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efjrorts of Radio
and
the Press the Gospel is being thundered
around the
world
Read th e artic le
Our Commission,
A
W o r l d w i d e W i t n e s s b e g i n n in g o n pa g e
3
A mb a s s a d o r Col l ege Ar t
What our READERSSAY
W o n d e r f u l W o r l d T o m o r r o w
The bookle t on w ha t the Wor ld
Tomorrow wil l be l ike, a long with the
i icw spq ~er , r rived a couple of days ago,
I
j u s t
cant see how there are going to
lic ;my Laodicean attitudes around after
rcading that newspaper. I t was so fabu-
lous, so inspir ing, and the most wonder-
f u l
p r t of it a l l
ts
goin&
tu happen ,
and in our l i fe t ime I t s so very
esci t ing that I actual ly hur t f rom the
yearning desire t o shout i t from t h c
rooftops ut soon
1
can, God wil l ing.
Thank you so very much Ho w blessed
w v
a l l
arc t o be allowed to have such
wonderful t ruth revealed to
us
izozu in
.I world so sick.
Mrs. B. H., California
Semiannua l Le t te r
I believe that for me the semi-
. innual letters are the most important
o f all mater ial that we get . When I
rend that letter it seems that we are
sitting i n a group with you and you
are te l l ing us of problems
to
overcome,
s~~cc esses , nd accomplishments that
have heen made and gi ined. They are
the problems that are peculiar to this
work alone. Only a few people out of
millions here in the U . S. a n d t h e
Commonwealth ever have that oppor-
tunity to read such a letter ,
1 believe.
May God grant that
I
may always he
t rue to that t rus t .
C. D., O h i o
C o - w o r k e r L e tt e r
W e w ant to thank you f or the l a st
Co-Worker Letter . I t
W A S
a w onder f u l
Ictter and very helpful to us. W e h av e
re,id all your Co -w or ke r Letters but this
one got through to us . I t has made
us
realize that we are of some use in Gods
w o r k A person can feel very useless.
We
thank G od that you can place words
so
simply and understandably.
L. C. R. , California
Thank you f or the l a te s t Co- w or ker
Lctter. A le t ter l ike this helps me to
see much clearer just h o w I am an
active part of Gods work. Those of
LIS w h o live in U L
iirat
1lGidqudrterS
have a tendency at times to get lethargic.
I pray that this letter helps all of the
C o - W o r k e r s a s much
as
i t has helped
me.
J .
G. G.,
California
M r . W a t e r h o u s e
We sure were inspired by the ser -
mons Mr . Wate r house gave and the
slides he showed. I was really thankful
tha t
I
got to hear his evaluation of the
Spokesman Club. I t was the first time
I unders tood what the Spokesman Club
was really for.
I
thought i t was only
to help men become leaders . I couldn t
have been far thei f ru i i i thc t r u th . Tha t
is only a very small purpose of them.
May
I
always be diligent in my prayers
for the clubs around thc wor ld
R. G., Mississippi
Reac t ion
to
H u t t e r i t e P e r s e c u t io n
M r Antion told
u s
in church of
how wonderful ly the brethren helped
l h r H u t t e r i t e s
of
Canada. T h a t w a s
t ru ly a mi rac le f r om G od H imse l f W e
x c so \cry thankful that in the midst
of all the crime on earth tnday t h c r e
ire sti l l a chosen few
full
of brotherly
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Phil ippines.
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C a n a d a . 3 2 ; a n d 6 t o Grea t B r i t a in ; 3 0 4 s t a t io n s wo r ld wid e
WORLDWIDE PLAIN TRUTH CIRCULATION .DECEMBER. 1966
A d e n
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
A F G H A N I S T A N . . . . . . . 1
American Samoa
. . . . . . . .
2
A n g o l a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 2
A R G E N T I N A
. . . . . . . . . .
1 8
AUSTRALIA . . . . . . 28. 258
AUSTRIA . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Bahamas
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
Bahra in
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
B A R B A D O S
. . . . . . . . .
1,
403
B E L G I U M . . . . . . . . . . . 1,105
B e r mu d a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
B O L I V I A . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
B O T S W A N I A
. . . . . . . . .
125
B R A Z I L
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
Bri t i sh Honduras
. . . . . . . .
57
B U R M A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
269
C A M B O D I A
. . . . . . . . . . . 5
C A M E R O O N . . . . . . . . 1, 4 6 8
C A N A D A
. . . . . . . . .
. 29 ,799
C a n a l Z o n e
. . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Canarv Is lands . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cayman Is land
. . . . . . . . . . 1
C E Y L O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
P L A I N T R U T H
BY
C O N T I N E N T S
N o r t h
Australia a n d
America . . 629. 970
Pacific
Is lands
. . . 8 2 .
137
E u r o p e . . . . . 68. 309
Africa . . . . . . 31.484
Asia . . . . . . . 9. 424
s o u t h
America . . 140
82 1.464
C H I L E
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
C H I N A ( T a i w a n ) . . . . . . 6
C O L O M B I A . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C o mm
.
P a c
.
I s . . . . . . 50
C O N G O ( K i n s h a s a )
. . . . .
4
Cook
I s land . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
C O S T A R I C A . . . . . . . . . . 9
C U B A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
C Y P R U S
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
C Z E C H O S L O V A K I A . . . .
7 5
D E N M A R K . . . . . . . . . . . 97
D o mi n i c a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 9
D O M R E P U B L I C . . . . . . . 15
E C U A D O R . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
E L S A L V A D O R
. . . . . . . .
2
Fiji
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 3 ,131
F I N L A N D . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
F R A N C E
. . . . . . . . . . .
. 7 , 0 0
F r
.
GUidnd . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
French Polynesia . . . . . . . . 2
G A M B I A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 6
Germany (Eas t) . . . . . . . . 783
G e r ma n y ( We s t )
7 .332
G H A N A . . . . . . . . . . . . , 679
Gibra l ta r
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
GREECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
G u a d e l o u p e
. . . . . . . . . . .
87
G U A T E M A L A
. . . . . . . . .
7
G U Y A N A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
H A I T I
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
H O N D U R A S
. . . . . . . . . . . 5
H o n g K o n g . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
H U N G A R Y . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
I C E L A N D
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
I N D I A . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.257
I N D O N E S I A
. . . . . . . . .
264
I R A N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
I R A 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
I R E L ~ N D . . . . . . . . .
. I .012
ISRAEL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
I T A L Y
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
I V O R Y C O A S T
. . . . . . . .
8
J A M A I C A . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
J A P A N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
J O R D A N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
K E N Y A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
07
K o r e a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
K U W A I T
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 0
Latvia
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
L E B A N O N
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 0
Leeward Is lands . . . . . . . 100
L E S O T H O
. . . . . . . . . . . .
27
LIBERIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4
~~
Li thuania
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
L U X E M B O U R G
. . . . . . . .
42
M A L A W I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
M A L A Y S I A . . . . . . . .
3 .
48
M A L T A
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 3 4
Mat in ique
. . . . . . . . . . . l . 15
Ma u r i t i u s . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
M E X I C O . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Mo z a mb i q u e . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
N E T H E R L A N D S . . . . . . 2 6
Netherland Antil les . . . . . 10
New Caledonia
. . . . . . . . .
8
N e w G u i n e a . . . . . . .
l ,
54
N E W Z EA L AN D . . . 4 , 8 1
N I C A R A G U A
. . . . . . . . . . 5
N I G E R I A
. . . . . . . . . .
9.
201
N O R W A Y
. . . . . . . . . . . .
310
O k i n a w a
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
P A K I S T A N . . . . . . . . . . 366
P A N A M A . . . . . 8
P A R A G U A Y
.
P E R U . . . . . . .
P H I L I P P I N E S
P O L A N D
. . . .
P O R T U G A L .
