against the rules? obviously starved to death, and there­ young starve to death. Honestly, now - si nce EVOLUTION­ fore does not exist today. But let's forget all those problems ­ ISTS THEMSELVES have no real AN· after aU, evolution has, It should be obvious to any thinking SWERS as to the true origin (once they person that his very first attempts to Let's try to imagine HOW ANY ONE have denied God!) of the platypus­ feed along the bottom of streams GIVEN PART of the platypus COULD do YOU CLAIM TO HAVE THE AN­ would have led to one of two things. POSS IBLY have evolved ! SWERS? First, either a successful enough feeding T ake the eyes. Be HONEST ' with yourself! Haven't to satisfy him- meaning he was already The platypus has normal eyesight - you just sort of "DAYDREAMED" about perfectly adapted to obtain food in that but, in swimming underwater, keeps "how" this and that might "possibly" fashion, and therefore should have sur-­ them tightly shm! So wHICH CAME have occurred - but never subjected it vived as a "platywhatever" instead of a FIRST? Did he begin surviving by keep­ to the cold light of LOGIC and FACT' "platypus." Or, secondly, an empty ing his eyes OPEN underwater, and Oh - you've heard the many "argu­ stomach and complete frustration, lead­ finding the worms and other food ments," of course. But just how really ing him to evolve into something else. vimal/y? If so, then WHY EVOLVE that LOGICAL are they? One might counter, He dives into the water. But - STUPID-LOOKING BEAK??? "But perhaps the ancestors of the alas! He can't swim ! His hair is not If his sensi'tive bill was ONLY neces~ platypus began by brief "exoorsions" water resistant. Besides, he can't see - sary as a food-finding nerve center - into the edge of the water - and, as and as yet has not "evolved" his ex­ then he would NOT have begun "evolv· they became more adept at finding tremely sensitive, skin-covered, naviga­ mg" it until it became NECESSARY! It food underwater, just naturally passed tor's and food-finder's mechanism in was not really necessary jf he could on these "acquired characteristics" to his bill - after all, he's never HAD to SEE) was it? their offspring! Perhaps it took MIL­ search for underwater worms with his And wouldn't it have been far easier LIONS OF YEARS of developing platy­ EYES CLOSED before! to Simply evolve a kind of skin over puses to produce a "modern" platypus. So, laden with water - forefeet his eyes and continue keeping them A nice daydream, clawing to no avail, for lack of webs, open, instead of evolve the most sur­ But it doesn't work. IF it were true, hind feet hanging uselessly, he is caught prising proboscis in the whole world? then the fossil record would be literally August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 29

FILLED with the many, mallY "transi­ Let's find whether they follow the was thought out, and carefully tional" species that FINALLY gave rise facts, or the reasoning of others PLANNED, by a Great CREATOR, DE­ to the platypus of today! ABOUT a few facts. SIGNER, LrFE-GIVER never occurs to the But there IS no such fossil record. What does evolution say about the evolutionist. Or, if it does occur to Let's take a calm look at the facts as fosfil rec ord of the platypus' "UN­ him - it is quickly discarded.

presented by the evolutionists them­ HAPPILY, NO FOSS ILS have yet been Sa id one leading astrophysicist, tr It selves. found in any continent which reveal is a terrible mystery haUl matter comes the lineage of the monotremes (single­ alit 0/ nothing. Could it have been Mammals from Reptiles ? vent, or the platypus) prior to the last something olltside science? .. There are around three thousand, two few million years in Australia itself" "J17 e tfy to ftay 0111 of philofophy hundred totally different species of (The Lalld alld Wildl;fe of A1Iftralia, and theology, but sometimes we are mammals, varying in size from the LIFE NATURE LIBRARY, David Berga­ forced to think in bigger terms, to go two fifths of an ounce shrew to the mini, page 62, 6:;). back to something outside science." l30-ton whale! All fOffil platypuses found look The platypus is another of those Zoologists, taxonomists, biologists, EXACTLY like "modern" platypuses. serious obstacles to the evolutionary and a host of other specialists (the So there are no leads in the fossils. theory - a living creature which has majority of whom are believers in evo­ And none among living creatures. NO LIVING COUNTERPARTS, and NO lution), believe mammals developed But, admits the author, zoologists CLOSE RELATIVES in the fossil record. from reptiles. have come to "general" agreement! Therefore, science cal1s this little crea­ And, striking as it sounds, the platy­ rrpollowing the lead of the eminent ture a "living fossiL" pm has been regarded as a DESCEN­ evolutionary authority George Gaylord In oU"r words, the platypus, along DANT of a "link" between reptiles and Simpson, however, zoologists generally with the ants, cockroaches, cycads, and mammals of over 150 million (or agree, that the monotremes' ancestors the now famous coelacanth, have been so ... ) years ago. must have branched from the premam­ dubbed "living fossils" because evolu­ Said LIFE NATURE LIBRARY (The mal stock and reached Australia at least tion is forced to admit they have Land and Wildlife of Allftralia, page l35 million years ago, perhaps even as NEVER CHANGED. That is, that their 61), "The reptilian characteristics of long as 200 million years ago" (ibid). fossi l ancestors, IF ANY, (and in the the platypus led scientists to conclude (Emphasis ours throughout article.) case of the platypus, there are none!) that it is descended from a lillk be­ Said another authority, "The platypus are exactly the SAME as the living tween the reptiles and mammals of and its egg-laying cousins ... have al­ creatures. over 150 million years ago. tered but little in more recent geological So - as far as the actual evide11ce "At any rate, it is a highly specialized times, as shown by the fact that NO goes, a platypus has ALWAYS BEEN a survivo r of an ancient time." PETR IFIED REMAINS have yet been un­ platypus - that is, so far as actual Again these are "scientific"- earthed to trace their ancestral evolu­ EVIDENCE goes. But in the realm of sounding arguments, but utterly lacking ti on" (FlIrred Allimt.ds of At/stralia, spew/atio", all sorts of interesting in PROOF. Ellis Troughton, page 1). pasts are assigned to this interesting If the platypus is only a defcelldant, So - there is NO proof from the little creature. a REMNANT of a "LINK" between such fossil reco rd , either in "recent" or in One book ascribes this great feat to vastly different creatures as reptiles and "ancient" times, regardless of the way the platypus: mammals, then where are the literally in which it may be stated in various "When the monotremes were cut off MILLIONS of fossil remains of the lit­ publications, that the platypus evolved from the rest of the world they were erally THOUSANDS of intermediate spe­ at all! ' just changing into mammals - but cies going in both directions f1'om Stich Then how do evolutionists say they they NEVER QUITE FINISHED" (Marvel­ a "link," and where are all the other know it evolved? om Mamnltlls: i\1 ollotl'emes and Mar­ intermediate species from the "link" to Easy. They just ffly it. JIIpials, Bernice Kohn, page 13 ) . the platypus himself? You see, every untruth is based on a Evolution remains silent to these false premise that is always just care­ Does This Make Sense? questions - admitting the foss il record lessly ASSUMED, and casually TAKEN The current idea today is that am­ to be "incomplete." But is it, REALLY? FOR GRANTED. Once a person has re­ mals - or whatever - evolve in Or is the theory woefully inadequate? jected hi s God, and swallowed the idea POPULATIONS. That is, certain groups Which' that all living things evolved from some within a genus or species can adapt other living thing - and that simple to changing conditions. As they evolve, Which "leads" do Evolutionists gave rise to complex, he fancies he the rest of the members of that group Follow? sees certain "relationships" among DIE, because they can't adapt to new What possible CLUES do evolution­ them. environmental conditions. ists have, from the undeniable evidence That he may be looking at a re­ Applied to the platypus, it means of the fossils, and living creatures markable PATTERN - a basic structural that (according to evolutionists) as themselves, that a platypus evolved? FRAMEWORK for ALL life forms that conditions changed, groups within the 30 The PLAIN TRUTH August. 1967 platypus tribe EVOLVED into other cred­ mitted M r. Platypus to go through the tllres. whole complicated ritual of feeding, Meanwhile, all the platypuses, who exercising and drying-off" (Walkabout, DIDN'T change into other mammals article "He's Just An Old Fossil," died 0111. Kendrick Howard, page 15). Do you see the problem? The first attempt at transport wasn't We STILL HAVE the platypus with made until 19l6. The animal survived us today! He shouldn't have continued one week, In 1922 another attempt was to exist - but he does. And, for 50 mad e. Out of five start~rs, only ONE to 150 million years, so say the evolu­ platypus survived, for a time. tionists. He died 49 DAYS later. Of course, the evolutionist weakly ONLY SEVEN of these strange crea­ trys to explain this away. The idea is hires have ever been exported. All at· that the monotremes and MARSUPIALS tempts to establish them beyond Aus­ survived in Allstralia because it was trali a have failed. One managed to stay cut off from the rest of the earth. alive ten years outside Austral ia. An­ H owever, the OPOSSUM is a marsllpial. other, Olle year. But he lives in the United States, not But, today, if you want to see a Australia. Yet, this mammal does Cjuite platypus - you have to go to Aus­ well among all the wild beasts. He tralia. doesn't see any need for evolving. "Here, in this substitute hideaway, at Building a Platypusary Healesville. two at least of the egg­ Supposedly, some platypuses evolved laying furred mammals continue pub­ over mil/ions of years into other crea­ licly to DEFEAT TIME AND REFUTE tures. Supposedly, they were able to EVOLUTION, wh ile putting on a dai ly survive - whole populations of them act for visitors ... matinees, daily, 2- - changes in environment over long 4:30 p.m." (W(ilktlbollt, "He's Just an periods. Old Fossil," Kendrick Howard, page 15, But this doesn't stack up with what May, 1967). "Refutes evolution"? we can SEE with our eyes. As a matter Whether the author really meant of fact, a platypus is one of the MOST it EXACTLY WHAT SENSITIVE creatures on earth. or not - that is the This is proved by the countless at­ platypus does do.' tempts to keep platypuses alive apart Evolutionists claim that the platypus from their native habitats. must have GRADUAllY evolved as his For example, back in 1913, an animal environment changed over mil/ions of dealer wanted to export a platypus to years. But only ON E - as far as we the New York zoo. He approached know - survived a change of environ­ Harry Burrell, who had great knowl­ ment more than one year, and died. He edge of the sensitive platypus. certainly didn't evolve in that short a " 'The platypus man,' as he became stretch. known (,Duckbill Dave' to his friends) T he Sensitive Platypus knew YOII cOllldn }t send this fellow anywhere withollt sendhlg his entire David Fleay is a well-known individ­ home - or a reasonable facsimile. ual who has worked extensively with "So straight off you need a water the platypus. In the article, "Flight of tank . To this must be added a series the Platypus," for the National Geo­ of passages and an enclosed living graphic Magazille of October, 1958, he chamber resembling his burrow along admitted this: which he can waddle just as if back on "For 25 years I have dealt with the Lower Woop-Woop creek. platypuses, and I have come to the "When he leaves the water he must conclusion that few members of the have an entrance made on the principle animal kingdom are so difficult to keep of a wash ing-machine wringer ... tak­ in captivity ... once caught, IT WILL ing all these factors into account, SOON DIE if these [natural surround­ Burrell came up with a contraption ings] are not dupliooted. which he call ed a platypusary. His in­ "Along with this specialization, it geniously designed portable model per- has a nervous system EXCEEDINGLY August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 31

