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A side view of Memorial Hall, the center ofour new Ambassador College near London,Fnglnnrl

sador grounds in England,_Administrator's ,Lesidence.

A MESSAGE TO HIGHSCHOOL SENIORS

and those ready for university-level work in Britain

by Herbert W. Armstrong

I T'S TIME to get the facts-to make

final and right decisions. Here arequestions you need to answer­

without further delay.

1) Should you go to college? Someshould. Some should not. You need torealize, first of all, that not all people

are fitted by heredity and abilities andpreparatory training for the same work,profession, or occupation.

Aptitudes Differ

Years ago I was assigned by a national

magazine to make a survey over theeastern two-thirds of the United Statesto determine why one man fails in busi­ness and another succeeds. Although

lack of capital, and plain lack of abilitywere factors, the main factor in most

cases was simply that the failures weresquare pegs in round holes. They werein a business they were not fitted for by

ability, inclination, or training. Thesuccessful men had chosen the rightfield for them.

Let me give you an example. Somemen are natural salesmen. With propertraining they can become successfulsalesmen. Others could never succeed

as salesmen, no matter how hard theytry, and regardless of training. I knewa man who tried to be a salesman. Henever could work up enough courage toopen the door of a single business officeand ask to see the manager. But thisman had a good mind, was a good stu­dent, had natural aptitudes for teaching.He could teach children, or young menand women. But he could not even ap­proach a business man, or a housewife,if he had something to sell. This manwent on through college, began teaching,did graduate work summers for higher

degrees. He rose in the teaching pro­fession, found that he could manageand supervise other teachers as well ashe could teach. He became an educatorof some distinction.

I knew another man who had a naturalaptitude for selling. He could sell anIDEA. He could sell advertising spacein magazines, but he could not sell acommodity. When he tried selling aproduct instead of a service he was atotal flop. So there are two types ofsalesmen. One can sell a service or anidea. The other can sell a commodity, agadget-a visible product which thecustomer can SEE.

One man can become a great successin a certain profession. Another man

would be a total failure in professionallife, but a success in farming.

I knew an undertaker who found

working over dead bodies so fascinatinghe was never satisfied doing anythingelse. Most men would flee such a pro­fession in abject horror.

Some men and girls are good students,and will do well in college. Others havenot been good students-but could beand ought to be. They simply have noryet learned HOW' to study. When theylearn this they will become good stu­dents. Others would be misfits in anoccupation or profession which requiresmind work rather than physical labor.They are fitted to work with their hands,and enjoy it-and cannot be happy inany other way.

Laboring with Hands is Honorable

We have had a few students at Am­bassador College more or less of this typewho did college work for some twoyears, then found important places inour work, laboring with their hands.The few years of collE'gE' training was agreat benefit. It taught them how toTHINK on the job they do now. YetfllrrhN years in college classrooms wouldhave been for them wasted time.

Did you ever stop to realize howwonderful is the human hand? If youcould put a human mind in the head ofany animal, so that it could think,

imagine, plan, work out the idea of adesign, still it could never MAKE, orBUILD, or CONSTRUCT what its mindplanned. Not with paws or hoofs! Oneof the marvelous creations of God isthe human hand. It is no disgrace roUSE IT in honest labor!

At Ambassador College the entranceaptitude examinations help us to counselwith students to find where they belong.We learn more about each individualstudent's aptitudes and abilities, andweaknesses and handicaps, as we goalong. It is not always possible to de­

termine immediately where each indi­vidual student fits-but we do try to

help get each placed where he will behappiest and serve the best during theyears at Ambassador.

One of the very important advantagesof an Ambassador College education isthe close personal relationship between

instructor and student. In most cases, bythis close contact, and observation ofthe student's performance in various

types of work on the campus, we areable properly to evaluate the field inwhich the student belongs, and will dothe best work, and will be happiest andmost successful.

Needs in Many Fields

Although there is no promise this willcontinue, and certainly no obligation onthe part of the student, yet up to now

every student who has graduated fromAmbassador College has found a placein this rapidly expanding world-wide

work, and been either employed fulltime, or has continued in GraduateSchool.

However, it must be realized that

only a minority are found to be calledof God to become ordained ministers ofthe Church. The work today has needof many trained men and women inmany different fields of service. No oneis free to choose the ministry for him-

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self-analysis, together with an analysisof all general fields of endeavor, withthe aid of a book on "Choosing a Voca­

tion." I decided I fitted the advertisingprofession. And, as long as I was carnalminded, I did! But when God calledme, and I tried to run away from Hiscall, He plunged me into His ministryanyway. Afterward I learned that mytraining and experience in the advertis­ing profession was precisely what wasneeded to fit me for God's ministry.However, this was God's doing. It doesnot by any means follow that the fieldthe average young man or woman of18 chooses is the proper one, or onethat, like mine, will only train themfor the proper different field.

No, my advice to every young manand young woman is to put first things[ust! First learn your OVER-ALL purpose-the purpose for which you wereborn-the TRUE VALUES-HOW to

live-what you are here on earth for­where you are going-and what is thelVA Y! Then, before you are throughcollege, you will be better prepared to

determine, without mistake, what shouldbe your iuunecliare field of work.

3) CAN You Afford to Go to Col­

lege?The answer, so far as Ambassador

College is concerned, is that you can,

definitely, dIJord to attend IF you oughtto go to college, and are accepted foradmission.

Ambassador College, whether at thePasadena campus in America, or thecollege near London, England, offersspecial scholarship grants, and workopportunities on our own grounds, bywhich any deserving student may financea large part of college expenses with­out interfering with class hours or study.At both institutions we have set up aloan fund by which all deserving stu­dents may, without interest, finance theremainder of expenses-provided thestudent is industrious, and careful inthe handling of money.

Actually, even the Pasadena campusmight be said to be only half built. Asthe enrollment expands, additional ad­joining properties are purchased, newbuildings are planned. This constantbuilding program has been in progressever since the college was founded. It

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But this is cert~jnly rewllddry in im­portance. First, above all, is learningHOW TO LIVE! First is learning WHY

you were born-Gad's purpose, andwhere you fit into it-the TRUE VALUES

of life-the way to happiness, peace ofmind, abundant living.

This MOST important objective re­ceives first emphasis at Ambassador Col­lege. But the secondary objective is notneglected!

2) Should you select a college purelyfor training in your chosen field?

This question has really been answeredabove. Many, if not most students ofaround 18, just graduating from highschool, cannot know infallibly whetherthe field they feel they want to enter isthe field in which they really belong.We find many students are unable todetermine correctly where they reallybelong until their third or fourth yearof college-and some not even then.The field a young man or young womanchooses, at age 18, may be merely onethat appears attracnve from a distance.