Puer to Rico . .
Rhodesia
. . . .
R U M A N I A . .
St Lucia
. . . . .
St Vincent
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . 4
. . . . . . . . . .
6
. . . . .
40,500
. . . . . . . . . .
7
. . . . . . . . . . 7
. . . . . . . . . . 4
. . . . . . .
. 2 ,800
. . . . . . . . . .
56
. . . . . . . . .215
. . . . . . . . . 01
Seychelles
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 1 1
S I ER R A L E O N E
. . . . . . . 399
SINGAPORE
. . . . . . . . . $13
S O M A L I A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
S O U T H A F R I C A . . . . . .855
S P A I N
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Soanish Guinea
. . . . . . . . .
5
Sbuth-West Afr ica . . . . . .
1
S U D A N
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
Surinam
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Swaziland
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
101
S W E D E N
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . 1.747
SYRIA
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
' l 'anzania
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
359
T H A I L A N D
. . . . . . . . . . .
12
T O G O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
T R I N I D A D
&
T O B A G O 3 17
T U R K E Y
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7
T u r k s
&
Caicos . . . . . . . . . 8
U G A N D A . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
U . S . S . R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
U N I T E D A R A B R E P . . . 4
U N I T E D K I N G D O M 4 5 ,9 6 9
U R U G U A Y . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
U
.T
.
Africa
. . . . . . . . . . .
11
V E N E Z U E L A . . . . . . . . . . 6
Vietnam
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Virgin I s lands
. . . . . . . . . .
21
Y U G O S L A V I A . . . . . . . . .
88
Z A M B I A
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
932
A .
P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 7 1
F
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
T O T A L F O R E I G N 2 2 7 ,
634
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H ow famil iar are you wit h the worldwide W o r k of God? Have
yo u seen the BIG PIC TUR E of the commission given
to
the
Philadelphian Era of the Church? Read this comprehensive
report on the progress of the foreign work by the executive
assistant to
M r .
Garner Ted Armstrong who i s the overall
director. Y o u will f ind i t a very valuable source
f o r
future
reference and a guide
to
help you be more effective in your
ND THIS gospel of the king-
dom shall be preached
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all
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A
TO
A L L
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and then shall
the end come (Mat. 24:14).
This is the most important prophecy
being fulfilled today No other proph-
ecy in the entirety of the Bible has
greater meaning and significance for the
immediate future
of
Gods Church.
Brethren, we have been called to make
this prophecy of Jesus Christ a
LIVING
REALITY
This is
OUR
commission.
God has set an open door before
this era of His Church (Rev.
3:8),
and God intends that we
go
through
that door and take this final warning
message
TO
ALL NATIONS.
If we arc to be successful in ful-
filling this commission, it is absolutely
essential that Gods Church as a whole
catches the VISION of this
WORLDWIDE
commission. W e must no t be restricted
by the narrow confines of our own
petty, personal problems and self-
centeredness. We must overcome any
spiritual nearsightedness, which has
prevented some in the Church from
seeing the necessity for diligent, fervent
prayer for the success of Gods Work in
other parts
of the
world. Without
vision, the people perish (Prov.
29:18). But if all of us have this
vision of the
BIG
PICTURE of the work
before us, we cant possibly fail. W e
will succeed
pruyers.
by
Richard F. Plache
Last month, God s ministers con-
verged on Pasadena from their various
assignments around the world for the
annual ministerial conference. Each
brought with him an exciting report of
growth and progress during 1966. The
Headquarters Church thrilled to news
of how the living Christ is carrying
out this worldwide commission. This
article will present an overall picture of
the foreign work, as well as a brief
review
of
the history of each area of
the work and a report of its current
progress.
The
WORLD TOMORROW
A Worldwide Broadcast
In the first week of January, 1934,
when Mr. Herbert
W.
Armstrong sat
down behind the microphone in the
studio of a small 1OO-watt radio station
in Eugene, Oregon, he didnt have the
remotest idea that what was then just
beginning so humbly and inconspicu-
ously was ultimately to
grow
into a
MIGHTY WITNESS O F GLOBE-GIRDLING
DIMENSIONS
Many years passed ineteen to be
exact efore T h e WORLDTOMOR-
ROW program made its first step for-
ward in reaching out beyond the
bounds of North America and into al l
the world
(notice how God has con-
tinued
to
add additional stations since
that time by consulting the chart on
the back of the front cover). O n Thurs-
day night, January 4, 1953, Mr. Arm-
strongs voice was heard for the first
time by people in Europe over the
powerful voice of Radio Luxembourg.
Th e timing was most significant It
was not accidental. It was planned-
not by Mr. Armstrong but by ALMIGHT
GOD. For years Mr. Armstrong had
tried to secure time on Radio Luxem-
bourg, but the door remained closed.
At the time the contract was signed
to put the program on Radio Lwem-
bourg, Mr. Armstrong didnt realize
why this door had not been opened
until
that precise time. It was shortly
after this had already occurred that
Dr. Herman Hoeh discovered that God
had given the early New Testament
Church exactly two nineteen-year time
cycles to preach the Gospel in an
OY-
ganized way before the Headquarters
Church had to flee Jerusalem prior to
its destruction in 69 A.D. This preach-
ing began on the Day of Pentecost,
31
A.D., when the New Testament
Church of God was established
(Acts
2) . During the firrt nineteen-year time
cycle, the preaching was confined to the
areas surrounding Palestine as well as
Asia Minor. No preaching was done in
Europe during this time.
W hen the t ime neared
for
the second
nineteen-year time cycle to begin, God
prevented the apostle Paul from evan-
gelizing either Asia or Bithynia (Acts
16:6-7), so that Paul would arrive in
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Philippi (a city in northern Greece-
and located in
E l t r o p e )
at precisely the
right time. It is further significant to
note that though Paul had been in
Philippi certain days (Acts 16:12),
it was not until on the Sabbath
(this particular Sabbath was the day
of the weeks, as the Greek should be
translated, or the Duy
of
Peiztecost,
the
day after counting seven weeks ev.
23:15; Deut. 16:9) that he did his
first preaching.
This was exactly
19
years to t h e w r y day in 50 A.D.
During
this secoizd ninctccn-ycar
time cycle, the Gospel was widely
preached not only in Greece and Italy
but as far west as Spain (Rom.
1 5
2 8 ) . Finally, this
organized
preach-
ing stopped when the Headquarters
Church had to flee Jerusalem before its
destruction at the hands of the Roman
army. This event occurred once again
on the Day of Pentecost,
69 A . D . -
exactly nineteen years t o t he duy f rom
the time the first sermon was preached
in Europe.
In January, 1953, Almighty God was
once again showing by circumstances
that He had also given to the Philadel-
phian Church two nineteen-year time
cycles to preach this Gospel
to t h e
world as a witness before
this
W o r k
would cease and His people would be
forced to flee to a place of safety. Our
second nineteen-year time cycle began
precisely on time that first week in
January, 1953. And it was not the
result of a plot on the part of some
man but the result of the PURPOSE of
God Himself.
Since that time, the growth of T h e
WORLD
TOMORROW
rogram oth
in the United States and around the
world -has been noth ing short of
phenomenal. From the tiny mustard
seed beginning of only
100
watts per
week back in 1 Y3 4 in the city whose
name means well born or a good
birth zcgene, Oregon T h e
WORLD
OMORROWid5 gr ow n
until it
has become a mighty tree -the
largest program in radio history.
The very same message which Jesus
Christ preached over 1900 years ago
PHENOMENAL
GROWTH
OF
WORLD TOMORROW
50
MIL
OF
PER
LIONS
WATTS
t
WEEK
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- t h e GOOD NEWS of the soon-coming
Kingdom of God and the wonderful
WORLD TOMORROW s being boomed
out at the present time in four di f fer-
ent 1anpdge.r (English, German, French
and Spanish) over 304 stations with an
incredible amount of nearly 45 M I L -
LION WATTS
of radio power every
week. Of these,
1 2 2
are stations located
outside the United States and utilizing
181/2
million watts. This rrieans that
45 percent of all radio broadcasting is
directly helping to fulfill our world-
wide commission
ns
Christ prophcsied
in Matthew 2 4 : 1 4 .