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WEL L DEVELOPED for a beast with such and a large surface of cerebral cortex blind alley!" Unfortunately, too many primitive features. indicate a degree of intelligence FAR scientists have NOT HEEDED that warn­ "Su bject the nocturnal platypus to REMOVED from that of reptiles" (The ing. too much noise, light, handling, keep PlatYPlls, Harry Burrell , page 63). But those of us who have the wit to it too wet or too dry, hold it in sur· Oh, oh! Here's another problem. see, ought to be able to understand roundings that do not remind it of In order to be a direct link between from the creation around us, that GOD home in the country - the result can mammals and reptiles, th e beast has to DOES EXIST. We should exclaim with be panic, frantic rushing about, be "primitive." But alas! His brain is David, "0 Lord, how manifold are thy DEATH WITHIN 24 HOURS." WELL DEVELOPED. works ! i11 wisdom has t thou made them But, we are expected to believe that H ow do you square that with evolu- all: the earth is FULL of thy riches. the platypus population survived MIL­ tion? "So is this great and wide sea, LIONS of years as it was evolving into You don't. wherein are things creeping innumer­ something else. And evoluti onists ADM IT you can't. able, both small and great beasts" Even common sense should tell "Many zoologists believe that since (Psa lm 104:24-25). anyone this is impossible. premammal days the monotremes have And so is the dry land - full of The creed of evolutionists is, "The evolved far less than other living mam­ the wondrous works of God. And the PRESENT is the key to the past." T hat mals in their basic reproductive and dllckbill plalypm is among those works. is, whatever you can observe today can skeletal structure ... this, surely, is most You live in a world of LAW and show you what happened in the past. remarkable. ORDER. The weather, the living plants, In that case, the platypus is one "Why, having once begun to enjoy the breathtaking food chains in the sea, more of the sirong proofs that evolu­ the advantages of large brains and and in the very soil under your feet - tion DID NOT take place. maternal ca re, were the monotremes not the living creatures that are so amazing­ The platypus nervous system is so pushed on through the ages by the ly complex, so perfectly suited to their highly organized that specimens have same forces of selection and survival every task, and in such wondrous bal­ been known to die in the hands of a that shaped the other mammals? . . ance in this world of teeming life - captor as he was taking the creature this is one of the RECURRENT RID­ all follow definite patterns, fulfill defi­ out of a river. DLES OF EVOLUTION and as yet nite, specific needs, and foll ow LAWS. there is no answer to it ..." (The The only LAWLESS creature you know The Highly Sensitive Nervous Lalld and Wildlife of Amlralia, David of in the whole of lawful creation is System Bergamini and Editors of Life, LIFE MAN. We've already seen in the quote NATURE LIBRARY, page 66). Lawless, God-hating, God-rejecting above how the nervous system confuses Why can't evolutionists see? MAN, who wants desperately to work those zoologists who think evolution is The platypus has webbed feet be­ out his OWN problems, to find his OWN true. cause he needs them for swimming. way to peace, to achieve all the right The question is : Since the platypus He needs his beaver-like tail for sta­ effects while following the WRONG is supposed to be such a primitive bilization, He needs the brain he has CAUSES ! mammal W HY does he have such a well­ because of his highly sensitive nervous WHY such vanity-filled, insistent be­ developed nervous system ? system - especially his BILL! In turn, lief in evolution today? Simply because Not only that, but the BRAIN is 100 the platypus needs his bill to find food, "natural selection" does not tell a scien­ well developed for such a pnmluve and navigate underwater and build a tist, or disillusioned, sarcastic young beast, so reason evolutionists. But that burrow. dupe in evolutionary study HOW TO doesn't do away with it. The platypus didn't evolve, as should LIVE. Evolution does not thunder out Notice, one perplexed admission: be obvious. He was CREAT ED by a the chronicle of human foily, nor shout "The brain is SURPR ISINGLY large­ Great God in wisdom and understand­ to us our incredible SINS, or COMMAND much larger in proportion to the body ing. uS how to OBEY! weight than that of any reptile ... it The Proof of Creation And this world wants a MUTE God. cannot be said that the living mono­ Every part of the platypus takes its It wants a DEAD God. It wants a "first tremes are deficient in the extent of place in a COORDI NATED function that cause" who might have "started evolu­ their cerebral hemispheres - they are makes the platypus one of the awe­ tion" but not the very GOD OF THE indeed MYSTERIOUSLY WELL EN­ inspiring creatures we see around us. BIBLE ! DO WED with cerebral cortex. The platypus proves evolution can'not But YOU R GOD DOES EXIST. The "In the size and structure of its be true. He waves his bill at evolu­ ve ry God of the BIBLE, the FATHE R of brain, then, the platypus proves to be tionists in sad pity. It almost appears as Jesus Christ of Nazareth LIVES! Christ an animal with a considerable degree of though God made the platypus just to is ALIVE. He will RULE YOU - yes He INTELLIGENCE, with a cerebrum better CONFUSE THE EVOLUTIONISTS! will, YOU - in the near future. organized than that of the lower mar­ The platypus is one of God's road­ Will you bow your knees of your supials and even of some of the lower blocks that warns theorists, "Watch OWN free choice now? Or wi ll He Monodelphia. A well·organized brain your ideas, you're heading down a FORCE you to your knees then? rite 13ible StOfU

