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June, 1965YOLo XXX NO.6

Circulation 622,000 CopiesPublished monthly. at Pasadenn , California;London, England; and . Melbourne, Australia.by Ambassador College. German and Frencheditions published monthly at London, England.© 1965 Ambassador College. All Rights Re­served.

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James A. McDi vitt models zc -Iayerspacewalking suit worn on orbitalflight which blasted off Thursday,June 3. Edward H . White, accom­panying McD ivitt, "walked" 23 min­utes in space at the end of a z.s-Iooctether line-9 feet longer than theline used by Russian cosmonautAleksei Leonov. McDivitt pilotedthe 4,700-pound 71/2- by 12-footspacecraft and assisted White in his"spacewalk."

New U.S. SpaceSpectacular . , .. .... . . . .. 2

In This Issue:

Personal from the Editor .. . . .

What Our ReadersSay . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover

Radio Log J4

Why LATIN AMERICAis in TURMOIL . , . , , , . , . . . 3

I Sow The QUEENI 45

QUEEN ELIZABETHCharms German s

Short QuestionsFrom Our Readers

Whot' s WRON G With theYOUNGER GENERATION? 9

"World Tomorro w" BroadcastBlankets British Isles 23

How SOLID is the ROCKof GIBRALTAR? 29

MAKE GOD YOURPARTNER _. . 27

WHY GOD 'S LAW IS" . .. Th e PerfectLow of Liberty" 19

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

. a Communist-influenced student up ris­

. ing forced the resignation of the Presi­dent! After the "Free Speech" crusadecomes the "Filthy Speech" movement!Those supposed to be in authority ca­pitulate before the students they aresupposed to teach and rule!

This new student REBELLION hasbeen churning like a hurricane intoivied administration and classroombuildings-and especially in studentdormitories. It's high time EVERYBODY

knows the FACTS!Students are demanding more "free­

doms." That word, "freedoms," is thecurrent catchword for permissioeness-i­meaning drunkenness, ill icit sex, aboli­tion of rules and all restraints. Thepressure is on to relax rules and regu­lations on smoking, drinking, havingcars (for "necking" and illicit sex),visiting hours and prohibitions indormitories for those of opposite sex,and on "curfew" for girls.

This demand for such "freedoms"comes in the wake of the recent moralscollapse.

We have no such problems at theAmbassador Colleges-and there is aREASON! But many college authorit iesare being backed into a corner-be­wildered before an onslaught of stu­dent questions.

Here are some of the questions towhich undisciplined students "DE­AlAND" answers:

Should not students have the rightto dl"illk freely (even under age) intheir dormitory rooms? Shouldn't theybe allowed to "date" in their rooms­with the doors closed? Should they notbe allowed to stay out all night when­ever they wish?

At one of the oldest and most fa­mous U. S. Eastern universities recentlystudents gained permission for girls tovisit boys' dormitories every day in theweek. On weekends they may remainunt il midn ight.

At another Eastern college a few

AN EW CRISIS has struck the collegesand universities of the English­speaking world . And this means

WORLD CRISIS, which threatens the con­tinued existence of human life! Itthreatens YOUR very life! Its realseriousness is little realized.

Just weat is this new revolt strikingcollege campuses, making the BIG NEWSheadlines and newscasts? And WHY?It is directly connected with the teen­age situation of 38 years ago, aboutwhich I wrote in the article-in thisnumber-c-on "What's WRONG With theYOUNGER GENERATION! "

It affects 1I0t Dilly college students.It affects "'eI"Jbody! It affects govern­ments, commerce and industry, society

. as a whole.

I am the Chancellor of three colleges-two in the United States, and onein England. We don't have these dis­turbances on the Ambassador Collegecampuses. There is a reason! And Iwant to tell you that reason! But as aneducator I am intensely concerned aboutwhat is happening at other colleges.

First, WHY do I say this new crisison college campuses threatens all otherphases of civilization? I say it becausethis world in all facets of civilizationis precisely what its LEADERS have madeit. And the LEADERS in governments­in business-in religion-in the entiresocial structure-are the product of theeducational system. They think, plan,and ad as they have been taught in theschools and the colleges.

These college students today, learningto defy all law and authority-beingschooled in rebellion-being taught thatthere are no absolutes-no solutions toproblems-no hope for the future­these are the LEADERS of the future!

THINK OF IT! Never before has sucha thing happened in college and uni­versity life. Sit-down strikes! Mass dem­onstrations of rebellion against collegerules ! At America's largest university,

New U.S. SpaceSpectacular

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~WE go to press , the U. S. hasjust sent its first as tronaut on

a spectacular walk in spa ce .

The picture ~ t lef t is the first official

launch photograph of the space spe c­

tacular released by the National

Aeronautics and Space Adm inistration.

Shown is the Titon II rocket carrying

the Gem ini-IV spacecra ft and astro­nauts James A. McDivitt (our cover

picture) and Edward H. White in its

nose section. The rocket is seen blast­

ing off Pad 19 .

The walk in spac e on the third

orbit lasted not the planned 12 min­

utes , but a full 23 minutes . Space­

walker White shouted : "This is fun !"as he ca vorted outside the space­

craft. He wa s ordered se vera l times

by McDivitt a nd ground cont rol to

return to the spacecraft.

With this spectacular a cco mp lish­

ment the U. S. closed in on the Sovietspace lead .

Who will win this heated race to

conquer space? How - and whe n ­will it end?

Just what is the destiny of ma n?Was man rea lly mean t to rule spa ce­rule the unive rse? 00 the scientists and

politicians know?

Is the human body really fit to livein space?

It's time these questions were an­

swered I And they are answ ered inour new, highly illustrated, full-colo rbooklet, "WHO Will Rule Space?" Itis free. Wr ite for it immediate lyI

months ago, a ban was put on liquo rbeing consumed at school part ies. Astorm of student protest fo llowed.Three hundred marched on the resi­dence of the President, shouting in uni­son; "We want booze ! W e wantbooze !"

At one of the largest Eastern uni­versities senior coeds for th e past tworears have been allowed to stay out aslate as they please. Student demandsrecentl y won perm ission fo r juniorwomen to have the same " liberty."Similar demands are being made atcolleges all over the United States andBritain.

On many a campus students are say­ing they shou ld not have to obey anycule with wh ich they do not agree. Andif the university has rules they do notwish to accept they should disobey thoseru les. An y system which leaves it toevery individual to decide whether aru le or a law is just-whether it oughtto be obeyed- is 1/0 system at all. IT

IS PLAIN ANARCHY!But WHY such a condition ? Very

[eu: know th e history of the educationalsystem. FEW know that this world'seducational system has come out ofpaganism-and even fewer would com­prehen d why that would make any dif-

ference, anyway. Few are concernedwith the fact that education has d riftedinto stark materialism, with the infusionof Germa n " rat ionalism: ' Few are con­cerned about the fact that modern edu­cation has leaped the track of sanityby putting the label " KN OW LEDGE" onign orance, and branding TR UTH assuperstition. Th e fact that educationhas rejected the only SOURCE of trueknowl edge, and spurned th e right ap­proach to acquiring knowledge, doesnot seem to worry anybody.

WHY are the edu cational institutionsof this world in a state of decadence

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Suddenly Latin America has exploded . The U. S. finds itselfinvolved, ridiculed, hated. Why?

by Gene H. Hogberg

O NCE AGAIN Latin America hasburst into the headlines !

In the most publicized ac­tion, the United States rushed marineand naval units to prevent Communisttake-over in the Dominican Republic.The U. S. was taking no chances thistime. There was no room for a "secondCuba" in the Caribbean.

The Dominican crisis is by no meansthe only trouble spot in Latin America.Problems are escalating all over.

Trouble Everywhere

In BOLIVIA, a recent 8-day strike by25,000 Communist-agitated tin strikersalmost blew up into a civil war. Re­newed violence against Bol ivia's un ­popular military junta can be expectedat any time.

VENEZUELA, its wealth pillaged foryears by a corrupt dictatorsh ip, facesterror ism from both the right and theleft.

GUATE MALA could explode at anymoment. ECUADOR is kept calm only bya quasi-military government. URUGUAYis only weeks or at the most a fewmonths away from its worst economiccollapse in history. The gove rnmentthere is so completely divided that it isincapable of solving the impendingcrisis.

Elsewhere in this troubled hemi­sphere, coup d'etats hang over ELSALVADOR, HONDURAS and NICARAGUA.And in COLOMBIA, riotous college stu­

dents have forced the gove rnment todeclare a nationwide state of siege.Colombian army units are also trying

to clamp down on a wave of Castro­inspired kidnappings which have ter­rorized much of the country.

Finally, to dose out the "scoresheet," HAITI, next door neighbor of theDomi nican Republic, is said to bethoroughly undermined with Castroiteelements waiting for the ripe momentto start trouble.

Never before has Latin America beenin such COLOSSAL TURMOIL!

Why? What has gone wrong? Whatwill be the outcome of it all?

Why U. S. Acted So Fast

Even though the fighting in SantoDomingo stemmed from a popular re­bellion against the military regime,U. S. Intelligence produced evidence ofunderhan ded Red involvement. Corn-

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U. S. Ma rines g uard U. S. Embass y in City of Santo Domingo.

munis ts were speedily taking over therevolution, A day's delay could havebrought dire consequences . Th e evi­dence, however meager it appeared tosome, was enough to bring the near­instantaneous United States response.Having learned from its sorry experi­ence with Cuba, the United States knewthat it had to act first and explain later.

If the Dominican rebellion had goneunchecked, the crisis could have spreadto neighboring Haiti, whose westerncoast is situated only 50 miles fromCuba across the strategic shipping laneknown as the Windward Passage.Domination of this vita l arte ry (sixmajor U. S. trade routes pass through it )by an alien power would be a severethreat to the entire U. S. economy.

Despite these cold facts, the reactionthroughout the rest of Latin America tothe marine landings was quick- andvery unfri endly. "Revival of gun-boatpolicy," shouted some Latins, recallingan earlier marine occupation of theDominican Republic (1916.1924) .Many derisively labeled the U. S. policythe "Johnson Doctrine." Almost over­night it seemed the hands-off "GoodNe ighbor Policy" carefully nurtured byFranklin Delano Roosevelt was washedoverboard,

" Interven tion !"

At the height of the Dominicancrisis, George Natanson, Latin affairsexpert for the Los Angeles Times,took a tour of Central and SouthAmerican capitals. He was shocked atwhat he found. He reported that "thereare strong indications of trouble, un­certainty and a growhlg tide of anti-

U. S. sentiments. Thi s feeling was re­flected in talks with government offi­cials, politicians, members of the mid­dle class, especially small businessmen,and workers. It was read in the dailynewspapers and heard on radio andtelevision."

"The voice of protest ," said Natan­son, "is being heard from non-Commu­nists and Commun ists, from all mannerof other political grou pings, from theextreme left wing to the farthest rightand including the moderates. Fromi' fexico south to Argent;na the cry isthe same eoerywbere: 'Lntert..'enl;011." "(Emphasis mine throughout article.)

It seems the Un ited States "can'twin for losing" in its relations withits volatile neighbors to the south.Non-intervention obviously means more"Cubas" ; intervention draws suspicionand hatred.

Whose Side Is Am erica On?

Make no mistake about it. Th e reovolts now under way throughout LatinAmerica have their origin in populardissatisfaction with the governmentsnow in power. Many of these areright-wing milit ary dictatorships (jun­tas) . Th e suffe ring popu laces wantchanges for the better-and fast. Th eywant social reforms. Th ey want landredistribution, higher wages.

Th e Commun ists and the Castroitesare taking advantage of the over-ripesituatio n. Th ey are siding with thedisgruntled masses, champio ning theircauses, all the while trying to use themto their own political advantage.

Such a mudd led situation makes the

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Un ited States position even more diffi­cult. Whenever it tries to counterCommunism by preserving the unpopu ­lar status quo, it is accused of beingagainst the wishes of the vast majori tyof Latin peoples. Up go the "Yanqui ­go-horne" banners !

Is T here a W ay Out?

Clearly someth ing has to be done tohalt Latin America' s slide into totalanarchy. The root causes of her ills aresocial and economic. Social, because ofthe inability of the Latin peoples andnations to get along with each other- ­and of their inability to tackle theirmul titudinous problems head-on . Gov­ernments are stilI changed more oftenby revolt than by democratic processes.But seldom do the new governmentsever solve anything. Economic, becausethe Latin countries have been tradit ion­ally geared to one-crop economies. Ifthe prices of coffee or bananas, or tin,drop-down go the economic fortu nesof whole nations. In add ition, smolder­ing jealousies within the Latin countriesthemselves have strang led inter-Ameri­can trade . Most Latin countries have farmore ( up to ten times as much) tradewith the United States and Europethan they do among themselves. Indus ­tries in Latin countries operate behindtariff walls that average a 100 percentduty on imports. Often they range ashigh as 200 to 300 percent! As a result.industries operate in markets too smallfor efficient production.

The Answer: Economic

Integration

Viewing the dete riorating condition,leading Latin economists and politicianshave come up with a startling proposal :A common market for all of LAtinAm erica. Th is, they claim, would notonly be the way out of the economicmuddle , but would contribute towardalleviating much of the misery and suf ­fering of the masses.

The economists take as their patternfor action the booming six-nation Com­mon Market in Europe . The EEC, as itis called, has helped raise Europe toits most prosperous era in history.T rade barriers with in the European

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QUEEN ELIZABETHCharms Germans

Queen Elizabeth 's Sta te Visit to Germany is history-making,prophetic. The Queen is the first British sovereign to se t footon German soil in over ha lf a century! Read how this visitfulfills Biblical prophecy. Learn the outcome of this Anglo.

German flirtation!

by Raymond F. McNair

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth is the center of glittering reception at AugustusburgCastle near Bonn, W est Germany. Dinner in her honor was given by W estGerman President Heinrich Lubke. From left, Prince Philip, the Queen, Presi-

• dent Lubke, We st Berlin Mayor W illy Brandt, and Brandt's wife, Ruth.

T HERE can be no doubt- Queen. Elizabeth's eleven-day visit to

Germany has been an over­whelming success!

But it didn't begin that way!

At First- a Cool Reception

What was behind the seemingly coolreception which the Queen receivedwhen she set foot on German soil? Wasall Germany acutely aware that ant i­Nazi feelings still lie bone-deep inmany Britons? Most of today's livingBritons vividly remember the horrors ofWorld W ar II-the blitz in particular!Many also remember W orld War I.

What was really behind the appa rentchilly reception?

The British and German Govern­ments had planned to make the Queen'strip to Germany a roaring success! TheGerman Government alone has spentmillions of del/fi che markJ on this royalState Visit.

The real reason appears to have beenthat of misunderstanding.

The German people had been in­structed to be very careful in the properuse of protocol. As an example, theywere told not to use the word "Heil"when addressing Her Majesty ! Thismight conjure up unpleasant memoriesof the "Heil Hitler !" salutes used by theNazis during Wo rld W ar II,

Apparently, however, the Germanpeople didn 't have any real deep feel­ing against Queen Elizabeth personallyor against her visit to Germany. TheQueen is a gracious person, radiatingnatural charm and dign ity-one who isloved, respected and admired by every­one! The German Government and the

overwhelming majority of the Germanpeople appeared to be very enthusiasticabout the Queen's State Visit,

The Germans, a naturally energeticand enthusiastic people, simply didn'tknow how 10 behave toward tbis mon­arch-this sovereign of the oldest­ruling dynasty in the world!

Ge rman Kaiser -Yearni ngs

According to a survey recently con­ducted in Germany, over one-thi rd of

the German peop le secretly would liketo have a ruling sovereign similar tothe Kaisers who ruled them till theend of W orld W ar I.

After the Germans were instructedby their leaders to shout out the nameof " Elizabeth," everything seemed togo along very well. (Ge rmans are usu­ally quick to obey orders!) The Ger­mans, in fact, after the initial coolness,showed more enthusiasm for the

Queen's State Visit than they did dur-

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to Britain andcause," thei r

ing the visits of either President Ken­nedy or Premier De Gaulle .

What is the real signif icance behindQueen Elizabeth's trip to Ge rmany?

Firstly, this royal tr ip to Germanygave Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phili pan opportuni ty to visit relatives of thePr ince. He has three married sistersliving in Ge rmany .

Th e real reasons behind this StateVisit, however, were mainly political!

The Queen's f irst public speech afterarri ving in Germany was at a state ban ­quet given at the Augustusburg Castleon Tuesday, May 18. In this speechQueen Elizabeth mentioned tha t theBritish and Gemnan peoples had beenclosely associated for many centuries.She said they had been fr iends andoften allies duri ng most of their longhistory.

The Queen then briefly mentionedthat Britain and Germany had "stood onopposite sides" during W orld W ars Iand II. She hastened to add, "Thistragic period in our relat ions is happilyover, "

Then she referredGermany's common"common interests."

" My presence here this evening istestimony to the fi rm conviction of myGovernment and people that the im­portant tasks ahead of us can only besolved in the closest co-operation forwhich the earlier centuries of friend­ship provide an encouraging pat ternand examp le today" (Daily Express,May 19, 1965).

Britain Supports GermanReunification

The Queen then mentioned thatBritain and Germany must go on work­ing patie ntly fo r bette r understand ing,for equal justice among all nations ifthey are to avoid "the clashes and di­visions of earlier ages."

"This is why we stand together inNATO. Why, despite Brit ain' s heavycommitments elsewhere in the world ,so many of our armed forces are servingin Germany. It is why ure whole­heartedly Iupport )'ollr natural wish forpeaceflll REUNIFICA TION," theQueen concluded.

This word "reunification" struck the

golden bell of harmony. The Gemnanslook favorably upon anybody who sup­ports the ir demand that East and W estG ermany must be reunited. And, so faras they are concerned, the sooner thebetter !

Even the Prime Mi nister, biro Wil­son, on his recent trip to Bonn, let theGermans know that Britain was behindGe rmany 100 percent in her bid for re­unification.

"News that Mr. Harold Wilson hadagreed with Chancellor Erhard to beginnegotiations to try to Imih' Germanyastonished some of Mr. Wilson'sfriends . . :' reported Britain's Time& Tide, 11-17 March, 1965.

The Quee n cont inued: '' If'e share aninte rest in wide and Imfe t/ered inter­national trade. W e believe that Europeshould be united on as broad a basis aspossible and we are anxious to pia), our[ull part W IT HIN [not without] theEuropean Community:" (Dail)' Express,May 19.)

Th e Queen was undoubtedly here re­ferring to Britain's desire to join theCommon i\1arket. She then mentionedthat, in order to achieve this goal, "wemust create an atmosp here of mlltllalconfidence between the countries ofEurope and a will ingness to plan forthe future in genuine co-operation."(i bid.) British leaders hope Germanywill co-operate with her by helpin g hergain admission in the Common Market.

The Quee n's host, West Ge rmanPresident LUbke, seized on the Queen'sword "reunification" as though it werea mag ic word .

President Lubke repl ied : "Twentyyears after the war GERMANY is stillDIVIDED. Seventeen million of ourcountrymen are living unde r foreignrule.

"They will be asking themselvestobetber this visit of friendship canhelp to change their situation for thebette r.

"As a loyal ally, your Majesty's Gov­erment have repeatedly called for anend to be put to this situat ion [thedivision of German)'], a situation bothhumanly and politica lly III/bearable andwhich will prevent peace in Europe aslong as the German problem remainsunsolved" (ibid.) .

Germany Backs British Bidfor EEC Membership

After stressing the point of Germanreunification, President LUbke then ad­ded: "lt is 0111' hope and desire to seeBritain included ill the European Un ­ion [ meaning the Common MarketJ."(ibid.)

The Prime Minister' s recent trip toVienna, Aust ria--one of Britain' s part­ners in the near-defunct EFTA (Euro­pean Free Trade Association) -again re­vealed just how despe rately Brita inwould like to join the Common Mar­ket.

Britain has recently taken one gi­gantic stride in that direction by de­ciding to adopt the Continental MetricSystem. This means that the yard willbe replaced by the metre, the quart bythe litre. England is go ing to make thisdifficult and costly change in prepara­tion for her fina l plunge into theCommon Market. She also hopes thather switchover to the Met ric System willmake it easier, in the meantime, forher to trade with members of the Com­mon Market.

Th e British Government. through itsPrime Minister and Queen, have nowmade it clear, officially, that Britain isdefinitely behind Germany's bid for re­unification. In tu rn, they expect Ger­many to help muscle them into theCommon Market.

History Repeats Itself

W hat will be the outcome of theQuee n's State Visit to Ge rmany? Andhow will her visit affect the peoplesof Britain , the Commo nwealth andAmerica ?

Before we can answer this question

we must un derstand the following im­port ant facts of history: ( I) Thewhite peoples of America and Britainhave primarily descended from the an­cient so-called Lost Ten Tri bes of Is­rael. (The astounding proo f is found inour free booklet, The United Statesand Th e British Commonwealth inProphecy. Write fo r it. ) (2) TheGermanic peop les have descended pri­marily from the ancient "Assyrians"who early settled Europe in the days ofthe Assyrian Kin g Ninus.

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Queen Elizabeth II, in coronation robes, holding sceptreand orb-symbols of her regal splendor.

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fall together. "Ephraim shall be deso.late in the day of rebuke : among thetribes of Israel have I made known thaJwhich shall mrely be."

Th is prophecy is being fu lfilledright now! God's last warn ing messageto this dying world is now going outto the people of Great Britain viapowerful radio stations, The PLAIN

TRUTH and other literature.A U. S. magazine recently referred to

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A divided nation - a divided city.

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have already on numerous occasionshurried to Germany to receive financialbacking for the pound and dollar andalso to receive military support fromthe German Government.

Th e entire book of Hosea clearly re­veals the destiny of the peoples ofBritain (mentioned in Bible prophecyunder the name "Ephraim," the son ofJoseph, the son of Israel) .

In Hosea 5:5 we read that Israel (in ­cluding Ephraim) and Judah will all

The 10th chapter of Isaiah revealsclearly that God will use the Assyrians(the present-day Germans) as the"rod" of His anger-as "the staff" ofHis indignation to punish the "hypo­critical" people of Israel-primarily theEnglish-speaking world. ( Isa. 10:5­6) . Later, God will also humble theAssyrians, utterly destroying the prideof their power (verses 5-26).

