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Africa, Europe, Australia and America.I t was an inspiring thing to hcar ThcWOR LD TOMORROW program in English,Spanish, Russian and German

Th e hours spen t in Bible study, visiting,i n counscling with Cod's servants willlong be rememberedby the many thou-sands attending.

of more ministers in the C hurchof GodFor those attending their very first Feast,i t was an encoura ging, moving cermony-seeing the settin g apa rt of evemore dedicated, consecrated servants shepherd the flock.ore Ministers Ordained

ut that's not all' l 'here was time for soft-ball for theung, skating parties, hiking, and other

forms of refreshing out-door recreation.Many of the members expressed ;i

leal thrill in witnessing the ordinationMr. Armstrong, together with th

Evangelists, ordained four new mini


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H e r e , d i v i d e d i n to t w o p a g e s , i s v i e w of t h e F eas t of Tab ern ac l e s . Fi l l i n g o u rl a r g e b u i l d i n g are 7 000 p e o p l e . C o u rt es y Leo Du b ry P h o to s .

ters Mr. Richard Princ e, who had beenserving in actual ministerial capacity forquite some time, as Pastor of theChurches a t Dallas and San Antonio,was raised from the rank of Local Elderto Preaching Elder, Mr. Bill McDowell,graduated from Ambassador College inJune, 1960, was ordained as Preaching

Elder. Mr. McDowell, recently married,had conducted a full summers baptizingtoiir after his graduation, and then, afterhis marriage, had go ne wit h his bride,a former Ambassador student,to pastorthe Churches at Corpus Christi and SanAnt onio, Texas. Mr. Ronald Kelly, class-mate of Mr. McDowell, and also having

gradu ated fro m Ambassador College iJune, 1960 w a s nrdnined. Mr. Kelly, alsoa newlywed, had already been given thresponsibility of co-pastoring the largFresno, California Church with MHoeh. He was to raisc up a I I ~ W hurchin Sacramento, California, immediatel

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International m agrzin e of

THE C H U R C H OF GODmiiiistering to its members

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VOI.. IX NL~MBER 11Herbert W. Armstrong

Publisher and EditorGarner Ted Armstrong

Erecfitiiie EditorHerman L. HoehAranaging Editor

Roderick C. MeredithA r r n r i a t ~ ditor

Address communications to the Editor,Box I 1, Pasadena, California.Copyright, November, 1060By the Radio Church of GoJ

Be sure to notify us immediately of

change of address.

LETTERS TO THEEDITOR

M i s s in g L i n k F o u n d

Drar Mr. Armstrong.I wish to thank you for the back

issues of The GOOD NEW S magazinethat I received last week. After readinga few articles I said to myself, here isthe miss ing l ink between ThePLAINTRUTH agazine and the Bible Coursethat has the family quality of theChurch in i t . The detai led explanat ionsof a C hristians l ife certainly pinpoin tedsome very fr ightening s i tuat ions thatexist in my own life.

Wornan from Eureka, Cal i forniaEditors c o m m e n t : All of us should

know tha t The GOODNEWS s only forour church brethren and isnever to begiven to outsiders.

Article Jolts M e m b e rI am wri t ing you concerning the

article I just read in The GOOD NEWSProgress Re port of the Baptismal Tours.V(/e all should rejoice inso many beingbaptized. It also brought tears to myeyes as I read the article. Surely Godsservants g o t h r ough g r ca t t r i a l s andiniich suffering while on these baptiz-iiig toiirs. I th ink it takes articles likethis one to give u s all a jolt into reallyrealizing ~iisthow much we should in-clude these men in our daily prayers.

From Texas

Still Walking

Gods Chu rch here in Tulsa has al-ready been a blessing to all of us andcr;e have hid quite a f r w sermons tiarstepped o n our toes, but as far asI knowwe are all stil l walking Th e Churchhas made us give up some sins thatwe didnt even iealize we had and also

some that we didnt feel we had thes t rength to overcome before the C hurchwas established here.

Man and wi fe f rom T L I ~ s ~ ,kla.

C r i p p l e d f o r Ye a r s

I am wri t ing th is to iliailk you forthe prayer you held forme. I followedyour instructions and wish to tell youthat all pain and discomfort left me atonce and today I am as well as I everwas . When I realize this I feel so un-worthy. I was unable to sit up or walkuiiless someone held me upright.I amup and do ing th ings I have not been

able to do in years. Indeed I go t upand dressed at once and even my arthri -[is has not hurt me.

W om an from H ermosa Beach, Cal i f .

A lways Ready to LearnThis sabbath I have studied the ar-

ticle Does It M a t te r Wh i c h D a ys W eObserve? in the September GOODN Em7S. Now I wish t o thank y o u f i l lshowing me the correct explanat ionofColossians 2 : 14 ( the handwri t ing ofordinances) and of Ephesians 2 : 14( th e wall of par t i t ion ). Both of theseI have studied many times. . . Trulythe Gospel of the Kingdom isso plaina child can understand whenw e get ridof our assumptions, and let the Eternalreveal His truth to us.

