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efjrorts of Radio

and

the Press the Gospel is being thundered

around the

world

Read th e artic le

Our Commission,

A

W o r l d w i d e W i t n e s s b e g i n n in g o n pa g e

3

A mb a s s a d o r Col l ege Ar t

What our READERSSAY

W o n d e r f u l W o r l d T o m o r r o w

The bookle t on w ha t the Wor ld

Tomorrow wil l be l ike, a long with the

i icw spq ~er , r rived a couple of days ago,

I

j u s t

cant see how there are going to

lic ;my Laodicean attitudes around after

rcading that newspaper. I t was so fabu-

lous, so inspir ing, and the most wonder-

f u l

p r t of it a l l

ts

goin&

tu happen ,

and in our l i fe t ime I t s so very

esci t ing that I actual ly hur t f rom the

yearning desire t o shout i t from t h c

rooftops ut soon

1

can, God wil l ing.

Thank you so very much Ho w blessed

w v

a l l

arc t o be allowed to have such

wonderful t ruth revealed to

us

izozu in

.I world so sick.

Mrs. B. H., California

Semiannua l Le t te r

I believe that for me the semi-

. innual letters are the most important

o f all mater ial that we get . When I

rend that letter it seems that we are

sitting i n a group with you and you

are te l l ing us of problems

to

overcome,

s~~cc esses , nd accomplishments that

have heen made and gi ined. They are

the problems that are peculiar to this

work alone. Only a few people out of

millions here in the U . S. a n d t h e

Commonwealth ever have that oppor-

tunity to read such a letter ,

1 believe.

May God grant that

I

may always he

t rue to that t rus t .

C. D., O h i o

C o - w o r k e r L e tt e r

W e w ant to thank you f or the l a st

Co-Worker Letter . I t

W A S

a w onder f u l

Ictter and very helpful to us. W e h av e

re,id all your Co -w or ke r Letters but this

one got through to us . I t has made

us

realize that we are of some use in Gods

w o r k A person can feel very useless.

We

thank G od that you can place words

so

simply and understandably.

L. C. R. , California

Thank you f or the l a te s t Co- w or ker

Lctter. A le t ter l ike this helps me to

see much clearer just h o w I am an

active part of Gods work. Those of

LIS w h o live in U L

iirat

1lGidqudrterS

have a tendency at times to get lethargic.

I pray that this letter helps all of the

C o - W o r k e r s a s much

as

i t has helped

me.

J .

G. G.,

California

M r . W a t e r h o u s e

We sure were inspired by the ser -

mons Mr . Wate r house gave and the

slides he showed. I was really thankful

tha t

I

got to hear his evaluation of the

Spokesman Club. I t was the first time

I unders tood what the Spokesman Club

was really for.

I

thought i t was only

to help men become leaders . I couldn t

have been far thei f ru i i i thc t r u th . Tha t

is only a very small purpose of them.

May

I

always be diligent in my prayers

for the clubs around thc wor ld

R. G., Mississippi

Reac t ion

to

H u t t e r i t e P e r s e c u t io n

M r Antion told

u s

in church of

how wonderful ly the brethren helped

l h r H u t t e r i t e s

of

Canada. T h a t w a s

t ru ly a mi rac le f r om G od H imse l f W e

x c so \cry thankful that in the midst

of all the crime on earth tnday t h c r e

ire sti l l a chosen few

full

of brotherly

( C on t i i z i / ed o i l page

14 )

February, 1967

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International magazine of

THE CHURCH OF

GOD

ministering t o its members

scattered abroad

February, 1967

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@

196-, by Radio Church o f < > o d

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HERBERT

.

ARMSTRONG

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Garner

Ted A r mst r ong

MANAGING EDITOR

D avid Jon H i l l

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F.

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E.

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L U X E MB O U R G * : A l l

of

E u r o p e

. . . . . .

Thurs. , Jan

.

4. 1953

RA DI O CEYLON**: Asia and Afr ica

. . . .

Tues., June. 1954

L O U R E N C O MA R Q U E S : South Africa . . . . Sat., June. 1355

R A D I O T A I W A N : T a iw a n . F o rmo s a . . . . Wed., March. 1956

GOA**: Asia

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Thurs., May. 1927

SAIGON**: Vie tnam

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Fri., May. 1957

D Z A Q * : Ma n i l a

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Fri., May. 1957

2CH*: Sydney. Aus tralia

. . . . . . . . . . .

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RA DI O TANGIER*#: : In te rna t iona l

. . . . . . . .

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R A D I O O K I N A WA : P a c if ic I s l an d s . . . . . . . Sun., Jan., 1958

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R A D I O A ME R I C A : L i ma. P e r u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan., 1958

RA DI O ELISABETHVILLE: Eas t Afr ica

.

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R A D I O C O M U N E R O S : A s un c io n .

Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Spanish) Aug. , 1958

R A D I O S P O R T : Mo n t ev i de o .

U r u g u a y

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R A D I O MO N T E C A RL O ** : E u r o p e

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S u n

&

Tues. , Aug. , 1959IERRE LEONE**:

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1 2 2

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R A D I O C A R V E : Mo n t ev i de o .

U r u g u a y

. . . . . . . . .

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CKJT.. Sr JPrnmP. Q I I P ~ P ~

French)

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Sept 1960

R A D I O S W A N : S w an I s la n d . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun., Oct., 1960

L U X E M B O U R G * : A l l of

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. . . . . . . . . .

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R A D I O C A R A I B E S : S a i n t L u ci a

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(French) June. 1961

E U R O P E N O ONE: We s t e r n E u r o p e

(French)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wed., rune. 1961

4 V B M- 4 V G M: ' H a i t i ( F r e n c h ) . . . . . . . . . .

R A D I O U F A C . E L I S A B E T H V IL L E :

C o n g o

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W N B S : L a e o s. N i g e r i a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WN B S : I b l d a n . N y g er ia

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

R A D I O K U A M : G u a m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

R A D I O B A R B A D O S : W e s t I n d i es . . . . .

R A D I O L O N D O N " : E n g la n d . . . . . . . . . .

R A D I O R E D I F F U S I O N : - B a rb a d os . . . . .

R A D I O C A R O L I N E N O R T H : E n g la n d .

RA DI O CITY**: Br i ta in

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

K A D I O S C O 'I 'L A N D : G r e a t B r i ta i n

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R A D I O

390:

Bri ta in

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2BMI-2BM2 Bermuda

R A D I O S U R I N A M : N o r t h e r n C o a s t

of

South Amcrica

. Wed., Feb., 1762

. . Daily. Aug. , 1962

. Daily. Aug., 1962

.

Daily. Aug., 1962

. Daily. Aug. , 1962

Daily. March. 1964

. Daily. Feb., 1965

. Daily. April . 1965

. Daily. June. 1965

. Daily. Nov. , 1965

. Daily. Uec., 1965

.

. Daily. Dec. , 1965

.

.

Daily. May. 1966

Dai lv. Tan.. 1967

I I

R A D I O E N U G U : N i g er ia

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daily. Jan. , 1967

M A L E C I N E C O R A D I O : M a l d iv e I s

. .

Weekly. Feb., 1967

Phil ippines.

1 4 ;

C a n a d a . 3 2 ; a n d 6 t o Grea t B r i t a in ; 3 0 4 s t a t io n s wo r ld wid e

WORLDWIDE PLAIN TRUTH CIRCULATION .DECEMBER. 1966

A d e n

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

A F G H A N I S T A N . . . . . . . 1

American Samoa

. . . . . . . .

2

A n g o l a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 2

A R G E N T I N A

. . . . . . . . . .

1 8

AUSTRALIA . . . . . . 28. 258

AUSTRIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Bahamas

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

81

Bahra in

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17

B A R B A D O S

. . . . . . . . .

1,

403

B E L G I U M . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105

B e r mu d a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

B O L I V I A . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

B O T S W A N I A

. . . . . . . . .

125

B R A Z I L

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22

Bri t i sh Honduras

. . . . . . . .

57

B U R M A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

269

C A M B O D I A

. . . . . . . . . . . 5

C A M E R O O N . . . . . . . . 1, 4 6 8

C A N A D A

. . . . . . . . .

. 29 ,799

C a n a l Z o n e

. . . . . . . . . . . .

