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Wide Wor ld Pholo WA R IN LAOS continues . Berlin crisis is not the only trouble spot boiling under communist pressure . Here, troops patrol streets a gainst Red in filtration as struggle in Southeast Asia spreads to South Viet Nom . Page 2 The PLAIN TRUTH November, 19 61

t;h.o Personal PlAU~ TRUTH a magaz ine of understanding VOL. XXVI NO. 11 Published momhly at Pasadena, California; london, Eng.Jand; and Melbourne. Australia, by Ambassador with the Editor College. @ 1961. by Radio Church of God.

H IS is being written at sea. Mrs. Back in my pre-conversion years I EDITOR Armstrong and I are returning to was, for some little time, the "Idea Man" H ERBERT W. A RMSTRONG T America on the world's fastest on the edito rial staff of America's larg­ EXECUTIVE EDITOR passenger liner, the S.S. United States. est trade journal. I was trained to look Garner Ted Armstrong This morning I was reading a news item for ideas, and to adapt them to a par· MANAGING EDITOR in yesterday's Paris edition of the New ticular problem or circumstance. It has, Herman L Hoeh York H erald Tribune. Ir provoked rhis rhrough the years, become habit to apply little chat with our reade rs. a thought or idea to altogether different SEN IO R EDITOR Roderick C. Meredirh Th is is our first morning Out at sea categories. on the present voyage. Yesterday morn­ This news story from Washington, Associae Bditors Albert ]. Porrune David Jon Hill ing, in London, we left a group of D.C., in The Herald T ribune, concerned friends waving, as our special boat tra in the Secretary of Defense, Me. Robert S. Contributing Editors C. Paul Meredith Basil Wolve rton puffed Out of Waterloo Statio n. At 1:00 McNamara. But to me, it concerned Jack R. Elliott Clint C. Zimmerman P.M. we left another group of friends YOU! Ernest 1. Martin Charles V. Dorothy and relatives wavi ng at SOuthampton The dispatch stated that the Secretary New! Bureau Director docks, appearing to shrink smaller and is popular almost everywhe re except in Gene H. Hogberg smaller in the distance as this big liner the department he heads, in the Penta­ Research StaR slowly got under way. We docked ar Le gon. Presidem Kennedy, it stated, con­ Donald D. Schroeder Jack M. Pyle C. Sherwin McMichael Joyce F. Sefcak Havre, France, about 7:00 P.M., where siders him the "most useful" cabinet I picked up the newspaper that stimu­ officer. The news men have come to ap­ Editorial and Production Anistant lated this talk. T he ship got under way prove him. He is liked by Senators and James W. Robinson again about 1:00 A.M. while we were Congressmen. His popularity rating is Regiona l Editors Abroad asleep in our room . high with the public. United Kingdom: Raymond F. McNair Last evening after din ner, as we were T hen why the lack of enthusiasm Australia : Gerald D . Waterhouse South America : Benjamin 1. Rea docked at Le Havre, the chief steward among the Army , Navy, and Air Force of the Ballroom and Lounge on the top brass? Well that brings us to the BUSiNESS MANAGER Promenade deck came to our room to point I want to make. It seems there is Vern R. Mattson shake hands with us. He said he and a lack of a well-rounded sense of bal­ Circulation Managers United States: Hugh Mauck his wife have been reading The Plain ance in the rival schools of military United Kingdom: Charles F. Hunting Trutb for years, and their children have service. And this is typical today, in Australia: Gene R. Hughes South America: Leon Walker The Bible Story almost memorized. almost all profess ions and phases of Canada: Dennis Prather Their lives, he said, have been com­ life. YOUR SUBCRIPTION has been paid by urhers . pletely changed, and they are a most You may not have realized that there Bulk copies for distribution not given or sold. ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS to the Editor . happy family . They live in New Jersey, is keen rivalry between the variou s Box Ill . Pasadena, California. and hear The WORLD TOMOR ROW on branches of the armed forces. Many Air Canadian readers should address POSt Office Box 44 . Station .A, Vancou ver 1. B.C.. Canada . our New York stations. It was an in­ Force Generals, and some Navy Ad­ Our readers in United Kingdom. Europe. and Africa should address rhe Editor, B.C.M. Ambassa ­ spiring start for the ocean voyage! mirals, are advocates of the "over-k ill" dor. London W.C. I. Readers in Australia, the Philippines. China and The news item I was reading, which and "counter-force" tactics. Some Army southeastern Asia should address the Editor. Box sent me to this typewriter, struck me and Marine Generals demand that the 34 5. North Sydney. N.S.W., Australia. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE paid at Pasadena, Cali­ as an instance of more or less common nation's safety be encrusted to the fornia. unbalance of attitude. It started a train "mobility-flexibility" program of de­ BE SURE TO NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY of any change in your address. Please inclose both c ld of thought. fense. Other high officers are "drop-the­ and new address. IMPORTANT! I began to wonder about YOU who bomb" advocates. Some want to rely read The Plain Truth. Do you think almost wholly on the missile program. It is the same in most fields. Th is is about the things you see, or read, or Others disag ree with all this, and de­ an age of specialization. hear? And do you try to maintain bal­ mand specializatio n only on supersonic Glance, momentarily, at other fields. ance of mind? Do you avoid prejudicial bombers. In medicine, the day of the family doc­ extremes? You may nor have thought Each is a specialist, Each thinks his tor and genera l practitioner is about much about these things-but they are one specialty is the "cure-all" that will gone. Those still in practice (that word very importanr to you. win all wars. (Please continue 01l page 27) WAR WITH RUSSIA This Year? We're closer fhan ever since World War /I fo a frightening NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST! WILL if begin this year? Some experts doubf if-ofhers are apprehen sive, worried. The Bible answer is NOT WHAT YOU THINK! Read fhe amazing prophesied oufcome.

by Garner Ted Armstrong

"PORC E WILL B E M ET WITH President Kennedy says the W est many is SURE to be the dominant power F ORC E!" screamed Nikita WILL NOT give up its access rights to in a United States of Europe. Khrushchev at the West. With Berlin. Deep in the Russian heart is the chill­ the frightening crisis over Berlin, the With the tWO big powers aga in re­ ing memory of how German panzer resumption of nuclear bomb testing, the suming nuclear testi ng, flexing military divisions lanced through the vital heart unbelievable Russian successes in the muscles, calling up reserve uni ts, step­ of Ru ssia like a sharp kni fe through race for conquest of space, the world pin g up the draft, stimulat ing defense hot but ter in two world wars! He re­ looks fearf ully at ominous WARCLO UDS programs, a frighteni ng war of 11en'es memb ers it was only the severity of the on the horizon! is underway. Russian winter that stopped them. The gath ering storm is now reac hing But WHY? lVh)' the sti r over Berlin? He knows a NUCLEAR-ARMED Ger­ Southeast Asia! What, exactly, does Khru shchev WANT? many, at the head of a UNITED STATES Is it really com ing? Your newspapers and other news OF EUROPE, a power to surpass even the Are we going to WAR soon? media look upo n the Berlin crisis as United States or Russia, would spell only one more incident in a series of almos t certain DOOM to his plans for The Berlin Crisis maneuvers aro und the world to keep world conquest ! Several articles in recent issues of the W CS t 00 the defensive, to keep the Khrushchev is not ignorant of the T he PLAIN TRU TH have given you the cold war going, to keep Khrushchev's FANTASTIC trading gai ns of the re­ straightforward, on-the-spot repofts of policy of bluff, thr eaten and frighten his surge nt German industrialists, of the ir the real meanin g of the Berlin crisis­ enemies going. This is partl y true-s-but tremendo us and growing economic and written from Berlin. there is an even BIGGER reason whi ch political power in Africa, Sout h and A peace treaty with the East German YOU HAVE NOT HEARD! Cent ral America, throughout Europe, regime would me an immediate nullifi­ and in the Uni ted States. Khrushchev is Frightened! cation of any agreements between the He FEARS a reunification of Ge rmany, four wartime occup ational powers on Why the big hurry? Why is rhe Com­ with the uprisings which would almost free access to \'

hastening the very thil1g he jean! Have you ever omiced- how yo/{ ret future attack R ussia is to make­ As past articles have apdy reported, usually habitually ignore certain nations, allied with a host of Others! the Berl in crisis is [orcing' the German or even whole continents? Your mind "Son of man , set thy face aga inst people one more giant step reward a is focused only upon certain area s [hat Gog, the land of Magog ( the Mongols ) . NEUTRA L policy, withd rawal from the arc seem ingly more and morc in tbe the chief prince (better translated North Atlantic T reaty Organization neun. "p rince of ROSH," margin ) of Mcsbech ( NATO) , and a non -aggression paCt Conseq uently, you arc j/{st not atoare and Tu bal, and prophesy against him" with Russia! of certain countries, and porc nrial (Ezek. 38:2 ). Th is striking prophecy Has the who le world forgotten JO trouble SpotS, international conflicts is int roduced even more clearly in the J OOl1 that a NON-AGG RESSION pact be­ developing. uprisings underfoot, rcvo­ Moffarr version, "Son of man , turn to twee n Germany and Ru ssia was one of lution brewing, racial tens ions mount­ Gog (i n the land of Magog ) , the pr ince the major [orernnners of World \X'ar ing, or wars begi nning-UNTIL THEY of ROSH and Meshek and Tubal:' II? Germany had to protect her back HAPPEN! ROSH is identifying RUSSIA, with door! She had to have the guarantee of Larely-c-you have all but FORGOTTEN Meshech the original word from which protection from Russi« before launch­ about Formosa, the Pcscadores. abou t "M uskva" and finally Alosco'w are only ing her agg ressive war. Hi d er gave the Japan 's burgeoning Industrial comeback derivatives. T ubal is seen roday in the Russians part of Poland in ret urn for - even bigger proportionate ly than form of "Tobo lsk," ano ther ma jor Rus­ keepi ng hands off wh ile he foughr his Cermany's-c-abour Indonesia, Pakistan, sian ciry. Here are included the \'V'hitc battles in the lowlands, Fra nce, and Nepal, Thailand, Sourh Viet N am. R ussians and the tWO branches of the against Britain. Cambod ia, Laos. Probably your mind Great Ru ssian peopl es. Mr. Khrushchev will not LIK E a non­ isn' t focused much on the Ph ilippines, But notice the amaz ing alliances God aggression pact between Germany or a Malaya, or Burma. says are sure to form! "0 Gog, prince United Scates of Europe and Russia, but But in THIS vast part of the wor lJ.­ of Rosh and Meshek and Tubal, I am he will be FORCED into it. someth ing really GIGAN TIC is brewing! agai nst you, I will bri ng you along, Germany, or the United States of In THESE teemi ng, heavily populated with all your army, horses and horse­ Europe w ill then be one of the really nations, PROP HECY MARCIIES ON! men , in full armou r, a mighty host all big NEUTR AL powers. Believe it or nor, }'our Bible shows armed with shields and rarges and all Khrushchev knows the hordes of Russia and Com mu nist China will COl1­ wielding swords, warriors from PERS IA, peop les in white Russia and eastern tinne to make major advances in South­ KUSH (NOT "Ethiopia" as appears mis­ Europe desp eratel y need the tons of cast Asia-dud in other t,j'a/ areas! translated in the King James version ) commodities-the production of Ge r­ Ru ssia is ident ified in Ezekiel 38. and PUT . .. all the hordes . .. in the many's vast and fast-growing industry . Here, the prophet Ezekiel was commis­ far nortb, and MANY ANOTHER NA- He wants the TRADE lanes open to the sioned to wr ite a vivid descripti on of a (Please continue 0 11 page 11) W est for now. lVhen Th e United Scates of Europe Imprisoned inside Red China are these pe as a nt wome n. Six hund red million eme rges, and WHEN the trea ties have people like them are now captives of communis m- unwitting tools of a Moscow­ been signed, Khrushchev will then turn directed moster pio n to conquer Asia, the n the world! Wide Wor ld Pho to his greatest atte nt ions to AS IA! A geopoliticia n once said the closest roure to the W est from Europe was THROUGH ASIA! Mr. Khrushchev heartily bel ieves JUS t that. G iant Even ts Ahead in Asia Staggering tho it may seem, the Corn­ munist boss will soon beg in concen­ tra tin g MUCH more to the East in the years JUSt ahead! When Germany mount s the [ulcrmn betw een the east­ west teeter-totter, playing her OW l1 game of power politics, Russia will be ur ­ geml)' aware of her critical need to com­ pletely consollda rc the seemingly limi t­ less manpower and potential of the teeming nations to the Ease. Yes-c-let's nor be deceived! Let's nor focus our eyes on only ONE CRISIS! The Autobiography of Herbert W. Armstrong After four trying years, the broadcast expands into another major population area-now on the air in Seattle!

INSTALLMENT 39 As a matter of pe rsona l interest, I world, nor of this world's religious activ­ have just had a check-up made over at ities-all of whom, so far as we know , HE "lean years" continued on through 1938 and the succeeding the Ambassador College Press on th is either beg for money on the air or put a price on their literature. But the true T decade . It was constant struggle, ratio, as it is roday. Ir has not changed. original Gospel of Jesus Christ is a FREE hardship. Growth seemed so very slow. Not counting the 50,000 names on the mailing lists at the London and Sydney Gospel. It offers a FREE salvation. It is Yet, viewed today il) retrospect, expan­ not commercialized or SOLD like mate­ sion has been consistently rapid. Occa­ offices, there are now some 270,000-plus rial merchandise! \'{!e have nothing to sional sec-backs were discouraging. But names on the yearly subscription list at sell. God's way is giving, not getting or always the forgings-ahead were far the Pasadena office, beside an additional taking. We GIVE Christ's TRUTH to the greater than the slips backward. Actu­ 30,000 copies of the magazine on re­ Out world, as He gave it freely to us-and ally, few activities engaged in by man, serve which will be sent during the in our time , have enjoyed as consistent following 60 days to new subscribers. as voluntary Co-Workers contribute freely to pay financial costs. and rapid a growth Over more than a Of this 300,000 in rhe Un ired Stares Back in 1934 many rold me it could quarter century duration. who will receive the current issue, only nor be done. They said people would By June, 1938-four and a half years 29,000 are Co-Workers. Slightly less after The Plain Trutb starred as a mim ­ than one in ten has ever sent a contribu­ never support a ministry that dares tion for the support of this now great preach the unva rnished TRUTH-that eographed "rnagazine"- the first twO tells people their SINS-that refuses to primed editions finally had been pro­ work. be muzzled. I answered that Alm ighty duced. Old files examined since the pub­ And today, the policy still is the same. God is able to provide for H is own lication of installment 38 have shown The orher 27 1,000 penple on our sub­ work. True, only about one in a thou ­ that the May-June, 1938, number was scription list (or to be put on within sand listeners to anyone broadcast will not actually the first, but the second edi­ 60 days) not only have scm no COntri­ butions-they beoe l1et-'er received .w)' even write in a request for The Plain tion to come off a real priming press. Trttth or other free literature. And only And they were only 8-page editions. Un­ request, directly or ind irect ly, for finan­ one in each ten of those joins us in sup­ til then all issues had been ground om cial support. to porting God's \Vork. That's about one on a hand-fed, hand-cranked, antiquated Every month a few send us money in ten thousand reacbed with Christ's ncosrylc, ancestor of the mimeograph. pay for their subscriptions-but this money is promptly returned! When we Gospel. Think of it! Each ind ividual Co­ Back ro Mimeographing say that Y01lr subscr iption has alread}' Worker gets the Gospel to TEN THOU­ Bur the expense of producing those been paid for you-that you cannot pay SAND OTHERS! Today 33,000 students two primed issues threw us into a finan­ for your own-we mean precisely that ! are enrolled in the Bible Correspondence cial hole again . So back to the frail old From the first, this work of God has Course. And, beside all this , each dollar neosryle we went, hand-producing a been supported by sheer faith in GOD to today performs other vital work, such as combined July-August, 1938, issu~, supply every financial need for His own comributing its portion to the colleges which finally was mailed July 28th thar work. The 29,000 who do suppcrr th is in Pasadena and in England, training year. work with their honest tithes and free­ men and women for their part in this With that number a letter was mailed will offerings became Co-If"arkers vol­ great and growing world-wide work of to the little Co-Worker list. An inter­ nnrarily. God. esting statement in that letter explained This present world-wide activity So, after all, it is remarkable-almost that only one in ten of those on The started. in 1934, with less than a hun­ incredible-how much each single dollar Plain Truth mailing list had ever senr dred Co-Workers. Through the years does accomplish when placed at GOD'S a contribution of any kind toward the they have been joined by hundreds, then disposal for use in H IS work. Frankly, I expenses of the work. And they had thousands of additional Co-Workcrs know of no other use for money where never been asked. The few contributors whose hearts are truly in the work of so MUCH is accomplished with so little! had become Co-Workers voluntarily, Gon-e-for, as Jesus said, where one's It was the same , back in 1938. The without solicitation. The other nine in treasure is, there will his heart be also! differ ence is merely expansion. The ten had never received any solicitation Many are astonished. Many cannot work operates on a vastly multiplied for contributions. understand this. It is not the way of the (Please continue on page 7) Page 6 The PLAIN TRUTH November, 1961 RADIO LOG "T he WORLD TOMORROW"

