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of the Worldwide Church of God VOl.! ME j. N lJMBLH 7 P AGES H I . ')2 JULY 25, 1972

General News and CODlrnen ts

MAil SUMMARIES

HEAOQUAIHERS July 21, 1972

Tll!! income for the year to daLe through Thurs· (lily is 11,!I 'J increas(' O Vf~ r last year indll sivf> of s p;'(' ial ()Ih'rings, The lllail COllllt is ht·gillllillg to ('Iilllh considerably now that we a re back Oil radio and TV. However, total le tters for the year through July 20 are 18.8% behind last year. Below is a breakdown by week for radio and TV mail:

!L\OIO:

TV:

last week in June first week in ,July second week in ,July this week

last week in ,June first week in July second week in July this week

!i .H!i2 5,70! 7,612 7,771

1.547 2,:349 :l,597 !),2tl4

The following is a summary of the advertising campaign, through Thursday :

Natiollwide TV Guide (,July 15 issue)

/{eadpr 's Digest April issue (Mind) M a,v issue (M i nd) .J un t' issu(> (Marriage) .Iul ,\' iSSlll' (Marringe )

722

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:l,2:l!J ·l,!l:d 4,:121

V ANCOUVER, CANADA

I 11 ('Olllt' : 1:).H'f (Month-to-date increase)

17.4',~ (Year-to-date increase)

July 12

I.('t t (,I"S: 2,7o:l (Month to date) :IH.!;'.~

1 :l2,!i·12 ;Hi.9'k,

Decrease (Year to date) Decrease

TIll' u·ll·visiorl mail is beginning to increase and will 110 doubt improve even more once Canadian viewers begill to respond t o the daily telecasts beamed from the United States. The article "Ten Heaso!}s Why I Tithe" in the July PLAIN TRUTH is resulting in a good number of requests for the booklets Ending Your Financial Worries and ManauinJ{ Your Personal Finances.

LONDON, ENGLAND

IF eek~y Mail Report

July 14

The year-to-date total regular mail is 67,000 let­ters. Nearly 700 people have requested a full year's subscription to The PLAIN TRUTH during the week, while an additional 400 have responded to advertisements and will be receiving a 3-month trial subscription. We have had our first responSe to Hadio Ceylon which began broadcasting July 1, as well as eight letters mentioning that they have heard the broadcast from Radio Manx, and 45 men! ionillg broadcasts from West Indian stations.

l\ 'etl'sstand and Library Distribution

One \,par after its inception, the newsstand projed is ('ontinuing to make good progress. From

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RECENT COLLEGE APPOINTMENTS To I(('"p VOII lip I() dalt' "" /'t'I 'I' lll :lPPOilllllll 'IIIS

II) II I''. ... 1"I,,.,polisillilil it ,s ill I hI' :\ ":ld (' llIit' . I)"( 'a of IIii' I"II"~:(', w(' ill<'i lldl ' I h is list of 111('11 I\"ho will ('0111 -pl'i s, ' till' tl 'it lll assis tillg IJr , 1{ ' HI( ' l'id, ( ', ;\:II'I' ('dith il ! h is II('W I'l'spollsihilit,\' as /)1 ' llllt\' ('1"1111 '(' 11 0 1' 'If I hI' I'asa(h-Ilit Campus:

/J I', ,\1i('/I11(' / f1. (;C I'I1I(JII IJ , 11110 h as s( ' I'\'('d foul' yVitl'S as I )I'all of tlH' S .. hool o j Edtlt'itt iOll, IS 110\\' 1';X('I'lIl ivl ' ,\ SS iSt<IIi!, 10 /)1' , :'v1"I'l,dith ,

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;-O;lllIft'lItS all d /)il'('dol' o f Ad ,nissil)lIs, /I I' has IIl'l'll sl 'l'v ing l'ff(,( , ti vl~ l y in thai (' ;q, a (' it\, al I'h ick(,t Wood 1'01' tlw pas t ;1' .' ,\'('a I'S,

,\II', /Jul/il'! \V /'uI'I( ' I' - /)1J'\'c t OI' of Sltl(l(,lIl, l-' iI" IIII\ ', and Alulllni Sl'l'\ 'in's , !Iis n 'spo ll s ihili ty II ill Ill' lal'g('l,v ill ('arper guidaIH'" a nd pla(' eltl(~ nt alld is administering a nUlllllt'1' of SI'rVH'es fo r s llld l'II IS, fa(,lIlt y m embl'rs alld tlH' alllllllli,

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{Jr , . / lJhll_{" /'/"Ict' - r )ir('\'lor of i.il 'l'al'il'''', r >1', I'l' i,' " has been ollr fa(,ulty m l' l1lhe l' who has SPl' ­" ial i/,(,d ill intt'rnational ,edlll'al io ll and lias s('rved 1)11 th( · lill'I!lt.v and ill Imp(!rial S ('h oo ls for s('\t' ral VI'ar'".

/Jr, U/I'/lIlril }; , Wallh(,,. - Director of !.,'arnillg i{('SOllrt'f'jo;, T his is a ratl]!'r IIl'W respollsibilit y at !.Iw ( 'o ll( ~ ~l', Dr, Walther's primary commission is 10 assist fa culty members in rl( ' vl'lopin~ and ('Oll­i inlling to upgrade their ('OllrSl'S, H l' has Ill'en an (,dll(,;lti on {'onsultant to Be ll Lahoratorips ill tlwir I rai ning an'a and h as many y( 'ars of ('xl)('ri(' I)(,(> ill "d llC'a t illl/al media aile! ('Il rri('\lillrll work ,

PASADENA ADMISSIONS OFFICE :\ 0.; ; 1 ,..'sull 0" talks dltril q,; Ih(' pa,,1 MIIl-

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Ministerial

of the Worldwi!ie Church of God

EDITOR

HERBERT \V, ARMSTRONG

MANAGING EDITOR

I) ,WID J O N HILL I ! JIlt { .. ii i! , Bll lkLn : .. rncr\'nl III Tht' \X 'tJrldwldc " .b urch li t I ( II' ! .I 'h ! 11 !\ IIlI!!(:d nnh . \lJ h ln t til r(' t url1 U POIl ( ('qut"'i l . "q"" r' ht I "/72 b\' \\'d rld\\td(' Church III GIH!. All R u;h.t'i J H l\('I \ \., t! :--':tl 1".1f! I" t hl" puhl ' t,t t lO I1 m,l)' bl' rC'rrudllCl'd , III ,Itl\' !' H I Il " I III,,!;! rl,.· f l1ll"'~'lll I II \\flfrllr! from t hl." (UpYf l .'..: h t Iq",'l llftl! ,

