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T h e N a t i o n a l M a g a z i n e o f

T H E C H U R C H O F G O D

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VOL. IV, N U M B E R 9 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER.

1954

Your

Part

in Changing

This World

Gods

Church has been conznzissioized

to reuch

this er e wor ld

with u

MESSAGE. His work is NOW starting around the world.

It is vital that you zinderstand Y O U R job fully W h a t does the

future hold for Y O U ?

by

Roderick C . Meredith

s M ANY of you know, Mr. and

Mrs.

Armstrong, Dick Armstrong

A

and

I

just recently returned from

Europe . Wha t we found there has

.iIirrcdus to realize the scope of what lies

ahead for Cods work and His chugch.

Brethren,

C;od

has opened your eyes

ro see tha t He is

//.ring

Mr. Armstrong

-and this work-to proclaim H is mes-

sage to this dying w orld.

God

reveals that

loic must do

p / t r

part in this work.

Y o u KNOW these things. God has

made the fraits very evident tliiit this is

Hi s church-His called-out people in

this

last

generat ion

of

the

present

age.

And

now you feel that you beloiig to

this church- god ^ chn

rcb.

But do you realize that

Gods

church

is

a

l iving, active, dynamic, growing

spiritu al organism-that it

has

2 very

definite

job

to d+-and tha t any one wh o

is not doing his part in acconiplishing

rhat work will soon b e r i f t off. by God

Himself , f rom being a part of His true

church?

Do you

realize the full

extent a n J

scope of the work Christ gnve to His

church in this age-end?

Do

you under-

stand and are you busily and zcu/oi~.rl?,

D O I N G

yu~b r

p a r t in

this work?

Or

are you just driftin g. and per-

haps just K I D D I N G

YOURSELF

t h a t all is

well when, in reality, all is NOT well

Your

Miss ion in L i fe

IF

you

are

an

acrive iiirrriber of

Gods

true church-the

only

type of Christian

who will be spared in the coming trib-

ulation-you have

a

sole9127~ esponsi-

b i l ;q to do your utmost to aid in fur-

thering the mission of Gods Church.

.lhis should be your whole

PURPOSE

in

life. It should be

t h e

thing that gives

your life meuniitg-and ties in your

daily activities with the great P L A N God

is working out here below.

I

beseech

you as the apostle Paul said,

to present your bodies a LIVING

SACRI-

FICE,

holy, acceptable unto God, which

is your reasonable service (Romans

l 2 : l ) .

As

Jesus said, if you seek to save your

life, you will LOSE it. But if you lose

you r life-if you

GIVE y o u r l i f r

to

God

as

li vi ng sacrifice-you wil l SAVE it

(Mat . 16:25) .

Very few of you fully comprehended

t h e full

meaning

of

baptism when

this

ordinance was performed. B u t perhaps

you do realize that wh en you w ere bap-

tized-going dow n, symbolically, into

a

watery grave-that this was to signify

the

DEATH

of your old self (Romans

6 : )--and that you acknow ledged that

Jesus gave His life in your stead-He

bought

and

paid for Y O U R wretched,

sinful l ife with His perfect l ife.

Your life does not belong to ~ o z c ny

more-it belongs t o H i m For ye are

bought with a price: therefore glorify

God in your body, and in your spirit ,

which

ape

Gods ( I

Cor. 6 : Z O .

If you will faithfully GIVE YOUR

LI F E

to God-becoming an active instrumen t

in whatever way

H e

chooses to use you,

then you will rem ain in Gods church

and will be greatly rewarded when

Christ returns. Bur if you t ry to take

your life-which now belongs

t o

God-

and use it for your own human desires,

then you will quickly be put oiit from

Gods true church (ev en though you

might remain

physica ly

a

part of it for

some t im e) , you wil l be ou t from under

Gods protection, and you will suffer

Gods

zwath

if you live until Christs

return.

This i s

SERIOUS B USI NE SS

Your l i fe

is

eicher given

t o God-r

yuu are on mighty ddngevoas ground

Your

mission

in

Life,

then,

is

to study,

pray, fast, and seek zealously in every

way to present your human body-and

all of your talents-as a liv ing sacrifice

in carrying out Gods

w o r k

here on

earth.