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there is a handb ill record of it in the and will last for several years, for $65 . That old Gr aham blew con-rods every old files. There is nor one cem available for the few thousand miles . But it was destined Also the re is a handbill of evangelis­ mi meograph, unless some of our friends co suffer some real pun ishment, with tic meetings beginn ing January 16th­ can send in a special and additional of­ week ly trips clear to Seattle, before we the year is not shown, bur appa rently it fering jusr for this purpose." could replace it! was 1939-at Townsend Hall, in Cor­ [Jy April 5, 1939, a letter to Co­ God has promised to supply all ou r tage G rove, about 30 m iles sout h of W orkers found in an old file says: "AI NEED. Out duri ng these years it was Eugene. last, after many unavoidable delays, we surely bare need, not wancs-and the Later, evangelistic mee tings \.... ere held are sending you Tbe Plain Trmb. This needs were not always as great as they in Portl and, Seat tle and Vancouver and issue goes to about one thousand NEW appea red [Q us. Everett, W ashing ton- and, in 1942, in READERS. It is still mimeographed, be­ How many of our readers, today, the Biltmore Theatre in down town Los cause we have not enoug h funds to pri nt realize how much mo re than bare needs Angeles. it, as we did two issues last year. It is y OIl atc enjoy ing? Not many have had a tremendo us cask, and nearly all the co struggle along with real bare needs, New Facilities N eeded work is done by Mrs. Arm strong, our as we did through those lean years! As the work expa nded, through 1938 da ughter Beverly who is office secretary, U, S. of Europe and War Predic ted and inro 1939, a few items of new and myself ." equipment beca me an imperative need. In spire of inside office, lack of ligh t The February-March, 1939, issue of I do not mea n convenient uJ,mts-but or venrilarion, lack of desks, filing cab­ Tbe Plain T nab contai ned another absolutely ncccessary needs. inets and office equipment, the work was article on the resurrection of the Roman According to usual office standa rds, GROWING! The Plain T rstb circula tion Emp ire to come. We have warned our w e migh t have thought we needed a bet­ was growing. W e were not able to get it radio listeners of this prophesied event ter office, with sunlight and vent ilation. out every month, There were seven since the first year we were on the air­ Remember, as described earli er, we were issues in 1938. The Jun e number was 1934. W e have shoured this prophecy working all these years in a small inside only the third during 1939. It was issued ever since 1934 in The Plain Tru th. T his office, without windows or ventilation. as often as there was enough money for issue carr ied a full -page map, which I \Y./ e migh t have thought modern steel paper, ink and postage. Yet already thi s sketched and traced on the mimeograph filing cabi nets were a need. 1 was still litrle m imeogr aph ed "magaz ine" was stencil, showing the terr itory of the using cardboard canons, obtained free being read by a few tboesend. people­ original Roman Empire. at the grocery store, as recept acles for and a hund red thousand or mo re were This map circled four of the sea gates keep ing corresponde nce files. W e migh t heari ng the very Gospel Christ Hi mself which control sea-access to this ent ire have thought that office desks to work preac hed every wee k-s- besides almost terr itory. The article stressed the Iul­ on, if only second -hand, were needed. continuous evangelistic cam paigns reach­ fillmenr of the prophecy of Ge nesis But we were able to work, these years, ing hund reds. 22: 17 and 24:60, showing how the on a few old cables we found in our The few dimes, quarters, and dollars U.S.A. and Britain were to possess the little, stuffy, 55 pe r mo nth office room . were producing fruits that were to last sea gates of enemy nations. This was Bur when the old antiquated neosryle for eter nity! pare of the nat ional dominance promised finally was wearing our-about ro lay But now our old second-hand car was Abraham for his descenda nts. But the down and cease fun ctionin g because of about to lie dow n and die of old age artic le also pointed OUt that our peo­ old age-and we were still obliged to and much use. ples. since receiving this Dirchright in­ crank OUt Tbe Plain T ruth by hand on Near the borrom of this letter of heritance, have turned fro m our God­ this piece of primitive mechanism, then Ap ril 5, 1939, I find thi s: "Anot her our national sins have increased-and a new mimeograph became an absolute serious need is a new car. The present God is going to punish our nations at need --{)r else Tbe Plain Tmtb had to one, five years old, is in an Albany ga­ the hand of this comi ng resurrected cease publication, and die a narural dea th rage for lack of a $50 repair bill. We Roman Emp ire, with invasion , cap tiv ity, alc og with the neosrylc. are tota lly dependent on ou r car to trans­ and slavery. These four vital sea gates, So ir was, that on February 4, 1939­ POrt the six of us (se lf and singers) to the article explained, must be taken five years after the first issue of Tbe Port land and back for the Sunday broad­ from Britain before the "Beast" power Plain Trrab, a lerrer to our few Co­ casts. \Y./e have to drive 600 miles every - revived Roma n Empire-can rise. W ork ers said : "I will have to tell you week- 2,500 miles a monch- in God's Britain has, as of today, lost Suez, and that we are VERY SE RIOUSLY INN EED work. T he present car won't hold Out exercises no real COntrol over the ocher of a new mimeograp h mach ine. The longer. W e arc doing the very best we three. present one is about worn Out, and we can wit h what we have to do with." This tremendous p roph ecy wal ful­ are producing th is issue of Tbe Plain This referred 10 the 19.>4-model used filled, in the form of the insignificant Trmb under di fficulties. I can get a very Graham car we had p urchased as a re­ "sixth head of (he Beast," by Mussolini good used mimeogra ph, almost new, one sult of Mrs. Starkey's letter sent our very shortly after this arti cle appeared. capab le of turn ing out the large amount December 21, 1937. Bur we were nor But the all-irnporranr sevent h and last of work that is n<.'Cessary in this office, to be able to get another car unt il 1941. (Please continue on page 21) Will They OUTGROW It? Should you EXP ECT your children to be hateful, rebellious? Is it merely a PHASE when children have temper tantrums, shout­ ing defia nce at their parents? Read these SHOCKING, and UNB ELIEV ABLE quotations from the real culprits behind our moun ting wave of child crime!

by G a rner Ted A rmstrong

never been taught the MEANING of "WHAT do I. do when my c.hild predictable stages. screams I HATE YO U! to "K nowledge of these growth stages obedience, and has been turned our co me," ask dis traug ht parent s. can help you a good dea l and in a "pasture" like any an imal, rather than "Not hing much ," answer the child psy­ great many ways. To begin with, reared by his parents. chologisrs-"excepr perhaps sympathize it can give you an idea of what [() Let's really UNDERSTAND. with him, rell him how much )'011 used expect." ( pp. 3-4, Cbitd Behavior. By havin g already carelessly ASSUMED [Q hate your parent s when you were told I1g & Am es ) . any means of punishment or comro l to do something, and he'll soon outgrow over a child to be harmful, rhe child Should You Expect D isobed ien ce ? it-he's JUSt going through a 'phase' psychologists have laboriously catalogued which he'll soon pass." Let's notice the sym ptoms of some of the "behavior" patterns of children­ Such arc the almost UNBE LI EVABLE these supposed "predictabl e stages." by merely OBSERVING them , quotations you arc abou r to read! "The eighreen-mo orher walks down They have, instead of TRAINI NG the Today, rebellious, kicking, screaming, a one-way street, though this one­ children, seeing how positive methods tantru m-throwi ng chi ldren arc actually way street can be rapidly rever sed. of real teaching, instmcsion and disci­ bein g ENCOURAGE D co throw demoni­ And this street more often than nor pline will work , merely "observed" the acal RAGES at their parents, because seems co lead in a direction exactly little ch ildren mu ch in the same manner modern ch ild "psychology" has assured oppos ite to that wh ich the adu lr as watching mon keys in cages. They a complete ly gullible age this is merely has in mind. Asked to 'come here, have busily made notes, and collected a " PH ASE" through which the child is dear' he either stands still or runs sage observatio ns. As a result of these passm• g.1 in the oppos ite d irection. ( He may widespread "observations,' the modern even like co walk backwards.) Ask child psycho logi sts have carefully docu­ The Mythical Phases of Chi ld hood him co put something in rhe waste­ rnenred certain definite PHASES in the In the last number, we saw withou t basket, and he is more likely CO acti ons of children. que stion where the real guilt lies for emp ty our what is already in it. Let's noti ce carefully, however, that our burgeonin g problem of crim inality Hold ou t your hand for the cup these pbases are merely the INEVITABLE among yout h, and our heinous methods wh ich he has JUSt drained, he will reactions of UNtrained children, UNdis­ of perm issiveness in reari ng ou r chil­ drop it on co the floor. Give him a ciplined children, who have been dren. We saw teachers, law enforce­ second sock to pUt on, and he will OBSERVED instead of trained! Ask a dog menr offic ials, and the very word of more likely than no t rem ove the who has been TRAIN ED co "come here!" God ind ict the PAR ENTS who have one which is already on his foot. and it will OBEY! Give a horse a com­ swallowed the spineless teach ings of H is enjoyment of the op pos ite may mand when it has been TRAINED, and UNeducated THEORISTS. be the reason why it works so well, it will OBEY! But, assure the child be­

Now, we need to com e [0 clearly see if he is running away from you, to haviori sts, you cannot expect such the false concepts behind the "no pun· say 'bye-bye' and walk away from obedience from the infinitely mor e ishment" school of "child behaviori sts." bim. Then he may come running, intelligent, far superior hum an mind! Almost wi thout fail, modern books "Nor only docs he nor come when My own l Svrncnrhers, wh en asked co available on ch ild psychology will group called-he seldom obeys any verbal "Come here, dear!"-carne here! When children, accord ing to vario us ages, into command . 'No' is his chief word" asked co put something in the waste­ certa in " PHAS ES " or "STAG ES" of growth ( p , 22, Cbild Bebauior, I1g & basket-s-they immediately put it in the and development. Ames) . wastebasket, When holding out my For a general view of these patterns, To State the "eighreen-rnonrher" does hand for the cups they had drained, let's notice the following quotation, all these disobed ient acts simply by they immediately gave them co me. "Ou r observations of child beh avior virtue of being l Svmonrbs-old is a Given a second sock, they always puc have led us co believe tha t almos t piteous display of idiocy! it on! any kind of behavior you can thi nk The l Scmonrhcr ,,' ILL do these things, Why? of . ,, develops by mea ns of re­ ONLY if he has been left with out ((lly Simply because they had been remarkably patt ern ed and largely supervision, has never been trained, TAUGHT co do these things! Page 10 rhe PL AIN TRUTH November, 1961