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ing admissions o r applicants . We can also h e lp provide information on a student 's current status ill college, how they are doing, and why in some fl'W ('ast's t h ey may have been dropped from col­legt' ,

Many of Ilw cOlltacts we have had with you as AIIII' ;lssado/' Colll'ge representatives and local Illinis tpl's h ave resulted in much better under­s tandill g of th e total picture all admissions, stu­dl'n h ' progress, campus policies, etc, So when qll ('st iollS come up , let's keep in touch! Our phone nllrnlH'1' j" t:!l;I);'j'i7-.')027 , 0

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all initial 400 copies placed on the newsstands in .July 1971. the figures have risen dramatically, Augus t 1972, upwards of 100,000 magazines will be placed in libraries and retail outlets,

Last month , the figures were increased by distri­bution ill a new area - Holland, A total of 2,800 copies were placed in various Dutch cities, includ­inl~ Thl' Ha gup , Amsterdam and Rotterdam, In ,JIIl y, till' Dut ch and English magazine will be seen for ti lt' first tilll e ill libraries in Holland, Even kl'l<lllrl is heing reac hed, beginning with the June I.";SlH'.

Silll'(, t IH' pro~al1ll1le of newsstand dig t ribu t ion Ilf'gall , approxilll<ltel.v ;lO,O()O subscribers have been add l'd to IIH' mailing list as we ll as hundreds to the ('orrespon<it:I1(,c Course,

Hritisb /:'lIrfJ/,el/lI Serti(J1l

As lI1all\ "" l Or) pl'ople haw' commented o n the mli cll' , "'1' 1'11111 Aho ut Ireland," in the .Jun e PLAIN

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Church AdDlinistra tion

DAVID l. ANTION

TIH' District SUpl'rillt('IHil'nts' COllf('I"( ' IlI'(! ('Oll­citlrif,d a w('l,k ago, I f(,('1 til(' lIll'etillgs ,,'('re v('r:" SII('Cf'ssfll!. liowl'ver, the SI1('('('SS of all.\' l'Ollfl' I"('IH'f! is dl'll'rlllilH,d by the r('slrits prodll<'l'd .

'I'll(' ('onf('l'f,'IH'P Insu,d fOllr da ,vs , No wi v(!s ('allll' Oil f'Xljf'llse . However, thn'(' of tlH' tn f' 1l hrought t lu,ir wi vf's at their own l'xpellse. We sat in nH'l't­ings fi vf' and olJf,-half hours 1)('1' da ,v, Tlll'Sl' wen' wI)rkshc:p-1 YP(! meetings of gl'lleral disclission Oil

1I i< lll\' topic 's pl'rtinellt to tif ,ld work . YOII will all IH' gf ' ttillg a df!tailf~d SUllllllary of till' dl'cisions, ('ofl('itlsiolJS and ('xh()rtatiolJs at YOllr lo<.'al disl rid (' I) II ff' rf'n ('I'S.

Some of the Decisions

TIl ('re wpre h'('l urcs emphai:iizing teamu'orh dis l rid superin«'IHlents working as a tearn with us Ilf'f'( ' il l II I!a dqtJarlf~rs, Also emphasizl'd was t(,Utn­

{( 'o f-f,' in IIH' local dist rid - the dist rid sllpl'rin-I f'IHlE-llt workillg wil h h is Ill f' lI in til(' distri(,t. And f'adl pas tor workilJg with assistants alJd eldl'rs ill (l 'IJlIIlI ,()"h ill t he loca l ('hurch area,

\VI' n,III'arsed some fundamental points: pur­pOSf' "I' tiH' Chllrch, purpose of the ministry, pur­POSI' of Church authuritv, We talked about thl' I'/will of authority , We discussed dt.j egatioll down Ihl' chain. ,\;Ve discussed th(! proper pro('edurl' of appt'als up the chain, We want tl) write this up alld havt· it approved <lnd tht'll send it to all of you,

YOUI' distrid superintl'ndellts contrihutl'd it

('ollsiderahle amount of valuahle input in all thest' ( ' onr('rellC(~S, We intend that they continue to have all input on all decisil)ns that affect the field , So ('an 'y ou' The best wa,v is to go through .vou r di s l rid supPI;ntendenl . 'v\,' {:' ('IH'OUI':lge the distri('t sUlwrinlend("llt to st'ek ,Y our ideas so we can gf:t tl1l' vi('w at the "grass-l"Ooh" lev(' l.

Proccdur;}1 (J1.lnge~

Up()n I hI' rl'COtllllll'IHi;ltioll S of the dist rit'! supl'rill\f'IJ(lents and l!Jor(lIlgh di:';f' llSs ioll of tl1l' pr()s and (,OilS, WI' have dlTidl 'd to llIakl' I Ill' follow ­ing challgl's,

WI ' will do awav with : I. [{f '~I/III/, "isil stillS, Hilt VOll \\ill l't'\ain Il I'W

PI' OS P(T\ iv(' 1lH'lllh('1' yisi l (, ;In is , ddt,t it!)) \' isit ( ;11'11 "

and disfl'll(lwship visit cards, You need not send ('()pit's of till' llew prospective member card or dele­t iOll ('ard to ,vour district superintendent. .Just s(~ IHI Illl'1l1 to Headquarters, Send your district su pf!rillt pnciL'n t a copy of all disfellowship cards.

Though \OU don't nped to write up any regular \'isils, \ 'otl should type up all serious problem L'is­

its Oil lllemos, These would be potential trouble­(,(I/Isill~ problems tha t could involve Headquarters or ,yom district superintendent. You will have to USI' judgment to decide whether it is a serious prohll 'lll or wl1('t her it is just a local problem the pastor ('all handle, Send these memos to your dis­trid sllp('rintendent who can evaluate whether tlll ',\' should be sent to Headquarters , If urgency is illvolvl,d use the telephone,

The idf'a we want to get across is that work does llol I'qual a t'('r{ain number of visits. We are respollsihle for a job. That job includes the total ('ollditioll of our local churches, We can't go home aftl'r a certain number of visits feeling that our work is I)ver - that "we've done our job,"

Tlwre are some weeks when many problems will spring up, That week will require long, hard hours (pe rhaps lIlany visits, perhaps not so many), some­times fill or n() hours, Other weeks things will not 1)(' so dl'manding and perhaps :30 hours will do the job.