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3/8

SALVATION is EDUCATION

M o d e m educatiopz i s f a i h i g t o t r a h young peop le adequa te ly . Th e

prim ary ?*em011 o r this f ailu re

i s that

men have forgot te n that this

l i f e s ri f?*aiiiiug eriod in wh ich ule are to 1earl.z to become l ike Go d .

by

Herrizuu

L.

H o e b

T IS T I M I ; \ v c 111111c.rstoo11 the facts

behind the presctit ectucational sys-

tem th;it grips the world.

I-hisworld is sick

It

is siltrering f rom

I

poison

that

is

p.ir:ilpLing [ l i e W I I J I V of

society.

This poison

;itt;icks the mi i d c

of

our children. The poison is WROSG

t i L ) [ c A m m

W h a t E D ~ I ( ; A ~ I O Neal ly Is

1:ducation

is i io t i n r r c l p g::iinecl

i n

ilassroonis

froin

Ix)oks.


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Page

4

The national magazine

of

THE

CHURCH OF

GOD

minis t er ing to i t s mmbers

scattered abroad, and

repor t i ng on campus happenings

at Ambassador Col lege

Iierhert W . ArmstronC

Piihlisber and

Ed i to r

Herman L. Hoeh

E x e r u / i r , e

Editor

Roderick C. Meredith

Associate Editor

risest up ( I l e u t . 1

:

1 9 ) . Thi s same

comniruid

is

repeated by Paul in Ephesi-

.ins 6 : 4

Second: hfinisters and t eachers w hom

( h d has c.i lcd

are

to inst ruct the par-

ents, including children. in the ways

ml th .

1:11\ ot ( ; l k l

7 . l l ( .

c - O i l l n l 2 n r ~ -

ineli ts are exceedingly broad said D av-

id (Psalm 119 : 9 6 ) .They cons t i tu t e t he

woad foundat ion of al l knowledge which

ininistcrs

atid

tcnchcrs

i n

the

church

iiiust coniniunicate t o the people. In

Lev.

10:11

t he m i n i s te r s a r e co i nmand-

ed

to teach the chi ldren

of

Israel

al l the

statutes which the Lord h a th s p o k e n u n t o

thcni by the hand of Moses. And aga i n

in hfalachi 7: 7, we read:

For

t h e

priests lips should K E E P K N O W L -

EIX;E;

nd

they should

S E E K T H E LAW

AT H I S MOUTH: for he is t l ie messenger

of

the I.ord ot H o st s. T h e N e w T e s t a-

nient ministry is to carry on th is same

function.

Christ ians are to d o t h e w o r k s of

Abrahmi , w h o was bo t h paren t and

prophet . Of h i m w e r e a d : He will

commnnd his chi ldren and his house-

hold after him, and they shall keep the

\say

of

the Eternal .

to

do

just ice and

j adgn i en t (Genes i s 18: 19).

7 6 j i d :

Special skil ls are

to

be t augh t

t>y

those trained i n each part icular field

of occupation. We rend in Exodus

35:

X. 3 5 Libout technical training: He

j Cod ) has a l so g i ven h i m Oho l i ab t he

son o f Ahisaii iak, belonging to the clan

oi

l h i ,

abil i ty TO

I R A I N

OTHERS e n -

dowing t l iew wi th ski l l in every skil lful

craft in eng raving, in decorat ing, in han -

,i l ing violet . pnrple, and scarlet yarn, in

\sorking witl i f ine l inen. in weaving,

. ind

in all s o r t s of t rndes and ar t s (M of -

fnt t

r e n d e r i n g ) .

The GOOD NEWS

Not i ce t ha t God d i d no t r equ i r e t he

Levi tes ( H is ministers under the old

covenan t ) or the parents to t rain thei r

childre n in techn ical fields-that was re-

served for specialists.

Th is i s Gods p lan for educat ion. It is

a perfect balance between tlie home,

t he chu rch and t rade

schools.

Nat i ons

do

NOT

follow this procedure today.

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Are Animal Productsgood food?

Should

adults drink milk? Are animal products-especially

milk-

mucous-forming, and theref ore harmful?

by Herman

L.