T his entire quotation will be discussed the fath er is a truck driver, lawyer, or cult two-a nd-a-half turns th ree" late r, revealing the rea lly serious con­ the President of the "United States (pp. 25·2 7, Child Behavior, I1g & sequences which may be reaped by any comp letely revolves around, waits on, Ames ). fam ily foolish enough to believe it. is ordered according to, adapted to, and Fantastic, isn't it? T he little two-a rid­ Later, the authors of this particula r adjusted to the CHILDISH WHIM S of a a-ha lf-year-old is extremely dominee r­ work, in breaking down one of the sup ­ little toddling two-and-a-half-year-old ing and demanding- and HE MUST posed "stages" through which all baby! GIVE THE ORDERS ! H E must make the children arc to pass ( with varying Can such quotations really appear decisions for the family ! If HE DECIDES, differen ces according to their own even credible? Isn't it even a little THAT ill S MOTHER SHOULD PERFORM indi viduality ) the aut hors state: UNBELIEVABLE that adult human beings SOME TASK FOR HIM, he will not accept 'Two and a hal/lears: This is an COULD POSSIBLY ADVOCATE such a "daddy" as a subsrirute! T hus, gullible age abo ut whi ch parents may need heinous, monstrous, rotten, ABOMINA­ parents are assured that rhese charac­ warning because so much tha t rhe TION in rhe sight 01 God? teristics of a two-and -a-half-year-old child now does naturally, almosr IVhal IVould a parent do il he had child are jusr as sure, JUSt as irrevocable inev itably, is directly contrary to SERIOUSLY FOLLOWED these idioti c and as an approaching cold front our of the whar his parent s wou ld like to have sp ineless teachings in some of the fol­ N orth! There is nothing they can do him do. The 2Yl- year-old is nor, low ing eventualities? about it-it just IS "that way"! temperamentally, an easy, adaprable Suppose a little "eighreen-monrher" These empty theories are simply member of any social group. was toddling off rhe curb, into the path untrue. "The change in behavior which of rumbling, swiftly-moving traffic! IF To promote the concep t that the rakes place between two and two­ HE IS TO BE NORMALLY EXPECTED TO "dom ineering and dem and ing," "order and-one-half can be rarher over­ "RUN THE OTHER WAY" IF YOU DARE givi ng," "extremist;' "impossible to whelming, perhaps to child as well TO COMMAND HIM TO "COME HERE!" deal with ," "vigo rous, enth usiastic, ener­ as to the adul ts who surround him. THEN WHAT ARE YOU TO DO? getic," "rigid," "stubborn" child of T wo-and-a-half is a peak age of "Surround him with interesting ob­ two-and-a-half will CHANGE Il\tM. EDI · disequilib rium. Parents often say jects" as the psychologists recomm end ? ATELY, and enter anotbor phase when that they can't do a thing wit h the How- Is THERE TIME? he is THREE is pretty poor com fort to a child of this age.. . . First of all, Do you merely accept the already frustrated, worried, ap pr ehensive, be­ two -and-a- half is rigid and inflex­ quoted though t that the child simply leaguered parent wit h a monstrous little ible. He wants exactly wh at he "CANNOT WAIT A WHILE" and rhat he REBEL he seem ingly is unable to control. wants when he wanes it. H e cannot "SELDOM OBEYS ANY VER BAL COM­ Can you see? Can you really compre­ adapt, give in, wait a lit tle while. MAND" and then resign yourself to his hend what is BEHIND this false concep t? Everything has to be done JUSt so. i MMEDIATE DEATH??? T he behavior ists have me rely put Every thing has to be in the right T he authors cont inue: together the carna l, natural REBEL LION p lace he considers its proper place. "Second, he is extremely dom ineer­ in a ch ild ioitb his obviously increased For any dom estic routine, he sets ing and dem and ing. He must give ene rgies , co-ord ination, scope of activ ­ up a rigid seq uence of events which the orde rs.He muse make the de­ icy, increased motor facility, longe r must follow each other always in cisions. If he decides, 'mummy do' reach, and growth in all phJSical the same manner:' dadd y cannot be accepted as a sub­ capacities. Here we are assured, the little, tiny seirure. ,. . Tw o-and-a-half is an OBV IO USLY a REBELLIOUS, UN­ toddlin g two-and -a-half-year-old hum an age of violent emotions. There is TRAI NED child of FOUR will be getti ng baby, wh o is rorally carnal, ent irely little modu lation to rhe emotional into even MORE troubl e th an a rebellious selfish, and yet a very sweet and lovable life 0 1 rhe child ar this age. child of ONE and ONE HALF! OBVI­ little repr odu ction of our ow n selves is "Furt hermo re, it is an age of oppo· OUSLY the eighreen-monrher, who is just BOUND to acr in thi s prescribed site extremes. , . .Tot al all these already REBELL IOUS, and has nor had fash ion-sim ply because he has reached characteristics together and you that rebellion driven from him .. and who one of the "ste ps" along the ladder of have a child who is not easy ro deal has No w LEARNED TO RUN, will r1m life-the "stage" at two-and-a-half with. Vigorous, ent husiastic, ener­ from his parents' commands! The child years of age. Parents are assured this ge tic, the typical two-and-a-half psychologisrs can very SAFELY predict child CANNOT ADAPT! That means, if may be. Bur he is not an easy per ­ these "behavior patterns" in untrained, parents attempt to get him ro "adapt" son to have around the house. rebellious, resentful , hosrile, MONS­ they may run the d ire risks of "break­ H owever , moth ers will find that TROUS little children who have never ing his sp irit ," "g iving him a complex," great patience. a real understanding really known all)' autbo rityl or any number of perfectly horrib le of the difficult ies of the age and a Yes, let's really look at what we've results. Parent s arc assured the little willingne ss to use endless tech­ read-let's really get PRACTICAL with two-and-a -half -year-old toddler cannot niques to get around rigidities and it, and ask some truly basic questions. possibly "give in" or "wait awhile"! rituals and stubborn ness will help Isn't it pretty poo r comfort to tell a Therefore, the ent ire household , whether get through the time till the diffi. - tPlcae continue 0 11 page 18) N ovember, 196 1 The PLAIN TRUTH Page 11

the far away "Yankees" with customs, WAR WITH RUSSIA? languages and religions so totally dif­ ferent from their own. (Contin ued from page 4) The D ie is Cast TION in your train" (Ezek. 38:3 -6, Think of it! These striking prophe- Moffatt ) . cies, long hidden and concealed from Experts note the trends in Laos today P ERSIA is still in the same area as most, are laying bare the shocking facts as definite indication of the way things anciently. It is the modern nation of of coming Communist success in Asia! will continue to develop in Southeast Iran. Y our Bible means what it says! Asia. The present conciliations of the The "Ethiopia" of the King James The Asiatic mind is totally different western powers to Russia will only version is translated from the original from the occidental mind. It doesn't mean, they say, a partitioning of yet Hebrew word "CUSH ." Herodotus, the reason in the same manner. Try though another country! That is 110W a virtual Grecian histo rian , says Cush became we may to delude ourselves into be­ reality hi Laos. Germany is divided, divided between the east and west. To­ lieving our dollars, trade missions, Korea is divided, Indo-China is divided day, in the highlands to the north of military advisors and arms shipments, -and Laos has been divided berween India, we find the "Hindoo-cUSH" our hospital ships, our missions, our a Communist puppet state and, at best, mountains! The eastern Ethiopians or food supplies are helping stem the tide a Juke-warm "neutralist" government to Cush are the bulk of the people of India. of the advancing threat of Communism the south, and maintains an unrealistic God goes on to single out PUT, false­ in these eastern natiOnS-WE ARE "cease fire" between the rwo opposing ly labeled "Libya" in the King James FA ILING! governments. version (see margin ), but having noth­ These simple peoples are impressed Here again is the same old story! ing whatsoever to do with the modern with STRENGTH, not talk. They feel a The Russians now have their trojan nation of Libya in northern Africa. PUT much closer kimhip with other peoples horse firmly lodged within the gates is also identifying INDIA! of the Asian sphere than they do with of Laos-and are ready to settle down Whil e Reds accu se US of a iding Asi an s, they secr etl y-and here openly-fly in sup plies to na tive communist guerrillas. Wide World Photo Page 12 The PLAIN TRUTH November, 1961 to subversion, political int rigue, eco­ Have you already forg otten the fore­ Thi s is going to lead to further nomic pressure, propaganda methods, boding mood of the Japanese nation, WEAKENING of our economy. guerr illa fora ys, and all the ot her tools only so recently beaten into complete It will mean FURTHER WEAKENI NGof of revolut ion to finally take over the surr ender by the western powers? Have our national prid e and spirit. entire country! you already forgotten that our former It will mean we will cont inue to be Yes-the die is cast! The Uni ted president had to cancel his proposed concentrating almost entirely on RUS­ States now finds itself in the distasteful visit of sta te in rout and ignominy when SIA, on CHINA, and on COMM UNISM and unt ena ble situa tio n of being vir­ his press secreta ry had to be rescued ( WH ICH IS ABESTIAL ENEMY OF THE tua lly forced to accept COMMUNIST from scream ing Communist mobs in UNITED STATES AND FREE DOM-LOVING PARTICIPATION in all levels of Laos the streets of Tokyo? MEN-BUT NOT TH E ONLY ENEMY) Government! Th e Japanese are present ly flooding instead of on a porenrially GREATER western markets with manufactur ed enemy! What It's Leading T o goods. Japan is again one of the big­ Yes-inconceivable as th at may Bur th is isn't the worst of it! gest industrial powers of the world! sound to your ears- we are now threat­ The years-old struggle to get Com­ Bm Japan is not satisfied with markets ened by an even greater enemJ' than mu nist China adm itted to the U.N . to the W est ONLY! She realizes she is Commtr nismi This by no means infers has been abetted considerably by the tied by ancie nt bonds, by color, par­ Communi sm is not to be looked upon Communist successes in Southeast Asia. tially by religion and espec ially by as an enemy, nor Communist domina­ T he pressure is on the United States geographic proximity to ASIA! "Asia don to be feared as the mast detestable now from its ow n allies abroad to make for the Asiatics" screamed the Japanese thi ng that could befall a free people­ conci liatory gestures toward th e Com­ warlord s in W orld War II. BUT COMMUN ISM IS NOT TH E ONLY munisrs-c-ro continue trying to TALK W ho hal Asia now? ENEMY! wi th Chinese leaders over the CO ntro­ Recognition of China by Jap an could versial issues of Formosa, the Pesca­ weaken seriously the present shaky What the Bible Says dores and the offshore islands. political and economic ties betw een Not ice aga in the startling prophecies The arguments are tha t once Red Japan and the United States. It would in Ezekiel 38! Ch ina has ga ined admission to the U .N. lead co ultimate Communist domina­ God reveals thi s huge, powerful she could the n be held accountable for tion of JAPAN, KOREA, and LAOS! amalgama tion of eastern nations under any fu rthe r acts of aggress ion in Asia­ But that's only the beg inning! the Com munists will start a gigamic any attacks against the Pescadores or Th e Philippi1leJ wnuld Strongly favor war.' Formosa could then be brought into neutralism-weakening ties with the Bur that war is NOT against the the open and deal, with accordingly! United States! Commu nism is already United States ! BUT IT WOULDN'T '«'ORK OUT THAT deeply entrenched in the Philippines. "After many days thou shalt be vis­ WAY ! Here's what would e1Jenttlallj' happetl! ited. In the latter years [the "end rimes") W hen will we AWAK EN to the fact Japan, Korea, Thailand, the Phil ip­ thou shalt come into the land that is that the Communists are the deadly, pines, Indonesia, and even INDIA would brougbr back from the sword, and is sworn, arch-enem ies of free men ? W hen corne und er the insidious, slimy red gat hered our of many people, against will we begi n to fully realize their tentacles of the monstrou s greed of the the mountain s of Israel, which have leaders DO NOT EVEN REMOTELY DE­ Freedom -strangling Communist OCtopUS been always waste (Moffatt : "A per ­ SlRE PEACE? that is encircling the teeming mill ions petual desolation ") bur it is brought They want disruption, chaos, unr est, of the East! forth Out of the nations, and .. . thou politica l instability, violent revolution, Ynur Bible SAYS thi s will happen! shalt ascend and come like a storm . .. the threat of war, and war itself to thou, and MANY PEOPLE WITH thee WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO achieve their goals! If Red China is _ . . and thou shalt say, '1 will go up THE UNITED STATES? admitted to the U.N., whi ch it almost to th e land of unwalled villages, I will certainly will be-it spells the most T he Unit ed States has had its great ­ go to them that are at rest, that dwell serious defeat ever for the Un ited States est headaches since W orld War II over safely, all nf them dwelling without in the "cold war!" the Berlin crisis, and has lost face be­ walls, and having neither bars nor gates fore many of the big neutralist coun­ . . :., ( Ezek. 38:8-11) . Reaching Staggering Proportions tr ies. Having advanced virtua lly to th e Yes-this describes a huge Commu­ You are going to be lhoc"ked at the brink of anot her "Ko rea-type" war over nist advance AFTER THECOMING OF all-inclusive, MONSTROUS propo rrions Laos, the United States would almost CHRIST! towa rd which these recent develop ­ certa inly have to fight a major battl e God describes how Hi s people Israel ments are leadi ng! in eithe r Th ailand or South Viet N am­ are to be taken into CAPTIVlTI-their T he moment Red China is adm itted where, say the experts, the risk of war cities destroyed ( Ezek. 6:6) . One THIRD to the U.N. , Japan will almos t certa inly is even greate r than in LaOS-IF all of are to die of famine and disease, wh ile officially recognize the Red Chinese Southeast Asia is to be kept out of another th ird are to be destroyed by a government! the Com mu nist orbit! huge armed attack, with nuclear weap- November, 1961 The PI.AI N TRUTH Page 13 ons. T he remaining one-third of help­ less refugees are [() be caned off to forei gn cc unuics-c-to live as SLAVES of a ruth less conqueror! ( Ezck. 5: 12 ) . But-just as a giant war between 1- I ~ a revived NAZI-FASCIST po wer and the COMMU NISTS ge rs unde rway, God w ill • intervene! Jesus said , "And excep t those days were SHORTENFD there would 110 flesh be saved !" ( Mal. 24 : 22 ), Bur G od WIL L "shorte n" the days-He w ill SEND CHRIST to Stop this earth-destroy ing war! "For (he ELECT'S sake-those days shrill be sho rtened" ( Mat. 24 :22 ) . Christ will then GATHER H is people - the cit izens of the U nited Stares and Gr ear Britain . of Canada, of South Africa, of Australia and N ew Zealand -yes, H is people ISRA EL! H e wil l bring them "from (he four corners of the earth." N oti ce it:"And in that d ll)' (describing the beginning of the MIL­ LENNIUM-RE/\D it in your Bible be­ ginning in the 1 lth Chapter of Isaiah ) the re shall be a root of Jesse, which shall sta nd for an cnsign of the pe op le, to it shall the GE NTl LUS seck [T his is NOT hap pen ing now-nor has it EVER happened before-this is a proph ecy abo ut the happen ings JUSt after the second com ing of Chrisr!) and H is rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass IN THAT DAY, that the Lord shall set H is hand AGA IN THE SECOND TIM E [It happened ONCE ONLY so far Wide World Photo - in ancie nt Egyp t] to recover the Communists con tinue their pressures on anti-Red Asic . Here wounded Chinese lie remnant [the last end -rime gene rarion) on dock a waiting eva cua tion following she lling of Quemoy by Reds . of H is people, which shall be left, from Assyria [Germany] and from Egypt, and Egypt, from South Ameri ca and Africa is NOT FROM RUSSIA! Ru ssia will NOT from Parhros ( Upper Egypt ) , and from -from all parIs 0/ the world! be their captors- bur Germany, and Cush ( Ethiopia ), and fro m Elarn ( East­ "Therefo re, behold, the days come, other major nations allied with her, . ern Europe ), and from Shinar ( Iraq ), sairh the Lord, that they shall no more WILL! and from H amath (in Syr ia ), and from say, T he Lord liveth, which broughr This is Teal, it is TRUE. the islands of the sea. And He shall set up the children of Israel our of the Everywhere Israel is ment ioned in lip an ensign for the nations, and shall land of Egypt ; bur, the Lord liveth, connection w ith the second coming of assemb le the outcasts [ the refug ees, the wh ich broughr up and which led tbe Cbrist, Israel appea rs in a stale 0/ cap­ sldl·cs) of Israel, and gather together reed of tbe bouse 0 / lsrael 0 ,, 1 of tbe lil"il)"- unde r the A H)" riall peoples­ the dispersed of J udah fro m the four NORTH comury, and from all countries modern Germany! corners of the earth . .. and there shall whither I had driven them, and they A D efinite Sequence of Events be an lIlGII\VAY for [he rem nant of shall dwell in their own land" ( j er. H is people, wh ich shall be LEfT, from 23:7·8) , Proph ecy sets no dates! ASSYJUA , like as it was to Israel in the N oti ce i[ caref ully! Your Bible But prop hecy ODES show a definite day rhat he came up our of the land prophesies of an END·TIME EXODUS sequence of events! R ight NO\V, as you nf Egypr' ( Isa, 11:1 0· 16 ) , from cdptir'ity of God 's peoples of the read this art icle, ma jor world happen. YeS-ANOTHER EXODUS is com ing! Un ited States and the British Commo n­ ings arc weaving an intricate pattern Bur TillS rime, God's people w ill wealt h! of events working out the PLAN of come from Europ e, from Asia, from Bur that mass exodus from captivity (Please continue 011 page 40 ) Page 14 T be Pl.AIN THUTII November, 1961