Hut it is the job that is important - the overall joli of pastoring, serving. overseeing and feeding (~od's pcople,

This is the concept of total dedication to the job - bl'illg a "self-starter" - addicted to the min­istr.\' of the sain ts,

2, nlue mohile file cards. You can alphabetize the white mobile zip card for now. No more blue cards will he sent out.

:1. Jlillislerlall'isit summary card. You will be HI'Coulltahle to .\'our district superintendent fol' the t()tol {'l)naition of your church area. We want to give \'Oll t he freedom to do your job the best \\'a\' .\'ou (' an, but will hold you accountable for thaI JIJb, Each local pastor should oversee and apport iOll the workload of the men under him.

,I. Church area ('lsit slimmary card. The pastors of ('hur('hes will be making monthly reports on the ('hurch(,s under them - the condition, manpower, prohl('lIls, plans, etc. (we will define this more in tlte Ileal' future), This report will include the ull"isitl'd prospective lllemlwrs, The district SUpt'l'illll'IHient will ha\'e this information and can rl'( 'O lll lllf ' llCl help or s(,lId it as he deems wige,

,-, . Tmll ,";/(,/' infil/'TIIOlioll , Hather than sending ill : 1 packl 'l o f \ 'isit slips with pach change of add 1'1 "'" (':ll'tl. jll sl I \ 'P(' up a 1IH'1I10 and sPlId it with

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IIIf' (' . flf ,\. carrl ""Iv \dlf'l't, I hl'n' is a S('rIOII'" prold"lll or imporlanl infortllallf)n till' II('W min­i';I!'r Il(,('rls to know ailout I Ill' pl'opl!: IlllJ\'ing into his .. 11111'1'11 area. All slwh prolll('1Il Illl'mOS should IH ' ,,('al('d in an l'n\,I,lolW with tIl(' 'name of tlH' 1)I ' rs() n anel tlJl' IH'W addn'ss (if known) ;111e1 should IIf' s L' plf'd or c1ippt'd to tIlt' ('. of A, <,ard ,

i I/Hili! Jlw;!(',.;\/II! :H(J/Jil" Fi/('s: (:AI) will look illlo plJssiilll' tYJl(:s of ('OlnJ!II\('r listings to replal't' I ht, fln'st' nt mastt'r and llIol,ill ' tilt,s. If fl'asilJ ll', ,lln'I'-ring twtf'ilook s ('olrld ho ld lJ!'til1 f~s ratlwr Iitall IHlxl's. lipdalt'rI li ,.., 1 illgs ,'o ldd 1)(' sent out 1 wi,'" pt'r yt'ar. All ,'l Oll wOldrl ha\,t' to add is Ihe ph'HII' IlIltnl){'rs , Any idt 'as that vou 1111'11 ha\'e Oil

Ilti :-- wOlllrl il(! appn" 'iatt:d. ,IIlSI writ!, 1/11'111 IIp ;lIld '-('lid 1 hl'lll in.

/ 1"1)/1/ ,'-;/}I)/iI'"IIf(J" ( 'fllh,, : Th(, Illilltill's I't'porf:-; ""ill II!' /'I'tainl'd in Iht, lo ('al a n'" alld 1101 S('1I1 10

11( 'adquartt-rs or t IH' distril ·t sIIJH'riilll'lldt'nl. A n'port (a I)rid' Illelllo) will 1)(, S,'llt to 11 ('l-lIlqllartt'rs I';t('h fall 1!:lIing tlw lotal llllmbl'r of SpokeslIlan ('ltd) rm'mhers in the area. This is all the informH­lilHI on c1l1hs that will IH: reported to Headqllar­lI'rs. The dist rict superintendent will know th!: (JllI!S in ('hargl! of clubs in their distril'ls.

Again. all club directors will be accou ntahle to Ill!' past or and tlw n to tb e distr ict superintendl'nt lor till' overall condition of the club and its ('on­funnit y to club policy.

District Conferences

Mr. Ha.ymond Cole and I will he attending the Dist riet Conferences all owr the United States this stlmmer, We will he Vt'fy hapf-Y to discuss any IIf t Ill' above point H wit.h ,VO\! t I ) help ('Iarifv t IWIll if IIt 'e'p~sa ry, Also, CAD will he working on a pC'l'ma-1I('lIi t'yPt~ of policy manual whefl' ne''\' pro('ecitll'l's ('an Ill' imlt'rted !'aHily , For now thl' IIS(' ()f tl1l' Iltdlt'l in will fluffict', pillS a ),(ood men tor:,'.

Mr. (:ole and I I1re ce!rtainlv looking forward to Visit ing wit h all of 'you and gl'11 ing to know ,VOl) at II)('sl' ('OJlf( ' rI ~ /II'eH , "Ve want t () know how WI' rnav h,'lp 'y O\! do a hetter joh of sl'rving (;oc!'s ppopl!'. I IlI l pl' .VIIII will f!'el fret: to ask q'lf'sti of)s I hat an' on y lllll' mind and important til your work, If W I' ('an't a 11.-, WI' r t hem on I he spot we \\ ill st'l'k I 'ou nS( '1 on t 111'111 wlwn we return to IIt'adquarters.

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1111'11 should havI' it . Hpl'!' i" t h, ' list of driPt's and

minist('rial assistants who have heen laid off dur­ing this 1'!'(Tnt {'tit-hack, This is for your informa­t ion to I))'(' \'('n t rumors, HIders: Gene Scarbf()ugh, Frank Wibon, .Joe Szymkowiak, David Hoenspies, .John i{olll'r. Stanley DeVeaux, Charles Wire, I{olll'rt Bragg. Minis!en'al assistants: Bob Simcik, ,John Wilson, Stcve Fallaw, Dan Biedler, Dave Pa('k, T('ITY Thompsen, Bill Pack,

Mr, I{I'II Mat tson has been transferred to P,C.O. hen' at Ileadqllartl'rs, Mr. Hichard Prince will he ret ired aftt·r t Iw Feast of Tabernacles this fall. He will hI' a pillar in tht> local church where he at I ('nds,

The Ministry and You

()II(' of t Ill' vi! al essent ials of our job is knoll'l ­('rI~I' . \\'1 ' hav(' to /~Il(Ju ' - have knowledge of. he a('qu'aill lt·d with - (;01) . We have to }mow God's Word , Ihl' Bibll', We have to }mou' how to pray. WI' ha\'\' to kl/(Ju' Cod's will, His law and His mint.!.