Hoeh

D

ET PLAYS a major role in main-

ta ining good heal th. But

in

de-

termining a proper diet,

it

Seems t1i.u people swing from one ex-

t reme to m other .

I t

is

high t imc to wake up to tl ie el-

i u r s

of

health food fanatics who think

rhemselves wiser than God.

We

have all come to realize that

many commonly eaten foods are harm-

f u l to the body. However, lets not be-

come

unbalanced by rejecting foods

which God credtcd t o provide

n s

with

fL/ i iut ealt/i.

I l e a l t h I a n a t i c s , Too

I I chis health-conscious age, you

hcar

cxperts voicing their opinion on diet

.ind nutrition. Yet few people realize

I i x thcsc self-styled informed indi-

v i d i d s are

often qui te aninformed-

w en cuinpletely ignorant of the

t w t h

Libout foods and sound nutrition.

Whenever people become conscious

of a

new

trnth,

there will always be

[ lose \i.ho seek to profit by it-by cor-

rupt ing a i id pervert ing the t ruth to earn

I l iving For

themselves.

This s i tuat ion

occurred in apostolic days

when

the nczu

truth

o f the gospel was corrupted. To-

day, fdke nutritionists and health lectur-

c r s cluttei tlic l a i d

with their books,

pamphlets and class lectures. Its time

to

zitahe z ~ p

o tlie errors floating about

and begin to prove

AIL

things.

I n the maze of health li terature,

scarcely

a

food coinnionly included in

rlie

human diet has escaped condemna-

cion. Besides the refined

foods-most

of which can be prozled harmful-basic

ones such as salt , meat and milk have

been accused of causing ill health. And

n i n n y

people havc been led to

feel

conscience-stricken if they dared to eat

them.

As an example. some contend that

cows milk

is

nowhere ment ioned

as

a

food i n the Bible-therefore not me ant

f o r adults to drink. Others even

go

so

f.ir

3s

to say that nothing made from

COWS

milk should be used.

Lets find the

TRUTH

P nu l s W a r n i n g f o r T O D A Y

Tiic apostle Pm1 wrote L pertinerlt

na m in g for us today. Ope n your Bibles

10

I Timothy

4 : l - 5 .

But the Spir i t

sit11 expressly, that

i n

later seasons---

tha t includes today--some shall fall

from t h e fnith, giving heed to deceiv-

ing spirits and teachings

of demons,

throzdgh hypocrisy of lying speakers,

their own conscience branded . . . com-

manding

to

abstain from nleats-the

original inspired Greek word means

foods in general-which Go d created

to be received with thanksgiving by

them that believe and know the truth

. .

.

nothing is to be rejected, if . . .

it is sanctified through Gods word.

(Pan in t rans .)

Notice, some fa l l from the faith by

err ing

on

matters

o f

food and diet, by

rejecting the Word of God It is

a

dan-

gerous matter to be wrong.

I personally have attended a suffi-

cient number

of

public lectures on

health

to KNOW

that some speakers are

deliberstely misrepresenting facts. They

crave a following. They have literature

t o sell.

One lecturer in Pasadena admit-

ted he was a direct instrumentality of

the evil one. He based his lecture

on hidden knowledge he claimed he ac-

quired by partaking of the tree of

hno21dedge of good

and

evil. This is

exactly what has been occurring these

past

six

thousand years-mcn tliirik

that

only through experiezcing various diets

can they know which foods are harmful.

H u t

this is

NOT

the right way

to

learn.

For

after all this t ime no two health

lecturers

fully

agree

on

proper food

habits.

W hy cant we see that

GODS WORD

a2om

gives us the true principles of

diet and nutr i t ion?

Now

for

a

specific case.

Should adults

ariBk milk?

Cows

Milk in Sc r ip ture

First, you should understand that the

word kine is an old English expres-

sion for cows Isaiah

7 :22

and 23 prove

that milk from cows ( ki ne ) , as well as

milk from goats and sheep, was used.

Open your Bibles to these verses: And

i t shall come to pass in that day, that a

man shall nourish

a

young cow and two

.rheep; and it shall come to pass for

the abunda nce of milk that

they

shall

give, he shall eat butter . . . everyone

that is left in the land.