6

Canarv Is lands . . . . . . . . . . 4

Cayman Is land

. . . . . . . . . . 1

C E Y L O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

P L A I N T R U T H

BY

C O N T I N E N T S

N o r t h

Australia a n d

America . . 629. 970

Pacific

Is lands

. . . 8 2 .

137

E u r o p e . . . . . 68. 309

Africa . . . . . . 31.484

Asia . . . . . . . 9. 424

s o u t h

America . . 140

82 1.464

C H I L E

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

C H I N A ( T a i w a n ) . . . . . . 6

C O L O M B I A . . . . . . . . . . . 15

C o mm

.

P a c

.

I s . . . . . . 50

C O N G O ( K i n s h a s a )

. . . . .

4

Cook

I s land . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

C O S T A R I C A . . . . . . . . . . 9

C U B A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7

C Y P R U S

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24

C Z E C H O S L O V A K I A . . . .

7 5

D E N M A R K . . . . . . . . . . . 97

D o mi n i c a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 9

D O M R E P U B L I C . . . . . . . 15

E C U A D O R . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

E L S A L V A D O R

. . . . . . . .

2

Fiji

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 3 ,131

F I N L A N D . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

F R A N C E

. . . . . . . . . . .

. 7 , 0 0

F r

.

GUidnd . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

French Polynesia . . . . . . . . 2

G A M B I A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 6

Germany (Eas t) . . . . . . . . 783

G e r ma n y ( We s t )

7 .332

G H A N A . . . . . . . . . . . . , 679

Gibra l ta r

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

GREECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

G u a d e l o u p e

. . . . . . . . . . .

87

G U A T E M A L A

. . . . . . . . .

7

G U Y A N A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

H A I T I

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

85

H O N D U R A S

. . . . . . . . . . . 5

H o n g K o n g . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

H U N G A R Y . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

I C E L A N D

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

I N D I A . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.257

I N D O N E S I A

. . . . . . . . .

264

I R A N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

I R A 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00

I R E L ~ N D . . . . . . . . .

. I .012

ISRAEL

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

I T A L Y

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

I V O R Y C O A S T

. . . . . . . .

8

J A M A I C A . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

J A P A N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

J O R D A N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

K E N Y A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

07

K o r e a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

K U W A I T

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 0

Latvia

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

L E B A N O N

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 0

Leeward Is lands . . . . . . . 100

L E S O T H O

. . . . . . . . . . . .

27

LIBERIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4

~~

Li thuania

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

L U X E M B O U R G

. . . . . . . .

42

M A L A W I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1

M A L A Y S I A . . . . . . . .

3 .

48

M A L T A

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 3 4

Mat in ique

. . . . . . . . . . . l . 15

Ma u r i t i u s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

M E X I C O . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584

Mo z a mb i q u e . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

N E T H E R L A N D S . . . . . . 2 6

Netherland Antil les . . . . . 10

New Caledonia

. . . . . . . . .

8

N e w G u i n e a . . . . . . .

l ,

54

N E W Z EA L AN D . . . 4 , 8 1

N I C A R A G U A

. . . . . . . . . . 5

N I G E R I A

. . . . . . . . . .

9.

201

N O R W A Y

. . . . . . . . . . . .

310

O k i n a w a

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

P A K I S T A N . . . . . . . . . . 366

P A N A M A . . . . . 8

P A R A G U A Y

.

P E R U . . . . . . .

P H I L I P P I N E S

P O L A N D

. . . .

P O R T U G A L .

Puer to Rico . .

Rhodesia

. . . .

R U M A N I A . .

St Lucia

. . . . .

St Vincent

. . .

. . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . . .

6

. . . . .

40,500

. . . . . . . . . .

7

. . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . .

. 2 ,800

. . . . . . . . . .

56

. . . . . . . . .215

. . . . . . . . . 01

Seychelles

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

- 1 1

S I ER R A L E O N E

. . . . . . . 399

SINGAPORE

. . . . . . . . . $13

S O M A L I A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

S O U T H A F R I C A . . . . . .855

S P A I N

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20

Soanish Guinea

. . . . . . . . .

5

Sbuth-West Afr ica . . . . . .

1

S U D A N

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7

Surinam

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Swaziland

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

101

S W E D E N

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . 1.747

SYRIA

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

' l 'anzania

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

359

T H A I L A N D

. . . . . . . . . . .

12

T O G O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

T R I N I D A D

&

T O B A G O 3 17

T U R K E Y

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7

T u r k s

&

Caicos . . . . . . . . . 8

U G A N D A . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

U . S . S . R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

U N I T E D A R A B R E P . . . 4

U N I T E D K I N G D O M 4 5 ,9 6 9

U R U G U A Y . . . . . . . . . . . .

8

U

.T

.

Africa

. . . . . . . . . . .

11

V E N E Z U E L A . . . . . . . . . . 6

Vietnam

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Virgin I s lands

. . . . . . . . . .

21

Y U G O S L A V I A . . . . . . . . .

88

Z A M B I A

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

932

A .

P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9 7 1

F

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

T O T A L F O R E I G N 2 2 7 ,

634

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A

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WITNESS

H ow famil iar are you wit h the worldwide W o r k of God? Have

yo u seen the BIG PIC TUR E of the commission given

to

the

Philadelphian Era of the Church? Read this comprehensive

report on the progress of the foreign work by the executive

assistant to

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f o r

future

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to

help you be more effective in your

ND THIS gospel of the king-

dom shall be preached

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A

TO

A L L

NATIONS;

and then shall

the end come (Mat. 24:14).

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ecy in the entirety of the Bible has

greater meaning and significance for the

immediate future

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Gods Church.

Brethren, we have been called to make

this prophecy of Jesus Christ a

LIVING

REALITY

This is

OUR

commission.

God has set an open door before

this era of His Church (Rev.

3:8),

and God intends that we

go

through

that door and take this final warning

message

TO

ALL NATIONS.

If we arc to be successful in ful-

filling this commission, it is absolutely

essential that Gods Church as a whole

catches the VISION of this

WORLDWIDE

commission. W e must no t be restricted

by the narrow confines of our own

petty, personal problems and self-

centeredness. We must overcome any

spiritual nearsightedness, which has

prevented some in the Church from

seeing the necessity for diligent, fervent

prayer for the success of Gods Work in

other parts

of the

world. Without

vision, the people perish (Prov.

29:18). But if all of us have this

vision of the

BIG

PICTURE of the work

before us, we cant possibly fail. W e

will succeed

pruyers.

by

Richard F. Plache

Last month, God s ministers con-

verged on Pasadena from their various

assignments around the world for the

annual ministerial conference. Each

brought with him an exciting report of

growth and progress during 1966. The

Headquarters Church thrilled to news

of how the living Christ is carrying

out this worldwide commission. This

article will present an overall picture of

the foreign work, as well as a brief

review

of

the history of each area of

the work and a report of its current

progress.

The

WORLD TOMORROW

A Worldwide Broadcast

In the first week of January, 1934,

when Mr. Herbert

W.

Armstrong sat

down behind the microphone in the

studio of a small 1OO-watt radio station

in Eugene, Oregon, he didnt have the

remotest idea that what was then just

beginning so humbly and inconspicu-

ously was ultimately to

grow

into a

MIGHTY WITNESS O F GLOBE-GIRDLING

DIMENSIONS

Many years passed ineteen to be

exact efore T h e WORLDTOMOR-

ROW program made its first step for-

ward in reaching out beyond the

bounds of North America and into al l

the world

(notice how God has con-

tinued

to

add additional stations since

that time by consulting the chart on

the back of the front cover). O n Thurs-

day night, January 4, 1953, Mr. Arm-

strongs voice was heard for the first

time by people in Europe over the

powerful voice of Radio Luxembourg.

Th e timing was most significant It

was not accidental. It was planned-

not by Mr. Armstrong but by ALMIGHT

GOD. For years Mr. Armstrong had

tried to secure time on Radio Luxem-

bourg, but the door remained closed.

At the time the contract was signed

to put the program on Radio Lwem-

bourg, Mr. Armstrong didnt realize

why this door had not been opened

until

that precise time. It was shortly

after this had already occurred that

Dr. Herman Hoeh discovered that God

had given the early New Testament

Church exactly two nineteen-year time

cycles to preach the Gospel in an

OY-

ganized way before the Headquarters

Church had to flee Jerusalem prior to

its destruction in 69 A.D. This preach-

ing began on the Day of Pentecost,

31

A.D., when the New Testament

Church of God was established

(Acts

2) . During the firrt nineteen-year time

cycle, the preaching was confined to the

areas surrounding Palestine as well as

Asia Minor. No preaching was done in

Europe during this time.