by Basil Wolverton

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED SIX

CIVIL WAR THREATENS

D AVID WAS warned that Absalom, his son, was near and would probably try to attack Jerusalem in a violent effort to seize the government of Israel. King David and hundreds of his faithful subjects, soldiers and servants and their families hurriedly moved out of the city so that it wouldn't become a scarred site of battle. (II Samuel 15:13-23.) When David realized that the ark was being taken from its place in Jerusalem, he was very upset. King David's Secret Agent "Don't bring the ark out of Jerusalem," David told the priests, Zadok and Abiathar. "Return it to where it was. It shouldn't be exposed to the uncertainty of travel. We should rely on God, not the ark." Zadok and Abiathar obeyed with the understanding that by staying in Jerusalem they could also observe what would take place there and inform David of the circumstances. David hardly knew whom else he could trust in this time when so many of his subjects were deserting him. (II Samuel 15:24-29.) He felt that this terrible situation could be the result of past sins concerning Uriah and his wife, as God had warned. (II Samuel 12:7-10.) Accordingly, he decided to walk to the top of Mount Olivet, just east of Jerusalem, to pray to God. This he did in a repentant manner, covering his head and wearing nothing on his feet. Many others accompanied him, weeping as they went. After a period of worshipping at the top of the hill, David was approached 34 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967

by a friend by the name of Hushai, who was not a warrior, but a counsellor. Hushai spoke of his desire to accompany the king wherever he would go. (II Samuel 15:30-32.) "Instead of going with me," David told him, "you could help me more if you would return to Jerusalem and join Zadok and Abiathar to keep me posted, through their sons, of how matters take place in Jerusalem when Absalom arrives there. Perhaps you can even come into Absalom's confidence and wisely offset any advice that might be given to him by Ahithophel, who forsook me for my son." Hushai wanted to do anything he could for the king. He obediently returned to the city. (II Samuel 15:33-37.) On the way down Mount Olivet, David was hailed in a respectful manner by a man named Ziba. He was a servant of Mephibosheth, a son of Jonathan, who was Saul's son and David's boyhood friend. Ziba was leading two donkeys heavily loaded with food. When David asked him where he was taking it, Ziba told him that the donkeys were for carrying David and the members of his family, by turns, so that they wouldn't become so weary by walking. "The bread and the fruit are for keeping up the strength of the young men, and the goatskin of wine is to refresh any who become faint if you have to go into the desert," Ziba explained. "I trust that you will return soon to your throne." "Where is Mephibosheth?" David asked. ''1' d like to thank him." "This isn't my master's idea," Ziba replied. "He stayed in Jerusalem. He feels that he should be the new king because he is of the royal family of Saul." David was surprised and disappointed to hear that one he had thought of as being so loyal should suddenly become almost as ambitious as Absalom. Under the strain of his distress, David made an error in perception. "You seem to be more faithful to me than Mephibosheth is," David observed. "I think you deserve everything that belongs to him." Ziba bowed low and grinned with satisfaction. He had just lied about Mephibosheth, who was still loyal to David. The wily servant was making every effort to obtain David's goodwill and gratitude. He was certain that it would be well worthwhile, because he was convinced that David would return to the leadership of Israel. (II Samuel 16:1-4.) Curses and Hatred Later, as David and his followers moved along a raVIne well outside of Jerusalem, a man of Saul's tribe came running along one bank of the gully, throwing stones at David and those with the king. He angrily shouted insults August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 35

and curses, and accused David of having murderously taken the throne of Israel from Saul. "Now at last you're paymg for all the bloody cnmes you've committed !" the Benjamite yelled. "Your own son is taking from you what you took from Saul! Get out of Israel before someone carries you out as a corpse!" Abishai, second in command of Israel's military forces, was among those accompanymg David, When he noticed what the angry man was doing, he became angry, too, "Why should this miserable dog be allowed to treat you like this?" he asked David, "Let me send men up the bank to catch him and cut off his head!" "No!" David quickly replied, holding out a restraining hand. "Your way isn't the way I wish to take in this matter. Let him curse me. God allows him to curse me, God hasn't prevented my son from seeking my life, so why should He prevent this man from show­ ing his hate for me? It could be that if I patiently endure abuse, God will have mercy on me, and will perhaps rescue me from this time of trouble." Begrudg ingly Abishai re­ strained his men. The angry Ben­ jamite continued shouting and throwing stones and dust until he became weary and hoarse. Then he disappeared over the side of the ravine. David and the hundreds of people moved on to the northeast toward the Jordan valley. (II Samuel 16: 5- 14,) Meanwhile, Absalom and his As David left Jerusalem to escape from Absalom's soldiers and supporters moved soldiers, an angry Beniomite loudly cursed him, accus­ ing him of stealing the leadersh ip of Israel from Saul. into Jerusalem from the south, 36 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967

triumphantly taking over the undefended city. Among those who welcomed the king's son was Hushai, David's friend who had agreed to return to Jerusalem to try to help David in any way he cou ld. "God save the king!" Hushai kept on shouting as Absalom passed up a street with his guards. Absalom smugly looked around to see who was greeting him so enthusiastically, not realizing the words were meant for king David instead of for him. When he recognized Hushai, whom he knew was a close friend of his father, he ordered the procession halted. "What are you doing here?" he called out to Hushai. "What has become of your loyalty to my father? I'm surprised that you haven't fled with him and his few remaining subjects!" USituation Ethics" "Whomever is chosen by God to be king, and whomever is preferred by the people, that is the man [ choose to be with," Hushai declared. "[ served your father we ll, and now [ am ready to serve in your presence, too." (II Samuel 16:15-19.) Hushai really meant he would serve David in Absalom's presence. Conceitedly assuming that Hushai was seeking to come over to his side, and knowing him for a wise and capable man, Absalom was pleased to welcome him as one of his advisors. Shortly afterwards he held a counci l meeting to decide what his next major move should be. Here was the opportunity for Ahithophel, David's disloyal former advisor, to make a base suggestion aimed at forcing Absalom and his father even further apart. Ahithophel knew that a reconciliation between David and Absalom would be disastrous to himself. "The ten women who were left in your father's palace were his wives," Ahithophel whispered to Absalom. "As victor, you should openly take them as yotl, wives. I shall see that the public soon hears you are abhorred by your father. When it is common knowledge, people will take a more definite stand on one side Or the other. The result wi ll undoubtedly be in your favor." You see, Ahithophel, like many people today, believed in "situation ethics." Absalom went by Allithophel's advice, and took his fathers ten wives. They were actually concubines, women who were part-time mates. (IT Samuel 16: 20-23. ) God allowed this crime as the fulfillment of a prophecy made to David through Nathan. The old prophet had told the king that someone else would openly take his wives beca use he had taken Bathsheba, Uriah 's wife. (II Samuel 12:9-12.) Later, Ahithophel gave Absalom mOre counsel. It was a simple plan by which August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTII 37