Not ice

that

Lcrause

of

the abundance

of milk that the s tock give-especial ly

because cows provide such quantities of

milk-not

all

the milk can be drunk

fresh; some wil l be skimm ed for but ter

or cheese. Here, certainly, is

wo

con-

demnatioa

of

milk for

a d d t s .

From Genesis 18:s we learn that

Abraham served milk

to

his visitors.

One of these visitors was the God of

Israel-the On e who became Jesus Th is

is the example of Jesus Are we going

to follow it?

W he n the Eternal called Canaan a

land flowing with milk and honey, He

was referring to a i l kinds

of

fresh milk.

Because of th e abundance of cow s milk ,

what was not drunk,

was

left to sour or

curdle.

Numerous incidents in

the

Bible

prove that

fresh

milk was coinmonly

used by adults. Every Old Testament

passage translated m ilk co ne s

from

chdlab, the inspired Hebrew word for

fresh milk.

Notice what the

Imperial

Bible Dictionary states under the article

Mi lk : Th e proper eq i i iva l~nc

n

this

in Hebrew i s chilab, and it denotes milk

with reference to its richness or fatness,

consequently sweet and fresh. Milk, in a

sour, or

in a coagulated

state,

went b y

the name,

chemah,

and in

our

version is

translated ften improperly

but-

ter. From the earliest t imes milk has

always formed an important article of

diet among the people of the East . .

.

When the word mi lk

is

used alone

it usually refers to cows milk. When

fresh milk of sheep and goats is spe-

cifically intended it is called goat milk

or sheep milk (Deut .

32:

14; Pro. 2 7 :

2 7 ) . The word but ter in the King

James version is more properly rendered

curdled or sour milk or cheese, as

in

Deut . 32:14. In Proverbs 3 0 :3 3 , how-

ever,

i t means b utter curds, not cream or

cheese,

;is

butter

is

formed when milk is

churned.

In I1 Samuel 17:29, cheese is trans-

lated from the Hebrew word

shaphah.

I t comes from a root

word

meaning to

cut-showing that

a

hard cheese is

meant.

T e m p e r a n c e

in

All Things

In these passages we have ample

proof that both butter and cliecse, as

well as milk, are recognized as whole-

som e foods-as pa rt of th e blessings

from

God.

Pauls statement t h a t a babe

uses milk (Heb. 5 :13 -14 ) does not

mean that milk must not be used by

adults. Ad ults

add

stronger foods to their

diet, but still need milk.

Intemperate indulgence

of

good

foods, however, often makes us allergic

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R E C I P E S for E V E R Y D A Y

by

Isabel1 H o e h

REVIOUS articles in the Good

News have discussed proper

P methods for cooking meat and

vegetables without any specific recipes

being included. At the request of many

of you, we havc dccided to publ ish in

this issue a few tested recipes which we

believe will add variety and value to

your daily meals.

The following main-dish recipe has a

barbecue flavor that you will enjoy.

Iseef in Spicy Sauce

For the meat portion, select lean veal

o r

less tender cuts of beef such as heel of

rotind or cuts from the chuck

or

brisket.

Tr im off excess fat before dicing it .

Cut ll/L pounds of lean ineat into

cubes approximately

ly2

inches square.

Mix together 2 tablespoons of flour,

1 2

teaspoon dry mustard, A teaspoon black

pepper and one teaspoon

of

finely

crushed or ground dried basil . Roll t he

meat cubes in this mixtu re, coating each

piece well.

Slice

1

large onion and

1

green pep-

per.

He3t 2 tablespoons of oil in a skillet,

add a finely choppe d clove of garl ic and

the meat cubes and brown quickly on

one side. (To brown the cubes on al l

s ides toughens the meat

and

destroys

food values unnecessarily. All you need

is enough browning to add f lavor.)

While the meat is browning, heat in a

separate pan one 8-ounce can o f

[uiiia-

to sauce :tnd one 3-ounce can of broiled

chopped ~nushrooni \v i th their l iquid.

When the meat has browned, spread

the sliced onion and green pepper over

it

and pour the hot sauce over :ill. Cover

and simmer 45 minutes or unt i l the

mmr

i s render. Serves 4 people gener-

0 11

s y .