There is a potential listening audi-
ence
of
nearly
ONE BILLION P E O -
PL E (800 mill ion of which are l iving
BROADCAST
FEB,
1967-
Nearly 45 Mil l ion
r Watts
of Radio
ower
Each
Week
r
(Total U.
S.
and
Foreign)
I
19
Million Watts
1965 ONCEN-
TRATED COVERAGE
OF
BRITAIN BEGAN
WITH
RADIO LONDON
Ambarrodat Cotloge Art
outside the United States), who live
within the areas covered by these sta-
tions. Of course, only a very small
percentage
of
this number up to this
time have actually ever heard the pro-
gram. Many of those living in certain
areas do not even have access to a radio.
However, at least 45 million or more do
listen every week. And this may be a
very conservative estimate. W e do know
that M A N Y MORE M I L L I O N S are des-
t ined to ultimately hear the truth of
God over these and many more addi-
tiunal
n e w
staliuris d u h g tlrr
rlrxt
five years.
A
Worldwide Ci rcu l a t i on
Magazine
The preaching of the Gospel to the
world as a witness is accomplished not
only through
The
WORLD
OMORROW
broadcast but also through
T h e
PLAIN
TRUTH
agazine.
From its meager beginning back in
February, 1934, as an eight-page maga-
zine with a circulation of one hundred
and fifty to people living in the Pacific
Northwest,
The
P L A I N
TRUTH
as
developed over the years into a
top-
p a l i t y , 52-page, full-color magazine
published in three di fe ieut languages
(English, German and French) and
printed in our own printing plants in
Pasadena, California; Watford, Eng-
land; and Sydney, Australia. It has a
WORLDWIDE circulation of well over
850,000 copies each month, (Dec., 1 966
issue) which are sent to 140 DI FFER-
ENT
C O U N T R I E S , TERRlTORlES
O R P R O T E C T O R AT E S
(Notice the
chart on the inside front cover for
a
complctc rcport of the total number
of copies goin g to each area.) Imagine
that Those of
us
here at Headquarters
were
shocked
in
addition to being very
thrilled by this report. W e never real-
ized it would be
so
large. More has
alrmrly
heen
accomplished than any
of
us had previously realized. The Gospel
message is
now
being R E A D in over
7
percent
of nll
nntions
otz
ear th
Of
the remaining nations not yet included,
many are small nations which have re-
cently emerged. We are reaching
every
major
ndtion
with the exception
of
Communist China through the pages of
The
PLAIN
TRUTH. nd even here,
Communist China is not left without
a witness. The gospel is beamed at th
China mainland over Radio Taiwan, lo
cated on Formosa.
T he other major method of reachin
the people with Gods truth is throug
the Ambassador College Bible Corre
spotzdenre Course. Begun in 195 4 un
der the direction of Dr. C. Paul Mere
dith with an initial enrollment of ap
proximately 8,000, the number o
regular students has now risen to ove
e igh ty thowand. Of these, over 23,00
are being studied by people living ou
side the United States in over f i f
d i f e w n t
nations
How wonderful i t
to realize that so many living aroun
this woild
a i r liaviiig the
blessing o
studying the only correspondenc
course on earth which systematical
and accurately unlocks thc truc meanin
of Gods Word.
A Witness to Ephra im
W h e n T h e WORLD
OMORRO
g a n on Radio Luxembourg in January
1953, it
hecame necessary to establis
our F I R S T
FOREIGN
OFFICE.Mr. Dic
Armstrong became the first office ma
ager of our London office in January o
that same year. It was a lonely outpo
in those early years. There was no on
in the Church with whom Mr. Arm
strong could fellowship. The Londo
Church wasnt established for over thre
long years- in 195 6. Th e work r
mained quite small during this tim
Comparatively few people heard th
twice-a-week broadcast. In the spring o
1957,
Mr. Gerald W aterhouse took ov
the responsibility of managing the o
fice and the fledgling work. He was su
ceeded by Mr. Raymond McNair in th
summer of 1958. Mr. McNair is no
Deputy Chancellor of Ambassador Co
lege and Director of the entire Wo
in the British Isles.
However, God knew that the Wo
was going to
nltimutely
expand,
th
many dedicated, trained laborers wou
be needed to reach the British peop
with this end t ime w arning messa
and to harvest those whom He wou
eventually call. So in the fall
of
196
the doors of the second Ambassad
College swung open for the first tim
to receive the initial student body
3 2 . Even then, several more yea
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on
page
1 8 )
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H
eres bow tc
G
Y
-et
o u
Do
you
being di
L
r
want
:orga i
4
P
t o
zizt
r
get
?d?
by D e n n i s
G. Luker
OST
t hou love l i fe? Then d o
not squander time, for thats
the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin made this state-
ment back in 1758. He realized that
if
he wanted to be a success in life he
must make use
of onc of
his
most
valuable possessions in life IME
An
E x a m p l e For
Us
D
Here are some of Benjamin Frank-
lins accomplishments during his life-
time.
He
served his countrymen well in
representing the colonial cause in Great
Britain, was unparalleled as an Ameri-
can diplomat abroad, had
an
influential
part in f ram ing the Federal Con stitution.
Without benefit of inherited wealth or
position he acquired a fortune and
achieved greatness in a half dozen
different fields. He was a superb ath-
lete, a talented printer, an enterprising
newspaper editor and publisher, a pro-
moter of cultural institutions and our
first great scientist. His volume on
electricity was the most influential book
to
come out of America in the eigh-
teenth century. Franklin was also a great
statesman. He stands out as one of the
great founders of the American nation.
Benjamin Franklins success story
re-
mains to this day one of the most
dazzling in our history. Now notice one
of the reasons why He re
is
an excerpt
from his autobiography concerning his
plan of organizing his t ime: The
precept of order requiring that every
part
of
my busincss should havc its
allotted time, one page in my little
book contained the following scheme
of employment
f o r
the twenty-four
hours of a natural day.
Benjamin Franklin had a plan of
organizing his time and using it wisely
He
does admit that organizing his
time gave him the most trouble, but he
worked at it his entire lifetime. Notice
another quote from his autobiography:
In t ru th , I found myself incorrigible
with respect to Order; and now I am
grown old, and my memory bad, I feel
very sensibly the want of it . But, on the
whole, tho I never arrived at the per-
fection
had
been
so
ambitious
of ob-
taining, but fell far short of it, yet I
was, by the endeavor, a better and a
happier man than I otherwise should
have been if
I
had not attempted it.
Even Benjamin Franklin had a hard
timp getting organized and staying that
way. The lesson you should learn from
his examp le is rganize your time to
the best of your ability and strive
constantly
for
improvement in using
your time wisely.
H. A rm s t ro n g Roberts
The Impor tance
of
T i m e
Robert Ripley, author of Believe I t
or N ot , once stated: A plain bar of
iron is worth $5. This same bar of iron,
when made into horseshoes, is worth
$10.50. If made into needles, it is
worth $355. If made into penknife
blades, it is worth $3,28 5, and if turned
into balance springs for watches, that
identical bar of iron becomes worth
$250,000.
The same is true of time.
Some people can turn an hour into
horseshoes. Others can turn it into
needles. A smaller number know how
to change it into knife blades. But only
a few have learned how to transform a
golden hour into true-tempered watch
springs
I I o w
dbout
you?