David's son could quickly and surely become the undisputed king of Israel. "Let me have twelve thousand of the best Israelite soldiers available to us," the advisor told Absalom. ''I'll take them tonight in pursuit of David and the people with him. We'll make sure that David dies, but that no one else is harmed. Those who escape won't be pursued, but we'll bring back as many as we can to join you, including those soldiers who have been so attached to David in recent years. Our greater nWl1bers will be their speedy undoing." The idea was to Absalom's liking, as well as that of his leaders. (II Samuel 17:1-4.) However, Absalom called for Hushai, explained Ahithophel's proposal, and asked what Hushai thought about it. "Ahithophel is a wise counsellor," observed Hushai, "but I don't believe his plan for this situation is good." Hushai knew the plan would work. So he just said it wasn't good. "Even twelve thousand men probably couldn't as much as find David, and he'd have to be found to be killed," Hushai said, making the most of this oppor­ tunity to belittle Ahithophel's idea. "David is an old hand at war strategy. In his state of mind now, he's probably being especially wary not to be overtaken. He's like a mother bear that has had her cubs taken away from her. He can be both furious and clever. Undoubtedly he's hiding in some cave or pit right now, separate from his people, with his soldiers concealed to trap any who come looking for him, even in greater numbers than theirs. If his men were to kill just some of the twelve thousand of yours, your new recruits may panic. Israel would rally at once to your father's side, and you would lose your chance at the throne. You would be most unwise to follow Ahithophel's advice on this matter." (II Samuel 17:5-10.) Counterespionage Service in Action

"Then suggest a better way to help me into quickly becoming the undisputed king of Istael," Absalom impatiently demanded. "I suggest that many more men than twelve UlOusand be used against David," Hushai replied. "Soldiers should be drafted from all parts of Israel to build you a mighty army that you can personally lead into battle anywhere without fearing defeat. Then you can be certain of taking David and destroying all who would defend him. If he is hiding out in the open, he will surely be found. If he is concealed in some city, there'll be enough men available to tear that city down. Besides, you'll need a large fighting force to repel any surprise attack from outside the nation." 38 The PLAIN TRUTH AuguS41967

The thought of being at the head of an army of multiple thousands appealed strongly to Absalom's sizable vanity, just as Hushai knew it would. When Absalom made it known that he was greatly in favor of this plan, his supporters enthusi­ astically agreed with him, and that was just as God knew it would be because He had decided it that way. (II Samuel 17: 11-14.) While plans were being made for drafting a large army, Hushai went to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, to tell them what had taken place. "David must be informed of this," Hushai said. "Send a message to your sons, wherever they are, and instruct them to take word to the king." The priests told a certain woman what to do and say. She sought out their sons, Jonathan and Ahimaaz, where she knew they were hiding outside Jerusalem, and conveyed the message to them, They took it to David, who learned that he should hurry eastward across the Jordan river as soon as possible. There was the chance that Absalom would change his mind and decide to immediately send a small army in pursuit of the king. Contacting David wasn't without its perils. Just as the priests' sons started on their mission, they passed a young man who recognized them. It wasn't long before Absalom heard that Jonathan and Ahimaaz were seen hurrying northward. Absalom guessed that something contrary to his welfare could be taking place. He sent soldiers to find the priests' sons and bring them back for 'luestioning. Aware that something like that might happen after they were recognized, Jonathan and Ahimaaz decided to delay their trip for a little while, lest they be overtaken in open country, They sought refuge at the home of a friend who was loyal to David, and not any too soon. Absalom's men were scouring the neigh­ borhood, and even entering and searching homes, When they came to the home where the priests' sons were hiding, their search was in vain, After the soldiers had gone, the woman of the house went outdoors to where some ground corn was spread on a cloth, She took up the corn in the cloth, thereby uncovering the mouth of a well from which Jonathan and Ahimaaz climbed out and went safely and thankfully on their way. After David had been told what had been taking place, he and those with him set off at a brisk pace eastward across the Jordan river. They crossed the stream that same night and continued to the northeast. (II Samuel 17:15-22.) Ahithophel was told that Absalom favored building a large army over the next few days instead of a 'luick pursuit of David with only a few thousand men, When the advisor learned that his suggestion wouldn't be followed, he realized that Absalom's cause was lost. Ahithophel was very wise in politics, August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 39

(II Samuel 16:23.) He knew that any delay long enough to raise up a large army would give David time to recruit a loyal army among the rugged cattlemen of the eastern tribes. This would mean that support for David would grow even faster than support for Absalom. Absalom wouldn't stand much chance of over­ coming that support, since David's army wou Id have better leadership. Ahithophel knew then that he had been very foo lish in deserting David, that there was no more political future for him, and that he would soon be regarded as a traitor to his nation and probably be put to death as one. Later, somebody found him hanging lifeless from a rafter in his home. He knew that it would eventually happen to him , and he preferred that it would come about by his own hand. (II Samuel 17:23 .)

Eastern Tribes are Loyal David's group soon reached the city of Mahanaim on the south border of the territory of Manasseh, adjoining the territory of Gad. There they were welcomed to stay by loyal Manassites and Gadites. Loyal clan chiefs quickly began to rally support around King David. Every day more and more followers joined David from all parts of Israel, most of them having come to volunteer for a growing army.

After Absa lom's soldiers had departed, foll owi ng a careful search for Jonathan a nd Ahim aaz, the two young men climbed safely out of a well. 40 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967

While King David was at Mahanaim, even Shobi, son of the former king of Ammon, brought gifts and help to David and the people with him. So did two chief Israelites, Barzillai and Machir of the tribe of Manasseh. Having heard that the Manassite city was overcrowded and short on food because of the many guests, they sent beds, metal basins, earthen vessels, grains, beans, lentils, flour, honey, butter, cheese and even sheep. David was very thankful for these needed things. (II Samuel 17:27-29.) So many people came to join David that it was necessary for him to count them and put leaders in command of an organized army. It was divided into three parts, with Joab, Abishai and Ittai in charge. Meanwhile, Absalom's army had been mobilized. It wasn't as large as David's son hoped it would be, but he didn't have the patience to wait for the size of fighting force Hushai had talked about. Anx­ ious to pursue David, Absalom moved his army across the Jor­ dan river to a wooded area on the high plains south of Mahanaim. When David heard that Absalom's army was so close, he ordered his officers to take their troops out to meet Absalom before his army could surround the city of Mahanaim. David in­ tended to go along, but the chief men under him pointed out that it was going to be a battle for the safety of the king, and that he should remain in the city and pray for God's help. (II Samuel 18:1-3. ) "So be it," David finally

agreed, addressing Joab, Abishai Ahithophel, the advisor who had unwisely deserted and Ittai. "One reason I want David, was found hanging from a rafter in his home. He had hanged himself after he realized that Absalom to go is to see that Absalom is had reiected his advice. August, 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 41

taken prisoner without being harmed. If I can't be there, then it is the respon­ sibility of you three." (II Samuel 18:4-5.) Absalom was surprised and troubled when he heard that David's smaller army was coming to meet his. He was disappointed that he wouldn't get a chance to besiege Mahanaim. Riding on a mule at the head of his army, he tried to convince himself that David's men were bluffing, and would not be so foolish as to actually clash with a much larger number of troops. At last the two armies were very close. Then they rushed together in deadly combat. There was the thumping of many feet, a clashing of swords, shrieks of paIn and the rattle of armor. Absalom was aware that all about him his men were falling, but no one tried to attack him or even get near him. The nOIsy, bloody action moved on, leaving him alive and strangely alone among his dying soldiers. (To be continued next issue)