Before this Assyrian-led Un itedStates of Europe defeats the peoples ofAmerica, Britain and other democraciesof Nort hwestern Europe, Bible proph­ecy reveals the peoples of Britain andAmerica will make repeated overturesto the Germans-for financial and mili­

tary assistance.

The leaders of America and Britain

were taken into captlVlty by Assyriaabout 721-718 B. C. This was Israel'sth ird and final invasion by Assyria.

The Assyrians transported these cap­tive Israelitish slaves of the House ofIsrael to Assyria and Media- south andeast of present-day Armenia and theCaspian Sea ( II Kings 17: 6, 23, 24).From there the tribes migrated toWestern Europe around the time of thedecline of the Roman Empire.

Th e present-day descendants of Israel(the Anglo-Saxon-CeItic peoples ofNorthwestern Europe - Scandinavia,the British Isles and those countriessettled by these peoples) have likewisetwice been invaded by Germans-dur­ing World War I and World War II.Bible prophecy reveals that the Ger­mans (t he modern Assyrians) willagain lead Europe and will igniteWorld W ar III . Germany already is thestrongest nation in Europe. Under theaegis of religion it will dominate acoming United States of Europe (com­prised of, not six, but ten nations­Rev. 17) . They will ult imately out­trade our nations. Will fina lly bring usto our knees in economic and militarydefeat-unless our peoples repent oftheir sins against God Almighty. Andpresent downward- plunging moraltrends demonstrate the modern nationsof Israel will not repent of their sins,and sincerely turn to God!

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What's WRONG With theYOUNGER GENERATION?

Here's an article written by Herbert W. Armstrong for the firstissue of The PLAIN TRUTH, seven years BEFORE the magazineexisted. It was never published . It appears now, 38 years

later, for the first time.

R CENTLV, among old files, Mrs.Armstrong ran across the manu­script of an article written for

the very first issue of The PLAINTRUTH. But it did not appear in thatfirst issue. It has never been publisheduntil now!

Almost immediately after my con­version, in the spring of 1927, thevision came to mind of a new kind ofmagazine I hoped would attain a verylarge circulation. For 16 years I hadbeen in the advertising and magazinefield. I was experienced in the writingof magazine articles-but in the fieldof business and merchandising-not inthe religious category.

The name that came to mind for themagazine was The PLAIN TRUTH. I hadprinters make up a 32-page "dummy"with glossy heavy cover-almost exactlythe kind and size of paper you are hold­ing in your hands right now. Only, ofcourse, all the pages were blank whitepaper. Next, I employed a professionalletter artist to design and letter in afront cover, in two colors.

The cover of that first "dummy"PLAIN TRUTH contained the captions offive or six feature articles I hoped towrite for the first issue. Three of thosearticles were then written.

One contained the headline you seeabove. Another was captioned: "Puttingthe Evolutionary Concept into Y ourChild'J Mind." We did finally publishthat one in July, 1964. A third one,never published in the form then writ­ten, was titled: "The Foundation forSunday Sacredness CRUMBLES!" Thematerial in that original manuscript,

by Herbert W. Armstrong

rewritten. is available in the booklet onThe Resurrection.

But those were the days of financialreverses, trial, test, and actual hunger.The way did not open, then, to fulfillthe dream of publishing a big-circula­tion magazine called The PLAIN TRUTH.What I then had in mind was a maga­zine to sell on the newsstands.

It was a long and trying seven yearsbefore the way opened actually to pro­duce The PLAIN TRUTH. And when itdid, at last, come, it had to be the small­est, least-costly "home-made" type of"magazine" conceivable-mimeographedon a borrowed mimeograph-headlinescut by hand without a stylus or scope­type cut on stencils with a borrowedtypewriter.

By that time I had made a consider­able advancement in Biblical knowl­edge. I realized, then, that The PLAINTRUTH could never be sold. The news­stand idea was gone. Besides, who eversaw a mimeographed "magazine" soldon newsstands? Don't laugh. It wasn'tfunny-then! Also, by February, 1934,the situation demanded other subjectsthan the article on flaming youth. Prob­ably this article already had becomemisplaced in that old file-I do notremember.

Anyway, after being "out of sight­out of mind" for 38 long years, thisarticle now suddenly turns up in anold, almost yellowed manuscript. Whenmy wife discovered it, I was intrigued.I began to read it. I had completely for­gotten it. I found it interesting. Per­haps that was only because I had writtenit myself-and the facts involved in

its sudden resurrection after a 3S·yearburial. You may not find it a bit inter­esting-but I simply can't resist puttingit before you to find out.

Before My Sons Were Born

This article was written before eitherof my sons were born! THINK OF IT!The "Sheik-Flapper" generation aboutwhich I then wrote is the 50- to 60-year­old generation TODAY !

You 50- and 55-year-old people!Were YOU those "hell-bent" "sheiks"and "flappers" of 1927? IMPOSSIBLE!!!Yet, it's TRUE! I can hardly believeit-and I doubt if you can!

The thought, however, intrigues me!You middle-age readers, now at leastapproachillg "old age," are going toread, below, what I wrote about YO U,when you were the "hell-bent" teen­agers shocking the "older generation"sitting then in such stern judgment ofyou!

And you teen-agers among our read­ers! I wonder if you won't get a "kick"out of reading how "wild" and "sin­ful" were your parents-yes, and evenperhaps your GRANDparents-when theywere yottr age.

Yo u teen-agers, with your modernteen-age slang. Are you going to geta "bang" out of the kid slang yourparents and grandparents were using?And I wonder if any of you 50- to 60­year-clds will even remember how someteen-agers talked, then. Perhaps youactually didn't-but many others did!

But you of the older generation whowere the teen-agers when I wrote thisarticle-do you remember that the "old-

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What'. WRONGw ith the

YOUNGER GENERATION?

1 A sheik meant "a masterful man to whomwomen are irresistibly attracted." The termwas popularized by E. M. Hull's novel TheSheik, later made into a movie. A flap­per was "a young girl considered bold andunconventional in actions and dress: termpopular from about 1910 to 1930:' Thename is derived from the custom of girlswearing galoshes or overshoes unfastened sothey would flap. Quite an attention-getter!

2 Harold B. Wright died in 1944. AlbertPayson Terhune died in 1942.

3 A major magazine - ceased publicationseveral years ago.

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There is, beyond a doubt. much truthin both their views .

And now I intend to let fly a fewobservations of my own upon this hotlydebated question. I have mixed con­siderably with the younger generation.

Harold Bell Wright, literary critic,assumed younger generation wasan improvement over its elders, thatthe youth of the 20 's would be ableto solve world's problems I

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Albert P. Terhune, noted writer of ageneration ago, with his wife AniceMorris Stockton, also an able writer.Terhune foresaw consequences ofdownward plunge in morals ofyounger generation in the 20's .

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"This false modem child psychology wasthen newly introduced.

.5Those were the prohibition years of boot­leg liquor.

6 They now have taken it. And look at thesorry, chaotic world they have produced.

engaging In debate. Terhune says thesheik-flapper generation is hell-bent,Wright says it is not.

Terhune believes much of the troublelies in the newer psychology' in childrearing. Instead of having been whippedand raw-hided into parental obedience,the present generation of youngsters, hesays, is the victim of a treat-with-kind­ness, do-as-you-please psychology. Lackof parental obedience, he believes, isthe heart of the difficulty.

W right denies that our young peopleare hell-bent, because, he says, they aremerely apeing their elders. According toWright, the parents are to blame- notin lack of discipline, so much as throughexample. The real trouble, says Wri ght.is that Dad attempts to correct youngWill ie something like this:

"W illie, I want you to keep out ofmy cigarettes r: Or, "W illie, if you eversneak any of my hip-flask liquor' outto a party again, I' ll cut down yourallowance r:

Or that Dad will reprimand hisflapper-daughter thus:

"Bubbles, you little painted hussy,you let Mother's lipstick and rougealone!"

Mr. W right sees in our snappy. peppyyounger generation a real improvementover those immediately previous. Theirlife, their pep, their zip, their energy.he says, is go ing to do wonders whenthey are a little older and take thehelm.'

Mr. Terhune says human nature hasnot changed. Our youngsters of today,hell-bent as he pictures them, are doingmerely the things the older generationwould have done with the lid of re­straint th rown off . They haven't beenheld down, while the older generationwas.

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sters" were out-of-date "old fogies"then ? ] remember reading a discourseAbraham Lincoln wrote. I think it wasfrom a speech he made, on the subjectof "Old Fogy." The very first "oldfogies," he said, were probably Adamand Eve. And the older generationshave been "old fogy" to the youngstersever since !

In 1927, when this article was writ­ten, this "new psychology" on childrearing was just emerging . Today ithas fastened itself like a leech or abarnacle onto a deceived and misledsociety-and the greatly multiplied rateof juvenile delinquency testifies to itsefficacy.

Here, then, is the article written in1927, now published in the kind ofmagazine of which I then dreamed­and with a few comments I have justnow written, In the form of footnotes:

by Herberl W. Armstrong

I s THE younger generation of thismodern day hell-bent, or is it not?

An older generation dares to sit instern and solemn judgment. The jazz.crazed, pleasure-mad youngsters hurlback the defiant retort that their old­fashioned, back-number elders simply donot understand. The sheik-flapper 1

generation emphatically assert their abil­ity to take care of themselves. And theysimply step the harder on the gas.

The Terhune-Wright Debate

Two literary luminaries-Harold BellWright and Albert Payson Terhune 2 _

attempt to settle this mooted questionin the June American Afagazine}3 by

June, 1965

I believe I know them and understandthem-at least in part. I am, in age,7just midway between this sheik-flappergeneration and the older one which isso ready to condemn. I have mixed withthe younger set in their high schooland college activities. I know them, Iknow their parents, and I know theircollege professors.

It would be simple folly to attributeall the wild and, to the oldsters, shock­ing characteristics of the young folkto any single cause. Many things, ofcourse, combine to produce the compos­ite sheik-flapper generation .

They are, in the first place, merelythe victims of unhealthy influences­and this INCLUDES their parents! Theyare exactly what training, environment,example, and outside influences havemade them.

I shall not attempt to rate these in­fluences in the order of their impor­tance. That is merely opinion, anyway.

But I want to mention, f irst, the reosult of lax parental training. It is truethat the parents of the preceding gen­eration refused to "spare the rod andspoil the child." The youngsters of thatgeneration were reared in such strictdiscipline that, when they themselvesbecame parents, they simply could notbear to be so strict with their childrenas their parents had been with them ,Their childhood and youth had been,generally speaking, one of self-sacrifice,strict obedience to parental law, andlong and frequent "whalings.' Thememory of this unremitting parentaldiscipline was so indelibly burned intotheir memory that it produced a definitereaction, So the present crop of youngerpeople were reared in a brand of dis­cipline that swung almost to the oppo­site extreme. They were not made tosuffer the pangs of self-sacrifice, thestern authority, the frequent and ex­treme whippings to which their parentshad fallen heir.

The chief difficulty, though, was notso much a matter of substituting psy­chology for thrashings.' MOlt young-

7 I was then 35.8 Mere physical punishment, alone, may be

totally ineffective or harmful. Too many par­ents do not spank for the right purpose, atthe right time, or in the right degree. Too

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sters were not taught SELF-DISCIPLINE.They were not trained in SElF·CONTROL.

The greatest handicap to the youngerpeople today is their utter disregard forself-control. Th ey have been permittedto grow up following DESIRE, instead ofDUTY- given reign to impulse and in­clination, instead of using judgment.They have formed the disastrous habitof being led and controlled by theirwhims, their passions, their fancies.Consequences are seldom weighed orconsidered, and still less seldom heeded.The question isn't "SHOULD I?" but"Do I WANT to?" There's no controlof self.

When power is uncontrolled, thenthe greater the power, the greater thepotential DANGER ! If this younger gen­eration is imbued with an excess of pep,energy, and power, the greater is thedanger, unless that power is controlled- held in check by the force of self­discipline. W'hen such excess energyis permitted to run riot wherever blindimpulse leads, there's likely to be aWRECK!

Mr. Wright views this tremendousburst of speed, which we observe being

often it is unaccompanied by the necessaryteaching . It should be 'used to impress thelesson. When the teaching is absent, nothingis impressed but resentment and a sense ofinjustice.

The child should never be literally spankedinto doing what he had rebelled from doing­but because he rebelled-because of disobe­dience and wrong attitude. It should be ad­ministered immediately upon the offense,or failure promptly to obey-not after re­peated threatenings to punish unless he obeys- threats expressed alter initial refusal toobey, and while the child continues in te­bellious refusal to obey. Don't give the rebel­lious child repeated opportunity to rebel. Besure he hears and understands what he is toldto do. If in doubt of this, repeat the instruc­tion or command once more, plainly. Then,if ignored or rebelled against, punish immed­iately-making him understand it is ad­ministered because of failure to obey, refusalto obey, or deliberate rebellious attitude.Make him UNDERSTAND he must obey whenspoken tal-not when he gets good andready. One exception: if in a public place,where the punishment would attract publicattention, and probably indignant criticismor hostile action, tell the child quietly butfirmly he is going to have to be punishedfor his misdemeanor when you return home.Then, on returning to the privacy of yourhome, talk to him, making the lesson plainand clear, and impress it with the spanking.

Most mothers spank so lightly nothing isreally impressed. Make it hurt enough to beimpressive! Many fathers spank too hard.Never injure. Make it impressive short ofinjury. Like the stitch in time, the spankingin time may save nine others.

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demonstrated by the youngsters, as awonderful asset for the future, whenthis generation takes the helm. But willall this pep and speed and energy bewisely and beneficially directed? Willit even be available then? Vitality, likemany other things, needs to be con­served. When it's wasted, and dissi­

pated, the supply is soon exhausted.And by what process of reasoning do

we know that this sheik-flapper agehas greater power of personal vigorthan the generations which went be­fore? When the lid's off the teakettle,letting out so much more steam, is theremore steam inside than when the lidwas on ? Our youngsters have thrownoff the lid ! They are simply letting off ,and not conserving, the steam!

Paren tal Examp leNo Whitewash

I sharply disagree with Mr. Wrightin any notion that the sins of the par­ents can be applied as a whitewashfor those of their children. Supposewe grant that Willie cops onto hisdad's cigarettes, and snitches his boot­leg liquor? Suppose Bubbles does learnfrom her mother to use rouge and lip­stick, and to pluck her eyebrows? Ithappens, I grant, altogether too often .But that does not make it right.

I know parents who are far moreinterested in the social popularity ofson and daughter than in their soul'ssalvation-who encourage their young­sters in all the searches after a thr illwhich keep up the feverishly excitedpace. And who do not dream of whatgoes on beyond the focus of their vision-and would not believe it if theywere told.'

But does the fact that parents aresetting the example-even encouragingthe tendencies of youth-erase existingsins? If youth is hell-bent, does parentalexample and sanction alter the pathtoward hell ? Or does it, rather, signifymerely that the parents are sliding downon the same toboggan?

Youth is subjected, primarily, to fourmajor influences-the home-the school- the church- and outside friends,activities, and amusements. So muchfor the effect of the modern-day homelife. We have not had much to say

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about the religious influence of thehome life-but then, there is so littleof that in the average home, it simplyrequires no mention!

The School Influence

Now for the second influence-theschool. Even in the grades and highschools, today, the evolutionary conceptis planted, ready -manufactured, into theabsorbent minds of youth. Not neces­sarily EVOLUTION-not by that name.But the evolutionary concept dominatesevery branch of study in the schoolcurriculum today. That concept is thebasic point of view which denies themiracles of the Bible-denies the Crea­tion account of Genesis, denies theauthority of revelation.

It is the point of view which teaches,instead, that for millions of years manhas been slowly, steadily climbing up·ward. Civilized man once was what thesavage is today. Between that prehis­

toric day of dim antiquity and the pres·ent, man has passed through the OldStone Age, the New Stone Age, and theothers through which evolutionaryscience imagines life has traveled.

The chief god, or gospel, of this

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concept is PROGRESS. Everything is, bynatural law, getting constantly betterand better. Progress is the gospel of theage! The basis of this concept is NA·

TURALISM, and the reign of natural law,as opposed to supernaturalism and pos·sible interference by a Divine Creatorwith the work of His own Creation.

In high school, I say, the young folksare given this CONCEPT . It forms thebasis of any study which it might in­volve. This point of view is merelytaken for granted. Not presented, assuch, supported by arguments, andpropagated into acceptance. Just simplyassumed, as a matter of course, andtaught as a universally known, com­monly accepted FACT.

In college, the student gets evolutionstraight-without any deception or nick­names. A year or two of college, andhe is a rare student indeed who is nota thorough convert to the doctrine ofevolution.

If he ever held to fundamental reli­gious beliefs, they are shattered tobits by now! His eyes are suddenly"opened." He now views his old re­ligion in the light of an ignorant super·stition-a foolish bit of folklore, not

June, 1965

The Prohibition Ern of the 20 's inthe United Stotes. Left, Federalagents smash barrels of liquor. Be­low, Public Safety Director "Due k­boards" Butler axing kegs of beerand pouring it into the SchuykillRiver, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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unlike the Santa-Claus myth. He maybe shaken, bewildered, upset. But hisdisillusionment is complete. His hopeof an eternity in "Heaven" is blasted asa foolish, childish dream. Some few goout and commit suicide.

But most of them, perhaps havingexercised a certain self-restraint, due toreligious convictions, until now, simplythrow restraint to the four winds! Ifthey have not done so sooner, theynow hop on the bandwagon, and jointhe frenzied gang.

What's Wrong with

Churches

Now what about the churches? Whatis their contribution to the modemtendencies of youth? In former genera­tions, the churches held more or less ofa balancing, restraining influence upon

June, 1965

adolescents. The church, especially inthe smaller communities, was a sort ofsocial center. The young folk, mostof them, attended Sunday School. Inchurch they often heard inspiring, in­teresting, fiery sermons.

But that's all changed today. Theaverage church is now about two-thirdsempty, the other third being populatedwith gray heads. The average sermontoday is lifeless, boring, lacking in fireand power. The church no longer servesa social need. The automobile,' goodroads, modern movies, dances and enter­tainments, have usurped the churches'social ministration. The teen-agers areno longer interested.

Some churches have attempted tocompete with the lure of modern amuse­ments by bringing movies, amateurplays, dances, and other entertainmentsinto the church. But, in the amusementgame, our churches have proved them­selves pitiful novices. The crowd stillprefers its entertainment where it ispresented with professional and worldlyskill. Other churches have attempted tomeet the second great competitor-thefast-spreading "intellectual" skepticism- by turning modernist.t? and throw­ing to the four winds all that is vitalin fundamental Christian doctrine.

The churches, today, have provedthemselves incapable of meeting themodern problems of youth.

Two outstanding lures have robbedthe churches of the young people­modern amusements, and modern "ra­tionalistic" skepticism, the outgrowth ofevolution. The churches have failed tomeet these momentous new snares be­cause they have been wanting in sounddoctrine. They have turned the Bibleupside down. Sound Bible truth wouldhave met-at every turn of the road­this so-called newer knowledge,"which has sprung from evolutionaryteachings. Sound Bible teaching wouldhave kept the ministers, the churchleaders, full of spiritual POWER. Itwould have fired them with vigor, withinterest, with heart-warming, soul-satis-

9 These were then in the early stage ofdevelopment.

10 The "Modernist" movement was justgetting under way. Today it is in dominance.

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fying church services. Our young peopleare simply heart-hullgry - that's allthat' s wrong. They're empty-and theywant to be filled up, and warmed inthe inner man. The churches have failedthem. They don't understand-how canwe expect that they should ?-and theyare merely seeking the spiritual foodthey really need, in movies, in dances,in wild entertainment, in "necking,"sex and debauchery, and all too oftenfinding the "inspiration" in bootlegliquor! They're getting-and buying ata dear price-cheap Woolworth jewelry,when what they really crave is thepearls of a heart-warming, Spirit-firi ngChristian experience!

The Sinful "Don't's"

Religion has come to be considered,by these youngsters the oldsters con­demn, as a dark, gloomy, profitless,penance-paying life. The average ado­lescent's conception of Christianity is awhole flock of "Don't's," beginningwith capital "D's." The churches shout"Don't dance," "Don't play cards,""Don 't go to movies," "Don't bob yourhair," "Don't smoke," The church of­fers no alternative. Christianity isviewed as a sort of living painfu l pen­ance.

Instead of something which makesone happy-instead of something whichwould feed those cold, empty, hungryhearts-religion is pictured as some­thing gloomy, foreboding , painful, andcold and as silly and superstitious.

When Jesus ascended into Heaven,He promised that the Comforter wouldcome. And He promised that "ye shallreceive POWER after that the HolySpirit is come upon you." The Apostleswere FULL of power, and fire, andvigor, and interest, after the day ofPentecost. What's become of thatPOWER? What have men done withthe heart-warming, soul-satisfying Com­forter which Christ sent down fromHeaven? That's what our young peopleare really seeking. But they don't knowit, and it seems there's no one to tellthem, or lead the way!

W hat Parents Don't Kn ow

Now what about the outside influ­ences? The automobile. The movie. The

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cabaret, the night club, and the speak­easy? The dance hall. The social affa irsof high school and college? These havedegenerated into artificial, Devil-in­spired outlets which are doing in a falseway what the churches and the homeshave failed to do in a right and healthyway-ministering to the passion ofmodern youth for an internal warm­ing-up.

I know something of the modernconditions from first-hand investigation.And while I realize full well that theaverage parent of middle age or pastwill never believe what is actual factand truth-it is my conviction thatJudge Ben B. Lindsey," while offeringa dangerous solution, presents at thesame time a really true and accuratepicture of the moral status of the youngfolk of today. The real shocking resultstake place, of course, under cover. Mostolder people refuse to believe the realtruth. Judge Lindsey is in position toknow. Listen to a few brief excerptsfrom his book The Revolt of ModernY outh,

On the testimony of thousands ofhigh school students-average students,including all classes-more thall 90perrelli of all the youth who go toparties, attend dances, and ride togetherin automobiles, indulge in hugging andkissing. "Some girls," says Lindsey,"insist on this kind of thing from boysthey go with, and are as aggressive, in asubtle way, in their search for suchthrills as are the boys themselves."

