understandingof•m a a a z i n ea

~~ourREADERSSAYDemands "Sho wdown"

" As it is common in your practice tomake ridiculous statements to supportyour fundamentalist bel iefs , especially inyour book let The Proof of the Bible,which for ms the foundation of you rreligion, obvi ous ly you must have neverread Tom Paine's The Age of Reason,which proves the Bible to be a fr aud­ulent document full of proven contradic­tion s. I cha llenge you to live up to yourmagaz ine 's title T he PLA IN TRU T H , witha showdown issue to either pro ve yourviewpo int o r admit your ignorance. Idare yo/( to plth/ish this. I challengeyour readers to investigate for them ­selves, to be objective and sec bothsides for once before jumping to anyhasty conclusions."

Mr. W. C , Wi nnipeg, Manitoba

• If/here haue )'01/ been? That's EX­

ACTLY u-bat IF E challenge 0 /11' readers

to do . And IF yoe're ell that "o bjective"IVh y don't yOIf read "Alleged Discrep­ancies of tbe Bible" by John 117. Haley.Alleged "proo]s" of T om Paine and all

other Bible critics (Ire clearly and simplyanstoered, Th e Bible is tbe most bormo­nions, perfect piece of uTitillg that bas

ere r been - and it' s pr ophecies ARE

coming to pass, And, incidentally , EVERY

number of The P LA IN T RUTH is a

"sbo u-dou rn" issne,

Br iton Shocked at Loss of Broadcast

"To me the fact that bro adcasting'The go od news of the worl d tomorrow 'pro gramme has virtually ceased in thiscountry has sho cked me deeply. Theremust be many others who feel the sameway, but what is worse is the fact thatif it had conti nued there must have beensome more people who would haveheard the wonderful news and stooda chance of being saved. T his to me is atragedy."

F. B., K ent, England

• And to lIS - and to all of Britain,

even ilJcluding those who never yetheard it.

Cries O~t for H is Peo p le

"1 just received the June and August

issues of The P L AIN T RUTH. T hank

you very much for sending them . It was

sincerely difficult to swallow the truth

about race riots. 1 am a Negro and Ilove my 'brothers ' and 'sisters' so much

that I am now crying because these

things, as terrible as they are, are

happening and it seems as though we

are not going to stop. I thank God that

I kn ow the truth. I am free from these

inspirations to prejudge, ha te, burn,

and destroy. I would still glad ly g ive

my life if my people could be turned

from their ways."Ronald M.

N ew Iberia, Louisiana

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Autobingraphy

" I am so very than kfu l that you haveagain begun your Autobiog rap hy in Th eP LAI N T RUT H . T he experiences in yourlife are a help to everyone God hascalled .

" I , person ally, was amazed at theanswers I received through readingabout you, your family, and the men inthe Work. To have the whole Auto­biography in boo k form would be ablessing as helpfu l to us as th e wonder­ful GOD SPEAKS O U T on 'T he N eu" .fordNty.' We are praying it 's God 'swill that this be done !"

Norman F. F.,Lynwood, Cali f.

Notable G rowth

" I am afraid my English is too

limited for me to express the proper

gratitude and thanks for all past favo rs

coming fro m you; the most importan t

being, of course, The PLAIN TRUTH

which 1 have seen grow from a sma ll

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PUU~ n~un~(J ma gaz in e o f und e rstu n l f ing

November, 1967VOL. X X X II NO. 11

Circulation : 1,100,000 CopiesPub lish ed mon th ly at Pasaden a, Cal ifornia :W atf ord. Englan d ; and N orth Sydn eY,Austral ia,by Amba ssador College. Ge rman edi tion pub ­lished mon thl y at Watford, Engl and , Frenchedition publ ished mon thly at Pasadena . Cali­fornia. © 1967 Ambassador College. All righ tsreserved.

EDITORH E RB ERT W . AR MSTRO N G

EXECUTIVE EDITO RGa rne r Ted Armstrong

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Nove mber, 1967 The PLA IN TRUT H

In This Issue:

W hat Our Readers

Soy Inside Front Cover

IH AV E BE EN somewhat amused at aclipping sent me containing an arti­cle concerning myself in the Catho­

lic Herald, published in England , issueof September 1, 1967.

Frequently clippings are sent me ofhostile, slanderous, defaming attacks,falsely accusing, persecuting, and in­tending to mislead those who are hear­ing and reading God's TRUTH as weproclaim and pub lish it. All suchattacks are ignored. I have neveranswered them.

However, th is short article in theCatholic H erald is different. I would notconsider it either as slanderous or anattack. Obviously it was not intendedto sing my praises. I think the readermight even detect a note of mild sar­casm, although, from the writer's pointof view, obviously di ffering from mine,he may well have intended to writeobjectively.

Actually, he freely admits that myprophecy in May of th is year, (t hatwar would break out between the Arabsand Israelis within about a month)really happened .

He was absolutely correct in part ofhis headline, also, when he referred tothe silence in broadcasting to Britainbeing only temporary ! Only yesterdayI received a long distance call fromParis confirming final arrangements toresume superpower broadcasting tocover the entire British Isles, beginningeither December 1st or January 1st.

However, the complete headline was:"Temporary silence for prophet ofdoom." Now I should like to correct theeditor on that "prophet of doom"phrase.

First, I do not claim to be a prophetat all. Second, I do not preach a messageof DOOM, but diametrically the oppo­site - I proclaim the GOOD News ofthe peaceful, happy, prosperous, utopianW ORLD .TOM ORROW !

W e do poin t out that mankind isdoing its best to bring utter doom on

itself. We do make listeners aware ofthis world's deteriorating conditions­we do cry aloud and show the peopletheir sios ( Isa. 58: I ) .

But we also make plain the CAUSES

- and we proclaim in power that theliving C HR IST whom I serve is very soongoing to intervene in ALM IGHTI' SUPE R·

NATURAL POW ER to SAVE mankind-from itself , and bring us a joyous,glorious and prosperous PEACE!

Our Gospel is a JOYFUL Gospel. Itis a Gospel of HO PE - of INSPlRATION

- of ASSURAN CE for the futu re!Since I do not regard this as perse­

cution or an attack - of which 1 re­ceive many and do not choose to dignifyby answering - I feel our readersmight be interested - and profited ­by reading what this particular articlesaid - along with my comments.

It begins: "W ith the pirate radiostations banned from the air, people inthis country can no longer hear HerbertW. Armstrong 's sword and thunderbroadcasts . . ."

I break off at that point for comment.The ship radio stations which encircledthe British Isles were dubbed by thepress "pi rate radio." But they were inno sense "p irates." A pirate ship is amarauder, a robber on the high seas.Th e owners of these ships did not comeashore and plunder, rob, steal. Theirbroadcasting was NOT ILL EGAL. Theywere not stealing anybody's wavelength. There was no law against them- that is, as long as T he W O RL D To­M ORROW was broadcast by them tomany million eager British listeners.Actually, the ships themselves are notillegal even now - being outsideBritish jur isdiction. What the Britishgovernment did was to make it illegalfor Britons or British institutions tobroadcast over them.

Ambassador College in England isincorporated as a British institution. Assuon as such broadcasting did become

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Personal From the Editor .. . . .

Hurrican e, Tornadoes, FloodsWr eck So uth Texa s 3

The Unfin ished Revolut ion .... 5

Are you " Und er" the Low? . . . 9

Short Qu estion sFrom Our Readers J2

Radio Log 14

Plan ts That Trap Insects-And Evolutionists J7

The Bible Story . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

The A utobiography ofHerbert W. Armstrong . .. . 43

Prophecy Comes Alivein Toda y's W orld News . . . . 48

OUR COVER

Thousands in Ha rlin gen, SouthTexas, were made homeless byflooding - the aftermath of Hurr- i­cane Beulah. Authorities had warnedresidents not to return to thei rhomes un ti l after tor rential rainscoming in the wa ke of Beulah hadsubsided. But man y return ed any­way - and were caugh t in theri sing floo dwaters.

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FLOODS WRECK SOUTH TEXASFirst it was vicious Hurricane Beulah . Then scores of tornadoesco mbined with torrential rains . Finally, the most devasta tingfloods in Texas ' history . WHY did it happen - and what doesit mean? Read the a nswer in this on-the -spot report from our

Texas staff.

Jby Eugene M . Walter

II T IS NOW admitted. One bill ion

doll ars estimated p roperty damage.Hundreds of hom es obliterated by

hurricane winds. T housands more dev­astat ing ly flooded by 10· foot tides,crashing waves and twenty-inch-plusrains - on the heels of a severedrought.

Electrical and comm unications sys­tems "damaged unbelievably." Millionsof dollars' worth of citru s fru it, just inthe beginning stages of harvest,knocked to the ground ; numerous fruittrees uprooted and destroyed. At leastseventy tornadoes (some reports saidmore than 100) spawned in the afte r­

math.

Countless Thousands Hit

At least one million peop le isolatedor immobilized. And 250,000 dr ivenf rom their homes to eme rgency sheltersin T exas alone (to say noth ing of Mex­ico) at the heigh t of Beulah' s fury.

Forty thousand square mi les of land- an area equivalent to the entire stateof Kentucky or larger than the corn­bined area of Scotland and W ales ­virt ually one gigant ic, mars hy lake!

News commentator Porter Randallthus described the disaster : " Hur ricaneBeulah has created a tragedy the like ofwhi ch Texas has never seen before."

Di rector of the National HurricaneCenter in Miami, R. H . Simpso n, ac-

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Floodwater, demolished buildings,to rn-up pa vements as far as the eyecan see - havoc wrough t when Hur­ri can e Beulah un lea shed he r furyon South Texa s and adjoin ingMexico .

knowledged that Beulah was one of th ethree most powe rful hurricanes of thiscentury, and th at her flooding WtU thewont in hillory ever cawed by a hurri­cane.

Officials of the O ffice of EmergencyPlann ing said th at the sheltering andfeeding of the refugees was "probablythe greatest rescue ope ration for a nat­ural disaster in history."

Beul ah 's Destruct ive Arrival

For more than two weeks Beulah hadbeen building up steam in the Carib­bean - wreaking havoc and deathwhe rever she touched land . T hen onthe morn ing of September 20 sheripped int o South Texas near the U.S.~

Mexican border in the general area ofBrownsville.

Port Isabel, a coastal resort communi­ty of 5,000, was in the d irect line ofBeulah' s 160·mile-per.hou r fury. Allbut five or six of the residents hadevacuated - and it was a goo d thing.Port Isabel was mostly a heap ofwreckage when Beulah left.

Erratic Beulah next headed inlandtoward the north west. She slammed intothe northern edge of the rich RioGrande Valley and savage ly attackedthe citru s orchards.

By late evening Beulah had workedherself inland over ranch country andwas beginning to lose her pun ch.

But the worst was yet to corne.

The M orning After

As soon as it was light the nextmorni ng (Thursday), Pl.A IN T RUTHstaff membe rs began a survey of the

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Schnee , Kubik _ Ambouodor College

New Comecon Build ing (opp osite lunder co nstruction in Moscow isnam ed after Cou ncil of Mutua lEcon omic Assistance , the Soviet­sponsored Ea st European counter­part of the Common Market. Be low,Soviet planners e xhibit impressiverocket a t Pari s Air Sho w. Musco vites,le ft, dress in nearly up-to-dote West­ern styles - one of the few rewa rdsfor fifty yea rs of arduous labor.

THE UNFINI HEDREVOLUTI N

After 50 years of Communism,what is life reall y like in theUSSR? To bring our readers thetruth a bout life und er Com­mun ism, we begin, with this issue,a series of spectacular eye­witness reports on the So viet

Union.

by Herman l. Hoeh

Mos cow. USSR

I H AV E J UST returned to Moscowfrom Soviet Central Asia. What isoccurring here would shock \Vest

Europeans and Americans - if theyknew!

But the West is asleep -lulled by aprosperity unknown to the vast majorityof Soviet citizens.

Fifty Bleak Years

This year - 1967 - the USSR hasthrown open its doors to tourism. Itwants the West to see the accomplish­ments of 50 years of Communism.

We have traveled over 8,500 milesin the USSR. W e have visited with col­lective farmers and medical doctors, andbeen invited into private homes on themost unexpected occasions. W e photo­graphed freely - well, almost, that is !

Missing are the store windows richin consumer goods, the well-dressedbusinessmen, the freeways crowded with

Neon lights adorn Moscow 's Cen tralTelegraph for Revolution Day,Nove mber 7. Unlike in Ame rica,where neon sign s are devotedprima rily to commercia l use, USSRneon light ing is used to promotethe Com munist Pa rty, its goa ls a ndna tiona l ho lidays.

Novod i (fopl , Kub ik - Ambassador ColI,g,

Propa gan da sign in Bukhara, UzbekSSR, left, proclaims peace in tenlan guages to impress tourists visitingthe Soviet Union . Red sign underarch of g igant ic free market inErivan , Armen ia n SSR, announcesf iftieth anniversary of Commun istRevolution . Thousa nds of Armeniansfled to Soviet Union after WorldWar I to escape Turkish persecution.

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workers' cars so familiar to westerneyes. Life here is termed drab by mostAmerican visitors. But one thing isbeing overlooked !

It is more important than all the con­sumer goods, and fine homes, the nightlife and pleasures of the W est. Thatsomething is a national sense of purpose- a mission in life - a goal. Th at goalis the completion of the world revolutionbegun November 7, 1917.

The Importance of a Goal

The first law of success is the pas·session of a goal.

Today, Britons have lost their na­tional sense of purpose. And the goalof most Americans is the enjoymentof the pleasures money can buy. Th ereis no real mission in life. Whatevernational sense of purpose there may beleft is being eroded away by selfishness.

But here in the USSR there is a na­t ional sense of purpose - a goal - amission in life. It is a fright ening goal.It calls for the continued building ofCommunism within the Soviet Union,and the spread of atheistic Communismby world revolution abroad.

Millions of Soviet citizens - educatedto believe in Communism - are willingto sacrifice for this goal, to go withoutthat the industrial and military might ofthe USSR can be increased. Thi s senseof purpose has been a primary cause incatapulting the USSR in 50 short years

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to the rank of number two nation in theworld.

Everywhere we have traveled in theSoviet Union - whether III CentralAsia, the Caucasus or European Russia- red banners proclaim the importanceof the big Soviet goal - world revolu­tion. To achieve it, every collective farm,every state farm has its own local goalassigned . Every factory has its quota .Every citizen his or her duty.

Slogans proclaiming the fiftieth anni­versary of the Bolshevik Revolution andthe goal of world Communism aresplashed in every city and village. Onhydroelectric power stations and fac­tories, on bridges and at airports . Onpublic buildings and apartment dwell­ings and in the schools. They fill theairwaves and cover book counters.

Only the elderly - especially In theUkraine - seem openly bored.

USSR Builds for a Purp ose

It is commonly reported today inWeste rn magazines that Soviet youth isuninterested in building Communism.That they "couldn't care less" about therevolution. W estern styles in music, inart and dress are interpreted as telltaleSIgns.

Don' t you believe it !Whatever the Soviet citizen is per·

mitred since the death of Stalin andouster of Khrushchev is the result ofdecisions from above. It is all in accor-

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dance with the overall plan of the Com­muni st Party. Thi s year is the fiftiethanni versary of the unfinished 19 17 revo­lution. Thi s year- 1967 - is the logi­cal year for Soviet citizens to enjoy someof the approved f ruits of their long,arduous labors.

What is overlooked is the fact thatthree gene rations of Soviet citizens havebeen educated under Commu nism. Theyare indoctrinated with the idea that theCommunist Party has their welfare al­ways in mind , that it is always right.Individuals may err, but not the Party.If the Party chooses to allow limitedW estern styles in art, music, d ress andliterature, this does not mean the Partyhas suddenly abandoned its goals. Orthat Soviet youth has shelved its revolu­tionary zeal. Rather, the Soviet system,in permitting these new ideas, is fur­thering its goals.

Soviet leaders, after the death ofStalin, realized that the Communist goalof world revolu tion could be achievedmore readily by gran t ing limited free­dom for individual expression withinthe collective Soviet framework.

A member of the Communist Partypersonally told me. as we sat together ina restaurant in Erivan, capita l of theArmenia SSR: "Stalin d id many terriblethings." But this young man is still adedicated communist. He is quite willingto accept W estern ideas so long as theyconfo rm with Party doctri ne. But heremains a revolut ionary. He accepts onlythose cultu ral ideas from the West thatenable him to serve his Party better.

I have every reason to believe he issincere - yet sincerely wrong . But heknows no other way. He has been edu­cated to believe in atheistic Communism.Commun ism is for him a faith .

Western write rs are too often un­aware that Communism appeals to faith ,faith in the power of MAN to changethis world]

W hat does the United States send

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Uniformed chi ld re n - memb ers ofthe Young Pio neers, the Co mmunistPo rty 's ch ildren's orga nization ­look on as Pla;n Truth correspon­dents visited their ca mp outsideVolgograd.

Are YOU "Under" the LAW?Biblical IGNORANCE is the hallmark of our times! Millions ofprofessing Christians know virtually NOTHING about theBible . Millions understand LITTLE of the " spiritua l" soundingphrases they hear from pulpits. Here, in SIMPLE language atlast , are the Bible answers to some of the most puzzling andim portant questions to your life! Here is the TRUTH about

YOU and the LAW of God.

by Garner Ted Armstrong

YOU ' RE living in a lawless world!As never before, yOll see violence,lawbreaki ng, flou ting of au­

thority - the world over ! T here is nomore obvious feeling g rippi ng the heartsof men today than that of rebel/ionagainst the LA\'( f!

Why?-What is it in human nature that

makes us resen t order and authority?If"hy do all hum ans have inn er com­pulsions to break the law ? W hy is itvast percentages of people cheer fully ad­mit they have, at one time or anotherin their lives, broken laws of sufficientimportance to have landed them in jail ?

Flouting of the law is like a game, aholiday atmosp here of fun and fro licto whole segments of our populationstoday.

No wonder, then, peopl e are eager tobel ieve G od is " dead " - that Hi s leu ­

is done away. Million s of professingCh rist ians literally RESENT the laws ofGod. Millions believe they need payno attention whatever to the Ten Com­mandments - that there are no ORDERSto be followed. no OBEDIENCE requ iredof Chr istians, no WORKS involved intheir Christian lives !

T he Fatal MISTAKE MillionsAre Making!

It' s time you saw, with you r owneyes, from the pages of )'ollr o wn

Bible the plaio TRUTH about God'slaws - and YOUR relationship to them!

First - why is it "religious" termsalways seem to sound CONFUSING topeople? You've probably heard me men­tion, on The W ORLD T OMORROWprogram, how it seems many peop learc not tru ly "s atisfied" with their re-

ligion unless it sounds so vague andmeaningle ss, JO " mysterious" and so

couched in " pseudo-sanctimonious" and"spiritual" terms that it loses cand idMEANI NG to them.

The very MOMENT the terms " law"or "g race" are menti oned to MANY pro­fessing Ch ristians they are almost AUTO­MATICALLY confused.

But WHY?Simply because th ey have been FED­

yes, sroox-Fcd a g reat deal of CON­FUSiON on the sub ject! But let' s 1101 beconfused ! Let' s come to understa nd !

\'<'hat do you mean. GRACE? Let' s de­cide, at th e outs et of thi s di scussion, toKNOW WHAT WE MEA N by d ifferentter ms. G race, as it is clearly set forthin your d ictionary , and in your Bible ,has a FAR DI FFERENT MEANING thanthat wh ich is del iberately PUT upon it by

many false min iste rs in thi s world.

Just What Is Grace?

What does the wo rd "g race" mea n to

you?Does it imp ly PERMISSION TO SIN ?

" Certa in ly not !" you might answer!\'Vell, then - does it mean you DO NOTHAVE TO KEEP GOD'S I.AWS? " O FCOURSE!" many would immed iately

reply 'But wait a minu te! What IS sin ?

"Sin IS, the Bihle answe rs. " r urTRANSGRESSION OF TIlE LAW" (I John3:4) . W ei!, then - if that's what sinIS- if sin IS the BREAKING OF GOD"SLA\'C'S, SIN is, then , FAILING TO KEEPGOD'S LAWS !

\'VeIl. th en - IF THAT IS TRUE ­and your Bible SAYS it is - and IF"g race" mean s you DO NOT HAVE TOOBEY GOD'S LAW - then does not

"grace" mean to many of you that youmay SIN ?

" O F COURSE NOT!" you might an­swer - but then - isn 't it all a little

CONFUSING?It certainly is ! Satan and his mini s­

ters ( II Cor. 11:1 3 ) have CONFUSEDthe mean ing of g race in most men 'sminds! This whole world, accord ing to)'0"" Bible, has been DECEIVED (Rev,12:9; 20:3) .

Ju st what, then , IS grace ?G race IS, accord ing to Jf7ebster'.f New

Collegiate D ictionary, " Favor, kindness,MERCY, etc.,' and, the ecclesiasticalusage, " DIVINE MERCYOR FORGIVENESS" !

Yes - th at' s just it ! G race is FOR­GIVENESS! G race is MERCY! Grace isPARDON!

But forgiveness of u-bat ? W hy, whatIS a Ch ristian , bu t one who has,

th rough the shed blood of Jesus Christ,obtained MER CY and PARDO N from hispast sins? It is th rough the blood ofJesus Ch rist we mus t obtain GRACE!Chris t di ed , then, to show GRACE to­ward us - d idn't He ?

" O f course," you would answe r.W ell, if tbis is true, and the Biblecertain ly SAYS it is - then may we goon sinning afte r Christ has show n usGRACE?

Let' s let the BIBLE answer - NOTthe ideas of men !

Pau l was insp ired to write, "W hatthen? Shall we SIN [that is, shall weBREAK ANY ONE OF GOD'S TEN COM­MANDMENTS] because we are not underthe law, bu t under g race? God forbid !"( Rom. 6:15.) Th ere is the BIBLEanswer ! Paul plainl y reveals that wemust not th ink we may SIN, that we canignore, or live cont rary to Go d 's Ten

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Commandments, just because God hasshown us some at H is great MERCY !

\X'HY did God have to show us His;\IERCY ? \'<'hy did w e N E ED " CiRACE"?

God answers, "W herefo re, as by oneman sin ente red into the wo rld , anddeath by sin; and su death passed uponall men, for that till bare sinned /"( Rom. 5: 12. )

Yes - every human being has BRO·

KEN God's HOLY LA\X'S, the Ten Com­ma ndments ! Remember, it is the break ­ing of these leurs, as they are appliedill principle, and as they are "hlguifiedby Ch rist in His teach ings, that (S SIN

( I John 3:4).Every human being has, because of

h is very IIdtlt/'(: of basic hostility to­ward God 's laws ( Rom. 8 :7) beenconvicted of God 's law as guilty ofSIN! T he peua//)' of sin is DEAT H (Rom.6 :23) . Chri st DIED in orde r to ER ASE

O UR PAST SINS ! (Rom . 5 :8.)

TH AT IS WHAT GRACE IS! It is theunlimi ted mercy of our God - the un­earned, unmerited PAR DON of our God ,when we tota lly repent of our past

sins!Notice it ! " In whom [ Christ] we

have red em ption through Hi s blood,the [orgioeness of sins. accord ing to th eriches of H IS GRACE!" ( Eph. 1:7.)