Think about it! As a statistical fact, Mounting crime, spiraling venereal RACE RIOTS the broad majority of these recent ar­ disease, rising use of drugs, increasing (continlled from page 4) rivals have NOT been educated suffi­ destruction of the home and family are ciently to compete in job opporrunities a few of the worse symptoms. these 22 million comprise about 20 with their northern cousins. percent of the "inner cities" in the Here are a few more of the cold United States - the sprawling urban To blame ALL such lack of education facts! areas of the same big cities you've been on discrimin ation is a simple untruth. Less than 50 percent of all Jiving reading of in the past weeks. To deny there haS' been discrimination Negroes up to age 18 have ever. lived would be an equal untruth. But many Within the past few years, an addi­ with both parents! THINK about that causal factors apply. Lack of desire for tional five million - including 200,009 fact! That means LESS THAN HALF education, and an underlying apathy southern Negroes- mostly comparatively of U1e whole youthful Negro popula­ are equal factors with lack of opporru­ uneducated - have moved into the heart tion of the United States has known nity. And it is also a fact that many of the same big cities. what it means to live in a normal home! Negro schools and integrated schools Washington, D . c., has a population And you would be STAGGE RED if you in the South provide superior education­ knew the conditions that prevail in of sixty-three percent Negro. BUT al opportunities to northern, big city LARGE N INETY-TWO PERCENT OF THE CruME percentages of the homes where schools. (Whole articles could be writ­ is Negro. In other words - the crime there HAVE been both parents present ten about the horrible conditions in rate in the Negro community is totally - and you would be FURTHER stag­ many Sdlools in the heart of subu rbi a disproportionate to the population ­ gered if you knew the FEW, the PRE­ - where attacks on teachers, use of CIOUS FEW and HUGE beside the white community. Negro youngsters who have dope, open forni cation, VANDALISM, Is th is prejudicial? No - just plain, been reared in homes that are TRU LY uniformed police in the hallways are the cold, serious fact! stable - wher.e love and respect, and growi ng scene!) And the story is very much the same where DISCIPLINE and CHARACTER in many other cities with sim ilar large As a result of all these factors, and abound! Negro populations. many more you wiII soon see men­ After all, such homes are PRECIOUS tioned, the majority of these new arr i­ Newark, New Jersey, has 55 percent FEW AMONG WH ITES - and even Negro population, and Baltimore, vals sink into wane conditions than rarer, BELIEVE IT OR NOT - among Maryland, has 41 percent. In St. Louis they left behind. Resentment sets in. Negroes~ it's 37 percent, and Chicago and Phila­ Frustrated at finding a job - able to Today, fully twenty-one percent of delphia have Negro populat ions of afford only the most wretched of apart­ all Negro families are without a father! 30 percent each. ments or tenement houses - these same And, while one in fourteen white babies What has been the real effect of this hundreds of thousands find release only born is illegitimate (a $ J-10CK1NG rate ~) , massive migration into the North? III degeneration of all descriptions. among Negroes the PROVED rate is ONE IN FOUR - and In some of the Is it discrimination? Is it lack of edu­ tails. But after a while we got tired of big cities it is much closer to EVERY cation? Is it poverty? Is it lack of that, so we decided to go home and OTHER CHILD BORN! opportunity ? get ouu pieces [guns J. These are some of the more impor­ Or is it something else - something "We had them [obscenity] cops so tant statistics to illustrate the single much deeper and broader? scared that first night they were shoot­ most important factor behind all these iog at one another. I know I got one massive acts of vandalism. Interview with a Sniper or two of them. But I don't think I That fact is that the NEGRO FAMILY In the recent Detroit riots, a news killed them, I wish I had, the IS CRUMBLING! The fabric of family reporter interviewed an unidentified dirty .... " life in the Negro community is simply man who took part in the riots. The young Negro continued. coming apart - and you are witnessing What sort of man was he? What "Man they killed Malcolm X just the DIRECT RESULT! MOST of the kind of a home, background, education like that. So I'm going to take a few bomb throwers, the bottle and brick did he have? What are his REAL of them with me. They may get me throwers, the militant police cursers, grievances? Had he really been de­ later on but somebody else will take and the store looters are YOUNGSTERS prived of opportunities to better him­ my place - just like that." ( Three N e­ in their TEENS! self - to escape the "ghetto"? groeI, two of them avowed Black WHY are there far more crimes Let's hear his own words. Muslims, were found guilty of the mur­ among Negroes ? Why is illegitimacy "When the thing broke out, me and der of black nationalist leader Mal­ out of ALL PROPORTION to the white my main man [best friend] were out colm X in 1965 and sentenced to life community? there helping. We threw some cock- imprisonment. ) Wid. World Photos RACE RIOT RESULTS - Firemen battle blazes in Newark (left, above) and Why Did He Riot? Milwaukee (extreme right). Here was a young man that had no home. His mother died early. He never Asked about his background, this is Why they have to shoot somebody for mentioned his father. His sister also what the reporter found: takin' something out of a store during was a complete failure - turning to "He said that his mother had DIED a riot. prostitution. years ago, leaving him and his sister, "Suddenly, he began talking about He called his schooling, "all that with whom he lived for.· ~eve ra l months his early life. oak ied oak" - and simply QUIT. But in a dilapidated apartment on Dexter "1 went to school just like you did. where was his father when this tender­ Avenue." I believed in all that oakiedoak and then aged boy decided to QUIT learning the The young Negro told the reporter: 1 woke up one day and said later for English language; to QUIT learning "Man, that place was so bad that 1 that stuff, because that stuff would MESS history, geography, mathematics, music, hated to come home at night. My sister UP my mind. 1 hustled and did a little li terature, and government ? Where became a hustler [prostitute] for a guy bit of everything to stay alive. were his parents? Wasn't there some 1 grew up with. "I got a couple of kids by some sister A UTHQR IT Y in his life to MAKE him "He added that he had heard that [Negro woman ] Oil the other side of go to school because HE DESPERATELY she had been shot Wednesday night town but I never see them . IVhat em1 I NEEDED AN EDUCATJQN? while looting a store. sa)' to them ... ?" ( Los Angeles He turned to a life of a street urchin. "That [obscenity] makes me mad. Times. Saturday, July 29, 1967.) Stealing, lying, hating - he let his 44 The PLAIN TRUTH Au gu st, 1967 frustrations feed on RACE! Listening since they were twelve! They've com­ Just What IS Human Nature? to the street talk around him - grow­ mitted fornication; girls may be preg­ Human nature is criminal! ing up amidst p im ps, prostitutes, dope nant at fifteen. Human nature is contrary to law! pushers, petty thieves and gangsters­ There they are, groups of them, ages Human nature is a collection of vanity, he learned in a far different school fifteen to hventy-five, on the street cor­ jealousy, lust and greed! from the one he left. ner. It's a hot. sultry late afternoon. One And no one needs to guess about of them drawls out, "Tonight's the The confessed father of two illegiti­ human nature! The Bible is the book night, baby." The other answers, mate children, he could only d ignify about human nature! It tells why it is, "Yeah, were going to get some scratch." their mother by the title "some sister." what it is, what makes humans act the They hang around a corner shop. It's way they do! Full of apathy, laziness, DELIBERATE­ getting dark now. The shopkeeper gets Without the revealed knowledge of LY REFUSING to take opportunity to nervous. He calls the police. A crowd Almighty God of what human beings EDUCATE himself - he sunk into the gathers. The squad car pulls up, radios ARE, WHY they are, and what is the mire of ghetto bEe. in fo r more help in case of trouble. PURPOSE of hwnan life, nO one can Now, this Negro victim of other The police yell to the crowd, tl'llly undefJtmld what causes a race riot! youthful Negroes who gave him life, "Disperse. Go Home!" Your Bible describes human nature is passing on the same PROBLEMS to his The crowd doesn't disperse. They thoroughly. Jeremiah was inspired to children - also fatherless, as he prob­ curse the police. Someone throws a write, "The heart is deceitf"l above ably was. So the vicious circle of broken bottle at them. The police rush to get ALL THINGS, and desperately wicked: homes, huge venerea l disease rate, the individual. The crowd attacks the who can know it'" (Jer. 17:9.) The fatherless children continues to widen. police. apostle Paul said, "Because the carnal Perhaps the police shoots some­ The ghetto is not the problem, it's the mind is enmity against God: for it is one to escape being killed. Or else, the effect. Poverty is 110t the problem, it's not subject to the law of God, neither police flee the scene until help comes. the effect. Whe:1 will we learn this? indeed can be" (Rom. 8 :7). Meanwhile, the shopkeeper is beaten God is the Great LAWGIVER! Since and hi s store is robbed. Some of the Anatomy of a Rjot human nature is deceitfllil li kes to "kid rioters set it afire in retaliation. Sud­ Did you ever wonder hoUl a riot itself" and is, in its basic elements, denly, others see an opportllnity to re­ starts? HOSTILE towards law, government, or+ place the television set that's getting old It's very simple. der, and authori ty - human nature is since they got it in a ri ot two years ago. generall y suspicious of and hostile to­ Take several hundred or thousands Another store is smashed and burned. ward anyone who is a SYMBO L of law of indi viduals like the Negro inter­ Perhaps a liquor store goes next - and and order! viewed above. Most of them don't then a gll11Jhop! This spreads from know their parents. If they had a family, Think about it. block to block. Perhaps Communist agi­ Regardless as to your color - regard· there was constant bickering, fighting tators are near enough to exploit the and quarrelli ng at home. less as to your nation - you were born situation. They send in agents to fan the knowing absolutely nothing! From your Most of these individuals were school fire. parents you first learned about mem­ "dropouts." They have little education Suddenly, a full scale WAR is in action. bers of other races. In your own com­ and no skills. They're a sociall y, men­ ... BM WHY? munity, among your own kind, you be­ tally inferior lot. The world a few Is poverty the CAUSE of the racial gan hearing from other children your blocks from their ghetto might as well hatreds seething in men's hearts today? own age, about members of other races. be a foreign country. If they MUST Or is racial hatred oftentimes the cause venture into it for a time, they rush of POVERTY? Was everything you "Jearned" truly to get back to the safety of "their Is lack of education the CAUSE of ACCURATE? Was any of it PREJUDICIAL? block." racial bias and hate? Or is racial bias In talking to Negro friends, I find they freely admit little Negro children are They have no jobs; no responsibilites; and hate often the cause of lack of no place to play; no hobbies; no in­ education? TAUGHT to be suspicious of, fea rful of. or made to feel inferior around whites. terests - simply, 11 0thing to do! Is joblessness the CAUSE of race These same misfits of society hang riots? Or are race riots the cause of As they grow older, they begin to RE­ around drugstores, soda fountains, joblessness in many cases (hundreds of SENT whites - begin to hea r statements bars and on the street corners. They businesses, shops, stores, restaurants from others which fan that resentment. want something exciting to do. Being were destroyed in the recent riots­ The same is true in the white cam­ the hate· filled and covetous human and Negroes were employed in many mun i ty; and among races all over the beings that they are, they want to destroy of them, Or served by them). world. and get. It's time you knew, ONCE AND FOR Whites are TAUGHT, from the time These, many if not mostly illegiti ­ ALL, the REAL cause of race riots! of little CH ILDHOOD, in all too many mate children, have stolen cars, fought It's JUST PLAIN OLD H UMAN cases, to LOOK DOWN on the Negro. with teachers, vandalized property NATURE ! They are TAUGHT words I ike "nigger" CRISIS Flares into BiH,,"'-- Racial REVOLT! Photo Report on the ~":':!-~.::~z::::.:....--= ••'-:·;-~~ ~ii·-;;'----"'-'t~ Angeles Riot HUMAN NA1URE IS VIOLENT!