Are
you
using
your
time in the most fulfilling, profitable
way? At the end of each day, can you
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7
look back
with satisfartioil
tu a clay uf
accomplishment Reme mber your t ime
is your life. If you are wasting time you
are wasting your
l i fe and l i fe
is
the
most precious possession God has given
you
If you
will
learn to use your t ime
wisely in this life, God will grant you
eternal life I t takes
time
t o g r o w a n d
overcome but if
you
d o
a n d
endur e to
the end, you wil l live forever
T i m e is S h o r t
Remember how shor t my t ime
i s . . .
David said in Psalm
8 9 : 4 7 .
Moses wrote . and David preserved,
The days of
our
years are threescore
years and ten . . .
So
teach
u s
to number
our days , that we may apply our hear ts
unto w isdom ( P s .
90:10, 12) .
Notice this says we should number
o u r
dq.r,
not years
Paul wrote , See then that you
walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
w i s e . . . Redeeming the t ime, because
the days are evil . . . W h e r e f o r e be you
not unwise, hut unders tanding what the
will of the Lord is ( Eph. 5 :15-17) .
I t
is
Gods wil l that we organize our
time,
so
that we can use it profitably
and qua l i f y f or H is K ingd om Paul
also said to the Coloss ians , Walk in
wisdom toward them that a re without ,
i.edeeniiiicq
the t ime (Col. 4 : 5 ) .
Re-
deeming the t ime means buying back
the t ime
or
making up f or los t
t ime. This is what many of
us
mus t
do ake up
f o r
los t t ime
W e a r e ver y near the end of th i s
age . The t ime
of
Christs return is soon.
Sa tan know s tha t , and hc
is
very
wrathful (Rev. 1 2 1 2 ) .
Strong persecution wil l soon come.
We have a few short years to accom
pl ish G od s Wor k . O nly a f ew mor e
years
for
the G ospe l to be pr eached to
the wor ld
as a
witness. A f e w m o r e
years to feed the f lock- to serve and
help others escape the horr ible punish-
ment to come.
T ime i s
so
shor t
God i s O r g a n i z e d
For G od i s no t the au thor of con-
fusion, but of peace, as in all churches
of the saints
I Cor. 1 4 : 3 3 ) .
If
God
i s no t the au thor
of
conf us ion
then Sa tan the D evi l mus t be
Are you organized or confu sed? Lack
of organizat ion causes f rus trat ion and
inefficiency. Th is is what Satan wan ts.
Wc must learn
to drfeat
frustration
and overcome inefficiency by l ea r n ing to
be organized and then by using our
time wisely.
God
has a G r ea t P lan H e i s w or k ing
out on this ear th. He is creat ing
S o m
who will cvcntually rule this vast uni-
verse with H im and His f i rs tborn Son-
Jesus Chr is t . That plan takes t ime and
organization.
God s tays on the job every day. His
Son, Jesus Christ, is in direct control
of that Great Plan bcing worked out .
Chr is t has already qualif ied. He has al-
ready made i t . He is wait ing for us
He
set
us
an example to f o l low
( I
Pet.
2 : 2 1 ) . Jesus Christ lived an organized
life . He m ade use of every valuable
minute .
He
never wasted time.
How do
we know all this? Because Jesus Christ
never s inne d H e lived a perfect l i fe
(I Pet.
2 : 2 2 )
It
is
a sin
to
bc lazy, to
waste time, to be disorganized (Prov.
18:9,
I Cor.
1 4 : 3 3 )
How
to
O r g a n i z e Your T i m e
There is no way of s tor ing a minute
a n d
saving i t
for future USK,
iut there
are hundreds of ways to use each pass-
ing minute effectively.
O ne th ing w e a l l have an equa l
amount
of IS
t ime . W e a l l have
2 4
hours a day.
So
the impor tan t th ing is
that we learn to organize our t ime and
USK
i t
wisely.
Here are some suggest ions that can
help you.
M a k e a
schedule
of
your
t ime . H er e
is the procedure
I
use.
I t might give
you some ideas.
I
use a H a l lmar k D a te
Book to he lp me schedule my t ime in a
general way for a whole year at a time.
This Date Book is f ive and one-half
inches by three and one-half inches and
only about one-sixteenth inch in thick-
ness. I t can be obtained free at most
stationeiy
stoles,
conipliineiits
uf
Hall-
mark Cards . In the Date Book there
is
a full-size page (five and one-half inches
by three and onc-half inches)
for
each
month in the year. Each page is divided
into small rectangles, one for each day
of the mon th . I n o the r w or ds
each
page
is
a regular monthly calendar with a
space for each day in which t o jot notes
or
reminders. I t
is a
good p lanning
cal-
endar and small enough to f i t ins ide a
wallet
or
purse.
At
the beginning
of
each year I
ob-
ta in one of these Hallmark Date Books.
The f i r s t th ing
I
do is wr i te in the
time that is already scheduled
by
God-
His annual Holy Days and the weekly
Sabba th
I
have heard that a few in
Gods church have forgo t ten on occa-
Benjamin Franklins Daily Schedule
T he M or n ing .
Q ues t i on . W ho t good
shal l I do t h i s day ?
Noon .
Evening.
Q ues t i on . W ho t good
hav e I done t oday ?
Night
7 /
1
q
; I
10
1 2
1
2
3
4
Rise, wash and address Power fu l
Goodness Cont r ive day s bus iness , and
take the reso lu t ion
of
t he day ; prosecute
the present s tudy , and break fas t .
W o r k .
Read, or over look my accounl r , and
d ine .
W o r k .
Put th ings in the i r p laces . Supper .
Mus ic or d ivers ion, or conversaf ion.
E x am ina t i on of ?he day .
S leep.
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y o u
will be amazed at how much better
your day will go
If you will make a simple check list
of what you want to accomplish in order
of importance, you will
always
get the
most important things done.
Adjus t your s chedule to f i t y o u r
needs. Some people say that schedules
don t work hat they have tried many
and all have failed. The reason may be
that they were serving the schedule and
not making it serve them. It is im-
portant not to get frustrated i f you
cant seem to stick to your schedule. A
schedule must be realistic. If you are
really trying to follow a schednle and it
doesnt seem to work, then
adjzlst
that
s c h e d d e
to fit your needs. Make it
serve you
Do not become the type person who
cant do anything without
a
schedule.
People are dif fer ent . All have d ifferent
minds and personalities ifferent
needs. Some dont like schedules. But a
good schedu le-one that works for
you- can be
a
terrific help in getting
things done. Try it and see
Almost all activities and classes are
scheduled a year at a time at Ambassa-
dor Colleges nd look at the fruit
Most of a students time is planned
f o r him.
He
must be in a certain place
at a certain time doing a certain thing.
Also,
one of the reasons Gods
Wo r k is growing is that it
is
an
or-
ganized
Wo r k .
So
follow the example
that is being set for you. Make out a
schedule that will help you get things
done ne that will help you grow
You men who work have a large part
of your week already scheduled for you.
Most of you must be at your jobs by a
certain time. You work an eight-hour
shift and then head home.
How
do you
spend your time in the morning before
leaving for work and in the evening
after work? Do you have it organized
so
that you know exactly what you
want to get done during those precious
few spare hours? Take the morning
for example. Do you dilly-dally
around and waste time? Does it take
you more than one-half hour to shave,
shower, brush your teeth, comb your
hair and get dressed? Or have you
learned to accomplish this in less than
one-half hour and then get right to
(Continued
on page
1 7 )
sion to keep some
of
Gods Holy Days.
Scheduling Go ds Holy Days on a per-
sonal calendar that you
use
regularly
can help prevent such a thing from
happening to you
After scheduling in G ods Holy Days,
I write in other events that arc schcd-
uled for the year, such as, the Minis-
terial Conference in January and some
time
for
a vacation (this time can be
changed if necessary). When this is
done I can see how my year is divided
up and begin organizing the available
time in more detail.