G race, then, is Goo 's loving willing­ness to forgive us of our past sinsI

T he M odern D ecept ion

Even befo re the dose of the NewTestament canon, Almighty Go d in­spi red Jude to write , " Beloved, when Igave all dili gence to write unto youof the com mon sal t-atio n, it was needfulfor me to wri te unto you, and exhortyou th at you should earnestly contendfor the [aitb whic h was once delirere d

unto the sain ts. For there are certain

'me n crept in m ratoares, who were be­fore of o ld orda ined to this condemna­tio n, un godl y men , tllming tb e grace of0" " G od i1110 lascirious ness, and deny ­ing the only Lord God , and our LordJesus Chr ist" (Jude 3, 4) . The actualHISTORY of wha t hap pened from thattime to thi s is now avail ab le! Remark­able , alm ost unbel ievabl e discoveriesare rapidl y being made which amplyPROVE that, trn e to th e prophecies of)'0"1" Bible, certain men DID creep in"unawares" - men who DE LI BE RATELY,

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with planned forethought , att empte-d toundermine th e pure truth of God whi chW iIS once del ivered to the saints.

T his, remember, was a pro phecy ofmany centu ries ago ! Jude wen t on todescribe these men as those who had abasic resentment and hostility towardall govern ment, and the symbols ofgovernment , tbose in (l/(thorit)'f " Like­

wise also the se filthy dreame rs defile theflesh, DESPISE DOi\UNION, and speak

etil of digllili,, !" (Jude 8.)

\'<fhat IS in the minds of most pro­fessing Christians concerning their rela ­tionsh ip to God tod ay ?

Basically, it is simply this : they havebecome convinced th at a person sho uldlive a " righteous life! " They have be­come conv inced tha t they have been"si nners" - wh ich lIJlld l/y m eans per­sons \....110 have lived "nnrigbteous lives,To most, an " unrigh teous life" me relymeans having various "worldly" habitsand in terests, perhaps att ending motionpicture theat res, dancing, d rinking , or

phtying cards. It may even in volve thevarious mod es and styles of appa rel.There arc dozens of differen t categories

in the mind s of me n as to wha t actua llycons titu tes SIN! But whether it involvesvar ious of the se habits, indulgences, or"worldly acts" - most professingChristians would sa}· that conversion, tothem, means " living for God ." It meansliving a "good" lif e, rath er tha n an"evil" life. It means to think "good"thoughts, rather than thinki ng "evil"thoughts. In a sor t of vague, nebulousway, most p rofessing Chr ist ians realizethere must be a certain ch,mxe in theirlives when they " repe nt" or receive, oraccep t Christ .

To most - GRACE is tbe STATE of aChris/ian ubo is "/il'ing for God !"GRACE has come to falsely mean , to!JJf) Jt professing Christ ians, a CONDI­TiON of the INI1I VIDUAL, rather than aQ UALITY of Go d !

In ot he r words, instead of under­stand ing th e true meaning of the wordxr,zce as revealed in J0/( r Bible, MANY ofyou have come to feel that GRAC E ismerely a Bibli cal term which vaguelymeans the Chri stian is in a "sa ved "condition ! It means that God h:15smiled on the indi vidual, "chosen "him, put him " under grace" and madehim a " Christian."

November, 1967

How have '{OU thought about it?H ave you ever really been clear on

the sub ject? Have you ever been ableto really track don-n, in your own Bible,yuur beliefs regard ing your prese ntstatc ? H ave you ever rea lly prored, inyour OII 'J! Hib!r: , the true meani ng ­that is, the BIBLE meaning - of SIN?

Let' s clear the air ! Let' s not be con­fus ed! Let' s come to understand!

\V'hat Repentance Is

"R EPENT y [ therefore, and be con­

rerted l" ( Acts 3: 19 ), said the apostlePeter . T o be converted means to beCHANG ED!

T his change of wh ich the Biblespeaks is [ar from a nebu lous or vagu esort of change. It is a very definitelydesc ribed change, a complete and to talchange, a chang e that God requ ires inevery facet of your individual lives!Jesus said, " Except you REPENT, yeshall all likewise perish!" ( Luke 13:3,s. )

To repent mea ns to be deeply brokenup and JO lT)' over having SINNED! Petercontinued, as you read in Acts 3:19," .. . and be converted, that your SINSmay be blotted out, when the times ofrefreshing sha ll come from the pres enceof the Lord ."

Surel y everyon e of you knows thatJesus Chri st died for the express pur ­pose of taking upon H imself 0 /(1' sins ?

Surely you all know, as a matter ofbasic, pr actical, Biblical FACT, that theSINNER must call up on Almighty Godto apply the sacrifice of Jesus Christ inorder to FORGIVE his sins?

David , experiencing the real depths ofrepentance, cried out, "Have me rcy upo nme, Oh G od , accord ing to thy loving­kindness, accord ing unto the multitudeof thy tender mercies ULOT OUT mytransgress ions .

" W ash me thoroughly f rom my in i­quity, and cleanse me from m ), sin I"( 1'5, 51: 1,2.)

D avid was call ing for the MERCY ofGod. H e was plead ing with God to ex­tend GRACE because of his past sins .Later, David said, "Oh how love 1 thylaw ! It is my meditation all the day "( Ps. 119 :97 ) ,

\X'hen you RE PENT - you repent ofhaving SINNED ! And to repent from sinmeans not only to be totally broken up

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and sorry over hal/inK sinned - itmeans to come to a deep resolve anddetermination, with the help of God 'sHoly Spirit , NOT TO SIN AGAIN !

Ne ver forget - what is sin ? "Sin IS

the transgression of the law" ( I John3 :4 ) .

\'(:tH EN you have totally repented andbeen f orgi ven , then God says "Let notsin therefore reign in your mortal body.that you should obey it in the lustthereof. N either yield ye your membersas instruments of unrighteousness untosin, but yield yoursel f unt o God . .. forsin shall not hat'e dominion Ol'er )'011,

for you are not under the law but underGRACE" (Rom. 6 :12· 14 ).

Do you see? A repentant person is aperson who has been SO RRY that he hassinned ! 111at means he is totally con­victed of having broken God's law, issorry that he has brok en God 's law, andhas now determined, with God 's help,never to break God's law again !

Paul goes on to answer a questionwh ich might immed iately arise in theminds of some who do not K N OW themeaning of the term "g race." He says,in the scripture immediately f ollowingthe one you just read, "What then ?Shall w e SIN because we are not underthe law, but und er grace ? God forb id !"( Rom. 6: 15. )

Can yO ll now really begin to see?

W hen your Bible speaks of being"under the law ," it means, by its verycontext, unJer the " PENA LTY OF" thelaw! - oat obedience to the law. Toobey the law is to be "within thelaw." T o sin - disobey - is to become"under the law."

How Sin ners Are J ustified !

Another very import ant clarificationof terms is to come to und erstand themeanin g of the word " justified ."

\X!hy is it that maoy of you have notreally KNOWN the plain trut h about suchterms as "grace," "j ustification," "sancti­fication ," " redemption," "conversion,""ded ication," "confirmation," and ot hersuch "theological-sounding " terms ?

Simp ly because there has been aGREAT CONS PIRACY to del iberately CON ­

FUSE these terms in the minds of peop le- keeping the p recious tru th of Al­mighty God about the most impo rtant

Th e PLAIN TRUTH

subj ect in yuur life - that of yourpersonal SALVAT ION - obscured behindspiri tual drunken ness!

To many peop le, JUSTIFICATION

means vague ly the same thi ng "g race"has meant to so many thousands of de­ceived persons , It means, to many de­ceived ones, a "condition" PERM ANENT­

LY attributed to a Christian .Many people th ink once a person is

" justified" he is "MADE RIGHT" fromthen on ! But thi s is simply untrue.

Again, let' s go to the on ly SOU RCE

to understand these all-important points.

" For not the hearers of the law arejust before God, but the d oers of tbe

lato SH ALL DE justified " (Rom. 2:1 3 ) .

But how could th is be ? Simple. It isjust as Alm ighty God says. It is onlythose who not only hear, but actuallyDO and PERFORM the laws of AlmightyGod , just as Jesus said the)' sbonld inthe Sermon on the Moun t ( Mat.5: 19 ) who sbell be justified!

I have heard my father , Mr. HerbertW . Armstrong, say many tim es, "Godwill not save a single person he cannotGOVERN!" W h ile the re is no scripturewhich says these words directly - thereare many scrip tures which up hold thisbasic principle by direct inferen ce. T heone fO U have just read is a very goodexample. T hose who have now come tostand in awe and in fear of the holyLAW S of God , and do now realize theyhave been convicted of sins in the sightof those laws, have now become tota llyREPENT..... N T of having brok en thoselaws, shall BE - as a result of theirrepentance - justified!

Justification is not a permanent "co n­di tion" of a Christian. It has to do withthe removal and the forgiven ess of past

Kllilt .

Justi fied by LAW ?

God plainly says that the works ofthe law, the works and the deeds of thelaw - an)' laus - whether the TenComm andments or ANY OT HER law, willnot illStify anyone.' "Th erefore we con­clude that a man is justified by faithwithout the deeds of the law" (Rom.3 :28).

O f course ! God did not say in Ro­mans 2: 13 that it is by the doing ofthe law tha t ind ividua ls can be justified.He merely said that those who are trill-

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iug to DO His holy laws, are those whoare now eligible for such justification !

J ustification comes as God 's free lov­ing g ift, thro ugh the qu ality of Godwhich is called "grace."

N otice it "being justified freely BY

HIS GRACE th rough the redem ption thatis in Chri st Jesus" (Rom. 3:24) .

But neith er justification nor g race area "condition" of a Christian which shallbe perpetually att ributed to him . T heapostle Paul , foreseeing this confusionand deli berate conspiracy to obliteratethe plain truth of this simple doct rine,went on to say "whom God hath setforth to be a propitiation through faithin His blood, to declare H is righteous­ness for the REMI SSiO N OF SINS TH AT

ARE PAST thro ugh the fo rbearance[ grace] of God " ( Rom. 3:25 ).

Could anything be plaine r? GRACE isnot a PERMANENT "cond ition" of aChristian , but is a qua lity of Almight)'God, expressed tou-ard a repentant sin­ner who now realizes his gu ilt befo reGod's law, and now wants, with all hisheart , soul and mind , to OBEY God'slaws and pr inciples!

Justification is Hoi a permanent "con­dnlon" of a Ch ristian, but is the imme­diate condition at the exact TH.IE ofhis total repentance and surrender toGod; that is, justification is the " CON ­

DITIO N " of the newly repentant sinnerwhich is the RESU LT of God 's grace!

Ne ither grace nor justification comesBY the works of God's lavv. TIltT do notcome by obed ience to God 's law, or to111l)' other law.

Rather, your Bible plainl), shows, thatGod will extend His unme rited pardon,His GRACE to those who have beentotally RE PE N TANT because they haveDISOB EYED. They have now resolved tobeg in O BEYING! On ce they have madethis resol ve in their minds, God sayssuch persons can BE jllSlified .' OnceAlmighty God ascertains that basic at­titnde of total surrender toward God ,He will now extend H is righteous andmercifu l GRACE toward that sinner, byIO'"Kit'ing him uf all h is past sins !

Now notice an important scriptureyou've probably seen or heard quo tedmany times on th is subject : " For byg race are yc saved through faith; andthat not of yourselves: it - is the gift of

HERE are the Bible answers to

questions which can be answered briefly in a short space. Send in yourquestions. While w e ca nnot promise that all questions will find space

for answer in this department, we shall try to answer all that are vital

and in the g en e ra l interest of our readers.

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God: not of works, lest any man shouldboast."

T his is where most theologians alwaysend the quotation. But let' s read till ofit. " For we are his u-orkmonsb ip, createdin Chr ist Jesus [ the " new man" as aresult of God 's Holy Spir it] UNTO

GOOD WORKS, whi ch Go d hath beforeorda ined that we shou ld WAL K inthem! " ( Eph. 2:8- 10.)

Of course ! W e are the handiwork ofGod, created as new creatures, once wehave been converted, " in Chr ist Jesus"fo r the express purpose of LIVIN G by

every word of God ! Living by everyword of God means living in OBE DIENCE

to God's laws. It means living in hu­rnility. It means living a "good " life ­but Almigh ty God is the One who tellsus what a "good" life is !

He tells us by the perfect example ofthe life of Jesus Christ ! Jesus ChristOBEYED, PERFECTLY, all His Father'scommandments !

Peter says, " . . . because Ch rist alsosuffered for us, leaving IIi an examp le,that yc shou ld follow Hi s steps, wh od id N O SIN, neith er was guile fou nd inHis mouth" ( I Peter 2:21-22) .

Did you notice it ? Jesus Christ, bydoing NO sin, DlD obey all of God'sTen Commandments. He set you, and

He set me, an example! Are you willing

to fOLLOW His examp le ?

Go d's Law Must Be O BEYE D!

The PLAIN TR UTH

to the scripture, 'Thou shalt love thyneighbor as thyself,' ye do well, but ifye have respect to persons ye CO M MIT

SIN, and are convinced of th e law astransgressors . For whosoever shall keepthe whole Iau-, and yet offend In onepoin t, he is GUII.TY of ALL! " (James2 :8-10. )

"And hereby do we know tha t weknow Him, if we kee p H iJ com mand ­ments , He that saith, 'I know H im,'and kcepeth n o! H is comma ndments, isa liar, and the truth is not in him "( I John 2:3 -4) .

Finall y, read the definite descriptionof the end -time remnant of God's tme

Church at the precise m om ent of theirpersecut ion in the wilderness, just im-

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med iately prior to the second coming ofChrist!

" And the dragon was wroth with th ewoman, and went to make war with theremnant of her seed, If/HICH K EEPT HE COM ,\IANDMEN TS 0 1' GOD ,/ IND H A VE THE TESTIMONY OFf IlSUS CH 1?lSTf" ( Rev. 12:1 7.)

Can you now come to see ? T he trulyconverted Christian is living W IT HI N

God's law, and has expe rienced God 'sloving GRA CE in being g rante d forgive­ness for his p (lJ! transvressions of God'slaw.

May God help you to come to see ,in you I' OW1l Bible, these plain tru ths.Be honest with yosrset], W hat will you0 0 about it ?

FROM OUR READERS

Now read these plain scriptures, and

come to your own pr ivate dec ision as

to what you shall do with them. Jesus

said plainly, ".. . but if you will enterinto life, K EEP T H E CO M MANDME N TS !"

(Mat. 19 :17.) Paul wrote, "whereforethe law is holy, and the commandments

holy and just and good" (Rom.7 :12) . Paul went on to say, " For we

know tha t the law is SPIRITU AL, bu t I

am carnal, sold 'under sin .. . if th en I

do that wh ich I would not, I consent

un to the law, th at it is good" ( verses

14 and 16). " For 1 delight in the lau .

of God after the inward man" (verse

22). " I thank God through Jesus Christour Lord . So then with the mind I

myself SERVE the law of God; but with

the flesh the law of sin" (verse 25)." If you fulfill the royal law according

• "What wa s Cain's mark men­tioned in the book of Genesis ?"

B. G., Kansas

This enigmatic question Iu s puzzledtheologia ns for thousands of years.

The wurd "ma rk" in Genesis 4 :1') inthe King James Version of the Bible isa translation of the Hebrew word ow/h.

According to Strong's Exbamtire Con­cordance of the Bible, the Hebrew wordou-tb may be rendered " mark," or "s ig­nal , flag, monument, sign, or beacon."

The oictb - mark or sign - thatGod made for Cain could have beensomething to carry on his person, per­haps arou nd his neck - from whichthe ancient and modern custom of wear­ing a charm or talisman fo r protectionmay be derived . Is it not possib lethat Cain or his descend ants may have

begun to look upon this sign - whichmay have been in the form of a crOJJ ­

as a "good luck" charm and tu rned itinto an item of idola trous worship ?(Compare N um. 2 1:4-9 with II Kin gs18 :4 for a simil ar example.') Thevarious forms of the cross are of paganorigin and go back to earliest antiq uity.

Th e Hebrew word on -tb could alsoindicate even a boundar)' marke r thatGod set up to separate or segregate Cainand his descend ants from the rest ofmankind . Genesis 4 : 12 shows thatGa ll banished Cain to the land of Nod- mea ning land of "wande ring " - easto f Eden or Palestine.

Th e [en-ish Publication Society trans­lation rende rs Genesis 4 :15, " And theLord said unto him [Cain] : 'T hereforewhosoever slayeth Cain, vengea nce shallbe taken on him seven fold.' And the

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Lord set a sign FOR Cain. lest anyfinding him should smite him." Th eoriginal Hebrew conveys both meanings-- a mark on the person of Cain, or asign set up for him to segregate himfrom others.

Some have thought that Cain's markinvolved skin color. Cain's mark wasNOT the chang ing of his skin color assome suppose. Cain, in accordance withcertain West Af rican traditions, maywell have been dark, but his sin wasa matter of character, not of heredity.

God created ALL races - white,yellow and black, to serve and glorifyHim with their own particular abilities.Racial differences are not due to the"mark of Cain." God originally plannedthat humanity be divid ed into variousraces so that they might learn to liveand work together in their own respec­tive heritages around the world .

• "Some claim that the Bible isno t scienti fic- and , as proof, theyq uote Genesis 2:5-6. They cla imth is scripture says th ere was norain on the earth fro m the timeof Ada m to N oah . Is th is whatGenesis 2:5-6 really mean s?"

E. G. R.• Pennsylvan ia

Their claim is false. T here is nothingunscientific about the Bible.

Genesis - the first book of the OldTestament - answers basic questionsabout origins. Genesis means "begin­ning" or "orig in." The first chapter ofGenesis tells us of the origin of rain ­who caused it - how it happens. Itmakes plain that it did rain on earthbetween Adam and Noa h.

Note, too, that the second chapte r ofGenesis fills in various details of there-creation account that the first chap­ter leaves out. When both chapters aretaken together , they complement andmutually amplify each other.

With this in mind , observe whatGenesis 2 :5-6 actually says: "No shrubof the field was YET in the earth . and0 0 herb of the field had Y ET sprung up;for the LORD God had not caused itto rain upon the earth , and there wasnot a man to till the ground; but thereWENT UP a mist FROM the earth. andwatered the whole face of the ground "(J t'wiJh Translation) .

Now consider these facts :

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(1) T he Lord God CAUSES raio ­He set laws in motion to bring it about.T here could be no rain if God had notset laws in motion to produ ce it. Theevolutionary idea that weather "hap­pened" without the forethought of theSupreme God is nonsense !

(2 ) Most importan t, Genesis 2: 6does NOT say that the mist DESC.E NDEDUPON the eart h, as most assume. It saysthat a mist WENT UP FROM the eart h!

( 3) Genesis 2:5-6 is speaking of atime PRIOR To -not after- the thi rdda), of re-creation week. N otice theproof. Th e mist ascended from theearth befo re any shrubs or herbsappeared. Genesis 1:11-13 shows thatthe types of vegetation on earth todaywere not created until the THI RD day.Th e mist that ascended bef ore the th irdday was needed to prepare the soil forplant life on that day. Th e mist as­cended according to the laws of evap­oration, became clouds, descended asrain, and readied the land for vege·tarion.

Genesis 2 :5-6 tells us WilD is theO rig inator or Maker of weather orclimat e. It tells liS about the beginningof climate for the age of man. God isthe Beginner or O rig inator of a pro­cess set in motion before the third dayof creation week that waters the faceof the entire world . Thi s process isstill in effect today ! It is commonknowledge that clouds are formed bythe condensation of trater vapor ormist that has first GONE U P FROM theearth by evaporation. Under certainconditions water droplets form and itreturns to the earth as RAIN or othertypes of precipitation.

T he Bible is not tell ing us aboutsome mysterious or special way Godwatered the earth prior to the Flood.A mere mist without any rain could nothave sustained plan t life over all theearth for the great length of time be­tween Adam and Noah. The Bible isclearly telling us about the beginning ofweather pattern s God thought out towater the soon-to-be-created plant life !

T he little word "yet" is clearly im­plied in the latter port ion of Genesis2:5 as well: " ... For the LORD Godhad not [ that is, not YET] caused it torain upon the earth . . . .' Aft erward it

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d id RAIN when the evaporation-conden­sation-precipitat ion cycle was begun bya g racious God who takes care of Hiscreation and sustains it.

Geology and archaeology also provethere were weather disasters BEFOREthe Flood because of man's disobe­dience. Th ese disasters cannot beaccounted for on the basis of merelya "mist" watering the face of the earth.

Jesus warned: "But as the days ofNoah were, so shall also the coming ofthe Sun of man be" (Mat. 24:37 ).The pre-Flood world exper ienced upsetweather cond itions just as we are in­creasing ly witnessing TODAY !

As in the days of Noa h, before theFlood, the world has once again for­gotten WHO begd11 and cont rols climateand weather. GOD is the Master Weath·erman ! He plainly tells us that HEis its Originator.

It' s time to WAKE UP to this fact andbegin seeking Him and His perfect wayof life !

Wfat- ourREADERS SAY(C ontinued from inside [ront cover}

opinion. THE Best One Prin ted Today!And the ONLY ONE a person can BE­l.IE VE in its ent irety from one cover tothe next!"

Man. Weimar, California

Teen-ager Cracks Down" I have just returned from a trip

during which I entered 10 differentstates. I took along my radio and I wasamazed at how many times 1 heard Mr.Garn er Ted Armstrong speak. I amgrateful beyond words for what youhave done for me. I' m only L7 yearsold . Most of those 17 years I utte rlywasted, spending them on lust andgreed. 1 have just about ruined my en­tire school prog ram. If J had not re­ceived your articles and The PLAIN

T RUTH, I would have failed my juniorhigh school g rade.

"Next year I will be a senior. I amgoing to crack down on my schoolwork.If God allows I will attend AmbassadorCollege."

College hopeful, California

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WAAT - T re nton, N . j . - 1300 kc.,9:30 a.m. Sun.• 6 a.m. Me n-Sat .

\, 'EVD -New York- 1330 kc., 97.9FM , 10 p.m. daily.

\XTGLI - Babylon, L. I. - 1290 kc., 7p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m..Mon-Sar.

\X' R:"JX-:":ew York -1380 kc., 9 :15a.m. Sun. (in Spanish) .

\\'\'('OL - Buffalo, N . Y . - 1120 kc.,10 a.m. Sun .• 4 p.m. Sat.

\V HlD - Niagara Fall s, N. Y. ­1270 kc., 6 a .m . Mon-Fr i.

\V FAS - \Vh ite P la ins , N . Y. - 1230kc., 103.9 FM , 9 p.m. dai ly.

\'('\"(' NH - Rochester, N . H. - 9 30 kc.,9 :05 a.m. Sun., 7:05 p.m. Mon-Sar.

\VD EV - warerbcrv. Vt. - 550 kc., 8p.m . Sun., 6:30 p.m. Men-Sat .

W POR - Portl and. Me. - 1490 kc., 9a.m. Sun.

WCOU - l ewis ton, Me. - 1240 kc.,9 :30 p.m. Su n.

*\'V'RYT - Boston - 950 kc., 12 noonSun., 12:30 p.m. Mon.-Sa t.

\VBET - Brockton. Mass. - 1460 kc. ,7:05 p.m. dail y.

WMAS - Sprin,gfield, Mass. - 1450kc., 94.7 FM , 8:3 0 p.m. Sun.