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Meredith .A RE YO U p lag ued wit h [ears, worries is truly spiritual experiences the bless­ So to receive God's Spirit, you mus e .n. and personal [mstrations? Do ings of life and peace-a type of full REP ENT of break ing God's law in the you have bad habi ts w hich seem life and real pt"ace of m ind which carnal letter and in the spirit as ir was magni­ almost im possible to break? people are nc r able (Q fathom or und er­ fied by Jesus Christ. Then you must be D o you have an exci ti ng, challeng ing sta nd. BAPTIZED in water as a symbol of your PU RPOSE in life? O r are you often Wh y d oes the carnal mind end up in wi llingn ess to BURY your old self and despo ndent over the em ptiness and bore­ death? "Because the carnal mind is rise up to wall in newness of life wicb dom of the rout ine existe nce in which EN M ITY against Go d : for it is not sub­ Chrisr ( Rom, 6 :3 -4) , you find yourself? ject to tbe LAW of God, neither indeed Acrs 5:32 spea ks of rhe H oly Sp irit, T he Chr isr of your Bible said : "I am can be" (verse 7) . Here, in plain lan­ "whom God hath given to chern that come that they might have LIF E, and guage , Go d shows that those who are OBEY him." You mus t come to KNOW that they might have ir more ABUN­ rebellious agai nst obeying His LAW have that G od exi sts as the SU P REME SPIRIT DANTLy" (John 10 : 10 ), "carnal" minds-minds HOSTILE and P ERSO NA LITY who sits at the controls Jesus also seated : "God is Sp irit: and ANT AGON IST IC against the taw and UhlY of this universe-that H is way is right they chat wo rship H im must worship of Alm ighty God, and good, and begin to OBEY H im, H im in spirit and in truth" (John A Spirit-led mi nd, then, by contrast, before you are given H is H oly Sp irit. 4 :24), would be one that is submissive and God's Spirit BLESSES Y ou Are yo« ABLE to wo rship God "in obedient to the laws and ways of AI· sp irit"? Do you know what the H oly mighty God the Creato r. As this pas­ N ow notice the direct blessings, Spi ric really is? Do you fathom the sage clearly ind icates, it is led in that guidance and strength that you can re­ POWER that is available to bless and en­ way by the H oly Sp irit, And, as Paul ceive through the very Spirit of Go d. rich your life through that Sp irit? sta tes in verse 14: "For as man y as are Jesus said: "If ye love me, keep my These are vital questions you need to led by the Sp irit of God, they are the commandments and I will pray the UN DERST AN D! sons of Go d"-they are true Christians! Father, and he shall give you anothe r Comforter, th at he may abide wit h you A Christ ian M UST Have the H ow to Receive God's Spi rit forever ; even the Sp irit of tru th ; whom Holy Spi ri t But if the true Chris tia n is one who the world cannot receive, because it Speak ing th rough the Aposrle Paul, is OBEDIEN T to God and H is law through seerh him not, neither knoweth him; God says in Rom ans 8:9: "N ow if any the H oly Sp irit in him , how does he bur ye know ' him for he dwellerb with man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is receive the H oly Spirit in the first place? you, and shall be IN you " (John 14 : 15­ NONE 0/ His," In the firsc inspired sermon of the 17). In other words, if a ma n does not New Testa ment Church, Peter showed It is a spirit of TRUTH that we re­ have God's own Spirit, he does N OT the peo ple th at they had rejected God, ceive fro m Go d. It gu ides us to see belong to G od or co Ch ris t, he is NOT His prophers, and killed the very Mes­ and understand truth. It is also called a converted, he is NOT tr uly a Chr istian. siah, T hey asked : "Me n and breth ren , "Comforter ." In t his for lorn, loveless Do YOU have God's Sp irit? what shall we do?" ( Acrs 2:37), age, the com for t and PEACE that is given Throughour th is very 8th chapter of "T hen Peter said unto them, REPENT, th rough a real know ledg e of God and Romans, the Ap ostle Paul is contrasting and BE BAPTIZED everyone of you in H is Spirit is truly a wo nderful rhing. the Spirit-led mind with the carnal, or the name of J esus Ch rist ·for the re­ Lat er, Jesus stated : "If a man love natural physical m ind of man which is mi ssion of sins. and ye shall receive the me, he will keep my wo rds : and my basically in rebell ion against God. N ot ice gift of the H oly Spi rit" ( verse 38) , Father will love him, and we will come verse 6: "For to be carnally m ind ed is To receive God 's Spirit, one must unto hi m, and make our abode with deatb: bur to be sp iritually m inded is complete ly REPENT of breaking God's him" ( verse 23 ). LIFE and PEACE." Law! For bapt ism is pe rformed "for the But HOW are Ch rist and the Father One who is carnal-c-cu'r OFF ill re­ remission of sins," and the Bible states: go ing co dwell toitbin each individual I1 bellion against God and His way, is "Sin IS tb e transgression 0/ the j,IW Ch ristian who keeps and obey s thei r in­ going to end up in DEATH. But one who (l John 3: 4), spired words? It is through the very Pa,:;e 16 He PLAI N TRUTH November, 1961

Spirit of Cod-e-the Comforter-whom The first and most important result of they do nor know where to turn! God's Jesus said shall come "that he may abide God 's Spirit in the life of a human Spirit will impart a sense of K N O~'ING with you forever" (verse 16 ) . being is LOVE. This is a world based on God- a personal comac/ with Him that Christ continued : "But the Comforter, competition, selfishness, greed and HATE. cannot be obta ined any other way. For which is the H oly Spirit, whom the W e are approaching the very epi tome Hi s Spirit is Hi s vcry nature that He Father will send in my name , he shall of hare-human annihilation through places in us so that we can call Hi m [each you all things, and bring all things the next world war! The result of God 's "Abba, Father." to your remembrance, whatsoever I have Spirit is exactly the oppotisei The quality of "meek ness" is men­ said unro you" ( verse 26 ) . The love that we receive through tioned next. In this age of bate and Th e Holy Spirit is [ 0 TEACH us God's God's Spir it is not just another form i-iolence, this characteristic of humility, truth and help us understand the PUR­ of !J11111 t111 love, but, "the 101 1(1 of GOD is and (he realization of one's own shorr­ POSE of our lives and of human exist­ shed abroad in our heart s by the Holy comings is very sadly needed. It is a ence, It will help us remember the Bible Spiri t which is given unto us" ( Rom, quality which enables one to see himself and the spiritual lessons we should have S:5), What is this divine love that for what he really is- and thereby en­ learned, comes from God ? ables him to grow and become what he In ot her words, God' s Holy Spirit The inspir ed answer is found in I should be in the purposes of his Maker. will help you UN DERSTAND [he Bible, John 5:3: "For [his IS [he love-of God, Last of all, bur far from least, is tem­ remember it, and LIVE it! It will also {hat we KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS: perance, or SELF·CONTROl. help you GROW in understandin g of and His commandme nts are not Do you have the STRENGTH of char­ spiritua l truth and of the amazing grievous." acter to overcome personal weaknesses, prophecies of the Bible that are now bad habits or a rott en temper! T his How God's Love Is Channeled being worked Out here below! "Howbeit quality of God's Spirit gives you the

when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, Th e love of {he true Christia n, then, POWER [0 control yourself! This is one he will gu ide you INTO all trmb: for is expressed in OB EYING the command­ of the most imporranr attributes that he shall not speak of himself; but what­ ments of Almighty God. Th is love runs could be given to any hu man being! soever he shall hear, that shall he speak : down the riverbed or cbannai of the ten The wisest man who ever lived was and he will ShOUl yo« tbings / 0 come" commandments. First, ir is expressed inspired to write: "He that is slow to (John 16: 13) . in outgo ing concern, adoration and anger is better than the mighty; and he One reason more professing Chri stians WORSH IP toward our Heavenly Father. that rulerh his spirit than he that taketh aren't able to GROW constantly in grace For Jesus said that the first and greatest a city" ( Prov, 16:32) . and knowledge and unde rstanding of commandment is to love God with all This d ivine gift of SEL F·CONTROL prophec)' is that they are not EM­ one's being (Mat. 22:37). enables the dru n·kard to quit dril1ki"g, POWERED by God's Holy Sp irit [Q grasp Next, this div ine love from God is the smoker to qnit smoking, {he man and understand the Bible and to over­ expressed in compassion, concern, kind­ who is weak [Q become STRONG. It gives come themselves in living it. ness and service toward fellow man. For spiritual backbone and POWER to men the second great comma nd is: "Thou and women who have surrendered their The " Fruit" of God's Spirit shalt love thy neighbor as thyself' ( Mat. lives to the rrue God and are faithful ly People today WANT t be . blessings 22:39 ). relying on HIS strength to help them that would come from God and His T hrough expressing (he divine LOVE live the balanced, hap py, ABUNDANT Spirit. But they want to get.these bless­ of God in keeping His comma ndments lives which He has promised! ings their oum way.' T hey fail to realize - in concern and service toward God The "Gifts" of God's Spirit that only by SU RRI3N DER [() their Maker and fellow man---eomes deep-d own JOY and God and thr ough receiving His and peace of a nature that is never ex­ The 12th chapter of I Corinthians is Holy Spirit can they have the deep inner perienced by selfish, carnal-minded men devoted to describing and explaining happine11, peace of mind and JOY in Cut off from God and the true purpose the "gi fts" or spiritual TOOLS which life which everyone craves so much. of their lives. Th e qualities of long­ God gives to those in H is Church to Bur if one has surrendered to God in suffering, gentleness and goodness are do the WORK of rhe body d Christ, [he REPENTANCE and BAPTISM, he is simply an added expression of that true Church of God. promised to receive the very Spirit of divine love which need nor be ex­ Paul states: "Bur the manifestation of God-the very UFE and NATURE of pounded here. Notice that FAITH is the Spirit is given to every man to God wh ich is placed in H is begotten one of the fruits of God 's Spirit. Again, profit withal" ( verse 7 ). In ot her words, chi ldren. here is something the world has precious these spiritual gifts are given to each Notice (he wonderful "frui t" or RE­ little of today. People seem co be1 i e \" ~ in man in order to profit the whole bod)1 SULT of God's Spiri t in the minds and nothing but themselves! And they have - [he whole Church of God. hearts of human beings. "But the /"'it become mighty discouraged in that vain Notice these gifts that come through 0/ the Spirit is love, jo,', peace, long­ process. They do n ot really KNOW God. God's Spirit :"For [0 one is given by wlJeril1g, gentleness, goodness, faith, They nrc drifting about in an empty. the Spirit the word of wisdom; to an­ meekness, temperance" (Gal. 5:22-23) . black world. Th ey are HELPL ESS and yet ot her the word of knowledge by the November, 1961 The PLAIN T RUTH Pal';e 17 same Spirit "( verse B) . The word And last of all is ment ioned the gift of T he Power to Actu all y Live as "word" in this verse comes from a Greek tongues and the interpretation 0/ Christ Lived expression meaning utterance or forth­ tongues. T his supe rnatural gift embodies Today peop le OJe fearful, Thcy are telling. The emp hasis is on the minister the ability to speak through super­ [rmtrated. Their lives are empty and in God 's Church being given the ab ility natural help a foreign language one has l or/om. They do not love oth ers and 10 Ipeak or utter WISDOM or KNOWL­ nor physically and menta lly learned, they themse lves crave affection. Millions EDG E-as the case mar be.Notice that and help preach the Gospel in this way. are mixed up and have weird ideas wisdom is put FIRST. It is m ost im ­ As the end of this age approaches and about religion and politics. Th ey are portant, for a great deal of knowledge even the and those of languages beesben "blown about by every wind of wit hout wisdom could be a very dan ­ not normally taught in schools and col­ doctrine." gerous thing. 1f?isdorn is the ability to leges must be reached as a last witness, People don 't know WHER E they came understand all of the facts bearing on th is gift will undoubtedly be seen and ex­ from, WHY they are here, or WHERE they any situation and make the right DE­ ercised its true U'tlY more and more. are going. T hey DON'T KNOW GOD! CISION as to what course of acricn But the Apostle Paul shows us that should be followed. A true minister, or God's Spirit Impar ts His N at ur e the very Spirit and nature of God is NOT one in high office of aut hority such as T he Apostle Paul said :"Let this one of fear or confusion. Rather, it is the the President of the United States or mind be in you, which was also in spiri t of POWER-spiritual STRENGTH the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Christ Jesus" ( Phil. 2:5 ) . to master our human weaknesses and needs a great deal of wisdom . And deep The vcry MINDand NATURE of Christ the temptations of the world and the spiritual wisdom comes 0111, from GOD and God are available to the true Chris­ Devil. tb roagb H is Spirit! tian through the POW ER of God 's Holy It is the spirit of LOVE- the atri­ Spiri t. W e can come to have better Knowledge. Faith and Healing rude of worship and obedience and WISDOM , and KNOWLEDG E, and FAITH. adoration toward ou r Father in H eaven This is also true with spir itual kn owl­ As the Apostle Peter stated : "Whereby who made us and put us here, and of edge. This involves a grasp of the laws are given unrc us exceeding grear and concern and kindueu and service toward and principles of the Bible-s-a real precious promises: rhar by these ye our fellow man made in His image. KNOWI NG of God's will and purpose, might be partakers of the DIV INE NA­ This is something that many men have TURE, having escaped the corruption Th e Holy Spirit is that of a SOUND soug ht after their whole lifetime with­ that is in the world through lust" ( II MIND--a mind that grasps the real OUt ever finding it! But it can come Pet. 1:4 ) , purpose of hum an existence in relation­ through surrender to God and the re­ As the begotten child of Almighty ship to the plan and will of Almighty ceiving of H is Holy Spirit. God, you can receive H is very NATURE God , and sees each trial and test and Th e other gifts mentio ned are faith and CHARAcrER-juSt as a human phase in life in relationship to that -which comes only through God's baby receives the exact natu re of his purpose and has the WISDOM to make 1ight decisions accordingly. Spirit. T hen the gift1 of heali/lg- the parents! You will come to think as God God -given office and am horily to heal thinks, love as God loves, have the W ould you like to have the tre­ the sick as Jesus Chr ist and H is apos tles powe r of SELF-CONTROL as He does and mendous UNDERSTANDING of God and did when on this earth. If you are in - more and more have His divine life and the unparalleled sr_ngth of doubt as to whether God has taken this KNOWL EDG e, His UNDERSTANDI NG of CHARACTER that can be had only gift away from H is people, write im­ spiritual things and Hi s WiSDOM to make through the power of God's Spirit? mediately for Me. Arm strong's free the right decisions throughout this life Th en OBEY your Maker! REPENT booklet: "D oeI God H eal T oday?" now and all eternity! and BE BA PTIZED by a true servant of T he working of miracles is anot her Thi s should give the true Christian a the Living God as He has comma nded! gift that the world will soon come co tremendous confidence and FAITH in Carefully read the articles ever)' m onth realize is still in God's true Church and God and in Hi s POWER working through in T he PLAIN TRUTH magazine to find that He will intervene even ph)'Iica/l)' those who surrender their lives to Hi m OU t more of the details of God's will and in our lives and affairs when we ask that is unsurpassed in hum an expe­ to prove to yourself WHERE God is H im to do so in [aitb accordi ng to His rience! working today! will. T he gift of prophecy or inspired Th e young evangelist Timothy was Don't "kid" yourself. Be honest with preachin g is anot her gift very much in written the following inspired words by God and with the Bible. Seek God and evidence in the true Chu rch of God the Apostle Paul which apply to us H is Spirit with all your might-in dili­ which is carrying Hi s message to this today as well: "W herefore I pur thee in gent Bib/e Swdj', in prayer and [asting, world as a last witn ess in real POWER. remembrance that thou stir up the gilt and obey each spiritual truth as God The discerning 0/ IpirilI- the ability to of God which is in thee by the putting reveals it to you! discern the attitude or spirit of a person on of my hands. For God hath not given Seek God 's Spirir with all your might. - wherher it is of Satan or uf God. us the spirit of fear; but of POWER, Exercise il. Use it. If yOll truly j'ield T his should also be possessed by those and of LOVE, and of a SOUND MIND" yO/melf to God and H is will, you will who call themselves Chr isrians today. ( II Ti m. 1:6-7) . receive it-and it is POWER UNLIM ITED! Page 18 J'b , PLAIN TRUTH November, 1961