I do this by taking one month at a
time and scheduling in all planned ac-
tivities such as Sabbath services, Bible
studies, Spokesman clubs, church socials
and my visiting for that month. Most of
you have an opportunity to attend some
of
these events in your area,
so
you
should schedule them also
Next , I take each week and plan it in
more detail if necessary. This is done
one week at a time at the beginning of
each week as it comes, not for a whole
year in advance.
So f a r , a l l the scheduling I have
mentioned can be done on this small
Hal lmark Date Book You can imagine
how valuable this lit t le book is to me.
Most of what I have to do and when it
should be done is scheduled in this
book. I carry it with me constantly.
When someone wants to be visited,
married, baptized, etc., I pull out my
little date book and schedule a time. If
I dont, I might forget and not be
there
Have you ever missed an appoint-
me nt? Then maybe this system can
help you. It may seem like a lot of
work and trouble but it really isnt. It
does take a little t ime to get organized
but think of the time and frustration
you will save during the year.
Put f i rs t things f i rs t . This brings us
to the point that will show you how to
organize each day. As in organizing the
entire year in a general way, Gods Holy
days were scheduled first, so in organ-
izing each day of the year, put first
things first W ha t should come first
each day? Matthew
6:33
tells us, Seek
ye
first
the Kingdom
of
God and his
righteousness.
. . .
Read the entire
chapter and you will see that Christ
was talking about praycr,
lasting
arid
put t ing Gods Work
first
in your life
A Christians first obligation is to
God and
His
Work. We were called
to give our lives as living sacrifices
(Rom. 1 2 1 . W e should labor each day
in fervent prayer for the Work of God.
Recently in a Bible study a person
asked, Why are we required to pray
and fast for Gods W ork ? Won t God
bless His own Work if we dont pray
and fast? Brethren you should know
the answer If you are not praying and
fasting for Gods W or k your heart is not
in Gods W or k If your heart is not
in Gods Work your
own
salvation is a t
stake, much less the lives of many you
could help save
If no o m were pr aying and fasting
for Gods Work there would
be
n o
W o r k
If
no
one
had his heart in
Gods Work, if no one cared, if
no
one
were obeying God, what would h appe n?
Jesus Christ gave the answer in Mat-
thew 24:21-22, For then shall be great
tribulation, such as was not since the
beginning of the world to this time,
no, nor ever shal l be.
.
. A n d . except
those days should be sho rtened, there
should no flesh be saved: but for the
elects sake those days shall be short-
ened. If there were no Work of God
we would all be destroyed in the com-
ing great t r ibulat ion
I hope you understand why you
should put God s W or k first in your
life. If you do you will under-
stand why prayer should come
first
in
your
life each day. After you rise each
morning and are fully awake (a litt le
exercise and a shower will help), put
prayer and Bible study first. At least
schedule it that way and strive to do it
that way. Small children can often upset
a schedule, so you will have to learn to
adjust. This will be covered more in the
next point.
After you have accomplished your
prayer and study for the morning, do
this ake a simple check list of what
you want to accomplish that day in or-
der of importance. If you di dn t pray
and s tudy enough that morning, then
schedule more time for the noon hour
or evening. In other words, schedule
your day around your prayer and Bible
study. Put first thing s first If you do,
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When
Yozl
Sin-
Do
You
REALLY
Repent?
Repen ting is something m any are doing th e most and succeeding
the LEAST
Too
many o f us C O N T I N U A L L Y s in .Do you have
H
Godly sorrow
ow
M A N Y times in frustration
and hand-wringing despair
have you said, Ive had to re-
pent of this or that sin time after time,
and I tzever seem
to
succeed?
What is the problem? Does i t have
to be this way? Did God intend we
should continue to wallow around in
the same old rut and filth year after
year?
Or
is it because were just
mPdk?
The answer is NO God doesnt
want it this way. It wouldnt be this
way I F WE HAD TRULY REPENTED
You may say, Well, I was really
sorry for what I did.
I
acknowledged
my guilt. I asked God for His forgive-
ness, but I still keep on sinnirzg.
Has this happened to you? Do you
think youve repented and then find
you have disastrously committed the
same sin again? Im not talking about
the times we let down in prayer or
Bible study. Im not talking about
the times of great temptation or when
we sin because of the tremendous de-
generate weaknesses and habits we
have. Im alking about those sins we
could and should be freed from-if
we started in the right direction.
Lets get one thing straight: when
we repent eally e CH ANG E W e
dont repeat the sin
IF
we dont
change top sinning e HAVENT
R E P E N T E D
More R eq u i r ed T h an T ea r s
You say you really felt sorry for
what you did-s o did Judas Esau
felt ghastly H e was all broken up
about what he had lost, and sought
the inheritance hed thrown away
carefully with tears (Heb. 1 2 :17) .
Tears rolled down Esaus cheeks.
Judas was
so
remorseful he killed
himself. But neither repented They
didnt change.
, .
or
a worldly sorrow? Y o u need to
k no w
the
answer
by Char les
F.
H u n t i n g
W e know repentance means
t o
rharige W e desperately want to be
different But this desire is only a
natural, human desire. Even the world
wants to change
Does this surprise you? Well, just
look at the mountainous evidence of
proof. Peace conferences will t r y to
initiate legislation to sidetrack the
world from the road
of
total destruc-
tion to peace. National governments
will try to initiate changes to bring
their people from poverty to prosperity
radicate social injustices and re-
move inequality.
No, your desire to change is not
unique. Very few people are satis-
fied with any facet of their lives. They
want to change their physical shape by
diet, exercise or foundation garments
-change their faces by paint or sur-
gery heir hair with dyes all hues of
the color spectrum.
Few are happy with what they have,
where they are, or what they are
They are filled with inferiorities.
They hate their inadequacies. Boot-
strap-lifting courses by the score are
offered to change the timid into fire-
breathing, self-confident swashbucklers
capable of facing any person or prob-
lem of life.
Everyone Desires
to
C h a n g e
From the least to the greatest, all
want to change.
An oil magnate, reputedly the rich-
est man on the face of the earth, wants
desperately to CHANGE. He said so
In a London T.V. program he stated
his greatest desire was to have the
ability to sit down with a group of
people and not be a bore. He wanted
to change from an extreme introvert
to one who could be outgoing and
pleasantly entertaining.
Psychiatric couches are booked solid
with mentally distressed who want to
change to confident, uninhibited, happy
people ust like we do.
Perceptive scientists realize the need
to change human nature. They want to
alter the mind by genetic control and
produce this change.
And many People DO change
By exercising a great amount of
self-discipline, the fat become slim, the
drunks become teetotallers. The timid
become socially acceptable. But is it a
step toward eternal life? Obviously
not
Christ said,
U N LES S
ou repent,
you shal l all likewise perish (Luk e
1 3 : 3 , 5 . ) Paul said there is
a
worldly
repentance that leads to death (I1 Cor.
7 : l O .
T h e N e e d to C h an g e A p p a r en t
With Gods truth, we in the Church
can come to a greater point of self-
analysis. Gods Wo rd spotlights the
wretchedness of
OUR
human nature
we see our total selfishness. W e KNOW
.
. t h e heart {the basic core of the
human being] is deceitful above ALL
things, and desperately wicked (Jer.
17:9).
At least we accept the fact that this
is what the Bible says and mentally
agree with it.
W e see our lack of ability to over
come this wretched nature. W e even
learn to repeat the words, I abhor
myself. Yes, we see the need, and
want to change.
Its not so difficult to come to abhor
oneself o despise and hate our
weaknesses. W e detest our feelings of
inferiority. So does the rest of the
world.
W e say we hate ourselves and abhor
our sins, but is t
really
true? If you
had a rotten, stinking, maggot-infested
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himself
and
others,
he still said that his
ONLY
sin was against God
Why? The answer is
extremely
im-
portant
Wh en Judas robbed, he became criti-
cal of Christ and accused Christ of
wabting money (John 12:5) . W h e n
David sinned, he was HORRIFIED at
what he had done to God.