WACE - Chic opee, Mass. - 730 kc.,12:30 p.m . Sun., 7 a.m. Mon .-Sa t.

W EIM - Fi tchbu rg. Mass. - 1280 kc.,8:30 p.m. Sun.

\VI -IMP - Northa mpton, Mass . - 1400kc.• 8:30 p.m. Sun.

WA RE - Ware, "lass. - 1250 kc., 8:30p.m . Sun.

\'('jAR - Providence. R. I. - 920 kc.,6:30 p .m. Sat . & Sun ., 8:30 p.m.." tna .· h i.

WNLC -New London . Conn. - 1510kc., 8: 30 p.m . Sun.

Central

\V SPD - Toledu, Ohio - 1370 kc.,9 p.m. Su n., 9 :05 p.m. Me n-Sat.

WSLR -Akro n, Ohio- 1350 kc., 7p.ru. dai ly.

W FMj - Yo ung sto wn, Ohio - 1390kc.! 10:30 p .m. Sun., 7 p.m . M on.,Fr i., 7:05 p.m . Sat .

WBNS - Co lu mbus, Ohio - 1460 kc8 :30 p.m. da ily. .,

\VBRj - Marietta, Oh io - 9 10 kc.,12:30 p.m, dai ly.

WjBK - Detroit -1 500 kc., 5:30 a.m.Moo.-Sar.

WBCK - Battl e Creek, M ich. - 930kc., 12:30 p. m. Sat., Sun., 7 p.rn .Mon .-Fri.

WIDG - St. Ign ace, Mich. - 940 kc.,12:10 p .m. dail y.

KR VN - Lexington , N eb r. - 1010 kc.,10 :30 a. rn. Sun ., 3 p.m . Men-Sat.

KJ\Il\1j - G rand Island, N ebr. - 750kc., 4 p.m. daily.

\'V'NAX- Yankto n, 5, Dak. - 570 kc.,7:30 p.m. dail y.

KF GO - Fargo, N. Dak. - 790 kc.,7:05 p.m . daily,

WEAW - Ch icago - 1330 kc., 9 :30a.m. Sun., 8 a.m . M on .-Fri ., 7:30a.m. Sat.• 12 noon daily ( 105.1 FM,8 p.m. Sun., 7 a.m. Mon-Sat.) .

WJOL - Jol iet, III. - 1340 kc., 9 '30p.m. daily.

WIT Y - D anvil le, II I. - 980 kc., 7p.m. da ily.

\l;'\'V'CA - Gary, In d. - 1270 kc., 4p.m . Sun., 6:3 0 p.m. Mon-Sar.

*\V j OB- Hammo nd. Ind. - 1230 kc.,8 p.m. Su n., 9 p.m. Me n-Set.

W XCL - Peoria - 1350 kc., 6:30 p.m.dai ly.

\'V'IBC - Indianapolis - 1070 kc., 10 :30p.rn. Sun.

*KBH S - Ho t Springs, Ark. - 590 kc.,12 noo n daily.

KFVS - Cape Gira rdea u, Mo. - %0kc., 9:1 5 a.m. Sun., 7 a.m. Men-Sa t.

KWTO - Springfield, Mo. - 560 kc.,6 :30 p.m. dall y.

K FEQ - St . j oseph, Mo. - 680 kc., 7p.m. daily.

KUDL - Kansas Cit}', Mo. - 1380 kc.,12:30 p.m. Sun ., 5:50 a.m. Me n-Sat.

KF SB - j opl in, Mo. - 1310 kc.• 6:30p.m. Sat. & Sun. , 12:30 p .m. Mon ..Fri .

\VIB\V - Topeka , Kans. - 580 kc.,9 a.m. Sun., 9 :30 p.m. Mon .-Sat .

KFDI - W ichi ta . Kan s. - 1070 kc., 10a. m. Sun., 10 p.m. Mon .-Sat .

KFH - W ichita, Kans .-1330 kc., 100.3FM, 9:3 0 a.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m. Mon .­Sat.

KBEA - Mi ssion , Kans . - 1480 kc.• 7p.m. dai ly.

KG GF - Co ffey ville, Kans . - 690 kc.,6 p.m. daily.

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November , 1967 ri , PLAIN TRUTH

RADIO LOG

15

KUPK - Garden City, Kans. - 1050kc., 97 .3 FM, 1 p.m. daily.

KXXX - Colby, Kans.- 790 kc., 11:30a.m. Sun. , 6 a.m. Men-Sat.

WMT - Cedar Rapids - 600 kc ., 11:30a.m . Sun.

KMA -Shenandoah, Ia .-960 kc., 8:30p.m. daily.

KGLO -Mason City, Ia . - 1300 kc.,7:30 p.m. Sun ., 6: 30 p.m . M en-Sat.

KQRS - Minneapolis - 1440 kc. , 92 .5FM, 10 a.m. Sun ., 6 :30 a.m. Mon.­Sat .

WEBC-Duluth, Minn.-560 kc., 6:30p.m. dai ly.

WMIL - Milwaukee, Wis. - 1290 kc.,4: 30 p.m. Sun., 7 a.m. Men-Sat.

W NFL - Green Bay - 1440 kc., 5p.m. Sun ., 6:30 p .m. Men-Sat .

WSAU - '\'('ausau, Wis. - 550 kc., 7p.m. Sun., 7:05 p.m. Men-Sat.

W COW - Sparta, Wis. -1 290 kc., 10a.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. Men-Sat.

KF YR - Bismarck, N . Dak. - 550 kc.,7 p.m. daily.

South

KCTA -Corpus Christi, Tex. -l030kc., 2 p.m. Su n., 12:30 p.m. Mon .­Fr i., 4 :30 p.m. Sat.

KEES - G ladewater, Tex. - 1430 kc.,12 noon daily.

KTBB - Tyler, Tex. - 600 kc., 12 no ondaily.

KMAC - San Antonio - 630 kc., 9a.m. Sun ., 7: 15 a.m. Men-Sat.

KTBC - Au stin - 590 kc., 9 :30 a.m .Sun ., 5:30 a.m. Men-Sat .

XE\'Xi'G - El Paso - 1240 kc., 9 a.m .Sun . (in Spanish ).

KTLU - Rusk, Tex. - 1580 kc., 1 p.m .Sun .

KG N C-Amarillo - 710 kc.,9 p .m. daily.K\'Xi'FT - Wichita Falls - 620 kc., 4 :30

p.m . Sun ., 8:30 a.m . Mon.-Sat.KFM] - Tulsa - 1050 kc., 12:30 p.m.

daily.KOM E - Tulsa - 1300 kc., 12:30 p.m.,

10 p.m. daily.KBYE - Oklahoma City - 890 kc.,

10:30 a.m. Sun ., 12:30 p.m. Men-Sat .KXLR - Little Rock - 1150 kc.,

12:30 p.m. dail y.KWAM - M emph is - 990 kc., 10 a.m.

Sun ., 11 a.m. Me n-Sat .WMQM - Mem ph is - 1480 kc., 1 p.m.

Sun. , 6 :25 a. m. Men-Sat .WHBQ - Memphis - 560 kc., 9 a.m.

Sun .W SHO - N ew Orleans - 800 kc., 12

noon Sun ., 12:30 p.m. Men-Sat .WDEF - Chattanooga - 1370 kc., 92.3

FM , 7:30 p.m. dail y.W BRC - Birm ingh am - 960 kc., 106.9

FM. 6 :30 p.m. dail y.WA AX -Gadsden, Al a. -570 kc., 12

noon Sun., 12:30 p.rn. Men-Sat .WCOV-Montgom ery -1170 kc., 6:30

p.m. dail y.WMEN - Ta lla ha ssee-1330 kc., 10:30

a.m. Sun., 8 a.m. Mon-Sar.WFLA - Tampa - 970 kc., 7:05 p.m.

dai ly.WINZ -Miami - 940 kc., 9:3 0 p.m.

dail y.WGBS-Miam i - 710 kc., 9 a.m. Sun .\"V'FAB - Mi am i - 990 kc., 9 a .m. Sun .

( in Spanish) .WFIV - Ki ssimme e, Fla. - 1080 kc.,

9 a.m. Sun ., .6:05 a.m. Men-Sat.

"The WORLD TOMORROW"

WZOK - Jacksonville, Fla. - 1320kc., 12:30 & 11:30 p .m. daily.

W'EAS - Savannah, Ga . - 900 kc., 12noon da ily.

WKYX - Paducah, Ky . - 570 kc., 93.3FM, 12:30 p.m. daily.

Mounra ln State s

KPHO -Phoenix -910 kc., 6: 35 p.m.daily.

KOY - Phoenix - 550 kc., 7:30 p.m.Sun ., 8 p.m. Mon.-Sat .

KCUB - T ucson - 1290 kc., 9:30 a.m .Sun., 6 a.m. Mon.-Fri ., 7 a.m. Sat .

*KT lJC - Tucson - 1400 k c., 8 p.m .dail y.

KYlJM - Yuma, Ariz. - 560 kc., 2p.rn. Sun ., 6:30 p .m. Men-Sat.

KGGM - Albuquerque - 610 kc., 6 :30p.m. dai ly.

KLZ -Denver-560 kc., 106.7 FM ,7:30 p.m. dai ly.

KMOR-Salt Lake City -I230 kc., 9a.m . Sun., 6: 30 a.m . Men-Sat.

KSXX - Salt Lake City - 680 kc.,lJ :30 a.m . Sun., 12:05 p .m. Mon ..Fri ., 12:30 p.m. Sat.

KPTL -Reno -1300 kc., 2 p.m. Sun .,6 a.m. Men-Sat.

KnET - Reno - 1340 kc., 7 p.m. Sun.,6:30 p.m. Men-Sat .

KIDO - Bois e, Idaho - 630 kc., 7:0 5p.m. dail y.

KBOI - Boise - 670 kc., 6:30 p.m.daily.

KTFI - Twin Falls, Idaho - 1270 kc.,7:05 p.m. daily.

KSEI - Poc atello, Idaho - 930 kc., 8p.m. daily.

Kl\-ION - Great Falls, Mont.-560 kc.,B p. m, Su n., 6:30 p.m. Men-Sat.

West Coast

KHQ - Spokane - 590 kc., 8 :05 p.m .dail y.

KVI :""- Seattle - 570 kc., 8 a.m. Sun .KBLE - Seattle -1050 kc., 12 noon dail y.KMO-Tacoma, Wash.-1 360 kc., 8:30

p.m. dail y.KARl - Bellingham - 550 kc., 6:30

p.m. da ily.KWJJ - Portland - 1080 kc., 10 p.m.

Sun., 9 p.m. Mon-Sar.*KLlQ - Po rtl and - 1290 kc., 12 noon

Sun., 7:30 a. m. Mon-Sar.KEX-Ponland -1190 kc., 9 a.m. Sun .KGA Y - Salem - 1430 kc., 9 a.m . Sun.,

6:30 a. m. Men-Sat.KUG N - Eugene-590 kc., 7 p.m. dail y.KP N W - Euge ne - 1120 kc., 9 p.m.

da ily.KUMA - Pendleton, Ore. - 1290 kc.,

6:30 p.m. daily.KY]C-Medford, O re. - 1230 kc., 6:30

p.m. dail y.K\X'IN - Ashland, Ore. - 580 kc., 9

p.m . Sun., 7:3 0 p .m. Men-Sat .KA GO -Klamath Fall s, Dre. -IlS0

kc., 6:30 p.m. dail y.KSAY - San Francis co - 10lQ kc.,

8:30 a.m. Sun ., 12:30 p.m. Men-Sat .KFR C - · San Fran cisco - 610 kc., 106.1

FM, 7 a.m. Sun.KF AX -San Fran cisco -II00 kc., 10

a.m. Sun., 10:30 p.m. Sun-Fri ., 4: 15p.m. Mon-Sar.

K FIV - Modesto - 1360 kc., 9 a.m .Sun., 6:05 a.m. Men-Sat.

KS8W - Salinas - 1380 kc., 7 p .mdail y.

KMAK - Fresno - 1340 kc., 9 a.m.Sun., 6:05 a.m. Me n-Sat .

KNGS - Hanford , Ca lif. - 620 kc., 10a.m. Sun., 6 p.m . Men-Sat.

KGEE - Bakersfield - J230 kc., 5 p.m.dail y.

KOB - Santa Barbara - 1490 kc., 93.7FM , 7 p.m. daily.

KRKD - Los Angeles - 1150 kc., 9:30a.rn., 6: 30 p.m . Sun ., 6: 15 a.m., 7p.m. Mco.-Sac., 96 .3 FM Sun. & p.m.times only.

KTYM - Inglewood - 1460 kc., 12noo n Mon.-Fri.

*K FO X - Long Beach - 1280 kc.,100.3 FM , 9 :30 p.m . Sun. , 9 p.m.M on-Fri., 8 :30 p.m. Sat .

KBI G -Los Angeles - 740 kc., 11:30a.m. Sun.

KAC E - San Bernardino-Riverside­1570 kc., 9 :30 a.m. Sun., 7:05 a.m .Me n-Sat .

KCKC - San Bern ardino - 1350 kc.,9 p.m . da ily.

KM EN - San Bernardino - 1290 kc.,6: 30 a .m. Su n.

KCHV - Palm Sp rin gs - 970 kc., 5p.m. Sun. , 7:05 a. m. Mon-Sar .

KO GO - San Di ego - 600 kc., 8:30p.m. Sun.

XE MO - Tijuana - 860 kc., 6 p.m .da ily.

KALI - Los Angeles - 1430 kc., 4 :45p.m. Sun. (in Spa nish ) .

Alaska & HawaII

KFQD - An cho rage, Al aska - 750 kc.,7:30 p.m. daily.

KNDl - H on olu lu, Haw aii -1 270 kc.,6 a.m., 6 p .m. daily.

*KTRG - Hono lulu, H awaii - 990 kc.,12 noon Sun., 5:30 p.m. M en-Sat.

KPOI - Hono lu lu, H awaii - 1380 kc.,5:30 a. m. Sun.

T elevisionKWHY - Los An geles - Channel 22,

10 p.m. Mon., 6 p.m. Thurs.KN TV - San Jose, Cal if. - Chann el

11, 12 noon Sun.KLTV - T yler, Texas - Channel 13, 5

p.m. Mon., 10:30 p.m. Thurs.Z FB - TV - Berm uda - Channel 8,

5:30 p.m. Sun .

CANADA

VQCM - St. J ohn 's N fld. - 590 kc.,6:30 p.m. Sun., 7 p.m. Men-Sa t.

CJC H - H al ifax, N . S. - 920 kc., 10p.m . Sun. , 9:30 p.m. Mon-Sar.

CFBC-S,. John , N .B. -930 kc., 7p.m. dail y.

CKCW - l\l oneton, N . B. - 1220 kc.,6 a.m. Men-Sat.

CFM B - Mo ntr eal, Q ue. - 14 10 kc.,1:30 p.m. Sun. , 6:30 a.m. Men-Sat .

CKOY - Ottaw a, On t. - 1310 kc., 5:30a.m. Men-Sa t.

C] ET - Smiths Falls, Onto- 630 kc.,10:30 a.m. Sun ., 7:30 p.m. Men-Sat .

CK FH - Toronto, Ont. - 1430 kc., 7p.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Men-Sat .

CHIN - Toronto, Om. - 1540 kc.,4:15 p.m . da ily.

CKLB-Osha wa, On(. -1350 kc., 10:30p.m. Sun ., 9:05 p.m . Men-Sat.

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16 The PLAIN TRUT H

R ADIO L OG

Novem ber, 1967

"The WORLD TOMORROW"

111 German -RADIO LUX EMBOURG - 49 m. (6090

kc.) shortwave. 208 m. (1439 kc.)medium wave, 6:0 5 a.m. Sun., 5:00am. Mon., Tues., Fri.

MIDDLE EASTIn Eng/i sl.J -IIASHEl\IITE Broadcasting Service,

Amman, j ordan-42 m. ( 7160 kc.)shortwave, 2 p.m., 31.48 m. (9 530kc.) , 351 m. (855 kc.) medium wave,8 p.m. daily.

GuamRADIO GUAM - KUAM -610 kc., 6

p.m. Sun. Ok inawa

RADI O OKINAWA - KSBK 880kc., 12:06 p.m. Su n.

Ba ngkokHSAA A - Bangkok, Thailand - 600

kc., 9:30 a.m. Sun., 10:05 p.m. Mon .-

Sat. India a nd Ceylon*M ALDIVE ISLANDS - 90 m. (3329

kc.), al so 61 rn. ban d. 10 p .m. Sun .,9: 30 p.m. Mon-Sar.

Philippine IslandsDZAQ - Manil a - 620 kc., 8:30 p.m.

da ily.DZA L - Legaspi Ci ty - 1230 kc., 8

p.m . daily.DZGH - Sorsogon - 1480 kc.• 8 p.m.

daily.D ZWj-Lucena City -1 170 kc., 12

noon Sun., 7 a.m . Men-Sat .DZRB - Naga Cit)"- 750 kc., ~ p.m.

Sun .DZRI - Dagupan Ci ty - 1040 kc., 9

p.m. Sun .DZYA - Angeles City -1400 kc., 8:30

p.m . dai ly.DZYB - Baguio City - 670 kc., 8:30

p.m . daily.DYBe - Cebu City - 660 kc., 8:30

p.m. dai ly.DYCB - Cebu City - 570 kc., 9:30

p.m . FtI.OYIIF -Iloilo City - 910 kc., 8:30

p.m. da ily.DYKR - Kalibo - 1480 kc., 8 p .m.

daily except Tues. 7 p.m.DXA\'q - Davao City - 640 kc.• 9 p.m.

Sun .D Xl\I B - Malaybalay - 610 kc., 7 p.m.

dail y. AFRICA

RADIO LOURENCO MARQUES. MO­ZAMBIQUE - 3301 kc. (92 m.),4925 kc. (60 01.) . 10 p.m. Mon.•\'qed. , Sar., 10:30 p.m. Tues.• Thurs. ,Fri.

WNBS - La~()s- 602 kc., 8:30 p.m.da ily .

WNBS - Ibadar. - 6 56 kc., 3380 kc.,6 185 kc., 9500 kc., 8:30 p.m. dai ly.

EN BC - Enugu, Nigeria - 620 kc.•5:30 p.m. da ily .

AUSTRALIA t*2KY - Sydn ey, NS\'(f - 1020 kc.. 5

a.m. Sun.-Fri. , 9:40 Sun., 10:1 5 Mon .•

CHIQ - Hamilton. One. - 1280 kc.,9:30 p.m . Sun., 7 p.m . Mon.-Fri., 8p.m. ~L .

CHLc - St. Thomas, O ne. - sao kc.,2:30 p.m . Sun.• 6 a.m . Me n-Sat .

CH Y R - Leamington, Onto- 710 kc.,6:3 0 p.m. daily.

CKSO - Sudbury, Onto- 790 kc., 5:30p.m. Sun. , 6 a.m. M on-Sar.

CKCY - Sault Ste. Mar ie. Onto- 920kc., 6 :30 p.m. daily.

CJNR - Elliott Lake, One. - 730 kc.,6:30 p .m. daily.

C]NR - Blind River. Onto- 730 kc.,6:30 p.m. da ily.

CJLX - Fort Will iam, Om. - 800 k c.•7:30 p.m . daily.

CKY - W'innipeg, Man. - 580 kc., 7a.m. Sun.• 5:30 a.m. Me n-Sat.

CKDM - Dauphin, Man. - 730 kc. ,6:30 p.m. dai ly.

CKRM - Reg ina , Sask. - 980 kc.• 8:30p.m. daily.

CJGX - Yo rkron, Sask . -940 kc., 8:30p.m. daily.

C]NB - North Banleford, Sask. - 1050kc., 2:30 p.m . dai ly, 6:30 p.m. Sun.•7:30 p.m. Mon-Sar.

CK BI - Prince Al bert, Sask. - 90 0 kc.•2 p.m . Sun.. 7:30 p.m. Mon .-Fri.•8 p.rn. Sa t.

CKSA - Lloyd m insrer, Sask.-Alta . ­1080 kc., 7 p.m. dai ly.

CIU O - Edmonton, Alta. - 6:30 kc.•9:30 a.m. Sun. , 5:30 a.m. Men-Sat .

CFCW - Ca m rose, Alta. - 790 kc.,2:30 p.m. Sun. , 8 :30 p .m. Men-Sat .

CjDV - D ru mh ell er, A lta. - 910 kc.,10:30 a.m. Sun., 6 a.m. Men-Sat.

CKYL - Peace Rive r, A lta. - 610 kc.,5 p.m. Sun ., 6 a. m. Me n-Sat .

CjVI - Vi ctoria. B. C. - 900 kc., 6a.m . M e n-Sa t.

CKLG - Van couver. B. c.- 730 kc.• 7a.m. Sun., 6 a.m . Men-Sat.

I" French -C FMB- l\Iont real- 14 10 kc. , 5 p.m.

Sar ., Sun .CKjL - SL j erome, Que. - 900 kc.,

10:30 a. m. Sun .CKBL - M atane, Que. - 1250 kc.,

10:45 a.m. Sat., Sun .BERMUDA

ZBM I - Hamil ton - 1235 kc., 8 p.m .Sun.

Z BM 2 - H amilton - 1340 kc., 2:30n.m . Mon.-S ar.

ZFB I - RADIO BERMUDA - 950kc., I :30 p.m. dail y.

EUROPEIII El1g/ish-MA NX RADIO - 188 m. (1594 kc.)

med ium wa ve, 2:45, 7:4 5 p.m. Sun.,10:30 a.m.• 7:3 0 p.m. Mon-Sar.; 89me. VHF 7:4 5 p.m. Sun., 7:3 0 p .m.Men-Sat.

In French -RADIO LUXEMBOURG - 1293 m.•

5:30 a.m. 1\lon., 5: 15 a .m. Tues.• Fr i.,5: 10 a.m. 111l1rs.

EUROPE N o. ONE-Fcl sberg en Sane,Germa ny - 182 kc. ( 1647 m.). Ia.m., 6 a.m, Sun., 5:4 5 a.m. Wed.,Sa t.

t For complete Au str ali an Radio Log,write to the Editor.

ASIAFormosa

RADIO TAIWAN "TheRC.C· -BED 23 Ta ichungBED55 TaipeiBE078 Tainan CityBED79 Kaoh siungBED 82 Otiayi- 18,00 T.S.T. Wed.,

3rd Network,

1380 kc.;960 kc.:

1540 kc.;1220 kc.;1460 kc. ,

Fri.

8 :30 T ues ., 10:15 \'q ed ., 8:15 Thurs.•10:45 Fri., a ll p.m. times .

*2AY - Albu ry. NS\'(f - 1490 kc., 5:30a.m. & 9 p.m . Me n-Sat.

2GN - Goulburn, NSW - 1380 kc.,8:30 p .m. Men-Sa t.

2GZ - Orange, NSW - 990 kc., 8:45p.m. Sun.• 9:05 p.m. M on.-Fr i.

*2110 - Newcastle, NSW - 1140 kc.•5 a.m. & 10:30 p.m . Sun.• 5 a.m. &9 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

2LM - Lismore. NSW - 900 kc.• 8:30p.m. Mon-Sar.

3XY - Melbourne, Vic. - 1420 kc.•10:30 p.m. Sun .• 10 p.m. Mon .-Fri .