stance? Will They OUTGROW It? You are in a nice restau rant with your wife and children. Johnnie, aged (Cot/tit/tied from page 10) 2 liz, becomes angry ar rhe food you've chosen for him . While you are trying parem with the little two-and-a-ha lf­ daily routine? A ridic ulous suggestion­ to poli tely give the waitress your order, year-old already described that he to say the lease! And yet, this is the Johnnie begins to SCREAM with anger! should be willing to use "endless tech­ EXACT advocat ion of many who would He shours, ar the top of his high -pirched niques" and develop "understanding" to assure you they are foremost authorities voice, "No ! No! No! I DON 'T WANT help him survive the time until his on how to rear children. THAT!" and, throwing himself to the little 2 ~ year-old turns three? It is reasoned that children also need floor, begi ns to kick, cry and scream in Apparently, my own children were to "unwind"! Bur, since their minds a frenzy of unbridled emotion! so ignorant of these "Stages" through are not yet inrelligenr enough to lead Do the parent s merely calmly smile, which they have been growing they for­ them inca other recreational activities placidly ignore Johnnie, and go righr on got to express the characteristics that or diversions, they oftentimes throw a ordering? these "stages" should have demanded "temper tantrum"! Th is, assure the IF THEY SHOULD-I DOUBT IF THE of them! At any rate, our child ren, at child psychologists, is merely a method OWN ER OF TH E RESTAURANT PERMITS the "stage" of "two-a nd-a-half" never of "letting off steam" and should be TH EM TO REMAI N IN HI S PLACE OF were domineering and demanding­ patiently ignored by the parent! BUSINESS! they never tried to give orders-they "Anger and resistance are the Well, then, do they "somehow inter­ never made the decisions-they ' were natural responses to being blocked. est him in the new thing" they want never given to temper tantrums- they Children show this by having him to do, and "avoid a scene?" were decidedly flexible and nor at all temper tantrums when they have to Not really very PRACTI CAL, is it? Do RIGID. They were able to adapt to any­ be interr upted to be washed, YOU.think the empty theories advocated thing, rhey were able to give in con­ dressed, or taken to the toiler. by roday's generation of authority-haters s/dntly-in fact, several times a day, Th ey burst out if they are int erfered are really WORKABLE? and they were able towait--even days with at play. Hunger and fatigue Here again, the authors assure us a or mont hs should that have been neces­ are other kind s of thwarting situa­ negative reaction to commands is com­ sary! But more of this later. tions that produce anger" [em ­ m on at tbis particular agel T he child psychologists, whom J. phasis ours] (p. 356, Th e Com­ This is tru e-ONLY if rhe child has Edgar Hoover says, "have substituted plete Book of Mothercraft, Paren ts not been trained correctly from birch! indulgence for discipli ne"! all seem to Institute ) . It is true ONLY if the parents have not concur on the gene ral unrul iness, balki­ Yes, anger and resistance are the punisbed rhe child, have not had right ness, temper tantrums and explosiveness NATURAL responses to being blocked! and correct discipline, have not known rhar supposedly accompany rhe child of That is, they are the CARN AL responses. HOW to rear their children properly, from 1Y2 to three years of age! But But simply because they are the "na­ but have merely been "observing their bebind it all is one of the most impor­ tural" responses to auchoriry-c-acer not children growing up" instead of really tam miscalculations of the modern make them right! actively rearing them! Otherwise, if the school of child training. "At about the age of "WO, children child of rwo years of age has beet/ show anger more often than they trained, has been shown the proper and Do Child ren " Sto re Up" Emotions ? are likely to when rhey are older. deep LOV E, consideratio n and care, but Frequently, you hear of adulrs spea k­ .. . If we can somehow interest at the same rime authoritative discipline ing of "gett ing unwound" by means of him in the new th ing we wane him given from love, and in love, he will recreation or other activity. We talk of to do, we may avoid a scene.... A NOT, under any circumsta nces, at any being "te nse" or "high-strung" or negative reaction to comm ands at time, burst into anger and shout "no!" "keyed-up"! So far, so good. T his, ro a this age is so common that the at his parents. I have the living PROOF degree, is absolutely tr ue. foresight ed mother tries to avoid of this fact in my own home! Every adult, especially engaged in the conflict by giving as few orders as "It has already been pointed Out type of occupation which demands high­ possible and making requests in­ that a child berween rhe ages of 18 tension mental concentrat ion, needs a stead" ( p, 356· 357, The Complete months and thr ee years tends to "change of pace" once in awh ile-to Book of Mothercraft, Parenrs say 'no' to every suggestion, If he "unwind"! But wouldn't it be a strange Institute ) . is nor constantly being given direc­ society if the adults were given to weird What an unbelievable quotation! tions and commands, he has less emotional out bursts, in whic h they How does a parent in a restaurant, or chance to build up rhis habi r of seized a gu n, shot down five or six help­ in a public market or shop, really put balkiness. less bystanders , cudgelled a policem an these empty theories into practice? "If parenrs could only train rbern­ to death, and then, their feeling s How would you apply rhis ridiculous selves nor to be shocked when their assuaged, lapsed into their ordinary and suggestion in the following circum- young childre n express their anger November, 1961 The PLAIN TRUTH Page 19

by saying '1 hare you' or by calling potent ially wonderful minds of our serious consequ ences in a spiriMal them names, they wou ld improve innocent yout h, FR USTRATING them, sense-of which the child psychologists their relations with the ir children. 1WISTING the m, PERV ERTI NG them, know nothing. Such a child will very The average father and mother allowing rhem to be filled wirh DE· defini rely build up a HABIT of rebellion have forgotten the feelings of re­ MONIACAl RAGES, HATREDS, TEMPER coward authority, d isobed ience, temper senrmem they had in early life OUTB URSTS is a GIANT, GARG ANTUAN tantrums, and hatr ed. The th ol

tantrums are continuous, however, during the pre -adolescent period, I YOUR PLAIN TRUTH SUB­ HOW SCRIPTION HAS BEEN PAID or recur past the age of five, they assure you the days of actual pun­ So many ask : ··HOW does il happen that I find my subsc ription price for The PLAIN TRUTH has may bea signal to seek help from a ishment will be over long ere your already beell fhHd? HOW can you publish such a high class magazine wiehcue adveuising revenue?" child-guidance counselor equipped youngsters reach thei r teens. But The an swer is as simple as il is as[onishing! II is a par adox . Chr iSl·s Gospel canner be sold like to discover underlying causes" ( p. if for any reason you have failed in mer chandise. You cannot bu y salvat ion. Yet it does COSI mon ey [0 publish Cbrtu's TRUTH and mail it 548-549, Tbe Encyclopedia of the earlier years, and your children to all cc nun ems on eanh. It does have to be pJid lor! This is Chri st's work. We solve th is prob lem Cbildcare and Guidance, Gruen­ have attained adolescence without Christ's WAY! Jesu s said, "This Go spel of the Kingd om shall berg ) . learning self-control, then I admen­ be preached ( and pubhshed-e--Mark 13 :1 0 ) in all the world for a wuness unto all uadocs" ( Mac. ". .. We see that the bab y protests ish you nor to depend exclusively 24 : 14 ) "I thu Jim., juSl before me end of Ibis age. A PRICE mu ll b. paid for the magazine. ehe bread ­ against unpleasant exp eriences by upon these new-fangled psycho­ cast. rhe Co rrespondence Course. or other literarnre. Bur HOW? ChriS[ forbids us co u // it 10 those wh o crying. These responses may be logic notions or on any fantas tic receive it : "Freely ve have recei ved," said Jesus to H is diKiples who He was sending to pr ocla im Hi s considered as emanating from the interpretation of Freudian ph ilos­ Gospel, 'fretly GIVE!" " It is mo re bl.ued," H e said , " 10 GIVE than 10 receiv e." instinct of self-preservation. ophy, and refrain from chastise­ God 's WAY is the ....ay of LOVE_od !lUI is the way of xil'i"t. God expects every ch ild of H is "The response . continues ment through fear that your 10 gil" free-will offerings and 10 tilhe, as Hi s means of l)aying the cose of carrying Hi s Gos pel to olh ers. throughour life . This crying of rhe children will nor develop leadership. We. therefore. sim:r.ly UUSt our Lord jescs Christ 10 lay it on the min s and hearts of His foll o....ers 10 baby becom es the tem per tantrum Leadership--bah! Who wants a boy ~i \' e ~e nerously . thuS. paying the COSt of pUlling me precious Go spel TRlITH in ehe hands of others, of rhe older child and a parr of rhe to grow up {Q be a leader of a crimi­ Yet it muse go o" /y to those who "Ii /0' ;t /0' themstI f'II.' Each mu st, for himself. suburibe--and life-long fighr for independence. As nal gang? Indeed , if we go on after his su bscription has th us ahtoldy b, en ()did. Thus Ihe living dyn ami C ChriS[ Himself enables such it represents one of the strong­ this fashion, we can truly say us 10 broad cast. world-wide, without eve r asking for ro neribueions e ver the air ; co enroll many thousands est impulses responsible for human 'what pri ce leadership!' " [emphasis in the Ambassador College Bible Cc rrespondeece Course with full tuirion cosr "l"ad., Pdid: to send behavior: ' ( p. 28, I II Dejense of ours] .( p. 14 1, Piloting Modem your PLA IN TRUTH on an "I"ady pa;J basis. Children, Beverly ). Y outb, Sadler) . God 's way is GOOD! This very aptly titled book assures Sound advice, indeed! Read it again! parents temper tantrums are nothing more than the natural outgrowth of Stag es of Growth the first wails of a tiny baby, expressi ng The child psychologists, observing his need for "independence!" the growth of hundreds of children, These theories are simply untrue. have quickly recognized there really are Temper tantrums show a complete lack various "stages" through which children of self-disciplille-and far from being pass. merely a STAGE through which rhe child These phases represent increased is growing, are gravely serious warning moror activity, g rowing bodies , acquired signs of a child totally lacking in selj­ skills, new means of expression and the control. It is JUSt such thoughtless widening horizons of all children! teachings as rhcse that have led thou­ OF COURSE there are "phases!" A sands of children past the bars of rebellious child of 8 months may only justice across our land, and have made wail and scream- finally sucking his hopeless emotional u-recles our of thumb for comfort ! The same child, uncounted millions of others. still rebellions, may shout "NO!" to Rather than going through a "stage" ever y parent al command and throw of child development, which rhey will violen t temper tantrums at age two! gro w OUt of, childre n allowed to ex­ Bur children are 11 0t caged beasts-e­ press insane rage at their parents are ro be "observed" as they grow. They are buil ding a" mature habit of haIred.' precious human lives capable of build­ N ow norice a refreshingly sound ing real character , and they must be qu otation for a change: trained! "Let us-parents, teachers, and all NATURALLY, an undisciplined, unre­ others having ro do with the rrain ­ strained child is going to begin to shout ing of youth-see to it that adoles­ "no!" to every command at along about cent s acquire sell-control. Let us the age of two! He will do this-not save them from the injurious effects simp ly becam e he is "two " and is there­ of this new-fangled idea thar young fore going through a PHASE which de­ people can grow up to do as they maud! this type of action-but because please. Confusion worse con­ he has ncr been raughr to respecr and found ed will be the state of the fear (Iulhoril)', and because his in­ next generation if it is generally creased physical size, increased knowl ­ accepted. If you, as a parent, have edge of the Engl ish language, his in- done your duty in the nursery and (Please contisme on page 26) Novembe r, 1961 Th e PLAIN TRUTH Page 21

In to 1940-Stil1 a Struggle AUTOBIOGRAPHY Th e uphill srruggle-c-climbing con­ stantly in growth of the work in spite (Con tinued from page 8) of inadequate facilities and financial backing, continued into the year 1940 "head" is being formed, today, before "Finally, remember this war is mere- - and throughout the decade of the our very eyes! It is rising Out of the Iy a resumption the world trar, It is 01 Iorties. Common Market in Europe-s-our of nor, so far as present events are con- The March, 1940, Pla;1I Trtab was which ten nations or groupings of na- cerned, directly and specifically men- the first since November, 1939. It was tions will combine to form a new U.S. rioned in the Bible prophecies at all. still mimeographed. More than 100,000 of Europe! Bill undoubtedly if is pat'illg the way people were listening to the message During March and April, 1939, 1,000 lor prophesied events. weekly. The Plain Truth circulation was new requests were received for annual "One of tWO things may happen: 1) 2,000 copies. Expenses were being held subscriptions to Tbe Plain Truth'! The the allies may go on to smash Hitler, to 5300 per month-includ ing our work was GROWING! possibly with the help of either or both lamily living 01 less than $85 per month. The August issue 01 The Plain Trznb, ul the United States or Italy; 2 ) Italy 1939, contained an article captioned: might yet come in on the side of Ger- Boys Growing U p IVarld tVar May Come IV itbin Six many-the battle sector shifting at once Meanwhile, our four children were IVeeks. The war starred September I. ro the Mediterranean, especially Egypr growing up. The two girls now were In an article in the November, 1939, (the Suez canal gate), and Palestine, (as twenty and rwenry-rwo, The boys ten Plain Trntb on 'The European IVar," described with maps in the February- and eleven-Dick about twelve. For the a paragraph or tWO m:ty be of inte rest: March Plain Tm/I; ) ." bars, this, I believe, is the happiest age Reproduction of pages 3 and 4 of the mimeographed Feb.. ever enjoyed by any person . Surely noth ­ Mar . 1939 issue of the PLAIN TRUTH . Map paints out key ing to compare is experienced by girls. gateway s Musso lini had to ca ptu re from Great Bri ta in.