A certain very beautiful and spiritedgirl told the Judge frankly that she re­fused to go out with a certain boy be­cause he lacked pep, and didn't knowhow, as she put it, to "love me up.""Do all the boys do such things nowa­days?" asked the Judge. "Of coursethey do," she retorted . "If they don't,there is something wrong with them."

But there is another type in the(Please continue 011 page 17)

11 Benjamin Barr Lindsey, 1869-1943.From 1900 to 1927 (the year this articlewas written) world-famous Judge of JuvenileCourt, Denver, Colorado. Later, Jud.ge, Su­perior Court, California. Authority on juve­nile court laws and juvenile delinquency.Author of books on this subject, and theexplosive book that shocked the world, late1927, The Compan ionate Marriage .

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RADIO LOG

June. 1965

MAJOR STATIONS­Heard over wide areas

EastWHN-New York-1050 on dial,

9:00 a.m. Sun.WWVA-Wheeliog, W. Va.-1170

on dial, 98.7 FM, 10:30 a.m.and 11:15 p.m. Sun., 5 a.m. &8:30 p.m. Mon. thru Fri.(E.S.T.)

WNAC-Boston-680 on dial, 98.5FM (WRKO·FM), 8:30 p.m.Sun.

WIBG-Philadelphia-990 on dial,94.1 FM, 12:30 p.m . Sun.

*WPTF-Raleigh, N.C.-680 ondial, 94.7 FM, 9:30 a.m. Sun.,10:30 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

Central StatesWLAC-Nashville-1510 on dial,

10:30 a.m. Sun., 7 p.m. dailyand 5 a .m. Mon. thru Sat.(e.S.T.)

WSM-Nashville-650 on dial, 9p.m. Sun., 12 a.m. Mon. thruPri., 1 a.m. Sun. (e.S.T.)

WCKY-Cincinnati-1530 on dial,7:00 and 9:30 p.m, Sun., 5:30a.m. Mon. thru Sat., 12:05a.m., Tues. thru Sun. (E.S.T.)

CKLW - Detroit·Windsor- 800 00

dial, 93.9 FM, 7 p.m. Sun.,5:30 a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

CKY - Winnipeg, Man. - 580 ondial, 10 p.m. Sun., 6:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat,

WJ JD-Chicago-1160 on dial,104.3 FM, 11:00 a.m. Sun.

KSTP - Minneapolis-St. Paul - 1500on dial, 8:00 a.m . Sun., 5:00a.rn. Mon. thru Sat.

KCMO-Kansas City-810 on dial,7:30 p.m. Sun., 8:15 p.m. and5 a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KXEL-Waterloo. Ia.-1540 on dial,8 p.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KXEN-St. Louis-10lO on dial,10:30 a.m. Sun., 12 noonMon. thru Sat.

SouthKRLD-Dallas-1080 on dial, 92.5

FM, 8:15 p.m. daily, or be­fore or after baseball.

KTRH-Houston-740 on dial,101.1 FM, 8:00 p.m. Sun.,8:30 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KWKH-Shreveport-1130 On dial,94.5 FM, 10:30 a.m. and 8:30p.m. Sun., 1:00 and 8:30 p.m.Mon. thru Fri., or followingbaseball, 11:30 a.m. and 11:30p.m. Sat.

*Asterisk indicates new station ortime change.

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WNOE-New Orleans- lOGO ondial, 9:30 a.m. Sun.

KAAY-Little Rock-1090 on dial.9:30 a.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m .daily.

WGUN-Atlanta-1010 on dial, 4p.m. Sun., 11 a.m. Mon. thruSat.

WMOO - Mobile - 1550 on dial,10:30 a.m. Sun., 7:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sae.

WINQ-Tampa-lOlO on dial,12:00 noon Mon. thru Fri.,12:10 p.m. Sat. and Sun.

KRMG-Tulsa-740 on dial, 10:00a.m. Sun.

XEG-I050 on dial. 8:30 p.m. daily.(e.S.T.)

Mounta in StatesKOA-Denve.r-850 on dial, 9:30

a.m. Sun.Il<KSWS-Roswell, N. Mex.-I020 on

dial, 6:30 p.m. daily.XELO-BOO on dial, 8 p.m.

(M.S.T .) 9 p.m. (e.S.T.)daily.

West CoastKIRO-SeattIe-71O on dial, 100.7

FM, 10:30 p.m. Mon . thruSat., 5:30 a.m, Tues. thru Sat.

KGB5-Los Angeles-1020 on dial,10 p.m. Sun., 5:45 a.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KRAK-Sacrameoto-l140 on dial,8 p.m. daily.

XERB-Lower Calif.--l090 00 dial.7 p.m. daily. 9:30 a.m. Mon.thru Fri.

LEADING LOCAL-AREASTATIONS

East'WJRZ-Newark, N .J.-970 on

dial, 11:00 p.m. Sun., 10:00p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

WBMD-Baltimore-750 on dial,12:30 p.m. daily.

WPIT - Pittsburgh - 730 on dial,101.5 FM, 7:00 a.m. daily.

WHP-Harrisburg, Pa .-580 ondial, 7:30 p.m. daily.

WJAC - johnstown, Pa. - 850 ondial , 7:30 p.m. daily.

WCHS-Charleston, W. Va.-S80 ondial, 7:30 p.m. daily.

WCYB-Bristol, Va.-690 on dial,12:30 p.m. daily.

WWNC -r- Asheville, N.C. - 570 ondial, 4:00 p.rn. Sun., 3:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

CJCH-Halifax, N .S.-920 on dial,10:00 p.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

*CPBe-St. John. N.B.-930 on dial,8:00 p.m. Sun., 8:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

VOCM-St. John's, Nfld.-590 ondial, 6:30 p.m. Sun., 7:00p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

'::CKCW-Moncton, N.B.-1220 ondial, 6:00 a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

CFMB-Montreal-1410 on dial,1:30 p.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m.Mon. thru Sat.

*CKFH - Toronto - 1430 on dial,10:00 p.m. Sun., 6:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat.

CKLB-Oshawa, Ont.-1350 on dial,9:05 p.m. Mon. thru Fri.,10:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun.

CHIQ - Hamilton, Ont o- 1280 ondial, 8:00 p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

CRSO-Sudbury, Ont .-790 on dial,6:30 p.m. Sun., 8:00 p.m.Mon. thru Fri., 7:30 p.m. Sat.

*CjLX-Fort William, Ont.-800 ondial, 7:30 p.m. daily.

*WWOL-Buffalo, N.Y.-lI20 ondial, 10:00 a.m. Sun., 5:00p.m. Mon. thru Pri., 4:00p.m. Sat.

WBET-Brockton, Mass.-1460 ondial, 7:05 p.m. daily.

WWNH-Rochester, N.H.-930 ondial, 9:05 a.m. Sun., 7:05 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

WDEV-Waterbury, Vt.-550 ondial, 8:00 p.m. Sun., 6:30p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

WPOR-Portland, Maine-1490 ondial, 9:00 a.m. Sun.

WCOU-Lewiston, Maine-1240 ondial, 9:30 p.m. Sun.

WAAB-Worcescer, MaS!l.-1440 ondial, 107.3 FM, 9:30 a.m. Sun.

WMAS - Springfield, Mass. - 1450on dial, 94.7 FM, 8:30 p.m.Sun,

WEIM-Fitchburg, Mass.-1280 ondial, 8:30 p.m. Sun.

WNLC-New London, Conn.-1490on dial, 8:30 p.m. Sun.

In French­CFMB-Montreal-141O kc., 5 p.m.,

Sat. and Sun.CKjL - St. Jerome, Que . - 900 kc.,

10:30 a.m. Sun.Centra'

WSPD-Toledo, Ohlo-1370 ondial, 101.5 FM, 9:00 p.m.Sun. , 9:05 p.m. Mon. thru Sac.

WDOK-eleveland, Ohio-1260 ondial-10:00 p.m. daily.

WBCK - Battle Creek, Mich. - 930on dial, 12:30 p.m. Sat, andSun., 7:00 p.m. Mon. thruFri.

*WSIR-Akron, Ohio-1350 ondial, 7:00 p.m. daily.

WJW-Cleveland, Ohio-850 ondial, 104.1 PM, 10 a.m. Sun.

WBRj -Marietta, Ohio-910 ondial, 12:30 p.m. daily.

June, 1965 The PLAIN TRUTH

R ADIO LOG

15

wow - Omaha, Nebr. - 590 ondial, 8:25 p.m . Sun.

KRVN-Lexington, Nebr.-IOIO ondial, 10:30 a.m. Sun., 3:00p.m. Mon. tbru SaL

WNAX-Yankton, S. Dak.-570 ondial, 7:30 p.m. dail y.

WEAW-Chicago-1330 on dial ,105.1 FM. 9:30 a.m. Sun.(also 8:00 p.m. Sun., FM)8:00 a.m . Mon. thru Fri., 7:30a.m. Sat. A}.I and 7:00 a.m.Mon. tbru Sat. FM.

WAAP-Peoria-1350 on dial. 6:30p.m. daily.

WIIT-c-Danville, Ill .-980 on dial,7:30 p .m. daily.

WIBe-Indianapolis-I07D on dial ,10:30 p.m. Sun.

KBH5-Hot Springs. Ark.-590 ondial, 12:00 noon Sun., 6:00a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KFV5-Cape Girardeau, Mo.-960on dial, 9:15 a.m. Sun., 6:15a.m. Mon. thru Sat ,

KWTO-Springfield, Mo.-560 ondial , 7:00 p.m. daily .

KFDI - Wichita, Kans. - 1070 ondial . 10:00 a.m. Sun., 11:30a.m. Mon. thr u Sat.

KFH-Wichita, Kaos .-1330 on dial ,100.3 FM, 9:30 a.m ., Sun.•6:30 p.m. daily .

KGGF-Coffe yviIle, Kans .-690 ondial, 6:00 p.m. daily

WMT-Cedar Rapids-600 on dial.11:30 a.m. Sun.

KQRS-Minneapolis-1440 on dial.92.5 FM, 10:00 a.m. Sun.• 7:00a.m. Mon . thru Sat.• 9:30 p.m.daily (FM only) .

WEBC-Duluth, Minn.-560 ondial. 7:00 p.m. Sun. thru Fr i.,11:30 a.m. Sat.

W~I1L-Milwaukee. W is.-1290 ondial. 95.7 FM, 4:30 p.m. Sun.,7:00 a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KFYR-Bismarck, N. Dak.-550 ondial. 7 p.m. dai ly except Fri.at 6:45 p.m.

*CKD.M - Dauphin, Man. - 730 ondial, 6:30 p.m. da ily.

CJNB- N orth Battleford, Sask.­1050 on dia l, 2:30 p.m. and7:30 p.m. da ily.

CKRM- Regina. Sask.-980 on dial.8:30 p.m. daily.

*CJGX - Yorkton, Sask.-940 ondial, 9:00 a.m. Sun., 8:30 p.m .Mon. thru Sat.

SouthKCTA-Coryus Christi, Tex.- l030

on dial, 2 p.m. Sun., 12:30p.m . Mon. thru Fri.. 4:30p.m . Sat.

KCUL-Ft. Worth-1 540 on dial,1:00 p.m . Sun., 12:00 noonMon . thr u Sat.

"The WORLD TOMORROW"

WBAP-Fort W orth, Tex.-570 ondial, 8:00 p.m . daily .

KEES - Gl adewater, Tex . - 1430 ondial, 12:30 p.m . daily.

K...'IAC-San An toni0-630 on dial ,9:00 a.m. Sun., 7:15 a.m .Mon. thru Sat.

KTBC - Austin - 590 on dial, 9:30a.m. Sun., 5:30 a.m. Mon. thruSat.

KTLU - Rusk. Tex . - 1580 on dial.1:00 p.m. Sun.

*KGN C - Amarillo - 710 on dia l,10:00 p.m. daily .

KFMJ-Tulsa-l050 on dial, 12:30p.m. dail y.

KBYE-Okla. City-890 on dial,10:30 a.m . Sun.. 12:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat .

KWAM-Memphis-990 on dial,10:00 a.m. Sun., 11:00 a.m.Mon . thru Sat.

WSHO-New Orleans-800 on dial,12:00 noon dail y.

WDEF - Chattanooga, Tenn. - 1370on dial. 92.3 FM, 8:00 p.m.daily .

WAKE-Atlanta-1340 on dia l ,10:30 a.m. Sun.

WBRC-Birmingham, Ala.-960 ondial, 106.9 FM, 7:30 p.m.daily.

WYDE-Birmingham, Ala .-850 ondial , 10:30 a.m. Sun.

WMEN-Tallahassee-1330 on dial.10:30 a.m. Sun., 8 :00 a.m.Mon . thru Sat.

WMIE-Miami, Fla.-1140 on dial,8:30 a.m. Sun.• 12 noon Mon.thru Sat.

WZOK - Jacksonville, Fla. - 1320on dial, 12:30 p.m. daily .

WKYX-Paducah, Ky.-570 on dial ,93.3 FM. 12 noon daily.

Mountain StatesKPHO-Phoenix-910 on dial, 6:35

p.m. dail y.*KLZ-Den"e r- 560 on dial , 106.7

FM, 7:30 p.m. daily.KCPX-Salt Lake City-H20 on

dial. 98.7 FM, 7 p.m. daily.KIDO-Boise. Idah0-630 on dial,

7:00 p.m. daily.CKXL - Calgary , AI", . - 1140 on

dia l, 10:00 p.m. Sun., 5:30a.m. Mon. thru Sat .

West CoastCKLG-Vancouver, B.C.-730 00

dial, 7:00 a.m. Sun., 6:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat.

CKPG-Prince George, B.C.-550on dial, 10:30 a.m. Sun., 6:30a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

*CKOV - Kel owna, B.C. - 630 ondial . 9:00 p.m. Sun., 8:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat .

CFBV - Smithers, B.C. - 7:30 p.m.daily.

*KHQ- Spokane-590 on dial, 7:05p.m. da ily, or after baseball .

KVI-Seattle--570 on dial , 8 a.m.Sun.

KBLE-Seattle-I050 on dial, 12noon dail y.

KM:O - Ta coma, W ash. - 1360 ondia l, 8:30 p.m. daily.

KWJJ-Portland-l080 on dial, 10p.m. Sua ., 9 p.m. Mon. thruSac

KEX-Portland-1I90 on dial, 8:30a.m. Sun.

KGAY-Salem-1430 on dial, 9:00a.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m. Mo n.thru Sat.

KUGN- Eugene-590 on dial 7p.m. daily .

KUl\IA-Pendleton, Ore.-1290 ondial, 6:30 p.m. daily .

KYlC - Medford, Ore . - 1230 ondial , 6:30 p.m. daily .

KAGO-Klamath Falls, Or e.-1150on dial, 6:30 p.m. daily.

KSAY-San Francisco -IOlO ondial, 8:30 a.m. Sun., 6:30 a.m.Mon . thru Sat.

KFRe-San Francisco-61O on dial ,106.1 FM, 8:30 a.m. Sun.

KFAX-San Fran cisco-lIOO on dial,10:00 a.m. and 10:45 p.m.Sun.• 10:15 p.m. Mon. thruFri. , 4:15 p.m. Man thru Sat .

KFIV - Modesto, Calif. - 1360 ondial. 6:00 p.m. daily

KNGS - Hanf ord , Cali f. - 620 ondial, 10:00 a.m. Sun.. 6:00p.m. Man. thru Sat.

KGEE-Bakersfield-1230 on dial,4:30 p.m . Sun., 5:00 p.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KD~Santa Barbara, Calif.-1490on dial. 93.7 FM, 6:30 p.m.daily .

KUDU - Ventura, Cali f. - 1590 ondial, 95.1 FM, 8:00 p.m. daily.

KRKD-Los Ange les-1150 on dial.96.3 FM, 9:30 a.m. and 6:30p.m. Sun., 6:15 a.m. and 7p.m. Mon. thru Sat .

KTYM - Inglewood, Calif. - 1460on dial , 12:00 noon Mon.thru Fri .

KFOX - Long Beach, Calif. - 1280on dial, 8 :30 p.m. dail y.

KACE-San Bernardino-Ri vers ide-s­1570 on dial, 92.7 PM, 9:30a.m. Sun., 7:05 a.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KOGO-San Die g0-600 on dial,8:30 p.m. Sun.

In Span ish-KALI-los Angeles, Calif.-1430 on

dial, 4:45 p.m. Sun.

(Cotlt inued on next page)

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RADIO LOG

June, 1965

Alask a & Hawa iiKFQD--Ancborage. Alaska-730 on

dial, 7:30 p.m. dai ly.KULA-Honolulu, Hawaii---690 on

dial, 6 :00 p.m. daily.

TO EUROPEIn Englisb-RA D IO LUXEMBOURG-208

metres (1439 kc.) mediumwave and 49 metres (6090kc.) short wave-7:00 p .m.Mon . and Tues., B.S.T.

RADIO LONDON-268 metres(1120 kc) medium wave. 7:00p.m. daily.

-RADIO CAROLINE NORTH-1I9metres (1500 kc.) -8:00 p.m.daily.

In French-RADIO LUX EM BO UR G - 1293

mettes-5:40 e.m., Mon., 5:25a.m. Tues. and Fri.

EURO PE NO. ONE-Febberg enSane, Germany- 182 k c.(1647 m.)-6:00 a.m. Sun.,5:45 a.m. Wed. and Sat.

In German-RADIO LUXEMBOURG-49 metres

(6090 kc.) shortwave and 208metres (1439 kc.) mediumwave - 6:05 a.m. So n., 5:30a.m. Mon., 5:15 a.m. Tues .,7:00 a.m. Wed.• 5:15 a.m . Fri.

TO ASIARADIO TAIWAN (FORMOSA)

"The 3rd Network, B.C.C."-BED23 Taichung 1380 kc.;BED5S Taipei 960 kc.:BED7S Tainan City 1540 kc.:BED79 Kaohsiung 1220 kc.:BED82 Chiayi 1460 kc.­18:00 T.S,T., Wed. and Fri .

RADIO OKINAWA-KSBK-880kc. Sundays: 12:06 noon .

PHILIP PINE ISLANDS:DZAQ, ManiJa-620 kc.-8:30 p.m.

daily.DXAW, Davao City-640 kc.­

9:00 p.m. Sunday,DYCB, Cebu City-570 kc.-9:30

p.m. Friday.DYKR. Kalibo--14S0 kc., 8:00 p.m.

daily, except Tues. at 7:00p.m.

DZAL, Legaspi City- '1230 kc.,8:00 p.m. daily.

DZGH. Sorsogon - 1480 kc., 8:00p.m. daily.

*DZLT, Lucena City-1240 kc., 9:00a.m. daily

DZRB, Naga City- 750 kc., 9:00p .m. Sun.

DZRI, Dagupan City - 1040 kc. ­9:00 p.m. Sun,

RADIO GUAM-KUAM-610 kc.,6:00 p.m. daily.

"The W ORLD TOMORROW"

TO AFRICARADIO LOURENCO MARQUES,

MOZAMBIQUE-BOI kc .,92 metres and 4925 kc., 60metrcs-lO:OO p.m. Mon .,Wed., and SaL, 10:30 p.m.Tues., Thur., and Fri.

RADIO UFAC, ELIZABETHVILLE-0Q2AD-4980 kc. (60. m.)-6:30 p.m. Sun. thru Fri.

\VNBS-Lagos-602 kc.-8:30 p.m.daily.

WNBS-Ibadan-656 kc., 3380 kc.,6185 kc. and 9500 kc.-8:30p.m. daily.

TO AUSTRALIA2KY-Sydney, NSW-1020 kc.­

10:15 p.m. Mon. thr u Thurs.;10:45 p.m. Fri.; 11 p.m. Sat.

2AY-Albury, NSW-1490 kc.­9:30 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

2GF-Grafton, NSW-1210 kc.­10:00 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

2GN-Goulburn. NSW - 1380 kc.-9:30 p.m. Mo n. th ru Sat .

2GZ-Orange, N SW - 990 kc.- 8:40p.m. Sun.• 9 p.m. Mon. th ruFri.

2HD-Newt'as tle, NSW - 1140 kc.-10:30 p.m. Sun.; 9:00 p.m.Mon . th ru Thurs.; 6:30 p.m.Fri.

2KA-Katoomba. NSW - 780 kc.­10:00 p.m. Mon . thru Sat.

2LM-Lismore. NSW-900 kc. ­8:30 p .m. Mon. thru Sat.

3AW-Melbourne, Vic.-1280 kc.­10:30 p.m. Sun.

3BO-Bendigo. Vic.-960 kc.-9:30p.m. Men. thru Sat.

3KZ-Melbourne, Vic. - 1180 kc.­10:30 p.m. Sun.; 10:45 p.m.Mon. thru Thurs.; 10:15 p.m.Fri .

3MA-Mildura, Vic. - 1470 kc.­3:30 p.m. Mon. thru Fri.;10:00 p.m. SaL

3TR - Sale, Vic. - 1240 kc. - 9:30p.m. Sun. thru Tburs., 8:30p.m. Fri.

3XY-Melbourne, Vic.-1420 kc.­10:00 p.m. Sun. thru Fri.

4AK-0akey, Qld. - 1220 kc.-9:30p.m. Sun.; 10:15 p.m. Mo~.

thru Thurs.; 10:30 p.m. Fri .4BK-Brisbane, Old. - 1300 kc.­

9:30 p.m. Sun.; 10:15 p.m.Mon. thru Thurs.; 10:30 p.m .Fri.

4CA-Cairns, Qld.-1010 kc.-10:00p.m. Sun. thru Fri .

4IP-Ipswich, Qld.-IOIO kc.-9:30p.m . Sun. thru Fri.

4KQ - Brisbane, Qld. - 690 kc.­10:30 p.m . Sun.