3BA - Balla ra t. Vi c. - 1320 kc.• 9:30p.m . Sun .-Thurs., 4 :30 p.m. Fri.

3MA -Milduca, V ic.-1470 kc., 9 p.m.Mon .-Fr i., 10 p.m. Sat .

4BK - Brisbane - 1300 kc., 9 :30 p.m.Su n., 10:15 p.m. Mo n.-Thurs., 10:30p.m. Fri.

4CA - Cairns, Qld , - 1010 kc., 9:30p.m. Sun.-Fri.

6KG - Ka lgoorli e, W A - 980 kc., 10p .m. Men-Sa t.

6P M - Perth, WA - 1000 kc., 10 p.m.Sun., 10:15 p.m. Mon .-Fri .

7H T - H obart, Tas. - 1080 kc., 7:30p .m. Sun-Fri .

7SD - Sco ttsdale, Tas. - 540 kc., 9:30p.m. Sun ., 9 p.m. Mon-Fri.

LATIN AMERICAIn English -RADIO ANTILL ES - Mont serrat, B.

W . I. - 930 kc., 6 :30 p.m. daily.RADIO BARBADOS - Pine Hill,

Barbados - 780 kc.• 10:30 a.m . Sun.•9 :30 a.m. Mon.-Fri ., II a.m. Sat .

RA D IO SUR INAM - Paramaribo ­620 kc., Between 7 and 8:30 p.m.or Noon and 1:00 p.m. daily.

RAD IO REDIFFUSION - Br idge town,Barbados - 9:30 a.m. Sat. & Sun.,10:20 a.m. Mon.-Fri.

RADIO G UARDIA N, Trinidad-6:15p.m. Sun ., 10 p.m. Mon-Sar.

HOC21 - Panam a Ciry - 111 5 kc.;HP5A - Panama City - 1170 kc.;HOK - Colon. Panama - 640 kc.;HP 5K - Col on, Panam a - 6005 kc. -

7 p.m. Sun .RADIO BELIZE (Bri tish Honduras)

- 834 kc., 3:30 p .m. Mon .-Fri.In French -4VBM - Port au Prince, Haiti - 1430

kc., 7:45 p.m. W ed.4VGM - Port au Prin ce. H aiti - 6165

kc., 7:45 p.m. Wed.RADIO CARAIBES - St . Lucia, W . I.

- 840 kc.• 6:30 a.m. Mon-Frt.l u Sp anisb -XES ;\f - Mexico 12, D .F. - 1470 kc.•

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PLANTS THAT TRAP INSECTS-AND EVOLUTIONISTSl

A ne w kind of dogmatism is sweeping the scientific world.No longer do leading evolutionists speak of evo lution as" theory." Today, many assert it to be FACT. Long bitter antag­onists of " dogmatism" in religion, evolutionists have graduallybecome the proprietors of a new, and very dogmatic, re ligionof the ir own. It's the re ligion of NO GOD - the FA ITH inevolution! Read the shocking claims of one of the most a ugustassemblies of evolutionists in history - and then see howthe fasc inating truth about CARNIVOROUS PLANTS traps

evolutionists!

by Garner Ted Armstrong and Paul W. Kro ll

ON E OF the most momentousevents in evolutionary scienceoccurred in 19 59. Attending a

series of lectures on the campus of theUniversity of Chicago were such re­spected leade rs of evolutionary thoughtas Julian Huxley, Axelrod, Bates, Dar­win (grandso n of Cha rles Darwin ),Dobzhansky, Emili ani, E. B. Ford,Gaffron, Leakey, Olson, Rensch, Shap­ley, Simpson, Tinbergen, W addington,W right - and a host of others.

From the scientific pulp it in M and elHall issued forth some of the mostastounding asserti ons of thi s scientific

age .A new kind of dogmatism seeme d

to prevail.

Scientific Dogmatism

No longer did these giant s of theevoluti onary world speak of theories,postulates, or hypotheses - now theydogmatically asserted evolution to beFA CT ! With stentorian th under, thesweeping pronouncements found th eirway into science writers' head lines, intotextbooks, and into the thousand s ofclassrooms rep resented by the hugeassembly of eager teachers of science.

The interest in the meetingswas in/ ewe. Masses of teachers came toeach discussion - remained until thefinal words were spo ken. And no won­der! H ere, at last, or so it seemed, wasabsolute, final PROOF for the eager

teachers. Here, at last, was ammunitionfor their classes to silence the last dis­senting voice aga inst "spontaneous gen ­erat ion" or "natura l selection."

N o longer would teachers be sub­jected to nettlesome questions from"Creationists" in th eir classrooms ­for now the united voices of th eworld 's most famous and renown edteachers of evoluti on had handed downthe final decree.

Evolu tion, they said, was a fact.In an open ing add ress, Julian Hu x­

ley picked up and read from the Pre­amble: "Biologists one hun dred yearsafter Darwin take the FACT of evolutionfor granted, as a necessary basis forinterpreting the phen omena of life."

. No Longer Theory ?

After reading the questions to bediscussed by the panel, Ju lian Huxleyofficially began the panel discussionperiod.

He said, "The evolut ion of life is nolonger a theory; it is a FACT and theBASIS FOR ALL OUR THINKING" (Evolll­tion A fter Darwin, Volume III , PanelDiscussion of the Evolution of Life,pages 107, Ill ) .

The succeeding hours and hours ofdiscussions were liber ally sprinkled withequally dogmatic assertions about th epro ofs of evolution .

And what an IMPACT such language

had on the academic world ! Th ousand sof teachers returned to their classroomsacross the nation, newly armed withfre sh dogma; fr esh doctrine for theirstudents.

Evolut ion was true. Th ere was no usearguing fur ther. Anyone who belaboredthe issue at this point would be scath­ingly indicted as a " religious nut " or acomp letely uninforme d, uneducated"nincomp oop" who wasn't willing toaccept the p ronoun cements of the great­est mind s in the world .

So they informed th eir students.

But what if YO U were one such stu­dent? T he teacher dogm atically assertsyou EVOLVED. All life, he says, came

from NONlife. All living creaturesgra dually, over millions and billions ofyears, CHANGED from one kind toanother. Amoebas became living, highlycomplex an imals. Fish became reptiles .Reptiles became birds. Amph ibians be­came ungainly land animals. Land ani­mals became men.

Any Specific Pro of?

But, being an inquisitive student, youwant some PROOF. You wan t to lookinto any specific PART of evolution , andbe able to see a clear-cut - concise ­DOGMATIC example of evolution IN AC­TION.

A professor quoted Hu xley, foll ow­ing the panel discussions : "I think that

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( the intense interest displayed by teach­ers] was extremely important. The firstthing the celebration did, I am sure,was to convince a large number of peo­ple that there was NO POINT IN ARGUIN G

ABOUT TH E TH EORY OF EVOLUTION .

"It simply IS NOT J UST A THEORY

any longer; it is a fact, like the factthat the earth goes around the sun andthat the planets do all sorts ofthings . . .

"The other point 1 think wasbrought home to the people who at­tended the panels was that y OIl can 110

longer talk about creation."Animals, plants, and human beings

EVOLVED; they were not created in theBiblical sense" ( Evolution after Dar­win, Sol Tax Editor, Volume III , "AllThings Considered" Panel, pages 264,265) .

But You Are Skeptical!

But, like most people, you've prob­ably had at least SOME religi ous train­ing. You have always "just thought"that there iJI perhaps, some sort of a"god" up there. You have no reallyCLEAR idea of what KIND of god - orwhether HE CREATED- but you have

had a fair share of religion taught toyou.

Being broadminded - you want toINVESTIGATE. You don't expect to g iveup traditions, past ideas, and notions ofyour own without at least SOME sort ofproof.

After all - where would the worldbe if everyone just SWALLOWED some­thing because a so-called "authority"SAID so ?

So you go to your college library.Pick any library. Pick the one in theUniversity of Chicago - from whichthe astounding pronouncements of evo­lutionary dogma issued forth.

Take a look at the book called TheCarnivorous Plants by Francis ErnestLloyd - since it was claimed thatPLANTS evolved.

This particular book is a classic inits field. No OTHER WORK is comparableon the subject with the possible excep­tion of D arwin's work.

In this book on one of the practical,tangibl e aspects of "evo lution" you ex­peet to find PROOF. You eagerly expectto find POSITIVE statements. FACTS!

Th e PLAIN TRUTH

So turn to page 7. Here you see thephrase, "evolution of the carnivorousplants: ' Ah ! N ow you can settle backand see, with an open mind, the realPROOFS of evolution at last. In thisparticular study - that of only ONE

group of the MYRIADS of life forms allaround you you're comfortablyassured you will see PROOFS for theabsolute conviction with which yourprofessor speaks. PROOFS to substantiatethe snickers and sidelo ng g lances ofother students who regard you asslightly eccentric or archaic.

Y ou begin reading."About the origin and evol ution of

the carnivorous plants, however muchthese questions may intrigue the mind,LITTLE CAN BE SAID, nor have I at­tempted to discuss them .. . ."

But - WHAAAAAAT ?W ait a minute, here! What is this

author saying ? Did he really MEANhe would not even discuss this VERYimportant point in the evolutionaryscheme of things?

You continue."The fact that they have originated

at TWO OR MORE distinct poi nts in thephylogeneti c tree is of major im­portance.

"How the highly specialized organsof capture could have evolved seems toDEFY our present knowledge ."

The author then lists several hugeproblems which he admits are impos­sible to resol ve.

Th en follow these words : "Since weCANNOT ANSWER these questions, ITIS PERH A PS AS W ELL T O SAY .N O AfORE" (The Carnivorous Plants,Francis Ernest Lloyd, pages 7, 8) .

But WHAT IS THIS?W hen you actually investigate, for

yourself, specific aspects of the evolu­tionary story, you find NO DOGMATISM.

Instead, you find an impossible arrayof DOU BT. Of CONFUSION . Of MAY­

BE'S, perhaps's, possibly's, could-have­been's, and we-may-safely-assume's.

Frantically, you investigate DOZENSOF OTH ER volumes.

But the SAME T HING happens.

In every single instance, you seeHUGE DOUBTS. MISSING eviden ce. MISS·ING intermediate species. MISSING proof.MISSING fossi ls.

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Is YOUR Mind open ?

Can you imagine the screams of in­dign ation should evoluti onists readthese headlines ? "Theologians one hun­dred years after D arwin take the FACTof CREATION FOR GRANTED, as a neces­sary basis fo r interpreting the phenom­ena of life: ' Or, "Th e Creation ofLife is no longer a theory, it is a FACTand the BASIS for all our thinking !"

Can you imagin e the scoffs, snorts,and sneers of scorn at any such "returnto medieval DOGMATISM?" Scientistswould RIDICULE the use of such lan­guage. Th ey would demand PROOF ofsuch assertions!

But is YOUR mind open ?

Do you honestly believe that evolu­tionists have been entirely OBJECTIVE intheir approach ? D o you believe theyhave STUDI ED THE BIBLE, investigatingall its claims, and studied geology, biol­ogy and all related fields from thepoint of view of creation - and thenfelt they had to DISCARD such an ex­planation ?

If so - you are hopelessly rmsm ­formed. Dozens and scores are the frankadmissions of evolutionists that theyautomatically REJECTED creat ion as ananswer. Sometimes, they even g ive thereasons WHY.

For example, in his book entitled,EndJ and Means, pages 312, 315,316, Aldous Huxley admitted, "I hadmotives for not wanting the world tohave a meaning; consequently ASSUMEDthat it had none . .. Th e philosopherwho finds no meaning in the world is. . . concerned to prove that there is novalid reason why he personally shouldnot do as he wants to do.

"For myself, as, no doubt, fo r mostof my contemporaries, the philosophyof meaning lessness was essentially aninstrument of liberation from a certainpolitical and economic system and liber­ation from a certain system of morality.We objected to the morality BECAUSE

IT INTERFERED WITH OUR SEXUAL FREE­DOM; we objected to the political andeconomic system because it was unjust .

"The supporters of these systemsclaimed that in some way they em­bodied the meaning (a Christian mean ­ing, they insisted ) of the world . Therewas one admirably simple method of

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confuting these people and at the sametime jllJ/ifying ourselves in our poiiti­cal and erotic revolt: we could denythat the world had any meaning what­soever." ( Emphasis ours throughout.)

Huxley objected to professing"Christians" who seemed to have nodifficulty in "justifying" imperialism,war, the use of torture - and ecclesias­tical tyrannies - but who still insistedon certain personal "morality." Whileone may sympathize with his naturaldilemma as a result of such contra­dictory philosophies - and readily un­derstand why it appeared to Huxleythese men MUST be wrong, it is equallyclear that TWO ERRORS do not produceTRUTH .

What an amazing corroboration of theblazing indictment of scripture given inRomans 1 :28 ; "And even as they DID

NOT LIKE to retain God in their enowl­edge, Goo gave them over to a RE P­ROBATE mind . . .." Then follows ascathing account of all the forms oflibertine promiscuity admittedly DESIREDby so many today!

Gaping Holes in Theory

Evolutionists KNOW their theoriesare shot through with BROAD GAPS.They KNOW there are mammothPUZZLES, g iant QUESTIONS, huge PROB­LEMS, unanswerable DIFFICULTIES intheir theory. Still , they cling tenaciouslyto a belief, a dogmatic assertion, an ar­ticle of FAITH. Why? Because blindchance won't RULE them. Empty space- "natural selection" and "spontaneousgeneration" will not thunder from heav­en any MORAL and SPIRITUAL LAWS!

Human nature resents God (Rom.8 :7) . It does not want to be GOVERNEDby the Creator God - does not wantany restrictions placed on it.

It's about time you began to come togrips with the real issues - and quithiding behind what you may "suppose"to be "proofs." It could mean your life !

So now - once again - let's noticewhat happens when we look SPECIFI­CALLY into evolutionary doctrine. Whatabout the origin and "evolution," ofcarnivorous plants?

WHY must evolutionists REFUSE todiscuss them ? W hy must they BRUSHASIDE this peculiar grou p of living

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th ings? WH Y do they feel it well toSAY NO MORE?

Let's let the specialists themselvesanswer!

Let' s see the breathtaking story ofsome more of the handiwork of God. ­let's see FACTS about the creationaround you - and ask evolutionists toexplain it all.

But first, listen to this admissionabout the imagination-defying IMPROB·ABI LITY of any evolutionary beginningshaving occurred!

"The odds againIl the right combina­tion of circumstances occurring to evolveintelligent life on earth were about 400thousand trilli on, trillion, trillion, tril­lion to 1," said a Nobel prize-winnin gscienti st, Sir John C. Eccles. T hen hesaid, " the appearance of man is highlyimprobable, and one can hardly Imag­ine it happening TWICE in the universe:'

If the "odds" against evolution are soinfinitely enormous so as to requirebrain-defying series of naughts to ex­

press the improbability of it- evenhappening ONCE - then what are the"chances" of evolution being true atleast twice in the rise of insect-eatingplants ?

Remember the statement you read inthe textbook ?

"The fact tha t they have originated atTWO OR MORE distinct points in thephylogenetic tree is of major importance. . . HOW the highly specialized organsof capture could have evolved seems toDEFY our present knowledge."

But let's continue in our perusal offacts about insect-eating plants.

"N ature's" T rappers

There are 450 species of carnivorousplants spread throughout 15 genera and6 families ! And that is, to evolution­ists, a SHOCKING fact; all by itself. Whyshocking?

Simply that botanists are forced toadmit these many different plants havemany different ways of obtainingtheir food .

Some of these plants have pilfa llI .Insects are lured to the brim, fall overthe edge, and fall with microscopicsplash into a murky, insect-digestingsoup below.

Others are living flypaper . Insectscrawl onto the plant and become stuck

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in a "gooey" substance, and are laterdigested .

The microscopic Utricularia and re­lated genera are called mouJe/raps thatspring into action when activated byunwary microscopic animals.

Perhaps the most well-kn own, calledthe "Venus fly trap" is a living, rninia­tu re bear trap !

Besides having various traps, each hasits own unique way of luring the in­sects close. Some are colored profusely,while others give off a fragrant odor.Each has, strangest of all, perhaps, di­gestioe jllices that actually create FOODfor the plant out of the insects.

But WHY? Ho w ? HOW couldplants - which normally always obtainfood through their roots - gradually"evolve" into INSECT EATERS ?

Did slipping insects "GRADUALLY"over BILLIONS of years "cause" theseplants to develop a "desire" to feed oninsects, which led to a requirement todevelop digestive juices, microscopichairs which trigger the traps, specialcoloration, and peculiar odor?

One of Evolution's StickiestProblems

N ot only must any botanist ernbrac­ing evolutionary dogma have an imagi­nation fertile enough to DE FY every nat­ural law with which he works and clingto notions of mindless "leaps" in life- but he must be able, in spite of theincredible odds against evolution havinghappened ONCE - believe it happenedTWICE OR MORE in the case of plant­traps.

Then, he must account for all themany different KINDS of traps - pitfalls,snares, flypaper, beartraps, mousetraps.He must explain, as we shall see, fan­tastically INTRICATE devices which springthe traps, plus a whole host of insur­mountable other difficulties.

A for differenl approach is found byexperts in the various fields of the nat­ural sciences from the more philosophicnotions of leading proponents of thetheory of evolution. While botanists,ichthyologists and the like may cling toDOGM ATISM in their insistence of evolu­tion, their works are neverthelessFI LLED with their huge, gnaw ingDOUBTS about the theory.

They say, in effect, "since we CAN'T

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ANSWER questions about various SPE­CIFIC 'instances' of evolution - WESIM PLY PREFER NOT TO DISCUSS THESUBJ ECT FURTHER!"

T hey say, in effect, "You, the laymanare simp ly NOT ENTITLED to an opin ­ion, one way or the other - WE willdo your thinking f or you."

One author said, "Since we CANNOT

ANSWER these questions it is per haps aswell to SAY NO MORE !" But u'e of ThePLAIN T RUTH staff intend to say

MUCH, MUC~ more !

Let' s say MORE, right now, abou tthese marvelous insect-catching p lants!

The Sundew and Its Relatives

We have room to discuss only a very

few types.There are 90 species of Drosera

around the world. T he best known isthe sundew (Dro ser.r fotmldi/olia). Ineach of the species, the leaves arecovered with gland-bearing tentacles.T hese tentacles secrete a sticky substancethat makes the species of Drosera theplan t flypaper!

T he tentacles perform a dual role.They secrete the dead ly, insect-snaringglue and at the same time bend overthe hapless insect victim until he is se­curely tied dow n !

The sticky glue also serves a DUALpurpose. It snares the insect and supp liesdigestiv e juices that turn the insect intoplant food.

As an insect crawls across the glue­laden tentacles - he becomes stuck!The more he strugg les, the more en­tangled he becomes. T he secretion be­gins to increase.

The tentacles nearest the point ofstimulation begin bending over. Soonother tentacles, on the per iphery, alsobend over. At times , the whole leaf willcurl over.

Just how sensitive are the glands onthe tentacles of the plant?

The sensitivity is phenomena l. CharlesD arwin experimented at some lengthwith the commo n sundew.

Here in Darwin 's own words is thestory of the sundew and its amazingsensitivity:

"It is an extraordinary fact that alittle bit of soft thread, 1/50 of an inch

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in length and weighing 1/ 8197 of agrain , or of a human hair, 8/1 000 ofan inch in length and weighing only1/78740 of a grain ( .000822 milli ­gramme), or particles of precipita tedchalk, after resting for a short time ona gland, shou ld induce some change inits cells, exciting them to tra nsmi t amotor impu lse throughout the wholelength of the pedicel ...

"T he p ressure exerte d by the particleof hair, weighing only 1/78740 of ag rain and supported by a dense fluid,must have been inconceivably slight .We may conjec ture that it could ha rdlyhave equalled the MILLIONTH OF AGRAIN . . . it appears to me that HARDLYANY MORE REMARKABLE FACT tha n thisbas been observed in the vegetablekingd om" (Charles D arwin, l nsectivo­r OIl5 Plants, pages 26, 32, 33).

Sta rtling Sensitivity!

Can you imagine it?

Here is a bit of ord inary hair ­.0000 13 of a gra in in weight - pressingon a Drosera hair, causing it to move!Such a particle on the DELICATE humantongue wou ld he far too light to causeany sensation.

But that isn' t all.

Whenever an INEDIBLE particletouches the glands and causes the ten­tacle to bend over, the leaf soon" realizes" its mistake and reopens,

Remember, that plants have NO ner­vous or muscular tissue. Yet, D arwinlater proved that ONE TWENTY-M IL~

LIQNTH of a grain of phosp hate inaqueous solution caused D rosera to re­act.

T here is yet more:

"A single touch or even two or threetouches does not ceme inflection/'

Darwin admi tted: "This must be of

some service to the plant ; as duringSTORMY WEATHER, the glands cannotfail to be occasionally touched by thetall blades of grass , or hy other plants

growing near . .. on the other hand, ex­treme sensitiveness to slight pressu re isof the HIGHEST SERVICE to the plant . . .

"N evertheless, the movements of the

plan t are 1101 perfeclly adapted to itsenvironment; for if a bit of dry moss,peat, or other rubbish, is blown on to

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the disc, as often happens, the tentaclesclasp it in a useless man ner ...

"T hat water should produce NOEFFECT migh t have been anticipated, asotherw ise, the leaves would have been

excited into movement by ellery showerof rain" (Charles D arwin, Insectivorous

Plants , pages 35, 77).

Could This H ave Evolved?

But how woul d an evolutionist rea­

son abou t the chances for the "d evelop­ment" of carn ivorous plants - or any

plant or anima l?

Notice what Julian Huxley said

about the chances of natu ral selection- in speaking specifically about thesupposed evolution of the horse:

"Of course, this could 110t reall}' hap ~

pen, but it is a usefu l way of visualizingthe fantastic odds AGAINST getting anumber of favo rable mutati ons in one

strain thro~gh pure chance alone ...NO ONE wou ld bet on anyt hing so im­

probable happ en ing ; and yet IT HAS

HAPPENED.

" It has happened, THANKS TO the

workings of natural selection and thepropert ies of living substances whichmake natural selection inevitable" ( Boo­lntion Ln Action, Jul ian Huxley, pages41, 42, 43) .

Re asoning in a Circle

Can you believe it ?

Here are men who know that the

idea of evolution simply taxes humanlogic BEYOND its lim its. They know

that it is simp ly IMPOSSIBLE evenstatistically - for all life to haveevolved.

Evolut ionists scorn religion as being"illogical" and "unscientific!" Yet, theyadmit to the utte rly INFINITE IMPROB­ABILITY of their theories. IN SPITE ofall facts to the contrary - IN SPITEof all the DOUBTS, the MAMMOTH prob­lems they must "not discuss" or " layaside" they still CLING TENACIOUSLY totheir theories !

Let's face it.

Such absolutism - such dogmatismknows no para llel since the days when

ecclesiastical authority demanded of ascientis t that he SWEAR, UNDER THREAT

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OF DEATH that the world was, indeed,FLAT!

Such FAIT H in a theory NOT PROVED

would embarrass the comparativelyW EAKER "faith" of many a professi ngChristian!

Look further into the impossibilitiesof evolution to accoun t for the myriadwonders of living things.