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I remember so well when I was Mother ever knew. brink of the mighty rushing McKenzie eleven. My only sister, Mabel, died thar During the summer of 1940 we were at one of its [astest, deepest points , year in an attack of spinal men ingitis, at recurning to Eugene along the Me­ "Having know n only a little about age 9. However, a year later my brother Kenzie Highway alongside the swift­ fishiog-I did know you had ro get the Dw ight Leslie and his twin sister Mary flowing McKenzie River. The boys bait down to where the rub were, \Ve Lucile, were born . During those years, wanted rc do some fishing. Finally, had no split shor or weig hts, no leaders with other boys of the same age, I took after much pleading, we Stopped at a on our lines, no reels, so casti ng was up wresding-thesc were the days of country store, bought a small roll of impossible. our "heroes" Frank Gotch and "Farmer" fishing line, a few hooks, and a bottle "Morn picked our the spar where it Burns; we went swimming, skating in of salmon eggs. was SAFEST-instead of letting us go the winter, sledding. We dug caves. We Our elder daughter, Beverly, and her whe re we thought we m ight find a fir/;, had white mice and ferre ts, and prob­ fiance, Ji mmy Gon , were with us, and T here we sat, with the shaft line, a ably we stuck frogs in our pockets. I jim Cut tWO big "fishing poles" from a tiny gold single-egg hook and a bright rode a bicycle everywhere. willow tree and tied the line ro rhem. red salmo n egg-skipping frantically At eleve n and twelve a boy has few From here on, I will let Garner Ted along the tOp of the gigantic rush of respon sibiliries-c-devores him self pri­ recount for you in his own words the tons of blue-white water, on the edge marily to "fun"-and yet, he does not humiliating experience he and his of one of the fastes t and deepest rap ids altoge ther take a vacatio n from disap­ brother Dick suffered- all because of along the l\fcKenzie ! poinrrnenrs, humiliation and painful the "besr Mom in the world:' Just be­ "T here wasn't the [ainten, remotest suffering. Hi s prob lems arc far more fore rushing to the broadcast studio for chan ce of ever catching a trout under serious [0 him than they are [0 Dad or roday's \'C'ORLD T OM ORROW program, those conditions-and we both knew it Mom or orher grow n-ups. Ga rne r T ed Armstrong rapped our the -but at least, we were SAFE! 1 have recoun ted how, when younger, follo wing on his typewriter: "As a result-we had pretty sour Ga rner Ted had g iven me a big kiss­ "W e were on the way returning co expressions! ( I had already caught nu­ and when I asked wh at he was af ter Eugen e from a tr ip, I believe to Blernis' merous trout in the Molalla River up on now, he repl ied that was for pi cking home, or else lip to Belknap Springs­ Grandmas farm-and had done so by our far him the best mother in the bur at any rate, up rhc Mclccruic wading to the head of a rime, and drifr­ worlJ. He still feels that war . Only I highway. ing grasshop pers, crickets , salmon eggs didn't "pick her out"- \VC both have "Dick anJ I (I mos tly, I believe ) or CUH lp pi eces of chub into the quiet always known, some how, that God pleaded and pleaded, and finally, we pools behind large rocks-so 1 knew it chose us for each other. But if our boys stopped ar a country store, and boug ht would be a mir acle if there were any had "the best Morn in the world " she a small roll of fishing line, a few hooks, fish whatsoever in this frantically rush­ was best, except for JUS t one or tWO and a bo tt le of salmon eggs. ing pan of the river-they were acru­ th ings- at age ten and eleven. (t'Bcv and J im were along, I remem­ ally about rwo hundred yards farth er For one thing, they had a mot her ber definit ely- because Jim Cut us tWO down , resting in the natural 'feeder who wanted the m to swim--only she big club- like 'fishing poles and ried the pools where the riffles quiered.)" did not wane them to go near the water lin e ro rhem.} No H allucination s umil after they had learned how to "So-we were carefully herded over swim, This problem was far more the rocks, wi th dee p pools swirling On April 2, 1940, I had to wr ite serious [0 young growing boys than aro und through under-cur areas, to the Co-Workers: "The only way I have

FISHING- where the re were no fish ! At left is Richard David and at right is Garner Ted , ages 12 and 10 % respectively, Novem ber, 196 1 The PLAIN TRUTH Page 23 managed to keep the work going has office recently, announ cing loudly, "I am ing of that prophecy. 1 knew of no Other been by personal sacrifice-taking Jesus Christ!" preaching of THIS VERY GOSPEL. No­ money inte nded for our family living, All self-important vanity had been wher e else was this prophecy being ful­ letti ng my family suffer. One of my rudely knocked OUt of me by the suc­ filled. 1 saw, now, that THIS MESSAGE daughters has had to stOp school. We cessive business reverses, being knocked was to go world -wide-to ALL NATIONS. are about to lose our home . We have down repeatedly, and made for years to I did ncr yet envision that this very gone with out badly needed clothing. 1 bite the dust of poverty and humil iation. work would be used of God in its ac­ could tell you more, but do not want But I had come to receive a new con­ complishment. But 1 did now see clearly to talk about ourselves-s-our heavenly fidence. It was based on faith in CHRIST that we should step up our energies, Father knows. We are willing and glad - not in self. It was the faith of Christ, and as far as it was Goo's will to use us to make any sacrifice. BUT THE POINT which God had given as one of the in this fulfillment, to expand the work. IS, WE HAVE NOW COME TO THE EN D, gif ts of His Spirit. I began, much more intensely than UNLESS SUBSTANTIAL HELP COMES AT before, to focus atte ntion on expanding First Vision of \X' orld-\Vide Scope ONCE. The work cannot be held up by the broadcast into Seattle. Almost a year this meth od of personal sacrifice any But in May, 1940, God had begun to before I had taken a trip to Seattle to longer. As long as it was only us who bri ng into my mind a glimpse of the explore possibilities of obtaining a good suffered, I said nothing. But now the future world -wide destiny of this work, time on a Seattle station. But no door Lord's WORK will Stop unless subsran­ for the first time . We could not know, opened, then. And, in 1939 it was tia l help comes qu ickly. For the work 's then, whether World War II, already financially impossible. sake I must appeal to our helpers. 1 under way in Europe, would continue on A Heart-touching Sacr ifice would starve befo re 1 would ask one into Armageddon and the END of the cent as charity for myself. But I'm will­ world. We could not know , then, that The Seattle broadcasting was started ing to humiliate myself in any way for God would grant another recess in the by an unusual sacrifice made by a man the Gospel's sake." world war-and for the very purp ose and wife in Clarke County, W ashington, D uring the early years of this minis­ of allowing this WORK OF GOD to ful­ listeners over KWlJ. This family had try, as 1 have noted before, no illusions fill Matthew 24: 14 of preaching and lost all they had in the great drough t of grandeu r flooded my mind. 1 had no publishing Christ's Gospel of God's of i 934 and 1935. They then migrated grandiose visions of conduct ing a great KINGDOM to all the world as a witness, from South Dakota, and had made a earth-girding work reaching ma ny mil­ just before the END of this world and down payment on a small farm a few lions on all continents. If anyone had the coming of Christ! miles outside Vancouver, W ashington. then suggested that this work would But the sense of imminence of the The man and a son had managed to grow to even a tenth its present scope END--COmbined with the knowledge build the outside shell of a house. The and power, 1 would have regarded it as that this very Message must first be siding was not yet on. A second floor an empty pipe-dream. proclaimed-inspired a letter to Co­ had been partially laid-just the sub­ This work has nor grown to its pres­ Workers dated May 23, 1940, which flooring. There was no stair-way as yet ent proportions because 1 planned it asked, in part: -and no partitions either upstairs or that way-but because Goo planned it, "Dear CO-WORKERS : We ente r, now, down-c-jusr one large room on each expanded it, empowered it. the most CRUCIAL period of our co­ floor. The children slept upstairs, gain­ 1 was not without vision. When the labors together in the powerful pro­ ing access by climbing up a ladder. broadcast first started, in January 1934, claiming of the GOSPEL. The ZERO This man had, over twO or three I did envision a work reaching the en­ HOUR has struck! Whatever is to be years' time, saved up 540 over and tire Willamette Valley and probably done, we must do quickly . Soon we shall above bare family expenses and getting Portland. After we reached Portland, nor be permitted to carry on this great this much of a home builr. The $40 was I did envision going on to cover Seattl e, work . ... But now, as never before, saved to buy lumber for the partitions and the entire Pacific Northwest. As the people WILL HEAR! People are STUNNED for separate rooms in their house. work grew, the vision for the futu re ex­ by the war events in Europe! Every­ When these peopl e heard we were panded with it. But this ministry was where, people . . . are now turning trying to get started on the air in Seattle, not started with any such hallucinations, eager ears to hear! They are beginning they sent me that $40, explaining how spawned in self-pride, vanity and ego­ to realize the Bible prophecies are being they had saved it, and for what purpose. tism, as a few ne'er-do-wells who have fulfilled-that we are in the VERY LAST Since we were driving to Portland every come to me, announcing :"Mr. Arm­ DAYS! . .. Now is the time when Jesus week for the broadcast, I drove Out to strong, I have come to annou nce to you said 'this Gospel of the KINGDOM '­ their little farm , to return the money. that I am Elijah tha t was prophesied to the Good News of the comi ng GOVERN~ "I JUSt couldn't take this money," I come;" or, "Mr. Armstrong, God has MENT BY JESUS CHRIST, the KINGDOM said, "when you have struggled so long shown m~ in a dream that 1 am to be OF GOD-'shall be preached in all the to save it so you could have a home to your right-hand man , and soon to take world for a witness unro all nations; live in." your place." One mental off-balance and then shall the END come!' " Tears filled the woman's eyes. She walked into Garner Ted Armstrong's For the first time, I saw the real mean- shook her head, refused to accept the Page 24

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Publ i shed every little whi l e , by your r adio-pastor editor, He r bert W. Armstrong, Box Ill, Eugene, Ore. to bring spiritual edirication and encouragement t o our little ramily or Co-workers who make possi­ ble the RADIO CHURCH OF GOD and The PLAII/ TRUTH.

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GID.'ET I NGS ~ , Co-Workers, rrom Seat t l e ~ The true Gospel---God's last warning me s sage- - - i s now ON TIlE AIR, IN S EATTLE~

That ror whi ch we have prayed so long, and worked so hard--­ t hat r or which some or you have sacririced so much---is now an accomp­ lished f'ac b ,

The RADIO CHURCH OF GOD was on the air ror the rirst time in Seatt le l ast Sunday, Sept ember 15th, over station KRSC, 1120 kilocy­ cle s, with a powe r cr 1,000 watts---twice the power or our Portland ~t at ion ~1JJ -- -and at the same time, 4 o'clock in the afternoon. We wi ll now be on KRSC at this same t ime every Sunday.

How ~ Has Answered P RAY ER

I want to tell our r amil,r or Co-workers some or the inside story or our rinally get t i ng on the air here in Seattle---ror this ,p The BULLETI N is being printed and sent to you rrom Seattle. ' ~-o +' hi ng or the problem we had to solve, the ~ ,~ went berore us, answered pray- N ovember, 1961 Tb e PLAIN TRUTH Pag e 25 one day in the mai l the largest sum we more, and the pr ice was JUSt double whole world is INARMS! God now calls had ever received-SI OO, for bro adcast­ what we pay in Portland. 1fJ, Hi s chi ldren , TO ARMS! T HE WARN­ ing in Seat tle. Ir took our breath! "It looked discouraging. Bur I decided ING MUST GO!" But, a few days later, two more S100 to see the owner of KRSC agai n. He Th e next installment will show how sums came, three cont ributed S50 each, auditioned one of our programs. He be­ we finally did expand CO Los Ange les. and several sent in single dollars. came interested, said we had a splend id And so, finally, thr ee long years after program that would attract a large the broadcast expanded from Eugene listen ing audience. However, he would only into Port land , it now leaped into nor take any outside relig ious program Seattle! unless approved by the Seattle Cou ncil From Seattle, I mimeographed a new of Churches. He then called their sec­ Co-Workers' BULLETIN, the second such reta ry by telephone to his office to hear BULLETI N in new form and dress, dated one of our programs auditioned. This September 17, 1940. T he leadin g cap­ ma n was well impr essed with our pro ­ tion stated the news: "N ow ON THE gram, and also wit h Tbe Plain Trntb. AIR IN SEATTLE!" which he carefully exam ined. Ir hap­ The program starred there Sund ay, pened that he was familiar with the Sep tember l Srh, over l ,OOO-watt sta­ trut h of our national identity in rhe cion KRSC- twice the power of our H ouse of Israel, and he was glad to see Por tland station, KW]]-and servi ng [his truth pu blished in The Plain Truth a larger population. magazine. T he exciting story of how we finally "So the owner side-cracked a 4 o'clock were ena bled to add the Seattle area Sunday afternoon news broadcast so we n to those of Portland and Euge ne in the could have the same time we have over broadcasti ng work was cold in thi s KWJJ in Portland, and then made me a • t ." BULLETIN I and can best be told here rate just $1.40 more per broadcast tha n I in a condensation of that BULLETIN: we pay KWJJ! Since this station has Th ere was a sub-head, "How God double the power of KWJ], and is the Has Answered PRA YER." high est class independent station in Th en : "1 want to tell our fami ly of Seattl e, I'm sure you'll realize how Co-\Vorkers some of the inside story of fort unate we were . our finally gening on the air here in "There is but one expla nation. God Seattle. I want you to know something H imself worked it all our. It is sure ly of the pro blem we had to solve, the an answer to prayer. Mrs. Armstrong and difficulties in our path, and how God I will remain here until after next Sun­ went before us, answered prayer, and day's broadcast, which I want to conduct worked our everything so perfectly. in person, then we shall return home. While here, we are broadcasting by An swered Prayer cranscription from KWJJ. \'Qhen we re­ "Radio stations, especia lly in Seat tle, turn home we will send transcrib ed do nor want religious programs on thei r broadcasts to Seattle." stations. I learned tha t a year ago when The next sub-head in this BULLETIN 1 was lip here. I knew norhing but was capt ioned : "Los ANGELES NEXT!" prayer could open the way for us, but I Th e vision of the mission to which bad faith God want ed us to speak Hi s God had called us, and in which the Word faithfully in th is Seattle dist rict, living CHRI ST was using us now ex­ and I knew H e would not fail us. panded. W orld events made it clear. "Mrs. Armtsrong and I arrived in Th e BULLETIN continued: Seattle lace \X'edn esday afternoon. I d id "The Lord will ing, we hope now to not feel we could afford the high cosr add a radio statio n in Los ANGELES of one of the five larger 5,OOO-w3u sta­ next. Such a station wou ld add a tions here. T his reduced our possibil ities QUARTER OF A MILLION people to those to two stat ions. One, KRSC, has never now hearing the true Gospel of the raken religious programs, and its owner Kin gdom. little Miss Mabel Armstrong, you ng er gave me no encouragement whe n I saw "As I wrote in the lase Bulletin, sister of Mr. Herbert W; Armstrong, shortly before she died, age 9, from him a year ago. T he other station, same Goo's TI ME HAS COME for this last attack of spinal meningitis. She is power, was throwi ng all religious pro­ warn ing Message to go---and to go to mention ed on page 22 in this insta ll­ grams off their sta tion, didn't want any the m illions, wit h great POWER! The ment. Page 26 The PLAIN TRUTH November, 1961

later, when he is arrested for steal­ Will They OUTGROW It? ing a car, that society is against him and he is being persecuted. (Coil/inned from page 20) 5."Pick up everything he leaves lying around-books, shoes and clothing. creased energy and vigor, COMB INED enrs. Children at this stage of Do everything for him so he will be WITH his increased REBELLION asserts growth profit by hearing good experienced in throwing all respon­ itself in this fashion! The same holds stories. It is time for A esop's sibility on to others. true for all of the theoretical "phases" Fables. In these simple stories 6. "Let him read any printed matter of unbridled emotion, lack of discipline. there is drama; evil is there and so he can get his hands on. Be careful self-willed disobedience and a destruc­ is good and the struggle between that the silverware and drinking tive pacifism advocated by the child them is solved co one's satisfaction" glasses are sterilized, but let his psychologists. W e should thank God (CLI PPING, by Angelo Parri ), mind feast on garbage. Joseph and Mary did a better job in The answer given this distraught 7."Quarrel frequently in the presence rearing Jesus Christ of Nazareth than parent is so lugubrious as to be of your children. In this way they thor advocated by rhe modern child obviously and com pletely a roral im­ will nor be tOO shocked when the psychologists of roday! becilic miscalculation. It has condemned home is broken up later. A parent, upset over childrearing ITSEL F by its very nature. SURE LY our 8."Give a child all rhe spending difficulties wrote a child counselor who terrifyi ng crime wave, our mounting money he wants. Never let him writes a column for newspapers. The juvenile delinquency, the tons of evi­ earn his own. W hy should he have parent wrote: dence being made available to the things as rough as yOU had them? "