W hen the t ime neared

for

the second

nineteen-year time cycle to begin, God

prevented the apostle Paul from evan-

gelizing either Asia or Bithynia (Acts

16:6-7), so that Paul would arrive in


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The GOOD NEWS February, 1967

Philippi (a city in northern Greece-

and located in

E l t r o p e )

at precisely the

right time. It is further significant to

note that though Paul had been in

Philippi certain days (Acts 16:12),

it was not until on the Sabbath

(this particular Sabbath was the day

of the weeks, as the Greek should be

translated, or the Duy

of

Peiztecost,

the

day after counting seven weeks ev.

23:15; Deut. 16:9) that he did his

first preaching.

This was exactly

19

years to t h e w r y day in 50 A.D.

During

this secoizd ninctccn-ycar

time cycle, the Gospel was widely

preached not only in Greece and Italy

but as far west as Spain (Rom.

1 5

2 8 ) . Finally, this

organized

preach-

ing stopped when the Headquarters

Church had to flee Jerusalem before its

destruction at the hands of the Roman

army. This event occurred once again

on the Day of Pentecost,

69 A . D . -

exactly nineteen years t o t he duy f rom

the time the first sermon was preached

in Europe.

In January, 1953, Almighty God was

once again showing by circumstances

that He had also given to the Philadel-

phian Church two nineteen-year time

cycles to preach this Gospel

to t h e

world as a witness before

this

W o r k

would cease and His people would be

forced to flee to a place of safety. Our

second nineteen-year time cycle began

precisely on time that first week in

January, 1953. And it was not the

result of a plot on the part of some

man but the result of the PURPOSE of

God Himself.

Since that time, the growth of T h e

WORLD

TOMORROW

rogram oth

in the United States and around the

world -has been noth ing short of

phenomenal. From the tiny mustard

seed beginning of only

100

watts per

week back in 1 Y3 4 in the city whose

name means well born or a good

birth zcgene, Oregon T h e

WORLD

OMORROWid5 gr ow n

until it

has become a mighty tree -the

largest program in radio history.

The very same message which Jesus

Christ preached over 1900 years ago

PHENOMENAL

GROWTH

OF

WORLD TOMORROW

50

MIL

OF

PER

LIONS

WATTS

t

WEEK


7/26

February, 1967 The

GOOD

NEWS

- t h e GOOD NEWS of the soon-coming

Kingdom of God and the wonderful

WORLD TOMORROW s being boomed

out at the present time in four di f fer-

ent 1anpdge.r (English, German, French

and Spanish) over 304 stations with an

incredible amount of nearly 45 M I L -

LION WATTS

of radio power every

week. Of these,

1 2 2

are stations located

outside the United States and utilizing

181/2

million watts. This rrieans that

45 percent of all radio broadcasting is

directly helping to fulfill our world-

wide commission

ns

Christ prophcsied

in Matthew 2 4 : 1 4 .

There is a potential listening audi-

ence

of

nearly

ONE BILLION P E O -

PL E (800 mill ion of which are l iving

BROADCAST

FEB,

1967-

Nearly 45 Mil l ion

r Watts

of Radio

ower

Each

Week

r

(Total U.

S.

and

Foreign)

I

19

Million Watts

1965 ONCEN-

TRATED COVERAGE

OF

BRITAIN BEGAN

WITH

RADIO LONDON

Ambarrodat Cotloge Art

outside the United States), who live

within the areas covered by these sta-

tions. Of course, only a very small

percentage

of

this number up to this

time have actually ever heard the pro-

gram. Many of those living in certain

areas do not even have access to a radio.

However, at least 45 million or more do

listen every week. And this may be a

very conservative estimate. W e do know

that M A N Y MORE M I L L I O N S are des-

t ined to ultimately hear the truth of

God over these and many more addi-

tiunal

n e w

staliuris d u h g tlrr

rlrxt

five years.

A

Worldwide Ci rcu l a t i on

Magazine

The preaching of the Gospel to the

world as a witness is accomplished not

only through

The

WORLD

OMORROW

broadcast but also through

T h e

PLAIN

TRUTH

agazine.

From its meager beginning back in

February, 1934, as an eight-page maga-

zine with a circulation of one hundred

and fifty to people living in the Pacific

Northwest,

The

P L A I N

TRUTH

as

developed over the years into a

top-

p a l i t y , 52-page, full-color magazine

published in three di fe ieut languages

(English, German and French) and

printed in our own printing plants in

Pasadena, California; Watford, Eng-

land; and Sydney, Australia. It has a

WORLDWIDE circulation of well over

850,000 copies each month, (Dec., 1 966

issue) which are sent to 140 DI FFER-

ENT

C O U N T R I E S , TERRlTORlES

O R P R O T E C T O R AT E S

(Notice the

chart on the inside front cover for

a

complctc rcport of the total number

of copies goin g to each area.) Imagine

that Those of

us

here at Headquarters

were

shocked

in

addition to being very

thrilled by this report. W e never real-

ized it would be

so

large. More has

alrmrly

heen

accomplished than any

of

us had previously realized. The Gospel

message is

now

being R E A D in over

7

percent

of nll

nntions

otz

ear th

Of

the remaining nations not yet included,

many are small nations which have re-

cently emerged. We are reaching

every

major

ndtion

with the exception

of

Communist China through the pages of

The

PLAIN

TRUTH. nd even here,

Communist China is not left without

a witness. The gospel is beamed at th

China mainland over Radio Taiwan, lo

cated on Formosa.

T he other major method of reachin

the people with Gods truth is throug

the Ambassador College Bible Corre

spotzdenre Course. Begun in 195 4 un

der the direction of Dr. C. Paul Mere

dith with an initial enrollment of ap

proximately 8,000, the number o

regular students has now risen to ove

e igh ty thowand. Of these, over 23,00

are being studied by people living ou

side the United States in over f i f

d i f e w n t

nations

How wonderful i t

to realize that so many living aroun

this woild

a i r liaviiig the

blessing o

studying the only correspondenc

course on earth which systematical

and accurately unlocks thc truc meanin

of Gods Word.

A Witness to Ephra im

W h e n T h e WORLD

OMORRO

g a n on Radio Luxembourg in January

1953, it

hecame necessary to establis

our F I R S T

FOREIGN

OFFICE.Mr. Dic

Armstrong became the first office ma

ager of our London office in January o

that same year. It was a lonely outpo

in those early years. There was no on

in the Church with whom Mr. Arm

strong could fellowship. The Londo

Church wasnt established for over thre

long years- in 195 6. Th e work r

mained quite small during this tim

Comparatively few people heard th

twice-a-week broadcast. In the spring o

1957,

Mr. Gerald W aterhouse took ov

the responsibility of managing the o

fice and the fledgling work. He was su

ceeded by Mr. Raymond McNair in th

summer of 1958. Mr. McNair is no

Deputy Chancellor of Ambassador Co

lege and Director of the entire Wo

in the British Isles.

However, God knew that the Wo

was going to

nltimutely

expand,

th

many dedicated, trained laborers wou

be needed to reach the British peop

with this end t ime w arning messa

and to harvest those whom He wou

eventually call. So in the fall

of

196

the doors of the second Ambassad

College swung open for the first tim

to receive the initial student body

3 2 . Even then, several more yea

(Continued

on

page

1 8 )


8/26

H

eres bow tc

G

Y

-et

o u

Do

you

being di

L

r

want

:orga i

4

P

t o

zizt

r

get

?d?

by D e n n i s

G. Luker

OST

t hou love l i fe? Then d o

not squander time, for thats

the stuff life is made of.

Benjamin Franklin made this state-

ment back in 1758. He realized that

if

he wanted to be a success in life he

must make use

of onc of

his

most

valuable possessions in life IME

An

E x a m p l e For

Us

D

Here are some of Benjamin Frank-

lins accomplishments during his life-

time.

He

served his countrymen well in

representing the colonial cause in Great

Britain, was unparalleled as an Ameri-

can diplomat abroad, had

an

influential

part in f ram ing the Federal Con stitution.