A current accepted idea is that agenetic pool of mutations is buil t upover vast periods of time. T hese stigbtmutations are held in readiness ( as re­cessives) so that natur al selection cancome along and select certain character­istics. Or, that slight mutations make aslight - but beneficial - change in anorganism immediately.

T his is what causes evolution fromone type of creature to ano ther . Givenenough time, anything can evolve - itis said.

T aken to its logical conclusion, ever)'characteristic in all forms of life shouldhave GREAT survival value. Otherwise,natural selection wouldn't bave selectedom T HOSE characteristics.

But evolution runs into a brick wallhere.

T here are just too many instincts innature that DON 'T HAVE ANY , or in somecases limited, value for surviva l.

The carnivo rous habit in the D roseiais just ONE of many such exceptions .

We've already read Charles Darwin'sadmission that the movements of theplant are N OT PERFECTLY ADAPTED totheir environment. W hy? Because theycan be f ooled by rubbish and peat mossto bend their tentacles.

If natural selection singled out muta­tions, it would have picked out one forability to tell edib le f rom nonedible ­immediately.

But this is only the surface problem.

T o Eat or N ot to Eat?

Extensive experiments have shownthat the D rosera do benefit f rom beingable to eat insects. The fed plants DO

forge ahead of the unfed plants. Butcatching insects is not essential for sur­vival. UNFED plants do live - andthrive fairly well.

Lloyd admits:"Such more or less cont rary views" ­

some had even claimed that the car­nivorous habit was a DISADVAN TAGE,

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since overfeeding the plant would killit - "have in the long run beenbrought to a focus in the idea nowge1lera/l)' accepted that carnivory IS avery striking and useful adaptation,which, T HOUGH NOT AL\'\;.'AYS OBLIGA­

TORY , can under circumstances betterthe condition of the plant" (FrancisLloyd, Carnioorom Plants, page 163) .

But if the role of insectivory is nottlery crucial in the strugg le of existence- WH Y did natural selection CHOOSE

the genes that sup posedly produced thishabit ?

Again, evolution cannot explain itand remains silent.

The Venus Flytrap

One of the most remarkable of thecarnivorous pla nts is the genus Dionaea- commonly called the Venus fly trap .At the end of each leaf is a two-lobedtrap ready to impri son an unsuspectinginsect.

T he lobes are po ised - waiting foran insect to trip one or more triggerhairs located WITH IN the lobes. If theseare tripped, the plant snaps shut ­SUDDEN LY !

Inside, the insect p rey is doomed.Botanists have admitted that this planttrap simply couldn't be improved upon .T he trap is the acme of perfection !

T rapping an insect is one thing . Butit's worthless if you can' t digest him.The Venus flytrap is up to the task.

Th e trap becomes a stomach-, Diges­tive juices are secreted by the plant.Th e insect is broken down chemicallyinto nutritional material for the plant.Further, the plant would have to beable to INGEST the nutrients. T his itdoes too. It has been proven that Venusflytraps that have been fed insects thrivebetter than ones which H AVEN'T hadany to eat.

Th e Venus flytrap is selective. ]f aninsect trigg ers the trap , it will stayclosed for days - until the insect isthoroughly digested . If some other, in­edible substance shou ld trigger the trap,it will open in a FE\X' HOURS.

O f course, all this array of abilities isWO RTHLES S if you can' t first LU RE theinsect to the trap. Here again, the fly­trap scores. The inner faces of the lobeshave a band of glands that exude a

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substance that is pllre perfllme to in­sects.

They come to examine - and ZAP !

Suddenly, they find themselves enclosedin a vegetab le prison.

How Docs It Move?

Scientists have puzzled over the prob­lem of how or what sets off the trigger­ing mechanism. Notice this admission :

" How the mere touch of a toothpickor an insect on one of the flytrap'sminute tr igger hairs can cause so vio­lent a reaction is an O PEN QUESTION.

Plants have neither muscles nor nerves,"W hat then is the source of the me­

chanical energy ?"Plant physiologists , who have puz­

ZL ED OVER THIS PH EN O MENA for morethan a hundred years, still cann ot agreeon the answer" ( "Plants that Eat In­sects;' Paul A. Zahl, The Nat ional Geo­graphic Magazine, May, 1961) .

T he author continued:" How this tension develops and how

the signal is transmitted from the trig­ger hairs are MOO T QUE STION S, al­though a recent study has shown tinyelectrical disturbances durin g the ac­tion."

T he flytrap has no muscles, no nerves.no hinge of any kind . Yet, it canrelease its trap in less than HALF A

SECON D. later it can close tightly againstan insect, finally it can reopen.'

If electricity is involved in the actionof the flytrap, then the plant is FAR

MOR E CO M PLEX than has been thoug ht.But just exactly how this causes ten­

sions to be built up and Hlddenl)' re­leased by the triggering action of thesensit ive hairs is yet unkn own. A fur­ther problem is, how does the flytrap"know" when to REOPEN ?

D id the Flytrap Evolve ?

Once again, we ask, could such num­erous and complex mechanisms developpiece by piece over vast periods of time- or S/lddenl)' mutate into existence byone qu ick stride ?

Most botan ists such as Lloyd havesimp ly said : "Since we don't know theanswer to these problems, it is best toSAY N O M ORE" !

But that doesn't make the problem,go away,

If evolution is so logical - the fly-

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trap mechanism should be EASILY ex­plained.

Charles Darwin tried to explain itsome one hundred years ago. He asked :

"Can any light be thrown on thesteps by which these remarkable powers[of the Venus fly trap and other car­nivorous plants] W ERE GRADUA LL YA CQUIRED ?" (Cha rles Darwin, Insec­tivorous Plants, page 361.)

His Reasonings ?

How did he attempt to answer thisproblem? First, he discussed the mar­velous absorption power. He said thatother plants absorbed various chemicalsin their cells.

This he said was the answer!Th e Venus fly trap had merely

"learned" to do it BETTER.

But let's stop and analyze that, Isthat really an answer ? Or isn't itmerely pushing the problem back. Ifthe ability to absorb nutrients is foundin other plants where did T HEY A C­QUIR E THAT A BILIT Y?

Nevertheless, Darwin dismissed theproblem after one long paragraph.

But that was only problem one. W hocan explain how the plants acquiredthe ability to digest insects?

How did Darwin answer this one?( Almost nobody else has tried !)

Again, he said ALL plants contain anacid; all plants have power to dissolveprotein substances. Th erefore, the venusflytrap has merely P ERFE CT ED this

ability.But again, we ask - where did the

otber plants acquire their "limited"ability to do this?

Neve rtheless, Darwin used this cir­cuitous reasoning in order to avoid theproblem. He concluded on th is issue bysaying :

"As it cannot be doubted that thisprocess would be of high service toplants growing in very poor soil, itwould tend 10 be perfe cled Ibroughnatural selection . . .

"It ceases, therefore, to be anyGREAT M YSTE RY how several genera ofplants, in no way related together ,have independently acquired this samepower" ( ibid, page 363).

But saying it DO ESN 'T make it so.However, let 's go on to problem

three.

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More Unexplained Problems

Darwin on stage again :

"Little ligh t can be thrown on theGRADUAL acquirement of the third re­markable character possessed by themore highly developed genera of theD roseraceae, namely, the POWER OF

MOVEMEN T when excited" (i bid, page363 ) .

First an admission of ignorance ­then comes the same reasoning.

Other plants and flowers have theability for some kind of movement .Therefore, the Venus flytrap movementis just a P ER FECT ED ON E.

Let's stop and think!Is that really the truth? Does it

make sense? Darwin admits these areinjerences and probabilities. He issimply taking the problem and tryingto use it as PROOF !

Th e ability to lure insects, to trapinsects, to digest insects, to absorb thenutr ients had to be SUDDEN LY createdTOGET HE R. Otherwise, each of thesewould be useless.

And, surely, no evolutionist could 'claim all these marvelous mechanismsand abilities suddenly mutated together.

Diving in Deeper

The Venus flytrap isn't as simple toexplain as that. Remember, we dis­cussed the possibility of electrical sen­sations.

But here is something even morebasic.

You can take drops of water - oreven a stream of water - and pour iton the venus flytrap. But it doesn'tclose!

Darwin tried this and found it to beso. He even blew many times througha fine pointed tube with great force.But blow as he would against thetriggers - there was no closure.

Wh at's the point of this ?Obviously, the Venus flytrap was de­

signed so that it WOU LDN'T CLOSE

during rainstorms and high winds.B OT H of these would be prevalent inthe areas in which they grow.

The sensitivity of the Venus Rytrapis related to a MOM EN TARY touch(and this has to be more than once)rather than PROLON GED pressure.

What does this prove?

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It's quite clear that a MasterDesigner - One who had His EN TIRE

CREATION in mind - designed theVenus fl ytrap. He knew rain, windwould "be there. So He enginee red theflytrap so it wouldn't respond to suchpressure.

But what did Darwin claim ?

"This may be accounted for bySUP POSIN G that these plants and theirprogenitors have grown accustomed tothe repeated action of rain and wind,so that no molecular change is thusinduced; while they have been renderedmore sensitive by means of naturalselection to the rarer impact or pressureof solid bodies" (ib id, page 365 ) ,

Th at's what the idea is - a sup­position .'

W e simply cannot reason aboutthings which man creates in this way.No one could claim that a lot of metalscraps gradually got acrustomed tobears walking over them until they"developed" into a beartrap !

That kind of reasoning is foolish ! ­and we can plainly see it.

Yet, we allow men to hoodwink usby this SAME KIND OF REASONING

when it comes to God's Creation. Let'swake up and realize the truth.

Why So Rare ?

It has been admitted that of allthe carnivorous plants - according toman's way of thinking - the Venusfly trap is the BEST adapted. Yet, it isone of the most limited in its range.

Not only that, it is gradually becom­ing ex tinct,

Darwin again admits :

" It is strange fact that Dionaea,which is one of the most beautifullyadapted plants in the vegetable kingdom,should apparently be on the high roadto extinction" (Charles Darwin, lnsec­tivorous Plall/s, page 358) ,

Yes, a problem to evolution.

But not to the truth of creation.

But another problem is that Venus fly­traps have T HR IVED FO R YEARS withoutany insect or meat tidbits.

"Botanists believe that ' consumedinsects serve carnivorous species . . .contributing to maximum growth andvigor but N OT NEEDED" FOR SUBSIS-

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TEN CE" ( The National GeographicMagazine, "Plants that Eat Insects,"Paul A. Zahl, May, 1961 ) .

If it wasn 't necessary for survival.bou - did natural selection - t/..·h)' didnatural selection - choose these COM­

pLEx cha racters to develo p ? After all ,evolutio nists tell us: " Anima ls [and that

goes for plants] acquire new character­istics if they provide some IMMEDIATE

advantag e. They are neve r acquired

merely by accident, to be stored away,as it were, like money in the bank,possib ly to serve some usefu l purposein the distant futur e" (The Primates,LI FE N ATU RE LIBRARY, page 178) .

The obvious trut h, of course, is thatthe Venus flytrap OlD NOT evolve. It wascreated, com plete with all the marvelousmechanisms. A demonstration of theengi neering abil ity of the Creator God- with a dash of His humor.'

T he Utricu lar ia

Carnivorous plants also exist in thesubmicroscopic world ! There are fivegenera of them. One of these genera,Utricalaria, consists of some two bnn­dred sixty-fitle species - around theworld !

Francis Lloyd, who did years ofresearch on these free-floating plants,was simply amazed. Here is his startlingsummar)':

"They present a COMPL EX AND

PUZZLING morphology .. .

" But most to be wondered at are thetraps which present an ASTO UNDING

DEGREE of mechanical delicacy depend­ing on a fineness of structure scarcelyequalled elsewhere in the plant king­dom.

"Moreover they OCUlr in an UN EX­

PECTED VARIETY of form" ( Francis

Lloyd, Cami uorom Plants, pages 213,

214 ) .You cannot really appreciate the traps

of these plants without a microscope.Utricularia l'lllgaris - the most common

UTRICULARIA SUCKS IN FOO DMicro5co p ic anima l (see red circle5) swimsnear door of a tra p - one of man y com­posing ea ch Utricu/aria . It tri ps door whichope ns - animal is sucked in. later, afterd ig estion of microscop ic a nimal , the trapis re se t thro ug h a proce ss of pu mpin g outwa ler through me mbran e s of th e tra p wa lls.

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species - has a t rap no larger than aPINH EAD!

A microscopic water animal willnormally swim around aimlessly. Butbranched whiskers near the doorwayGU IDE the daphnia or other wateranimals to the trap. Wh en the animaltouches the trigger bristles - the ani­mal is VIOLEN TLY SUCKED INTO THE

TRAP!

It only takes about 1/ 50 of a secondfor the trap to capture its unsuspectingvictim.

The trap then becomes a stomach.The animal is digested and utilized asfood.

But how does it work ?

]\[ystery of the Traps

Actually, the traps work on the"partial vacuum" principle.

Along the lower lip of the Utri cn­[aria lw/gari; are some bristles. Thesebristles are attached around the trap­door. They distort the lower edge ofthe door when touched.

SU DDEN LY ! - a surge of water issucked into the trap, carrying in thehapless victim in its vortex.

But how does this sucking processtake place ?

First, water is pumped OUT of thetrap through membranes in the walls.Th is results in a lowering of the pres­sure within the trap. The door even hasa row of cells that acts like weather­s/ripping to make the hermetic seal sure.

Th e trap is now set.

When a microscopic animal trip s thebristles which trigger the door, it issucked in. A good analogy might beriding in a jet at thousands of feetabove sea level. Th e cabin must bepressurized at atmospheric levels. Out­side, the pressure is MU CH LOWER. Ifa window were to be suddenly brokenin that plane, a person next to it couldbe projected out .

The Utricsdaria trap works on thesame principle.

Man's bear trap and mousetrap arePITI f ULLY primit ive in comparison.Lloyd, after finishing his study - wassimply fascinated . He frankly stated:

" In closing this account one cannot

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HURRICANE(Continued fr0111 page 3)

disaster area by car. An aerial surveywas impossible at this time because thesky was dark and foreboding. Radiobroadcasts were warning continually tobe on the alert for tornadoes through­out the entire area.

Port Isabel was about 125 miles southof Kingsville, our departure point thatmorning. The first 75 miles of thisdistance on U. S. Highway 77 isthrough very lightly populated ranchcountry - formerly the famous KingRanch.

On this morning after the hurricane,however, little land was to be seen. Itwas mostly one high, swampy lake.Cattle could be seen hovering togetheron the few available patches of highgrou nd..Most of the time the water wasright up to the road's edge. Frequentlyit overflowed the highway by five or sixinches.

Finally we arrived in Raymondville,a small city of 10,000 on the northernperimeter of the valley's cultivated area.It was here that the scope of the de­struction began to hit us.

In Raymon dville

Snagged, snarled power lines;snapped utility poles; denuded and up­rooted trees and shrubbery; wreckedsigns and billboards; buildings withwindows knocked out and part of theroof gone - these were the sights thatmet the eye in all directions.

And everywhere - water. Dirt)'water. \XTater with jagged and splin tereddebris sticking out of it.

Dark and heavy clouds cast a pallover the city like a suffocating blanket.Occasionally they unleashed torrents ofrain. To add to the gloominess of thisunnatural, midmorning darkness, thecity was without lights. It was withoutelectric power and telephone service.

We tried to buy gasoline - but therewas no electric power to operate thepumps.

There were no usable toilet facilities- the sewerage system was out.

The water was not safe to drink .W e finally found a small grocery

store that had a few gallons of bottledwater. This dr inkable water and the

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store's few remaining items of grocerieswere being sold fast. Several inches ofwater covered the floor.

Across the street, we discovered agasoline station that was just openingfor business. Electricity had somehowbeen restored to the hospital, and thisstation happened to be on the sameline as the hospital.

As we fi lled with fuel, one man wascursing because he had been refusedshelter at one of the churches duri ngthe hurricane. He was a member of thesame general denomination as thischurch, but he was not a member ofthat particular church, so he was turnedaway. He went back home and rodeout the hurr icane there.

South of Raymondville. the evidencesof destruction were even greater. Dam­age to buildings and power lines ap­peared more extensive, Cultivated fieldswere filled with water and the citrusgroves were flooded up to the lowestbranches of the trees,

At Highway 100, we turned east totravel the final twenty miles to PortIsabel. Most of this highway was underseveral inches of water, and the landsurrounding the highway was almostcompletely inundated. Travel was slow.

At Port Isabel

We arrived at Port Isabel about noonand were stopped at the town's en­t rance by the N ational Guard. No onewas being allowed ent rance except re­turning residents and newsmen. Weshowed our credentials and were ad­mitted.

Main Street was an unbel ievablemaze of destruction . On one street ajeep was overturned. On another a hugehouseboat with pontoons lay on its sideand blocked the entire street.

An estimated 85 percent of the struc­tures in town were destroyed, and allothers were damaged.

Some of the residents who had re­turned were armed and on the lookoutfor looters. If?hat one would loot andwbere you would take it I never quitefigured out.

At the National Guard's temporarybase, we were introduced to CaptainSanders and Mayor Leo Sanders whowere both most helpful and courteousto us. They filled us in on many details

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and personally allowed us entrance toPadre Island.

On Padre Island

Padre Island is separated from themainland and Port Isabel by a three­mile causeway. A bridge on the cause­way had been damaged, and for fear ofdamaging it further, not even residentsof the island were being allowed topass over the causeway. Only police of ­ficials and a few newsmen were allowedpassage. Mayor Sanders was kindenough to give us personal permissionand we were among the fi rst to crossover to the island.

The south part of this island has be­tween 200 and 250 year-round resi­dents, many of whom live in a trailercourt at the southern tip.

This trailer court was obliterated. TheDepartment of Public Safety said that112 out of the 116 trai ler homes hadbeen destroyed. We didn't see any thatwere not destroyed, though a few maynot have been.

And by "destroyed" I don't meanjust lightly tipped over. I mean sbat­

tered, The difference in air pressurewhen the hurricane struck caused manyof these homes to literally explode .What remained was just a mangledheap of rubbish.

Other facilities on this island resortwere likewise extensively damaged.

T he Flooding Begin s

From Port Isabel, we drove toBrownsville. This road was even moreflooded and in spots along the oceanwhere the tides had come crashingin, it was completely washed out.

Brownsville, (population 50,000)though not in the most direct path ofBeulah, had sustained heavy damage andwas already in the midst of a S120,000cleanup operation.

As we left Brownsville and headedup the valley, it began to rain veryhard ! Suddenly we found ourselves invery deep water - literally !

Radio reports said that the entire re­gion for several hund red miles northwas now unde r torrential rains. Morethan twenty inches had fallen in someareas and roads were being closed. Thisdeluge was about the same as the averageannual rainfall over much of this area!

Immediately we headed for Harlin-

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gen to the north, but heavily floodedroads made travel slow. The land wasunbe lievably level and wate r was every­where.

In Ha rlingen the Department ofPublic Safety told us that if we had anyhopes of get ting out we had betterhead north to U. S. 77 immediately ­that it might already be too late.

As we fo llowed another car on aspur road lead ing to U. S. 77, we sud­denly found ourselves in wate r up tothe bumper. To make matters worse, itwas raining furi ously and the water wasso deep that all road side markers haddisappeared. It was impos sible to turnaround, and un less we kept mov ing , thecar would stall. There was on ly oneth ing to do : head for the traffic lightthat was hangi ng above the road abouta quarter of a mile away and hope thatthe road did n't bend anywhere in be­tween !

Thankfully, we made it through th isdifficu lt stretch and onto the mainhighway. But even the main road wasseriously flooded now and dri ving washazardo us.

\'<'a ruings Un heeded

Few cars were headed our direction­north . But hund reds were headed south- rig ht into th e fl ooded area we wereleaving !

\XTho were these peop le and wherewere they go ing? These were peop lewho had evacuated to escape Beulah .Now that Beulah had passed theythought th at it was all over and theywere retu rning to their homes - con­trary to the instructions being broadcastcontinually over the radi o. But theirhomes were now in greater danger thanever and certainly more flooded thanwhen Beulah struck. It was a pathetic,moving sight.

We made it to Corpu s Christi only

minutes before the roads became corn­

plete ly impassable. By now it was be­

coming obvious that the flooding and

continuing rain were go ing to be a

g reater disaster than the hurri cane itself.

H ighways thro ughout the area were be­

ing closed, emergency calls were going

out for boats to evacuate people from a

dozen or more different communities.

And tornadoes were a continuing threa t.

The PLAIN TRUTH

Operation Bravo

A few J ays later , when the skieshad clea red, but when the flooding wasat its worst , we flew photographersback into the area. They were able toland at Harlingen, home base fo r O per­ation Bravo - the Army's relief opera­tion . Here they were extended everyconsideration by Army personnel. Theywere taken by Army helicopter over theentire area as the Army conducted res­cue operations and dropped food sup·plies to those in need on both sides ofthe U. S.-Mexi can border.

PLAIN T RUTH ph otograp her LyleChristopherson gives this report onOperation Bravo :

I was ass igned to a hel icop ter whichflew mission s into the heart of thedi saster area . It was pil oted by twoVi etnam vetera ns, CW3 F. \V. C ross ,pil ot, a nd C \V'3 R. L. Simkins, co­pi lo t. T hese men went abo u t theirflj ght assi gnment in the tr uly pro­fes sional manner of persons no t jus tdoing a job, but doing this job withl ea l, accuracy, ded ication. integrity anda se nse o f purpos e. \'V' ith a combinedfli ght log that tota led upwards o f(J,son hou rs, th eir procedures le ft nodoubt tha t every movement o r act ionduring the fli ght had purpose .

OUf fi rst miss ion together was ala te afternoon fligh t from OperationBravo's Headquarters in Harlingen toReynosa, M exico . This fl jght wentright over Harfinge n's most beautifulho mes - and a lso th e a rea of someof the ci ty's wo rst flood ing. The fli ghtconti nued ove r numerous large br im­full flood cana ls a nd th e wide, ram ­paging, deb ris-lad en Rio Gra nde River.

At Reynosa our hel icopter wasass igned (0 drop food a long the muddyRi o Gra nde as we proceeded to thenorth . Shortly after the hu ge CI I-47Bhel ico pter l ifted off. we found OUT fir stfood recipient s. T he big whi rlyb irdlo wered slowly along a secti on ofrailroad track and the crewman in therear began throwing the heavy bu rlapba gs co nta ining ca nned foo ds to theeager. ha t-wav ing amigos ru nn ing:down the tracks. The goods ha d to bedropped some dis tan ce a wa y so thatthe wi nd from th e he lico pter bladeswou ld not blow the people into themurky-brown wat ers.

Several other sim ilar stops weremade be fore the mission was com­plet ed .

T he next day began as the onebefore: a briefing at ()(j30, a quick cupo f co ffee, and the ass ignment of fl ightmi ssio ns for the fi rst half of the day .

It is not a n easy job to be dash inga bout jus t a few feet above the murkyfloodwa te rs tryin g {O find thos e whoneed prompt aid.

Nor is it a l igh t matter to listen tothe screaming tur bi nes that supply thepower for the huge helicopters. Evenwith ad equate ca r protecti on. the wh inea nd clatter of just a few hours flightin on e o f th ese bi g helping ha nds ofmodern aviation made my ears ringfor hours.