Mr. Meredith's Experience

I'm going to Jet you in on Mr. Rod­erick C. Meredith's experience. I thinkit was during his third year as a stu­dent at Ambassador. I had cncuunu-rcil

him at the rear stairway in the Librarybuilding. We were discussing the mat­ter of which field was the one wherehe best fitted.

"I'm absolutely certain of one thing,Mr. Armstrong," he said earnestly. "Iam not called to the ministry. I couldnever think of becoming a preacher."

As a matter of routine in publicspeaking training, he was assigned togive a preliminary IS-minute speechbefore the main sermon in church serv­ice the very next day. It so happenedthat he had chosen a subject for histalk about which he was very much con­cerned, and in earnest. When he finishedthat talk, everyone present knew thathe was definitely called to become aminister ' Yet the day before, he hadbeen certain in his own mind that thiswas the very last field for which he wasfitted.

Personally, I had a similar experience.The last field on earth I would havechosen was the ministry. When I was18, I put myself through a course of

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The very first law of success is tohave the right GOAL. Everyone ought tolearn, first of all, the purpose for whichhe was born. God, the Creator and Su­preme RULER of the entire universe, isworking out a PURPOSE here below. Tofind your place in working out God'spurpose is the most important thing inlife.

But there is also a secondary goal­the kind of joh, profession, or occupationfor which you are best fitted. Most edu­cational institutions in the fields ofhigher learning specialize in preparingthe student to earn a living in whateverfield he chooses to enter. The school may,or may not, help the student intelli­gently to choose the proper vocationalfield for him or her.

WHY PROPHECY?One-thira of the Bible is PROPHECY/ Why was it written? Whyis it so mysterious? Why does almost no one understand it?

Here are the Bible answers!

by Garner Ted Armstrong

BIBLE prophecy has perplexed mil­lions! Many hundreds of volumeshave been written-articles, leaf­

lets, tracts printed-thousands of ser­mons have been preached-all aboutBiblical prophecy!

And yet-look at all the conjasion!Many believe ALL the prophecies have

been fulfilled. Others believe the proph­ecies were merely the pronouncements ofwild-eyed fanatics carried away with vi­sions of doom. Still others believe theprophecies are confined to the Old Tes­tament, and are all done away.

Still others preach that MOST Biblicalprophecy is for our day-now!

What is the truth?

What Is Prophecy?

The Hebrew word for prophet, N abimeans "one who announces or brings amessage from God." The word "prophet"in the English language means essentiallythe same thing-"one who speaks byDivine inspiration as the interpreter orspokesman of God," whether it be amessage of duty and warning, or a pre­diction of future events.

A prophet is one who speaks for God;hence, the prefix pro (from the Greeklanguage-from which our word proph­et is derived) which means "for" and"before" so that a prophet is one whospeaks for God, or one who tells before-one who predicts, foretells, prophe­cies!

Common Misconceptions

Many people falsely assume all proph­ecies are merely dire foretellings ofcatastrophic events, of the wrathful ven­geance of a harsh God who is about todescend with terrible fury upon Hishapless subjects here below!

This is FAR from the truth! Many ofthe prophecies foretell a time of peace,of happiness, of restoration, of joy, ofgreat prosperity and physical wealth forthose who are serving God.

Many prophecies merely foretell, inadvance, certain events which are to hap­pen, the rise and fall of nations, thecourse of world affairs!

Prophecy IS a chronicle of the greatPLAN God is working out here below!It describes this plan in detail, showinghow God knew it would work out, ac­cording to human nature, together withother special interoentions of God.

Prophecy is HISTORY written in ad­vance!

Who Were the Prophets?

The prophets were not a special hier­archy, a guild, or a certain "class" ofmen! Many of them were chosen fromvarious of the tribes, and, unlike thoseof the tribe of Levi, were not born intotheir office,

". . . The prophecy came not in oldtime by the will of man, but holy menof God spake as they were moved by theHoly Spirit" (II Pet. 1:21) .

Daniel was a Jew, of the tribe ofJudah, one of the princes of the nation,with whom God began to deal-reveal­ing the meaning of Nebuchadnezzar'sdreams, and causing Daniel to writemany prophecies which he, himself, didnot understand! (Dan. 12: 8-9) .

Jeremiah was "of the priests" (Jer.1: 1 ), who argued he was too young tobecome a prophet of God! Hosea wasapparently of Zebulun, Jonah ran fromthe call of God, Isaiah claimed he was aman of unclean lips, and didn't wantto prophesy, and Zephaniah was one ofthe princes of Judah, possibly of thedescendants of Hezekiah.

As the Holy Spirit inspired Peter towrite, God called His prophets-sentthem with a message as divinely com­missioned messengers. On many occa­sions, they had to be made willing tocarry the message of God. These menWERE NOT SEEKING for some kind of a"spiritual experience," they were notearnestly desiring the office of a "proph-

et," they were chosen of God!Notice the way God called Amos!"The words of Amos, who was among

the herdsmen Tekoa, which he saw"(Amos 1; 1). Amos was going about hisdaily life, among the herdsmen, mindinghis own business-and God expresslyREVEALED a certain message to him.Later, when Amos was approached byAmaziah, the priest of Bethel, who toldAmos not to prophesy, but to go into an­other country, Amos answered ''. . , I wasno prophet, neither was I a prophet'sson, but I was an berdman, and a gather­er of wild figs (margin} and the Eternaltook me as I followed the flock, and theEternal said unto me 'Go, prophesy untoMy people Israel'" (Amos 7: 14·15 ) .

Amos was herding sheep-NOT"looking" for some kind of "religiousexperience"-and God CALLED him!

Who were the prophets? They wereprinces, sheepherders, farmers, fisher­men, or priests. They came from manydifferent tribes, and God called themat many different times.

Your Bible says that they were "holymen of old"! And, on these men togetherwith the New Testament apostles, isbased the very Church of God! "Nowtherefore ye are no more strangers andforeigners, but fellow citizens with thesaints, and of the household of God, andare built upon the foundation of theapostles and PROPHETS, Jesus ChristHimself being the chief cornerstone"(Eph.2:19-20).

Why Was Prophecy Written?

God selected Jonah as a prophetand, after making him willing to carrythe message of God, commissioned himto go to the great city of Nineveh. Jonahfinally went. Jonah prophesied, liftingup his voice in loud warning as he tra­versed the great, sprawling city of Nine­veh!