Mino t , Nor th Dako ta

P a i n G c n e B e f o r e A n o i n t edClo th Arr ives

Just recently I requested your pray-ers for healing; however, before receiv-ing the anointed cloth the pains lef t myabdomen. I was able to go about mywork all last week. I am still busy andfeel fine. My daughter, for whom yousent a prayer cloth a few months ago,is going about playing and not suffering

as she was.Wo m a n f r o m A l a b a m a .

C h i l d S a v ed f r o m S u r g e r j

My lit t le girl had a knot on the backof her leg, behind the knee. Upo n myiusbands request she was taken to the

doctor. He told us it was a h r r n ia , arare thing; hed seen one other case inall his years of practice. H e said surgerywwuld be needed to correct i t . Withinthe past year i t became worse, althoughshe had been anointed. My husband be-came alarmed and asked that call and

mdke an appointinant f u i the S U I ~ K I Y .I called for an anointed cloth, whichv:as delivered i~ nm e~ iia te ly .ie went tobed sti l l with the hernia, and the nextmorning all signs of i t were gone. Myheart is fi l led with thmkfulness toGodfor His protecting my child froin theknives of t h e doctors of this world.

Wo m a n f r o m La Mesa, Calif.

Dishonest Prenchers?I w a s ordained iil a Church and if

you think that its easy to live anh o n e ~Life o n what they pay you ou ght to tryit. If my wife didnt work wed be hardput to make ends meet .I qui t preachingfor a spell but found i t was no picnictrying to work for a l iving so I wentback to the pulpi t . I have a boy aboutto turn 18 and a m wondering if youdgive him a scholarship in AmbassidorCollege seeing as how we arc bothpreachers.

Preacher from M cMinnvi l le , Tenn.

(Editor s Conmeia t : Some of themin isters of this worlds chur ches seemto have an easy life. But God.r minis-ters are always busy.)

A n Adv en t i s ts Admiss ionDear Mr. Arms t rong :

I a m so sorry to know that I cannotafford to give inore to this work of Godb c c a w e I 2111 :i nlc:nb,c.r o f anotherchurch and have to be supporting thwork there acd sending the gospel . Buyou are giving the gospel more plainlyaccording to the Bible and the teachingof Jesus. My people hardly rely on thp o p h e c i e s of the Bible, their reliancei n on sister W h i t e s prophecies mo re forguidance, So I was so glad when youopened the scripture to me fully in alyour articles of w riting.

Wo m a n f r om N e w Yor k

P r o m a N e w M e m b e rI want to take this opportunity to

thank those of y o ~ iwho made i t pos-sible for i i ie to be baptized this summer. I was humbly grateful that I waable to meet and spend sometime withthe two minis ters on the bapt izing touI was amazed at their free discussionof [the real need of] prayer. I have

never met anyone who so openly con-fessed their dependence on God.From Arkansas

Boy P r o h i b i t e d by Parent5to Receive Li terature

My parents seem to be devoted tr h e i r chi i rch This has proved most u n -fortunate for me. M y mother made metake your l i terature to the minister tcijscuss it. This, however, did not discourage m e . c only showed me chathey have a faith without works doc

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Greatest FEAST EverContimzedfrom page 3 )

after the Feast. Ordained to the rankofPreaching Elder, Mr. Kelly and his wife,the former Norva Lee Pyle, also a grad-w t e of Ambassador, are now busilyserving this growing two-church area.

I t was especially heart-warming toall the members of the HeadquartersChurch, to see the ordination of Mr.Charles Hunting to the rank of LocalElder in the Pasadena Church. Mr.Hunting, though an older man, havingbeen called of God after years in theservice and subsequently in private busi-ness, is now a Senior at Ambassador,and Student Body President. His officeas an Elder in Gods Church will enablehim to serve much more effectively inthe frequent counseling he must do, andin praying for the sick in the SouthernCalifornia area.

One member wrote, I a m writ ingto let you know that I really enjoyedthe Feast of Tabernacles. I was sothrilled. I just cant find words to ex-press the enjoyment I did receive byattending the Feast. This was my firstyear to attend. I enjoyed all the service.The singing was beautiful. T he choralejust cant be beat. I have never heardsuch beautiful music in my life. T h eordination of the young ministers wasa great thrill . . . the order and quiet-ness of such a large crowd, the goodbehavior of the children, the smilingfzces and pleasant associations with

Gods people, the delicious food, withthe beautiful grounds on which theTabernacle is located drew me closerto God and gave me a glimpse of thesoon-coming Kingdom of God. AfterLritig iri the riiidx o f seven rhousandpeople with the same mind, same trialsand tests, it gave me a broader visionand I dont feel in a little world alonewith God and with all the trials andtests to bear .