And also whether he is able to view a leaves. Th at way, when I finally set at­ in Christ and His sacrifice testified by major problem, wherein all of our lives tenti on to examine the smaller details, baptism, we may be reconciled to God­ may be at stake, free from prej udicial they are comprehended in their true the branch is connected to the main concepts. Does he have BALANCE­ perspectives and relationships. Vioe , and the ROOT (God) , and then sound mindedness-wisdom ? N ow apply that pri nciple to the cir­ the life-giving, fruit-producing "sap" President Kennedy has surrounded cumsta nces of LIFE. flows through the branch . himself with a perso nal staff of "inrel­ In other words, God promises, under Correct View Important lectuals" of the college-professor vari­ these circumstances of reconciliation, ety. I am not including Ambassador First, take a view of the whole forest. our justification of sins that are past, College pro fessors when I say there is This "fores t" includes all tha t has to do and that inro us shall FI.OW His gift a tendency for college professors to be with your existence here on earth-of of Hi s Holy Spirit. narrow and unbalanced. In education, the world, the entire universe--of the Now look at this world, its profes­ as in orher fields, we have "progressed" PU RPOS E of life-its objective and sions, its sciences, educators, business into the era of specialization. The av­ potenti ality. men and politicians. They, tOO, have erage professor knows, according to When }'Oll view this "forest," if you followed the course of rivalry--of com­ currently accepted theories, his own field. really see it all with out blindness or petition and su ife--of vanity and greed. Outside of that he may know little. prejudice, you have to see, first of all, In other words, they have transgressed Education, eoo, has evolved largely its First Cause- its Crcaror-c-Gon, be­ God's Law. The" are cut off from the into the realm of speculation. T he trend cause this "forest" is God's CREATION, living GOD! Many of them do not be­ has been to arrive at a pet theory, wh ich It is He who makes it GROW. Next you lieve He exists. T o the rest of them He may be far from tru th; and then, by in­ have to comprehend that God not only is unreal. Th ey are totally unacquainted duct ive processes, to reason and to search created-He is, by the very fact of being with Him. Thus they are CU t off from for suppon ing evidences to back up the Creator, also Supreme RULE R over all Hi s all-impo rtan t revelation of vital, theory. the forces, powers, and circumstances essential, basic KNOWLEDGE. This is the Few classroom professors are pr acti­ that exist, knowledge of the PURPOSE of life-c-of cal men. Their think ing is limited to Th e "trees," in this case, may repr e­ potential hum an desriny--of THE WAY the narrow confines of class-room, and sent all the stars and planets, and the to PEACE, to universal prosperity, to to books wri tten by other hum an theo­ people and nations of the eart h. The happiness, and the full, abundant life, rists. For the sake of all of us, it is hoped Bible sometimes views nations, sym­ as well as life eternal. that these whiz-boys now occupying bolically, as trees. And God is picrured They may see a forest. Th ey may seats of vast power in W ashin gton are as the ROOT from whi ch the life pro­ realize the [crest is in existence. But not of this class. ceeds. Israel is the olive tree, in Romans they do not know HOW it carne, or what But of immediate importance is the II, and the Ge ntil e nati ons are wild imparts life and motion and growth. matter of how YOU view things. olive trees. People are the branches. The y may see the trees, but not the Do you really THINK about what you So )'0# are a branch, or a twig. Th e roots. So, they specialize. They climb read, or hear, or see? Do you try to main branch of the tree, in Ezekiel 17, out Onto their favorite little branch or avoid prejudice? Do you try to see the is the king or human ruler. The top­ twig. T hey become very learned in their WHOLE pi cture? Are you able to apply most twigs are his children-the princes specialized knowledge of every insig­ the principle involved to other circum­ and prin cesses, the latter being "tender" nificant detail of this limited area. stances? tWIgS. But when you see the roots of the Compare the viewi ng of any circum­ Jesus spoke similarly when He com­ trees of the forest- you see G OD. And stance or problem to looking at a tree. pared us to branches of a vine-perhaps to those who get to know God, comes First of all, many people get so close to referring to a grape vine. He, Himself, the realization that the most necessary the tree they cannot see the forest. The is the main Vine-comparable to the knowledge-ccan be acquired only by tree should be viewed in its true perspec­ trun k of the tree. What we produce by God's special revelation to mankind. tive and relation to all the other trees, being alive-if anything- is the "fruit." God has given this in the Holy BIBLE, One reason they cannot see the other If we are cut off from the Vin e, Chri st, But the natural mind, without God's trees is that they do not even see but a we cannot produce anything worth­ Spirit, cannot UNDERSTAND the Bible. part of a small branc h, or a tiny twig. while, just as a branch severed from the To most scientists, and world leaders, T hey focus the whole attention on this gra pe vine cannot produce grapes. and even to many leading mini sters of tiny derail- perhaps unimportant. Other Scriptures show that all have religion, it is largely myth and legend. I began, years ago, to train myself to sinned- tra nsgressed against God's Law Their "specializing" mind s are closed see first the ent ire forest-then the tree; -rebelled aga inst God's RULE-

boredom, sickness, and death-yet they It Won't Be Long, Now! wam THAT WAY to lead them to peace, happiness, prosperity, abundan t and in­ BRICK ET WOOD, ENGLAND protect God 's work, and God's money. teresting living, and real continuous written in August. Business contacts are often a matter J OY. They want to run directly away of harassing strain and struggle. It from the blessings they crave, and yet HIS morning I was listening to the seems no one want s an honest, fair deal run smack into those blessings! BBC News. Mr. Khrushchev was --everyone is "our for himself"-to get Sometimes I think the man who said T to still threatening trouble over Ber­ more than he ough t have-to give every unconverted mind is CRAZY was lin that could lead to nuclear war. He less than is right. righr! c also dropped a bombshell, fraug ht with T hat is the way of this world. Busi­ Jesus Christ cold us co pray for God's danger CO France. He promised to visit nessmen flatter, assure you of their Kingdom to come. T he longer I live, the trouble-spot in Tunisia in person, sincerity and honesty, and their devo­ the more diligently and earnestly I pray and to give "all forms of aid" against tion to your interests and service, then for that! the French at Bizerte. scheme to take every advantage. Out of It's a sorry business-a nerve-shatter­ The news, in shan , was full of striv­ the same mouth they puff you up with ing experience, with no rest, having to ing, nerve-sharrering tensions. This flattery and compliments, and lie to you. be in and co deal with this world. world is literally full of crosspurposes, And yet, the masses of ordi nary carnal But' Jesus Christ, who has gone on struggles of man against man, business people seem to love this evil world! before us that we might follow Him against competitor, parent against chil­ Th ey resent and put up a hostile guard inca the brilliant energized GLORY of dren and children against parents, social against even heari ng about the peaceful, God' s Kingdom , counted the sufferings climber against social climber, armed happy, prosperous, interest-packed, joy­ in this world as nothing compared to nation against armed nation. ous WOR LD TOMORROW which the gov­ the indescribable glory He has inherited. In my personal capacity in God's ernme nt of GOD is going to bring. Likewise, OUY sufferings now are not great work, I have to deal consrantly God Himself says the carnal mind is worthy to be compared to the GLORY with the world. And, more often than hostile to God, and is utte rly emoilimg that shall be revealed in us! nor, these contacts are full of striving­ to be subject to HIS laws, or HIS way of So, let's count it all JOY when trials of offense and defense-of thrust and life- H IS rule by His laws! Thi s way and tests come. W e are on the way to­ patty. of GOD is the way to everything every­ ward the glorious Kingdom of GoD! In the purchase of additional property body 1OantJ-and the only way. And every day, now, it is one day for the expanding work, wherever in the It is hard to understand! People want nearer! world, more often than not it is a nerve­ these blessings which can come only by IT WON'T BE LONG,NOW! And then wracking business. Those who have the God's inexorable laws and through we shall REST from these useless and property to sell use every argument, every God's Spirit. But people do not want stup id strivi ngs and settle down to tactic, to get a higher price than the them that wa),. They want to go the TREMENDOUS achievements and accom­ property is worth-as much higher as way that leads only to frayed nerves, plishments in PEACE, and HAPPINESS, they think they possibly can "take us fears and worries, tensions, wars, fight­ and JOY! for." I have to parry these thrus ts to ing and violence, heart-aches, emptiness, For ALL ETERN ITY!

min istry. I have received seven issues of The PLAI N TRUTH without being billed Letters to the Editor or solicited for payment. I feel com­ (Continued from page 14) pelled to contribute this sum to an the word 'saved' actually meant. Now I \X1 atches W orld Situation organ ization such as yours. \V hat a re­ lief ' 0 find someone who is trusting in have seen the truth . I know it is the "I am requesting the Bible Corre­ God exclusively and not looking toward truth because I can prove it. But to see spondence Course, because I have heard the truth is a joy which cannot be de­ man to supply the needs." you speak many times about the 10 Person from Pennsylvania. scribed with words. N ow I know what nations in \"'(' estern Europe. Last week I it is co be really happy." was reading Time magazine and found Ti th ing Self -Defensive Person from Durban, Republic of what you have been saying for a long "I am happy co enclose my tithes for S. Afri ca. time.I think that I had better study my last week. .My income has again in­ Editor's comment: T hose who have nor Bible a little more." creased and I know it can only be due read Mr. Armstrong's recent PLAIN Man from Montclair, California. to my new faith and relat ionship with TRUTH art icle, "What do You ?-.Iean­ Almighty God. My wife is still rather Received N o Bills Salvation ?" should be sure to request a skeptical, but she cannot possibly deny copy. It is now in booklet form . "Enclosed find a gift coward your (Please continue on page 39) rite J6ible StOfl/

by Basil Wolverton

CHA PT ER THIRT Y- SEV EN

QUAIL FOR TWO MILLION

A CRY of horror and grief went up from the people of Israel. God's sudden, aw­ ful punishment reminded them of the manner in which the Creator had struck dur ing the time of the Passover one year previously. Then the victims had been Egyptians. This time there also were Egyptians, because Egyptians who had come in the mixed multitude wirh the Israelites were in part to blame. Bur a large numbe r of the offenders were now Israel ites.

Israel Cries for Mercy Because the shooting, explod ing bolts of fl ame struck offenders in every part of all the camps, Moses was quickly aware of what was going on. Immediately, however, there was a rush of officers from all the camps to tell Moses what was raking place, and to inform him that the people were screaming for mercy and asking for Moses to pray to God to Stop the liery explosions. (Numbers 11:2.) When Moses learned rhat so many people had already been slain by the lire from God, he immediately went into his tent, fell on his knees and begged the Creator to stop killing the people. The deadly spur ts of flame gradually disappeared after Moses' diligent prayer. Terr ifi ed people who had raced wildly about the camps eventually returned to their tents to count their dead. Nex t day was a bitter one for the Israelites. Many blackened bodies were buried in the shifting sands of the high desert country. God's wrath had such a deep effect on many of the people that they named the area Taberah, which meant "a burning." Page 32 T he PLAIN TRUTH Novembe r. 196 1

But in spite of this terrible warni ng to complainers, many of the people conti n­ ued to murmur about their conditions. Most of them were the strange rs who were among the Israelites, but their bitterness spread throughout the camps like some aw­ ful, contagious diseases. The main food of the people was still manna, a wonderful, energizing food direct from God . At Sinai, the gathering of manna wasn't much of a task, inasmuch as the peop le had plenty of time for doing it. But since leaving the Sinai valley, some felt that it was a burde n to have to get up very early to gather the manna, and then stan to travel. This, therefore, was one of the things the complainers began to be bitter about. Although those slain by God had been buried only a short time, manna became a subject loudly and sarcastically discussed by increasing thousands. The poisonous thought promoted by these complainers was that manna was a poor substit ute for the food they had enjoyed in Egypt. "Ma n na doesn't give us enough strength for th is tiring journey," was the unhappy comment from the grumblers. "W hat we need is meat!" (N umbers 11:4. ) Mankind then, as now, was very prone to the power of suggestion. More and more Israelites who had the best of inten­ tions fell victims to the influence of the lustful, untruthful rema rks circuiating about the camps. "Manna can't take the place of the food we had in Egypt," the whiners kept saying. "If we don 't have more of a variety of Some of the people loudly bega n to food, we'll lose our appetites and become demand flesh to ea t. November, 1961 rs, PLAIN TRUTH Page 33

thin and weak! Probably many of us will even die! Such foolish remarks caused an increasing number of Israelites to doubt that man na was anything more than what was required to barely keep people alive. At the same time, the complainers kept remind ing others of the wonderful foods they had en joyed in the past. "Remember the crisp, succulent cucumbers anti the sweet, mellow , mouth-water­ ing melons we liked so well in Egypt?" they asked of all who would listen. "If God can give us so much of this tiresome manna, why can't He also produce foods like those? \\7hy are we denied simple, delicious vegetables like garlic and onions' Or even leeks, those plants with the unusuall y luscious flavor? We need such things to build our morale, and we need meat to build our streng th!" (N umbers II ;5-6.)

Bitterness Grows When reminded by his officers of the ill feeling that prevailed, Moses was dis­ tressed. He knew that some of the people would always complai n, regardless of what the conditions were. But so much complaint, tight on rhe heels of the mass slaying by God, pointed to nothing but growing trouble. The bitter attitude grew by the hour. Offi cers came to Moses more frequently with reporrs that there was even wailing and crying by Israelites who felt that God was being unmerciful to rhem by denying them the foods they craved-c-especially meat. A wave of self-pity and semi-hysteria seemed to be passing over all the camps. Moses was sick with discouragement. He told his aides that he didn't wish to be disturbed for a while, and went into rhe inner parr of his tent to ptay. "What have I done," he asked God, " to cause this trouble to come on me? How can I be a father to all these thousands of unruly people ? Must I try to carry them, like babies, to the land You have promised them ? How can I stop their grow ing de­ mand for other kinds of food?" "Do you feel ," God asked Moses, "th at this cas k I have given you is too great?" "I only know," Moses replied, "that the wild demands of thousands of people ate roo much for me. I can't see any way of taking care of what they ask for, at of han­ dling them while they are in such an extreme state of mind. If I fail to give them the foods they are demanding, they are likely to get entirely out of control. If You allow that to happen, then please take my life now. I don't want to be here to witness such rebellion." (Numbers 11; 10-15. ) "The people are overcome with false pity for themselves," God told Moses. "You must nor be likewise. If you feel that your responsibility is tOO great, then choose sev­ ent y of the strongest leaders and most honorable men among the older men of Israel Page 34 The PLAIN TRUTH N ovember, 1961

and have them come to the tabernacle. There I shall meet you, and shall give them the special understanding I have given you. They will then realize how you are being troubled by the people. They will help you by pointing out to the people that you are right in what you require of them, even though those requirements may at times seem harsh ."(Verses 16-17.) "Will this cause the people to cease their complaining?" Moses asked God . "No," God answered. "But from then on none of them can honestly say that I haven't given them fair warning for anything tha t may come because of their dis­ obedience. Warn them to Stop their complaining and prepare for a feast of flesh. Tell them that this feast won't last just one day, two days, five days nor twenty days. Tell them it will last a whole month, and that they shall have so much flesh to eat that it will become sickening to them. Tell them that as they have complained so much because of not having anything but manna, they won't be able to hold the flesh on their stomachs." "But how can you provide'meat for over two million people for a whole month?" Moses inquired. "Must all our flocks and herds be slaughtered to take care of the appe­ tites of the people for flesh! Or do You have some way of bringing in a huge amount of fis h from the Red Sea?" "W hy do you seem to doubt that I have power to take care of these matters?" God inquired. "Go do as I have commanded, and you shall soon witness what I have planned." (N umbers 11: 18-23.) Moses at once told his officers to tell the people that God had been greatly moved by their complaints, and would send them so much flesh that they would wish they had never asked for it. This news broug ht great excitement to nearly every camp. Many people ran from tent to tent , loudly and joyfully repeating what Moses' office rs had told them. Thi s, they imagined, was something to celebrate. Before long musicians had gathered here and there, and there was singing and dancing in many areas. Most of the celebrants were interested only in God 's promising them meat for a whole month. Very few seemed to be concerned by His remark that they would regret asking for it.