4WK-Warwick, Qld.-880 kc.­10:00 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

6KG-Kalgoorlie, W A-860 kc.­10:00 p.m. Mon. thru Sat .

GPM-Perth, WA-lOOO kc.-lO:OOp.m . Sun.; 10:15 p.m. Mon.thru Fri.

GAM-Northam. WA-980 kc.­10:00 p .m. Sun.; 10: 15 p.m.Mon. thru Fri.

7AD-Devonport, Tas.-900 kc.­8:30 p.m. Sun . thru Fri.

7BU Burnie, Tas.-560 kc.-9:30p.m. Sun. thro Fri.

7HT - Hobart, Tas. - 1080 kc. ­7:30 p.m. Sun. thru Fri .

7LA-launceston, Tas.-1100 kc.­10:10 p.m . Sun., 9:30 p.m.Mon. thru Fri.

7SD - Scottsdale, Tas. - 540 kc. ­9:00 p.m. Sun. thru Fri.

TO LATIN AMERICAIn Englis h-

RADIO BARBADOS-Bla ck Rock,Barbados - 795 kc., 10:30a.m . Sun., 9:30 a.m. Mo n.thru Fri.• 11:00 a.m. Sat.

RADIO REDIFFUSION - Bridge­town, Barbados, 9:30 a.m.Sun., 10:30 a.m. Mon. thruFri., 9:30 a.m. SaL

RADIO AMER ICA-Lima, Peru­10tO kc.-5:15 p.m. Satur­days,

HOC21, Panama City-IllS kc.:HP5A, Panama City-1ll70 kc.;HOK. Colon, Panama--640 kc.;HP5K, Colon. Panama-6005 kc.-

7:00 p.m., Sundays.

In Erench-c-

4VBM-Port au Prince, Haiti-1430kc., 7:45 p.m. Wed.

4VCM-Port au Prince, Haiti~165kc., 7:45 p .m. Wed.

RADIO CARAIBES-St. Lucia,West Indies-840 kc.-6:45a.m., Mon. and Tues.

In Spanish-

RADIO LA CRONICA-Lima, Peru-1320 kc.-7:00 p.m. Sun.

RADIO COMUNEROS-Asuncion.Paraguay-970 kc.-8:30 p.m.Thursdays.

RADIO SPORT-CXAI9-Monte·"ideo. Uruguay-11835 kc.­4:00 p .m.• Sundays.

RADIO CARVE-CX16, 850 kc.,and CXA13. 6156 kc-c-Mon­tevideo, Uruguay-3:30 p.m.,Saturdays.

June, 1965 The PLAIN TRUTH 17

(Continued from page 13)

What's WRONG with theYOUNGER GENERATION?

flapper-world - quite numerous andcommon-not at allover-sexed, but whonevertheless permits promiscuous liber­ties. He quotes the conversation of sucha typical girl-extraordinari ly keen andintelligent-of well-to-do and appar­ently good parents. She is unusuallyattractive to boys. She is a typical flap­per-glib, slangy, sarcastic, cynical. Shepermits occasional kissing, because it'sexpected.

1927 Teenage Slang

"But don't you resent the way theydance?" asked the Judge.

"Oh, you mean the button-shining?"she asked casually. "Not at all. Close

e ..,/v., P/et..,,.s Inc.

Benjamin B. Lindsey, famous Judgeof Juvenile Court, Denver, Colorado,shocked world with his boo k TheCompanionate Marrioge.

dancing affects some girls-but it neverhas any effect on me."

"There is a common impression tothe contrary," observed the Judge.

"I know there is," she came backcrisply. "All the old kill-joys and weep-

ing-willows in the country think thedirt that is in their own minds. That'sthe way they'd feel; and how they doenvy us the thoughts we don't think!"

"But- -" the Judge began."I'm telling you the truth," she went

on. "Most of us girls don't get anyspecial thrill out of close dancing. Wedo get a thrill out of dancing itself ;and we go to parties with these youngcrumpet munchers and snuggle pupsbecause we like to dance, and for noother reason."

"And the---er--<:rurnpet munch­ers?" the Judge asked, trying to snapthe words out the way she did.

"They dance for the kick they getout of it," she said promptly.

"In the dancing?"

"Yes, in the dancing-holding thegirl close, you know. And afterward,in petting, heavy necking, and otherthings, if she'll stand for it. I don't."

I have quoted this conversation indetail, because it is a fair sample of thekind of language employed by highschool pupils of today, especially in thecities, and it is absolutely typical ofthe prevailing situation.

Hell·Bent?

Are the youngsters hell-bent ? Listento some of the Judge'S statistics andestimates, based upon, beyond doubt,the best information available in theUnited States.

Says Judge Lindsey: "At least 50%of those who begin with hugging andkissing (an d that is 90% of all high ­school pupils) do not restrict themselvesto that, but go furthe r, and indulge inother sex liberties which, by all the con­ventions, are outrageously improper­halfway sex intimacies that wreck thehealth and morals alike." And theJudge continues that "15% to 25% ofthose who begin with the huggingand kissing eventually lose their virtuecompletely." Not necessarily promis­cuity, or frequency, he explains, but ithappens.

Most people will not believe thesefacts. But they are based upon investi­gation, and upon actual records. Thetruth is that the real facts are farworse than most people WANT to be.Iieve. I know parents of high schooland college children who simply scoffat any such statements of conditions asoutlined above-and whose very ownchildren are on the same road rightnow, in its earlier stages-and yet theseparents would never believe it, andare doing nothing to prevent it.

They have never taught their childrenfrankly and honestly about sex prob­lems. They have not brought them upin sound religious teaching. They havenot trained them in self-discipline andself-control and right direction. Theyhave permitted them to grow up follow­ing blind impulse, desire, inclination,and whim. Their children have beenequipped with no safeguard-no pro­tection. They're getting a good dose ofevolution and atheistic teachings inschool-and they're out on wild partiescontinually. Are they hell-bound?

Parental Responsibility

The parents of today simply do notrealize the DANGER. Never has thepathway of youth been paved with somany temptations and pitfalls-andstrewn with so many moral casualties-as today. Never has the responsibilityof child rearing and parental guidanceand training been so grave.

You who are parents- if you loveyour children- do not underestimate thedanger. The school influence-the out­side influences-all must be counter­acted. The responsibility falls squarelyupon the shoulders of you parents.

The alert, watchful, thinking parentneed not be alarmed. The danger lies inignorance, in laxity, and in blinding theeyes to existing facts and conditions.Don't underestimate the influences yourchildren will be called upon to face.

Be a pall> and a chum to your chilo

12 I had to learn that this advice, writtenbefore my two sons were born, was unsound.I tried to practice this advice. But when mysons were 3 and , years old. and I 41, Ilearned I could not reduce my thinking andmanner to the s-year-level, and they couldnot ascend to the 41·year level. I started by

18 The PLAIN TRUTH June, 1965

At the barred entrance of a speok-ecsv during the Prohi­bition Era, right. Callers had to identify themselves. Inside

CuI...., Pietl/'U Inc.

a speak-easy, sipping beer, left. Shades in backgroundwere completely drawn .

dren, Get, and hold, their confidence ,

Take an interest in their interests. Tryto understand their point of view. Youmay need, tactfully and wisely, to helpthem alter it. Get them to confide inyou, and make them wall! to come toyou with all their problems and troubles,

Don' t be ashamed to teach themfrank ly, yourself , the sacred and holymysteries of sex 13-teach them young­before they become informed in awrong way fro m other ch ildren , Ignor­ance of these matters is their worsthandicap-knowledge, if imparted in aright and sacred way, is the ir greatestprotection, Virtually ALL wrongdoing,of every possible nature, is merely aresult of LACK of understanding!

Above all, teach you r child self­discipline. Teach him to resist indina­tion and impulse - to do what he

calling my eldest son, D ick. ".My Pal." Wh enGamer Ted came along, he said one day,"Well, I'm your Pal, too!" Thereafter Dickbecame "Pal One," and Ted, "Pal Two: '

But we were not really "pals." We werefather and sons . Today I would change theabove advice to read: "Be a sympathetic,understanding patent and counsellor, main­taining close and loving companionship withyour children."

13 We now have available the proper text­book to help parents in this: God Speaks Outon "The New Morality." Sent free to parents,engaged couples, or those over 21, uponrequest.

OUG HT to do, instead of what he WAN TS

to do,

Bring your children up in soundBible doctrine-it is the one best pro·tection against all forms of temptationand evil in all the world , Teach thechildren to UND ERSTAND, Explain theWHY of Christian doctrine. It is rea­sonable, rational-don' t let them regardit as something foolish or silly. Letthem realize that a true spirit-filledChristian life is a FULL life-a happylife-a joyful life-a peaceful life-alife of power, of strength, of service,of accomplishment.

Jesus was hum ble. H e was meek.H e was lowly. But Jesus was STRONG­

POWE RFU L. He is the most powerfulman who ever walked on the face ofthis earth- the actual Maker and Crea­tor of this very earth itself! And yet,with all this supreme power, H e washumble and meek. That is the way weshou ld be. Not self-exalting-c-not glo ry­ing in seIf- not vain-but realizing thatall power and strength comes fromGod, through the H oly Spirit, and thenseeking all of it we can get, and giv ingthe praise where it belongs-to theEternal !

W e parents need to realize that timeshave changed. Our youngsters face in­fluences and conditions far different

from those we faced, Don't justify yourown laxity by saying , "I don't believeconditions are as bad as they're painted."An ostrich can' t escape thre atened dan­ger by sticking his head in the groundand hiding h is eyes from the danger.Young people today are thinking frank­ly, talking open ly, about subjects andproblems which never used to be dis­cussed. Th ey're asking questions, Don 'tthink you can hush them up , Safetylies in open, frank, honest, straight­forward, God-fearing explanation- inknowledge and understanding ,

Th e adolescents of today have hun­gry minds, and hun gry hearts, Theirfate lies in our hands.

Let's not make the fatal mistake ofth inking we can steer them safely fromthe shoals of worldly temptations merelyby saying, "Don't dance! Don' t go tomovies ! Don't smoke! Don't drink!"

Their starved emotions, their pent-upenergies, are going to find an outlet,one way or the other. If we don't wantthem to fa ll victim to this world 's taw­dry imitations, then we must show themthe REAL THING, If you don't give yourchildren something constructively BET·

TE R, they will dance, they will drink,they will dissipate, in spite of you.N ever have we needed the help and thepower of God as we need it now!

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"GOD'S LAW IS

. The Perfect Law of Liberty"What kind of liberty or freedom does God's Law provide?

Read in this article what James 1:25 really means.

by Robert E. Gentet

THIS is "The Twisted Age." Sosays Look, a leading Americanmagazine. Look reminds us we

live in an age of loneliness, "free love"licentiousness, frustrations, pervertedthinking-a general out-and-out rebel­lion against the standard of previousgenerations.

What is happening? Why is therean upheaval and revolt againstpreviously accepted social behavior?Why do most people fail to agree onwhat is the best way to handle theirprivate and business lives?

Whose Opinion Counts?

Look magazine's article, ,"Th eTwisted Age," reported that 100 persons"were reminded of last winter's pros­titution scandal on Long Island." Thatscandal "involved more than a dozenwomen, including several mothers,who, with their husbands' consents,went out on calls to 'see' men atcharges of $25 to $100. Most of thoseinterviewed (by Look) had heard the

I story. Startlingly, 77 percent felt them­selves unable to make a moral judg­ment on whether the housewife-prosti­tutes should be condemned. A fewthought they should be admired"

(Look, Dec. 15, 1964, p. 42) .

That's the world you live in!

Why should the big majority ofpeople be in a fog of indecision anddoubt as to what is morally right orwrong? Why does almost everyone justhave an "opinion"-but not reallyknow what is best?

Most people have no real standardof judgment. No central source theyknow that can dogmatically tell themwhether or not a certain thing is rightor wrong. And , no wonder! They haverejected God 's Word.

Even today's churches at times admitit! One religious publication recentlyadmitted: "Thus, despite the fact thatthe Bible remains our best-seller, it hasbecome little more than an obsolete'sacred book' to which most of its de­votees pay lip -service but which theypractically never read, study, or under­stand ."

How true!

God's Word, which reveals HisLaw, has been rejected. His Law tellsus the difference between right andwrong. Yet, even professing "Christian­ity" pays little or no heed to it!

Isn't it time that we got back to the

faith that was once delivered to thesaints? One of the early New Testa­ment Church saints, the Apostle Paul,said: "I had not known sin, but by thelaw: for I had not known lust, exceptthe law had said, Thou shalt not covet"(Rom. 7:7).

Yes, the great apostle to the Gentileswould have been like today's big ma­jority-that is, would not have knownthat it was wrong to lust-except God'sLaw told him! Is it any wonder thatthe major ity today are unable to knowwhether or not the housewife-prosti­tutes should be condemned?

Only Lip Service

Most of those who claim to beChristians pay only lip service to theBible and rarely ever read or study it.Do you have a Bible? How often doyou study it?

God says: "W herefore be ye not un­wise, but understanding what the willof the Lord is" (Eph. 5:17). How areyou going to understand what God'swill is unless you study the handbookof life that He has made so readilyavailable?

The materialistic world, created byhuman ingenuity, has turned men's

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A youthful English gang, noted for brawling and destruction, cruises into town looking for trouble.

minds inward, upon himself. Insteadof looking into the pages of God'sWord, men have been caught up in awhirlwind of human acitvity and pas­times.

Men are left only with their humanideas and opinions. No standard ofrighteous judgment exists because theonly righteous standard has been re­jected!

In a time when the cry Jor "free­dom" and "liberty" is being echoedaround the world, mankind needs toget back to that best seller, yet leastunderstood, of all books, the HolyBible. It tells us what real freedom andliberty are. It contains the laws thatprovide the freedom mankind so des­perately needs.

God' s Laws Still in Force

But, the common idea today is thatGod's Ten Commandments have eitherbeen done away, changed or, if ad­mitted to be in force, are a ball andchain about those who would dare obeythem, Let's candidly look into the Bibleand see what it reveals.

"By this," says I John 5:2-3, "weknow that we love the children of God,when we love God, and keep his com­mandments. For this is the love of God,that we keep his commandments: andhis commandments are not grievous ."

Can we believe this clear, simple

Dr. Sigmund Freud, "father of psychccnclysls" and one of his femaledisciples. Men have devised many philosophies aimed at teaching mankindhow to be happy without being subject to law. But lawless men are not~~ ~

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Around a confe rence tab le. Here the leade rs of Germany seek a solution toEurope's problems-apart from the la w of God . Whe n will the na tions learnthat God's law is the way to pe ace, ha ppiness, and true liberty?

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scripture? God 's law and God's lovecannot be separated . His laws express

( His love. They tell us what true loveis. God 's Commandmen ts tell us howto love others . They are meant for ourgood . They are not some grievous balland chain about our necks.

True, of ourselves, we cannot keepGod's law. That's why we need the

Spirit of God, the power of God, thatwill help us obey Him.

"I am come," said Christ, "that theymight have life , and that they mighthave it more abundantly" (John10 :10) . No wonder , then, this sameChrist also said: " . . . If thou wilt enterinto life , keep the commandments"(Mat. 19:17) .

Many try to separate God 's lovefrom H is law that leads to true hap­piness and freedom .

Christ said: "Think not that I amcome to destroy the law, or the proph­ets : I am not come to destroy, but tofulfil. For verily I say unto you, Tillheaven and earth pass, one jot or onetittle shall in no wise pass from thelaw, till all be fulfill ed" (Mat. 5 :17­18) .

Isn't this the opposite from whatyou've always heard? Especially whenit comes to the commandment tellingus what day God has set apart as holy?Read Exodus 20:8-11. Do you believeand follow this command?

Christ set us the perfect example .And He commanded us : "Be [become}ye therefore perfect, even as your Fa­ther which is in heaven is perfect"(Mat. 5:48). .

We must fulfill God 's law, even asJesus did . Instead of doing away withGod's law, we must do away with ournatural desires that are contrary toGod's law! We must let Christ liveHis law in us through the power ofthe Hol y Spirit.

Should it be any surprise to see aworld full of problems when the pro­fessing "Christian" churches lead theway in trying to abolish God's laws?God's laws were designed to preventproblems .

Alchemists Should HaveTaught Us a lesson

Only a few hundred years ago cer­tain men, called alchemists, tried to

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defy the physical laws God set in mo­tion. The alchemists labored long andhard to do a physical impossibility­to convert or change cheap lead intoexpensive gold. Aft er many fruitlessyears of labor , they had to admit thatth is elemental change could not bemade .

Today, people are laboring just asdiligently trying to do the impossiblewith the moral codes. Instead of obey­ing the laws of God that govern moralsand affect men's minds, men are des­perately trying to work out their ownsystem of morals.

Th ese human moral codes are con­trary to the spiritual laws of God , asexemplified by the Ten Commandments.Happiness can come only when mangets in harmony with God's laws.

Can you imagine what would happenif a chemist or physicist would decideto disregard the knowledge of theknown laws of chemistry and physicsand set out independently to make uphis own? The alchemists tried it . ..and utterly failed!

What if a farmer would decide toplant seed in the wron g season ? Howmuch do you think he would harvestthat year? God's material creation isgoverned by definite, active laws.

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So is human conduct . But men, go­ing their own ways and not heedingthe words of Scripture that have beenthere for thousands of years, continueto devise their own counterfeit moralcodes.

Speaking of the time in which welive, a University of Chicago sociolo­gist, Philip M. Hauser, made this signi­ficant statement : "There was never atime in the history of man when manwas as free to exercise his own intelli­gence and make his own decisions"(Loo k, Sept. 24, 1963, p. 74).

Think of what thie means!

Just before the end of man's 6,000years of self -rule, the supreme law­Giver has allowed mankind to follow,admittedly on - an unparalleled scale,the way that seems so right to him. Theway your Bible plainly labels as theway that ends in death (Prov. 14 :12;16:25) .

We witness an unprecedented floodof human reasoning about moral codes.Is it any surprise that we should wit­ness an unprecedented flood of sexualimmorality, murder, stealing, hatred,lying, and sins of every conceivable de­scription?

No wonde r, if the world is ever to

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have peace and happiness, that God theFather must soon send Jesus Christ backto this earth and fi ll it with the knowl ­edge of His laws! ( Isa. 2:2 -4.)

Th is is a lawless age . Look magazineadmitted: "No single autho rity rulesour conduct. No church lays down themoral law for all; no tribal customs andtaboos define the limits of our immor­alit ies. W e are free to be prejudiced orpromiscuous, to cheat or chisel. We arcleft floundering in a money-motivated,sex-obsessed, big-city-dominated socie ­ty. We must figure out fo r ourselveshow to apply the traditional moralprinciples to the prob lems of our times.Many find this burden too heavy."

Yes, many find this burden tooheavy because they, like the alchemistsof a few centuries ago, are lost in amaze of human ideas and humanreasonings. God has been left out ofthe picture. God has allowed this tohappen to teach man that man's waysare wrong ( Prov , 14 :12; 16:25).

When God's W ord is not read andheeded, a "money-motivated, sex-ob­sessed, big-city-dominated society" isthe natural result. That is the end re­sult of man going man's way !

It's time you were willing to giveup your human ideas, your op inions,your way of do ing things, and be givenwisdom by the One who promises ahappy, abundant life! The choice isyours. No one can make it for you.No one is going to fo rce you to behappy.

But the ,,'ay to happiness is freelymade available by a loving Creator toall those who will turn from thei r evil

ways, accept Jesus Christ as personalSavior, and follow His laws.

How G od 's Laws G ive

Freedom

God's laws are not a straitjacket.

They do not forb id even one singleth ing that will add lasting enjoymentor real joy to one 's life,

In fact, H is laws offer human ity themaximwn oppo rtunity for character de­

velopment and personality growth. Theworld offers only the terrible penaltythat comes from breaking them! Thevery way in which the Ten Comm and-

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merits are stated reveals this importantfact.

Many think God's laws are negativebecause some of them begin : "Thoushalt not." This is a wrong conception.The "Thou shalt not" in His laws tellsus how to avoid the wallop of sin.They are no more negative than "Thoushalt not jump off the cliff,"

By avoiding sin, which always bringson a penalty sooner or later, God givesus complete freedom to develop charac­ter in every way that will be construe­tive both to us and to others.

His laws emphasize the points we bynature would break: the way that seemsso right to us, yet brings on problemslater.

Let' s use a physical analogy to unde r­stand. Man discovers how to refine P'"troleum and make gaso line . The lawsays: "Thou shalt not light a matchover an open can of gasoline." Is that anegative law because it denies the per­son the right to blow himself up ? No , Idon't think you would agree with that!

The same principle is true withGod's laws. Most of the Ten Com­mandments warn us what not to do.They warn us how to stay out oftrouble, how to keep well, how to avoidpain, heartache, and grief. God's lawshelp us avoid what is bad for us. But,at the same time, they open broadavenues to constructive thinking andplanni ng withi n their bounds .

D id man stop making gasoline be­cause he can put it to a wrong use andharm himself? Should men rebelagainst God's laws because they pointout what to avoid?

Just as a loving parent warns hischildren not to play with fire, Godwarns humanity not to dabble withthose situations that will scar his char­

acter and keep him from enjoying abounteous life.

In this age of the "new morality,"and "free love ," God warns: "Can a

man take fire in his bosom, and hisclothes not be burned? Can one goupon hot coals, and his feet not beburned? So he that goeth in to hisneighbor's wife: whosoever touchethher shall not be innocent" (Prov. 6 :27­

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Notice how God directly likens H isspiritual law concerning adultery to thephysical law governing fi re. The re is aright and wrong use of sex, just asthere is a right and wrong use of fire .It's all made plain in Mr. Armstrong'svital book God Speaks 0111 0 11 'T heS ew Afora/it)'."

What's wrong with having the in­sight God 's laws give so one can avoidsuffering and headache?

If a man learns the laws of chemistry,physics, biology, farming, etc., andrightly applies them , he can be produc­tive. The increase of mechanical know ­how in this modern age was not possi­ble until man began to obey the lawsthat govern this physical creation. Inthe same way, a "break-through" in

human emotional and moral problemswill not result until man conforms toGod's laws that govern our minds .