Without benefit of inherited wealth or

position he acquired a fortune and

achieved greatness in a half dozen

different fields. He was a superb ath-

lete, a talented printer, an enterprising

newspaper editor and publisher, a pro-

moter of cultural institutions and our

first great scientist. His volume on

electricity was the most influential book

to

come out of America in the eigh-

teenth century. Franklin was also a great

statesman. He stands out as one of the

great founders of the American nation.

Benjamin Franklins success story

re-

mains to this day one of the most

dazzling in our history. Now notice one

of the reasons why He re

is

an excerpt

from his autobiography concerning his

plan of organizing his t ime: The

precept of order requiring that every

part

of

my busincss should havc its

allotted time, one page in my little

book contained the following scheme

of employment

f o r

the twenty-four

hours of a natural day.

Benjamin Franklin had a plan of

organizing his time and using it wisely

He

does admit that organizing his

time gave him the most trouble, but he

worked at it his entire lifetime. Notice

another quote from his autobiography:

In t ru th , I found myself incorrigible

with respect to Order; and now I am

grown old, and my memory bad, I feel

very sensibly the want of it . But, on the

whole, tho I never arrived at the per-

fection

had

been

so

ambitious

of ob-

taining, but fell far short of it, yet I

was, by the endeavor, a better and a

happier man than I otherwise should

have been if

I

had not attempted it.

Even Benjamin Franklin had a hard

timp getting organized and staying that

way. The lesson you should learn from

his examp le is rganize your time to

the best of your ability and strive

constantly

for

improvement in using

your time wisely.

H. A rm s t ro n g Roberts

The Impor tance

of

T i m e

Robert Ripley, author of Believe I t

or N ot , once stated: A plain bar of

iron is worth $5. This same bar of iron,

when made into horseshoes, is worth

$10.50. If made into needles, it is

worth $355. If made into penknife

blades, it is worth $3,28 5, and if turned

into balance springs for watches, that

identical bar of iron becomes worth

$250,000.

The same is true of time.

Some people can turn an hour into

horseshoes. Others can turn it into

needles. A smaller number know how

to change it into knife blades. But only

a few have learned how to transform a

golden hour into true-tempered watch

springs

I I o w

dbout

you?

Are

you

using

your

time in the most fulfilling, profitable

way? At the end of each day, can you


9/26

February, 1967

The GOOD NEWS

7

look back

with satisfartioil

tu a clay uf

accomplishment Reme mber your t ime

is your life. If you are wasting time you

are wasting your

l i fe and l i fe

is

the

most precious possession God has given

you

If you

will

learn to use your t ime

wisely in this life, God will grant you

eternal life I t takes

time

t o g r o w a n d

overcome but if

you

d o

a n d

endur e to

the end, you wil l live forever

T i m e is S h o r t

Remember how shor t my t ime

i s . . .

David said in Psalm

8 9 : 4 7 .

Moses wrote . and David preserved,

The days of

our

years are threescore

years and ten . . .

So

teach

u s

to number

our days , that we may apply our hear ts

unto w isdom ( P s .

90:10, 12) .

Notice this says we should number

o u r

dq.r,

not years

Paul wrote , See then that you

walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as

w i s e . . . Redeeming the t ime, because

the days are evil . . . W h e r e f o r e be you

not unwise, hut unders tanding what the

will of the Lord is ( Eph. 5 :15-17) .

I t

is

Gods wil l that we organize our

time,

so

that we can use it profitably

and qua l i f y f or H is K ingd om Paul

also said to the Coloss ians , Walk in

wisdom toward them that a re without ,

i.edeeniiiicq

the t ime (Col. 4 : 5 ) .

Re-

deeming the t ime means buying back

the t ime

or

making up f or los t

t ime. This is what many of

us

mus t

do ake up

f o r

los t t ime

W e a r e ver y near the end of th i s

age . The t ime

of

Christs return is soon.

Sa tan know s tha t , and hc

is

very

wrathful (Rev. 1 2 1 2 ) .

Strong persecution wil l soon come.

We have a few short years to accom

pl ish G od s Wor k . O nly a f ew mor e

years

for

the G ospe l to be pr eached to

the wor ld

as a

witness. A f e w m o r e

years to feed the f lock- to serve and

help others escape the horr ible punish-

ment to come.

T ime i s

so

shor t

God i s O r g a n i z e d

For G od i s no t the au thor of con-

fusion, but of peace, as in all churches

of the saints

I Cor. 1 4 : 3 3 ) .

If

God

i s no t the au thor

of

conf us ion

then Sa tan the D evi l mus t be

Are you organized or confu sed? Lack

of organizat ion causes f rus trat ion and

inefficiency. Th is is what Satan wan ts.

Wc must learn

to drfeat

frustration

and overcome inefficiency by l ea r n ing to

be organized and then by using our

time wisely.

God

has a G r ea t P lan H e i s w or k ing

out on this ear th. He is creat ing

S o m

who will cvcntually rule this vast uni-

verse with H im and His f i rs tborn Son-

Jesus Chr is t . That plan takes t ime and

organization.

God s tays on the job every day. His

Son, Jesus Christ, is in direct control

of that Great Plan bcing worked out .

Chr is t has already qualif ied. He has al-

ready made i t . He is wait ing for us

He

set

us

an example to f o l low

( I

Pet.

2 : 2 1 ) . Jesus Christ lived an organized

life . He m ade use of every valuable

minute .

He

never wasted time.

How do

we know all this? Because Jesus Christ

never s inne d H e lived a perfect l i fe

(I Pet.

2 : 2 2 )

It

is

a sin

to

bc lazy, to

waste time, to be disorganized (Prov.

18:9,

I Cor.

1 4 : 3 3 )

How

to

O r g a n i z e Your T i m e

There is no way of s tor ing a minute

a n d

saving i t

for future USK,

iut there

are hundreds of ways to use each pass-

ing minute effectively.

O ne th ing w e a l l have an equa l

amount

of IS

t ime . W e a l l have

2 4

hours a day.

So

the impor tan t th ing is

that we learn to organize our t ime and

USK

i t

wisely.

Here are some suggest ions that can

help you.

M a k e a

schedule

of

your

t ime . H er e

is the procedure

I

use.

I t might give

you some ideas.

I

use a H a l lmar k D a te

Book to he lp me schedule my t ime in a

general way for a whole year at a time.

This Date Book is f ive and one-half

inches by three and one-half inches and

only about one-sixteenth inch in thick-

ness. I t can be obtained free at most

stationeiy

stoles,

conipliineiits

uf

Hall-

mark Cards . In the Date Book there

is

a full-size page (five and one-half inches

by three and onc-half inches)

for

each

month in the year. Each page is divided

into small rectangles, one for each day

of the mon th . I n o the r w or ds

each

page

is

a regular monthly calendar with a

space for each day in which t o jot notes

or

reminders. I t

is a

good p lanning

cal-

endar and small enough to f i t ins ide a

wallet

or

purse.

At

the beginning

of

each year I

ob-

ta in one of these Hallmark Date Books.

The f i r s t th ing

I

do is wr i te in the

time that is already scheduled

by

God-

His annual Holy Days and the weekly

Sabba th

I

have heard that a few in

Gods church have forgo t ten on occa-

Benjamin Franklins Daily Schedule

T he M or n ing .

Q ues t i on . W ho t good

shal l I do t h i s day ?

Noon .

Evening.

Q ues t i on . W ho t good

hav e I done t oday ?

Night

7 /

1

q

; I

10

1 2

1

2

3

4

Rise, wash and address Power fu l

Goodness Cont r ive day s bus iness , and

take the reso lu t ion

of

t he day ; prosecute

the present s tudy , and break fas t .

W o r k .

Read, or over look my accounl r , and

d ine .

W o r k .

Put th ings in the i r p laces . Supper .

Mus ic or d ivers ion, or conversaf ion.

E x am ina t i on of ?he day .

S leep.


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8 The GOOD NEWS February, 1967

y o u

will be amazed at how much better

your day will go

If you will make a simple check list

of what you want to accomplish in order

of importance, you will

always

get the

most important things done.