Had hc hur t God? Had he d i -
minished G ods power or taken away
any of His authority
or
thwarted His
plan? Had he lessened an y of the
beauty or splendor of Gods Throne?
N o
God could have disintegrated David
on the spot. If He had desired, He
could have obliterated even the annoy-
ing memory of David from His mind.
S in is Agains t God
Let? understand Sin i s the trans-
gression of the law
( I
John
3:4.)
God was the Lawgiver. The sin was
against God.
David was asked by Samuel, Where-
fore hast thou DESPISED the command-
ment of the Lord to d o evil in His
sight? . .
.
Now therefore the sword
shall never depart from thine house:
BECAUSE YOU
HAVE
DESPISED ME
Ancient Israel despised God just as
David did, but with one
GREAT
differ-
ence God had called them for a spe-
cial
purpose. He called them to obey
His revealed law so that He might pros-
per them - thus showing to the sur-
rounding nations through their ex-
ample what would happen to a nation
honoring God.
God wanted to give them every-
thing that was good for them. He
brought them out of physical slavery.
He performed miracles, clearly proving
His ability to make good His prom-
ises.
Did they appreciate all of the fantas-
tic blessings? Did they bow down in
total obedience and thankfulness for
their release from captivity? To the
contrary. A nd ye [the people} mur -
mured in your tents, and said, Because
the Lord
HATED
us, he hath brought
us forth out of the land of Egypt. .
.
to destroy us (Deut.
1:27).
They
imputed wrong motives to God and ac-
(Continued on
page
23
(I1 Sam. 12~9-10. )
piece of putrifying meat in your kit-
chen, you would have such a revulsion
toward it that you would
immediately
get rid
of
it. But we put up with
so
much of the filth that we
claim
to
abhor about ourselves. How come?
Heres why
WE
DONTR E A L L Y A B H O R the sin
What we
zrszrally
mean when we
say were sorry is that wc arc sorry
for the effect our shortcomings have
on
our
sense
of
well-being-our hap-
piness.
W e feel guilty or unhealthy. Wh at we
want is to be comfortable
mentally
and
physirnlly. Then we can live at peace
with ourselves
or
others we may have
offended.
Humans will go to any length to
escape personal predicaments. Even in
suicide people are merely trying to es-
cape from their personal despair and
hopelessness
But that doesnt mean we are RE-
VOLTED BY THE SIN If we were, wed
get rid
of
it And we can But there
has to be a starting place.
Judas-like Repentance
Notice first the type of repentance
all too often experienced
by
people in
Gods Church. Judas hated himself and
he had every reason to. He had been in
the presence
of
the Master Teacher.
H e had seen miracles performed. H e had
been offered a position of tremendous
authority, yet he scorned the greatest
chance a man ever had-rulership
with Christ. He was given a responsi-
ble job in the Work, then he stole.
His next act was a deed of infamy
unparalleled in history. He was a trai-
tor to his Savior. His final act was one
of self-destruction.
H e saw his horrible mistake. H e even
acknowledged his guilt. H e repented
howed real remorse n the same
way too many of us do
Notice Matthew 27:3-5: Then Ju-
das, which had betrayed him, when he
saw that he was condemned, repented
himself, and brought the thirty pieces
of silver
to
the chief
priests
and elders,
saying, I HAVE SINNED in that I have
betrayed the innocent blood. . . and he
cast down the pieces of
silver.
.
.
and
departed, and went and banged him-
self.
His
remorse, his acknowledgment
of
guilt, and his repentance,
only led him
into another sin
Why? Because it
wasnt
real
repentance
Judas had an afterthought and was
distraught about the effect upon him-
self. He had a deep dread of the con-
sequences n
himself
Death became
his way of escape.
Judas didnt remotely experience the
type of repentance Paul preached about
and made a main part
of
his message
(Acts
20:21.)
Stop and think Do you know what
repentance toward God means?
If you
dont or can give only the vaguest
answer, you could be in serious trouble
It is because we are not continually
experiencing repentance toward God
that we continue to needlessly
repeat
the same sins over and over
There is a fantastic difference in
self-remorse and repentance toward
GOD. YOUVE GOT TO KNO W THE
*. .
REPENTANCE T O W A R D
GOD
DIFFERENCE
David KNEW
the Difference
When David realized the horrible
sins he committed, he
knew
they were
AGAINST
GOD.
There was no self-centered remorse
in his repentance H e cried out, Have
mercy upon me, 0 God, according to
thy lovingkindness : according to the
multitude of thy tender mercies blot
out my transgressions. Wash me
throughly from my iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin. For I ac-
knowledge my transgressions: and my
sin is ever before me. AGAINST THEE,
T H E E ONLY,
have
I
sinned, and
done this evil in thy sight (Ps.
HIS
REMORSE
WAS TOWARD
GOD
H e was going t o suffer for the rest of
his life for his horrible deeds. He be-
came the object of ridicule and was
humiliated before the whole nation of
Israel. H e committed adultery H e
caused perpetual war with all its hor-
ror and suffering to Israel. And he was
responsible for the murder of Bathshe-
bas husband, and the death of her
son
(I1
Sam.
12:9-14).
In spite of all
the wretchedness he had brought upon
51:1-4).
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RLDWIDE
During and immediate ly fol lowing the
1967
Ministerial Con-
ference ten men w ere ordained
to
the Min istry of J esus Chr ist
eight raises in
rank
and t w o n e w Local Elders
by
D a v i d J o n H i l l
R D A I N E D to the rank of Local
Elder was Monsieur Etienne
Bourdin, a former French Army
offirer who took part in the memorable
J)unkirk
evacuation. He was also
a
SLIC-
ccssful husincssman before his conver-
sion. For n i n n y years, he held a key
position with the Volkswagen Company
i n Paris. He speaks French, German and
English fluently, and is a scholar in his
own right.
Mr. Buurdiri surreiidcred lo Gud early
in 1 962, after realizing that the
wirdorn
of
ft5i.s ztw.ld i.r fooli.rhi2e.r.r before God.
W h e n
he
was offered a
job in
our
Geneva Office, he immediately put his
Paris home
u p
for sale, and moved to
Geneva with his
wife
and two tccn-agc
children et t ing Gods W ork ahead
of his personal interests.
Things are increasingly bright and
cheerful for the Bourdins, now com-
fortably settled in Geneva. Mr. Bourdin
is
kcpt busy translating articles for La
PURE VERITE (The French PLAIN
TRUTH) nd assisting Mr. Wilkins
with the bi-monthly Paris Church and
the weekly Geneva Bible study. Con-
gratulations Mr. and Mrs. Bourdin
Mr. D o n Hooser
came originally
from Dallas, Texas after attending col-
lege at Southern Methodist University.
He graduated f rom there in the spr ing
of 1963 and enrolled in Ambassador
College at Pasadena that fall. Before
that his experience had been quite
varied
--
working in a state park, and
as
a
l i feguard, and also having ex-
perience in drafting and mechanical
design.
He was transferred to the Big Sandy
Campus in 1 964 and graduated two
years later to be sent out in the field
as a Ministerial Assistant in the Akron
and Youngstown area. Now he has
been ordained into the rank
of
Local
Elder by his District Supervisor, Mr.
David Antion, on his return from the
Conference.
Mr . Ar thur Docken , D i rec to r of our
office in the Philippines, was raised to
the rank of Preaching Elder.
Mr. Docken was born in Minne-
apolis, Minnesota, and graduated from
the University
of
Minnesota in
1951.
Eight yrars
as
ari
iridustrial engineer
with Bendix Aviation seemed to have
channeled him into that particular line
of
work, until God called him
to
Am-
bassador College.