This heart-warming letter is only oneof many dozens we have received fromthose attending for the first time. Ifthere could be ample space, I knoweach letter would be equally inspiringto all of you-seeing the real ble.rsingsGod pours out upon us and the hap-piness they bring.

Th e F eas t i n En g l andMr. Armstrong was able to remain at

the big tabernacle near Big Sandy,Texas for only four days. Then, in themiddle of the Feast, he had to fly fromDlllas to N ew York, and on to London,so he could be with those meeting onoiir o wn Amhassador campus in Eng-Imd. Mr. Armstrong brought sermonsbefore the congregation assembled in

England for the last two days of theFeast, and on the eighth day, picturingthe Great White Throne Judgment.

Wi t h m any of Gods ministers, in-cluding several families and studentsfrom Ambassador College in Pasadena,and with the brethren from Bri tain andcontinental Europe, the atmosphere inEngland was one of a warm , family-knitgroup.

Mr. Roderick Meredith, h a v i n g com-pleted three successful evangelistic cam-paigns in England, resulting i n the rais-ing up of three new churches, deliv-ered inspiring messages on themeaniTLgof the Feast, the picturingof the King-dom of God. Sermons were broughtbyMr. Raymond McN air, who is an evan-gelist in Gods Church, and has beenin charge of the work in England forabout two years; by Dr. Benjamin Rea,former head of the Spanish D epartmentof Ambassador College in the UnitedStates, who is now principalof the col-lege in England; by Mr. Ernest Martin,who will bc tcachingin the college; andMr. George Meeker, who has been as-sisting in the churches and office inEngland for many months.

W ith nearly 25 people in at tendancetin our own grounds, it was truly an in-spiring and uplifting Feast of Taber-nacles.

La rge Num be r M ee t i n Af r i caMr. J. E. Mwambula, our representa-

tive in Northern Rhodesia, Africa, re-ported that the number at tending thefirst Holy Day of the Feast was 250.However, from a color slide Mr. Mw am-bula sent to us while we were at theFeast, we are almost certain Mr. Mwam-bula must have counted only theadult heads of household, for thereappeared to be fully more than 600or 700 people in the picture Mr.Mwambula said the number increasedunti l there were 475 at tending themeetings during the m iddleof the Feast.

During the Feast there, the DistrictCommissioner wanted Mr. Mwambulato halt the meetings because the Churchhad not been registered at that par -ticular town of Kitw e. Mr. Mwam bula,however, showed him the letter forregistering the Church at Lusaka, thecapital of Northern Rhodesia, and hewas allowed to continue with the meet-ings-showing how God does intervenefor H is people

Mr. Mwambula has been workingdiligently in translating much of theliterature, and is going to send someof his translations to be reprinted inthis country very soon. H e said, People

are very riiuch pleased to hear that theywill receive books in their own lan-guages.

F ro m t he P h i li pp ines

Mr. Ortiguero reports: A full eight-day festival was observed from October6 to 13. Four provinces were repre-sented. San Nicolas, Pangasinan withthree representatives, Lanao, Davao,Bukidnon with about 430 people . W ehad evening, mor ning and afternoo nservices for the first, third and eighthday. While for the other days therewere eve ning and mo rning services only.The afternoons were free for al l . Therewere indoor baseball, volley ball, hiking,sightseeings around Kiara in the woodsand farms of the brethren.

On the first day there was only43 brethren who attended the first daysservices, but after the first day to thelast day many come. On the third therewere 329 adults and some children. On

the fourth day to the last day still thenumber increased, and the last day444adults were counted and about 150children.

Mr. Ortiguero concluded his letter,after describing the subjects of thc scr-mons and all that took place by saying:There were no troubles or confusionmade during the Feast and all of uswere grearly blessed. After the l j th,many began going home, while Mr.Descargar and I were left in Kiara tokeep the Sabbath. Thank you for yourprayers and we felt the presence ofGod and that there was a very happyand joyous occasion.

Work Booming i n Aus t ra l iaMr. Gerald Waterhouse, assisted by

Mr. Ton y Ha mm er, conducted servicesin a wonderful Feast of Tabernaclesin the land way down under, inAustralia Mr. Waterhouse reported anat tendance of 103 on the first day, withthe largest attendance of 104 on theeighth day.

During the Feast of Tabernacles inAustralia, there were fif teen baptizedand added to G ods Church

Mr. Waterhouse wrote: God keptthe people well through the festival-not one had to miss because of illness(some were anointed and raised upquite rapidly) . . as was the case forthe entire time of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, God gave us almostperfect weather for the full eight daysTwice, reports came over the radio thathe weather was p i n g to turn bad-neither prediction materialized, we arquite sure God saw to that.