Finally, the word came to the king.The king realized the seriousness of the

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prophecy, and ''. , . arose from his throne,and he laid his robe from him, and cov­ered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.And he caused it to be procl~imert andpublished through Nineveh by a decreeof the king and his nobles saying, 'Letneither man nor beast, herd nor flock,taste anything, Let them not feed, nordrink water, But let man and beast becovered with sackcloth, and cry mightilyunto God' ... and God saw their worksthat they turned from their evil way, andGod repented of the evil, that He hadsaid that He would do unto them, andHe did it not" (Jonah 3:6-10).

Notice it! Jonah fulfilled his com­mission! Jonah's job of orally shoutingthe warning was over! Jonah had beenmade willing, had carried the messageto Nineveh, and Nineveh had actuallyREPENTED!

Then-if the prophecy had served itspurpose, if the warning had been heeded,if Jonah's commission was over, why theneed of writing the prophecy?

Jonah WROTE the whole thing, and itforms a part of your Bible today!

Again, notice the 36th chapter ofJeremiah.

"And it came to pass in the fourthyear of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah kingof Judah, that this word came unto Jere­miah from the Eternal, saying, 'Takethee a roll of a book [a scroll], and writetherein all the words that I have spokenunto thee against Israel, and againstJudah, and against all the nations, , , itmay be that the house of Judah will hearof all the evil which I purpose to dounto them, that they may return everyman from his evil way' . , , then Jeremiahcalled Baruch the son of Neriah, andBaruch wrote from the mouth of Jere­miah all the words of the Eternal, whichHe had spoken unto him, upon a roll ofa book!" (jer, 36:1-4).

After the writing of this dire warningtoward Israel and Judah, notice whathappened! "Jeremiah commanded Ba­ruch, saying, 'I am shut up, I cannot goinca the house of the Lord: therefore gothou, and READ in the roll, which thouhast written from my mouth, the wordsof the Eternal in the ears of the peoplein the Eternal's house upon the fastingday ... It may be they will presenttheir supplication before the Eternal,and will return everyone from his evil

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way .. .' and Baruch the son of Neriahdid according to all that Jeremiah theprophet commanded him, reading in thebook the words of the Eternal in theEternal's house" (v. 5-8),

The people heard it, and also one ofthe princes who was present. He carriedthe message to other princes, whereuponthey sent Jehudi (v. 14) to tell Baruchto come to them. He arose, took thescroll in his hand and began to read itto them. They then told the king (v. 20).

Now notice what happened! "So theking sent Jehudi to fetch the roll, andhe took it out of Elishama the scribe'schamber. And Jehudi read it in the earsof the king, and in the ears of all theprinces which stood beside the king,Now the king sat in the winter house inthe ninth month, and there was a fire onthe hearth burning before him, And itcame to pass, that when Jehudi had readthree or four leaves [columns] he cut itwith the penknife, and cast it into thefire that was on the hearth, until all theroll was consumed in the fire that wason the hearth" (v. 21-23), The kingthen commanded (v. 26) that Baruchand Jeremiah be seized. However, theyescaped, being hidden of God.

Stop and think for a moment, Godhad revealed a messagt: to Jeremiah.Jeremiah had caused the message to beWRITTEN, The message had then reachedall the people. Then all the princesheard it. Finally, it reached the KING! Onthis occasion, unlike Nineveh, neitherthe king, the princes, nor the peoplerepented!

However, the purpose of the prophecywas fulfilled-wasn't it? Everyone hadHEARD, orally, the exact words of thisamazing prophecy read in their ownears!

But-IF the whole purpose of thisprophecy had already been fulfilled, andif there was not a DUAL application-ifthere was not yet a FUTURE fulfillmentof this prophecy-THEN WHY DIDGOD CAUSE EVERY WORD TO BEWRITTEN THE SECOND TIME?

"Then the word of the Eternal came toJeremiah, AFTER that the king hadburned the roll, and the words whichBaruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,saying, 'Take thee again another roll,and write in it ALL THE FORMER WORDSthat were in the first roll, which Jehoia-

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kim the king of Judah hath burned'"(Jer. 36:27-28).

Do you see? God caused every singleword and other words besides to beWRITTEN the second time! He causedJonah to write the prophecy even thoughthe city repented, God wanted thesewords preserved! God wanted them tocome right on down to our time-nowl

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The very PURPOSE for writing onesingle word of prophecy is to preservethe prophecies for future generations!God saw to it, even by intervening in aDivine miracle, that His sacred wordswere to be preserved to all generations.

Here's part of the reason: "Now thesethings were our examples, to the intentwe should not lust after evil things, asthey also lusted" (I Cor. 10:6). Godcaused these prophecies to be written forour examples, today! "Now all tbesethings happened unto them for ex­amples, and they are WRITTEN for ouradmonition, UPUll whom the ends ofthe world are come" (I Cor. 10: 11),

God caused the prophecies to be writ­tell La SHOW I lis servants how worldconditions would work out. "The Rev­elation of Jesus Christ, which God gaveunto Him, to show unto His servantsthings which must shortly come to pass,and He sent and signified it by Hisangels unto His servant John" (Rev.1: 1).

Why? So His servants in this modernage can come to undentand the prophe­cies, preaching and publishing themto the modern nations for whom theywere intended! Read Ezekiel 331

God makes an ironclad promise thatHe will NOT cause any major worldcondition to occur, that He will notintervene in world affairs, unless Hisservants-those who are members of thevery body of Jesus Christ-know aboutit first! "Surely the Lord Eternal will donothing but He REVEALETH His secretunto His servants the prophets" (Amos3:7).

One full third of the Bible is prophecy-and about 90% of all that prophecystill pertains to OUR DAY-right now!

The Amazing Prophecy of Ezekiel

Notice what happened to Ezekiel!", , . I was among the captives by the

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River of Chebar ... and I saw visions ofGod" (Ezek. 1: 1). Read the first chap­ter of Ezekiel! Here is a picture of thevery throne of the Due w ho later becameJesus Christ! Ezekiel saw a great whirl­wind (v. 4) in the midst of which werefour living creatures (v. 5), carrying,over their heads, an expanse of trans­lucent material (v. 22) the color ofglass, or crystal. On this expanse of beau­tiful, crystal-like material, was a throne!(v. 26).

Seated on the throne was One "asthe appearance of a man above upon it,and I saw as the color of amber, as theappearance of fire round about withinit, from the appearance of His loins evenupward (compare with Rev. 1: 13-16)and from the appearance of His loinseven downward, I saw as it were the ap­pearance of fire, and it had brightnessround about ... THIS WAS the appear­ance of the likeness of the glory of theLordI" (Ezek. 1:26-28 ) .

Ezekiel then heard a voice (chapter1;28) and the voice said, "Son of man,stand upon thy feet, and I will speakunto thee ... and He said unto me, 'Sonof man, I send thee to the children ofIsrael ... I do send thee unto them, andthou shalt say unto them THUS SAITHTHE LORD ETERNAL'" (Ezek. 2:1-4).