T h e

dry

mustard is

a

powdered form

of

mustard that

rnay

be purchased in

any grocery store. The toinato sauce is

sold in small cans containing S ounces

(1

cup). Buy brands that do not con-

tain added sugars such as dextrose, if

possible. The ingredients will be listed

on the label.

Basil (or sweet basil) is an herb that

may be purchased either in the ground

or whole form. If the whole kind is

used, rub it through a wire strainer to

break it into finer particles.

If you do not happen to have meat to

provide protein for your meal , then

have a dish that incltides milk, eggs or

cheese. Any of these contains protein

eqiial i n q u a l i ty

to

that found in meat

C a r r o ts a n d B e a n s

Au

Gr z

Cook

3

cups green beans and 3 cups

sliccd carrots

in a

small amount

of water

unt i l tender . Add about 1 teaspoon of

sal t and pour them into a glass

or

pot -

tery baking dish. Cover them while pre-

paring the fol lowing.

Cut one sinall onion fine and mix it

u i t h

3

cup soft whole wheat bread

crumbs. Mel t 2

or

3 tablespoons of but-

t e r i n

a

ski l le t or pan over a

low

fire,

add the crumb mixture and le t s immer

a few minutes . Remove from heat .

P u t 2 cup s of milk in a pan over a

low fire to heat. M ix tablespoons

of

flour with

/2

cup

of

milk

to

a smooth

consis tency. W h en the m ilk begins to

bubble, pour in thc flour-milk mixture

all at once and stir vigorously until i t

thickens. Remove from the fire and add

1 cup grated mild American cheese.

Pour this sauce over the beans and

carrots, sprinkle the onion-bread crumbs

over the top and place in a moderately

hot oven a few minutes to heat through.

Serves 6 people.

Soft bread crumbs are made from

bread more than one da y old but not

yet dry.

For

a dd it io n al flav or a nd d u e , b e t

2

eggs until l ight and add them to thc

white sauce just after i t is removed

from

the tiex bur before xiding the checsc..

If desired, canned vegetables may be

used. Drain the juice from them into a

pan and s immer unt i l

i t

is reduced to

ur

cup uf l iquid. Subsriiute

i t

for

an equal quantity of

the

milk in the

white sauce.

A good salad adds zest to any nieai.

and may even be a meal in itself, de-

pending on the ingredients used.

Apple -Cot t age Cheese Salad

Combine : 1 cup cottage cheese

1

cup coarsely diced

unpeeled eat ing apple

( 1

medium apple )

5 cup finely diced onion

5 cup thinly sliced celery

Place in

it

covered container in re -

frigerator

to

chill. To serve, place indi-

vidual portions in cupped lettuce leaves.

hfix I , i cup French dressing with 2

tablespoons of chopped sweet pickle to

pour over the salads

at

serving time.

Basic French Dressing: Mix $4 tea-

spoon

salt,

$6

teaspoon black pepper

and 1 tablespoon of mild vinegar. Ther?

gradually whip in

4

tablespoons ( M

cup) salad oil .

A

little sugar is

some-

t imes used

also.

If

you have

sour

cream, a dressing

made by thinning Y3 cup of sour cream

with pickle juice to make the proper

consistency is better than the French

dressing. Use the chopped pickles the

same as in the French dressing. This

amount of salad

will

serve

3

or

6

peo-

ple.

Are Animal

Products

g

ood

food?

to them in la ter l i fe . Then we wonder

why we cannot properly digest them.

A great deal of literature is being

publis ied

to

the

fcffcct t h a t

m i l k

and

other animal products are not good for

the body-thnt they are mucous-form-

i n< q

Whnt scvcrnl of the writers fail to

X;LLC--II: w l r n r t h e y ;uc i n total isno-

rance of-is that mi k or inilk pro ducts

c i i n t r i h i : t e iiiiicniis 0 N I . Y

W ~ I F N

OME-

THING IS

WRONG

WITH THE

BODY

The solut ion is not to condemn milk,

but to correct the real cause of the dis-

order If milk or other animal products

are not tolerated

by

your body, then

you need to examine y o u r diet, correct

it, and after a period

of

t ime s lonly re-

sume thc f n l l range of wholesome foods

Your body needs milk f o r ca l~ ic i i i~o

maintain healthv bones and teeth

Of course, some individuals cannot

tolerate cows inilk as well as goat milk.