Mr. Hammer and I gave the bestscrnions of our ministry as a resulr o fextra help extended by God. In eachsermon we could feel power that we


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just dont t iurmally have to the samedegree on the weekly Sabbath .We k n o w(his resulted fr om th e ma ny prayersof-fered up for 11s in each of the o thercongregat ions throi ighout the world .This help enabled a very remarkablecliange to be evidenced in the l ives ofmany who were in a t t endance fo r thefirst t ime. O ne wo uld hardly bel ievethat people could learn so mu c h a b o u tdo ing th ings i n an o rgan ized and har-t i ionious manner i n jus t e ight days ofp r o p e r g u i d a nc e f r o m t h e W o r dof God:md through the help o f Gods HolySpirit .

The dis tance some of the b re th rentraveled to attend this historical Feastof Tabernacles [perhaps the first Feasto f Tabernacles pz all of history in Aus -tralia) was staggering-some p e w t w oo r ow tboiisuizd miles

One of the h igh l igh t s of the fes-t ival t ranspired on Tuesday, OcioLer

1th , when fi f teen people we re bapt ized .

Th is number, supp lemen t ing the ninewe bapt ized of the loca l peop le onSep tember 24 th , b rough t the numberof those bapt ized after the Feast ofTrumpets th rough the Feas t o f Ta b e r-n:icles to 24.

T h e n u mb e r w h o w e r e i n e mb e r sin Austral ia before the Feast of T r u m -p,ets was 5 ( 5 x 7 ) a n d w i t h t h e i n c l u -s i o i l o f 7 o f U S from the United States ,the number was 42 ( 6 x 7 ) . The se f iguresnot only reveal some in te res t ing nu -mer ica l pa t t e rn s bu t a l so show tha t G ododded more than S0Ch to H i s C h u r c hin Aus t ra li a i n the sh o r t pe r iodof t i me

between the Feast of Tr u mp e t s a n d t h eend o f the Feast o f Tabernacles.A n d now, on the heels of th i s won-

derfu l news of the Feast of Tabernaclesin A ustral ia , conies t ru ly inspiring w ordfi-om Mr. Armstrong that , as a resul tof his recent visit t o Australia, planshave been app roved to add a to tal of

A ~ T S T R A L I AThis wi l l b r ing the to ta l number of

radio s tat ions in Austral ia to abou t thcs a m e n u mb e r as in ilir Uiii ted States

Truly the b less ings of G o d a r e so in -coinprehensible, so great ly beyond ourwildest expectations, that they are over-\v he1 m ng

The Feas t i n the W e s t hidiesMr . Leo H . Joseph, whose p icture

li;is b e e n r u n i n T h eGOOD NEWS aga-zine, wrote a brief report o f the Feastof Tabernacles in the is land of St. h c i a;md wid: I m i ndeed happy to saythough i t is the f i rs t year we began tohave the fu l l knowledgeof the fes t ival ,we had a very wonderfu l Feastof Ta b e r-i ~ i c l e s .The bre th ren were no t f u l l y p r e -p; red for the se ven days festival be-; :use we d i d n o t k n o w a n y t h i n g a b o ut

THIRTY-NINE N E W R A D I O STATIONS I N

the saving of 1 Second Tithc IVL tliaipurpose.

Mr . Joseph then described the serv-ices and hymn s inging during the Feastand sa id : My main se rmon was ThePromise of t h e Holy Spiri t . There were40 in attendance, the first service wasended a t 1 : 1 5 p.m. We enjoyed thedel icious meal that was prepared bythes is ters . The afternoon service was con-t inued with hymns and d ifferenrspeeches by the brethren , i inri l the sunwas set . I t was indeed joyful . Thet i n :was too short . We did not have anyboo ths made th i s year, the b re th renhave decided to go to the fores t nextyear to cu t wood to bu i ld a b ig t en tfor the Feast of Tabernacles of 1961.The hal l was decorated in coconutpalm branches and flowers . There werearches made in the doo rs and windowsdecorated with ferns and flowers , i t wasvery beautiful.

We can never have enough p ra i sest o g i v e to the Almigh ty God fo r a l l thewonderfu l oppor tun i t i es he has g ivenLIS.

We remembered you a l l du r ing thedays of Tabernacles, I am su re the p res -ence of the Holy Spiri t was with us al l .

R c mc mb c r LIS always in you1 play-ers . W i t h bes t Chr i s t i an wishesto youfrom the b re th ren .

Arid so, f r o m uvounclthe iuor ld ,comesnews of a t ru ly heart-warming joyous,wonderful Fest ival of Tabernacles

Seiious Prublciiis Ahead

But , b re th ren , I wonder i f we all arebeg inn ing m w to real ize the t remen-dous responsib i l i t ies God is shoulder-i n g u p o n us ?