Ezekiel was being sent with a messageby the Eternal, the Lord of the Old Tes­tament-who is Jesus Christ of the NewTestament!

But Ezekiel was in captivity. He wassent to the House of Israel! He was alsogiven prophecies against the Ammonites(25:2), against Moab (25:8), againstEdam (25: 12 ), against the Philistines(25: 15), against Tyre (26: 2-3). AgainstEgypt (29:2)-and against other na­tions, a great distance from his locationin Babylon.

But Ezekiel was in captivity. Theword of the Eternal came to him, giv­ing him these messages-commissioninghim to warn these specific nations!

But Ezekiel was never released to GOto these nations!

A Captive Jew

Imagine it! Picture, if you can, ayoung Jewish lad in a concentrationcamp in Germany, during World WarII. Let's suppose Almighty God revealsto him startling visions, symbolizing

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what is to happen to Egypt, Japan,Great Britain and the United States!God tells him to "get you unto Egypt,Japan, Britain and the United States."

Are his German captors going to be­lieve he has received such a message?Even if they DID--is it feasible theywould let him go, in order to travel allabout the world during a time of war­fare, reaching the leaders of these na­tions? Even if he COULD feasibly travelfrom place to place, is it possible anyonewith such a message, claiming to be aprophet sent from God, would be ush­ered right into the White House of thePresident of the United States, into theImperial Palace in Tokyo, or to No. 10Downing Street in London?

Of course not!Ezekiel never reached these nations!Instead, he WROTE the prophecies!Do you realize that Ezekiel, a young

captive Jew, in a veritable "concentra­tion camp" in Babylon, was given proph­ecies toward Israel over 120 yearsafter Israel had already gone into acaptivity? And that He never reachedthe Israelites with the message?

Ezekiel saw visions of impending de­struction upon Israel "in the fifth dayof the month, which was the fifth yearof King Jehoiachin's captivity" (Ezek.1:2-3). Jehoiachin went into captivityin 596 s.c. The fifth year brings us toabout 592 B.C., or over 125 years after theremoval of the last of the remainingNorthern tribes, 718-721 B.C.!

If you have not yet seen the startlingidentity of Israel PROVED, write imme­diately for Mr. Armstrong's booklet TheUnited States and the British Common­wealth in Prophecy!

Ezekiel's prophecy never, in all historyuntil NOW, reached the ears of the na­tions, peoples, or kings for whom themessages were intended!

Rather, Ezekiel WROTE these amazingprophecies! He wrote them-becauseGod was intending to PRESERVE THEM-for our day!

Prophecy is DUAL! Notice the themeof duality running throughout the Bible.There was the first man Adam, and thesecond Adam, who was Christ (I Cor.15:45-47). There is the Old Testament,and the New Testament. There was theOld Jerusalem and a new heavenly Jeru­salem. Study Matthew 24! Here, Jesus

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answered the questions of the disciplesabout the end of the age, and His im­minent return! Many believe Matthew24 was totally FULFILLED in 70 A.D. atthe destruction of Jerusalem. This isentirely baseless! They must believe, bythis assumption, Jesus was a liar! ButChrist did not lie-what happened inpart in 70 A.D. was merely a forerunner,a former type of the REAL FULFILL­MENT of ALL the prophecies of Matthew24!

Ezekiel's prophecies are also DUAL!And the real, LITERAL fulfillment of theprophecies of Ezekiel are right ahead ofUs-NOW!

HOW to Understand Prophecy!

There are definite keys to the under­standing of Biblical prophecy. Most havenever understood what those keys are!The keys to prophecy have become lost!

Of great importance is the modernidentity of the nations mentioned inBible prophecy.

Also, in ancient times, when a prophetof God came to a king (such as Nine­veh) the message was sometimes be­lieved, and a great REFORM effected.From time to time, as God sent judges,and prophets, there were certain reformscarried out in Israel. At least SOME kingsof Israel recognized these prophetsspoke, not according to their owncleverly devised human reasoning, butaccording to the Divinely inspired words

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of God.' Notice how totally DIFFERENT

we are today!You know national leaders today

would look upon preaching the proph­

ecies of what God says is going to

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happen as mere fanaticism. They would

spurn, scorn, ridicule and scoff at anymention of "Biblical prophecy."

Today, prophecy seems to be a weird,

fanatical sort of "religious ax-grinding,"

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ha ving no bearing on actual Iact or pres­

ent-day world conditions.What a SHOCK lies ahead for world

leaders!

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The Autobiography ofHerbert W. Armstrong

Mr. Armstrong's first time on the air and other experiencesin the starting of this present world-wide work are recounted

in this 29th installment.

ACTUALLY, this great end-time world­£l. wide work of God had started in

that little one-room countryschoolhouse, eight miles west of Eugene,Oregon.

An Angry Devil

The idea of a literal, yet invisibledevil of supernatural powers is lookedupon askance by the "liberal" clergy,and by many of the so-called "educated"of today. But you can PROVE that theHoly BIBLE is in actual fact the inspiredvery WORD of the Eternal God and Cre­ator. And the Bible reveals that there isan existent devil! It reveals also thathe is, in these last days, exceedinglyangry and stirred to action against thetrue servants of God, who keep God'scommandments, and have the faith ofJesus Christ (Rev. 12:12,17).

It is also revealed that Satan's methodis to deceive, and that he and hisdemons have power to put thoughts,suggestions, or impulses into unsuspect­ing human minds-unless we arealertly on guard against it.

This unseen Master Competitor hadinstilled into the hearts of associatedministers a spirit of competition againstme, even before the actual start of thispresent work of God in that little Fir­butte schoolhouse.

The very second time in my life Iever "preached"-if those early effortscould be called rhar-an opposingminister had appeared, and devotedmost of his sermon to an effort to teardown what I had preached just beforehim. Another minister had tried to pre­vent my articles from appearing furtherin The Bible Adoocese organ of TheChurch of God. A plot had been hatchedby two ministers, during the Salem,Oregon, meetings, by false accusations,to discredit me and get me off the pay­roll of the Oregon Conference of this

church.And now, at the very start of what

was to continue steadily expanding intoa world-wide force for God, Satan tried,more viciously than ever, to stop thiswork while it was still small. Surely noactivity could have started smaller. Thethings of God, when the Eternal worksthrough human instruments, must startthe very smallest-like the grain of mus­tard seed. But they grow. No power, nogrouping of power, whether satanic orhuman, can stop or prevent God's PUR­POSE! Satan may be far more powerfulthan man. But God is incomparablymore powerful than Satan, and the devilcan do no more than God allows.