Such people have inherited weak cli-

gestive systems and need to be espe-

cially careful. Also true is the fact th3 t

today ma n tam pers with milk by pas-

teurizat ion and homogenizat ion. R u t

that does not mean that milk-before

ma n tam pers with it-is not g o d food.

Even cheese is sometinits nrtificiLilly

colored with coal-tar dyes-which cnn

cause cancer.

Let us remember, then, t o

proi

c

.ti

tbing.r nnd

beware

of hmlth f o n d f.1-

natics. Use

the

Bible

as

a guide to 1117-

derstand what foods are healthful.


7/8

News

195-i The GOOD NEWS

from

Around

the World

by

Gavizer

T e d

Armstrotig

( Editors note: You need to be kept

posted on

the latest trend in world af-

f;tirs. Th e items ap pearing in this col-

umn

are taken from the Portfolio, t h e

Ainbassndor College ciunpiis newspaper,

w h i c h keeps the students aware of the

c h o t i c wo r ld in which we life.)

ri le pe;ice

;it almost any price a t t i -

r ~ i ~ l < ~.if tlic United States i s cont inuing

r o shove wlr;itever remaining prestige

t i c m;:y h;ive once had r ight down the

skids to utter

oblivion.

Al mos t ;I t ime

honorcd ritii;d o f n:isty

~ i o t e

xcii:mges

: i d buying friends in Asi.1 has turned

bocli pol I

icti1 ; l i d

economic thumbs

down on America. Thc Communis ts ,

proceeding with seemingly robust uii-

concern

o v e r

the

US.

muscle-flexing

iiczir

Formosn.

; ire

Inunching new

tr:ide

: i n i l ctimmerce progr;ims aimed at a

fcu

of

the

nioi-e apprehensive nations

i n die

f n r

enst.

1o;in kostcr l>ulle s is worried abou t

r I w liiissizin intcrprctation o f

thc

peacc-

f i l l co-existcnce slogan lienrd flo;iting

:iboiit in rhe trashy mill-run of Commu-

nist prop;igandn.The way the Russians

intcrpret peace is absolute c o n f o r m -

. i n i t

to Kussi;iii world dominnircc.

Sonic intern.irion;il relntions x i i t h o r i -

t i es h a v e the peaceful co-existence

ide:i pegged for what i ts worth before

the world leaders even talk the thing

For

instance,

Dr.

Gehart Nicniey-

er o f Y:rle University regnrds peaceful

co-existence with Comm unis ts about

like the other empty-worded phrases

that Moscow has been publishing since

1945. Dr. Niemeyer looks into the fu-

ture in an article appearing in the

US.

\ r ~ ~ ~ . g

nd

W o r l d R e p or t of December

10, frankly telling Ainericnns of the

idiocy in believing we can ever really

change the Cominunists way of th ink-

inp.

Pope Pills XI1

is reporteJ to be re-

p in ing s t rength a f t e r

a

severe attack of

qnstric origin, even more serious than a

previous illness last spring. rVord conies

f r o m

the College of Cardinals

t ha t

the

piissibili ty of the new Pope being chos-

e n (w he n that becomes necessary) from

the r a n k s other than Italian is not too

remote. lhe next Pope coi.tli/ be the m a n

\ ho

will unite Europe

The flushed faces of Ainericnns bus-

ily

spend ing millions of d ollars on use-

less presents to trade with one another

;ire

partidly the result of the promise

of more money and less

work

next year.

A n y t i m e

someone i n

Washington tells

the public its taxes going down-

nnges going up, people m r t spending

.

money like they really had i t to spend.