A s God adds such marve ous GROWTHt o His Church , He expec t s each oneof LIS to g r o ~ ~ ,n like measure, keepzizgpuce w i t h t h e w o r k H e is d o i ng

Actually, by way of analogy, we mig htsay God is showing us we shou ld beg r o w i n g 307; spiri tual ly s t ronge r everyyear W e shou ld be increasingby one-th i rd in E V E RY direction

Now to sonic serious matters.Regarcllcss of whether we a re ab le

to s~ i pp ly newer and b igger bu i ld ingfor nex t year snkeetiugplace at the Feastof Tabernacles, REGARDLESS of wheth-e r we a re ab le to ar range a terit , addi-t ional bui ld ing, or temporary s t ructurwith closed circuit T.V., o r WHATEVERmeasures we take to accommodate the9,000 some peop le we a re beg inn ing t oexpect for next year-we MLJST d o e x -rerlsive building

At th e Feast i n Texas th is year coni Please coiztiizue 11 pnge 9 )

LETTERS TO THEEDITOR

( CoiacirziLed ro rr~ uge 4 ,t r ine . Bu t a f t e rward my mother tooka l l the l i t e ra tu re away f rom me andto re i t up. Please cancel my suhscrip-t ion to T h e PLAINTRUTH t id the Cor-rcspondence Course because the t ru thshould be sent where i t wil l be properlycared for. I a m 16 and still under myparents jurisdiction.

Boy f rom Texas

W h a t Ehelatives Think

There are certain relat ives whichth ink I am foo li sh to g o to your churcha t Akron , Oh io . Tha t s 30 miles fromw h e r e I l ive. But I dont care wha t theythink. They say we have o ther churchesnear here in Can ton wh ich I could goto. I am not going to let these peoplecl :ange my mind. My brother [has) jus t[become converted]. I to ld h im abou tyou r p rog ram abou t two years ago , andh e wound up wi th you befo re I d id .Yet , we have l is tened t o your broad-casts for about 2% years now.

M a n f r om C a n t o n , O h i o

N e w York Church Swells

T h e N e w Yo r k C h u r c h of God isdoing very wel l and growing by leapsand bounds . No doub t ou r mee t ingroom wil l have t o be changed to ac-

coiiiiiiudate the SM. c l h g cro wd . hlr.Smi th ge t s more wonderfu l as themon ths pass , and M rs . Smi th g rows morsweet . MI-. and M n . Jackson are twolovely, lovely people and are h ighlyregarded by all.

Wo m a n f r o m N e w Yo r kBlind Ccuple Not Misfits

I received t he first setof your recordsand I sure d id enjoy them. Before Ireceived them I fel t that l i fe wasntwor th l iv ing and I fel t that I was ano-good and that I was in the way ofeverybody. After reading those recordI knew tha t God loved me and I feltashamed of myself for feel ing that God idn t love me .

You see , Bro ther Arms t rong , It l iough t a l l the t ime tha t I was justborn in the world as a misfi t for every

b : d y to p ick on . My pcop le made ip la in th a t they d idn t wan t m e andIl c f t them and marr ie i i a b l ind manlike myself for he told me that h ispeop le fe l t the same way abou t h imHowever, we have a few friends thac o me t o see 11s and they are good to LIS.And we have alcn gained other fr iendssince we have read your records forthey like to listen too.

Couple, McHenry, Miss iss ippi( Edi~oi,.r o w m m t : W e send reco rds

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Gala FacuEty ReceptionGods College in Britain is 8 o a wonderful stdrt

by Herbert W. A r m s t r o n g

TS 11:30 P.M., Wednesday night ,October 19th. Ambassador College

I n England was born last Friday, theday following the great fall Festival. Ont ha t day we had orientation of newstudents in the Assembly Room of theMusic Hall.

But now I have just com e toour roomfrom the glamorous Rcccption given bythe 33 students in ho nor of th e Faculty.What a setting for a Faculty Receptionthis is, here in Mem orial Hall Mo rethan a hundred attended. Our guests in-cluded educators from other schools andcolleges, officials of government from St.Albans, most of our neighborsin thisi inmediate Bricket Wood community,

solicitors, architects, top officials fromHarrods, Englands largest and fineststore.

Dick Arms t rongs Por t ra i t

The port rai t o f our son, RichardDavid Armstrong, in whose memorythis ornate building is named, lookeddown from above themantel upon thiss p r k l i n g assemblage with just the twin-kle of a smile of happy approval, as theguests moved slowly past the receivingline. The Cousins brothers, Bill and Jo hnand ilirir wives, wh o w ere D icks onlyacquaintances and friends during thoseearly lonely pioneer years he spent inLondon, were startled and shockedto seethis amazingly life-like portrait whichseemed to makc Dick come alive, with

A candid view of the Faculty Reception at Ambassador i n the United Kingdom.

an alert half-smiling sparkle in his eyes.Ic was so startlingly real they wereshocked and moved emotionally

The artist who created this remark-able portrait from photographs, movies,and slides, Mr. Morse-Brown, and hiswife, were among the assemblage ofguests. They are staying here tonight.Mr. Morse-Brown is to begin a newportrait tomorro w morning-of my

n the Library at t h e F o c u l f y Reception openin g the f i r s t year o f C ol l eg e in h g l a n d .

wife. is por trait is justfor me. 1 wantit hun g in my study-either inour newhome here, now nearing completion,orin Pasadena. Mr. Morse-Brown is thenoted portrait artist who painted thofficial portraits for Prince Ph ilip, Du kof Edinburgh (husband of the QueenField Marshall Montgomeiy, the LordMayor of Lo ndon, and scores of otherof similar rank. He and his wife aresleeping in the adjoining room, anMrs. Armstrong begs me to stop typintor fear of waking them.