Adjus t your s chedule to f i t y o u r

needs. Some people say that schedules

don t work hat they have tried many

and all have failed. The reason may be

that they were serving the schedule and

not making it serve them. It is im-

portant not to get frustrated i f you

cant seem to stick to your schedule. A

schedule must be realistic. If you are

really trying to follow a schednle and it

doesnt seem to work, then

adjzlst

that

s c h e d d e

to fit your needs. Make it

serve you

Do not become the type person who

cant do anything without

a

schedule.

People are dif fer ent . All have d ifferent

minds and personalities ifferent

needs. Some dont like schedules. But a

good schedu le-one that works for

you- can be

a

terrific help in getting

things done. Try it and see

Almost all activities and classes are

scheduled a year at a time at Ambassa-

dor Colleges nd look at the fruit

Most of a students time is planned

f o r him.

He

must be in a certain place

at a certain time doing a certain thing.

Also,

one of the reasons Gods

Wo r k is growing is that it

is

an

or-

ganized

Wo r k .

So

follow the example

that is being set for you. Make out a

schedule that will help you get things

done ne that will help you grow

You men who work have a large part

of your week already scheduled for you.

Most of you must be at your jobs by a

certain time. You work an eight-hour

shift and then head home.

How

do you

spend your time in the morning before

leaving for work and in the evening

after work? Do you have it organized

so

that you know exactly what you

want to get done during those precious

few spare hours? Take the morning

for example. Do you dilly-dally

around and waste time? Does it take

you more than one-half hour to shave,

shower, brush your teeth, comb your

hair and get dressed? Or have you

learned to accomplish this in less than

one-half hour and then get right to

(Continued

on page

1 7 )

sion to keep some

of

Gods Holy Days.

Scheduling Go ds Holy Days on a per-

sonal calendar that you

use

regularly

can help prevent such a thing from

happening to you

After scheduling in G ods Holy Days,

I write in other events that arc schcd-

uled for the year, such as, the Minis-

terial Conference in January and some

time

for

a vacation (this time can be

changed if necessary). When this is

done I can see how my year is divided

up and begin organizing the available

time in more detail.

I do this by taking one month at a

time and scheduling in all planned ac-

tivities such as Sabbath services, Bible

studies, Spokesman clubs, church socials

and my visiting for that month. Most of

you have an opportunity to attend some

of

these events in your area,

so

you

should schedule them also

Next , I take each week and plan it in

more detail if necessary. This is done

one week at a time at the beginning of

each week as it comes, not for a whole

year in advance.

So f a r , a l l the scheduling I have

mentioned can be done on this small

Hal lmark Date Book You can imagine

how valuable this lit t le book is to me.

Most of what I have to do and when it

should be done is scheduled in this

book. I carry it with me constantly.

When someone wants to be visited,

married, baptized, etc., I pull out my

little date book and schedule a time. If

I dont, I might forget and not be

there

Have you ever missed an appoint-

me nt? Then maybe this system can

help you. It may seem like a lot of

work and trouble but it really isnt. It

does take a little t ime to get organized

but think of the time and frustration

you will save during the year.

Put f i rs t things f i rs t . This brings us

to the point that will show you how to

organize each day. As in organizing the

entire year in a general way, Gods Holy

days were scheduled first, so in organ-

izing each day of the year, put first

things first W ha t should come first

each day? Matthew

6:33

tells us, Seek

ye

first

the Kingdom

of

God and his

righteousness.

. . .

Read the entire

chapter and you will see that Christ

was talking about praycr,

lasting

arid

put t ing Gods Work

first

in your life

A Christians first obligation is to

God and

His

Work. We were called

to give our lives as living sacrifices

(Rom. 1 2 1 . W e should labor each day

in fervent prayer for the Work of God.

Recently in a Bible study a person

asked, Why are we required to pray

and fast for Gods W ork ? Won t God

bless His own Work if we dont pray

and fast? Brethren you should know

the answer If you are not praying and

fasting for Gods W or k your heart is not

in Gods W or k If your heart is not

in Gods Work your

own

salvation is a t

stake, much less the lives of many you

could help save

If no o m were pr aying and fasting

for Gods Work there would

be

n o

W o r k

If

no

one

had his heart in

Gods Work, if no one cared, if

no

one

were obeying God, what would h appe n?

Jesus Christ gave the answer in Mat-

thew 24:21-22, For then shall be great

tribulation, such as was not since the

beginning of the world to this time,

no, nor ever shal l be.

.

. A n d . except

those days should be sho rtened, there

should no flesh be saved: but for the

elects sake those days shall be short-

ened. If there were no Work of God

we would all be destroyed in the com-

ing great t r ibulat ion

I hope you understand why you

should put God s W or k first in your

life. If you do you will under-

stand why prayer should come

first

in

your

life each day. After you rise each

morning and are fully awake (a litt le

exercise and a shower will help), put

prayer and Bible study first. At least

schedule it that way and strive to do it

that way. Small children can often upset

a schedule, so you will have to learn to

adjust. This will be covered more in the

next point.

After you have accomplished your

prayer and study for the morning, do

this ake a simple check list of what

you want to accomplish that day in or-

der of importance. If you di dn t pray

and s tudy enough that morning, then

schedule more time for the noon hour

or evening. In other words, schedule

your day around your prayer and Bible

study. Put first thing s first If you do,


11/26

When

Yozl

Sin-

Do

You

REALLY

Repent?

Repen ting is something m any are doing th e most and succeeding

the LEAST

Too

many o f us C O N T I N U A L L Y s in .Do you have

H

Godly sorrow

ow

M A N Y times in frustration

and hand-wringing despair

have you said, Ive had to re-

pent of this or that sin time after time,

and I tzever seem

to

succeed?

What is the problem? Does i t have

to be this way? Did God intend we

should continue to wallow around in

the same old rut and filth year after

year?

Or

is it because were just

mPdk?

The answer is NO God doesnt

want it this way. It wouldnt be this

way I F WE HAD TRULY REPENTED

You may say, Well, I was really

sorry for what I did.

I

acknowledged

my guilt. I asked God for His forgive-

ness, but I still keep on sinnirzg.

Has this happened to you? Do you

think youve repented and then find

you have disastrously committed the

same sin again? Im not talking about

the times we let down in prayer or

Bible study. Im not talking about

the times of great temptation or when

we sin because of the tremendous de-

generate weaknesses and habits we

have. Im alking about those sins we

could and should be freed from-if

we started in the right direction.

Lets get one thing straight: when

we repent eally e CH ANG E W e

dont repeat the sin

IF

we dont

change top sinning e HAVENT

R E P E N T E D

More R eq u i r ed T h an T ea r s

You say you really felt sorry for

what you did-s o did Judas Esau

felt ghastly H e was all broken up

about what he had lost, and sought

the inheritance hed thrown away

carefully with tears (Heb. 1 2 :17) .

Tears rolled down Esaus cheeks.

Judas was

so

remorseful he killed

himself. But neither repented They

didnt change.

, .

or

a worldly sorrow? Y o u need to

k no w

the

answer

by Char les

F.

H u n t i n g

W e know repentance means

t o

rharige W e desperately want to be

different But this desire is only a

natural, human desire. Even the world

wants to change

Does this surprise you? Well, just

look at the mountainous evidence of

proof. Peace conferences will t r y to

initiate legislation to sidetrack the

world from the road

of

total destruc-

tion to peace. National governments

will try to initiate changes to bring

their people from poverty to prosperity

radicate social injustices and re-

move inequality.

No, your desire to change is not

unique. Very few people are satis-

fied with any facet of their lives. They

want to change their physical shape by

diet, exercise or foundation garments

-change their faces by paint or sur-

gery heir hair with dyes all hues of

the color spectrum.

Few are happy with what they have,

where they are, or what they are

They are filled with inferiorities.

They hate their inadequacies. Boot-

strap-lifting courses by the score are

offered to change the timid into fire-

breathing, self-confident swashbucklers

capable of facing any person or prob-

lem of life.

Everyone Desires

to

C h a n g e

From the least to the greatest, all

want to change.

An oil magnate, reputedly the rich-

est man on the face of the earth, wants

desperately to CHANGE. He said so

In a London T.V. program he stated

his greatest desire was to have the

ability to sit down with a group of

people and not be a bore. He wanted

to change from an extreme introvert

to one who could be outgoing and

pleasantly entertaining.

Psychiatric couches are booked solid

with mentally distressed who want to

change to confident, uninhibited, happy

people ust like we do.

Perceptive scientists realize the need

to change human nature. They want to

alter the mind by genetic control and

produce this change.