Surely the Army an d these pi lots and

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crew members deser ve a pa t on theback and a " thank you" for a job we lldone. And so do thousands of otherswho worked long hou rs under tryingcircums tance s ( 0 help those in need :th e telephone a nd e lectrical repairmen,the Red Cro ss vo lunteers, policemenand firemen , tru ck driv ers, boatmen,food serve rs - a nd a host o f o the rs.

Other Problems

Adequate food, wate r and shel terwere not the on ly problems faced bythe flood victims. W henever there is ad isaster of th is type and magnitude, thethrea t of d isease is always present.

This report f rom the T yler Afomil1gTeleg"aph (Sept. 29, 1967) gives an in­.sight into some other problems : "Texasfough t clouds of mosquitoes so thickthat they blackened a man's arm. leav­ing trails of blood when brushed away.Kn ots of writhing snakes were found inabandoned homes wh en residents cameback. T wo persons were bitten in thebadly flood ed area northeast of CorpusChristi , but were in sat isfactory condi­tion."

In some areas a few trees were black­ened with tarant ulas trying to escapethe fl oodwaters.

And th en there was the smell. Thesmell of bloated and decaying cows,dogs and chickens. Th e smell of water­logged wood, rotting fruit and vegeta­tion, and water-soaked textile goods.The smell of fetid, backed-up sewage.These and a hundred othe r smellsseemed at times to dominate everything .

The memory of Beulah will linger fora long time to come in the hearts andminds of those whose lives were soforcibly altered by her.

PLAIN TRUTH ReportDifferent

H und reds of news media had the irreporters and photographers coveringthis catastrophe. Some of the smallnewspapers cou ld send only a lone re­porter with his camera. O n the otherhand , the big magazines and rad io andtelevision networks had whole armiesof reporters, photographers and camera­men on the scene with private jets, pri ­vate helicopters, and hundr eds of thou­sands of dollars' worth of equipmentall at their immedi ate disposal.

Some were there to sensationalize.Others were there just to fill their day 'squota of 2,000 words of copy -

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whether tl, ley hadwhi le to say something wo thor not ]1...1 r -careless with the fa ' any others werea dead line t cts because they h dman 0 meet , At ay con fusing "f .. one point soculated d ' acts were b . ,an pr inted 1 emg err-what to bel ' t tat nobody kseve. 'new

h.Our purpose is to ret mgs which po rt to you thwe hav oseown eyes and e seen with, to check ourwe can those facts as carefully aswe pass on to or accounts whichnot "b l you from othow up " ers. W e dtio ' an alread 0, n Just to fill u s y tragic situa -line, or fill p pace, meet a dI a quota W ead-p easure from tell in ' e receive no 'dest royed g of wrecked 1

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cannot control the pattern, But heGod alone ' weather, G dand ' . IS the Maste 0 and

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for a few min utes in Sunday school.This event real/)' happened! It ought toteach us, among other things, tha t I eSIIJ

Christ controls the weather.

And because Christ is "t he sameyesterday , and today, and forever"( Heb. 13 :8), tha t same living Christcan and does control the weather today !

God has alu 'a)'! cont rolled theweather - and He always will ! Godrules snpreme !

")17batsoeoer the Lord pleased , thatDID He in heaven, and in earth, in theseas, and all deep places. He causeth thevapours to ascend from the ends of theearth; he maket h lightnings for therain ; he bringeth the wind out of histreasuries" ( Ps. 135 :6-7) .

God sends " Fire, and hail; snow, andvapours; stormv wind 1"lfil/ing hi!lI '01"d" ( Ps. 148 :8).

Yes, God is in complete control. Heis in full cha rge. Whatever He desiresor allows HAPPENS. He gives a com­mand - it is DONE.

Through out the Bible, control of theelements is nam ed as one of the mostoutstanding means by which God dem­onstrates His awesome p ower to man.

Why V iolent W eathe r in T exas

The weather is the single most im­portant factor in th e economy of a na­tion.

\Vhen man is obedient to God, Godgives good weather as one of Hischoicest blessings .

But when man is disobed ient andrebellious, God uses His awesome abil­ity to control the weather as a powerfuland fearful mean s of punishment.

"So persecute them with thy tempest,and make them af raid with thy storm.Th at men may know that thou, whosename alone is the Eternal [ Yahweh, inHebrew] , art the most high over all theearth" ( Ps. 83:1 5, (8).

God allows violent weath er to st rikefear into the hearts of men . He sends itas an alarm - a warnin g - th at some­thing is very serious ly WRONG!

Th at is p recisely WHY Go d permittedHurricane Beulah, the tornadoes, thetorrential rains and the floods to Sout hTex as. W ill th e nation heed th e warn­ing that something is drastically wrong- that our peoples are sinning?

The PLAIN TRUTH

"Sin 1$ th e transgression of th e law"( I John 3: 4 ) - the breaking of God',Ten Com mandments.

Have we broken the Commandments :"Thou shalt have no other gods beforeme" ; and "T hou shalt not make untoth ee any g raven image" ? We sure lyhave ! We place just about allJthing andet/efything ahead of God and obedienceto Him !

Have we broken the third Command ­ment which tells us not to take God 'sname in vain? As we were in the disas­ter area we heard more cursing, swear­ing and damning of Go d's name thanwe had in a long time.

Do we keep God's Sabbath holy ?No - many hate that Commandmentthe worst of alll , They wouldn' t dreamof keeping that one !

What about dishonor ing parents.stealing, killing, committing adultery,lying and coveting? Why, our nationsdo these things all the time ! Surely weshou ldn't have to quote statistics toprove it! Read any newspaper !

We are sinning nat ions!And we in the Un ited States, of all

people , have th e least excuse.

Without Excuse !

In Psalm 147 God tells us why ourpeople are without excuse:

"He senderh forth his comm andmentupo n earth : His word run neth veryswiftly. He giveth snow like wool : hescattereth the hoar f rost like ashes. Hecasteth forth his ice like morsels: whocan stand before his cold? He sendethout his word, and melteth them : hecauseth his wind to blow, and thewaters flow. H e sheioetb bis word un toJacob, bis statutes and bis jlldg mentJunto Israel, H e hath 110t dealt JO uitban)' nation: and as f or bis jlldgmentJ,the)' bare 110t kn ou -n them. Praise yethe Lord" ( Ps. 147 :15-20) .

Yes, we in the Un ited States are partof God's peop le Israel - the literaldescendants of the ancient House ofIsrael, the so-called Lost Ten Tribes. Soare the other Engli sh-speaking nations- Brit ain, Canada, Australia, SouthAfrica. ( For proof of thi s astoundingfact write for our free book T he U. S.and British Comm onwealth in Propb­ec), . ) We have been blessed by God:1.5 no other nations on eart h. And one

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of the biggest blessings we have hadhas been access to the IV ord of God­access to God 's laws and statutes whichproduce every blessing we have.

But what have we done with thisknowledge - these blessings ?

Oh, yes! We have translated theBible int o many other langu ages anddistributed it arou nd the world.

We have given it to others.

BUT "" E HAV EN'T LIVED BY IT OUR·SELVES! And WE OUGHT TO KNOWBEITER!

That is why we are without excuse!

O ur people say to God , " Departf rom m ; for we desire not the kn ow/­edge of th), tl'a)'!. W hat is the Al­mighty, that we should serve him ? andwhat p rofit shou ld we have, if we prayunto him ?" (Job 21:14-15.) Yes, whoneeds God , many ask?

God is now beginning to deal withthis att itude. "He [ Go d] rewardethh im [ the wicked] , and he sball KNOWit. His eyes shall see his destruction,and he shall dri nk of the wra th of the

Almig hty" (verses 19-20 ) .

Go d is beginn ing to punish. But Heis not puni shing all who are guilty ­because all areas are guilty. Thus farthe punishm ents have been primarilyeconomic - a loss of the materialthings we hold so dear. Th ey have notyet resulted in a great loss of humanli fe.

D id you notice that, even thoughBeulah's disaster was spread over a widearea and caused one billion do llars'worth of property damage, only com­paratively fe u' lives were lost in Tex as?

God Almighty is being merciful­hoping that we will "get the point"and begin to change our ways. But ifwe refuse to take the warning, God isgoing to punish harder.

For years T he W ORLD TOMORROWbroadcast and T he PLAI N TRUTH havebeen warnin g th at our sins would leadto disasters unless we change our waysand turn to Go d with all our hearts .And is it significant that thi s majornatural disaster should have been al­lowed to strike in South Texas - anarea which has probab ly received a morepowerful warning witness for a longertime than about any other part of theUni ted States? T he WORLD TOMORROW

HURRICANE BEULAH- AND AFTEREFFECTS

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broadcast has been blanketing this areafr om both local Texas stations and thebig Mexican stat ions for some twentyyears !

Will we heed ? Will we repent ofour rebellion aga inst God and Hi s Lawwhich He gave for our own good?

W ill Your Area Be Next?

Th e tragedy created by Beulah maynot have affected your area. But of thisyou can be assured : unl ess we, God'snation of modern Israel, repent - andrepent qllickl), - a similar or evengreater disaster is going 10 Jtrike righ twhere YOU live . And that within thenext very few years!

It may not be a hurricane or floods.But disaster of some kind - drought,pestilen ce, earthquake, disease, etc. ­W ILL ST RIK E. Prophecy PROVES it (seeour free booklets 1975 in Prophecyand Th e Book of Revelation Unveiledat Last).

God will not force this entire nationto repent. But you yourself CAN repent.You can begin to change yo" ,. way oflife NOW. You don' t have to learn thehard way.

God's people may suffer to an exten tin the pun ishments God sends on therebelli ous. Some of God' s people wholived in the disaster area of SouthTexas suffered damage during thisstorm. But H e will see that those whoobey H im are more than compensatedfor their losses.

"The Lord trieth the righteous: butthe wicked and him that loveth vio­lence His sou l hateth . Upon the wickedHe shall rain snares, fire and brimstone,and an horri ble tempest : thi s shall beih e portion of their cup" ( Ps. 11 :5·6) .

God allows the righteous to suffer alittle as a trial to their faith - to testand strengthen them. But when thetime of REAL trouble comes upon thi sworld, God promises protection and de­liverance to those who humbly puttheir trust in H im.

"T he Lord is slow to anger, andGREAT IN POWER, and will not at allacquit the wicked: the Lord hath Hisway in the whirlwind and in the storm,and the clouds ace the dust of Hi s feet.He rehuketh the sea, and maketh it-dry, and drieth up . all the rivers . ..T he mountains quake at H im, and the

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hi lls melt , and the earth is burned at

H is presence, yea, the world, and allthat dwell therein . W ho can stand be­

fore H is indignation ? and who canabide in the fierceness of H is anger?H is fury is poured out like fire, and

the rocks are thrown down by H im.The Lord is good, a st rong hold in the

daJ of trouble; and He KNOWETH themthat trust III Him" (Nahum 1:3· 7) .

"Great is our Lord. and of great

power: His understanding is infinite.The Lord lifteth up the meek : Hecasteth the wicked down to the gro und.

He delighteth not in the strengthof the horse, He taketh not pleasu re in

the legs of a man. T he Lord taketh plea­sure in them that fear Him, in thosethat hope in His mercy" ( Ps. 147: 5­6,10·11) .

You have only one hope in the daysahead : the Eterna l GOD.

What Will YOU DO ?

Now what about you? Can you takea warni ng ? Can you see the meaningbehind the destru ction caused by Hurri­cane Beulah? Can you learn from thisdisaster?

Or was th is warning lost on you ?Are you going to have to see biggerand g reater things before you will beconvinced ? Are you goi ng to have topersonally slllJer before you learn ? Areyou going to insist on learning thehard way? Will God have to strikeYOllr area before you wake up ?

The decision is yours. N o one elsecan make it for you.

INSECT-TRAPPINGPLANTS

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but wonder at the astonishing variety oftrap structure. It is not less astonishingthat there is N O EVIDEN CE that oneform of trap is superior to another inaction .

"The fact of variety is one with thesame phenomenon observed when wesurvey attent ively some other unit ofstru cture.

" It seems as though nature, or todeify her fruitfulness, N ature, is not

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nor ever has been content to make

some one thing, however satisfactory,

and to let it go at that.

"She must show that she is not boundto the deta ils of a pattern, that in this

case, she can make a W HOLE SHELF

FULL of different kind s of traps, asif to PUZZLE you to pick the best"

( Francis Lloyd, Carnivorous Plants,page 263) .

Who W as the Engineer?

As is obvious to anyone with a really

open and thinking mind, all thesecarn ivorous plants are a proof of theexistence and DIRECT HAND of God.The intricacy of design ; the multiplevariety of types; the infinite complexityof work ing design - defy the MINDof man !

He stands aghast at the puzz lingarray of life . T he mastery of engineer.ing involv ed defies the greatest hurnaninvention . A mouset rap may be biggerthan the Utricularia: but its primitive.ness of design in compa rison to theplant trap puts it a FAR SECON D.

Yet, the mouse trap was designed bythinking humans. Then , isn't this proofthat the INFINITELY more complexplant traps had to be DESIGNED byan infinitely greater mind than that ofman ?

Of course!

Can YO U see that thi s vast creationis proof positive of a Creator God?Can you come to accept that God andsee He is the R UL ER of this universe ?The time is short. The evolutio nists ­and YO U - have only a few short yearsbefo re all doubt of His existence willforever be banished!

ATTENTION ALL NEWSUBSCRIBERS!

Thousands of you MISSED thefirst article s on evolution - thefa bulous co lor pictu res of "theArcher f ish" and "Anable ps. "Ava ilable now is a specia l ma g­czi ne- siae bo oklet combining theFIRST TWO Plain Truth' a rticlesin th is se ries on Evolution. If youmissed the m, or would like thearticles in th is form , be sure towrite fo r the free booklet nowl

~ltc J6iIJlc Sto'Uby Basil Wolverton

C HAPTER O NE HUNDRED N INE

GOD CHOOSES SOLOMON

B ECAUSE DAVID had gone against divine orders and had taken a census 10

Israel, God had caused seventy thousand sudden deaths in Israel.

Israe l's king had then heeded the advice of the prophet Gad, who had told

him that the plague would be stopped if David wou ld quickly boild an altar. Th e

site God had chosen for the altar was Mount Moriah, a high area on the northeast

side of Jerusalem.

God Selects His Temple Site

The spot was owned by a local Jebusite king named O man. Om an had a

threshing floor there and with his four sons was busy thre shing wheat when Davi d

arrived. (II Samuel 24: 1-18; I Chronicles 21:1-20. ) As king over all the land of

Israel, D avid could have taken over the place to do as he wished. But it wasn't his

way to conduct himself in such a manner. \1(Ihen Oman learned why the king

wanted his property, he was very anxious to cooperate.

"You are welcome to all that I have here without price ," he told David. "If you

are in need of wood for the fire, use my threshing instruments . If you need anima ls

for sacrificing, take my oxen."

David was pleased at Om an' s willing and helpful attitude. Because he wanted

to act in a hurry, he accepted all that Oman offered, but he insisted on paying. The

oxen cost only about thirty- two dollars. But David wanted severa l acres of land so

God's temple could later be built on the spot God had chosen . So he bought the

whole hill for nearly six thousand dollars. ( II Samuel 24:19-25; I Chronicles 21:21-25. )

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David was ad vised that he should off e r sacrifice s soon uponMt. Moriah . It was a high hill a t the edge of Jerusalem. It wasoccupied on top by buildings an d equipment for threshing grain.

An altar was hastily erected, and animals were sacrificed on it as soon as possible.

God showed His approval by sending fire from heaven to kindle flames on the

altar.

A little while later servants came to David to inform him that reports of new

plague deaths had suddenly ceased coming in from surrounding areas, and that no

deaths had been repo rted from within the city. ( I Chronicles 21: 26-30. )

"That means that G9d has accepted your prayers and your sacrifices," Gad

assured David. "The plague has been stopped '"

Relieved and thankful, David dropped to his knees to worship God for being

so merciful as to halt the terrible spread of death before it could reach the peop le

of Jerusalem.

Realizing that this was the place where God wanted His future temple to be

built, David spent the rest of his life preparing materials and setting aside most

of his wealth to pay construction costs and to decorate the temple. He gave his

son Solomon the complete plans and instructions God had given him. ( I Chronicles

22 , 1-19; 29 :1-19.)

David also thoroughly organized the priesthood and the government. (I Chroni­

cles, chapters 23-28.)

November. 1967 7'be PLAIN TR UTH

David's life had been so eventful and wearing that two years later , although

he was only sixty-nine years of age, his body was as worn and weakened as that of

a much older man. Among his various infirmities mentioned slightly in Psalms 31:10

and 38 :3 was his inab ility to remain comfortably warm , especially during the cool eve­

nings. Even though blankets were piled on him, his circulation was so poor that he al­

ways felt chilled.

H is servants and adviso rs decided that the only way he could be helped was

by putting a much younger person close to him , so that the vigor , strength and

warmth of youth would be imparted, even in a small measure, to the ai ling king.

Using their own judgment, the advisors chose a young woman for this purpose

- surprising as it may seem to those who read this account and who will perhaps

be moved to decide that David was again being very foolish. This wasn 't David 's

idea, The Bible states that she was very helpfu l in caring for David and that there

was no kind of wrong relationship, ( I Kings 1: 1-4.)

A Brother's Schemes

The deplorable thing that resulted from the king's infirmity was the conduct of

Adonijah, at that time David's oldest son . Adonijah decided that his father was too

old and senile to ru le Israel, and that he, Adonijah, should be the one to take his

father's place, He tried to impress the people by copying the overly colorfu l ways of

the late Absalom when he was attempt ing to win the public to his cause. Adonijah

chose several very fancy cha riots in which to ride about, and hired fifty men to

run in front of his chariots to loudly anno unce to the people that an important

person was passing through and to clear the roads or streets of all obstru ctions.

David, in his ai ling condition, wasn't told of all Adonijah was doing. On the

other hand, he was aware that h is son was strutting around with attendants, but

he did nothing about it. D avid was very sentimental about his sons, and wasn't

always as firm as he should have been for their good as well as his.

\Vha tever the situation, David made no move to prevent his son from trying

to take over the reins of the government of Israel. Adonijah managed to obtain the

backing of some of the influential figures of the nat ion, including ]oab, the military

commander, and Abiathar the priest, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet

refused to help him. So did most of the powerfu l men and leaders who had been

close to David, ( I Kings J :5-8,)

To promote his cause and establish good will among his friends and others

whom he hoped to win over to his side, Adonijah arranged for wha t we of this

age would call a campaign rally. It was held at a place where such functions were

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popu lar , and where impress ive sacrilices were made. Food and wme were rn abun­

dance. The mood of those invited was anything but solemn. Most of David's sons

were asked to attend, as were many high officials. ( I Kings 1:9-10.) Most of David's

officers were ignored. So was Solomon, the son of David and Bathsheba, the one

David knew God had appointed to be the next king of Israe l. (I Chronicles 28:5 .)

Nathan the prophet decided that Adonijah had carried matters much too far ,

and that David should be stirred up to do something about it. Knowing that Bath­

sheba had g reat influence with David, he asked her to go to the king to warn him

that there was danger of Solomon and his moth er losing their lives if Adon ijah

decided to take extreme measures to obtain full and certain leadership.

" I am aware that you know David wants your son to succeed him as God has

commanded," Nathan told Bathsheba . "You must go to your husband and tel l him

tha t this won't happen unless Adonijah's ambitio n is brough t to an end at once.

God wants David to do his par t. When I know that you are speaking about this

matter to David, I' ll join the two of you and rcpcat that the matter is extrem ely

urge nt." ( I Kings 1:11-14.)

Bathsheba was anxious to do what she could to insure Solomon 's stcpp ing into

his father's placc. She went at once to David to exp lain how Adonijah had been

acting and how he was already thc king of Israel in the minds of some of the

peop le. She poin ted out that if h is following increased and if David should die, she

and Solomon wou ld come to be regardcd as enemies of the state because they were

not included in Adonijah's followers.

The Plo t D efeat ed

N ovember, 1967

It was one of those days when David wasn't feeling too well. The young

woman especially chosen to wait on him was trying to make him comfortable.

Bathsheba could see that the king was moved by the things she said, but he only

nodded or shook his head. Th en it was announced that Nathan the prophet wished

to speak with Da vid, whereupon Bathsheba left. \'V'hen Nathan came in, he

mentioned to David all that Bath sheba had told her husband , but in a diffcrent

way intended to appeal to David's g reatest interests.

" I don't understan d why you are allowing another to become king of Israel

when it has long been God's command that Solomon should cume after you," Nathan

pointed out to David . ( I Kings 1: 15-27.)

"Call Bathsheba . Have her come to me at once," David responded, stra ightening

up and suddenly looking very determin ed.

Nathan knew as he departed that the king had made a decision of some kind .

November. 1967 T he PLAIN TRUTH

He was Sure that it was the right one. W hen Bathsheba arrived , D avid spi ritedly

reminded her that he had made a vow that Solomon shnu ld surely become king of

Israel and that he wished to repeat that vow. Turn ing from Bathsheba, he told a

guard to call Zado k the priest, Nathan the prophet and Benaiah, a great hero and

the captai n of his guards. ( II Samuel 23 :20-23; II Samuel 8 : 18 .) When these three

men arrived, David instructed them to take Solomon to a publ ic gathering place

just outside the west gates of Jerusalem .

" Benaiah, see that he is accompanied by most o f my g uards," David ordered.

"And have him ride on my personal mule. Nathan and Zadok, you will anoint my

son Solomon as the next king of Israel. Make a publ ic proclamation so that the

people will know what is tak ing place. Af ter the ceremonies are over, bring Solomon

back here."

"So be it !" Bena iah exclaimed. " I know this is according to God 's will. God

has been with you, my king. May He be with Solomon to exalt the throne of Israel,

and to make it even g reater than it has been during your reign ."

\X1hen the people in and around Jerusalem saw the king 's g uard marching

befo re and after the mule-borne Solomon and the two priests, they swarmed together

in increasing numbers to follow the parade. By the time the ceremonies were over,

and Solomon had been anointed king , a huge crowd had gathered. There were

the sounds of g reat celebration, including the blowing of trumpets and pipes and

shouts of "Long live king Solomon !" with such volume that the noise was heard in

all the city and in some areas beyond. ( I Kings 1:28-40; I Chronicles 29 :20-2 5.)

Just at th is time Adonijah's long, party-like rally to gain followers was coming

to an end . The last meal was over. Guests were beg inning to leave when the sounds

of musical instruments and the shouts of thousands of voices came clea rly to

Adonijah and those with him .

Conspirators III T rouble

"There must be tro uble somewhere," Joab observed concernedly. " Perhaps

the city is being attacked. W hat else could cause such an uproa r ?"

As the wondering listeners paused anxiously, Jonarhau the son of Abiathar the

priest came in from the street to join them. Adonijah greeted him warmly, remarking

what a brave man he was and that sure ly he must be the bearer of good news.

" It could be good news for some, hut I doubt that it is for you," Jonathan

rep lied uneasily. "David's son Solomon has just been ano inted the next king by

Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet. T he loud music and shouts you hear are

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coming from the huge crowd that witnessed the ceremony. Th e people are happy and

enthusiastic about it." (I Kings 1:41-48.)