It is now Thursday afternoon. MrArmstrong is s i t t ing for the new por-trait.

The Purpose of Beaut i fulSur round ings

The Facul ty Recept ion, in the opinioof a ll, was a sp ark ling success. Most othe guests were complctely surprised the elegant and cultural atmospherat our new college.

English colleges may have large anornate buildings, but they are bare andra b inside-just the plainest of fur nture, usually two to six hundred yearold-no color. O ne guest asked i I didnot feel that these beautiful surrounings would be a deterrent to study anscholarship. British educators seem have accepted a thrcad-worn t t d i t i o nwhich originated they know not wheor where, that drab, unkempt, drear


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Guests becoming acquainted with each

other. Miss Ruth Myrick at the piano.

and depressing surroundings are con-ducive to the easy acquisitionof knowl-edge.

I asked the lady if she cnuld explainwhy, or in what way, such bare andsombre atmosphere stimulated desirefor knowledge or assisted in its easyaquiLriiiriiL. Slir coulcl i i o ~

Well, weve always done it that way,you know, was her only explanation.

I explained that thirteen yearsof thismore cheerful and pleasant way hadproved, by experience, that it definitely

is a vital influence in character building,and a n incentive to study and do betterwork. I explained that Ambassador Col-lege follows neither British nor Ameri-

Look ing onto the guests below in theMain Entrance Hall.

November, 1960

can tradition, and is utterly unique inthe educational world, seeking and dis-seminating the true values of life-thatwe find these things practical, reward-irig, and vital in the building of finecharacter in young men and women.

Everyone seemed to agree that thisis a delightful and proper departurefrom a n uninspiring and dead tradi t ionAll guests expressed pleasure and ap-proval in this new and happy departure

An Atmosphere of Happiness

Several remarked about the happinessour stude nts exuded. They literally radi-ated good cheer. Guests noticed it. lheywere impressed.

I need not say all this made Mrs.Armstrong and me very happy. Ourother ministers, wives, and faculty

Some of our fine young ladies atAmbassador in England.

members were delighted, too. Mrs.Meredith was unable to be here. Sheand Mr. Meredith are momentarily ex-pecting their third child and secondson Mr. Meredith expected this littlefellow to put in an appearance on the13 th because their other two childrenwere born on the 13th. But apparentlyhe is one of these post-wa r Englishmen,too busy on te a-break to get aroundto the job of being born

Classes started yesterday aftcrnoonThe college is under way full steamahead. It holds great promise for thefuture.

God has granted us the blessing ofstarting the college here in England ina bigger and more elegant way than wewere able to start in the States.R ut , ofcourse, the entir e wo rk of Go d is nowon a much larger scale. And we haveless time, now, in which to train the


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E n jo y in g a l i t t l e p u n ch at t h e F ac u l t y R e c e p t i o n . N o t i c e t h e g r a c i o u s a p p o i n t m e n t sof A m b a s s a d o r s M e m o r i a l H a l l.

vitally needed ministers and other lead-ers for Gods work here.

These beautiful buildings and cul-tural surroundings are now t o be usedas a training ground for those who willteach thousands throughout Britain andthe world to RecaptiireTriie Values.This is the Ambassador College mottoboth here aiid in America.

W h a t t h e F u t u r e Holds

Both in th is age and in the Wo rld

Tomorrow the Ambassador studentswho overcome will be privileged toteach others the rightwuy to l ive. Theywill teach them to dress and keep thegood things that Go d gives-as H e toldAdam to do in the garden of Eden(Gen . 2 : 1 5 ) .

Jesus said: urn c o m e that theymight huve l i fe , und that t h ey m i gh thave it m ore abmdudntly (John10: 10) .Aiiibassador s tudents are taught towork for and uppreciute good and beau-

tiful things. This is Godsway.Our Faculty Reception last night was

a happy foretaste of this hiisy,produc-t ive, purposeful l ife. It was a splendibeginning for Gods college in Britain

The prayers of all you brethren foGods guidunce and blessing in this newcollege will help make it the succesthat i t should be. Pray ye thereforthe Lord o f the harvest , that H e wilsend forth labourers into His harvest( M a t t . 9:1 8 ) .