We must know human nature. We must know how to work with people - dealing with them in knowledge and wisdom - knowing how to teach and instruct.

We must know bow to preach God's Word and tea('h it to our congregations. We must know t.he condit ion of the local congregation we past or,

A ministt.'r doesn't have to know everything about everything. He is not expected to be an authority on every type of work, profession, sport or hobby, As a minister, you will not be despised if 'you don't know everything in the field of car­pentr,v. health, or baseball, etc.

But you are expected to kn.ow the things mell­tio/wd aho\'c.

What happens if you don't know what is going on in the minds of your members'? What happens wlwn ,VillI don't know the condition of the congre­gat il>ll '!

Answ('r: You will eventually lose contro!' Knowlf'dge gives you the advantage and (mables you to stnp problems from becoming ponderous. Knowll'dgl' of what is going on helps you to keep prohll'l1ls from -;preading - from finally blowing lip and causing severe damage.

A minister who doesn't real~v know his congre­gation (as well as God's Word, will and law) is on his w:t ,\' to rf'al trouble.

Ilow ('an it minister get to know hil:' congrega­tioll'! Ih \' isiting, He must visit the people. Rut whil(, \ 'isit ing he must Ill' approachahle, "eas:--' to il(' ('III r('atl,d ," He will know nlOl'(, about what is

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going on if I)('ople ft'd ffl'(' til talk v,' ith him abollt t lwir prohlellls, troubles, trials.

Bilt how can ,vOl I l,e appro:H'hahle? Your mann('risllls, SlIlil(', t()lIe of voin', g('neral

deflll'atior all afft!d your approadwbilit.v . ()o you listf,tI with .\'our whol(! !'iI,lf'I Onl' bo()k on ('OIllIllU­

nil'ating giv\.'s the follo'Wing sllgg('sti()ns for listen­Ing. II savs: "Listen with your Iwad 10 what is said . l..i s t(,tI with yOIJr 111'(11'1 (mind) to what isn't said . List(!n with your hodv , hy n'H('ling phvsically -- WIth postllrf', gf'sluJ'(.'s, n(H!s . I.islt'n with your \'01< '(', hv asking qlH'st i()ns and by f'('spolldillg wit h playhack, words or sill'nn' as appropriat(' ." In ot IH'r words - 1i.~/('n II lilll your u:h()/e s('l(.

Bllt approachabilit y is more thall listening. It is I/lJlI' yo" r('(Jet to what you Iwar. It's palience, s.ympathv, empathy, concern anu love.

To ht, approachable you must put people at ('ast'. If they fear you or feci uncomfortable with YOII . they will not communicate with you totally. Fear is a barrier to proper communication - and tlwreby a barrier to your knowledge of what is going 011. Your people must not he afrairl to come to you with their problems .. You Ml;ST MAKE SUHE

TilEY AHE NOT! You must go out of your way t()

Sf'f' I() il t.hat t.hey are not afraid l

III I his connection it is wise to be a ware of .vour ulios,vn('fiIsi('s. 1)0 you have habits or mallllt'rS t hat make you appear harsh, stern, severe. hard or (Iust!.'re" Do t hesc trait:-. tend to 1)(' portrayed ill Yt)ur approach behind the pulpit - in sermons, iHlIlOtlllCernents or Bible studies"

I f so, pt'ople may be afraid even to venturI:' to get to kllOW 'yOU hettel',

Work 1111 heing approachablf! - more 1IIJpr{)w'hahl(' than you art' nOll' " Ask your wife for h~:lp . Ask y()ur fellow ministers what idiosyncra­sies give you an unapproachahle facade, and to sug~('st hflll ' you call h(, mort:' approachable -what you havp to CIIAN(;E.

/)0 'you really know VOllr ('ongn'gation'.' Do 'you klt\)w when' t.he potential problems are'! Do you know Ll'h() needs your he lp'! Do you know who is wl'ak alld ill what areas" Who is strong alld in what areas')

1)0 you really know or do you thinll you know') And how current is .vour kllowlt'dge'!

Henwlllher. (Jne of tht' vital requirelllellts III' your joh is IUIf}Il·/erll-f('.'

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10 FEEl.. Fln:~; to ask questions on anything you don't completely understand .

(;iv(' us feedback, please. Whatever is not ulldt'rsto()o should he clarified . If you want to ciH'('k wit h your district superintendent for c1ari­ficatioll, that is fint:' .. But if he isn't exactly sure, he sllllttld write and ,ask or I.'ncollrage you to do so ..

Your fl'edhack can he positive, too, When you s how that you do understand, it is also encour­agillg. But please , don't allow time to go by while in douht, or wonderillg what is meant. Ask. Will Y()ll') Thallk .v()u~ 0

MAIL SUMMARIES (Continued [rom !Ull-fe R2)

'['HUTI!. Although the magazine wag mailed over

thl'l'l' weeks ago, the article on Ireland is still bringillg in a number of comments, People favour­ing opposing sides in the rlispute write us, both from Ireland and ahroad.

African Section

Last minut.e preparations are now being made for the African baptizing tour due to begin in three weeks. Altogether the tour will cover over thirty thousand miles through eleven countries. Letters have just gone out to nearly 300 people, many of whom have been waiting nearly ten years for a visit from one of God's ministers. The tour, due to leave Oil August 8th, will include a two-week stop­oYer for the Festivals in South Africa. Mr. Jackson and M r .. Morton are due back in London on Octo­ber Hth.

COMMENTS ON THE JUNE PLAIN TRUTH DOES GOD EXIST?

Your .. J une 1972 issue was a most inspiring magazine. The article "Does God Exist?" has hrought about a change in my outlook on life. Not o lll.Y is the article "food for t.hought," but it has st l't'ngl hened a weakening faith in the Almighty.