Meanwhile, the promise

of

economic

prosperity for the coming year here

at

home has the excited Westerners coni-

pletely oblivious to the ominous rum-

bl ings coming from Germany. Wes t

Germany

is

riding high on the crest of a

new wave of economic and industrial

prosperity, all the while convincing thc

US and Great Britain of the zevy

euz-

dcwt

feelings against that new German

army. Feelings or no feelings, its a

fairly safe prediction that army will be-

gin really taking shape next summer

Regardless of seemingly reluctant atti-

tudes from Germans themselves-

watch f o r

it its

prophesied

Startling news of increasingly faster

methods of delivering atomic and hy-

Jmg r n warheads on

enemy

targets cant

even

turn the heads of a stubborn,

sho ck-p roof society of sin-but some

of the top-level scientists

are

.rriived

?hey SHOULD BE

Even the terrifying Gerivlan

V-2

mis-

sile t h a t came screaming out of the

skies

on England dur ing Wor ld War I

iooks l ike

the inventors first attempt

when compared with the new develop-

ments being unveiled by science. There

:ire missiles now capable of carrying

atomic or hydrogen warheads across the

Atlantic in as little as

30 or

40 minutes

T h e IDM (for intercontinental ballistic

missile) would be projected hundrcds

of miles in to the stratosphere, where it

would travel at a speed of from

4,000

to 5,000 miles an hour, to come crash-

ing down on an unsuspecting city like a

miniature hell-fire

A g a i w t szcch

s u p r -

dertrzrctiite toenpons

there

can

be

no de

fense

The resignation

of

Japans Prime

Minister Yoshida touched off the initial

spark that will smoulder for a number

of years, finally igniting into

a

blaze of

full -f ledged Communism. W e know

from prophecy Asia will finally be en-

tirely devoured by the Communists, and

its not strange

LO

learn

tlic

successor

to

Yoshida, who is Ichiro Hatoyama, has

Socialistic leanings, and favors trade

with Russ ia and Communis t China.

Such phrases as resurgent nationalism

a n be s een in l ead ing news magaz ines

with reference to Japan.

The Uni ted States a n d Grmt

Rrir-

ain are fa i l ing to learn th e lessons writ-

ten in

the

blood of millions through the

centuries. Its no longer a question o f

maybe thcrcll bc another war but

when I n t h e face of undeniable facts,

Am erican s and all stiff -necked Israel

Page 7

cont inue in thei r undis tui led C W l l l p l d -

cency, cryin g Peace Peace

(when

there is no peace) and kidding them-

selves it will all work out somehow

e message being thundered to Israel

hasnt changed-irs W A K E U P Or be

destroyed

E D U C A T I O N

( C o n t i m e d f rom

pnge

4

but the assertion of the nntural rights of

nian led

tu

tlic

belief

that children

should be properly trained to meet the

world.

Rejected the Bible

Educators did no t look

to

Gods reve-

lation for instruction on founding an

educational system. They used their brt-

?/inn euso?z and :idopted N TION L SYS-

TEMS OF P U B L I C

EDUCATION. Because

they rejected th e superstition s of the

Church of t h e Middle Ages, educators

rejected religion in ge neral. Th ey as-

sumed that the pagan practices foisted

upon the world during the preceding

centuries came

froin

r l ~ ible T h i b

demo nstrates how lit t le they studied to

prove what they believed. If educators

did not know how to arr ive a t the t ruth,

how could their pupils be expected to?

The s i tuat ion is no better today. I n -

structors are slaves to their textbmks-

slaves to authorities who disagree

among themselves.

Your neighbors probably see little

that is wrong with modern universal

education. They are

not

awarc of thc

trend in mode rn education-a trend

into inaterialism and specialization zuitb-

ont

trniniitg

the

churacter

and mind

of

man to control and utilize his discov-

eries.

Children are just not being taught

that spiritual and technical knowledge

go hand in hand. Th e rules of right l iv-

ing are not understood because the en-

tire society has departed from Gods

ways. While humanity has suddenly

progressed UP the road

of

industrial

achievement, we are a t the same t ime

traveling dowa the highway of greed

and vanity. Insmiction in self-control

and character development is lacking in

the home, the school and the church.

Instead of our material comforts cre-

ating more joy, there is no nation on the

face of the earth which is so mentally

sick with criminal motives as the Unit-

ed States We havrnt hw n t ra ined to

use the material inventions we possess.

T h e O p p o r t u n i t y

We

Face

Do

we realize that we

have a

privi -

lege which none outside of the Church

of Go d possess-or know abou t? Per-

haps you have never

had

opportunity

for the funcl;iiiirnt;il ur

t c c l i r i i d

train-

ing which you have needed through life.