Greatest FEAST Ever(Cont inued f rom page6 )

di t ions in the booth ci ty and the camp-ing area were terribly crowded . As manyhundreds of you people who were stay-ing there will remember, the sanitarybuildings were entirely inadequate, andthere is a desperate, crying need fo r ad-ditional sanitary facilities iinmediately.

Lhe din ing hall was so crowded, sopii-hccl.that it t ook a great deal o f extratime t o get everyone fed-and, on manyoccasions. services had t o be delayrdwen tintil as late as j : O O o r 3 : jO inthe n ternoon

Th ink of i t People were being fedfrom approximately 1 2 00 noon untilabout 3:30 in the afternoon

MI. Arriimorig made a special stopin Texas recently, with our architectfrom Pasadena w ho accompanied him,and met with Behlen officials to discussthe possibilities for next year.

As this magazine goes to press, therehave been no final decisions made-butthosr drc-isions MUST be made, andsoon

The staggering responsibili ty which

God is laying upon us is becominclearer each year

NOTHING s more important to yourl i fe than to accomplish Gods work

There is NOTHING that should takeprecedence over wanting to get thiswork o f G od done-see it GROW-anddo YOUR PART in i t .

Brethren, I want to exhort every single one of you, wherever you are onthe face of this round earth, to seriously, studiously, ferventlyP R AY fnr Mr.Armstrong and th e others who will bcounseling with him on these matters

Let me give you a few staggeringfacts. In o u r gathering in the UnitedStates we are already bigger than thecity of Gladewater W e are rapidly


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a staggering rate of growth, that beforethe end of this great work God is ac-complishing through us, we will have

climbing to overtake several of thelarger cities in the vicinity. This meansthat, eventually, if God continues such

a conclave of people meeting on oown g roun ds near Big Sandy, Texmuch greater than the size of Long


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view We will VIRTUALLY have a CITYover there in the East Texas woods asbig as the city of Pasadena, California

This means we are forced to beginto think of water sys tems bzg enoughf o r a c i ty t h esize of Lo n g v i e wor larger.It means huge sewage systems, drainageproblems. roadwai s . walkways , shu t t l ebuses, transportationand park ing prob-lems; it means a huge self-sustainingelectrical plant; it means such a stagger-ing, phcnomcnal , imaginat ion-defyingn u m b e r of things that it is completelybreath-taking

THESE re some of the problemswhich Mr. Armstrong and othersof theministers will be discussing in the for th-coming ministerial conference.

U p p e r r i g h t : M r. M w a m b u l a , by ba-n a n a s t a lk . H e d i r e c t e d F e as t o f Ta b e r -nac les in N . R h o d e s i a .

w i l l y ou PRAY with them, and reallyp u t your heart into your prayers, thatright decisions will be made?

C om e to the Feas t

Finally, brethren-remain steadfastin the faith, dont allow any root of

bitterness or any other thing to drawyou aside from the pathway in whichGod has placed your steps. M a k e sareyou are beginning to save your secondtithe inznrediutely, for the next Feastof Tabernacles Let NOTHING stand inyour way to attend.

To many hundreds of you who arenewly converted, and just now begin-ning to learn of these vital principlesof God, you should begin to thinkseriomly right n o w a t this moment of

v i e w o f t h o s e w h o a t t e n d e d F e as tof Ta b e r n a c l e s at K i t w e i n R h o d e s i a .

l e f t , t h e c h u r c h m e m b e r s w h o a t t e n dt h e lo c a l c o n g r e g a t i o n a t C h i m w e m w enea r K i t w e .

how you are going to attend the Feasof Tabernacles next year Many hundreds did n o t attend who possiblyCOULD have. A staggering number whohad attended the year before D I D NOTattend this year

W he n Gods ministers asked for show of hands as to how many werattending the Feast of Tabernacles fothe very first time, it seemed more thanone out of three raised their handsThat means there is a great TURNOVERof those attending. It means that eacyear many H U N D R E D S who at tended theyear before, simply do not at tend thefollowing year.

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Is This YOUR Weak Point?Here i s a timely warning from one o f our ministers in Australia.

OME few of you bre thre n feel youare not a vital part of this GreatS Work because you are not a min-

ister or used directly in some way inGods Church. You let feelings of dis-couragement and despondency comeover you without any apparent reason.

Why?Could it be that the Adversary-

Satan- nows DISCOURAGEMENTand DESPONDENCY are the easiestway he has of keeping you from doingyour part?

Satan is desperately tfying to geteach one of you to NEGLECT the gift ofGods Holy Spirit which you have re-ceived ( I Tim. 4 :14) . If he can SUC-ceed, you will forever become unprofit-able, unqualified to enter the Kingdom

of God (John 15:6 .Satan Against Gods Kingdom

The one thing Satan hates abovedlelse is for the Kingdom of God to beestablished on this earth. Naturally Be-cause Satan and his demons are goingto be stripped of their authority whenthis great event occurs (Rev. 20:3).They crave authority.