And many People DO change

By exercising a great amount of

self-discipline, the fat become slim, the

drunks become teetotallers. The timid

become socially acceptable. But is it a

step toward eternal life? Obviously

not

Christ said,

U N LES S

ou repent,

you shal l all likewise perish (Luk e

1 3 : 3 , 5 . ) Paul said there is

a

worldly

repentance that leads to death (I1 Cor.

7 : l O .

T h e N e e d to C h an g e A p p a r en t

With Gods truth, we in the Church

can come to a greater point of self-

analysis. Gods Wo rd spotlights the

wretchedness of

OUR

human nature

we see our total selfishness. W e KNOW

.

. t h e heart {the basic core of the

human being] is deceitful above ALL

things, and desperately wicked (Jer.

17:9).

At least we accept the fact that this

is what the Bible says and mentally

agree with it.

W e see our lack of ability to over

come this wretched nature. W e even

learn to repeat the words, I abhor

myself. Yes, we see the need, and

want to change.

Its not so difficult to come to abhor

oneself o despise and hate our

weaknesses. W e detest our feelings of

inferiority. So does the rest of the

world.

W e say we hate ourselves and abhor

our sins, but is t

really

true? If you

had a rotten, stinking, maggot-infested


12/26

10

The

GOOD

NEWS February, 1967

himself

and

others,

he still said that his

ONLY

sin was against God

Why? The answer is

extremely

im-

portant

Wh en Judas robbed, he became criti-

cal of Christ and accused Christ of

wabting money (John 12:5) . W h e n

David sinned, he was HORRIFIED at

what he had done to God.

Had hc hur t God? Had he d i -

minished G ods power or taken away

any of His authority

or

thwarted His

plan? Had he lessened an y of the

beauty or splendor of Gods Throne?

N o

God could have disintegrated David

on the spot. If He had desired, He

could have obliterated even the annoy-

ing memory of David from His mind.

S in is Agains t God

Let? understand Sin i s the trans-

gression of the law

( I

John

3:4.)

God was the Lawgiver. The sin was

against God.

David was asked by Samuel, Where-

fore hast thou DESPISED the command-

ment of the Lord to d o evil in His

sight? . .

.

Now therefore the sword

shall never depart from thine house:

BECAUSE YOU

HAVE

DESPISED ME

Ancient Israel despised God just as

David did, but with one

GREAT

differ-

ence God had called them for a spe-

cial

purpose. He called them to obey

His revealed law so that He might pros-

per them - thus showing to the sur-

rounding nations through their ex-

ample what would happen to a nation

honoring God.

God wanted to give them every-

thing that was good for them. He

brought them out of physical slavery.

He performed miracles, clearly proving

His ability to make good His prom-

ises.

Did they appreciate all of the fantas-

tic blessings? Did they bow down in

total obedience and thankfulness for

their release from captivity? To the

contrary. A nd ye [the people} mur -

mured in your tents, and said, Because

the Lord

HATED

us, he hath brought

us forth out of the land of Egypt. .

.

to destroy us (Deut.

1:27).

They

imputed wrong motives to God and ac-

(Continued on

page

23

(I1 Sam. 12~9-10. )

piece of putrifying meat in your kit-

chen, you would have such a revulsion

toward it that you would

immediately

get rid

of

it. But we put up with

so

much of the filth that we

claim

to

abhor about ourselves. How come?

Heres why

WE

DONTR E A L L Y A B H O R the sin

What we

zrszrally

mean when we

say were sorry is that wc arc sorry

for the effect our shortcomings have

on

our

sense

of

well-being-our hap-

piness.

W e feel guilty or unhealthy. Wh at we

want is to be comfortable

mentally

and

physirnlly. Then we can live at peace

with ourselves

or

others we may have

offended.

Humans will go to any length to

escape personal predicaments. Even in

suicide people are merely trying to es-

cape from their personal despair and

hopelessness

But that doesnt mean we are RE-

VOLTED BY THE SIN If we were, wed

get rid

of

it And we can But there

has to be a starting place.

Judas-like Repentance

Notice first the type of repentance

all too often experienced

by

people in

Gods Church. Judas hated himself and

he had every reason to. He had been in

the presence

of

the Master Teacher.

H e had seen miracles performed. H e had

been offered a position of tremendous

authority, yet he scorned the greatest

chance a man ever had-rulership

with Christ. He was given a responsi-

ble job in the Work, then he stole.

His next act was a deed of infamy

unparalleled in history. He was a trai-

tor to his Savior. His final act was one

of self-destruction.

H e saw his horrible mistake. H e even

acknowledged his guilt. H e repented

howed real remorse n the same

way too many of us do

Notice Matthew 27:3-5: Then Ju-

das, which had betrayed him, when he

saw that he was condemned, repented

himself, and brought the thirty pieces

of silver

to

the chief

priests

and elders,

saying, I HAVE SINNED in that I have

betrayed the innocent blood. . . and he

cast down the pieces of

silver.

.

.

and

departed, and went and banged him-

self.

His

remorse, his acknowledgment

of

guilt, and his repentance,

only led him

into another sin

Why? Because it

wasnt

real

repentance

Judas had an afterthought and was

distraught about the effect upon him-

self. He had a deep dread of the con-

sequences n

himself

Death became

his way of escape.

Judas didnt remotely experience the

type of repentance Paul preached about

and made a main part

of

his message

(Acts

20:21.)

Stop and think Do you know what

repentance toward God means?

If you

dont or can give only the vaguest

answer, you could be in serious trouble

It is because we are not continually

experiencing repentance toward God

that we continue to needlessly

repeat

the same sins over and over

There is a fantastic difference in

self-remorse and repentance toward

GOD. YOUVE GOT TO KNO W THE

*. .

REPENTANCE T O W A R D

GOD

DIFFERENCE

David KNEW

the Difference

When David realized the horrible

sins he committed, he

knew

they were

AGAINST

GOD.

There was no self-centered remorse

in his repentance H e cried out, Have

mercy upon me, 0 God, according to

thy lovingkindness : according to the

multitude of thy tender mercies blot

out my transgressions. Wash me

throughly from my iniquity, and

cleanse me from my sin. For I ac-

knowledge my transgressions: and my

sin is ever before me. AGAINST THEE,

T H E E ONLY,

have

I

sinned, and

done this evil in thy sight (Ps.

HIS

REMORSE

WAS TOWARD

GOD

H e was going t o suffer for the rest of

his life for his horrible deeds. He be-

came the object of ridicule and was

humiliated before the whole nation of

Israel. H e committed adultery H e

caused perpetual war with all its hor-

ror and suffering to Israel. And he was

responsible for the murder of Bathshe-

bas husband, and the death of her

son

(I1

Sam.

12:9-14).

In spite of all

the wretchedness he had brought upon

51:1-4).


13/26

Cbwcb of God News-

0

RLDWIDE

During and immediate ly fol lowing the

1967

Ministerial Con-

ference ten men w ere ordained

to

the Min istry of J esus Chr ist

eight raises in

rank

and t w o n e w Local Elders

by

D a v i d J o n H i l l

R D A I N E D to the rank of Local

Elder was Monsieur Etienne

Bourdin, a former French Army

offirer who took part in the memorable

J)unkirk

evacuation. He was also

a

SLIC-

ccssful husincssman before his conver-

sion. For n i n n y years, he held a key

position with the Volkswagen Company

i n Paris. He speaks French, German and

English fluently, and is a scholar in his

own right.

Mr. Buurdiri surreiidcred lo Gud early

in 1 962, after realizing that the

wirdorn

of

ft5i.s ztw.ld i.r fooli.rhi2e.r.r before God.

W h e n

he

was offered a

job in

our

Geneva Office, he immediately put his

Paris home

u p

for sale, and moved to

Geneva with his

wife

and two tccn-agc

children et t ing Gods W ork ahead

of his personal interests.

Things are increasingly bright and

cheerful for the Bourdins, now com-

fortably settled in Geneva. Mr. Bourdin

is

kcpt busy translating articles for La

PURE VERITE (The French PLAIN

TRUTH) nd assisting Mr. Wilkins

with the bi-monthly Paris Church and

the weekly Geneva Bible study. Con-

gratulations Mr. and Mrs. Bourdin

Mr. D o n Hooser

came originally

from Dallas, Texas after attending col-

lege at Southern Methodist University.