I suppose these opposing ministersthought they were doing right. Thereis a way that seems right to a man. Godsays these ways are wrong, and end indeath. But a deceived man cannot com­prehend that. I do not wish to imputemotives. I could not read these men'shearts. But I do know that, regardlessof intent, their actions sought at everyturn to DESTROY what has proved, by itsfruits, to be the true WORK OF GOD!Today, far more powerful and formi­dable human powers are being mar­shalled against it. Today, just as thePharisees and Saducees hated the GospelJesus was preaching, so modern organ­ized churchianity hates that same identi­cal Gospel now pouring like anavalanche over every continent on earth,preparing the way before Christ's com­ing to RULE all nations with GOD'SLAWS.

Thus prophecy is being fulfilled!

The "Pork" Obsession

The opposition through the springand summer of 1933 had come throughthe two ministers who had moved upto Oregon from California, Elders Sven(Sam) A. Oberg, and A. J. Ray. Mr.

Ray was developing, through the sum­mer, a sort of obsession against theeating of "unclean" meats-pork, ham,bacon, sea-foods, and those labelled "un­clean" in Leviticus 11. The emphasishe continually put on this doctrine,almost with vehemence, rather gave theimpression that, in his eyes, the eatingof pork, which came in for his greatestcondemnation, was the greatest of sins.

About the time the Firbutre schoolmeeting started, July 9, 1933, Mr. Raybegan aiming his "anti-pork" guns di­rectly at me. He demanded that I statedefinitely my stand on this question. Ihad written him a Biblical exposition ofthe subject, showing that it was a phys­ical FOOD question, rather than a spirit­ual principle. Unless a man broke thetenth commandment by lusting after it,the eating of pork did not violate theTen Commandments, which constitutea SPIRITUAL law.

I quoted Mark 7: 15-23, where Jesusexplained that sin is a spiritual principle-that which is coming out of the heartof a man - evil thoughts leading toactions of adultery, murder, theft, deceit,blasphemy, pride-violations of the TenCommandments; but that nothing fromwithout, entering in his mouth, defilesthe man spiritually. Jesus was speakingof SPIRITUAL principles, and SIN as aspiritual offense.

I explained that I was well aware thatthe unclean animals were unclean evenbefore the flood-not suddenly pro­nounced so by Moses. I also explainedthat I was well aware of the fact theyare still unclean, and unfit for the phys­ical digestive process; that Peter's visionof the sheet was given, not to cleanseunclean animals, bur to show Peter thathe should not regard a Gentile MAN asunclean (Acts 10: 28).

Also that I well understood that ITimothy 4: 1-5 did not make unclean

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foods digestible and healthful, but onlythose which are "creatures of God," and"sanctified" which means SET APART"by the Word of God and prayer." TheWord of God does NOT sanctify theflesh of swine, or set it apart for holyuse-but rather forbids its use for food.Undoubtedly millions of people havecontracted disease from eating uncleanmeats.

But, I pointed out, it still was aPHYSICAL violation, not a spiritual sin.The Kingdom of God (Rom. 14: 17 )is NOT meat and drink; but righteous­ness, and peace, and joy in the HolySpirit-SPIRITUAL things.

And, I explained, 1 was commissionedto preach to the outside world The king­dom of God, which is NOT preachingmeat and drink. I explained that neitherI nor any of my family ate uncleanmeats; that I taught all converts not to

eat unclean meats, as a matter of goodhealth. But I asked him if he could showme by the Bible where I was in error,or any Scriptural commission to preachsermons to the unconverted on the eat­ing of pork. It is, of course, physicalsin-but nor spiritual. I told him I re­

refused to make this food question asubject for sermons to the unconverted,unless he could show me Scriptural

grounds for so doing.He was unable to reply. Instead, he

set out with renewed zeal to discreditme and get me ousted from the min­istry.

There was a ministers' meeting oneSunday afternoon, about three weeksafter the Firbutte school meetings hadstarred, at the Jeans schoolhouse, fourmiles west of Firbutte. Both Mr. Rayand Mr. Oberg came to talk to me. Theywere not friendly. Mr. Ray, especially,was wrathful.

Hatching Another Plot

Then a general business meeting ofthe state Conference was called for thefollowing Sunday, at the church build­ing in Harrisburg. I was instructed notto let the Fishers or any of the peoplein the Firburte or Eugene district knowabout it.

I well knew the purpose of the meet­ing. I was having, in the one-roomcountry schoolhouse out in this sparselysettled rural district, a larger attendance

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than Mr. Oberg was having in the largerchurch building in the town of Harris­burg. I already had three or four con­versions, he had none.

At this Meeting with Mr. Ray andMr. Oberg, they strenuously objected tomy baptizing new converts before I hadpreached to them against pork, and hadevidence they had given it up. I knewthat Messrs. Oberg and Ray intendedto use this against me in the businessmeeting, as their latest trap to get meousted from the payroll.

I must repeat that I was receiving asalary of $3 per week! The farmer mem­bers provided my family in Salem witha certain amount of food, in additionto the salary.

I have not mentioned it before, butin April, 1933, during the Salem meet­ings, I had started the issuing of amonthly Bulletin for members of theconference. It was mimeographed. AtSalem, 1 had hired the Bulletin printedat the local mimeograph shop. At theFisher home, after starring rhe Firburreschool meetings, I had borrowed a type­writer, and the Eugene mimeographdealer permirted me to use one of hismimeographs without charge-though 1had to buy the stencils and paper. Thesecosts were paid by the Conference treas­

ury.After we started the meetings west of

Eugene, some people in that area hadbegun giving me small amounts ofmoney occasionally, which I began touse for the expenses and mailing of thisconference Bulletin.

A Letter to My Wife

During this week, between the con,ference with the two ministers and thebusiness meering at Harrisburg, I wrotea letter to my wife. I was temporarilydiscouraged, and I was exasperated andindignant at the tactics of these min,isters, professing to be the ministers ofJesus Christ. I simply felt I had to blowoff the steam of righteous indignation.Some of the human nature asserted it­self.

I really "got it off my chest" in a 6­page single-spaced letter I typed to mywife on this borrowed typewriter. Then,after "getting it out of my system" 1folded up the letter. But I did not mailit. I must have neglected to destroy it,

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for I have run across the letter in anold dusty file. 1 had refrained fromsending it to my wife, for 1 knew shewould reprove me for "griping." I feltI had "murmured" like the grumblingchildren of Israel being led out of Egyptunder Moses.