(Plense

continue

on rzext puge)


8/8

Page

R i i t that

is

the least important. T h e mnst

imp orta nt par t of educ ation is charac-

ter development-becoming like God-

patterning your life after His. That part

of education you can obtain in

your

own home through prayer and diligent

study.

God is training you during this life

to enter the profession

of

being

God.

The functions of G od are multitudinou s,

beyond

our

comprehension.

God is perfect. He always makes the

right decision, He is always fair, always

kind. Jesus commanded

us

to become

perfect as our heavenly Father. This life

is thc moment in which

to

lcarn

to

usc

the time, the opportunities, the material

wealth we possess.

We

need to apply

ourselves on our jobs or in our homes.

W e need to study every part

of

the

Bible

till

we become familiar with it.

This is no small task. I f we handle this

resp onsi bility well-if we ma ke use of

our opportunities just as Christ would

do if He were here, thcn it will be said

of us: H e

that

is faithful in that which

is least is f hfd

Ldso

in

nzmh ( L ukc

16 : lO ) .

Your Part in

Changing World

Coiitrn~ed

r o m

page 2 )

Is

YOUR

body presented as a l i v ing

sacrifice to God?

Or

are you stealing the

life that Jesus bought and

p d

or, and

putt ing i t to your own use?

There is no point whatever in kid-

ding ourselves. Eternal l i fe in Gods

kingdom is a mighty wonderful gift .

Are you zealously preparing and qual-

i fying yourself by y mr p a r t in Gods

work ?zow?

The GOOD NEWS November-December, 1954

THE BIBLE ANSWERS

FROM OUR READERS

I s M ary t h e Qu een

of

Heaven ?

bzary is dead. She is awaiting the

resurrection at the return of Jesus Christ.

Nowhere in Scripture do we find that

Mary was assumed into heaven

as

its

Queen.

Then what is the origin of the false

doctrine that Mary is Queen of

Heaven

In Jeremiah 7:18 Go d forbids the

worship of the pagan Queen

of

Heav-

en. God, the Father, is supreme King.

He

has no mortal woman as H is Queen

Th e spreading doctrine that Mary is the

divine Queen

of

Heaven s tems di-

rectly from rank paganism. Here is its

origin.

The worsh ip of the goddess-mother

with the child iiz

her arms

continued

to

be observed in Egypt till Christianity

entered

.

. . Instead

of

the Babylonian

goddess

being cast ozi t . .

.

her name

o d i z c w r

cha?itgi.cd. Sh e i udr

called t h e

V i r g i n Mary, and, wirh her child, was

worshipped with the same idolatrous

NOTICE

We

regret that t h i s issue of The Good

NewS

has

been

delayed.

It

was

neces-

sitated b y the financial strain imposed

by the publication

of

t he Correspondence

Course. Your

prayers are needed to

keep

this work

of

God constantly expanding.

feeling by pwfeJsing Christians

. . .

as

formerly by pagans ( H i s l o p , p. 8 2 ) .

Chris t , p ictured constantly

in

His

mothers

a r m

s shown to be less power-

ful than His mother Here, then, we

see how, once again, a preseizt form of

worship has originated from the same

old source-Babylon W ha t is the atti-

tude

of

many churches today regarding

this?

One Church holds that

IT IS NOT

SO

MUCH THE

S EED OF

WOMAN, AS

THE

WVMAN

HEKSELE, THAT WAS

TO

BRUISE

T I E

HEAD

OF

T I I E SERPENT.

In defiance

of

all

grammmnr

she renders the Divine

denunciat ion against the serpent thus:

She shall bruise thy head, and thou

shal t bruis: her heel.

It is well known that Semiramis was

worshipped by the Babylonians and oth-

er

eastern nations as Rhea, the great

goddes

Mother.

It

was from her

son,

however, that she really derived all her

glory and claims to deificarion. That

son.

though represented as a child in his

mothers arms, was a person of grear

stature and immense bodily powers, as

well as most fascinating manners. In

Scripture he is referred to (Ezek. 8 :14 )

under the name

of

T am m u z

.

.

Non

while the mother derived her glory. . .

from the divine character attributed to

the child in her arms, the mother in the

long run practically eclipsed the son

( H i ~ l o p ,p.

2 1, 74-76,

80).

The GOOD NEWS

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