He graduated f rom there in the spr ing

of 1963 and enrolled in Ambassador

College at Pasadena that fall. Before

that his experience had been quite

varied

--

working in a state park, and

as

a

l i feguard, and also having ex-

perience in drafting and mechanical

design.

He was transferred to the Big Sandy

Campus in 1 964 and graduated two

years later to be sent out in the field

as a Ministerial Assistant in the Akron

and Youngstown area. Now he has

been ordained into the rank

of

Local

Elder by his District Supervisor, Mr.

David Antion, on his return from the

Conference.

Mr . Ar thur Docken , D i rec to r of our

office in the Philippines, was raised to

the rank of Preaching Elder.

Mr. Docken was born in Minne-

apolis, Minnesota, and graduated from

the University

of

Minnesota in

1951.

Eight yrars

as

ari

iridustrial engineer

with Bendix Aviation seemed to have

channeled him into that particular line

of

work, until God called him

to

Am-

bassador College.

In 1959 Mr. Docken entered Am-

bassador Collegc and bcgan immcdi-

ately to work as Mr. Hugh Maucks

assistant in the Circulation Depart-

ment where he continued working even

after graduation in 1962.

Mr. Docken has always been a jovial

and friendly, yet sober and dedicated

individual- a bright spot and an in-

spiration to everyones day. Thinking

his future was rather cut out in the

responsible position he filled assisting

Mr. Mauck, Mr. Docken was certainly

surpriseCl when the

announrement came

in June, 19 65, that he was to be or-

dained as a Local Elder and sent to

manage the office in Manila, The Phil-

ippines. Since September of

1965

he

and his wife have been serving faith-

ful ly there in the Phil ippines. The

Dockens have produced much fruit in

every way in their assignment overseas

-the y now have three lovely daug h-

ters and informed sources (the Dockens

themselves) indicate they are expecting

a

fourth child soon

Certainly every one of G ods Ministers

needs your prayers, but perhaps some

need mentioning

3

little more often.

Im

sure that Mr. Docken and his fam-

ily would appreciate your particular

concern regarding them in their post in

the far-off Philippines.

Mr. Dale

Schurter also joined the

ranks of the Preaching Elders in this

Ministerial Conference. Mr. Schurter

w d b b u r n

in Burlingtun, Oklahoma. His

education prior to Ambassador College

included Ellis Business

College

and

Northwestern State College

before he

came to Ambassador in 1962.

Mr. Schurter, though a freshman and

prcsidcnt of his class, was considcrably

older than the group of f reshmen he

entered college with, and also being

financially able to support a wife,

be-

came married in his freshman year at

Ambassador. His wife, the former Miss

Mona Zachary had been a school

teacher prior to coming to Ambassador.

Early in 1965 M r. Schurter was trans

ferred to the Big Sandy College where

he graduated that spring and became

the head of th e Farm ing Program as wel

as

M r

MrCiilloiighs assistant in p l a n -

ning the Big Sandy Feast of Taberna-

cles.

Mr. Schurter was ordained in April

of 196 5 as a Local Elder, and now in

addition to the growing responsibilities

of the Farm Program is ordained a

Preaching Elder. Y o u will

be

hearing

more in the pages of

T h e

GOOD

NEW


14/26

12 The GOOD NEWS February,

1967

directly from Mr. Schurter regarding

the amazing experiments, and the truth

that God has revealed to us in the

Farm Program there at Big Sandy,

Texas

Mr. Elmer McElroy at tended four

years at the University of Utah in Logan,

Utah, and came to Ambassador College

in 1962 just twelve units shy of a

degree from that college. With this

head start,

Mr. M cE l rv y

was able

to

graduate in three years, receiving his

diploma from Ambassador in 1965.

Ever

since

that time he has been

serving as Mr. Paul Royers assistant

in the Personnel Department and in

coordinating the Feast

of

Tabernacles in

the United States. In April, 1966,

Mr.

Armstrong ordained Mr. McElroy to

the office of Local Elder ecog nizing

that

i n

additinn

to

his work with

Mr.

Royer, he was also giving sermonettes,

working on the Visiting Program and

generally fulfilling the duties of Local

Elder. Also in 19 66 his wife Ruth gave

birth to a f ine young son. Now Mr.

McElroys duties and responsibilities

have grown and he has grown with

them to the extent that God chose him

to be ordained as a Preaching Elder

this Ministerial Conference.

Mr.

Paul Royer was the first of

five to be ordained to the rank of

Pastor i n this recent Ministerial Con-

ference. Mr. Royer came

to

Ambassador

College some years ago with a full life

already behind him.

He

had spcnt

three years at Ohio State University

and later joined the Air Force where he

reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel,

and later

a

Preaching Eldcr in

1965.

Mr.

Royer is now the manager of the

Personnel Department here at Head-

quarters as well as Festival Coordinator

for the Feast of Tabernacles sites here

in the United States. Most of you have

received

a

personal letter and instruc-

tions from him regarding the keeping

of the Feast. He is also a member

of

the Pasadena Faculty, teaching speech.

This last fall

Mr.

Royer was pleased

to have a son enroll as a freshman at

Amhassador College, making

a

second

generation of Royers available for ser-

vice in Gods W ork - his other two

children, a son and a daughter, are

enrolled in Imperial Schools.

You will be hearing more from Mr.

Royer both in his capacity

as

Festival

LEFT ewly ordained as

Local Elders are (above) M.

Etienne Bourdin and

(below)

Mr. Don Hooser.

RIGHT

Ra ised t o t he rank o f

Preaching Elders were (left

to right) Mr. Arthur Docken,

Mr. Dale Schurter and Mr.

Elmer McElroy.

serving as a fightrr pilnt in Indochina

dur ing Wor ld War

11.

On his discharge from service, Mr.

Royer entered business on his own and

became successful as

a

wholesale food

distributor in Ohio. When God called

him, Mr. Royer abandoned all of his

own projects and plans and came to

Ambassador College as a freshman with

grey hair H e graduated in 1963

having lost a few hairs and having a

few more turn grey in the process

of

earning his Bachelors Degree which he

gained in 1963. MI. Rvyerb dedication

and hard work made a success out of

each job that he was given -he was

ordained

a

Local Elder

in

March,

1964,

Director and

as a

writer in the pagcs

of

The

G O O D NEWS.

Mr.

Ben

Chapman came to Ambas-

sador College in

1959. He

had previous-

ly received a Bachelor of Science De-

gree f rom UCL A and had

been

in busi-

ness for two years as an electrical and

industrial engineer. After one year of

college at Ambassador in Pasadena,

Mr.

Chapman was transferred to the Bricket

Wood campus to manage the Radio

Studio there. I t was there he met and

grew to love Lois Lemon Armstrong,

Mr. Richard David Armstrongs widow,

whom he married while there in En-

gland. He was graduated from our

English campus in 1962, and ordained


15/26

Raised to Pastor-rank are (left to right1

Car l McNair, Mr . Leon Wall

the following May, to the rank of

Preaching Elder.

Later

he

was tranbferred to the Big

Sandy campus to teach on the faculty

there as well as design and head the

Radio Studio on the new campus.

For

years he pastored the Fort Worth and

Dallas Churches of God, and is still

pas tor ing the For t Worth Church, in

addition to his other duties. Mr. Chap-

man and his wife Lois now have two

little girls of their ow n ovely sisters

for

little Dicky Armstrong.

Wi th the gr ow th

of

both his re-

sponsibilities and his own personal

growth in serving Gods people , Mr .

Mr. Paul Royer, Mr. Ben Chapman, Mr.

ter and Mr. Guy Engelbart.

Chapman was ordained as a Pastor in

this recent Conference.

Mr. Car l McNair comes f rom a very

dedicated and productive family in

Gods service. Mr. Raymond McNair,

an Evangelist, is in charge

of

the Wor k

in Britain as well as being Deputy

Chancellor of the College at Bricket

Wood. His brother , Mr . Burk McNair ,

is serving Gods people in the Denver-

Pueblo area as a Pastor-rank minister

in the Church of God. His other

brothers and sisters are each serving

well in Gods Wo r k at Headquarters.

Mr. Carl McNair now joins his brother

Burk in the office of Pastor and is

p r e s e n t l y ~ t i v i n g

in t h r Cliuichrs

or

Memphis, Tennessee and Tupelo, Mis-

sissippi.