Nevertheless, although some of thisletter reflects a humanness of which Iwas ashamed, it does give an account,written at the moment, of the very feel­ing of the situation. Therefore, I quotehere from portions of it: The date,August, 1933:

"Dearest Lorna: Just received yourletter. What shall we do? The otherministers are all against us. All spirit oflove, harmony, co-operation, and want­ing to see the work go ahead in theSpirit of the Lord has departed fromthem. They are contentious, fightingmad, jealous, rebellious, stubborn, self­willed. I have been painted as the stormypetrel of the church. Everyone pointsan accusing finger at me. 'We get allthe tithes,' they say ($3 per week, plusa smaller amount in offerings handedme), 'I am the last and least of the min­isters, yet I get it all' they accuse. Eventhe Bulletin-it is looked upon, not as awork of the Conference to which I amgiving hard work and labor, but as myown special pet and plaything, for mypersonal benefit.

"Two and a half years ago I was calledto hold meetings in Harrisburg. Fourwere brought to Christ. Then the stormarose. Letters flew thick and fast to

Stanberry. An awful fuss was kicked upbecause my expenses were paid out ofthe treasury.

"Less than two years ago I remainedat Umapine after Roy got angry andleft, and two were brought to Christand baptized, three brought into thechurch, and a Sabbath School organized.Again a great furore was raised. Lettersflew over to Mr. Hobbs' son askingwhat authority he had to let a whipper­snapper like me use their Adventistbaptistry to baptize those people.

"Now I am again working in aneffort alone. Again the Lord has pro­duced fruit, and four have been broughtto repentance and conversion. I am onlytrying to surrender and yield myself toChrist, and follow the Scriptures. Butbecause I humbly do this, never having

tried to run or rule or dominate ourconference or work, those who do thesethings are again stirring up a fuss. Andnow, because four more have been con­verted in these meetings, and none atHarrisburg, jealousy, strife, contention,bitterness, hard feelings are stirred up,and again I am painted as a culprit whois always doing something wrong.

'These others want to fight, contend,

boss, dictate and run things. The thingsthey do are CONTRARY to the Scripturesand a Christian life. \Vhy don't THEY

get out and DO something that will showRESULTS' Through whose work are theRESULTS coming?

"I have tried my best to suffer it allfor Christ's sake. I have been called onthe carpet while these my peers sit insolemn and stern judgment. I am con­stantly treated like a whipped pup, al­ways having to account for my faults,my shortcomings and mistakes. No oneelse has any. No one else is ever calleddown. No one else would suffer It andtake it! The Bible says 'BE YE KINDONE TO ANOTHER,' I have tried to bekind [() everyone of rhern and havenever said a cross word. But they have

not been kind to me."Everything I do is wrong. When

God is producing real fruit through mywork, then that comes in for the harshestcriticism of all. Other ministers may

live every day of their lives in plainadultery, with women not their wives,

in violation of the Ten Commandments;their 'wives' can carryon romances withother men and be caught at it; theseother ministers can be stern, harsh, un­kind, cruel, dictatorial, violate literalcommands of the Scriptures, but do they

ever get criticized' They are able to

have better clothes than we, plenty to

eat, while we sacrifice, go without, seeour children go hungry, see their littlebodies become skinny for lack of food,take these men's abuse in a meek andhumble spirit, and try to bear it forChrist's sake. I have almost borne itpast the breaking point!

"I am told not to let Fishers knowof the business meeting next Sunday.They must not be there. All who willvote for that pork resolution will bethere. Those who might by my friends

and back me arc to be barred. Is thishonest? Can this kind of work prosper?Can God bless this kind of politics'The quicker we separate from suchmrrusrers the better. God u.tll honor a

work carried on in the spirit our workis being conducted in. If these mencould corne to their senses, and repemof the way they have acted-of con­

tinually wanting me to get on my kneesbefore them and grovel at their feet,and apologize to them for th ings I neverdid, and even for being used in winningsouls to Christ, d17Cl following the Lorrl'»

commands and i nstrnctions to baptize

theJlZ-then the Spirit of Christ could

The Bulletin as it appeared in October,1933.

Below, news item in Oregon Con­ference Bulletin, Vol. I, No.2, datedMay 22, 1933, reporting Mr. Arm­.~trr.,ng'.~ ('hopping ('I Yi'>('Ir's fuel supply,as covered in the April installment,

Herbert Armstrong spent most O~the past week at the home of KilasHelme~ near Dever, gotting down ayears supply of wooC',. We gratotul~

thank God for the hospitality, theinterest, and the assistance of brotren like Milas, and A. J. Ray, andyancy MaGill, whqhake it possible tcour Ministers to have their needssuppllod. Those, and Brother and aleter Runcorn, in the Salem distriot.ave all done More than their share

to see that the ~ork 1s oarried on.

come into our midst, and He could dosomething with our body.

"Now what shall we do? Brother Raysaid with quite a little feeling duringour Sunday ministers' conference thathe IS nred of go109 without his min­ister's expense allowance of $10 amonth, and that he was right then onhis last rrip wirh his car unril rheexpenses were paid. He had the figuresof every dime that has gone to us, Hewas saying things about all the moneygoing to me, when he said this. I feel

I ought to tell the Board of the Con­ference that I will continue on ONECONDITION ONLY-and that is that we

receive NOT ONE PENNY out of the

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Note the prophecy in this item reproduced from Vol. I, No.2 of the Bulletin.This prophecy came true. The Bulletin was fore-runner to The PLAIN TRUTH, whichstarted February 1, 1934. Today its circulation is close to a quarter millioncopies, world-wide.

BULLIIJ

The "All-Day Wrangle"

Mr. Fisher drove me to the businessmeeting at Harrisburg on Sunday morn­ing. But he, being excluded, returnedhome.

Both Mr. Ray and Mr. Oberg hadtheir fighting tempers on. This time theywere determined to have me put out ofthe conference. One of them preachedan hour and a half or two hours in themorning-until noon-in one long ti­rade against me. The other followed inthe afternoon session, with another two­hour denunciation of my baptizing peo­ple on repentance and faith, before they

But the truth is, Gael never did pros­per the work of that conference. Withthe Church then being raised up atEugene, He DID start a work through uswhich He could, AND DID, PROSPER! Heis still prospering it in a mighty way!