- Mrs. R. T. College Park, Georgia

YOtll' article "/)oe:; God Exist'?" is wonderful. Ilow anyone could read this or to just look around a t Ilw things we ha ve growing in this world of ours or know and think about all of our organs, glands, 1'\(' .. in our bodies and their functions and not know t h( ,I'(' is :->omeone behind all of this is beyond ! !It .. TlJl"r/" has rIO hp' I like the way vou write -

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A Survey of Funeral Customs

Bill McDowell has written a master's thesis on the subject of funeral customs. We felt his la'st chapter, "What Should a Christian Do?" would be especially informative for all you ministers. Do not construe this as "orders from Headquarters." It is for your education in general - the first of many helpful features we hope fo include in future issues of the Bulletin. Any contributions you send in for this area

are welcomed.

"DOWNHrCHT PAC AN" decries Edgar S. Born, .Jr., din;ctor of worship for the United Lutheran Church - describing

marlY modern funeral s ! (The Christian Century, p . 7 17.)

Other church representatives are equally as vociferous in denouncing today's trend of burial -Ilul these prac tices continue! The object ions are aga inst the secular ost.entation with which "the d('( '('ased" is t reat.ed . The elabora te prepara tion s , \flllg and senseless "wakes," viewing of the body, mat.erialistic display and needless expenses are ca using more than casual concern in many reli­gious communities.

Though it is seldom don e, the first recomm enda ­tion by church bodies is to notify the local pastor of a death . He should then be responsible to assist the famil y in their tim e of need.

Ministers' Responsibilities

It has long heen recogni zed as one of the prime flill ct.ions of Ihe minister to help in time of death . 'I'll! ' an('il'nt. Waldensf's mad!' spe('ific not l' of thi,.; :

Alld wlll'n'as, ill i'01'l1l1'l' tim!!s, it hath b el'1l the , ' II-;tOI1l to (' II IISI' th t: dis( 'ons()la ll' w id ow to spen d 11I11 (' h 1l10n(',Y on sing(' !'s and ring(,!'s, and Oil pt'r­,.," n s who ('at alld dl'l ·nk . whilf' sill' Wl'l' PS and lasts, wrollhring th e fa tlll' r1 es;; children : il is 1Il/I' ellily. frolll 1Il0tivl's "I' '·() lIlpassin n . to the e lld that <llIl' los,.; h l' lIot add.·d til ' lIlOtl1f'r . I" lIiel 1111'11/ l/ 'illl (lUI' ( '(l/lIls('1 (/III/ 011 1' J,:()()(I .,. according to the ahil ­It~· whi (' h (;od hath I)( ·s t<lw(·d Oil LIS. t aking ('lin' Ih a t th (' ('hildn ' l1 h,· \\1·1 1 il1sll'llt't ,·d . that tltt,.\, IIla v I:d,or to 111.1l l1t:11I1 tlll · I1I",(·I\', ·,.;. a,.; (;od hath

'Jld:l i llt'd , al1d li \'( ' Iill " ( 'hl' i,., ti :ll1s III, s'C/1T ,,( II,, · ( '11/1/'('11 C/I' ( 'II,.,s'. \',,1 Iii. p . ·' ·171.

- Jon Hill

Contrary to the modern conception of the min­ister "staying out" of the "physical" needs of a death-stricken family, those ministers felt a duty, a compassion, a responsibility to do something to relieve the burden of the widow!

Times have not changed so much, after all, Great amounts of money are still being squan­dered need lessly on "si ngers, ringers, eating and drinking l " How often does a minister see this hap­pen today. feel pe rsonally appalled, but does noth­ing about it, because he feels it might be "out of place" for him to speak up? Without realizing it, Mr. Brown echoed the very wording of the Wal­denses by stating: "Every Christian has a respon· sibility to live his faith. Funerals are a good place to begin" (The Christian Century, p. 717),

But records indicate the average minister is ill· prepared to be of real help in these matters and is relegated to a "simple flunky" who says a few ritualistic words at the funeral service!

A responsible minister will make it his business to know the fa cts and be full y prepared to give /I ,ise counsel to the survivors on bot.h spiritual and physical m atters of death and burial so that his charges may "live like Christians"!

The Christian's Responsibility

'1', ) "live like a Christian" in a time like this, the Christ ian must do at least two things: (1) He must thoroll~hly know, understand, believe and have faith in what the Bible plainly teaches about d( 'ath and the resurrections; and (2) he must be pr:l, ·t il'a l, realistic and concerned with the living (, \ ' ('11 during tIl(' crisis time of /{rief and mourning.

TIll' ('hurch and I he ministry 8h()uld be rt.'spon-

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inforlllat ion concernillg a 1lll'!l1ol'i:lt societ v ,

Th<: M<:lIlori,i1 ~oci<:ty

IkcHust> of the unfair advantages and flagrant prac! in'S of the fUlieral industry', societies have 1)1'('11 f()l'lIled to assist. ttw average individual in his sll'llgglt' against ttw high cost of d!'ath , I'rim'i· pally , a nll 'morial societ ,v is a \'oluntar,v grouping of p('oplt' who have joined togl'ther to obtain dig· lIity, silllplicit ,v alld l'('OnOlll.\' in funeral arrange· !TH'llts through advance planning. It. provides the ; t(l v alltag l~ of collective hargaining tl) ohtain the dl'sire 'cJ sprvices at a lllode ra te cos t.

.Joilling a llH'lllorial s()ci('t), is not likt, joining a " lllIion" or politically ori('ntl'd cluh or organ iza ­t illll. Ttwn ~ is a nominal lifl'tilll(' f('e of $1 :i.OO wh i .. h Illal,, 's tlll.'SI ' sprvicps a vailahl,'. Inful'!nation , · ;,11 IJI' 1,I,1;lilwd through ttl( ' Yellow I'agl 's of tlw 1, ·I"pltoll" iJook lil' frol!l:

( '"nl inl'lltal Associatioll of Flilwral alld Ml'lllOrial Scwi"t ii'S :,! / Easl Vall Hurt: 1I St rl'/'!. ( 'hi, 'ago, Ill inois fiori!);,

(;"111'1'<1 II v , I tWSl' socil'l iI'S ('nt'OIl r:q,({, ITI'l ll a t ion, 111 11 an' (,(,;j('{'!'Iled about a simple bllrial as wpll. This simpl!· burial call Iw (JI)tained at a llltll'h J'( 'du('('d pri('t' through the society, A sam pI ing of I tit' la te:;!. cost s through the society showed the traditional funeral to be from $400.00 to $fiOO,OO (mHxilllurn), and a "simplified" traditional fUlleral I (l hl' from $2f)O,OO to $:l!)O,OO (,Jennifer Schro('der, Secretary. Chicago Memorial Society, personal interview, May 12,1970). These costs are exclusive of cemetery costs which must be arranged individ· uall y.

h; addition to price advantages, the society has prppareri very helpful and instructive material to assist HI. the time of death . The memorial society providt,s a distillct advantagl' in our age of com· nH~rcialism and extravagance in the funeral indust ry!