In 1959 Mr. Docken entered Am-
bassador Collegc and bcgan immcdi-
ately to work as Mr. Hugh Maucks
assistant in the Circulation Depart-
ment where he continued working even
after graduation in 1962.
Mr. Docken has always been a jovial
and friendly, yet sober and dedicated
individual- a bright spot and an in-
spiration to everyones day. Thinking
his future was rather cut out in the
responsible position he filled assisting
Mr. Mauck, Mr. Docken was certainly
surpriseCl when the
announrement came
in June, 19 65, that he was to be or-
dained as a Local Elder and sent to
manage the office in Manila, The Phil-
ippines. Since September of
1965
he
and his wife have been serving faith-
ful ly there in the Phil ippines. The
Dockens have produced much fruit in
every way in their assignment overseas
-the y now have three lovely daug h-
ters and informed sources (the Dockens
themselves) indicate they are expecting
a
fourth child soon
Certainly every one of G ods Ministers
needs your prayers, but perhaps some
need mentioning
3
little more often.
Im
sure that Mr. Docken and his fam-
ily would appreciate your particular
concern regarding them in their post in
the far-off Philippines.
Mr. Dale
Schurter also joined the
ranks of the Preaching Elders in this
Ministerial Conference. Mr. Schurter
w d b b u r n
in Burlingtun, Oklahoma. His
education prior to Ambassador College
included Ellis Business
College
and
Northwestern State College
before he
came to Ambassador in 1962.
Mr. Schurter, though a freshman and
prcsidcnt of his class, was considcrably
older than the group of f reshmen he
entered college with, and also being
financially able to support a wife,
be-
came married in his freshman year at
Ambassador. His wife, the former Miss
Mona Zachary had been a school
teacher prior to coming to Ambassador.
Early in 1965 M r. Schurter was trans
ferred to the Big Sandy College where
he graduated that spring and became
the head of th e Farm ing Program as wel
as
M r
MrCiilloiighs assistant in p l a n -
ning the Big Sandy Feast of Taberna-
cles.
Mr. Schurter was ordained in April
of 196 5 as a Local Elder, and now in
addition to the growing responsibilities
of the Farm Program is ordained a
Preaching Elder. Y o u will
be
hearing
more in the pages of
T h e
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directly from Mr. Schurter regarding
the amazing experiments, and the truth
that God has revealed to us in the
Farm Program there at Big Sandy,
Texas
Mr. Elmer McElroy at tended four
years at the University of Utah in Logan,
Utah, and came to Ambassador College
in 1962 just twelve units shy of a
degree from that college. With this
head start,
Mr. M cE l rv y
was able
to
graduate in three years, receiving his
diploma from Ambassador in 1965.
Ever
since
that time he has been
serving as Mr. Paul Royers assistant
in the Personnel Department and in
coordinating the Feast
of
Tabernacles in
the United States. In April, 1966,
Mr.
Armstrong ordained Mr. McElroy to
the office of Local Elder ecog nizing
that
i n
additinn
to
his work with
Mr.
Royer, he was also giving sermonettes,
working on the Visiting Program and
generally fulfilling the duties of Local
Elder. Also in 19 66 his wife Ruth gave
birth to a f ine young son. Now Mr.
McElroys duties and responsibilities
have grown and he has grown with
them to the extent that God chose him
to be ordained as a Preaching Elder
this Ministerial Conference.
Mr.
Paul Royer was the first of
five to be ordained to the rank of
Pastor i n this recent Ministerial Con-
ference. Mr. Royer came
to
Ambassador
College some years ago with a full life
already behind him.
He
had spcnt
three years at Ohio State University
and later joined the Air Force where he
reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel,
and later
a
Preaching Eldcr in
1965.
Mr.
Royer is now the manager of the
Personnel Department here at Head-
quarters as well as Festival Coordinator
for the Feast of Tabernacles sites here
in the United States. Most of you have
received
a
personal letter and instruc-
tions from him regarding the keeping
of the Feast. He is also a member
of
the Pasadena Faculty, teaching speech.
This last fall
Mr.
Royer was pleased
to have a son enroll as a freshman at
Amhassador College, making
a
second
generation of Royers available for ser-
vice in Gods W ork - his other two
children, a son and a daughter, are
enrolled in Imperial Schools.
You will be hearing more from Mr.
Royer both in his capacity
as
Festival
LEFT ewly ordained as
Local Elders are (above) M.
Etienne Bourdin and
(below)
Mr. Don Hooser.
RIGHT
Ra ised t o t he rank o f
Preaching Elders were (left
to right) Mr. Arthur Docken,
Mr. Dale Schurter and Mr.
Elmer McElroy.
serving as a fightrr pilnt in Indochina
dur ing Wor ld War
11.
On his discharge from service, Mr.
Royer entered business on his own and
became successful as
a
wholesale food
distributor in Ohio. When God called
him, Mr. Royer abandoned all of his
own projects and plans and came to
Ambassador College as a freshman with
grey hair H e graduated in 1963
having lost a few hairs and having a
few more turn grey in the process
of
earning his Bachelors Degree which he
gained in 1963. MI. Rvyerb dedication
and hard work made a success out of
each job that he was given -he was
ordained
a
Local Elder
in
March,
1964,
Director and
as a
writer in the pagcs
of
The
G O O D NEWS.
Mr.
Ben
Chapman came to Ambas-
sador College in
1959. He
had previous-
ly received a Bachelor of Science De-
gree f rom UCL A and had
been
in busi-
ness for two years as an electrical and
industrial engineer. After one year of
college at Ambassador in Pasadena,
Mr.
Chapman was transferred to the Bricket
Wood campus to manage the Radio
Studio there. I t was there he met and
grew to love Lois Lemon Armstrong,
Mr. Richard David Armstrongs widow,
whom he married while there in En-
gland. He was graduated from our
English campus in 1962, and ordained
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Raised to Pastor-rank are (left to right1
Car l McNair, Mr . Leon Wall
the following May, to the rank of
Preaching Elder.
Later
he
was tranbferred to the Big
Sandy campus to teach on the faculty
there as well as design and head the
Radio Studio on the new campus.
For
years he pastored the Fort Worth and
Dallas Churches of God, and is still
pas tor ing the For t Worth Church, in
addition to his other duties. Mr. Chap-
man and his wife Lois now have two
little girls of their ow n ovely sisters
for
little Dicky Armstrong.
Wi th the gr ow th
of
both his re-
sponsibilities and his own personal
growth in serving Gods people , Mr .
Mr. Paul Royer, Mr. Ben Chapman, Mr.
ter and Mr. Guy Engelbart.
Chapman was ordained as a Pastor in
this recent Conference.
Mr. Car l McNair comes f rom a very
dedicated and productive family in
Gods service. Mr. Raymond McNair,
an Evangelist, is in charge
of
the Wor k
in Britain as well as being Deputy
Chancellor of the College at Bricket
Wood. His brother , Mr . Burk McNair ,
is serving Gods people in the Denver-
Pueblo area as a Pastor-rank minister
in the Church of God. His other
brothers and sisters are each serving
well in Gods Wo r k at Headquarters.
Mr. Carl McNair now joins his brother
Burk in the office of Pastor and is
p r e s e n t l y ~ t i v i n g
in t h r Cliuichrs
or
Memphis, Tennessee and Tupelo, Mis-
sissippi.
Mr.
Carl McNair camc to Ambassador
College in 1956 , from his ho me town of
Camp, Arkansas. He graduated in 19 61,
having spent
a year
in the
field as a
Ministerial Assistant before his gradu-
ation. H e was Vice Presiden t of the
Student Body
in
Pasadena
in
his
scn-
ior year, and led a nationwide baptizing
tour upon graduation. He then married
his wife, Dorothy. going immediately
into the field ministry ordained as a
Preaching Elder. In May, 1962, he was
made responsible for the Little Rock-
Memphis Churches.