FROM THE PRESIDENT OFTHE CONFERENCE

Fage , T h e

''''ETo The BULLETIN: and. 8S,-,1I wish to express MY thanks oregone

for the first issue of the Bulle- Obers"tin. which I truly enjoyed reading. storei.~~It must be a wonderful help to iso JohnlJ1,)La t.ed members iTho have no way ot at tnEl'co-operating With the brethren. I fell up<wiSh to thank £\11 iso1t'\ted members her e.~

for their help in the Lord's work, .~,which has made it possible for th1 led _<Ilittle Bulletin to corne forth. The manlt.l~

Soriptures SF.'.y tha.t the "Gospel Slst.I'<1must first be PUBLISHED among 0.11 . impr .nataons ." (Mark 13:10). Who knows? eye,,.This may be the starting point of Hobba- wonderful publishing enterprl SEI ingbin the Lord's work. And '\7e do wa.nt Tbo••/i'Jyour prayers that the Lord might sernq••lead. in this and the other Gospel 4a,rat,(Cwork. ·Otl

Yours in Him, aft'J:!l'~Milas Helms. upon1rl

a.lons'~s",.TO THE BULLEI'IN FAMlIil: 4reft,

I have here, or felt the things I couldnot help feeling when I received yourletter. I just came to my room, sat down,and since have been writing out justwhat was going rhru my mind. GuessI'll go up to the rock again, and JUSttrust God. You have time to answer byreturn mail, before the meeting Sunday."

That is a portion-and the essence­of the letter. I knew I should not havewritten it-for in it I was complaining.I did not send it. I did go up the hillto my prayer rock, and get the complain­ing out of my heart. There it came to

my mind that I should prepare a writtendefense of my action in baptizing thefour so far converted at Firburte. I havereproduced the substance of that letterhere, because it pictures, better than Ican with words now, the persecution wehad to battle. Satan wanted this workstopped before it started.

treasury until Sam and Bro. Ray havehad their full share first. At the sametime I will insist that both Bro. Obergand Bro. Ray turn in to Florence (Mrs.Curtis, the treasurer) a record of EVERY

DIME they receive, no matter from whatsource, just as I do-whether fromCalifornia, Oregon, or elsewhere. Aslong as they are in the employ of theConference, every dime ought to bereported or turned in. I am throughhaving them receive money from Cali­fornia and elsewhere, as they do, thatis never shown on the Conference books,while every cent we get is there shown.Bro. Fisher gave me $5. He got a re­ceipt from Florence, and every cent Iget shows on the Conference books. Norecord of what Sam receives appears onthe books, and only very few KNOW

that he is getting tithes from outside,and no one knows how much or fromwhom. I know two families who havebeen giving him their tithes. Neitherof them turn in anything to the treasury.

"Well, we must not resent thesethings. They ARE injustices. It is hardto bear, Lorna. It is humiliating. Do wehave to go on longer suffering this,letting them consider us as a charitycase on their hands, a burden, just ascapegoat-does God want us to con­tinue on with them-e-or does He wantus to resign, so He can start thru usa work He can prosper? He can neverprosper our Conference work as longas our people show the present spirit.I suppose I should nut be writing in thisway. I was up to the rock (my prayerrock atop a little mountainous hill) daybefore yesterday and cast this wholething on the Lord. I know that He willwork it all out His way. Our attendancewas only 30 Sunday night, and fell to17 Monday night, the lowest of themeetings. Everything looked black, withall these other troubles. It drove meup to the rock. I asked God to forgiveand help, and revive interest in themeetings, and to send another largeattendance that night. I also asked Himto hold Mike's truck for him, and to

work out Sam and Madelene's troublesfor them. I was so sure of the answerI told Fishers we would have a largeattendance that night. We did. 45 cameout-ten having to stand.

"I should not have written the things

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had been given a complete educationabout God's Law, and before they hadbeen instructed against eating pork. Asusual, not much Scripture was given­but emotional arguments based on hu­man reasoning, and worked up to ahigh pitch.

I knew they had swayed some of thebrethren into believing I had donewrong in baptizing these people.

I then asked to be allowed to defendmyself, and present the Scripturalreasons why I baptized as I did, FOL­LOWING SCRIPTURAL TEACHING. Im­mediately Messers Oberg and Ray wereon their feet in protest.

"If Brother Armstrong is allowed tospeak, he will take up too much time,"they argued.

"I anticipated that," I replied. "I havemy reply to these long speeches byBrother Ray and Brother Oberg type­written. I have timed it. It takes exactly15 minutes to read it. Are you going toallow these men hours-all morning andafternoon-to accuse me, and then re­fuse me even 15 minutes to answer theiraccusations, and show BY THE SCRiP­TURES, who is right?"

On promise I would not take up morethan 15 minutes' time, I was allowed toread my defense.

In brief it was this: The natural,unconverted mind cannot understandthe Bihle, and is not subjecr to the Lawof God, neither indeed can be. Thereis no promise in the Bible God will giveHis Holy Spirit to anyone prior to bap­tism-even though He did in the case ofCornelius (Aces 10:44-48). God's orderis, 1) REPENT, 2) BE BAPTIZED as asymbol of FAITH in Christ, and 3) re­ceive the Holy Spirit. Repentance meansunconditional SURRENDER to God, andto God's will and His way, or whateverHe commands. It means having the re­bellion in the human heart againstobedience to God BROKEN. It meansutter submission to GOD, and to what­ever He instructs in His Word. ThoseI had baptized had REPENTED.

In Matthew 28: 19-20, God's orderis, 1) Go and preach the Gospel (com­pare with Mark's version, same wordsof Jesus, Mark 16:15),2) baptizingthose who REPENT and BELIEVE; then,after that, 3) teach them to observe theCOMMANDMENTS. Since people cannot

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The Church needed its own equipmentto increase its effectiveness. From theJuly 14, 1933 Bulletin.

fully comprehend the truth of the Com­mandments and the teaching of theBible until AFTER they receive the HolySpirit, and since there is no promiseGod will give the Holy Spirit untilafter baptism, therefore I baptizedthem after repentance and faith,just as the Bible instructs-andthen, after laying on hands with prayerfor their receiving of the Holy Spirit(Acts 8:12,14-17; Acts 19:5-6; I Tim.4:14; II Tim. 1:6, erc.), I taught themGod's Commandments, and not to eatunclean meats, etc. Every convert I hadever baptized had obeyed all these truthsas soon as I taught them. They weresubmissive, teachable, yielded to God,hungry for His truth. The KNOWLEDGEof the Lord is something to teach con­oerted people whose minds are openedby God's Spirit. We must continuallyGROW in this knowledge.

The Double Cross

As soon as I finished, Me. Fisher's carhad arrived to take me back to the Fir­butte schoolhouse for the evening meet­ing. I was forced to leave immediately.Under the circumstances, I asked theBoard members and ministers if theywould postpone any action until anothermeeting when I could be present. Tothis they agreed.

About half of the brethren presentwere very plainly on my side. As I left

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the church, this half rose and walkedoutside to assure me of their sympathy,and that they would resist any actionagainst me.

But as soon as I and all who wouldSllpport fit> had gone outside, MessersRay and Oberg broke their word! Theyimmediately offered a resolution that Ibe required, if I remained in the confer­ence, to baptize people their way insteadof the Scriptural way, and those re­maining inside the church buildingwere swayed into voting for it.