J.mbauador Col/e!1e Headlines from past issues of Th e PLA IN TRUTH , explaining the real co use of riots and warning of worse to come - until Christ's rule brings peace, and changes men's hearts.

- they don't just automatically begin of other people who were different This is true whether you were white, to use them ~ from yourself, you also came to certain asking your parents about the first And ALL SUCH BIASED AND PREJU­ cOllclllJioUJ regarding those differences. Negro person you saw, or whether Ne­ DICED TEACHING IS WRONG! Sociologists have proved the parents gro, asking your parents about the What. about you? of nearly all racial, cultural Or national first white person of whom you be­ came aware. Were you TAUGHT, from the time of groups are the first teachers to influ· childhood, that each person must be ence their children's minds concerning Well, let's face it. Human nature evaluated as a PERSON, according to his other people. being what it is, and adding to it the OWN individual character, honesty, If you are a Negro, do you remember social pressures, the constant teaching and integrity? Probably not. Precious the first time you asked your parents of parents, schools, social and economic few are! why another person's skin was white differences, class distinctions, educa· What were your earliest feelings and yours black' What did your par­ tional lack and language barriers, then toward members of another racial ents tell you' Did they tell you that you have a potentially explosive situa­ group? About people who spoke with there ARE many different races on the tion between the members of all races. a different accent than you, who wore earth, just as there are different heights, W hat REALLY sparked the recent different·appearing clothes? What about statures, languages and social groups? explosion between the Pakistanis and those who were not in the same social Did they explain HOW these races came the Indians? status as you, or those who "came from to be? Those people hate each other! the other side of the tracks"? D id they explain HOW it was God The very fact of the existence of an who first dispersed the races? Did they East Pakistan and a West Pakistan, a Are You Free From Race explain that each race has its special very unnatural and illogical arrange­ Prejudice? proclivities, its abilities and strengths ment for any nation or cultural group, Every human being, regardless of his as well as its inherent weaknesses and centers around rei igion as well as race. race, color, language or religion - be­ other characteristics? And what were YOU first told about comes aware in his early formative Were you, in short, given some over­ "your" religion, as opposed to the years of distinct difference; between aU d irection and gllidaJ1ce in your religion of others? Were you told himself and many other human beings. attitude toward members of another theirs is "just as good as yours is?"

Every human being is bom l remem­ race? Or were you told you have a perfect ber, with human nature. And unless Hardly. right to your ideas? the very elements OF human nature are Rather, you were given a completely Racial tensions in the United States skillfully trained, shaped, formed and PREJUDICIAL statement which tended to are being aggravated during these CONQUERED by proper training, it be­ make you feel illferior - but which modern times, not CJuieted. Bigotry and comes natllral to HATE other human was aimed at helping you ride OVER bias are INCREASING, not decreasing. beings! that inferiority, by looking dow}] on Meanwhile, a far·reaching, significant As you developed, and became aware members of another race. CHANGE is occurring among the Negro 46 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1967