These laws are God 's Ten Command­

ments. Th ey are spiritual laws andthey gove rn our minds (Rom. 7: 14).

God does nothing without a purpose.Th ere is a great purpose for human

existence.

God sent H is Son into the world to

give everyone a reason for living. Notonly in this life, but forever as a partof His very own fami ly!

Through Christ our sins can be corn­

pletely forgiven. Through God's Spirit,His power , we can overcome our nat­

ural desi res and begin to live the abun­dant life that God intended from the

very beginning.

If you are tired of burning yourfingers on the hot stove of human ex­

perience, of following the childish"candy-grabbing" attitude of thisworld's society, then you need to writefor and follow the advice given in thefollowing booklets: Why Were Y01/

Born?; The Ten Commandments; andThe Seven LatUS of Success. Your free

copies are waiting for you.

James 1:25 stands proven as soundadvice for this sick, sick, sick world :"But whoso looketh into the perfect

law of liberty, and continueth therein,he being not a forgetful hearer, but adoer of the word, this man shall be

blessed in his deed."

And Now The-

"World Tomorrow" BroadcastBlankets British Isles

by Herma n L. Hoeh

over 622,000. That means 2Y2 to 3 mil­lion readers! Perhaps our readers wouldbe interested in knowing just whereThe PLAIN TRUTH is sent each month.There are three English language edi­tions and two others- in French andGerman. Here are the facts:

526,20050,000

ToiolCopies Printed

Eoch MonthEditions

Are T hese Your Questions?

Many are still asking th is question :"How is The W ORLD TOMORROWbroadcast able to spread continua lly tonew areas of the world?"

And: "How is it that I continue toreceive the new color-cover PLAINT RUTH each month, and the booklets,entirely free?"

The answer is simply this : God is inthis IVork . He is guiding its expansionuntil H is truth finally blankets thewhole world .

God is directing the financing of thisWork according to His plan and pur­pose. Jesus commissioned His repre­sentatives : "Freely you have received,freely gille." This is why we can putno charge on any of the literature thatis sent to you. But God is financingH is Work. He is directing how the

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With often four or more readersper copy, that means a staggeringreadership of 2Y2 to 3 million peopleeach month.

Yet this is only the beginning ofunprecedented pub lishing growth thatstill lies ahead!

The United States,including Canadaand the Philippines

British and South African ..Australian, includ ing

Southeast Asia .German .French .

From the Irish Sea RADIO CARO·LINE NORTH booms a ver the BritishIsles. In the Tha mes Estua ry RADIOLON DON beams The WORLD TO­MORROW aver populous SouthernEngland.

With suddenly increased momentumthe gospel of the coming governmentand rule of God is encircling the globe .All nations, including communist na­tions behind the Iron Curtai n, RedChina and all Asia, will KNOW thatGod is the CREATOR and the RULER ofthe universe. In Western Europe TheWORLD TOMORROW is being carriedover two superpower stations on theContinent-in three languages-to Eu­rope's tradition-shackled millions. Itbrings them, fo r the first time in theirlives, a message of peace, of hope. andof security amid this tottering civiliza­tion.

The worldwide circulation of ThePLAIN T RUTH is leaping ahead. Thi smonth the nwnber of copies printed is

each Sunday at the most listened-totime of day, the broadcast is beingheard by hundreds of thousands of neto

listeners. Thi s means that the weeklycumulative audience of The WORLDTOMORROW broadcast is probably 28million people ! Yes, God's Work isleaping forward!

But this is only the begin ning!Since the first of the year, SEVERAL

very IMPORTAN T radio doors haveopened up choice listening times forThe W ORLO TOMORROW. Only a fewdays ago Mr . Armstrong approved put ­ting The WORLD TOMORROW programDAILY on a 50,OOO-watt superpowerstation in Ottawa, Canada ( populationa half million ), plus a 10,000-watt sta­tion in another of Canada's more pop­ulous areas, and two other importantCanadian stations. Also added is one ofthe best and most-listened-to stations inMontana. The program has not beenon local stations there before. Addition­al stations in Australia are contractedfor.

Think of it! On new superpower sta­tions nightly, and on numerous others

THIS past winter and spring TheWORLD T O M O RROW program hasleaped foreward ! For the firs t

time since apostolic days the good newsof the K ingdom of God blankets theBri tish Isles.

From the estuary of the Th amesRiver The WORLD T OMORROW cannow be heard on RADIO LONDON bymillions all over southern England at8 o'clock in the evening. It booms inover London as a local station.

And from the Ir ish Sea RADIO CARO­LINE NORTH beams the gospel over theBritish Isles DAILY at the same time­S p.m. ! No t in all history has therebeen anything like it. T he potentia llistening audience of these two super­power stations broadcasting from shipsat sea, is a condensed, concentrated55 MILLION PEOPLE! Th e BritishIsles are, in area, only about the sizeof the southern HALF of the State ofCaliforni a- <mly a third as large asTexas. Yet more than 55,000,000 peo­ple are condensed in that Iittle area.

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tremendous expenses of radio, theprinting press, and of AmbassadorColleges are being met month bymonth. He is using the same plan 10­

day as He did for the inspired NewTestament Church.

Have you eyer noticed the examplesof Paul in the New Testament ? Theyexplain how the Work of God shouldbe financed today .

Almost everyone knows that Paulpreached in city after city over themain traveled Imperial Highway whichextended for more than a thousandmiles over plains , mountains and seas.But what they do not realize is thatPaul and his co-workers often had toshoulder great financial burdens injourneying by ship (Acts 20:15; 16:11and 21:2) .

It cost money in those days to rentpassage on board boat. In one instancePaul had to rent a private schoo l housefrom Tyrannus (Acts 19: 9) . While inthe capital city of Rome, he hired hisown hall (Acts 28:30) .

He also wrote to Timothy, in one ofhis letters, to bring the books andparchments that he had left behind( II Tim. 4 :13) . Books, laboriouslyhand-copied in those days, cost a greatdeal of money-the same as do reosearch books today.

By what means did Paul have enoughto pay the expense of carrying thegospe l? How we re his trips fin anced,and those of his numerous staff whowere sent by him to spread the gospeland to care for the many localchurches ?

T he Problem Paul Faced

When arriving at the city of Corinth,in Greece, Paul found he had to workweek days (Acts 18: 3, 4) . The Corin­thians-indeed, the inhabitants of theentire surrounding province - weremoney conscious as theirs was a greattrading and shipping center. The peo­ple didn't see much need in diligentwork when sufficient money could beeasily gained through lucrative trading.Paul knew that to carry the gospel tothem, he could not mention his ownpersonal expenses nor the expense ofthe work.

Paul later told the Ephesians abouthis trials: "Yes, you yourselves know,

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that these hands have ministered to mynecessities, and to them that we re withme" (Acts 20 :34) .

Notice that Paul had to labor for hisown necessities and those of othersamong the Corinthians. He was oftenhungry and destitute ( II Cor. 11:27) ,despite taking hours out of his sleepin order that his own personal needswould not be chargeable to the Corio­thians. Paul actually had to take timef rom preaching the gospel to care forhis personal needs in order not to giveoffense to those selfish Greeks.

But how did the apostle supply theex penses of preaching the gospel, ofrenting halls, and of journeying toneighboring cities?

Notice II Corinthians 11:7·9 : "HaveI committed an offense in abasing my­self ... because I have preached to youthe gospel of God freely' I robbedother cbnrcbes, taking wages of them,to do )'011 service. And when I waspresent with you, and wanted, I waschargeable to no man : for that whichwas lacking to me the brethren whichcame from Macedonia wpp/ied,J!

It was the duty of God's people whohave their hearts in God's W ork to seethat the monetary needs for the spread­ing of the gospel were supplied. Paulcommended the Philippians for per·fo rming their part in the ministry(Phil. 4: 15·16) .

But how did the Philippians andothers raise the funds? D id Paul orderthem to resort to socials, oyster suppers,bingo games ?

God's Principle Made Plain

Notice how God intends His Workto be financed. Not once in all theBible are the usual methods of socials,suppers, games, begging from door todoor mentioned as God's way of fi­nancing His Work . But Scripture doestell us the right way it ought to bedone.

First, turn to the ninth chapter ofI Corinthians. Th is entire chapter isdevoted to one particular subject. Paulis proving to the Corinthians that TH E

LAW OF G OD gave him authority to re­ceive material things because of hisspiritual duties. Note how emphatic heis: "Or I only and Barnabas, have wenot power to forbear working? Who

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goes to war any time at his own ex­pense? . . . Say I these things as a man?or says not the law the same also? . .If we have sown to you spiritual things,is it a great thing if we shall reap yourcarnal things? If others be partakers ofthis allthority oyer you, are not werather? Nevertheless , we have not usedthis power; but suffer all things, lestwe should hinder the gospel of Christ"(verses 6 through 12) .

But what law ?Few seem to understand today. But

there it is- right in your Bible!Paul is proving by the law of God

that God's Work ought to be fi­nanced God's way! He told the carnalCorinthians it would have hindered thegospel more to have made it fullyknown to them than to take precioustime out of the gospel in which tolabor for his own necessities . Paul hadto ask other brethren, those who werereally converted, to supply the money to'cover the mounting costs of preachingthe gospel to the Corinthians.

Even though Paul said, "The Lordordained that they which preach thegospel should live of the gospel;" yethe repeated, "1 have used none of thesethings: neither have I written thesethings, that it should be so done tome." (I Cor. 9 :14-15.)

Now the important question is this :since Paul refers to the LAW as proofthat he had autbority, what was thesystem, ordained by the law, which theNew Testament Church followed? It isthat same law which God ordains thatwe are to follow today!

God 's Answer Revealed

Paul has already shown us the princi­pie of the law in I Corinthians 9 :9.There is no New Testament examplefor the customary methods of raisingfunds by socials, bazaars and games.What we do find is a law which regu­lates how God's Work is conducted. Itis explained in the seventh chapter ofHebrews. Jesus Christ, wrote Paul inHebrews, is now 0 " 1' High Priest, afterthe order of Melchisedec. The Leviticalpriesthood is no longer God's direct in­strument under the new covenant-theMelchisedec priesthood has been re­established. The rights of the Melchise­dec priesthood are Christ's and His

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Read, below, the living experiences of those whohave put this question to the test.

Should a Non-Christian Tithe?New Testament ministry. One of thoserights was the authority to receivetithes! (Heb. 7:4.) Abraham paidtithes to Melchisedec, long beforeMoses.

When God ordained the materialpriesthood of Levi in the days ofMoses, the principle of tithing wascontinued by the law: ".. . they that areof the sons of Levi, who receive theoffice of the priesthood, have a com­

mandment to take tithes of the peopleaccording to the law" (verse 5) .

Now notice what occurred with thereestablishment of the spiritual priest­hood under Christ. "For the priesthoodbeing changed, there is made of neces­sity a change also of the lau!' (verse12). So there is a change in the law,not an abolition of the law as manyfalsely argue. Those rights which ori­ginally belonged to the Melchisedecpriesthood-one of which was theright to take tithes-and which weretransferred in Moses' day to the Levites,are now restored to the true priesthoodof which Christ is High Priest. Godordained that His ministry today receivethe tithes of His people in order thatthe Work of carrying the true gospel toall the world may be accomplished.

That is how God maintained Paul'swork. He is using this same methodtoday in spreading the good news ofthe Kingdom of God ! This is howthousands of you receive freely themagazines and the booklets, and hearthe broadcasts daily-because otherswho understand God's principle andHis LAW are paying God His tithesand giving of their offerings.

This is God's Work. He is in it. Itis a Work of FAITH, based on the abosolute assurance that He will provideevery need without ever having to askthe world for a penny!

Does Ti thing Pay?

But, some will ask, "Does tithingreally pay?" "What do I get out of it?"

We ll, here is your answer! Read theseletters, received from around the world.They make plain whether it pays totithe !

A reader from flood-stricken Minne­sota writes his experience :

The flooding in Minnesota this year

is the worst in the state's recordedhistory. Only a few miles from here,homes and business places are beingravaged by the rampaging waters, butthe waters have not come near ourhouse or our shop downtown. Noonecan tell me that it doesn't pay totithe. In spite of the devastatingfloods nearby, business has still beenpouring into the appliance shop thatwe operate in 'the downtown area.Sometimes we can't take care of itall . . . . We know the blessings ofpaying what we owe God.

Shopowner from Buffalo,Minnesota

Now read these experiences:

The first month I paid tithes, theamount was $13j the second month,$23. This is the third month and Iowe God $38. Thank you for start­ing a sinner to pay his tithes. Myincome bas almost tripled.

Reader from Metz, West Virginia

About two weeks ago . , . my hus­band got an unexpected raise with­out even being told he was getting it.It just showed up on his paycheck.God really does bless the tither andkeeps His promises, doesn't He?

Couple from Sterling, Kansas

We want to thank you and yourorganization for teaching us the truthabout God and His plans for The

She" Off Compan,

WORLD TOMORROW. Since westarted tithing almost a year ago, mywages have come dose to beingdoubled, and we have come througha lot of tough times without muchtrouble at all.

Man from Lafayette, Georgia

But does tithing pay in England?Here's your answer:

Here is just a line to inform youthat after little or no blessing hadcome from the tithe I was paying, Ilearned that we are to pay one tenthof our gross, not net, earnings. So Idecided to do this. Two days laterI was offered a «amfer at work andalthough the man I replaced was ear n­ing the same as I was, I received a10 percent raise! All this, plus thefact that I am happier at my newwork. Indeed, God never breaks Hispromises.

Reader from Bristol, England

You're right. God's claim to the tithecomes before taxes. Some who thoughtthey were tithing may not have under­stood this.

A soldier abroad writes this:I thought I would stop tithing, but

I've found that I just can't get awaywith it. My conscience bothers me and

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besides all sorts of troubles, mostlyfinancial, will start. Right after pay­day thi s mon th, someone stole all mymoney. At the time I "'''3.5 worryingabout how I would be able to maketwo overdue payments on my recordplayer. I didn't have to worry 100g­the shop came and rep ossessed it. Thenext day my ra dio blew a tu be and afew days later I broke my watch.Then people started stealing otherthin gs of min e. All this has beengoing on for a month with out letup.I' m a lmos t $ 100 behind in tithes eightnow, yet when I did get a check for$20 or $30 I would just spend itfoolishly.

Right now I feel lik e the thie f, just­If rewarded, for stealing from Go d. Iha ve $3 to my name eight now, andI am going to (pay God} $1. I amgetting back on the eight path again,

Bob Ta ylor.... mw ican P./roleum Insf. (lM."

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lest something else happens to me.I finally realized I can' t afford notto tithe.

Serviceman in Germany

H. Atm,Jfrang Rohern

If You're in Debt

But suppose you are so in debt youthink you can't affo rd to tithe. Wh atthen ? Listen to this experience:

Befor e I started tithing. ] had onlya part-time job which netted me $30a week take-hom e pay. Th en I readyour articles on tithing and also theletters from your readers . So I de­cided to tru st the l ord and begangiving the Lord 's tithe to you and HisW ork. N ext I got your ar ticle on"How to Get Out of De bt ." (I waswell over $1000 in debr .) N ow. just10 month s later , I am completely outof debt. I have 2 jobs which net me$100 a week. I have money in thebank , and furnished my own 5-roomapartment in cash. Is this proof enou ghtha t the lord watches those that doHis will?

Youn g W oman from Minnesota

Tithing is the best cure for chronicindebtedness. It teaches you how tospend your money wisely. It makes

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MAKE GOD YOUR PARTNERwhatever your occupation may be

Most people are in their occupation by accident - they never thought about whatkind of work they could do best. Still more never thought of making God theirpartner in business or on the job. God wants you to be prosperous (fff John 2J. Godpromises the faithful tither that He will deliver him from every adversity.

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God your partner in business whenyou need Him most.

Another reader says:

I began tithing about six weeksago and now I have just been In­formed that my salary was to beincreased by over $200 per year. Ihave learned that it pays to tithe.

Reader from Atl anta, Georgia

Or suppose you are newly marriedand have sudden new expenses?

We had one of the teen-age mar­ria ges IOU always hear about. Myhusb an was 19 and I was 17 andpregnant. We fought constantly. Wewere deep in debt and just kept get­ting deeper. When you would talkabout tithing we would laugh . Wehad enough to pay without addingsometh ing. Then one day, after wehad been getting The PLAIN TRUTHfor a few months we decided to trytith ing. Well. we are proof-itworks! W e have been tithin g abouta year now and are almost completelyout of debt. My husband has a betterjob and we live in a much nicerhouse.

Wife from Covington,Loui siana

My marriage sure doesn' t seem tobe getting any bett er. W e haven'ttithed for quite some time and triedto tell ourselves we just couldn't af­ford it, but who's kidding who??We can't afford not to.

W ife from Bethany,Oklahoma

Can't afford to tithe? There's youranswer !

Learning the Hard W ay

Due to our negle ct of God' s lawswe have had a great loss come uponU5. On the morning of January 20,we got up to the sight of our barnin flames. Everything we owned inthe line of cattl e was 10SL We had6 head of cattle which included 2milking cows, 1 heifer 500n to calf,3 small calves, 68 hens and a rooster.We lost much more, including all thecarpenter tools. tra ctor. and farmequipment. We know this loss wasa spiritual lesson because we badneglected to tithe regularly and ne­glected to send in offeri ngs on giftsgiven to us. God was merciful. how­ever, in letting us have our home forif the wind had blown in the oppositedirection, our borne would have beenlost. We know God wanted to teachus a lesson that was much needed.It took a great blow to wake us up.

Woman, New York

I am a sad example of one who de­cided to quit tithing just for a littlewhile until I could catch up on someof my bills . Well, that little whileturned out to be several months and Istill haven' t caught up. My financialcondition has become increasinglyworse. Th e last few weeks hav e beena nightmare. Financial difficultieshave come against me like waves ofthe sea and all my fran tic efforts tomake ends meet have been in vain . Iam forced to make double payments

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on my home each month to pre ventforeclosure and to add to this fru stra­tion, my last double payment becamelost in the mail. This quickly broughtanother threat of foreclosure . To topit all off, I am being har shly criticizedfor deciding to tithe agai n. Well, I' mmailing my tithe anyway despite criti­cism and the threatening foreclosure.I sincerely hope that others will nothave to learn thr ough bitter exper ­iences that it always pays to obeyGod no matte r what the circumstances.

Man, Texas

W e were told that tithing was agood way to prove God. Th is wasproved to us without a doubt . Oneweek things were a li ttle tight, andwe didn't send in any tithe. Our carbroke down and I had to miss a day'swork plus the repair costs. I havestarted sending my tithes again andthings are changing for the better.I was called back to work at myformer job with a ra ise. I just wantedyou to know how we ha ve been af­fected by God.

Man from SL Charle s,Missouri

Even during drought, God standsready to intervene for those who obeyHim! Here is one example:

I would like to rep ort a blessingfrom tithing. Never before this yearhave I ever realized a crop worthover $52 an acre. This year we nettedalmost $70 per acre on some of ourcrops. Yet , in many places, the proph­esied dro ught has been taking its toll .

Reader from Canada

I would like to testify that Goddoes bless the tither. N ine month safter we began tithing to God withour substance I bad almost doubledmy income. No w, it seems that I canhardly spend what God gives me. W ehave all that we need and more . The reis much joy that comes from knowingGod keeps H is promises.

Famil y, Fort W orth. Texas

The Selfish T irher

Once in a great while a person writesus of quite another kind of experience.His may be called the experience of aselfish tither, one who does it just forpersonal gain or greed. One whodoesn't have God or family or creditorin mind.

Here is a lesson from this kind ofindividual:

I have tithed several times in thepast months, SOLELY to reap therewar ds of tithing, as you have saidthat God would open up the wind owsof Heaven. N othing but catas tropheupon catastrophe have I reaped sincetithing. First my car broke down andI had to buy another. Then. my wifelost her child in pregnancy and nearlylost her own life . Next my othe r carbroke down and I had to have itfixed. I am having financial problemswith the banks with which we deal ,which has cost me dearly. All in all,

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since I have tithed, it has set me backapprox imately $2000.

Man from Greenland,Pennsylvania

The Law also says: "Thou shalt N OT

COVET." And: " For whosoever shallkeep the whole law, and yet offend inone point , he is guilty of all" (James2:10) . Hope you've learned yourlesson!

Now look at these examples:Up to a few months ago, I was

not ti thing faithfu lly. I gave when Ithought I could, but began to realizethat was wrong. I could not lie to

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If you make God your partner, Hewill see to it that you find the rightjnb-one you'll enjoyl

myself any longer. 50 decided thenand there to do what was righ t. Istarted giving freely, actua lly wantingto give. not wanting or expecting any­thing in return. I didn't deserve it.I was without a job, no income, veryli ttle savings-it was a poor predica­ment to be in. With in 2 weeks theopportunity for employment with awell-known and expanding gas com­pany was opened. I now have a jobwith no layoff s all year round, comerain, snow, and high water. Advan ce­ment possibilities are excellent. Whatmore can a per son ask, but the thingis-I didn' t have to ask; it was given.Al l I had to do was give.

Man from Sheridan, Ore gon

I must let someone know ~at Iknow God's financial laws are real.Since I have been tith ing, I havegotten a better job, more money hereat the pris on and got 2 raises in 5months, plus the opportunity to learna trade. 50 I won't ever ha ve to stealagain in life .

Prisoner in Connecticut

Here are my fiance's tithes for thesepast two weeks . When he first be­gan tithing he said he did it partlyto jlease me. After he paid the sec­on gro up of ti thes he got a ra ise.N ow he knows God means what Hesays.

Woman from Rose, Oklahoma

The final question is do you knowGod means what He says? Prove Him!He challenges you to do it!

How SOLID is the ROCKof GIBRALTAR?

What's happening to Great Britain? In a few short decades,the proud might of the British Empire has dwindled enorm ­ously! Like toppling tenpins, Britain has lost India, her EastAfrican colonies, Ceylon, Suez, the Sudan. Is Gibraltar next?