N o wonder they are striving day andnight to prevent your conversion intothe Kingdom at Christs return to thisearth ( I Pet. 5: 8) . W e are warnednot to give place to the devil. YOU

must recognize the devicesof Satan andresist them (James 4 : 7 . Few under-stand the one major deviceused by thedevil against Gods peop le today Satanis trying to m a k e you fee2 that thepower imparted to each of you throughthe Holy Spirit of God is not impor-tant or vital Thr ough this clever Sa-tanic device, some of you are not stir-ring up the Holy Spirit of God whichHe has so graciously given you. I t ist i m e you wake up t o this danger

C H U R C H to PreachGospel of K ingdom

When this Church was built, Christgave to it the great commission ofpreaching the Gospel to the wholeworld, a work which cannot possiblybe fulfilled without the Holy Spirit ofGod

Why is i t that no other Church onthe face of this earth preaches the TrueGospel of the Kingdom of God? Theymay understand and preach some frag-ments of Truth, Yet, not one of thempreaches Christs message. The Churchof God is the One Body which Satanis unable to control and prevent from

by Ge rald Waterhouse

preaching this vital message because itis led by and governed byCHRIST

THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. Conse-quently, he tries to render useless thehuman instruments through which theHoly Spirit is working. And, hereinlies the danger to each one in GodsChurch. Your only hope is that you re-main yielded to God so He can con-tinually keep you filled with His HolySpirit

WITH THIS SAME POWER, we cancomplete the work Go d has g iven us LOdo

WITHOUT T, we will utterly failUnless every membe rof the Body func-tions properly, the Body is not goingto be as effective as it ought to be inexecuting Christs commission.

Satan Introduces Fifth Column

Satan knew he could not stop thespreading of the Gospel by attackingthe ministers and lay members whowere filled with Gods Holy Sflirit-those who were determined above allelse to carry out the commission committed to them As a result, he had totry another maneuver by which hewould attempt to destroy Gods trueChurch.

Satan introduced a fifth-column move-ment H e stealthily worked in false

brethren or turned different ones in thechurch against the ministers GODHADPLACED IN OFFICE OVER THEM. Satanin all of his craftiness knew that theleaders could do little if they didnthave the Churchs support-just like afront line of the army without anysupply lines to back it up can do little.Through th is method ,Satan set out tobreak down the very power of thechurch. And, brethren, h e is still work-in g in the same manlzer, trying to getsome of YOU to find fault and accusethe ministers, or else get you to letdown, become lethargic and not doYOUR PART in supporting this veryW o rk of God W e need to recognizejust whom we are following wheneverwe fall into one or the other of theseconditions.

Some people, when they get bitteragainst the ones God is really using toperform His Work, begin to S p d kpresumptuously about them and, yet,appear sincere to those not growingspiritually I1 Pet. 2:10-15). Thisshould not sound strange to us. Eventhe Apostle John was spoken againstby a self-styled and self-appointed

teacher who should have worked o n thesupply line instead of the firing linein the church (111 John 9-10). Emphat-ically, Satan has found that he canwork much more effectively by tearingdown the structure of the Church, bypulling away certain ones who areneeded on the supply line t o supportthis great work of God. These indi-viduals become disgruntled if they can-not be the mouth to speak Godsmessage. They are so filled with vanitythey are unwilling to be the hands andfeet of Christs body. Satan knows tha tif he can disconnect a n individualmember from the Head of this Church-Jesus Christ-that perso n will dryw p spiritually nrzd burnin the lake offire (Col. 2 : 1 9 ). This Satanic maneuver,

when effected, renders useless anotherof the vitally needed members of theBody of Christ-a me mbe r needed notonly in this time when laborers are sofew (Eph. 4:15-16), but a member ofthe Kingdom of God who could havcinherited eternal life.

You Need Chr is tYou need to bring every thought

into captivity to Jesus Christ I1 Co-rinthians 10:5) and let Him instructyou through those whom He has called.Yo u need the same Holy Spirit work-ing through your mindthat is workingthrough the minds of those God hasplaced over you for your spiritualgrowth and perfection (Eph.4 : 11 - 1 2 .If you zealously do the part God hascalled you to perform-instead of seek-ing to do anothers job-you can saywith all confidence, Christ in me ismy hope of glory The question is, areyou living your old lifc again, with itsva ni ty -o r is Christ living in you, doingHis work through you as a member ofChrists Body? Remember, we are apart of the Body of Christ now, only ifwe as a group do what Christ did inHis earthly body

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tendance. It is a holy convocation-aCOMMANDE D assembly.

Surely those thousands who attendedthe Feast in all parts of the world thisyear will raise their voices with me intelling those of you who did not attendthat you missed one of the greatest, mostoverwhelming, joyous, happy occasionsof your life

Dont euer miss out again

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