communities in the United States. peoples alone. In our booIilet The exist would tear at your heart and bring To comprehend the recent riots 10 Plain T1?Ith Aboltt Child Rearing, no tears to your eyes! It is a heinous depth, what really happened - you distinction is ever made concerning CRIME that millions of little babies are need to comprehend these signi1icant various racial communities within the born out of wedlock each year around developments. United States, Great Bdtain, Australia, this earth - to be allowed to grow up South Africa, or any other country. in a hostile world filled with hatred, The Breakdown of Negro resentment, racial bias and bigotry; Society Broken Homes - a Curse of with illiteracy, poverty, fears and re­ Modern Society In recent nationally circulated news sentments thei r only lot in life. magazines, it has been reported that The plain truth of the matter is that And remember - discrimination does Negro li fe in the United States is de~ the family is breaking down and disin­ NOT cause illegitimacy. It does NOT te1'iorating, rather than getting better; tegrating among all racial communities, cause mounting crime, or divorce, or that the Negro family structure is ap­ around the world! rising venereal disease, or increased proaching complete breakdown, and And remember, too, that Almighty drug usage! crime in the Negro community is mount· God seriously indicts H is people Take a look at the percentages in iog at an appalling rate. ISRAEL, more than (my others for this crime between the Negro and the white The United States Department of breakdown in the family! community. It is a statistical fact, substantiated Labor conducted extensive tests into the He said, through Isaiah, "As for MY home life of the Negro population of people [and he was referring to the by government crime studies, that Negroes are far outnumbered by whites the United States. Here afe a few of House of Israel!], children are their in most cities. the shocking facts. oppressors, and womell rule over them. As mentioned, one out of four Negro o my people, they which lead thee In Chicago and Detroit, for example, babies born is illegitimate. For 1963, callse thee to err, and destroy the way three fourths of the persons arrested for for example, while only 3.07 percent of thy paths" (Isa. 3:12). such crimes as murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape :and aggra­ of babies born to the total white But nowhere in all the world is that vated assault were Negroes. In 1960, population were ilJegitimate, 23.59 per­ breakdown of the family and the home 56 percent of all persons committed to cent of the babies born to the non­ any more rampant or shocking than State institutions for murder, and 57 white community were illegitimate. among the Negro community in the percent of those committed for assault The U. S. Labor Department statistics United States ! were Negroes. further show that in predominantly Negroes are finding that equal oppor­ What about dope? Negro communities the percentages tunity, equal privilege, equali ty before In 1961, according to the U. S. De­ were much higher. the law is not the panacea to cure all partment of Labor, there were 40.4 the ills of the Negro community. For example, in Central Harlem, the habitual users of narcotics per 10,000 Negro section of New York, the rate of For example, more than ONE FIFTH population in Central Harlem. But this illegitimate births in 1963 was 43.41 of aU Negro women who have been compared with 5.2 per 10,000 popula­ percent of the total births for that married are now divorced, separated, tion in New York City as a whole. year. or for some other reason living apart Add it up. Figure it Out. It is not a To compound the problem, the birth from their husbands! crime to be poor - but being poor does rate among Negroes is pwportionately And what effect would this have on not justify crime. higher than among whites. the morals, the character, the education, It is not a crime to be uneducated - Remember, ALL these figures are pro­ the economic status of all these chil­ but being uneducated does not legalize - portionate; that is, they relate percen­ dren? crime. tagewise to the total population, rather The riots in Detroit, Newark and Take a long, long look at the plain than to the munber of cases alone. elsewhere are clear examples of the truth of the seemingly insoluble prob­ It was found that the birth rate is effect. lems confronting our large meccas of nearly half again as high for Negro A study in 1960 concerning "Aid to asphalt and glass! It's a saddening women as for white women in the Dependent Children" was begun to de­ picture - and growing worse day by United States, being 104.3 births for termine the number of children who are day. every 1000 women of childbearing age on "elief as a result of such broken Whether we like to believe it or not, in 1963 among whites, and 149.3 homes. The results were revealing. your Bible prophesies we are headed for births among Negroes. It was found that 14 percent of some of the bloodiest riots, mass up­ As many of you long-time readers of Negro children were needing such publiC risings, and rampant crime in our big The PLAIN ~RUTH know, I have had assistance, as compared to 2 percent of cities that tpis world has ever seen! much to say about broken homes and white children. divorce in the past. Don't deceive yourself! The Economic "Gap" Nearly all my comments have been The shocking environment in which The hard facts of tbe U. S. Labor De­ limited to the white population of our millions of little Negro children must partment survey proved that, as a group. August. 1967 The PLAIN TRUTH 47 in terms of ability to compete with It's a world sick with hate, jealousy, man is willing - as the highest glory white laborers, Negroes are generally prejudice, class distinction, poverty, that any mind can possibly conceive! not equal to most groups with which fear, illegitimacy, immorality. licen­ Yes, I am GRATEFUL that I have been they find themselves competing. tiousness, resentment, divorce, cnme, brought Iafely back to the Head9uarters Individua ll y, many a Negro Ameri­ disease, riots and WAR! of God's Work for the continuance of can can reach an absolute pinnacle of And the ONLY real solution is the the responsibilities the Great God achievement. But collectively, talking return of Jesus Christ to establish His allows me to be used in performing. of the entire Negro population as a WORLD-RULING government on this And that new grandson? I have whole, Negroes are among the weakest earth, and straighten out all peoples mentioned before in this Pel'I01zat ethnic, religious, and economic groups. once and for all! column, I believe) of how Mrs. Arm­ Don't allow racial prejudice to make strong and I were simply unwilling to you DENY these facts! FACE them ­ give up our daughter-in-law, Lois, from because they're TRUE! being our daughter. She was the wife What most people do not realize is of our elder son, Richard David. She that the conditions among the general ~od was widowed when Dick was killed in Negro population of the United States from the Editor an automobil e crash nine years ago, has been growing mudl WORSE, of late, leaving a three-months-old son. After 1) not better! (Colltin1led from page about two·and·a-half years, one of God's In terms of dollars of income, stand­ in this world suppose does exist! They fine young ministers, Me. Ben Chapman, ards of living, and the years of educa­ - most of the finest, most schol­ and Lois, wanted to be married. They tion received, the gap between the arly, most "educated," greatest-capacity asked our permission. (Of course they Negro and nearly every other group in MINDS - do suppose THERE IS NO GOD didn't need it, but they asked it anyway, modern American society is growing - or, at least they are skepti cal - ag­ because they wanted to). We were not WIDER every year! And everyone of nostic - doubting - and, in reality, as­ wil.ling to sever the "daughter" relation­ these problems is a matter of FREE suming that no such Supreme Being ship with Lois, so I suggested that, to CHOICE. exists! consent) we should have to just consider If those those self­ Ben as our son. OF COU RSE, there are obstacles. Of hll1nan leaders - "O.K., Dad," said Ben, with enthu­ COURSE there are racial prejudices and exalted, vain people who are the leaders in this world's civilization, were the siasm - and so, Ben and Lois are just biases! HIGHEST POWER in existence for the like my very own children. Little It IS difficult for Negroes to become guiding of humanity's destiny - for "Dicky" is not so little anymore - he's employed in many places. so lving the world's co lossal problems­ a fine big boy past nine, and he has But it is not IMPOSSIBLE! for delivering mankind from its over­ two younger sisters whom we have con­ A young man who had escaped the whelmingly tragic state - if man's sidered our grandchildren. And now I life of the Harlem ghetto pOinted out ONLY HOPE lay in these misguided and have to think how happy Mrs. Arm­ that many of his fellows become de­ vain .MEN and in our own selves alone strong would be to know that Ben, who feated and discouraged by the pressures - HOW UTTERLY HOPELESS we would has been such a fine and loving father they see around them - and simply be! to Dicky, has another son, this time of give up, and become almost afraid to If J did not kllow that the living God his very own "flesh and blood," and to leave the life of the "ghetto." IS - and that He is very soon going carryon bis name! He wasn't afraid - and he suc­ to intervene in world affairs I would God has granted to us humans the ceeded. rather be dead. In working out HIS wonderful, GOD-pJane FAMILY relation­ ship - the only creatures in all God's OnJy when each individual Negro PURPOSE here below God has appointed creation to be blessed with the marriage­ family begins to live according to a 6,OOO-year duration of keeping Htmds home· family relationship. Truly all God's laws - learning what it is that off - of allowing mankind full freedom GOOD things do come from GOD! binds marriages together, learning the of choice to demonstrate, once for all My lovely wife of fifty years is no proper methods of child rearing, devel­ by human experience, just HOW help­ longer living - until the Resurrection oping a sense of real honesty and less man is to save himself, and to bring - but my heavenly Father, and my Lord decency, and ca lling out to God for the himself peace, and happiness, and and Savior, Jesus Christ, still live eter- trust and courage it takes in the face abundant well-being. If J did not 1Ially! How grateful I am for that I of all obstacles, will real progress be KNOW these things I should not want And so J end this little PerIOIIal talk made in this or any other country to live - I should rather be extinct! by 9uoting God's Word through David: toward solving what is growing into Man must yet learn not only that "0 GIVE {'HANKS unto the Eternal) for more and more of an insoluble prob­ GOD lS, but that ALL GOOD THINGS He is GOOD! .. . 0 that men would lem. come from GOD - that He is man's praise the Eternal for His goodness) and You' re living in a world that is only HOPE - and that He has set man's for His wonderful works to the children absolutely SICK. potential destiny - if by free choice of men." (Psalm 107:1, 8). PROPHECY IN TODAV'S WOR ~WS