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010 olle df'sires or anticipat.es death ' It IS an /'Iwtr/v, th e I(J,~I enem." to he d!'Stro:ved in (;od's

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confused, unsure and frightent'd ahout death, the Christian call and mus t ,;(· t the tnlt' ('xi1mple of hopI ' and confidenct' - looking with ('('rtaint\' IOW:II 'c! thl' l'olllillg l'('SlllTl' I' tion froll1 thl' dl'ad wl \(' 1\ <ll-al h s hall 1)(' !'()Il'IIII'I'\'t! for illl I il!1l"

PLAIN TRUTH COMMENTS (C()ntinued (rom JJ([lJe R6)

Itav(! all he has corning, I'm only 17 years old, but e\'ell I ('all't ignore facts like that. Thank you sin-Cl'rely for the article, - Perri D.,

Gilmer, Texas

SO YOU'RE A HOUSEWIFE

Your article "So You're a Housewife" by Paul W, Kroll is trulv a life saver to my personal fulfill­ment and also'the happiness of our home. The I'I.AIS TIW TII is helping me to fill the unanswered gaps ill my life, No words cfluld ever express what

it has done for me. _ Mrs. R. T.,

College Park, Georgia

I'm in prison. One day soon, God willing, I'll be home. I mad(' a mistake and I'll pay for it. But you folks an' blessings that'll change my whole life; not onlv mine but my wife's. To start with, I was hll'ss('d 'with an l'x('eptional woman who has stuck with Ill(' in d()ing this time, In the .June i:;sue of Thl' I'I.AI N THI ITII , the article "So You're A 1I00IS('wifl'," I learned a great deal. It was directed to WOl!l('!l, i>u t J l'('ad it anyway. My wife is a great woman. Thank YOll so very much for helping me I 0 S( ~ l', - It M"

I{iverto!l, Wyoming

Heading your article "So You're A Housewife," ,JUlie 1!)72, I couldn't help but laugh at your "A magazine of understanding" line. That article was total hologna , ... Not once was there a mention of the husband helping a bit with housework! I am not surprised to see a man wrote the article. Can he really expect me to accepl his rap? I ask this man to spend only one year (when for us women it's more like 50 years) dusting the house, vacu­uming the house, rearranging the house, cooking in the house, .. and see how long he can keep thinking how almighty important he is. What's wrong with a real marriage of being equal where the man gets up off his bottom and cleans after himself! I can't believe it. I could write 5,000 pages. I just can't believe you're serious.

- Sheila S., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

COMMENTS ON THE JULY PLAIN TRUTH \,(,HAT YOU CAN DO (ASPIRIN)

In the .July iSSlll' of T/zp PLAIN TIWTH, appeared all arl ii'll', \'ery fright pning, ahout the uncommon kn()\\ I('dgt' ,thollt t he common aspirin. I am writ-

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Illg thi s to ,·asl.' tl](' IIlillds of thos!! trollhl( 'd, 1 alll ," I .\" ':Irs of agl', ill good I]('alth , and \'I'r ,Y a('tiYI', f Ila\',· lakell two aspirill tal,ll'ls. four tillles ada,\' fill' Ih l' past l'I"\" 'n vcars , f takl' two tahll 'ls (tl'n g raill ,"') aftf'r (' :I('h 1l11'al, and at I)('d (illl e, f always I akl ' :I sllack a t l'I 'd I ill II ', hd'ol'(' takillg tlw aspirin , N I',VI', I< '1''\1\1': '\SI'IHIN fl ."I A:-'; Jo: .\Il Y f' Y S 'I'fl:'Y1A< ' II , and IlfI fill" will hay" tilt' s,VlrlfJlolllS d, 's('ril)('d in the art iei, · pi illll·d ill VIlliI' Illagaz ilil',

1 >' 111 ('1'1'(· 1\' hopI' t his will IH' pllhlished ill Thl' 1'1., \1:--: '/')(1 ''1'11 Il' ltl'l' s( 'c tiorl o f .vI llII' Illaga zin(', Th :lrlK \' 0 11. III ;tli siIlI'(·rit.V,

- ( ""' il ia M , W .. ILN , Phoenix. Arizolla

IT;'\I IUAS();'\IS \'\'11)' I '1'1'1'111 ':

l ' I,'a:-.'· lilld PI'l'sollal chl't'k fo r t wI'nt y dollars i~:!I) , I)()) t/J liS" as YO II S('I: fit. Thanks for the article 1111 l it lt illg ill t lH' ,l il ly PI.AIN '/'Ht 'T II , Tiw ahovl' '" lllrillll t ioll is Ill!' resllIl of that artidt!, I ha vl' 1""'11 la x Oil Ill( ' lIlatll!1' ;lIld hope to iIllPI'O \' I' on I hl.~ from ""W " II ,

-- NOI'IJl:tll F" AIlI'On!'s . \ Vashingt 011

I ha v( ' dl "'idl 'd to quit. robbing God, I am Rii ,'v' I';lre, flld illld I think it time 1.0 quit and I think VO 'I an' doill g lIlort' to pl ease God than allY church I k 1I0W, so he re iH a ('heck for 10 percen t of m y S /JI'ia l S e(,u rity check for the mon t h of .June,

- It L. A, Fn'l1lont, California

1 ha vl' jll s t. finished r!!adillg Mr, Da vid .Jon Hill's arlicll' in tlH' .July , Pin PLAI N THUTII , In m y opin ­ion t h (' article is a mast erpiece! I espccia Ily enjoy !'I·adin g articles written hy Mr. Hill. I have bt't' ll tithing ,~ jlln' December of l!Hifi /t'xcept for a Illlllllh or so whell I fe ll 1 ('ould no t "a/lord" it. TIlf'n I, to/). got into troulik· likl' thl' pI'npl ., quot ed ill :\11' , lIill '" artic·It,) ,