Mr.

Carl McNair camc to Ambassador

College in 1956 , from his ho me town of

Camp, Arkansas. He graduated in 19 61,

having spent

a year

in the

field as a

Ministerial Assistant before his gradu-

ation. H e was Vice Presiden t of the

Student Body

in

Pasadena

in

his

scn-

ior year, and led a nationwide baptizing

tour upon graduation. He then married

his wife, Dorothy. going immediately

into the field ministry ordained as a

Preaching Elder. In May, 1962, he was

made responsible for the Little Rock-

Memphis Churches.

There is a long history throughout

the Bible of the dealings God has had

with individual families he McNa ir

family is certainly an outstanding ex-.

ample today ongratulations

again

to the McNairs, and particularly

to

Mr .

Carl McNair

Mr. Leon Walker f i r s t learned of

the Tru th in 19 54 and came to college

in 1955. Mr. Walker graduated in 1960

and was sent to England to assist Dr.

Rea in the Spanish Department there.

Ordained a Local Elder in May, 1963,

he was later advanced to Preaching

Elder in January, 1964.

Married to an Ambassador co-ed, Mt.

Walker is on the Bricket

Wood

Faculty,

active in the Spanish Work and father

of three fine chil dren - two boys and

a girl.

Mr. Walker has been pastoring the

Bristol, England, Church of God for

the last two

ycars, in

addition

to

his

responsibilities at Ambassador College

Ambossador

ollese Photos


16/26

14

The GOOD NEWS

February, 1967

in

I?ngl:uid, and now : ~ d d s the addi-

tiond rcsixmsibilities of the office of

Piistor

in

(hi s

birch.

Mr. Guy Engelbart was ordnined to

the

office

of Pastor i n

Gods

Church

by Mr. Raymond Cole

on

his return

to the New York District after this

Janunry Conference. Mr. Engelbart came

to Ambass:idor

i n

1958,

after attending

the ITnivcrsity n f Nebraska. While in

college,

he

served as Sophomore class

President, Junior class President and for

his Scnior year, was transferred to En-

gluicl, and hecame the Student Body

President thcrc.

After grnduation in

1961,

Mr. Engel-

bark scrved

on

t h e Visitin;. Program

and assisted locally in England until

transferred to the New York area. In

Apri l , 1963, he wa s ordnined a Local

lllcler

i n

that area

a n d a

year later

as

a

l u l l

Pre:icliing Elder. He continued

;is ;i co-pistor i n the New York and

PhiI;idelphin Churches

unt i l 1965,

when

lie was triuistcrred to be in charge of

111c Hai-ri~L)tirg-Baltill7ore hurches.

Mr. llngelbart and his Ambassador

co-ed wife Penny, will

be

continuing

in the

I Iar I

i sb

i g -

Da

I i l l

o 1c ~trca ,

1)ut

now in the increased capacity of a

Piistor

i n G od s

Church.

Mr. Waterhouse Touring Nation

Mr. Gerald Waterhouse, Evangelist

-one whom God

has

used to raise up

many of

our

foreign ofices, and there-

fore one who is, by long personal

experience, fihsolutcly convinced that

Christ Himself is the Head of this

Work

~~

one we jokingly say is in-

fecting every

n n r

hc sees with Head-

quarterit is has been touring the

U. S.

Churches for nearly a year now.

With his pictures from around the

world and his unique experience and

style, Mr. Wnterhouse

is

deeply moving

each audiencc. Here is

a

response from

a member that will show you the im-

pact of his visit better than I can (he

will be by your area soon):

I have heen concerned for some

time because

I

lacked vision and in-

sight into Gods work and His plans

for the future. My mind worked well

up to the time of flight to (the place

of safety), but there it just seemed to

come to a standstill, although I knew

vaguely what was to occur after that.

Also,

I could not

seem to

have real con-

cern for the work in other places. I

prayed much about this problem and

asked

f o r the

concern

and f o r vision.

This past week, God has answered

my prayers in a most powerful, wonder-

f u l

way with the

visit

nf Mr. Water-

house. How thankful I am that God

inspired this t r ip

to

be planned I can

now see the Big Picture. There is

continuity.

I

am

so

thrilled and joyful,

it

is just imperative that I say Thank

you to you for making this visit possi-

ble. If anyone has the Big Picture, it

is certainly Mr. Waterhouse

I was thrilled and awed by the

power and authority with which he

speaks. So

many times in my past life,

as

the daughter of one of this worlds

ministers,

I

have heard the sanctimon-

ious voices say, Oh, what a wonderfu l

Christian man. They usually referred

to some little shriveled, effeminate per-

son

who smilingly quoted scripture and

always attended Sunday School. How

I

ache for this world to really know

what a wonderful Christian man is

really

like

With authority and conviction, Mr.

~~~~~

~~ ~~~~

Watcrhousc told

us

what

Gods

plans

for the future were Wit h the authority

of Jesus Christ, he spanked us thor-

oughly f o r any criticism or bad attitude

toward

Gods

work. He showed us why

we absolutely must follow Gods princi-

ples for rearing our children so that

they may have the wonderful oppor-

tunity planned for them as leaders of

the World Tomorrow. With authority,

he reprimanded the teen-agers and

opened to them riches untold.

I hope you can imagine what a thrill

and a blessing it was to know that Mr.

Waterhouse was there that day. The

sermon he gave was one of the most

inspired I have ever had the pleasure

to hear. I could have sat all day and

night i f he would have preached that

long. To learn of Gods government

the way he explained it gave me

a

whole new meaning for prayer, and

our responsibility here on this earth.

It also made me grasp the Big Picture

more, too.

M o r e aezu.r

n e x t m o d of new

chrirches

e.c-tddi.rhrd

lans

f o r

ex

pms i o i i

in the Press

ew

radio

sta-

~ ~ o l ~ . r .

~~ ~ ~ ~~

~

What Our

Readers Say +

+

(Continued f ~ o m age 2 )

love and can prove it through their

itctions. It is truly wonderful.

P. R. A,, Ohio

A

Wise Woman

I want to tell you what one of our

brethren told me about her unconverted

husband. He asked her what .the would

do i f all these things Mr. Armstrong

has prophesied d i d n t come to pass.

Instead of answering him, she asked

him a question, What will

yo

do if

they d o come to pass?

A

wise woman.

Mr. and Mrs. H.

W.,

Kansas

Catholics Impressed by Funeral

Service

Recently my brother died. We were

stunned because he was only and

things like that only happen to other

people, not your own loved ones. My

brother and I were the only ones in our

family that believe this way, but my

oldest brother, who had charge over it,

had Mr. Baird from Gods Church de-

liver a funeral service for us.

My

family

has always thought we were crazy, be-

lieve in such fanatical stuff, but they

were very much impressed with Mr.

Bairds sermon. It was beautiful and

so comforting and hopeful. My mother

said

she

had never heard a funeral

preachcd in this manner. My stepfather,

who thinks we were heretics for leav-

ing the Catholic Church, said, Mr.

Baird spoke the truth.

I

dont know

how many people said things which

showed they were favorably impressed.

Even

i f

God calls none of them, they

will remember Mr. Bairds words one

day.

Mrs.

J. M.,

Missouri

Doctor Spreads Truth

Could we please get The PLAIN

TRUTH. y husband was in the hos-

pital and his

doc to r .

handed him an

issue. It has made our home hap-

pier.

Mrs. A . M. M., Florida


17/26

Why

Do

We

NEED

a Church?

.I

Why d o w e need t o meet every Sabbath? Is

it

impor tant? How

much d o YOU need the Church? Read the answers in t is

article.

OME members reading this issue of

T h e GOOD

NEWS

magazine at

this moment do NOT attend week-

ly Sabbath services at their local church

Some of those attending, come under

protest, i t seems. Others come in the

hopes of hearing something new. And

yet others come because they are

afraid

Many are worried about what their

relatives might think and some claim

that they are under the authori ty of

their husband and cannot at tend

Brethren we are the people of G O D

W e

K N O W

that we are the True

Church established by Jesus Christ, al-

most two thousand years ago, yet many

cannot see the importance and signifi-

cance of attending Sabbath services

Each one of us

N E E D S

the Church

Every person who calls himself a

Christian is CO

good news 1967 (vol xvi no 02) feb

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