HFAREWELL FAR EAST" bannered was written by Arthur Gavshon of the a hornet's nest of French-Canadian feel ­ London's Evening Standard. Associated Press: ings in Quebec, Canada's largest prov­ Saddled with chronic, nearly "The hauJ-down of the Union Jack ince. Canadian officials considered it a insoluble economic woes, the British in a region once dominated by the shameful display of meddl ing in Cana­ government announced on July 18 plans Royal Navy symbolized the fillal phaJe da's affairs by a foreign head of state. for a mass ive withdrawal from the Far in the dismantling of the modern De Gaulle barnstormed through Que­ East. world's mightiest empire,/I bec with all the energy of a candidate Ignoring pleas from her allies, Lon­ The tragic thing is that the British running for political office. Climaxing don stubbornly declared that British are doing the scuttling all by them­ his tour with a speech before thousands forces in the vast "East of Suez" region, selves ! They have not been defeated on in :Montreai, July 24, the French Pres­ now numbering 40,000 will be halved the battlefield or on the sea. ident shouted, "Long live free Quebec" by 197 [. Only a prolonged Vietnam But how far will Britain sink? A lot - the rallying cry of the Quebec in­ War might push the timetable back. farther yel, Bible prophecy reveals. To dependence movement. Australians are now left to face the find out in graphic detail , write for our The crowd went wild. They yelled: growing nuclear might of Red China free, beautifully illustrated 240-page "Free Q1Iebec - De Gaulle Jaid it." all by themselves - or with the faint book entitled The United States and Then De Gaulle remarked: "I want hope of U. S. support. British CommoNwealth in Prophecy. to confide in you a secret. On my motor­ An obituary for the British military This book wi ll astound you. cade and in Montreal I f ound an at­ * * * * * m OJphere 1'eJembling the liberation of Montreal, Quebec - Front pages of Montreal newspapers De Gaulle's Prance ill If/orld }Var II." react to President Charles de Gaulle's "campaign" for "Campaign" Canadian officials in Ottawa, the Quebec separatism. Another part capital, were stunned! Prime Minister o f the crumb­ Pearson bluntly reminded De Gaulle ling Common­ that all Canadians are free, and that wealth, Canada, many thousands of them died to liberate has just experi­ France in two World Wars. enced the worst De Gaulle's conduct was pure divide· threat ever to its and-conquer strategy. He knows full s h aky national well that a Canada divided against it­ unity. It came self is a weaker ally of the United States. f rom an unex­ He would like to see Quebec's economic pected source - dependence upon the United States and France's Presi­ the rest of Canada broken. He called dent Charles de for the Quebeckers to be "their own Gaulle. masters." De Gaulle, * * *' * * while a guest of Racial Turmoil Mounts the Canadian gov­ "Smoking, chaotic destruction !" This ernment on a five­ was the scene in Detroit, Michigan, day state visit, at the height of civil insurrection there. acted instead like The toll: Over forty deaths and a half a conspirat or. bi llion dollars of damage. He s tirred up Regretfully addressing the nation in a midnight te levised address, President to fo restaU new violence. But no pre­ 'round, we'll burn America down!" Johnson called out federal troops to dictable pattern to racial unrest has T he Bible graphi ca lly prophesied of put an end tu "pillage, looti ng, arson yet been fo und. this tragic racia l d ilemma now facing and murder." Even in G reat Britain fear is mount­ our peoples. The prophet Isaiah To date, outbreaks of racial violence ing of future racial clashes. T here is warned both the ancient nation of have erupted in over 50 U . S. cities th is growing friction between native Britons Israel a.nd its modern descendants today, summer. T his compares with 38 riots and immigntnts from India, Pakistan, the United States and the British peo­ for the entire 1966 " hot season." and the \Vest Indies. British authorities ple: Pred ictably, the worst outbreaks have wcre not at all happy about Stokely " Your cou ntry is desolate, YOU R occurred in se\'eral conjested Northern Carmichae l's recent \'isit there. CITIES ARE BURNED WIT H FIRE: your cities with sprawling "ghetto" slum " We are going to internationalize land, Jlrdllgers devour it ill )0/11" areas . However, racial violence has also the race struggle," Carmichael declared preJeJlce, and it is desolate as over­ gripped such seemingly remote areas as in one speech. thrown by strangers" (Isa. 1 :7). Cairo, Il linois; Waterloo, Iowa; Hart· Far more racial chaos is yet to befall \"'ho are these "strangers?" Deuter­ ford, Connecticllt; Erie, Pennsylv:tni a; OUI Godless sin-gripped nations. Our onomy 28 :43 reveals that these are and J\ [i nneapulis, .M.innesota - cities ugly urban conglomerations festering the mi norit}' Gentile elements in our with small percentages of Negro popu­ with all kinds of crime, protected vice, midst ("that is within thee"). "They I:1tion. and political graft and co rruption have shall gc:t up ahove thee ,'ay high. " this "War Room" helped lay the foundations for the scripture re-veals. So fast ha\-e the outbreaks occurred present state of affairs. We reap what ft is certai n th3.t many more cities that a little-publicized govc:rnment in­ we sow. And the harvest is truly bitter. Lee the same- fate as Detroit and formation center for urban riots ­ This curse is just beginning. Some Newark. But )'0/1 can escape and come dubbed "The War Room" - has been extremist Negro leaders are openly under God's protection in these terri­ established in Washington, D . C. predicting a rac ial Civi l War in the fyi ng times if YO ll want to. W rite for Using ch,trts, gr3.phs and maps the Un ited States hy 1971 or 1972! T he our vita l free article, " H ull13.n Nature men in "riot central" attempt to predict head of the Student NOIll'iole,,' Co­ is VIOLENT ," It will give yOll a gui de the next city where racial wa rfare wi ll ordinating Committee, H , Rap Brown, on how to conduct your life in the begin. These experts hope, of course, IltI!'. said: "If America won't come tumultuous days ahead.

WAR· TORN DETROIT! Gutted buildin gs in nation's 5 th largest ci ty. Arsonists set well over 1000 fires, caused over $200,000,000 in property dama ge. A. P. Wirephoro .41 IN THIS ISSUE: ... ..Q ...Q .. ..:r ~ :v s·~ ,Q .. ;;; n !:I ... .. !!. III » s· 0 * RACE RIOTS - HERE'S THE REAL CAUSE! ~ Z 0 M With every outbreak of violence comes the clamor from != ~ .. ~ .. officialdom to "find the CAUSE" of riots. Special investi­ i- ii' -..'"c: gative boards are appointed. Hundreds are interviewed, 00 - :z: rean1S of words are written. But still the fiots continue­ - -0 with beleaguered mayors and governors saying, "I don't 00 know what could have CAUSED such a terrible mess!" It's time you saw the REAL cause of race riots - time you faced the stern truth, regardless of your race or color. See page 3. * The Autobiography of Herbert W. Armstrong See page ;. * A DUCKBILLED PLATYWHAT? Who is really "mixed-up," the duckbilled platypus of Australia, or the evolutionists who don't know how to explain him? Read, in this highly informative article, about one of the strangest creatures of all time; called a "living ~"'''' 0 fossil" and "a patchwork mammal that time forgor" by -(1),, zo 0 stunned evolutionists. See page 6. r~7 t1' rn :J ..J -< :t :.r _< I 'O~:P 0 * WHY YOU HAVE THOSE FINANCIAL TROUBLES >JJZ 0 :0 i\:I You may have put a financial curse on yourself - and not ~Jlr 10 know it! There is a CAUSE for every effect. There is a .. I <... - financial LAW that ptoduces financial blessing - or curse! :J _ I z 0I See page 9. r './'1 - o * WHY DON'T YOU GROW UP? Z II.» Instability is the hallmark of our times! The spectacle of dignified government leaders engaging in screaming ha­ rangues; senators, congressmen losing their tempers - the constant reports of riotous mobs raging at police - these and other violent outbursts of rampant human passion fill your newspapers. Here's WHY such unbridled emotion, and what YOU ought to do about it. See page 17. * THE BIBLE STORY See page 33. * PROPHECY COMES ALIVE IN TODAY'S WORLD NEWS See page 48.