Madrid, Spain

T HE historic "Rock" may not besuch an impregnable fortress af­ter all.

Standing athwart the approaches tothe Mediterranean Sea like a sleepinglion, the Rock of Gibraltar has symbo­lized the power and strength of theBritish Empire for as long as anyonecan remember.

The maze of labyrinths, tunnels,storage vaults, ammunition dumps,sleeping quarters, and hidden guns thatmake up the honeycombed fortress hasbeen a symbol of British prestige andpower since it was captured from Spainin 1704.

But the big rock has an Achilles'heel-and Franco's Spain seems to havefound it.

Above, Gibralta r, Britain's fa mousthe Mediterranean Sea . Right, aof the docks in the background .

by Ga rner Ted Armstrong

Gibraltar , only two and three quar­ters miles in length and three quartersof a mile wide, is jam-packed withactivity--every square inch of spacedoing useful work.

A hustling , bustling, British fortress

with 26,000 inhabitants and over10,000 commuting Spaniards who laborin well paying jobs on the island daily,the Rock of Gibraltar is a tightly-knitcommunity all its own,

A major British naval base and airfacility, and one of the most, if notTHE most important sea gate in theworld, Gibraltar has been the synonymof impregnability; the symbol of solidi­ty in our modern world . To use theterm, "as solid as the Rock of Gibral-

the western entrance toon Gibral tar; north arm

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tar," is to epitomize the immovable,the indestructible. But no more.

Harassments from Behind

Now Gibraltar is being threatenedfrom behind-and increasing pressurefrom Generalissimo Francisco Franco in­dicates he still hopes to get Gibraltarfor his own , some day.

Like the U. S. Navy base at Guantana­rna in Cuba, the "Rock's" Achilles'heel is its fresh water supply! Talkis in the air now of a possible blockadeby Spain, in addition to economic sane­tions and other harassments, involvingSpanish workers. Spain could also cutoff the free movement of tourists acrossthe Spanish mainland and over the"neutral ground" into Gibraltar.

Already, Spain has or-dered the searching ofSpanish workers at thefrontier and the evictionof 450 workers from aSpanish town. It is ex­pected by officials onthe Rock that General­issimo Franco will con­centrate further on theweak link in Gibral­tar's social and econom­ic system. That weak

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Mild-looking 72-year-old Generalissimo Francisco Franco, the world's shrewdestand longest-lived dictator. He is stubbornly, but patiently determined to getBritain's fortress of Gibraltar. His strategy can do to Britain what the SpanishArmada could not dol

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link is the Spanish labor force of10,000 which travels in and out Gibral­tar daily. As a countermeasure, Gibral­

tar government spokesmen hope they

can gradually reduce the Spanish labor

force, replacing it from other sources,such as Morocco and Portugal.

Said Mr. John Clindon, representa­ti~e of the Gibraltar government, "Brit­

ain does not realize how desperate thesituation has become-we are threat­ened with economic strangulation 1"

Latest Spanish restrictions, according

to an article appearing in ' The DailyTel egraph, London, February 4, 1965,had reduced the traffic out of Gibraltar

from an average of 500 cars a day to

14!Gibraltar is always a major tourist

attraction during the season (it enjoystax-free status and is therefore a major

outlet for English woolens and automo­biles, food and clothing for foreign

tourists) as well as an important naval

and air base.But FAR more important than the

purely economic or military considera­tions is the really GREAT meaning of

what Gibraltar represents to the British

Empire!Britain's sun is setting! The once­

proud lion of the seas, the dominantpower of the world, is rapidly .becom­ing a weaker THIRD-class power-shar­

ing with the United States the kicks,

curses , bruises and impudence of na­tions which formerly trembled at the

name and flag of Britain!Little do British leaders realize WHO

GAVE them Gibraltar, WHY it was given,and WHY IT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY

from them!In today's world of hydrogen bombs

and guided missiles, Gibraltar as anaval gun emplacement is obsolete.

But Gibraltar as a SYMBOL is dramatic­ally VITAL to the British people. It is asymbol of PRIDE, and a symbol of

POWER ! And, just like the many othersymbols of British and American pride

and power, IT WILL BE BROKEN!

How and WHY Britain

Acquired The Rock

Believe it or not, the British and

American people ARE the peoples ofISRAEL in your Bible! Shocking as this

sounds when hearing it for the first

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time, it can be carefully and easilyPROVED. If you have not yet seen this

amazing proof with your own eyes,then write for our free booklet, TheUnited States and The British Com­monwealth in Prophecy immediately.

Anciently, God made specific promisesto Abraham and his seed which havelong since been fulfilled to the British

and American people.He prophesied, ".. . in blessing I will

bless thee, and in multiplying I will

multiply thy seed as the stars of theheaven, and as the sand which is upon

the sea shore; and THY SEED SHALLPOSSESS THE GATE OF HIS ENEMIES"

(Gen. 22 :17) .Skeptics and doubters of God's Word

argue this remarkable prophecy refersonly to Christ! They say Christ some­

how " possessed the gates of His ene­mies" when He shamed the Pharisees,or when He was resurrected from the

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dead, or when He ascended into heaven.

But read further! The parents ofRebekah, when she had been selected tobecome the wife of Isaac, were inspiredto say, "Thou art our sister, be thouthe mother of thousands of millions,and LET THY SEED POSSESS THE GATE

OF THOSE WHICH HATE THEM" (Gen.24:60). Yes, "THEM," not "Him."

The apostle Paul explained the duali­ty of the prophecies concerning theseed of Abraham when he mentioned

that ONE seed which was CHRIST, andin whom all nations would be blessed

(Gal. 3:16) , but that ONE Seed, whichwas Christ did not fulfill the racial,NATIONAL blessings of thousands of

MILLIONS of seed , of KINGS [MANY

kings, whole dynasties of kings!]which were also to come from Abraham

(Gen. 12:1-3; Gen. 17:1-8).And God KEPT His promise.Today, the peoples of Israel repre-

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1779, the last attempt was made forrecovery of Gibraltar by the Spanish.It was besieged for four years ! Butagain, British tenacity combined withthe impregnable fortificat ions of thegreat Rock withstood attack. From thattime to this, the Rock of Gibraltar hasbeen continually strengthened until itknows no parallel anywhere on earth.

Inside, in corridors cut from 40- , 50·and 60-foot·thick limestone layers, aregalleries two, three and more miles inlength- wide enough to permit passageof large vehicles.

Hollowed out gun emplacements re­veal ugly snouts of huge naval riflesprotruding from the face of the sheerrock walls, rising 1,40 0 feet above thesea. Barracks, signal stations, supply de­pots, hospital facilities, everythingnecessary for a complete CITY, and allimide a hllge rock-THIS is Gibraltar.symbol of British impertu rbability, theseal of stubbornness, the pride of Brit­ain's power!

But Gibraltar is destined to fall­N OT in glorious and heroic defenseafter a famous siege-but in utter igno­miny. In useless and helpless sacrifice­in disgrace and shame.

A Responsibilityfor Every Blessing

Whether we like to believe it or not-GOD ALMIGHTY gave Gibraltar toBritain. And He fully intended sheKEEP it.

But the British and American peoplehave forgot/ell their God. They reallydon't know WHERE He is, don't knowWHO He is, don't know IF He is! Andwe are not obeying His immutableLAWS !

God Almighty said, "And it shallcome to pass, if thou shalt hearkendiligently unto the voice of the Eternalthy God, to oberve and to do all Hiscommandments which I command theethis day, that the Eternal thy God willset thee on high above all nations ofthe earth : and all these BLESSINGSshall come on thee, and overtake thee,IF thou shalt hearken unto the voice ofthe Eternal thy God .. ." (Deut.28 :1·2) .

Yes,- IF! The "biggest little word"in the English, or any other, language!

Then followed a chronicle of the

ama, and Gibraltar.Gibraltar was first captured by the

British in 1704, during the war ofSpanish Succession. It successfully with­stood a Spanish siege from October1704 until April 1705, and was securedto Britain by the Peace of Utrecht in1713 .

From that time to this, the greatRock has undergone siege after siege­and always remained solidly in Britishhands. After the Peace of Utrecht, theBritish spared no cost or effort to renoder the fortress impregnable. Again,the Spanish attempted to conquer the"rock" by siege--commencing on the7th of March, 1727. But after AdmiralWager approached with 11 Britishships of the line, the Spanish lifted thesiege, and attempted to BUY Gibraltar,with the fantastic offer of TWO MIL­LION POUNDS STERLING (this was1727) . The British disdained the offe r.

Still , the Spanish kept trying. In thewar between Britain and Spain in

lish Channel an insurmountable ob­stacle to attacking armies in two worldwars, and effectively blocking thewarm-water ports of the Baltic, com­prises another of the MOST importantsea gates.

And all this is only the beginning.The most obvious sea gates of all areSuez ( now lost to British contro l), Pan-

C Amboncllior Coli,s'

The world's sea and land ga tes, formerly a llcontrolled a nd gua rded by Brita in an d America .One by one they are falling to other nations.

changes of TH ESE twnultuous times!America controlled the Pacific. Ou r

island outposts successfully stood asadvance guard stations which ultimatelyled to the defeat of the Japanese Em­pire. The Aleutians, Hawaiians, Mid­way, Guam, Wake Island, the Philip­pines. Britain and America have con­troll ed every vital shipping point ofearth by important sea gates. Britishnaval forces controlled Ceylon, theStraits of Malacca and Singapore, HongKong, the Andaman and Nicoba r Is­lands, Zanzibar, and especially CapeTown, South Africa .

British rule extended throughout In­dia, controlling the famous and vitalKhyber Pass-the ONLY land gate fromNorthern India to Afghanistan, andmajor artery of India's landwa rd trade .The Falkland Islands, standing off­shore Argentina, gave Britain effectivecontrol of the Straits of Magellan.Britain herself, standing like a lionoffshore Europe, with the famous Eng-

sent only a small percentage of the tota lpopu lation of the world . Yet only 6 per­cent of the world's population enjoysFIFTY percent of its wealth! BetweenBritain and the United States, controlof almost every truly strategic and vitalland and sea gate had been acquireduntil recent times! Look on ANY mapof recent rears, prior to the dramatic

left, British helicopter crewman keeps a watchful eye on the border betweenAden and Yemen-to prevent a toke-ever of strategic Aden by desert tribes­men. Below, British mortar crew mans a border outpost on the " ba rren rocksof Aden " (of British song) near the strategic sea gate af Bab el Mandeb.

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greatest advantages, gifts, blessings, en­couragements, refreshments, aids, corn­forts and wealth that could ever befallany people! God described a peoplesCOMPLETELY SELF·SUFFICIENT in EV·

ERY way-the very garden spots ofearth! Read verses 3 through 14 withyour own eyes!

But then came the stern warning!

"But it shall come to pass, if thouwilt NOT hearken unto the voice of theEternal thy God, to observe to do allHis commandments and His statuteswhich I command thee this day; thatall these curses shall come upon thee,and overtake thee : .. . The Eternal shallsend upon thee cursing, vexation, andrebuke, in ALL that thou settest thinehand unto for to do, until thou be de­stroyed... ."

Read, if you're not afraid of thetruth, the rest of Deuteronomy 28!Read for yourself the alarming, fright .ening , awesome CURSES God prophe­sied would strike our peoples. Andthen THINK and WONDER!

Ask yourself about our deepeningsocial problems, our skyrocketing crime,our mounting divorce, our horrifyingWEATHER conditions, our diseases andsicknesses, our racial tensions and

hatreds (read what God says about the"st ranger" that is within thee !) andour infamy among the nations of theworld. Read it-and wonder!

God said, "And I will BREAK THEPRIDE OF YOUR POWER .. ." (Lev.26:19) .

Gibraltar is one of the foremost

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SYMBOLS of the pride of British power!God has said He will BREAK it!Can God keep His word? Has He

the POWER to interfere in the plottingof nations ? Will God make good onHis absolute guarantee concerning ourpeoples?

We HAVE broken His laws. We HAVE

ignored His statutes. We have, nation­ally and individually, BROKEN His cov-

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enant! God says He will now carry outthe national punishments He promised!

Ignominy of Defeat

One by one, the powerful overseasbases of America and Britain are beingclosed down, or taken over by othernations.

Look at recent history. Britain haslost her powerful sea base at Colombo,Ceylon. Cyprus, another major strategicisland in the eastern Mediterranean, isthe scene of deep troubles, involvingBritain in heavy financial difficulties,and black eyes in "world public opin­ion." Th e British East African coloniesare no longer under British rule.

Suez, one of the singly most vital seagates on the face of the earth , wasgrabbed by the leader of a would-beFascist North Africa-and Britain washelpless to prevent it.

The United States has been forced

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to close HUGE air bases in North Africa,and finds herself backing down inmany areas of the world. Today, theWestern Allies find only deepeningdisagreement among themselves , whil eCommunist and sundry nationalisticadvances are made in all parts of theworld.

Belgium backs out of the Congo.France loses Indo-China. Holland gives

over the Dutch East Indies. PresidentJohnson promises Panamanians theyare likely to be given what they havelong regarded as their own canal­maybe the United States can build a newone.

And all these nations are a part ofthe ISRAEL of your Bible !

Look at the record. In not one singlecase has the loss of one of the VITALLYimportant overseas areas come through"noble" defeat on the field of arms.

Rather, each has been quietly handedover; given away; or TAKEN away byviolent means-<!aring the combinedmight of Britain and America to pre·vent it.

And now Gibraltar is the targetfor violent dernonstrations. v, politicalspeeches, economic strangulation. andconstant pressure.

London's Daily Telegraph reported

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CHAPTER EIGHTY

"THE ARK OF GOD IS TAKEN!"

ONE night young Samuel, who was sleeping in a room adjacent to Eli's near the

tabernacle, heard a voice calling his name. Thinking that Eli, the high priest, had

summoned him, he hurried to Eli's quarters. The high priest told Samuel he didn't

call him. The same thing happened a little later, and again Eli told him that he

hadn't called, (I Samuel 3:1-6,)

A Call From God

After Samuel returned to his bed he heard the voice speak his name for the third

time, He hesitated to bother the high priest again, but there was just the chance that

this third call had come from the increasingly helpless old man. So for the third

time he went to Eli's quarters and timidly asked if he could be of service.

Eli slowly sat up and peered through the gloom at the boy, who was fearful

that he would be rebuked.

"If you heard someone speaking your name, it wasn't I," Eli muttered thought­

fully. "What was the voice like?"

"The first time it sounded a long way off," Samuel explained. "The second time

it seemed closer. The last time, just a couple of minutes ago, it sounded closer yet,

• as though it came from everywhere!"

Eli sat in silence for a few moments. He realized that an awesome thing was

taking place. He was certain because this thing had happened to him in the past.

For some purpose God was speaking to Samuel! (I Samuel 3:7-8.)

To Eli this was a snub from God, inasmuch as the high priest was the one to

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whom the Creator usually spoke unless there was a leader in Israel who was un­

usually close to God. Eli understood why God had chosen to contact another, even

one who was only a child. It was because of the careless manner in which he, Eli,

had conducted matters at the tabernacle.

"Go back to your bed, my son," the high priest sighed. " If the voice comes to

you again, be sure to answer, 'I hear you, Lord! Please tell me why you are callingme.' ..

This instruction was puzzling to Samuel. He obediently went back to bed, but he

didn't sleep because of being so curious and excited by what the high priest had told

him to do about the mysterious voice. He was so keyed up that when he distinctly

and closely heard his name pronounced again, he almost forgot what he had been

told to answer.

"Y-yes, Lord !" he stammered, not really knowing whom he was answering. "I'm

listening!" (I Samuel 3:9-10.)

"Do not be fearful ," the voice went on. " I am the God of Israel, here to inform

you of some important things."

Samuel was greatly startled to learn that God was speaking to him. But some­

how he became at ease as the seconds passed. He listened intently as the voice con­

tinued to come to him out of the night.

"I am going to cause some very unhappy events in Israel. If I were to announce

to all the people what I shall do, their ears would tingle with the dread words. First

I shall bring judgment against the family of Eli. Even though you are yet very young,

you should know that your high priest has been offensively careless in his high of­

fice. He has allowed his sons to do some very vile things. The sins of all three have

been so great that no sacrifice or offering can atone for them. Because of their dis­

obedience, the lives of these people will violently end at a time I shall soon choose,"

(I Samuel 3:11-14.)A Very Unpleasant Duty

Samuel was stunned by what he had heard . He had never been aware of Eli or

his two sons doing anything wrong. To be informed that his superiors had displeased

the God they served was a shock to him. There was little sleep for him the rest

of the night.

Next morning he got up as usual to open the entrance to the tabernacle.

With the coming of dawn, the event of the night before became to him as a

strong dream he almost wanted to forget. He had no intention of revealing it to

anyone, but when Eli called him later to talk to him, he was fearful that he was

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going to be asked to give an account. It isn't always pleasant to be a prophet.

"I know and now you surely know that it was God who spoke to you last night,"

the high priest told Samuel. "He must have called you again after the third time I

told you to go back to bed. He must have had some message for you. I want you to

tell me everything that He told you. Don 't hold anything back, or God might deal

even more harshly with you than He would deal with me if I were to disobey."

Frightened by these words, Samuel related all that God had spoken. When Eli

heard what God had to say about him and his sons, he almost regretted questioning

Samuel. He bowed his head and stared submissively at the ground.

"If it's God's will ," he murmured, " then it will surely happen the way He has

planned it." (I Samuel 3:~5-18.)

God hadn't revealed just when these things would happen. For the next several

years Eli was in a state of fearful uncertainty for himself and his sons. Meanwhile,

Samuel grew up to become a well-known young man. All of Israel knew him as one

whom God had chosen as a prophet. Samuel didn 't ask to be made a prophet: God

chose him. He increased greatly in wisdom and intelligence , and foretold events that

came true with startling accuracy because God continued to speak to him from time

to time. (I Samuel 3: 19-21.)

The leaders of Philistia , the coastal nation that had for several years lorded it

over Israel, meanwhile had received increasing reports of the rising young leader at

Shiloh. Fearing that Israel might be organizing a rebellion against them, they sent out

an army to march among the Israelites and remind them that it would be foolish to

rise against the Philistines.

When it was reported that a Philistine army was moving into an area about

twenty-five miles west of Shiloh, the elders of Israel quickly formed a fighting

force that moved swiftly to within a few miles north of where the enemy stopped

to camp.

When the Philistines learned of the presence of the army of Israel, they decided

to attack before the Israelite soldiers could become greater in number. The Bible

doesn't state how many troops were in each army, though there were pro?ably at

least forty or fifty thousand on either side. Whatever the numbers , when the en­

counter was over and each side had withdrawn from the battlefield, the Israelite

army went back to its camp with about four thousand less soldiers. (I Samuel 4:1-2.)

No Help for the Wicked!

The leaders were stunned by this defeat. They felt that their forces weren 't

meant to lose because they were part of God 's chosen people! They seemed to have

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Whe n the Philistines learned that an Israelite army was encampedonly a few miles away, they sent their soldiers to attack.

forgotten that Israel was chosen for an example of obedience, not for special favors.

What with most of Israel being in a state of disobedience, the leaders had no sound

reason to expect victory.

Nevertheless, some of the elders came to the camp with an idea they thought

would insure the Israelites' winning any other encounter with the Philistines.

"We should have the ark with us," they suggested. "Our ancestors took it with

them in times of war, They had it with them when they went against Jericho, and the

whole city fell. God wouldn't let anything happen to the ark, and he would have

to spare us to keep the ark safe!"

This stratagem was vigorously acclaimed by the troops. Men were sent at

once to Shiloh to bring the ark to the camp with all possible haste so that it would

be on hand in the event the Philistines attacked again.

When the soldiers arrived at the tabernacle to request the ark, Eli was greatly

troubled. He felt that it would be a grave mistake for a sinful nation to rely on the

presence of the ark as a kind of fetish to insure safety in battle.

"I think the ark should remain in the tabernacle," Eli resolutely informed the

men. "I can hardly agree to your taking it!"

Having been awakened because of this matter , the old priest shuffled back to

his bed, leaving a group of very disappointed men,

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Next morning young Samuel went as usual to open the gates of the tabernacle.

To his surprise they were already open. After trying in vain to find Phinehas

and Hophni, he awakened Eli to tell him that his sons weren't on duty. The

sightless old man groped into the tabernacle, thinking that they might be there.They were gone!

When he came back out, he was pale and shaking.

"They have unwisely taken the ark!" he muttered to Samuel. "God will not

deal lightly with those who have done this awful thing!"

When the ark arrived at the camp of the Israelite army, along with Hophni and

Phinehas, a thunderous cheer went up from the waiting soldiers. The shouting was

so loud that it was plainly heard in the Philistine camp a few miles to the south.

Alarmed officers feared that it meant that powerful reinforcements had arrived for

Israel. (I Samuel 4: 3-5.)

"We should have attacked again instead of retiring," some of them bitterly

observed. "Now it may be too late for another victory."

A little later they learned from spies just what had caused the Israelites to cheer

so wildly.

"The God of Israel has come into the camp of the enemy!" the spies excitedly

declared. "W e learned that He is in a box, and that this box was brought from Shi­

loh tonight! The enemy troops were so pleased to learn that their God had come to

help them that they shouted like madmen with glee!"

"I have heard of that mysterious box," a Philistine officer said. "It is said to

be the dwelling place of a powerful God-the one who long ago brought some

horrible plagues on Egypt so that the Israelites could escape!"

"I have heard that when the God of Israel is angered, He is more powerful

than any other god," another Philistine added. "If that is true, we might be wise to

return to our country."

Fear Turned to Courage

The superstitious Philistines, filled with growing fear and futility, were on the

verge of agreeing to give up their war on Israel. Then one of the leading officers

demanded to be heard .

"We brought our army here for a purpose!" he shouted angrily. "Now what

is all this cowardly talk about running back to our homes? Why are we imagining

that we are destined to lose to Israel ? We are strong, and we must use that strength

to make certain that the Israelites continue to be servants to us. If we give in, we

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38 The PLAIN TRUTH

The Philistine soldiers, resting af ter ba ttle, were startled to hear loudcheering coming from the Israelite camp five miles awa yI

will become servants to them! We must fight! We must prove to all that we are men

determined to do what we have set out to do!" (I Samuel 4:6-9.)