A ('1)11 pit , of mOllths aftt'r I startl'd tithing I 1t"('i"I'" lin ~; H.')() windfall. ,'''out Ii Illonths laler ( n" "I\" ,d ;mlJther jo" with ahlJut a :)()'i illf ' rl'asl' ill sa larv , That did lIot illcillti.· $ l ~ ()() a ,v('a r (for two .' , 'a I's) ., 1' ( (uIn't ' 11111111',\/ llllci. ' r a st'paral<' PI'/) ­gl ;tlil I haYI' also ('ontillll,'ci 10 n'L\'ivl' rai>,!'s and 111.,,' 1' lip In thiS job , I gi vl' all the nedit to (;"d , ( ; 1/11 ,..." vI' r \, thankflll to hil \' I' a part iii lIis wor K,

7\1argi., (; " ./ill'ksl)n. \1 issi s>' ippi

/{egarding these freewill offerings, we'd like you • 1.0 know of til(' agreemen t we have made with God . We are starting our own business here in Mona-hans, It will be a wood shop and small engine repairs shop, Well, when we opened we agreed on sl!IHling, ""sides our tithes, whatever we made from every :lrd job or piece of work we sold. Here is om offe ring for our first month , May. It's not much ,vet , but I believe if we hold to our agree-l1H'nt, things will get better.

And al so we are heing tested carefully on our agn'('nll'lIt. You see (lUI' 1s t job was $1.00, our 2nd joh was $: !.00, our :Jrd job was $7,00, our 4th was $~(J, O(), our .'ith job $.'i,OO, our 6th job was $43,00, our 7 t h jo" was $ 1.00, 0 11 r Hth job no fixed price ,vd and 0111' 9th joh $20.(1). So as YOll can see, its h"1'1l rou gh 1.0 stick to, especially since we really dOIl't h elVe much to start with. We feel that God's Work at this time is mu ch more important than our OWII pil'asures and only wish we could give more ,

- Thomas H " Monah a ns, Texas

REQI JEST FOR BOOKLETS ON SEX EDUCATION FOR YOUTH

In tl1t' May 5, 1971 Co-Worker letter, Mr. Armstrong mentioned work being done on three Sl'X instruction books, They were to be for ages 6-7, 10, and ,voung tee n-agers. That has been well over a yea r ago and nothing has been mentioned about them since,

We sincerely hope that nothing has gone wrong and that work is still be ing done to get these books prin ted , Having read "God Speaks Out on the New Morality, " and "The Missing Dimension in Sex," \'v' l' kllow that these instruction books will be eXI'ellen t.

-J. B. M., Pueblo, Colorado

GENERAL LETTERS OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION

lin. ' i" it ~lIlall sa!Tlplill~ of I Ill' man,v It,tt l! !'!! we re· "('iv,' fl'OlIl l)I'opll' whost' lin's have been dramatil'all ,Y ('hallgl 't! alld Itll'ssl,d as a r{'sult of this Wo!'k :

At IOllg last through the blcs..-.;ings and mercy of (;od. a dn'am has conH' true for my family and Ill\'sdf. About ~I~ years ago I undertook the great ­t,,; t ta s k ill 111\' lifl' , I h :lv(' li\'(·d in the city all of my lift , and Il'as n 'allv lIot sat istit'd, With the mount­ing pl'Oldl' lll" of ('it.'>, lift,. I dec ided I had to do

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SOIII(,thillg to ill :'HI/'I' US of it Ilf'll('r li \'illg . Th(· n'al ;I\\'; tk/!ning was wlH'n I was robhl'd hv I \\'0 1lll'1l at glill point, I had rl'ad in .\lOltr articl('s ahf)ut the pll'asurt's of rural living and all it s advalltitg('s. :->0 I asked (;od to giv(' me means t/1 iJuild my own hOIISt', \-Vi, h t hrel' hlilldn,d dollars alld (;od's IIII'IT')' I startE'd to hllild, For 21 ~ ,'t'l'ars I workl'd day alld Ilight. (;od gaYI' lilt · kllowh,dgl' alld st J'('llgth alld many p('opll' to hl'lp Ille in this 1111-dt"l'takillg, (;od opelll'd doors for llS that ollly (;od II iIlIS(·lf' ("ould op('n, I hav(' just moved into 11 IIt'W hOlhl' alollg with Illy family. out in till' cOlilltry. \', i I h fOil r acrcs or lalld and 1Il0rtgage fn'('. (;od is I nil )' W(llldl'rflil to liS all. I hav(~ IH'('II bl( 'ssl'd to 1)(' a sso('iat(·d wil Ii SUdl a wOllderfttl alld revealillg work .

- .Johll C., Washillgtoll. D.C.

I would lik(, II) slarl oul hy saying how great a joh y ou'f'(' doing hy j(·lIillg p('opll' Ilw truth ahout ,J( 'SII S ('III 'ist alld alsl) I hI' vmrld. I should know he'­('all.";(· wl)(,11 Ill\' hrot IH'r alld I ('atlle to your college to t alk to S(JIIH'()fl(' for HIISW('rS to ()II), p rohlems, YOllr work was all WI' Il i'et!/·d to see; and also our ('ollv('rsatioll with .v llur ('1)tltlSI~lIor rl:!all y ('n COUf­agl'd liS as 10 w hat Wt' Wl·n.· tl) do ill lift:. We hoth wli(JI(· -llI'arll'dl\' support your work which we kllow fl)r ; 1 /';It't (;0<1 ('I l ilt rois alld watdws over.