A cheerless silence came over Adonijah's guests. Wordlessly they filed out of

the place and hur ried to their homes, not wishing to have anything more to do

with any movement to try to force their erstwhile champion on the throne of

Israel. As for Adonijah, he was the most uncomfortable and fearful. It was

evident that most of the people wanted Solomon to become king, and that David

would deal harshly with anyone who opposed the king,

Th ere was dancing and singing in celebration of Solomon's appointment as

king. But Adonijah became alarmed at what he imagined would happen to him

because he had tried to become king against his father's will. So he decided to

seek protection at the tabernacle. Th ere he went to the altar where the sacrifices

were made, and clung to it desperately. Th e altar was regarded as a refuge for

those who had sinned. Adonijah thought it would be the safest place for him if

David's soldiers should come after him, (I Kings 1:49-50.)

Solomon had taken over the responsibilities of the ruler of Israel as soon as

he had returned to the pa lace. Although he was only about twenty years of age,

he was capable of good judgment, and took his high office very seriously. W hen

he heard that Adonijah was at the tabernacle and was trusting in the king to spare

his life, he sent men afte r Adonijah. The would-be king thought that his end

had come when he saw the soldiers swiftly approaching the altar , and heard one of

them order him to come with them.

" If I step away from this sacred altar, you' ll kill me," Adonijah shouted

fearfully.

Strong arms reached up to wrest him down from the altar. He was hustled

guickly off and brought before Solomon. He prostrated himself before his half­

brother, expecting the new king to give an order for his execution.

"You know that you have acted foolishly in trying to become king," Solomon

stated. "Because of this, whether you live or die will depend on how you conduct

yourself from now on. If you go the right way, not a hair of your head will be

harmed by any of my men. Now return to your home."

Surprised and relieved, Adonijah mutt ered his thanks and hastily left the palace.

( I Kings 1:51-53.)

A Wise Father's Advice

No t long afterward, Davi d informed Solomon that he was about to die, and

that he had some valuable advice to give him. Th e advice was the kind that any

wise father should give his son, but there were reminders from the former king

of Israel to the new king.

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"Keep God 's commandments and stat­

utes and judgments," David told Solomon.

"You will prosper and be successful if

you do. God told me that if my children

would live according to His laws, men of

our family would continue on the throne

of Israel. So prove yourse lf an obedient

man, worthy of being a king.

"Consider Joab and the murders he

has committed in the name of warfare.

Handle him with care and good judgment,

remembering that he has great influence

with many people, but don't let him live

long enough to die of old age. I shou ld

have had him punished by dea th long

before now.

"Be kind to those of the family of

Barzillai the Gileadite, who was such a

help to me at the city of Mahanaim whi le

I stayed there in my forced absence from

Jerusalem.

"Consider also the case of Shimei the Benjamite, who cursed me when I was

fleeing from Jerusalem. He tried to make amends by meeting me at the Jordan river

when I was returning to Jerusalem. I promised him that I would not give orders

to have him put to death . But you know he was guilty. You shou ld deal with him

as harshly as you shou ld deal with joab.'

Some months after Solomon had become king, David died. He served forty

years as king of Israel. ( I Kings 2;1-11; I Chro nicles 29;26-30.)

During that time Israel became a powerful natio n, but not as wealthy and

powerful as it would have been if David and especially the people had followed

God 's laws more closely. Probably David is the most remembered king of Israel

because of his eventful life and because he wrote a great port ion of that part of

the Bible called the Book of Psalms. With much mourning David was buried in a

special sepulchre at Jerusalem. A great amount of wealth was buried with him, part

of which was taken from his tomb centuries later.

Because of his trying to seize the rulershipof Israel, Ado nl jc h expe cted to hear ade ath sentence from Solomon.

Solomon used unusual wisdom at times during his reIgn , insomuch that Israel

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remained strong and respected by the surrounding nations. But matters didn't always

go smoothly for the new, young ruler.

November, 1967

Adonijah Tries Again

Adonijah, who had tried to become king, decided that he would like to marry

Abishag, the young woman who had been chosen to physically strengthen David

during his last days. Adonijah cleverly went to Bathsheba about the matter, knowing

that she would have far more influence with the king than he would have ,

Bathsheba promised Adonijah that she would ask her son the favor. When she

did, Solomon became very angry, He considered Adonijah's request through his

mother very improper, He rightly suspected that this was the beginning of some

kind of plot to seize the government.

"Adonijah might as well have asked for the whole kingdom as well," Solomon

observed wrathfully to his mother. "I warned him that his conduct would determine

his fate . This turn of events proves to me that he isn't worthy to live!" (I Kings

2: 12-23.)

Solomon was concerned mostly by the thought that Adonijah was making a

move to again gain popularity with the people for the purpose of another effort

to become king. He ordered Benaiah , the commander of the royal guard, to see

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While thousands of admiring subjects mourned, David was buriedin a special tomb at Jerusa lem.

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that Adonijah should be executed. (I Chronicles 18: 17; I Kings 2: 24-25.)

Afterward he ordered Abiathar the priest to come before him.

"1 know how vigorously you worked for Adonijah to become king," Solomon

frow ningly reminded Abiathar. "You were against David my fat her, even thoug h

you knew God had set him on the throne. It' s my opinion that you deserve death

as much as Adoni jah has deserved it." Abiathar's face turned white. Judg ing from

the king 's stern expression, he was' about to order anot her execution.

(To be continued next issue}

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~odfrom the Editor

(Col/til/lied fr om page 1)

illegal, we took the program off. Wepreach and practice submission to au­thority .

Th e writer of the Catholic articlespeaks of "Herbert W . Armstrong'ssword and thu nder broadcasts." Now Ido not consider that an insult at all. Infact that is rather complimentary, whenyou understand . You see, God Himselfspeaks of His Word, the Bihle, as "thesword of the Spirit, which is the \Vordof God" ·(Eph. 6 :17) . All Christians areadvised, in this passage, to take up tbis"sword," as part of the whole armourof God, to withstand in the evil day.Th is Word of God is pictured as asharp sword coming out of the mouthof the soon-coming Christ - who isthe Personal Word of God. The Bibleis "sharper than a two-edged sword"- Hebrews 4: 12. It corrects - andthat cuts !

And what about the voice of THUN­

DER ?

God Himself speaks with the voiceof THUNDER : " After it a voice roareth:He tbnndereth with the voice of His ex­cellency; and He will not stay themwhen His voice is heard . God Ih1/11­

dereth marvellously with His voice;g reat things deeth He, which we can­not comprehend" (Job 37 :4·5 ) . Godtold Jonah (Jo nah 1:2 Moffatt trans­lation ) : "Go to Ni neveh, that greatcity, and thunder in their ears that theirwickedness is known to me .. ."

Continuing the article : " .. . dencunc­ing evolution, socialism, 'counterfeitChristianity" and · modern comfortableliving." W ell, we do point out someamusing and ridiculous fallacies of theevolutionary theory. Millions enJoythese talks and articles; thousands ofstudents are opening their eyes; and afew dyed-in-the-wool victims and fol­lowers of the deception become angrybecause they cannot answer our proofsand are yet unwilling to give up theirbeloved fable.

But "socialism"? We do not enterinto politics. I was 0 01 aware that weattack socialism as a political ism, al­though we have stated a few factsabout communism, which is anti-God.

And "modern comfortable living"' ?Oh N O! W e're all for "modern corn­fortable living," as long as it is thef ight kind 'of living. W e like to seepeople "comfo rtable." We arc notagainst any modem comforts that areGOOD for people. God denies us ab­solutely NOTHING that is GOOD for us- and fo'r others. He denies us onlythat which is harmful to the doer orothers. God is a God of LOVE - theGod we serve and proclaim, that is.Perhaps the writer of the article meant

certain modern practices that arc harm­fu l and injurious.

Continu ing the article : " Perhapsthis silence is the "famine of hearingthe word of God' prophesied byAmerican evangelist . Mr. Armstrong10 years ago." No, not at all. As theheadline of the article stated, the"silence" over ' Britain is only TEM PO ­

RARY. And when the silence foretold in

Amos 8;11 comes, it will be world­wide. But again - only temporary be­cause it will immediately precede thecorning of Christ. And when He comes," . . . out of Zion shall go forth thelaw, and the word of the ETERNAL

from Jerusalem" ( Isaiah 2:3 ; Micah4:2) , and " .. . the earth shall be fullof the knowledge of the ETERNAL, asthe waters cover the sea" ( Isa. 11:9)"

Back now to the article: " If thatseems too far-fetched. there are otherSHOCKING FACTS which Mr. Armstronghas been proven to foretell (to use hisown style of emphatic typesetting).In May he told an assembly of hisdisciples at a college in Hertfordshirethat he expected war to break outbetween the Arabs and Israelis withinthe month." Comm ent: One couldhardly call that a hostile or defamingstatement, when everyone knows thatthe war did break out in June - pre­cisely five weeks, to the day. afte r theprediction. I thank the writer for hisacknowledgment.

He continues: "His followers are nowpreparing themselves for the mostsensational forecast of all: World \X!arIll , culminating in Armageddon andthe second coming of Christ by 1975."Where did he get that 1975 date ? I donot set any date for the second corningof Christ. I do say emphatically that itis near - but I do not know the date,or even the precise year. All I know iswhat allJbody may know if he can readand believe the Biblical prophecies. Andthey do not reveal the precise year.Some have tried to figure the year, fromthe prophecies. Some even had it figuredout to occur in 1936, but their applica-

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tions and figures were in error. Th ereare signs and indications. All worldevents fulfi lling prophecy shou ld warnus that it is now near- po.r.ribLy by1975 - pro bably before 15 or 20 mo reyears - but Jesus said plainly "But ofthat day and hour knoweth no man, no,not the angels of heaven, but my Fatheronly" ( Mat. 24:36) .

On the other hand , He also said:"And when these things beg in to cometo pass, then look up, and lif t up yourheads ; for your redem ption drawethnigh " ( Luke 2 1:28). The events hehad just fo retold have, now, begu1l tocome to pass. But continue the article :

..According to the predictions, in thenext eight years the Anglo-Saxon nationswill be demoralized by automation andwelfare, and weakened by droughts andfloods." I don't know where he ge tsthe demoralization by automation andwelfare. \Y/e ourselves make effectiveuse of automation - large printingpresses, large refrigerated trucks trans­por ting food grown on our ownagricultural-extension farms adjo iningour Texas campus - more than 3,000acres - and our own -grow n hard wheat,by which we ourselves produce muchof the food for our hundreds of collegestudents - our considerable IBMequipment , inclu ding the very latestcomputer. W e may have mentionedabuses in thi s wor ld 's wel fare programs,but we are not opposed to the principleof welfare, rightly, honestly and wiselyadministered . \X!e're all for it, andadminister it. Of course, this wr itermight have misunde rstood . I'm sureour readers know well that , as aphil osoph y and way of life, we pro­claim G OD'S WIAY - wh ich is the wayof LOVE. And love is an outgoing con­cern . It is the way of helpi ng, servi ng,co-operating, not of competition, self­ish and greedy taking . The droughtsand floods are prophesied in the Bible.They most certainly already "haveBEGUN to come to pass."

Continue the article: "The In-headedbeast of the Apocalypse - which Mr.Armstrong sees as the European Com­man Market - will come under thecontrol of a nco-Nazi soldier,and a 'falseproph et' who heads 'the great apostatepaga nized Church falsely calli ng her­self Christian: " Yes, he is pretty close

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to right here. Only I do not "seethe to-beaded "beast" as being the6·headed Common Market - most cer­tainly in its present for m. Th e CommonMarket is preliminary to it - and theprophesied Io-headed "beast" fo retoldin this writer's Bible as well as mine maywell be the ou tgrowth of it. But it willembody T EN nat ions or gro ups of na­tions, and it will be POLITIC.AL and mili­tary - not economic onl)' as the Com­man Ma rket now is. And I do not sayit will be under the control of a neo­Nazi soldier. I do not K N OW who theindividual political leader will be, oreven that he will be a Ger man ­thoug h frankly the ind ications are hewill be. He will not necessarily be asoldier.

H e cont inues: "Then 200 millionChinese and Russian CommunIst troopswill sweep through Europe, leaving it'TOT ALLY devastated .' '' If our readerswould like to know what I do say ­f rom the Biblical prophecies - on thi s,write for our fr ee book let " 1975 inProphecy." And we always point out,by the way, that the mention of theyear 197 5 in the tit le of the bookletdoes not mean we set that as the dat e

of Christ's coming.T he article continues : "T he end of

pirate rad io, however, does not neces­sarily mean that we sha ll be cut off fromhearing the message - so a cheerful'World Tomorrow' official at the Hert­fords hire college assured me this week.He said: 'If it is God's will tha t thiswi tness go on in Britain, He will openup other means, other stations. Perhapssomething fro m Europe. W e're not pes­simistic.' " T hat does not sound like adirect quote from one of our officials,but it is far more accura te than some"papers" have quoted, and undoubtedlyaccurate in substance. My answer: Itmust have been God's will! It hasopened up! So again, things seem towork out as we say.

Continue: "Mr. Armstrong made hisfirst 'W orld Tomorrow' broadcast inOregon 33 years ago. With a controlledpani c style of speech - "Mr. Armstronghad been trained in Advertising - hebegan to barrage western farmers."Well, now ! - "controlled panic style ofspeech"! That's a real lalapalooza ! Ihad to laugh at that one. As to how

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accurately it describes, I' ll leave that toour listeners. I only know that both myson Garner Ted and I are in deadearnest about the M essage God is send­ing into all the world by our voices ­and there is no deceit, or affectation,in our manner of speech. We simplysay what God gives us to say, stra ightfro m the shoulder , seeking to please noone but God.

H e conti nues: " He claims that hestarted on a shoestring, with 'a groupof dedi cated friends.' Now the broad­casts, most of them taped by his son,Garner T ed, are heard nearly every dayon 303 commercial stations round theworld. M r. Armstrong states that thewhole ope ration - includ ing two trai n­ing colleges in the U. S. and one here ­cost £2Y2 million a year." I do notknow where be got that £2Y2 milli on ­for that is quite inaccurate - but it istrue tha t this W ork of God has becomea worldwide Work.

T hen he concludes: "W here does themoney come from ? It is all donated,says Mr. Armstrong , by 35,000 'co­workers' who agree to give 10 percentof their income to the sprea d of hisprophecies."

At last he gets to the point thathas always seemed to most disturbcritics who wri te abou t this Work­"where does the money come from?"Most critics apparently have felt theremust be something very wrong in anymoney being spen t to proclaim andpub lish God's TR UTH. But I' m sure thi swriter can be neither jealous nor accus­ing in that regard, since the compara­tively small amount of money it takes tooperate this Work of God is infinites i­mal compared to the TR EM ENDOUS

riches and ann ual income of his Church- by far the wealthiest in the world .He was quite unin formed on that35,000 (co-workers) , by the way, butI assume he thought it was correct.

I felt that our readers would enjoyread ing a Catholic writ er's appraisalof us. My comments are not intendedto be a refutation, or "answer" to anaccusation, but merely a correction ofa few points and a furt her expla nationI felt migh t be profitable for ourreaders. I do not conside r his article de­rogatory, else I should not have digni­fied it with comment.

The Autobiography ofHerbert W. Armstrong

We come to the 25th Anniversary of The WO RLD TOMO RROWand The PLAIN TRUTH.

IN ST ALLl\IENT 75

D URIN G THAT tragic week between

Dick's automobile crash and hisdeath , my other son, Garner

Ted , was undergoing also a traumat icweek in Springfield, Missouri.

He was th en in th e midst of his evan ­gel ist ic campa ign, with the team he hadtaken along to assist. Attendance andinterest was good. N ot only was hespea king to a good audience every night ,but he was, by that time, car rying halfor more of the broadcasts on TheWORLD l'O r-. IO RROW program.

Garner Ted's Traumatic W eek

D uring th at week at San LuisObispo I was not able to keep up thedaily broadcasting . But The W OR LDTOMORROW was then being releasedover KG BX Rad io in Springfi eld . Andthat station had ope ned to Ted theprivilege of recording the da ily programin their stud ios - shippi ng th e mastertapes by air express daily to Pasaden afor dubbing and resbipping to thestations around the worl d.

Preannouncing T ed 's Springfield cam­paign, we had used large advertisingspace in local newspapers, billboa rds inand surrou nd ing Springfield, specia lradio programs beside spot announce­ments, and a few television programs .

We still had, of course, the films ofour six mon ths' television programs re­leased coast to coast in the United Statestwo and a half years befo re, Ted badappeared on two or three of them, andhad carried one himself. These werebroadcast on Spr ingfield television, be·side special spo t announcements bytelevision . So the campaign had beengiven publicity by radio, televi sion ,newspaper adve rtising, and billb oards­beside written announcements sent out

from Pasadena to all on our mailinglist in th at area .

Probably no week in Ted's life hadever been as difficult as this one.

I hJSC recounted before how close toeach other my two sons had been. Fewbrothers have ever been so closely

. attached to one anot her. I have men­tioned how D ick, after Ted had joinedthe Navy, virtua lly mourned as if Tedbad died, For weeks he had little appe­tite.

During this week Ted suffered, sym­path etically, the pains Dick was livingth rough . Yet he was compelled to re­

main righ t there, appear ing cheerfu l,speaking to his audience night afternight. And this beside doing the broad­cast day after day, when there was analmost irresistible urge to fly on th enext plane to San Luis Obi spo to be withhis bro ther.

T ed 's Springfield campaign prod ucedrich results. But he paid a pr ice for thisprecious spiritua l harvest.

III)' T ime o f T rial, T oo

But if it was an agonizing week forGarner Ted, it was, of course, equa llyor more so for Lois, his mother and me.

No one , of course , bill a mother, candescribe or fully app reciate a mother'slove for her son. But fathers love theirsons, too. And my affection for RichardDavid had been greatly deepened by thespecial circumsta nces uncler which hehad been born.

It is, of course, natural for everyfat her to want a son. \X' hen our firstchild was a g irl I was not disappointed.Few fathers wou ld be. "N or was I dis­appointed when our second child wasanot her daughter, But wh en the rankingmost fam ous obstetrical specialist in theworld, in a Chicago hospita l pulling mywife through a nea r-fatal mid-preg-

nancy toxemia. eclampsia, with 30%albumin in the urin e, warned us g ravelythat she could never undergo anotherpregn ancy without fata l resul ts to herand the child, I was disappoi nted be­yond words to describe. I had to resignmyself to a sonless life.

And this medical pronouncement wasconfirmed by two othe r doctors.

Wle didn 't know , then. An d I'm notsure these doctors knew, the realREASON. Apparent ly not too much wasunderstood , at th at time, by the medi calprofession about this negative-positiveRH blood -factor condition. But my wifeand I were opposites in that regard .

I had been forced to resign myself toa fu ture without possibility of ever hav­

109 a son.

T hen, eight years later, in Portland ,O regon, M rs. Armstron g had been - asrecounted earlier-sudden ly, completelyhealed of several serious complicationsby a positi ve mi racle resulting from be­licving prayer. \Y/e knew then, by faith,that whatever had been the disturbingfactor to render anothe r pregn ancyfata l, had been removed hy this healing .

I knew then that God would give mea son.

And ever since I felt that the dayRichard David was born was the hap.

piest day ' of my life.

I was pe rfectly sat isfied, then, God

had blessed me with a son. He had been

conceived less than a year af ter my con­

version.

But the great God had plans I didnot know. I was perfectly satisfied withthe one son. W e did not pl an tohave another. But God knew that Herequired the services of Ga rner T ed, andthat Dick needed a brother near hisage. And so, a year and four monthslater, Garner Ted was born - and I was

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now doubly blessed - with T W O sons.

But when Go d took from me - orallowed to be taken - my firstbo rn son,

on July 30, 19 58 - less than threemont hs before his 30th birthday - well.it seemed that J could have some litt le

und erstanding of how Abraham musthave felt when he expect ed to have togive up his son Isaac - or even Godthe Father of all, in giving His Son

Jesus Chri st for ME as well as for theworld.

T he Ordeal

Dick's death occurred early \Vednesv

day morning , July 30, 1958. T he acci­dent had occurred the preceding \'Ved­nesJ ay morn ing. T he funeral was setfor Friday, August I. The day in be­tween, Th ursday July 31, Mrs. Arm ­stro ng and I shared a very sor rowful4 1st wedding anniversary.

On \X!cdncsday we con ferred withMessrs. Roderick Meredith, He rmanHoch and Norman Smith regardi ngfuneral arrangements. Th ey felt unani ­mously that it was my duty to officiate atthe funeral, which we planned for asimple g raveside serv ice only. Throughthe day I drov e in my car to inspectcemeteries - which I had not had occa­sion to do before in Pasadena. I do notnow remember whether M rs. Armstrongand Lois went along . Necessary arrange­ments were completed . Lois accompaniedus to the mortuary to select the casket- selecting one in the type of woodLois said was Dick's favorite.

To say that my compa ratively brie fg raveside sermon was an ordeal wouldbe a gros s understatement. I hadlearned. many years before. in conduct­ing many fune rals, to steel my nervesand remain calm, with controlled emo­tions . Hut speaking at Dick's fune ral wasaltoget her different. I found .myselfspeakin g in a louder. more concen tratedvoice than usual in a sup reme effort toprevent emot iona l loss of control.

I remembe r quoting a portion ofLincoln's Gettysbu rg add ress, regardi ngthe du ty of those of us remaining tocarry on the g reat Work to which Godhad called us.

My first imp ulse was to remain awayfrom the Saturday afternoo n collegechapel service. I didn 't want to see any-

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body. Nor did Mrs. Armstrong . Butthen I realized it was my duty to attend.

J thought of ente ring at the lastmoment , and sitt ing in the frunt rowbefore any could speak to me or offercondolences. Hut then I realized thatsome of the stude nts had erroneouslyassumed that min isters were under suchdivine protection that no such tragedycould occur to one of them. Dick's acci­de nt and dea th migh t shatter this faith.I knew I had to bring a message that .would holster and strengthen. not de­stroy faith.

T hese experiences were perhaps themost severe test I had ever been calledon to experience. But of course J knewwhere to go for strengt h, wisdom, andhelp.

We T ra vel to Springfield

Lois' parents had come for thefuneral. She and they p lanned for themto stay on a while with her. in the homeshe and Dick had purchased new justover a year before. Lois felt that per­haps, with her parents in the house, shemig ht adju st to remaining there with­out D ick.

I had assisted Dick and Lois with thedow n payment for the pu rchase of theproperty, and it probably was still lessthan half paid off. But Dick had beenthoughtful in providing insurance whichpaid off the property in full. He alsohad provided insurance fo r Lois. Andthere was an addit ional 15,000 dueLois from gro up insurance carried by

. the College.

However, the few days of attempts atad justing to living in the house without

D ick had convinced Lois, by that week­end , that she could not live there alone.

M rs. Armstrong, Lois and I planneda trip to get away from the trauma­shock we had undergone. I had learnedthat nothin g is so qu ieting and relaxingto di st raug ht nerves as a long trip on atrain. So we planned a trip to Spring­field. Missouri. to meet T ed and be withhim for the final service of his evan­gel istic campaign.

We left almost immediately, takingeithe r the "Chief," or the "Super-Chief"

of the Santa Fe Railroad as far as Kan­sas City, changing there for a train toSpr ingfield . Litt le Dicky - Richard

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David II - was carried in a sort of cribbasket.