There is a long history throughout
the Bible of the dealings God has had
with individual families he McNa ir
family is certainly an outstanding ex-.
ample today ongratulations
again
to the McNairs, and particularly
to
Mr .
Carl McNair
Mr. Leon Walker f i r s t learned of
the Tru th in 19 54 and came to college
in 1955. Mr. Walker graduated in 1960
and was sent to England to assist Dr.
Rea in the Spanish Department there.
Ordained a Local Elder in May, 1963,
he was later advanced to Preaching
Elder in January, 1964.
Married to an Ambassador co-ed, Mt.
Walker is on the Bricket
Wood
Faculty,
active in the Spanish Work and father
of three fine chil dren - two boys and
a girl.
Mr. Walker has been pastoring the
Bristol, England, Church of God for
the last two
ycars, in
addition
to
his
responsibilities at Ambassador College
Ambossador
ollese Photos
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in
I?ngl:uid, and now : ~ d d s the addi-
tiond rcsixmsibilities of the office of
Piistor
in
(hi s
birch.
Mr. Guy Engelbart was ordnined to
the
office
of Pastor i n
Gods
Church
by Mr. Raymond Cole
on
his return
to the New York District after this
Janunry Conference. Mr. Engelbart came
to Ambass:idor
i n
1958,
after attending
the ITnivcrsity n f Nebraska. While in
college,
he
served as Sophomore class
President, Junior class President and for
his Scnior year, was transferred to En-
gluicl, and hecame the Student Body
President thcrc.
After grnduation in
1961,
Mr. Engel-
bark scrved
on
t h e Visitin;. Program
and assisted locally in England until
transferred to the New York area. In
Apri l , 1963, he wa s ordnined a Local
lllcler
i n
that area
a n d a
year later
as
a
l u l l
Pre:icliing Elder. He continued
;is ;i co-pistor i n the New York and
PhiI;idelphin Churches
unt i l 1965,
when
lie was triuistcrred to be in charge of
111c Hai-ri~L)tirg-Baltill7ore hurches.
Mr. llngelbart and his Ambassador
co-ed wife Penny, will
be
continuing
in the
I Iar I
i sb
i g -
Da
I i l l
o 1c ~trca ,
1)ut
now in the increased capacity of a
Piistor
i n G od s
Church.
Mr. Waterhouse Touring Nation
Mr. Gerald Waterhouse, Evangelist
-one whom God
has
used to raise up
many of
our
foreign ofices, and there-
fore one who is, by long personal
experience, fihsolutcly convinced that
Christ Himself is the Head of this
Work
~~
one we jokingly say is in-
fecting every
n n r
hc sees with Head-
quarterit is has been touring the
U. S.
Churches for nearly a year now.
With his pictures from around the
world and his unique experience and
style, Mr. Wnterhouse
is
deeply moving
each audiencc. Here is
a
response from
a member that will show you the im-
pact of his visit better than I can (he
will be by your area soon):
I have heen concerned for some
time because
I
lacked vision and in-
sight into Gods work and His plans
for the future. My mind worked well
up to the time of flight to (the place
of safety), but there it just seemed to
come to a standstill, although I knew
vaguely what was to occur after that.
Also,
I could not
seem to
have real con-
cern for the work in other places. I
prayed much about this problem and
asked
f o r the
concern
and f o r vision.
This past week, God has answered
my prayers in a most powerful, wonder-
f u l
way with the
visit
nf Mr. Water-
house. How thankful I am that God
inspired this t r ip
to
be planned I can
now see the Big Picture. There is
continuity.
I
am
so
thrilled and joyful,
it
is just imperative that I say Thank
you to you for making this visit possi-
ble. If anyone has the Big Picture, it
is certainly Mr. Waterhouse
I was thrilled and awed by the
power and authority with which he
speaks. So
many times in my past life,
as
the daughter of one of this worlds
ministers,
I
have heard the sanctimon-
ious voices say, Oh, what a wonderfu l
Christian man. They usually referred
to some little shriveled, effeminate per-
son
who smilingly quoted scripture and
always attended Sunday School. How
I
ache for this world to really know
what a wonderful Christian man is
really
like
With authority and conviction, Mr.
~~~~~
~~ ~~~~
Watcrhousc told
us
what
Gods
plans
for the future were Wit h the authority
of Jesus Christ, he spanked us thor-
oughly f o r any criticism or bad attitude
toward
Gods
work. He showed us why
we absolutely must follow Gods princi-
ples for rearing our children so that
they may have the wonderful oppor-
tunity planned for them as leaders of
the World Tomorrow. With authority,
he reprimanded the teen-agers and
opened to them riches untold.
I hope you can imagine what a thrill
and a blessing it was to know that Mr.
Waterhouse was there that day. The
sermon he gave was one of the most
inspired I have ever had the pleasure
to hear. I could have sat all day and
night i f he would have preached that
long. To learn of Gods government
the way he explained it gave me
a
whole new meaning for prayer, and
our responsibility here on this earth.
It also made me grasp the Big Picture
more, too.
M o r e aezu.r
n e x t m o d of new
chrirches
e.c-tddi.rhrd
lans
f o r
ex
pms i o i i
in the Press
ew
radio
sta-
~ ~ o l ~ . r .
~~ ~ ~ ~~
~
What Our
Readers Say +
+
(Continued f ~ o m age 2 )
love and can prove it through their
itctions. It is truly wonderful.
P. R. A,, Ohio
A
Wise Woman
I want to tell you what one of our
brethren told me about her unconverted
husband. He asked her what .the would
do i f all these things Mr. Armstrong
has prophesied d i d n t come to pass.
Instead of answering him, she asked
him a question, What will
yo
do if
they d o come to pass?
A
wise woman.
Mr. and Mrs. H.
W.,
Kansas
Catholics Impressed by Funeral
Service
Recently my brother died. We were
stunned because he was only and
things like that only happen to other
people, not your own loved ones. My
brother and I were the only ones in our
family that believe this way, but my
oldest brother, who had charge over it,
had Mr. Baird from Gods Church de-
liver a funeral service for us.
My
family
has always thought we were crazy, be-
lieve in such fanatical stuff, but they
were very much impressed with Mr.
Bairds sermon. It was beautiful and
so comforting and hopeful. My mother
said
she
had never heard a funeral
preachcd in this manner. My stepfather,
who thinks we were heretics for leav-
ing the Catholic Church, said, Mr.
Baird spoke the truth.
I
dont know
how many people said things which
showed they were favorably impressed.
Even
i f
God calls none of them, they
will remember Mr. Bairds words one
day.
Mrs.
J. M.,
Missouri
Doctor Spreads Truth
Could we please get The PLAIN
TRUTH. y husband was in the hos-
pital and his
doc to r .
handed him an
issue. It has made our home hap-
pier.
Mrs. A . M. M., Florida
8/10/2019 Good News 1967 (Vol XVI No 02) Feb
17/26
Why
Do
We
NEED
a Church?
.I
Why d o w e need t o meet every Sabbath? Is
it
impor tant? How
much d o YOU need the Church? Read the answers in t is
article.
OME members reading this issue of
T h e GOOD
NEWS
magazine at
this moment do NOT attend week-
ly Sabbath services at their local church
Some of those attending, come under
protest, i t seems. Others come in the
hopes of hearing something new. And
yet others come because they are
afraid
Many are worried about what their
relatives might think and some claim
that they are under the authori ty of
their husband and cannot at tend
Brethren we are the people of G O D
W e
K N O W
that we are the True
Church established by Jesus Christ, al-
most two thousand years ago, yet many
cannot see the importance and signifi-
cance of attending Sabbath services
Each one of us
N E E D S
the Church
Every person who calls himself a
Christian is CO
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