- Mr . Pat ri ck 1", :->1 . I'd,'rshllrg, Florida

have just recently conw to really believe yours is (;od's Work. My hUHhand has ht'en reading your lite rature and has believed YOll rs is Cod's Work for about the last six years. Ahout 2 1~ y<'ars ago he (it'('iried to send his tit.he to the Work. We both at­tended the SDA Church and I believed it was the I ru e church. I felt he should give the tithe to I ~H'm . He refus(·d saying that he had to send it wllf'n' it would do the mos t good. We still sent another I . ~ tithe t.o I Ill' form! !r church for some t illlf'. I began to read e\, l ~ r.vt hing I could find, pray, talk to my lllinistt' r and with friends to prove to him thaI Ill' was making a mistake. :->inn' I wanted to hI' fair I began reading a lot in TOMOHHOW'S \VI)!(I.I) alld ot hl!r articl('s w(' hav(', and latl'r t hI.' Hil)I( ' ( ' /)Ilrs(~. Wdl, aftt'r I \'l'ar I la 'gan to see tlw I;(('k of Illldt'rstalldillg in tht' chllrl'h I attt'IHh·d -tilt · :! rllillisters Il l'VI'r :Illsw(' r('d Olll' qUl'stioli frolll t I,,· Hi},I(,' I hild t hOllgll1 t IWY knew till' Hibl" . Latl'l'. t v" 0 of y01l1' repn's('nlatin's (':I nt (' to S(,l' LIS alit! wI'n' 11I 'n' ·1 Itollrs . I l!:td llIilll\' /j1l1'S! iOll s : till.'\' ;11l ;'\'·(·J'(,d IIi('1ll all - tlot \\illi "w(· think " o r "Iltl' ('llIIn 'h ,sa ys" or "I h(· li( ·\·(· ... Ilu! tht,,\' tllrll('d 10

v('rs( '" of the Bible to answer them all. The an­,,\\'('rs :Ire all th('re and I nl'ver understood before! I foulld how wrollg I've beell! The emptiness I've fl'lt so long has c hanged now and I'm so happy about il all'

- Mrs. Clyde L., Hiner, Virginia

It is with a d('pp sense of gratitude that I read and t r:\' to absorb every article in both TOMOR­HOW'S \VOHI.Il and The I'LAIN THUTH, plus several sp('citit' periodicals receiv('(1 from your most en­lightt'ning puhlications. I was privileged to spend t hn'l' .\'I'ars at :->1. Charles :->eminary, Sherbrooke, qUl'iJ('(·. ( :allada, st udying for the priesthood, l'Vl'n t \lally iJecoming a drop-out ; and with God's help and that of my wife. brought up three chi 1-(/1'('11 - two marFi!'d and 0111' still with us. At times t.he road s('erns irnpassib lp. hut the answers are quickl ,v foulld in your articles. World conditions iJeilig so ('ollstantly unstable and fraught with un­certainty, .your l'xplanation of what to look for reawak('ns (HlP to the n'asons for God 's motives.

- Leo P., Lynn, MaHsachusetts

[ find great inspirat ion from your program and it giv('s Ill e till' will not to give up. My life is still full of sin and ignorar1t'l:', hut already life is begin­ning to throw II few i>rl:'aks my way. More than money or fame I wis h to learn to do good and quit breaking the Ten Commandments - to learn to love God with all my heart and mind and to love Illy fellow humans as myself. r have been running my big mouth about Ambassador's great work while not living a very good life myself. Needless to say t his has done you tine people some harm, and I hope that you or someone will pray that I get some sense and grow lip.

- Mr. R. L., Tonia, Michigan

Th(' statr of our counseling center had the op­portunity to read the articles in your February is· SllI.' of The PLAI!'l TIWTH . We commend you for .\'our sincere focus on the problems of today's yout h . We have found your publications to be a gn'at Iwlp in counseling and rehabilitation of .JU\'l'IIi1,' Delinquellc)' , and we wish to continue us­ing YOll r magazinl' for till' purpose of enlightening ()ur misguided y outh . Will you please add our naill" to \'out' mailing li st.

- \ :tark :->., i'rohation Counsellor, :->alt Lake City, Utah

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i{('('eivl'd your good letter n'I'I!t1tl .v so will I'l'ply wil h gn'al faith ill .vou and yours. I Hill jusl a pOOl' prosPI" ·IOf . I live Ollt whel"!' Ih!! des!'rt is Illy l'a th­('til'; 11 alld I hI' lIloll11tains an' Ill .V lIlallsio!ls, YlJlI

'llighl ('all nJlJ a desert walll!l-n'r. 1 l1:1vl' many pros p('( 't ;; ill :-;i ght , but no assets on hand . Hut I 11<1\'(' hopl'. If th( ·y 'lIalllrl' .V Illl and ylJllI 'S af'(' at IIH' lop of I h(, I is!. Cod h!I 'ss Vf)lI.

- ,Jim II., T ro u t CfI;'l: k, Montana

I W;(111 to Ihallk VOII for illcludin g Illl' on YOllr

'Ilaililig list of Thl' PLAIN TIWTH . This che('k is a dfJllilt iOIl . I Il' ll you thi;; h.-cullse you sent IJIll' back ill IllI' I hill kin g I was t rying to pay for 111l' rna g H ­

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- rvlrs. Z. M ., Tol('d o, Ohio

I':n<'iosed is a little contriblltion to hel p this w{)lllh'rflll work. Wish it were possible fIJI' me to dD lllOrr' . (;od 's richest blessings shine on all of you. TIll' magazines have brought me mort) pe a('('. com­fort and ullderstanding of God's plan than I I'veI' havl' kllown ill Illy life.

M rs. Vickie K ., Paol a. Kansas

Yllllr arlic ·ll· "Does (;od Exist?" is wonderflli. II!)w anyorw cou ld read this or to jus t look around ill Ihe things we have growing in this world of ours

or know and think about all of our organs, glands, dl' .. in Ollr bod it's and their functions and not know tlll'n~ is Someone behind all of this is beyond Illl'. TllI're has to be ~ I likL· the wny you write -jllst likto .v ou t a lk - very interesting. Thank you S[) IlIlll'h for The I'I.,\IN TH UTH. and I let others enjoy il along- with !:Tw.

- Mrs. Vernon S., Amarillo. T exas

I would like to thank YOH for printing the articie "Does (;od Exist '!" and Herbert Armstrong for writing this "xcellent article. He has effectively proven the e xi.."t e nce of a higher force than man presently called God. I hope you have other arti­cles as good as this .

- Alex R, Pacific Palisades, California

would also like to commend the author of the piece on the proof of God's existence. It had the effect of converting me form an agnostic to a be­liever in the existence of a Supreme Being.

- Arthur M. V., Somerset, Massachusetts

Tlw article "DOL'S God Exist'!" is very important to llIe. as for years I have believed in evolution. The way you explained t he answer surprised me. Again. I thank you very much for accepting me as a subscriber.

- Adolf G., Ballston Spa, New York

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