This short speech was so inspiring to the Philistines that they decided to set

out even before dawn for Israel's camp. The Israelites were depending on the ark

to keep them safe, and weren't as prepared as they should have been, The Philis­

tines suddenly swarmed in among them with such savage force that within minutes

the ground was strewn with dead and dying Israelites. Many were trapped in their

own tents. Others who were out in the open foolishly tried to escape by dashing

into their shelters. The shouts, the screams of pain, the clashing of metal against

metal produced more noise than had gone up from the cheering men only a few

hours previously.

On slashing into one of the larger tents, Philistine soldiers came upon two men

crouching close to a large box-shaped object covered with a fancy cloth. Spears hurtled

into the two men, killing them at once. The Philistine soldiers had no way of know­

ing that they had just put to death two priests of Israel-Phinehas and Hophni. They

strode toward the covered object to see what it was. (I Samuel 4:10-11.)

"Don't touch that !" one of the soldiers barked. "That must be the box where

Israel's God dwells!"

The soldiers froze In their tracks, then backed off a few steps.

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"Why should we be afraid of that thing?" another soldier muttered. "It didn't

keep us from killing these two fellows who must have been here to guard it!"

Anxious to show his courage, the soldier stepped up and touched one of the

poles by which the ark was carried.

"See?" he triumphantly asked. "Let's take this to our commander. We'll receive

some special favors for being the ones to capture the God of the Israelites!"

By that time the fighting was over. The only Israelites in the camp were dead

or wounded. All others, and that didn't include very many, were either fleeing or

hiding.

Israel had been defeated to the amount of thirty thousand dead soldiers' If there

had been obedience to God instead of reliance on the ark, matters would have turned

out differently. (Leviticus 26:3-8.)

The Tragic Result of Sin !

Killing thirty thousand Israelites was a great triumph to the Philistines. But, in

a way, the capture of the ark was even a greater one, inasmuch as many of them really

believed they had captured a god. The ark was taken to their camp, where a noisy

celebration took place. There was great curiosity and speculation as to what was in­

side the object, but somehow no one dared to try to open it. Most of the Philistine

soldiers, having heard wild rumors about the ark, chose to stay away from it. They

were superstitious.

A few hours later a tattered Benjamite soldier who had escaped from the Philis­

tines staggered wearily into the main streets of Shiloh.

"Our army has been wiped out!" he shouted as he scooped up a handful of

dirt and tossed it on his head. (I Samuel 4:12.)

As the bad news spread through town the people began groaning and shrieking.

The depressed high priest, sitting at his usual outdoor place where the people could

easily contact him, wondered at the cause of the noise. It was then that the exhausted

Benjamite trudged up to him to announce that he had run all the way from the Is­

raelite camp to bring news.

Trembling, Eli anxiously asked what had happened.

"The Philistines attacked our camp this morning," the Benjamite muttered

hoarsely. "Only a small part of us escaped. The rest are dead, including your two

sons. They died when the ark was captured."

This was too much for the old priest. He knew that when God removed His

protection from Israel and let the ark be taken, He had forsaken His people. Eli

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The news of the capture of the ark was such a shock to the elderlyhigh priest that he toppled ba ckwa rd from his seat on the stones tothe ground.

reeled backward and toppled off his elevated chair.

The soldier ran to him, but Eli was already dead. He was a very heavy man, and

the fall had broken his neck. (I Samuel 4: 13-18 .)

(To be continued next issue)

June. 1965

Wfat- ourREADERS SAY(Continued from inside front cover)

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R. C, Georgia

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ning down everything to make money­isn't that your main aim in life ?"

Lillian F., Oregon• Calm dow n Lillian. You admittedwe've sent it to ) '011 FREE for severalyears-and after you see your own let­ter published-yot/II kllow whetherthey're real or not.

Correspondence Course Resu lts"I just wanted to comment on the

Bible Correspondence Course. Howwonderful and enlightening it is ! Ithank God for these lessons each time Isit down to study, and I thank Himfor His mercy in caIling me out of thissin-sick world."

Mrs. Charley G., Wichita, Kansas

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I am 13." Kathleen R., Texas

• Y ou're old enougb.

God's Way Amazing"It 's beyond understanding how you

can send literature all over the world,and not ask money for any of it. Iknow you must have oil wells some­where."

Mrs. Ethel 1., Bradenton, Florida• No oil wells . [ust God's promisethat He will provide the means!

The French Broadcast"In our region we are not allowed

to study the Holy Bible until we are33 years old, and then only with per­mission from the priest. Should onestudy it before that age?"

Man from Chevaigne-du-Maine,France

• Christ began quoting it at age 12.Timothy was a teen-ager. Depends onwhom you wish to [ollou-s-men orGod.

~odfrom the Editor

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today? WHY have they lost hope, WHYdo they fail to impart to students thereal PURPOSE and the true MEANINGof life? WHY do they instill only FALSE

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VALUES? They teach students how toearn a living in the professions, thearts or the sciences or the technologies.But WHY do they fail to teach stu­dents HOW TO LIVE?

WHY are they unable to teach hu­manity how to have WORLD PEACE ?WHY do they fail to prepare 18­through z-t-year-old students for a hap­py life in marriage-how to train andrear happy children-how to build ahappy home and family life? WHY dothey fail to teach the laws of health,and the prevention of sickness anddisease?

WHY, as a consequence, do we havea raging increase in divorces, brokenhomes, juvenile delinquency, crime andviolence, sickness and disease, neurosesand mental disturbances?

It is a TRUTH little realized that inthis world's education there is perpetua­tion of FALSE VALUES, the teaching ofdistorted history, warped psychology,perverted arts and sciences, fables rep­resented as knowledge.

In one vital respect, the Eternal Godlabels the deceived and misled victimsof this system as more ignorant thanthe dumb animals-for the so-callededucated of this world have lost theknowledge of their Maker! They arethe descendents and successors of an­cient Israel, and of them the Eternalsays: "Hear, 0 Heavens, and give ear,a earth: for the Lord hath spoken, Ihave nourished and brought up chil­dren , and they have rebelled againstme. The ox knoweth his owner, andthe ass his master's crib: but Israel dothnot know, my people doth not consider.Ah sinful nation, a people laden withiniquity, a seed of evildoers, childrenthat are corrupters : they have forsakenthe Lord, they have provoked the HolyOne of Israel unto anger, they are goneaway backward" (Isa. 1:2·4) .

What a paradox! W here once the"educated" called themselves "gnostics.'meaning "we know," today they arelargely "agnostics," meaning "we don'tknow- we are IGNORANT." Today theysay there are no absolutes. They neverspeak in positive language. They say:" I think" ; "We may well suppose";"We are coming to believe"; "Manyare of the opinion." To speak dog-

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matically as one who positively knowsis regarded as intellectual heresy !

The existence of God-the revealedknowledge from God in the Bible-areregarded as foolishness. And yet Godsays that the "wisdom" of this worldis foo lishness! God says this world'seducators are without excuse. "Profes­sing themselves to be wise, they be­came fools," says God; and "they didnot like to retain GOD in their knowl­edge" (See Rom. 1:20-28).

It is true-and the whole world willknow in another short 15 years-thisworld's "education" has reached thestage of decadence, and it will soon beobsolete.

There are three colleges today thatare pioneering, recapturing the TRUEVALUES, building toward the revitalizededucational system of THE WORLD TO­MORROW!

Students at the three AmbassadorColleges are taught the real PURPOSEand the true MEANING of life. They aretaught HOW TO LIVE! They acquireTRUE CULTURE. They are prepared forhappy marriages, happy homes, happyfamilies . They are prepared fo r successin life.

Ambassador students are happy stu­dents. They know how to smile, howto laugh. They radiate. They enjoy fun,and they also enjoy hard work and dili­gent study. They receive a broadenedand a balanced education. They aretaught to THINK-and to think aboutwhat they are doing while they aredoing it! They are taught to question,to research, to get the facts, and toPROVE what is true and what is false.They develop intellectual curiosity, andwith it intellectual honest)'. Their livesare interesting, exciting and richly re­warding.

But there are no Communists. Thereare no student demonstrations, massprotests or rebellion, or marches on thePresident's home. There is disciplineand there is government-the kind thatserves the welfare of the governed.

An astonishing percent of Arnbassa­dor undergraduate students have previ­ously earned degrees from other col­leges or universities. They come to ob­tain the kind of education they failed toreceive before-a kind valuable as life

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How Solid is GIBRALTAR?

together of Catholic France, Ita ly andWestern Germany as a historic flilfill­ment of the mission of Pax Romano,the /luit)' of the H oi)' Roman Empire!"( Emphasis mine throughout article.)Prophecy marches on!

And as Spain begins flexing its ownnational muscles, looking longingly to­ward prosperous Europe for full eco­nomic and later political integ ration, itwill on ly be natural she will makesterne r and more insistent demandsupon Britain for Gibraltar .

Tod ay, it is Spain talking about Gi­braltar to Britain .

But what will happen when EUROPEbegins to speak? To whom will Britainlisten? Will Britain now hand over theRock because of WORDS, because ofTHREATS, because of PRESSURE whenshe successfully defended against thecombined might of nations in yearspast?

The Rock of Gibraltar may prove tobe a truly rod.'}' problem for GreatBritain, and not so solid, after all.

Like it or not-believe it or not,GIBRALTAR will inev itably follow therest of the sea gates God is now TAK­ING AWAY from our peoples!

It may not happen tomorrow. It maynot happen this year. But it willhappen !

HOW YOUR PLA[N TRUTIl SUB­SCR[PTION HAS BEEN PAID

So many ask: "HOW does it happen that I fiodmy subscription price for The PLAIN TRUTH hasalready btl" paId? How can you publish such ahigh class magazine without advertising revenue? "

The answer is as simple as it is astonishing! It isa paradox. Christ's Gospel cannot be sold likemerchandise. You cannot buy sa lvation. Yet it doescost money to publish Christ's TRUTH and mail itto all continents on earth. It does have to be paidfor! This is Christ's work . We solve th is problemChrist's WAY!

J esus said. "This Gospel of the Kingdo m shallhe preached (and puhlished-c-Mark 13:10) in allthe world for a witness unto all nations' (M.1t.24: 14) at tb is time, just before the end of this age.A PRICE mllJf he paid for the magazin e, thebroadcast, the Corresp()ndence Course, or other lit ­erature. But HOW? Christ forbids us to sett it tothose who receive it: "Freely ye have received,"said J esus to His disciple s whom He was sendin$to procl aim His Gospel, "freely GIVE!" "It ISmort blu lld, " He said, "to GIVE than to re­ceive.'

God's WAY is the way of LOVE-and that isthe way of gi,i"'! , God expecn every child of Histo ,i., j ,,,-wil offerings and to tithe . as Hismeans of paving the costs of carryin g His Gospelto ()zht rl. We. therefore, simply trust our Lord.Jesus Ch rist to lay it on the minds and heuts ofl-fis Ie tlowers to give ~enerously . thw_pavin.s: thecost of rutting the precious Gospel TRUTH 10 thehands 0 Dtht rJ. Yet it must go ()"I , to those who4J.t j(), it [or thtmuh "tl ! Each must, for himself.rubu , ;bt--and his subscripti on has thw alreadyhtel7 pa;d.

Thus the living dynamic Christ Himself enablesus to broadcast, world-wide, without ever askingfor contr ibutions over the air; to enroll many thou­sands in the Ambassador College: Bible: Ccrres­pondeece Course with fu ll tuition cost a/rea"] pa;d;to send your PLAIN TRUTH on an a/rea 1 paidbasis. God's way is GOOD!

requesting the College Catalog; or,those in Britain , Continental Europe,Repub lic of South Africa , or Aust ral.asia, should address the Registrar, Am­bassador College, Bricket Wood, St. Al­bans, Herts., England, requesting theCollege Prospectus.

Modern Spain, T oday

And why the sudden pressure froma nation that has been only a minorpower since the 1700's ?

Spain is now in the midst of a bigindustrial boom, herse lf.

The U. S. News and World Reportfor July 27, [964, reported the "newrevolution" in Spain-an economicone!

Alfred Zanker, economic correspon·dent in Europe for the magazine said,"Booming Spain is the world's newest'miracle' country."

He told how Spain is now joiningranks with othe r resurgent industrialpowers of this modern age, topp ing allother nations in Euro pe in proportion-

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this year of violent ant i-British demon- ate indust rial growth for the last twostrations in Madrid, with mobs of stu- years.dents chant ing, "GIBRALTAR FOR Unemployment, long the curse ofSPAIN," "THE ROCK BELONGS TO the flagging national economy, hasSPAIN," and "HAND BACK GIBRALTAR, now dropped to the vanishing point inBRITAIN!" the cities. According to American busi-

A government car was turned over, nessmen, "Today, Spain seems to be theand police were forced to call for re- best place in Europe to make a dollar."inforcements to chase fist -swinging, But the economic boom is only ashouting students through the streets part of the story.for hours. The real strength of Spain lies in

Spanish authorities claim the obstruc- EUROPE! For years, we have said ontion to traffic in and out of Gibraltar The WORLD TOMORROW program, andis to "check smuggling." But they predicted in these pages that a UNITEDdon 't bother to search any cars. STATES OF EUROPE was coming. And

According to the newspaper "Ya" for years, we have predicted SPAIN(mea ning "today" or "now," in Eng- would be one of the ultimate TENlish) Genera l Franco's real aim is to nations to help form the new super-make the Rock "a ruinous burden for giant of world power!the British taxpayer and a grievollS According to a series of articlesprison for Gibraltar's inhabitants." written from Barcelona, Spain's second

What ignominious shame if, in the largest city, by world affairs expert Dr.end, the British THEMSELVES literally Thomas M. Franck, who is professorFORCE thei r OWN government to GIVE of international law at New York Uni-Gibraltar back to Spain! Make no mis- versity, UNITY WITH EUROPE is the realtake! The Creator of heaven and earth aim of modern Spain .MEANS what He says-and His prophe- He said, "The only hope for Spain iscies WILL come to pass. EUROPE!" And then added, as if to

echo the very prophecies of your Bible,"Spa niards of all classes .. . the church,the rich, and the army-are all VERYMUCH AFRAID of being LEFT OUT of themovement for European unity."

He told how General Franco is evennow preparing Spain for the inevitableperiod of instab ility following Franco 'sdeath-and is doing it by providing twopossible transitional steps to forestall arevolution in the event of Franco'sdeath.

Those steps would be return to amonarchy (Don Juan is the Pretenderand rightful successor, according toSpanish dynastic law, to the throne) ORINTEGRATION WITH EUROPE !

Professor Franck said, "Catholicleaders cannot but regard the drawing

itself , and acquirable nowhere else inall the world .

Students with a hunger for this kindof education , capable of doing advancedcollege.level work, should write im­mediately to the Registrar, AmbassadorCollege, Pasadena, California, 91109,

HEREare the Bible answers to

questio ns w h ich can b e a nsw ered briefly in a short space. Send in yourquestions. While we cannot promise that all q uestions will find sp ace

for answer in this d epartment, we sh all try to answer all that are vi t a l

and in the general interest o f o u r readers.

June. 1965

THE BIBLE ANSWERS

"W e were so happy to readabout the new, fully illustratedlessons of the Bible Correspon­dence Course. But what shouldI do? I'm already an advancedstudent of the CorrespondenceCourse. Should I enroll again toreceive these new lessons?"

We are already receiving a big re­sponse to Me. Armstrong's announce­ment of the newly illustrated Ambassa­dor College Bible CorrespondenceCourse!

Correspondence Course enrollment isalready at an ALL-TIME HIGH! OverSEVENTY T HOUSAN D students world­wide now receive a total of FORTY

LESSON S AND TEN TE STS (the numberthus far printed) !

Now for the first time in the historyof the Correspondence Course we areable to fully illustrate each lesson withup-to-date photographs. maps andstudy charts.

But the addit ion of these new fea­tures does not mean the lessons them ­selves will be essentially changed.

This is not a new, different course.It is the same course newly illustrated.

Each lesson will still carry the step­by-step study of your Bible so manythousands have come to depend uponas a guide.

If you are already enrolled and re­ceiving lessons of the Ambassador Col­lege Bible Correspondence Course YOU

SHOULD NO T RE-ENROLL ! If you didyou would merely be starting over­you would actually lose the time ad-

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vantage you have gained by the lessonsyou have already received !

Those who have been receiving Cor­respondence Course lessons have hadthe opportunity of learning the PLAIN

TR UTHS of their Bibles FAR AHEAD ofthose who are only now just beginning.In some cases-c-rux FULL YEARS­

ahead of new students.Those already enrolled have the ad­

ditional blessing of learning thingsthat were a mystery to Daniel andD av id- t h ing s th e Apost le Paulunderstood only "through a glass,darkly . . .l"

We would like to be able to sendeach and every one of our older stu­dents a copy of each lesson as it is re­done in picture form. We know youwould like to have them, but we justcannot do it.

The expense involved would totalconsiderably more than a QUARTER OF

A MlLLION DOLLARS! The additionalman-hours of time involved in such anoperation would be equally staggering.

But we do have GOOD NEWS for Cor­respondence Course students!

Though Lessons One, Two, Th ree andso forth are being prepared for enroll­ing students in the illustrated form,other lessons are also being illustrated.Students who are up-to-date with the­most advanced class have alread)· re­ceived Lesson 40 in the new illustratedstyle. They will continue to receive thenew illustrated lessons Forty-One,Forty-Two, etc.

Still greater efforts are being made

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to be sure all Correspondence Coursestudents will receive the newly illus­trated lessons as soon as possible.

In addition to illustrating the lessonsforward from Lesson One, and continu­ing to work forward from LessonForty, plans are already under way towork backward, adding pictures, mapsand charts to Lessons Thirty -Nine,Th irty-Eight, Th irty-Seven and con­tinuing until ALL TH E LESSONS will beillustrated in only HALF THE TI ME

NORMALLY REQUIRED!

But, wherever you are, DON 'T LAG

BEHIND in your own study NOW. K EEP

UP THE PACE!

Time is very short indeed!

uno Christians go to heavenwhen they die? What did Jesusmean when He said, ", .. greatis your reward in heaven" ?

The common assumption today isthat heaven is the reward of the saved.Yet most professing Christians havenever looked into the Bible to see whatIes«s said about the reward of thesaved.

What did Jesus mean when He toldHis disciples to rejoice when men per­secute them, "and be exceeding glad:for great is )'ollr reward in heaven : forso persecuted they the prophets whichwere before you"? (Mat. 5:12.)

And why-only a few verses before---<!id Christ say, "Blessed are themeek: for they shall inherit the earth?"

Do some of the saved-"the perse~

cuted"-go to heaven to collect theirreward, while others-"the meek"­inherit the earth? Or did Jesus Christcontradict Himself in His very nextbreath ?

CERTAINLY NOT.'Let the Bible itself explain the an­

swer.Noti ce what t he apostle Peter was

inspired to write in your Bible:"Blessed be the God and Father of ourLord Jesus Christ, which according toHis abundant mercy hath begotten usagain unto a lively hope by the resur­rection of Jesus Christ from the dead,to an inheritance incorruptible, and un­defiled, that fadeth not away, RE­

SERVED IN HEAVEN for you" ( I Pet.1:3-4 ) .

Notice it ! The reward of the saved-

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the inheritance of true Christians- isRESERVED in heaven. That is where itis kept at this present time. The reoward is reserved ill heaven-it is 1101

heaven itself!But do Christians go to heaven to

receive their reward? Jesus Christ ex­plained it in the Book of Revelation :"And behold, I come quickly, and myreward IS WITH ME, to give every manaccording as his work shall be" (Rev.22:1 2) . When Christ returns fromheaven the second time He will bringthe reward of the saved with Him !Though now temporarily reserved In

heaven, Jesus will bring the reward tothis earth!

Jesus explained it further in theparable of the young nobleman whowent to a far country, to receive forhimself a kingdom, and to RET URN

(Luke 19 :12). Christ went up intoheaven to receive His Kingdom from theFather (Dan. 7 :13·14), and at the endof the present AGE He will RETUR N .

At His second coming He will returnto earth and REWA RD His true servantsaccording to how much they have over­come their sins and produced the fruitof obedience (Luke 19:13 -19) .

But what is included in the rewardof the saved?

For one thing, rulership over theearth ! When He returns Jesus will say"Well, thou good servant : because thouhast been faithful in a very little, havethou AUTHORITY over ten cities"(verses 17, 19) .

How clear! Jesus did not say Chris­tians will inherit their reward IN heav­en. Rather, the reward-authority, anoffice of power in the Kingdom ofGod-is being temporarily RESERVED

in heaven because that is where Jesus is.But it will be brought to the earth,where Jesus will reward His saints, inthe Kingdom of God, with positions ofRU LERSHIP and authority over the na­tions! Jesus said in His sample prayer:"Thy Kingdom come; thy will be done012 earth as it is in heaven."

Now read this: "And he that over­cometh, and keepeth my works unto theend, to him will I give power over theNATIONS : And he shall rule them witha rod of iron . . ." (Rev. 2:26-27) .

The prophet Daniel was also inspiredto write, "And the kingdom and do-

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mmion, and the greatness of the king­dom UNDER the whole heaven, shall begioen to the people of the saints of theAlOJ/ High, whose kingdom is an ever­lasting kingdom, and all dominionsshall serve anti obey Him" (Dan.7:27) .

Again-An Anglo-German

Pact?

The peoples of Britain are courtingthe friendship of the Germans, andother nations- hiring Gentile lovers orallies- relying on them instead of Godfo r their protection!

N otice Hosea 12: 1. Referring toEphraim, God says: "and the)' [Brit­ain} do make a covenant with the AJ­syrians [ Germanic peoples). .. : .

A former Prime Minister, NevilleChamberlain, made a compact with anAssyrian named Adolf Hitler-immed­iately prior to the outbreak of WorldWar II. Since history tends to repeatitself, this Scripture of Hosea 12:1 willundoubtedly once again be fulfilled.The British leaders will again make

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If you have not read it, write im­mediately for the free article, "Whatis the Reward of the Saved-Heaven?"And the astounding, eye-opening arti­cle "W hat is the Place Jesus Is Pre­paring?" These free articles make thetruth plain.