It did Ted and his wife a great deal ofgood to have us with them in Spring­field . He, too, had undergone a mostsevere ordeal. But he was being reward­ed by a successful spi ritual "harvest: '

After a few days there, we journeyedon dow n to the location in T exas thatis now the third campus of AmbassadorCollege. W e were then building there,of comparatively inexpensive all-steelconstruction, what we believed to be thelargest "church auditorium" in T exas,as a Tabern acle fo r an annual 8-dayfestival or conventio n - seating 8,000 .

After a day or two there, wejourneyed on back to Pasadena. Soonwe were eng rossed in the many re­sponsibilities of carrying on the W orkto which the living Chr ist had calledus.

\Y/e had , shortly before th is, acquiredthe mansion of Mediterr anean archi­tectur al design located between May­fair (girls' student residence) , andAmbassado r Ha ll. W e had done a cer­tain amou nt of remodelling to convertthis p roperty into another girls' resi­dence on campus - renamed T erraceVilla.

Since Lois fcl t she could not endureliving alone in the home she hadshared [or a year with Dick, we con­verted orie wing of the ground floorof Terrace Villa into an apartment forher and little Dicky.

T his proved to he the best solutionpossible for Lois. She was on campus,whe re ther e was much activity..Manyother girls were unde r the same roof,though she had the privacy of her ownapartment. Also, she was abundantlysupplied with "baby-s itters" wheneverneeded .

Frequent ly, from that time, duri ngthe next few years, we all dreamedoccasionally about Dick. It oftenseemed, in my dreams, as if he hadcome back from the dead and was liv­ing again - as indeed he shall - andin the not too distant future, now, asI write in 1967.

Surprise Banquet

On Sunday, January 4, 1959, Tedand Shirley called at our home fo r Mrs.Armstrong and me. They had arranged

A4c1y"ard 1'arlrer 1'hofa

Photo shows, from left to right, Mrs. Dick Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs:Ted Armstrong during surprise dinn er for twenty-fifth a nniversa ry of World Tomorro w program .

a few days before that we four shouldgo to a restaurant for d inner that eve­ning - since it was the 25th anniver­sary of The \VORLD TOMORROW.

It was midwinter and they werewearing coats. We didn't notice thatthey were in evening dress. After driv­ing a couple blocks Ted suddenlysaid:

"Oh, by the way, Dad and Mom,I wonder if you'd mind stopping offat Ambassador Hall first. W e've plentyof time, and Shirl hasn't seen the bignew chandel ier we just installed in theGrand HaIl. I' d like to show it to her.Wou ld you mind ?"

Of course we didn 't mind .

Entering fabulous Ambassador Hall,we found it all dark - which wasnatural on a Sunday evening. I switchedon the lights in the Grand Hall. Shirleywas thri lled. For a few moments wefour stood admiring the ornate chan­delier of Czechoslovakian crystal. ThenTed suggested we have a look at thenew crystal ceiling light fixtures in­stalled, at the same time, in the Rose­wood Room.

When the doors to the Rosewood

Room were opened, a mystified Mr.and Mrs. Armstrong were bewildered.For there seemed to be many obscureand shadowy figures in the very J im,partially candlelit room.

Th e ligh ts suddenly flashed on, tothe shouts of "SURPRISE!" corning fromseventy voices.

AIl - except Mrs. Armstrong andme - were in evening dress, sittingaround beautifully decorated banquettables forming one large "U " shapefilling t he large room. Huge floralarrangements of red and white carna­t ions decorated the immaculate linen­covered tables gleaming with sparklingcrystal, china, and silverware.

Accompanied by enthusiastic ap-.plause, Ted and Shirley escorted Mrs.Armstrong and me to the head table.There, for all guests to see, a red andsilver banner at the base of a largefloral arrangement read: "25TH AN ­

NIVERSARY."

Student waiters appeared in fulldress, and began serving a banquet ofsuperb cuisine, probably prepared byHome Ec. girls. Then I glanced overthe room to recognize the guests. There

were all the ministers so far - at thattime - ordained and their wives {ex­cept two who were in England); allfaculty members of Ambassador Col­lege and wives of male members;intimate personal friends of Mrs. Arm­strong and "myself who had been as­sociated with the Work since the earlydays; and those business and profes­sional men, who were closely associatedin a business or professional way withthe Work, and their wives.

Perhaps the keynote of the banquetwas the playing of a recorded "MemoryTape," prepared by Mr. No rman Smith,Director of our radio studio. It re­counted, through loudspeakers, by meansof re-recording old recordings, evenback in the "electrical transcription"days, recapturing many memories ofthe early days of the broadcast backin Eugene, Oregon. Th ere was a cun­ning commentary. tracing the history ofThe WORLD TOMORROW, outlining thebeginning and progress of The PLAINTRUTH magazine. We were vividly re­minded of the days - in 1934 and1935, in the stuffy little windowlessoffice, devoid of ventilation. In this

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With pr ofo und g rot itud e the stud enl body dt>dicol es th is iu uE' in iI, entirety to MR. Clod Mf' . HER8ERTW. ARMSTRONG, our ~loYl'd Con~ Presid ent Clod his con seuoled wife.

Volu...e VllI, Numb er XI

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W H IC L Y JANUARY 20, 1959

little room many mimeographed edi­tions of The PL AI N T RUTH were editedand printed.

JIlrs. Helen Starkel', who had beenour first employee in that unventilated."office" was present with her husband,and at my request she rose to relate afew personal experiences of those days.

At Ted 's request, I rose to give ourguests (o r was not I - with Mrs.Armstrong - the guest ?) a glimpseof the happenings of those days.

Highlight of the Banquet

Perhaps the highlight of the "Mern­ory Tape" was the reproduction of aportion of a \X'ORLD TOMORROW

broadcast, in which the listening audi­ence had been taken to Paris, whereDick cut in with our first "on-the-spot"broadcast, along the Champs Elysees, re­porting the military display of theBastille Day parade . In the last twoyears Garne r Ted has done a numberof "on -the-spot" broadcasts from differ­ent parts of the world.

But the high light of the entire eve­ning was a presentation to Mrs. Arm­strong and me of a most unusual andsuperb gift , commemorating a quartercentury of broadcasting. Garner Tedread the presentation. He said:

"No anniversary would becomplete without a gift. But a giftpresents a serious problem. Mr .

Reproduced a bove is the January20, 1959 PORTFOLIO - the studentnewsp a per of Ambassado r College .The issue w as a specia l commem­ora ting the 25th anniver sary ofThe WORLD TOMORROW broadcasta nd Mr. and Mrs. He rber t Arm­strong 's unf ailin g se rvice.

PLAIN TRUTH se le ctio ns up to Jan­ua ry 1959 show prog re ssive q row tho f maga zine. From the f irst issue ofFeb ruary 1934 throu gh successivesta ges of a n 8-page ma gazine­a l o -pcqe magaz in e - th en a 24­page and a 32~page magazineto the 25 th an niver sar y issue ofJan ua ry, 1959 with a circu lation of175,000.

[Continued from page 8)

THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION

No vember, 1967

Arm strong has repeated ly saidMrs. Armstrong was full y 50%of hi s mi ni stry . She has been w ith

him through much of the actua lprog ramming duri ng th e last 25year s. N o run-of-the-m ill g ift

wo uld do. And so, in selecting an

APPROPRIATE gift for th e occas ion,

I found the arti cle I wanted could

not possibly be purchased on suchshort noti ce, not even at the fin est

jewelry stores, silversmiths, or tro­phy makers on the Pacific coast.

" I fo und it would h ave to beMADE, by silversm ith s in San Fran­

cisco . And so I had to decide

whether to have a g if t to present

to Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong TO­

NIGHT. or to sac rifice presenting it

tonight in ord er to ha ve a wonder­

ful memento specially created bymaste r craftsme n as a p erma nent ,

lasting memorial o f thi s 1st Sun ­

day of 19 59, the 25th Anniversaryof T h e WOR LD TO M ORROW

broadcast.

"I decided In favo r of the

QUALITY, inst ead of the time.

" A nd so, it g ives me great p lea­

su re to make thi s specia l presenta-

th e world to coun ter th is revolution ary

faith ? N ot a more powerfu l or righ­

teous faith, but guns and money !

T h e Soviet Unio n knows that the

U. S. cannot supply the world's des­perate millions with enoug h food . She

knows th at the United States is UN·

WILLlNG to send eno ugh mil itary equip­ment to the Far East to win in Vietn am .

But the only POll'''' that the UnitedStates could p rovide the world to de­fea t Communism - the st reng th of amore poweriul f AITH than Communism- that faith America does NOT have !

U, S. pol it ical leaders do not under­

stand the power o f fa ith in world af­

fairs. Fa ith in an idea, the Communist ic

idea of the NEW MAN, is slowly win­

nin g agains t th e bullets and feeble

leadership of the W est.The USSR is not primarily waging

a war of bullets, but a war of IDEAS,

T hough Communism is th riving on

human faith and human wo rks , it never-

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tion to M r. and Mrs. H erbert

W . Armst ron g .

"As a lasting memori al of this

z yth ann ive rsary cel eb ration , we

a re having made, by silversmiths

in San Francisco , a beau tiful desk

set. T he thick, long base is to beone solid piece of specially rolled

and ca rved ste rl ing silver ! Beau­

tifully matching pens will bespecially made by the SheafferCompany, and they' ll also be ofsterli ng silver ! They'll repose in

ste rling pen holders, o n each end

of th e base . In the center, a spe ­

cially cast, hand-engraved min ia­

tu re mi crophon e, also of solid

sterling, w ill stand beside a hand - "

fin ished mini atu re so lid ste rl ing

silver wo rld !

" In the cent er, immed iatel y III

f ront o f the mike an d the world ,

a gold inscr iption pla te will read :

'To Mr. and Mrs, H erbert W .Armst ron g . In deep and last ing

g ra titude for un selfish se rvice as

inst ru ments in th e hands of G od

th rou gh twen ty-fiv e years of radio

broadcast ing .' "

( 1'0 be continued}

theless lives. It lives, as cancer cells livean d spread .

Under the lead of the USSR, all Asiaand Africa a re becoming aliue, even asa cancerous g rowth in the world system.

T heir peoples have found an active faith

in the doctrines of Communism. Amid

their pover ty. they ha ve something to

live for. T hey a re out to change their

environment by human sweat and toil

apart f rom Gud .

T ried. an d Found W anting

For two centuries the W estern W orld

dominated the O rient and Africa . But

th e West fa iled to del iver the colonial

peop les from squalo r an d mi sery .

Th e W est fai led to give them the rightkind of ed uca tion - fai led to show

them the purpose of life - failed tog ive the m a real goa l or a righ t

knowle dge of God. W hy ? Because the

W est does not itself know the purpose

of l ife - or why man was put on

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HOW YOUR PLAIN TRUTH SUB·SCRIPT ION HA S BEEN PAID

SO many ask: "HOW does it happen that I fi ndmy subscription price for Th t PLAIN TRUTH hasalread y brrn pa,d? How can you publish such ahigh-class magazine without advertising revenue?". The answer IS as simple as it is astonish ing! ItI S a paradox . Christ's Gospel cannot be sold likemerchandise. You cannot buy salvation. Yet it doescost money to publish Christ's TRUTH and mail itto all continents on ean h. It does have to be paidjOf ! ThIS is Christ's work. \X'e solve this problemChrist'S WAY!

Jesus said , "This Gospel of the Kin/;:dom shallbe preached (and published - Mark 13:10) in allthe .....orld for a witness unto all nations" (Mat.24 :14) .:II Ih iJ limt , just before the end of this age.A PRICE mesr b, paid for the magazine. thebroadcast, the Correspondence Course. or other lit­erature. But HO\'('? Christ forbids us to u ll it tothose who receive it: '"Freely ye have received:'said j esus to His disciples whom H~ was sendin~to proclaim His Gospel. "Ireetv GIVE ! '. "It is"10 ft b1tU t J ," He said, " to GIVE than to re­ceive.',

God's WAY is the way of l.OVE - and that isthe way of gi ,,~,,~ . G~ expects every child of Histo gU't jrt t- ur-,1l offefln~s and to tithe as Hismeans of paying the costs of carrying His Gospelto ot htrs. We, therefore, simply trust our LordJesus Christ to lay it on the minds and hearts ofHis followers to give generousfj-, thus pavin g thecost of pu ttin g the precious Gospel TRUTH in thehands of orherl. Yet it must /;:0 olll] to those whothemselves wish to receive it. Each must, for him­self. Jllb SCTib t - and hi5 subscription has thus 011.ready bee" paid.

Thus the Jiving, dynamic Christ Himself enablesus to broadcast, world wide. without ever askingfor contributions over the air: to enroll many thou­sands in the Ambassador College Bible Correspon­dence Course ..... ith full tuition cost alnady paid;to send your PLAIN TRUTH on an already paidbasis. God's w ay is GOOD !

earth ! H ence, the decept ion of Com­

mun ism look s all u ring to ignoran t and

even ed ucat ed m ind s who have no

kn owledg e o f the pla n and purpose

God is work ing out here bel ow.

The dead faith of missio na ries from

Ame rica and Eng lan d has not de nted

O rien tal thoug ht. But the active beliefof Co mmunist s is moving mill ions. Be­

lief in Commu nism means FAITH IN

.M AN. It transcen ds national bo rd ers.

It knows no n ational bo undaries.

All the m ilitary expend itures in th e

world cannot cope with Communism's

influence on the m ind. The United

States might as well face the facts.THERE IS NO HUMAN WAY FOR THE

'X'ESTERN~"ORLD TO RESCUE ASIA FROM

THE CLUTCHES OF COMMUNISM. unless

the nati on can someho w acquire a morepowerflll faith.

But nation al leaders have turn ed th eir

backs on the good news of the Ki ng­dom of God . Th ey have cast the Bibleaside . Is it any wo nder that Sov iet

leader s bel ieve they are nearer than

eve r befo re to u ltimate victory over a

decad en t, cr ime-r idden W est ?

I t is t ime we opened our eyes to the

real cause of W estern weakn ess.

'T he next in stallments will reveal. in

detail , the story of day-to-day life unde rCo mmu nist Party rule.

PROPHECYIN T ODAY 'S

WOR WS

O N E of the most significant devel­opments in the world today isgoing unrecognized. It is the

near-secret, but steady progress beingmade toward unity among the nations ofW estern Europe.

W hy is it that most news media haveneglected what' s developing undercoverin Western Europe ?

The European Common Market ­West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium,Ne therlands and Luxembourg - hasproceeded far beyond a mere "customsunion." And that despite French Presi­dent de Gaulle.

Th e Common Market' s u!1Jpergovem ­

men!" in Brussels is suddenly assertinggrowing power over the six individualnations. The economi c strength of th isnew "third force" in the world is prov­ing to be a powerfu l magnet att ractingmany other nations. T he list of thosewho want to associate themselves withthe Common Market in any way pOJJi·ble is growing contin ually.

Now 16 Years Old

Th e drive for European unity hasbeen going on for 16 long years. Fewpeople outside of Europe have realizedit. But readers of The P L AI N TRUTHhave been continually info rmed what theunity drive means - from the pagesof the Bible.

In 195I, the six nations listed abovejoined together in the European' Coaland Steel Community ( ECSC) . Success­ful in this "pilot" venture, the same six.in 1957, signed the Rome T reaties es­tablishing the European Economic Com­munity (Common Market ) .

In the ten years since, trade barriers

among "The Six"have fallen steadily

- and internal tradehas risen accordingly.

By July 1968, thebulk of the economicwalls will be re­moved. At that time"The Six" will formone vast markel of183 million people( over nine tenths thepopulation of theUnited States).

Jean Monnet, theso-called "Father ofthe Common Mar­kef' wrote in Marchof this year:

" The CommonMarket is a process,not a product. Eu­rope is on the wayto achieving eco­n omi c unity, butwe must have nodoubt that in duecourse it will moveto wa rd s un i ty inforeign policy anddefense. JI7hal isgradually emergmgis a greal new elllil)'- The United Stotesof Europe?

" Supe rgovern­ment" w ith

Increasing Power

Now look at what has occurred justthis summer. On July 1 of this year,another giant step in this "process" was

Cn;lnd " l1 - A", lxusod", College

Tower ing high above Rotterdam 'svast Europort sta nds " Euro ma st, "symbol o f th e grow ing economicstreng th of the Com mon Market .

taken. That date witnessed the fusionof the executive bod ies of the Commo nMarket, the Coal and Steel Communityand Euratom ( the European Atomic E~­erg)' Community}.

T here now exists, in top auth ority. asingl e "Council of Mi ni sters of the Eu­

ropean Commu nities," and , beneath it, asingle "Commission of the EuropeanCommunities."

A " Eurocra cy"

The combined commi ssion, headquar­tered in Brussels, Belg ium, and in Lux­embourg, presides over a burgeoningbureaucracy of 6,500 "Eurocrats." A re­cent issue of Business W' eek reports thishuge stat! wield s expanding regulatorypo'wer over everything from comp etitionin business to the comp lex trade in fa rmprod ucts. Many of these Eurocrat officialsspeak all four official languages ofthe European Communities - German,French, Du tch and Italian - pltlS Ell­gliJh. Th ey "think European ."

Slowly, over the past few years, theBrussels "Eurocracy" has been sipho ningoff former sovereign powers exercisedby each of the six nations.

The new commiss ion already per ­form s the combined equivalent respon si­bilities of the U. S. Interstate CommerceCommission, the Federal T rade Com­mission, the Food & D rug Admi nistra ­tion, the Atomic Energy Commissio n,the Agricu lture Department, and theJustice Department' s Antitrust D ivision.

This new "supergovernment" now hasenough strength of its own to proclaimits own virtua l indepe nde nce - to thedismay of some "nationa lists" in th emember countries.

On July 13 Jean Rey, the new Com ­mission 's pres ident - a Belgian - as­serted tha t his group "has a politicaltemperament" and will act indepen­dently of tbe six Common i\ ral'ketgovernments. Before the community'sCourt of Justice in Luxembourg, the 14membe rs of Rey's body pledged theircomplete independence f rom nationalcontrol.

Rcy discounts attempts by France'sPresident de Gaulle to forever stymiethe European unity drive. "Details art'not important," says Rey. " It is thedirection that counts: ' T hat direc tion ,says Rey, leads to political IllIily ofCommon Market countries.

New Powers Coming

In 1968, the Commission may createa special type of corporate charter forcompanies that want to operate on acommunity-wide basis. For the first time,businesses then could be established asCommon Market corporations, insteadof organiz ing under the corporate rulesof France, Germany, or any other indi­vidu al nat ion.

Th e "Eurocrats" are also goin g be­yond mere economics. Some of them .ICepromoting the idea of IIniform marritlge.md divorce 1:1tl'S u itb in the six conn ­tries. T he reason : because of the in­creasing ly free movement of laboramong the Six. the counci l expects arise in marri ages between people ofdiffer ent nationalities. Marriage anddivorce laws at present vary widelyin the six countries.

Now Look at Transportation

T he enlargement of international au­thor ity continues inexorably. TIle Coun­cil of Mi nisters now requires the sixmember go vernments to consult eachother before installing new, or expa nd­ing existing, road and rail links. Foreach project, a techn ical description isrequi red , along with estimates of itscost and comp letion date. Even its prob­able effects on domestic as well as ex­port trade within the Community mustbe included.

T he key northern European ports ofHamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp nowbenefit from the best hig hways on theCont inent. Most of these are connectedwith the well -developed superhighwa ynetwork of \X'est Germany - the trans­port hub of Europe.

Canal systems also arc being enla rgedand interconnected . In a few years,3,OOO-ton barges will be able to travelacross Europ e all the way from theNorth Sea to the Mediterranean . W hencompleted, this I ,OOO-mile network wi llbe a "key element in European inte­gration" (jom'lldl of C 01lI1J1U ( (!, July 28,1967) .

Others Want " ln"T he growing might of the European

Communities is proving irresistibl e tocountries on the outside who feel theirtrade picture of the future is bleakunless they get " in."

Iceland is the latest in a gro wlOg

list of countries wishing to negotiate.Great Brita in submitted its formal

application for membership on May 10,1967. ( British membership IS verydoubtful. See the October number ofThe P L A IN T RUTH, article "CommonMarket Breakthrough."}

The Republic of Ireland handed inits bid on the same day.

One day later the Dnnisb Govern­ment made its application. On July 24,the Xoru egian Gorernment followedsuit.

Four days afte r that, Sweden issueda cautiously word ed statement. Th e gov­ernment in Stockholm applied " to pa r­ticipate in the enlargement of the Euro ­pean Community in a form .. . com pat­ible with a continued Swedi sh pol icy

of neutrality: '

O n Sept. 4, the Government of,\l dl/tl applied for an "appropriate rcla ­

tions hip."Requests for association have already

been made by A m /ria, Spdill, and C) ­

prm, Spain has been offered an oppor­tun ity b), Brussels to nego tiate a lim­ited trade agreement.

S wit zer/dud asked for ta lks abou tassociation in 1961 and PorN/gal re­quested negotiations for "closer coop­eration" in 1962. T hese two areexpected to do so again .

Greece and Tlfrkey are already asso­ciates.

U01J/:w ia - the rebel nation in Com ­muni st Eastern Europe - may alsosomeday want to negot iate entry.

Many want to join. But Bible p roph­ecy says only len nations - or gwupsof nation s-will unite ( Rev. 17 :12),although it is possible that severa lothers may loosely associate themselveswith th is phophcsied end- time resur­rection of the Rom an Empire for trade

purposes.

Thi s new revived Roman Emp ire willhave, as its optimistic boosters predict,political - not just economic - power.All ten nations will be linked by a

common fore ign policy. T he main pl ankof th is policy will be virulently ant i­U. S. and anti- British. \X'rite for ourfree booklet 1975 in Prophu J to seethe tragedy for our peoples th at thi spolicy will ultimately result in. Yourfutur e and the safe ty of your loved onesis at stake.

IN THIS ISSUE:

* HURRICANE, TORNADOES, FLOODSWRECK SOUTH TEXAS

First it was vicious Hur ricane Beulah. Then scores of to t­. nadoes combined with tot rential rains. Finall y, the mostdevastating floods in Texas' history. WHY did it happen- and what does it mean ? See page 3.

* THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTIONAfter 50 years of Red rule, what is life really like in theUSSR? To bring our readers the truth about life underCommunism - about " peaceful co-existence" - aboutSoviet plan s for world revolution - we begin, with thisissue, a series of spectacular eye-witness reports on theSoviet Union. See page 5.

* ARE YOU "UNDER" THE LAW?Biblical IGNORAN CE is the hallma rk of our Ti mes!Millions of professing Christians know virtually NOTH­ING about the Bible. Here is the TRUTH about YO U andthe LAW of God. See page 9.

* PLANTS THAT TRAP INSECTS-­AND EVOLUTIONISTS!

A new kind of dogmatism is sweeping the scientific world.No longer do leading evolut ionists speak of evolution as"theory." Today, many assert it to be FACT. Long bitterantago nists of "dogmatism" in religion, evolutionists havegradually become the proprietors o f a new, and verydogmatic, religion of their own. It 's the religion of NOGOD - the FAITH in evolution! See page 17.

* AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HERBERT W. ARMSTRONGInstallment 75. See page 43.

* PROPHECY COMES ALIVE IN TODAY'SWORLD NEWS

See page 48.

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