Seventy Elders Chosen

Meanwhile, Moses chose the seventy elders who were the most capable, and called for them to meet before the tabernacle. After the group of carefully picked men had arrived, Moses went into the rabernacle and fell on his knees to await God's pres­ ence. It wasn't long before the cloud settled down over the tabern acle. November, 1961 Th e PLAIN TRUTH Page 35

"From this moment on," God said to Moses, "the seventy men you have picked will have a special gift of understanding. They will have greater respect for Me. They will realize with out any doubt that you are My chosen servant, and they will have greater respect for you. They will have a better attitude and more correct outlook on matters having to do with the people's reaching Canaan. They will have the .abil­ ity to show at least some of the Israelit es how wtong they are in complaining against you. Thus you won't feel that you are so alone in YOut struggle to keep the people obedient," It happened JUSt as God had foretold. The elders began to talk among them­ selves with great harmony and understanding. When Moses came Out of the raber­ nacle to join them in hours of brotherly conversation, there was a most unusual spirit of harmony and wisdom. Later, when the elders went back to their various camps, their special understanding greatly enabled them to help the people in many mat­ ters. (Numbers 11:24-25 .) Two of the seventy elders chosen by Moses, Eldad and Medad, weren't able to get to the tabernacl e. But they, as well as the others, were at the same time imbued with the special understanding that was a gift from God. Fired with inspiration, these two men walked out among the people and made moving remarks proving God's and Moses' authority. "W hy do you complain and why do you listen to those who complain?" they asked the people. "God is very displeased by what has been going on. Unless there is a great change of attitude soon among the people, many of you will die within a very short time!" A large crowd gat hered around Eldad and Medad. Bystanders regarded the two with anything from mild interest to amazement as the two elders prophesied of things rhar had to do with God's future plan for the Israelires, and in such a manner that very few lisreners failed to show the greatest respect for them. (Verse 26.)

Monrhs previously, when Moses had earnestly prayed for the Israelites to W in in a long battle with attacking Amalekites, a youn g man by the name of Joshua had led the Israelites' army to battle while Aaron and H ut held up Moses' hands as Moses prayed. (Exod us 17 :8-13.) Thi s same young man happened to be present when another young man ran and told Moses that Eldad and Medad were speaking to the people. Joshua realized at once that the two couldn't have spoken so well and in such an informed manner without inspiration from some source. This troubled Joshua. ~ e felt that two men making such an impression on the people might cause the Israelires to seek a new leader. "You should send men to stop rhem, sir!" Joshua warned. "Otherwise, rhey could Pag e .% rt« PLAIN TRUTH November, 1961

cause many people to regard them as leaders, and th is could cause trouble for you at this time when the people are showing so much disobedience." Moses wasn't worried, however. He realized that this was a case of God having given Eldad and Medad special understanding along with the sixty-eight other elders who had been chosen to help bear a part of M oses' responsibility. "Don't be concerned that they'll be any trouble to me," Moses told Joshua. "In fact, I wish every Israelite could be insp ired with their God-given understandi ng of what it means to all of us to obey." (Numbers 11: 27-30.)

T he Quail Arrive After the elders had returned to their camps and Moses had gone to his rent , a strong southwest wind came up. It increased to such velocity that the people began to be concerned about their tents being blown down. Most of them forgot about their tents, however, when they noticed a peculiar dark streak gradually growing larger on the southwest horizon. This strange sight caused great concern among the people. Some thought it was merely a low cloud or a bank of fog, though fog in that desert area would have been quite unusua l. Even Moses was puzzled when his atte ntion was brought to it. But when he noticed an increasing number of birds flying swiftly to the northeast, he abruptly realized how God was about to supply the meat the Israelites had been dema nding. He remembered how God had sent flocks of quails (Exodus 16: 11-13 ) when the people had first comp lained about having to steadily eat mann a. "Have it announced to all the camps at once that God is now providing all the flesh for which the people have been begging ," Moses instructed an aide."Tell them that God isn't giving it to them to supp ly any need, but that He's giving it to them as a lesson of obedience they'll soon understand." The dark cloud grew more swiftly. It was on ly a little while later that the sky became blackened with a tremendous flock of quails. Many of them flew only three or four feet above the ground. Many fell to the gro und exhausted and ran about the ground, trying to get their tired bodies into the air again. W hen the amazed Israelites realized that they were being set upon by such tasty fowl, they seized the nearest useful ob jects, such as sticks and spears and boards, and started beating low-flying birds to the ground, and striking those exhausted birds which scampered about in all directions. While some excitedly slaughte red birds, others hastily plucked them. In spite of the strong winds, the camps soon became alive with an unusually large number of fi res over which quails were hastily roasted. November, 19C1l Tb e PLAIN T HUTH Pa,L: C 37

After months of existing mostly on mann a, the Israelites were so excited because of receiving meat rhar rhey tore and bit and chewed at the flesh of the birds as though they had been starved. They took turns catching, roasting and eating, but it required

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many hours for all of rhem ro ger their fill of the roasted quail. All rhar day the strong wind persisted, and flocks of quails passed over the camps continuously. The excired people flailed away at them, knocking the birds ro rhe gro und, snatching rhem up ro swiftly prepare them for roasring or ro pluck and salt them for earing later. As sundown approached, ir was expected that the wind would die down and thar the birds-if they continued ro pass over- would manage ro fly ar higher alrirudes. But the strong wind continued all night. And all nighr, by rhe light of bright camp­ fires, the Israelites went on barring down all birds within reach. Next morn ing the wind still hadn't abated. Flock after Rock of quails skimmed over rhe camps. There were so many fowl that they were seen fifteen ro twenty miles on both sides of the camp areas. The wind continued all thar day, and hordes of birds with it. There seemed ro be no end ro them. By th is time many people were still down­ ing them, but not with the eagerness of the preceding day. Near sundown the wind fi nally srarred ro subside. The flocks of quails became smaller and smaller, until no more, even single stragglers , were seen ro pass nver. Thousands of weary quai l-catchers slumped upon their beds. Regard less of their obvious desire to get even more fowl than they could use, they were relieved when there were no more ro try ro get. After two days and one night of bird-bagging, the camps were full of thousands and thousands of rons of fowl. Besides the millions of quails already eaten, there were piles of them between tents, count less num bers strung up ro dry and huge amounts being roasted, boiled, fried or barbecued. Not everyone had tried his hand at bagging the quails because nor all the Israel­ ites had lusted for meat. But there were more than a half-mill ion able-bodied men in the camps, and few of them refrained from the sparr of quail-catching. One can get some idea of the amount of fowl broug ht out of the sky by using rhe figure 500,000 -rhe number of men who probably gathered the birds-and mulriplying it by the smallest amount of birds bagged by anyone during the time the quails passed over the camps. The smallest amount was what ten burros could carry! The taste of roasted, succulent quail flesh was a welcome treat ro the Israelites. But perhaps it wasn' t quite as wonderful as many had expected. When one builds up a lustful, consuming desire for something, ir often rum s our to be more desirable in one's imagination than it does as a reality. Thus it was with so many of the lustful ones of Israel and their quails. Those who had been so birrer, unreasonable and anxious in demanding meat were the very ones who starred gorging themselves even before the birds were ready to eat. They seized the half-raw, smoking fowl in both hands and set abour devouring them as November, 1961 rs, PLAIN TRUTH Page 39

starving vulrures would attack a newly discovered carcass. There were even a few who were craving mear so strongly-and these were mostly among the srrangers wirh Israel-that they rore the feathers off the birds as soon as they were caught and proceeded ro consume them raw. As for God's promise ro supply the Israelites with meat for a whole month , the Creator more than kept His word, The huge amounts of birds bagged by the Israelites, if properly preserved, would have lasted much more than a month-even if eaten greedily by the more ravenous Israelites,

The Punishment Comes But something began ro happen ro cause the Israelires ro suddenly lose interest in quails, People began ro ger sick, From all points in the camps came the increasing moans and groans of those who had gorged themselves. Their digestive sysrems, used ro the mild manna month after month, were heavily over-taxed by the great amounts of half-chewed flesh that had been swallowed hour after hour. To the horror of friends and relatives who helplessly watched them, the scream­ ing, agonized victims rolled convulsively in their vomit, then lapsed into unconscious­ ness that was soon followed by death, More and mate died this horrible death as the hours wore on, By the rime the self-inflicred plague had come ro a hair, an area not far from rhe camps had become a vast graveyard! (To be continued next issue)

surely isn't false." He ars Broadcast Again Letters to Editor Reader from Lenoir, N orth Carolina. "I used to be a listener of Herbert (Continued from page 30) Editor's comment: All of us need to W. Armstrong 15 years or more ago. I prove the \X'ord of God. A man's opin­ the way in which myself and family lost contact with the radio sermons be­ ion of another individual is JUSt that­ have prospered since I have begun to cause of interference on the radio sta­ repent." an opinion, Remember, only the W ord tions. Then I heard Mr. Armstrong's of God is the test for truth. Man from Horden, County son preach this morning and was so Durham, Eng land much impressed that I'm nor going to Finds His Purpose in Life Proves All Things miss a broadcast if 1 can help it. 1 was "At this time last year 1 was wonder­ also very happy to know Herbert Arm­ "I received The PLAIN TRUTH on ing what was the purpose of life. De­ strong is still living and preaching." Monday. And I say if more people spite my attendance at church services, Man from Nashville, Tennessee would take the time [Q read it, they I felt hollow; but today life is different. Learns She W as W/rong would be astonished co learn what the OUf Heavenly Father has revealed to me Bible really says. Some tried co tell me the purpose of life, and the great plan "I thought 1 was a good Christian you were a false preacher. But 1 know He has for mankind is being unfolded before I heard any of your broadcasts, when Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong gives before my eyes through the Correspond­ but have learned that I was a long \vay us a message 1 have my Bible and always ence Course:' off the track." follow him in the Bible reading. He Man from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Woman, Ontario, Canada Page 40 TbL' PLAIN T _'l UTH November, 196 1 WAR WITH RUSSIA?

III (Continued from page 13) 0 ~ God here below. The coming of Our HEINOUS and MONSTROUS personal and - .. Lord and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST OF national sins-e-eoc W ILL ALLOW OUR - :r -I m NAZARETH is NOT AS FAR AWAY AS PEOPI.ES TO DE CARR IED AWAY CAPTIVE! "a YOU TH INK! Make no mistake! America and Bri t­ .. .. a "J> Ezekiel writes in surprising time ain are truly in mortal danger-NOw! ..... Z ::l order.' GIANT happenings 0'£ GARGANTUAN ? .. In his 36th chapter, God iospired proportions are JUSt around the corner! n '"c him co describe the regathering of cap­ GREAT \\"1ARS arc YCt ahead-and YOU a ..:z: :;; tive Israel. The 37th chapter pictures need protection! Your family, YOUR 0 ~ the end-time RESURRECTION of physical, home, YOUR children need nor suffer! ::l national Israelites to be given a time God shows a wa)' of protection for YOU S' of trial and test. and have a FIRST oe­ AND YO Un s ! PORTUNlTI' for salvation. Then, in the As we have been reporting in the 38th and 39th chapters, God reveals P LAI N TRUTH magazine for over 27 WHEN, and WHEHE RUSSI A WILL years, our peoples arc standing in mortal STRI KE! danger.' Think of it! \'(Ie are being gu llibly "taken in" by CHRIST will be on eanh-scning up a very real fear 0/ C011l11l1miwl, which H is WORLD-RU LING government! SHOULD be feared, bur all the while al­ The WEALTH of the world. the lovv ing tha t fea r to BLI ND us to an even abunda1{ce of the world will be in more IMMI NENT danger- a GIANT NE W -l'r :;: Palestine. The Asiatic hordes will covet woni.o PO WER that is arising in Euro pe - -...l:> ~ ?- ~;<> that wcahh-c-rhcy will attempt to TAK E rigbt tbis minute! r.c- -< p, ~ ir, by FORCE! But God says, ", .. I will It is plainly IN YO UR BIBLE! God has -< r If/tlt e); "':1-.... turn thee back, and leave but the SIXTH SPO KEN! H is word is SU RE! the .". ~ .. :» -<:» PART of rbee, and will cause thee to months and years ahead ! lY/atcb how ;.() :J:.! ;v come up from the north parts, and Russia will begin pay ing much more ;;<." will bring thee upon the mountains of arrcnrion to the major eastern count ries, Israel . , . rhou, aod all thy bands . . . how tens ion gradually lessens in central and I will give thee unto the ravenous Europe, how a time of "peaceful co-ex­ birds of every SOrt, and to the beas ts of isrence' begins between a coming

the field [0 be devoured. 1110U shalr fall United States of Europe and Russia, how upon [he open field. , . And [hey that a great economic deal is spawned be­ dwell in the dries of Israel shall go tween this coming world power and forth, and .. . shall burn the weapons Russia! with fire, and they shall spoil those that Yes, 'X'ATCH! LISTEN! Be AWARE of spoiled them, and rob those thar robbed world happenings-and know what YOU them, saith the Lord Eternal" (Ezek. can do in these terrifying times ye[ 39:2,10 ). ahead. Read ALL of botb these amazing To those \\ ho are actively performing chapters of Ezekiel! the very "'ork 01 God on earth, J esus Can your mind comprehend it? Can S3}'S, "Because thou hasr kept the word lJ' you begin to really understand? of my patience, I also will keep thee m Surprising though it may seem, Rus­ Iron . 'he hour of temptation, which shall o() sia will NOT attack the United States. come -on all the world, to try them z o Nuclear war \v irh Russia will NOT come that dv.~\. 'I upo n the earth . Behold . 1 over the Berlin Cris is. But another, un­ come q/fickly!" ( Rev, 3: 10-1 1) . I recognized but reT)' real enemy, WILL R EMEMBER the admonitio n of your arrack the United Stares and Britain! Saviour! "WAlCH ye therefore, and Unless our peoples come to their sens­ PRAY A I.WAYS. chat ye may be accou nted es, tu rning to their CREATO R in real re­ WOrth)' to ESCAPE all these things that penrancc . with heart-rending pr ayer, shall come to pass, and to stand before aski ng God's FOHG IVENESS for their the Son of Mall" ( Luke 21:36),