Significance of Queen's Visit

The real sign ificance behind QueenElizabeth's recent eleven-day State Vis­it to Germany? The British are anglingfor German co-operation in helping / 0

get them into the Common i\ larket!The Germans, in turn, hope Britain willthrow her weight around in interna­tional circles in helping to bring aboutthe renniiicat ion of Gem1anJ .'

It seems that our peoples will have tolearn the hard way that we should not"stay upon him that smote us" (Isa.10:20). We should not rely upon theGermans or any other nations as ourallies- not even on ourselves! Weshould rely solely upon Almighty God!He and He alone can bless, protect andprosper us in all that we do-far be­yond our fondest dreams!

I Saw The QUEENIby Guncr Freiberg,

Wide World Photo

Queen Elizabeth " reviews Germantroops.

DUsseldorf. West Germany

H W IL LK OM M EN KONIGIN ELi­SABETH" read the banneras Elizabeth II, Queen of

Great Britain and Northern Ireland,stepped off her plane at the Cologne­Bonn airport on May 18. It was to bea spectacular eleven-day state visit toWest Germany.

Not since the days of King EdwardVII, 52 years and two devastatingworld wars ago , had a reigning Britishmonarch set foo t on German soil. To theGerman hosts, it was to be the longestand most expensive state visit in theFederal Republic's history. To the Brit­ish guests, listening with serious ex­pression to the strains of the welcomi ng"Deutschland tiber Alles," history wasbeing rewritten. British officialdomwas here to forget the past. Here tomake friends with a longtime bitterenemy and to gain acceptance in theeyes of Continental Europeans.

The Germans Respond

"Germany will give the Queen andPrince Philip a welcome they have notexperienced even in a Commonwealthcountry" - prophesied the LondonDaily Mail optimistically already in1964. Yet, on her first day's visit ,Britain's Queen was received with whatsome newspapers described as "an al-

most English coolness" by the Germanpeople.

"The Queen will smile and ap­plaud," commented Germany's QIJickcolumnist Matthias W alden. "That willdelight us Germans-but we will havereal joy only if we succeed in remainingstraightforward and modest without be­coming humble. Smile back but don'tlose your gravity."

As if in obedience to a command,the German public refrained at firstfrom matching the Queen's welcomewith that which it had give n Generalde Gaulle or even President Kennedy."As the Queen and the Duke weredriven through Bonn for the first time,both they and the public looked skepti­cal," reported Stern, a German pictorial.

Alarmed at the absence of the publicovation over the Queen's arrival, theGerman press and television quickly be­gan to urge the populace to show moreenthusiasm. The next day the cheeringhad duly increased. But, even so, whenthe Queen visited Dusseldorf on theeighth day of the tour the receptionconsisted mainly of curious stares andhalfhearted waving of flags.

The cause of this "belied silence"reasoned some newspapers, was foundin a recent poll showing that 89 per­cent of West Germans were suspiciousof "something political" behind HerMajesty's visit.

And indeed there was! Though theo­retically built as a gesture of friendship,the carefully planned royal visit was ofutmost political and economic irnpor­

tance.

The man who worked hard in pre­paring this was, strangely enough, noordinary British politician. He holds nopolitical office as such, has no directsay in matters concerning the govern­ment, and most often remains in thebackground overshadowed by the royalsplendor of his wife, the Queen. Wh owas he ?

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

and husband of the Queen ! He openedthe door to Germany. More than anyother member of the British establish­ment, this prince of German extractionfought a struggle against those powersin politics who wanted to prevent theQueen, at any cost, from setting foo t onGerman soil.

An Dphill Fight

It was an uphill fight all the way.Not only were the British people, inthe words of one English publisher,"More anti-German than any other na­tion of the NATO alliance." But fourof the Prince's own brothers-in-law hadsported swastika arm bands as officersof Adolf Hitler during World War II.It was no simple matter to cajole theslow-movi ng British gove rnment. D is­playing friendship toward the nationsthat a generation ago had besieged theembattled island with the blitz and"V" bombs from the skies and a D­boat blockade at sea? That was thetask.

Yet Prince Philip was persistent. Hemade private trips to Germany with hischildren, often took occasion to inspectBritish troops stationed there, and ad­vised that British Royal Princes enter­ing military service be stationed pri­marily with the British Army of theRhine. Working behind the scenes hepersuaded with the refinement of adiplomat, remaining at the same timeunnoticed by the press.

A real opening finally came whenWe st Germany's late President Heuss,in his 1958 trip to London, extendedthe Queen an invitation for a returnvisit to West Germany.

It had already become strongly ap­parent at that time that the husbandof the Queen had an unusual interestfor Anglo-German relations. The Britishmonarch had in times past harbored il­lusions about Anglo-German co-opera~

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motivated by only one theme-themodernization of England in the era ofthe atom and the European Commo nMarket. "Most of all he was concernedby the crisis in the British economy.""There is no use in turning our eyes[upward] saying three times a day,after each meal, 'British is best,' andactually believing it."

The more he thought about Eng­land's cond ition , the stronger becamehis conviction that in this age of Com­mon Ma rkets and tariff unions Englan dcould manage to survive only if shejoined the European Common Market.

On November 16, 1960 at an Ang lo­German society banquet he expressedwhat no member of the British RoyalHouse had dared to formu late fo r along time : Eng land's partnership withGermany and connect ion with Europe ."It must be clear to all that we must doexactly this if we are not to find our ­selves one day in the very undignifiedsituation, namely out in the cold. "

Prince Philip did not permit hiscritics to restra in him, instead he re­minded the British government that theinvitat ion for the Queen to visit theFederal Republic was still open. It wasnow high time to travel.

The British government however didnot see the need fo r the Queen 's visitthen. For one thing, in 1960 Britainstill was considered great. Her futurehad not yet been darkened by theabortive attempt to ga in membership inthe Common Market. N ot unt il the ac­cession of newly elected Prime MinisterHaro ld Wilson in 1964 did the govern­ment see the need fo r sendi ng theQueen on a state visit to Germany.

W hy Wilson Acted

Ever since the end of the war, Britainhad endeavored to maintain sup remacyover Europe. When it fina lly becameapparent that she was losing her graspand cracks were developing in her sup­posedly impregnable economic fou nda ­tions, she tr ied to gain admittance tothe Common Ma rket. She was black­balled by France's President de Gau lle.Unable to dominate Europe externallyand thwarted from gaining economicpartnership internally, Britain is nowplaying what may be her last trumpcard---c laiming actual blood relation-

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ship with the nobility of the one nationtha t could gai n her admi ttance: WestGermany.

W hat is the real pur pose behind thepresent Royal visit to W est Ge rmany?From beginning to end it is designedto demonstrate to the Germans that theBritish Royal House is intimatelylinked by close family ties to the no­bility of postwar Germany.

"For 60 years we have heard toomuch about things which separate us,"the Queen stated before embarking ona Rh ine cru ise at Kobl enz. "Let us en­deavor now to think on that whichunites us." (Bunte- Illsstrierte, June 2,

[96 5.)And there is much which unites

Britain with Germany. Already in thefall of 1958 in the London receptionfor President Heuss the Queen stated," In the past there were many occasionswhen both our nations were closelyunited one with anothe r. Th e ties be­tween my famil y and the old GermanStates go back for several generations."Much of Britain was shocked then atthe Queen's enthusiastic personal iden­tif ication with Germany. That shockedindignation seemed now to have beensilenced by time and necessity. For ifthere is anyone thing stressed all alongthe route of the present Royal proces­sion, it is the British Royalty'S ties towhat is left of German royalty.

T he Not-Sa -G erman G ermanRelat ives

From Mun ich in the south to Ham­burg in the north, f rom the banks ofthe Rhine at Bonn to the wall in Berl in,the Royal tou r has been specially ar­ranged to touch a point of commonAnglo-German identi ty. The Queentook a boat trip up the Rhine roughlyfollowing the route her ancestor ofGerman extraction, Queen Victoria, hadsailed on her visit to Germany some 100years ago. She visited for two days withher hu sband's German relatives nearLake Constance, pointed out in Stutt ­gart (near the bir thplace of her grand­mother, Queen Mary) that she also hadroyal German blood in her veins and

The AUTOBIOGRAPHY is miss­ing this issue because of the pre ssureof duties on Mr. Arm strong's time.It is pl anned for next issue.

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was ente rtained by a number of theRoyal Family's estimated 400 Germanrelatives up and down the country.

lf7hat most peopl e don 't hnoio, how­ever, is that German l'oyal/)' is aC/llallymore English tban German.'

Th e German press in turn ran seriesof articles on "Queen Elisabeth's Ger­man relatives," especially pointing outthat all of the British kings over thelast 250 years, with one exception, hadtaken German princesses as wives.

In spite of the initially cool recep­tion, the Royal visit was meeting witha degree of success. France's President

. Charles de Gaulle has found it vital toh is grande alliance to jump into im­mediate action .

Enter: De Gaulle

Del'Spiegel, Germany's leading newsmagazine, states that in the eyes ofGenera l de Gau lle there is on ly onenation capable of landing Britain amembership in the Common Market­West Germany. Obviously alarmed atthe Queen's influence, De Gau lle im­mediately dispatched his Foreign Min­ister, Couve-de Murvi lle, on a flyingtr ip to Bonn on May 24 with instruc ­tions to arrange for the French head ofstate 's proposed visit to Germany amonth ahead of schedule. Ori ginallyintending to hold French-Germa n un­ity ta lks in Bonn next July, General deGau lle speedi ly moved the date forwarda full month-to June II. Th e move isobviously designed to th wart any In­fluence the Queen's visit may have hadon Germany and to speed up h is in­tended French-dominated Franco-Ger­man partnersh ip. The purpose? Toblock once and for all Britain's inten­tio n of entering the Common Market .

Britain has tried befo re to ga in ad­mittance to the Commo n Market andfai led. N ow very heavily in debt andlosing ground economically, she isshowing signs of becoming desperate.The recent Royal visit to Germa ny wasa calculated risk. In making it Britainhas offe nded some of' her trading cus­tomers in Communist Eastern Europeand moved De Gaulle to speed up hisefforts to dominate the six and thwartGerman control of Europe. Gene ral deGaulle must act rap idly.

T o observers here in Germany it

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seems obvious that England, throughthe person of Queen Elizabeth II, isplaying her highest card. If she shouldsucceed, the best she can hope for is ajunior partnership of uncertain dura­tion with Germany. If she fails, Britainwill find herself, as Prince Philip fears,out in the cold-for good!

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community have been nearly erased,permitting free trade over a vastly ex­panded market.

This same principle, say the Latineconomists, must be applied to Centraland South America. Restrictive tradewalls must be progressively lowered.Businessmen must learn to "think big,"to realize that all of Latin America istheir potential market, not just theirown individual countries.

The Man Behindthe Movement

The man who has sparked the com­man market scheme for Latin Americais Chilean president Eduardo Frei (pro­nounced "fray") .

What inspires Frei in his planningare two factors:

First of all, he sees that a politicallysound, economically prosperous Chilecan exist only within an expandedLatin market. Chile has rich, but large­ly undeveloped, resources-iron ore,timber, fishing. But her own market forthese goods is too small. A greatly ex­panded free-trade zone throughout theentire Latin world, however, would dowonders for her industry- as weIl asfor the industries of every other state.

Secondly, Frei is impressed that theChileans have been whole-heartedly en­dorsing his economic reforms at home.The Christian Democrats scored a smash­ing victory in Chile's recent congres­sional elections. Communists werethoroughly trounced. Frei's "charisma­tic" appeal was just too much for them.He out-promised the Reds on everyfront-and what's more, he is begin­ning to deliver the goods, which issomething they can't do.

President Frei's tremendous popular­ity doesn't stop at Chile's borders ei-

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ther. Reports the Los Angeles Times'George Natanson again: "What is evenworse, by Communist reckoning, isFrei's wildfire popularity. His conceptof 'revolution with freedom' has cap­tured the imagination of workers andpeasants who are demanding social re­forms-all over South Am erica-andthese are the very people the Commu­nists are seeking to recruit."

Eduardo Frei is stealing the Red'sthunder!

Nucleus of Vast Market

Two embryonic beginnings of thevast market Frei envisions are alreadyon the scene. One of them is the Cen­tral American Common Market whichhas been immensely successful withinits rather limited area. The other is amuch looser trading bloc called theLatin American Free Trade Association,which has never really gotten off theground.

The CACM is composed of CostaRica, EI Salvador, Guatemala, Hondu­ras and N icaragua. Begun unceremoni­ously in 1961, the results have beenoutstanding so far. Trade among thefive small nations amounted to only 8million dollars in 1950 before theCommon Market was fanned. Last yearthe inter-zone trade approached 100million dollars. Over 98 percent of allproducts traded within the area nowpass customs duty-free.

The much larger Latin AmericanFree Trade Association, on the otherhand , has accomplished relatively littlesince its beginning in 1960. Its mem­ber nations-Argentina, Brazil, Chile,Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay,Peru, and Uruguay-have not beenwilling to negotiate lower tariffs on theproducts that really count.

Frei's idea is to first slice throughthe sluggish LAFTA red tape and re­duce its trade barriers to CACM levelsas fast as possible. Then, when this isaccomplished, weld both the CACMand LAFTA together into a single,powerful economic bloc.

Political Too

The "Frei Plan," however, doesn'tstop with economic union. POLITICALUNITY is the ultimate goal. This is

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what caught practically everybody­especially the United States--<Jff guardwhen the proposal was publicly unveiledthis past April.

Again following the format of theEuropean Common Market, which hasas its final objective political unity,"The Frei Plan would provide ultimate.ly for a supra-national Latin-Americanparliament patterned somewhat afterthe Parliament of Parliaments createdby the European Common Market"(Francis B. Kent, L Oj Angeles Times,Apri l 21, 1965) .

The United States, which, along withCanada and Cuba, is not included in theunity scheme, has officially (and some­what meekly) announced its "full sup­port" of the proposal.

President Frei and the four econo­mists whom he commissioned to drawup the proposal, are looking beyond theturbulent present, planning for the fu­ture. First, economic, then politicalunity. As Frei himself says, "The onlyreal possibility of Latin America find­ing its place in the world is throughthe integration of its countries."

Co-op erate With U. S.?

This vast economic system which iscertain to emerge-and your Bible hasa Jot to say about it as we shall seelater-will not be to U. S. liking.

Quite the contrary!Danger signals are already up for

u.S. businessmen who do extensivebusiness with the Central AmericanCommon Market. The rising externaltariff wall around the five-nation blocis rising steadily. This is making itdifficu lt for consumer goods producedoutside the area to surmount the bar­rier and compete with items producedwithin. For example, a 20-cent tariffis now slapped on each can of im­ported soup!

The Wall Street [ournal of March 10,1965, reports that the trend toward re­strictive economic policies throughoutCentral and South America rrpromisesjharp repercussions for u.S. business­men, who export more than $3 billionworth of goods a year south of theborder."

U. S. industry would be severelycrippled if exports to-and equally im­portant, vital raw material imports

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from-Latin America should be lost.But this is clearly the direct ion inwhich events are headed.

Enter: Europe

Astute Latin observers are aware ofthis trend also. Many sense that thismarch toward economic cohesion isstrengt hening their trade bargainingposition. They feel they will soon beable to do what they have long desired-to become less dependent upon the"Colossus of the North" and also GreatBritain.

Latin tradesmen in increased num ­bers are beginning to divert thei r ener­gies toward solidifying trade with theother great Western industrial power­The European Common Market. Andthe Europeans are responding with en­thusiasm.

Notire this dispatch from the Chris­tian Science Monitor of March 5,1965 : T here is taking place "A quietreoolntion in the Argentine meat exporttrade . The European Common Marketcountries are better off, and they arebuying more discriminatingly. Highquality beef is part icularly in de­mand. . . .

"Meanwhile over in London, wherefor almost a century the British havelooked upon Argentines as their privatesuppliers , the consumption of importedbeef is going down. Britons are findingit is too expensive for them .. . .

"Tbe Argentines are discerning andemphaJizing that the Common Marketwill JOO1Z be far and away its best CU!­

tomer. Last year it took double theBritish amount, which was approxi­mately 140,000 tons of chilled beef.Practically all national sales effort isnow being confined to the Europeancontinent.

"Price is not the only factor moti­vating the Argentines. For decades theyhave been making it part of their po­litical policy to be less dependent onthe British market. The official aim isexpressed as 'obtaining more spread.' ..

Spanish and Portuguese - speakingAmerica has long been a coveted "appleof the eye" of the European powers.How to break the U. S. economic con­trol of the area has been the problem,however. With the Latins showing in­creasing signs of independence, the

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Europeans now see the advantage shift­ing to their side.

Continental industrialists are invest­ing heavily in the Latin lands, tryingto secure footholds behind the risingwalls. Price differentials are also givingtheir goods the advantage over higher­priced American products. The LOJAngeles Times of May 18, 1965, re­ported :

"The United States' position as thelargest exporter of its goods to Hon­duras is being seriously threatened byother countries, an executive of thecountry's biggest private bank said hereMonday.

"The U. S. is losing its position ,mostly because of price structures, tosuch countr ies as lJ7est Germany, HoI­Land, Czecboslovaeie and Japan, saidFelix Lloveras Jr ., assistant manager ofBanco Atlantida, which is headquar­tered in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Hesaid that until 10 years ago Honduranimports had been almost exclusivelyfrom the United States."

Germa ns CapturingAu to Market

The German-based Volkswagen con­cern is tooling up to double its pro­duction over the next three years at itsplant outside Sao Paulo, BraziL "Webelieve in Brazil and we believe inLatin America," Friedrich W. Schultz­Wenk, boss of Volkswagen of Brazilrecently told the Los Angeles Times."Today we have 60 percent of theauto market here and we hope to getmore,'! he exclaimed. Volkswagen isalso in the process of constructing itssecond Latin American plant in Mexico.

Things are moving so rapid ly southof the border that the Central AmericanCommon Market recently sent a requestto its larger counterpart in Europe,seeking the establishment of a trademission there. The request was favor­ably received and is being strong lyconsidered. The five Centra l Americannations are able to bargain much moreeffectively as a single unit than as smallindividual countries .

De Gaulle Offers"Third Choice"

French President Charles de Gaulle,nemesis of the Anglo -Saxon powers,

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boasted in his most recent press con­ference that he "supports Latin Ameri­can efforts toward human liberationand organization." Observers werequick to point out that the word "lib­eration" connoted Latin ties to theUnited States. By "organization" DeGaulle obviously had in mind thetrend toward economic unification.

In early 1964 the pompous Frenchleader toured several Western Hemi­sphere countries and offered the Latinsa "third choice" between the Commu­nist powers and the United States. Re­ported the Christian Science Monitor onhis visit: "While Latin America couldnot warm up to Castroism and the Al­liance for Progress, they may embracewith enthus iasm the idea of an associa­tion with Western Europe . Culturally,Latin America may find great aff initieswith the Common Market nations, andthe prospect of a gigantic community ofinterests with 400 million people mayoffer a much greater appeal than thepresent difficult choice between theopposite political and economic sys­tems represented by the United Statesand the Soviet Union."

Part of Babylonish System

Unwittingly, Latin America is beingroped into playing a major role in therevived Holy Roman Empire nowemerging out of the Common Market inEurope. It is a system which Godlabels as "Babylon the Great" in theseventeenth and eighteenth chapters ofthe Book of Revelation. In the corre­sponding Old Testament prophecies ofIsaiah 23 and Ezekiel 27 it appearsunder the name of the famous tradingcity of antiquity-T yre.

Few know that many inhabitants ofancient Tyre fled westward to Europe-especially Italy-after the collapse oftheir city-state. They left their way­mark in the name "Tyrrhenian Sea"­Sea of Tyre-which is located offItaly's western coast.

The Spanish-speaking peoples are al­so identified iu these prophetic chap­ters.

These prop hecies will be revealednext time. Don't fail to read in thenext issue what the Bible has foreto ldconcerning the Latin world J

Dominican Crisis­Its Real Meaning

A Communist takeover In Dominican Republic barelyavertedl United States again acts as "International firebrigade." Communists are st/ll Involved. W/II there beany ultimate solution? Read the accompanying article.lf unmasks causes of latin America 's Internal chaos.

Top and left: Civilian population bears brunt of civil war.

Left : "Yankee Go Home" sign in street illustrates U. S. loss ofprestige in Latin America. Below: Presence of United States par­tially averting wholesale slaughter of civilians and soldiers.

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IN ·THIS ISSUE:.. '. ' . .' ' . . \ . ~, .- . .. ; " '. ' ~ - .

* Why LATIN AMERICA is in TURMOILSuddenly Latin America has exploded. The U. S. finds itselfinvolved, ridiculed, hated. Why? See page 3.

* QUEEN ELIZABETH Charms GermansQueen Elizabeth's State Visit to Germany is history-making,prophetic. The Queen is the first British sovereign to setfoot on German soil in over half a century! Read how thisvisit fulfills Biblical prophecy. Learn the outcome of thisAnglo-German flirtation! See page 5.

* What's WRONG With theYOUNGER GENERATION?

Here's an article written by Herbert W. Armstrong for thefirst issue of The PLAIN TRUTH, seven years BEFOREthe magazine existed. It was never published. It appearsnow, 38 years later, for the first time. See page 9.

* WHY GOD'S LAW IS.". • • The Perfect Law of Liberty"

W hat kind of liberty or freedom does God's Law provide?Read in this article what James 1:25 really means. Seepage 19.

* And Now The - "World Tomorrow"Broadcast Blankets British Isles

See page 23.

* How SOLID is the ROCK of GIBRALTAR?What's happening to Great Britain? In a few short decades,the proud might of the British Empire has dwindled enorm­ously! Like toppling tenpins, Britain has lost India, herEast African colonies, Ceylon, Suez, the Sudan. Is Gibraltarnext? See page 29.

* I Saw The QUEEN!. See page 45.

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