And THAT was the severance from alldirect connection with even the OregonConference of what historic recordsidentify as the "Sardis" era of the Churchof God, as revealed in Revelation 3: 1-6;and the BEGINNING of the "Phila­delphia" era of God's Church.

As soon as I heard of the action taken, Iimmediately wrote a letter cancelling the$3 per week salary, and suggesting theygive it to Messrs. Oberg and Ray, or elsego throw it in the Pacific Ocean! I didnot resign from the Conference, nor wasI put out. But I refused further salary.

"As for me and my house," I thensaid firmly, "we shall serve the Eternalour God, and Him ONLY shall we serve.If MEN pay us a salary-even as smallas $3 per week-we have now learnedwe must preach only what MEN orderus to preach. If we are to WORK FORGOD we must look to God as our EM-

This small announcement in the Bulletin records the invita­tion extended by KORE to Mr. Armstrong to speak on radio.

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The Churches of God in Oregon stnndupon the threshold of a year of mightygrowth and aocomplishment, if we cnn nIlyield sufficiently to the Lord, contin­uing the present spirit of LOVE one toanother. and grewing in the Spirit andin power fer service by deveting u grentdoo.l more time te earnest prayer.

BULLETIN ONCE A MONTH NOW

The Bulletin will be issuel onlyO)1eEl n month for the time bo i.ng, in",dor to economize on expenses. However,this makes it possible to enlarge itsomewhat beginning with the next issue,the cost of two or three extru puges'U1ng very slight.

Another episode in the development ofthe early work of the Church in 1933,reprinted from the Bulletin.

PLOYER, AND TRUST HIM TO SUPPLYOUR EVERY MATERIAL NEED. And then,"I added, "if we fail to serve Him as HEcommands, He will Stop our income."I wrote my wife to this effect.

It may seem like a step that requiredgreat courage to give up even a $3-a­

week income, when that was all we had.Of course, a few offerings were by thistime being handed to me personally­but they were usually a dollar or less,and averaged less than the $3 weeklysalary. But it really did not require anygreat courage. My wife and I knew wewere obeying and serving God. Weknew He was using us. The FRUITSbeing borne were loud testimony of this.Therefore we knew, in perfect faith,God would supply our need.

The First Broadcast

The six weeks' meetings in the one­room Firbutte schoolhouse came to aclose on Sunday night August 20, 1933.A total of more than 20 had come withus-but this apparently included theten members of the fisher and Ellisfamilies, members of the Church heforethe meetings started.

The October 1, 1933 Bulletin carriesthe report that "with the Fisher andEllis families, more than 20 signifiedtheir desire to establish a new Sabbath­keeping Church of God in this district."

Late in September someone broughtto my attention the fact that the local

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radio station at Eugene, KORE, thenthe very smallest minimum-power of100 watts, had a Morning Devotionalprogram scheduled, but that they werehaving difficulty getting local ministersto conduct the program. It was freetime, carried by the station as a publicservice sustaining program, of 15 min­utes, 7: 45 to 8: 00 A.M.

Immediately I went to the radio sta­tion. A woman secretary told me shefelt sure they would be glad to have metake the program for a week. I was tocall back later for the exact date.

On my second call I was assigned theweek of October 9th.

October 9th was surely a great bigday in my life-the day of my veryfirst experience before a microphone,ON THE AIR!

I took this opportunity very seriously.It was an opportunity to speak to severalHUNDRED people at once! I had neverspoken to that many before.

I spent the preceding week preparingrather extensive notes and script. I mightnever again have such an opportunity,so I decided to strike directly at thevery heart of the Gospel of [he Kingdomof God. Since the Kingdom of God isbased on the promises made to Abra-

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ham, I began, on Monday morning'sprogram, with the PROMISES made to

Abraham.

"Mike-Fright"

I had heard a lot about everybodygetting "mike-fright" the very first timeon the air. I wondered if I would experi­ence this. It was probably the mostexciting adventure of my life.

On Monday morning I arrived at theradio studio early. The announcer didnot come into the studio until ten orfifteen seconds before 7: 45.

Mike-fright? Why, I thought to my­self, I'm calm and cool as a cucumber!

"Listen!" I said quietly but quicklyto the announcer. "I've never been onthe air before. If you have any instruc­tions, you'd better give them to me in ahurry. We have only 10 seconds!"

He looked at me disdainfully, and alittle bored.

"Just stand up there in front of themike, and start talking as soon as I an­nounce you," he replied.

About three seconds later he an­nounced me. While he was giving thisvery brief announcement on the air, Ithought, "Well, I don't have any mike-

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The Fifth CommandmentWHY so much juvenile delinquency? WHY so much disrespectfor all law and constituted authority? The true answer is foundin this fifth installment of a series expounding God's Ten

Commandments.

by Roderick C. Meredith

Y OUTHFUL violence and insolencecharacterize the age in which welive. Broken homes are increas­

ing. Teen-age crime IS literally sky­rocketing!

Senator Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.,chairman of a Senate subcommittee toinvestigate juvenile delinquency, recentlystated: "Although our child populationhas increased only 25 per cent from1948 to 1957, appearances before juve­nile courts have increased almost 150per cent in the same period. This is ashocking situation."

Why Youthful Crime?

One of America's most respectedauthorities on juvenile problems, JudgeSamuel S. Leibowitz, set out to find theanswer to the frustration of America'syouth. He decided to go to the Westernnation with the lowest reported inci­dence of juvenile crime, Italy.

He sought the answer from policeand school officials throughuut the na­tion. From every part of Italy, he re­ceived the same answer: Young peoplein Italy respect authority.

Then Judge Leibowitz had to go intoItalian homes to find out why. He foundthat even in the poorest home, the wifeand children respect and honor thefather as its head.

Judge Leibowitz found that the mod­ern do-as-you-please, "permissive" worlddoes not really make a child happy andbalanced. Rather, he found, a child wantsthe solid walls of discipline and rulesaround him, defining his world-tellinghim exactly how far he can go.

Just as will be expected of him inthe adult world, a child must be DISCI­PLINED to do things he does not neces­

sarily want to do. From babyhood, achild must be taught to respect andOBEY his parents.

Judge Leibowitz concluded his in­vestigations with a nine word solution

to juvenile delinquency: Put Fatherback at the head of the family,

The remarkable ANSWER to juvenileproblems given by this eminent author­ity goes deeper than might be realized.For it goes to the very source of theproblem: A lack of deep-seated respect10r constituted authority beginning ininfancy and continuing throughout life.

This problem has its origin in child­hood-in the HOME! Long before achild is even aware of the existence ofthe church, the school, the nation, he isforming attitudes and habits towardthose who are his superiors in thenursery, the home, and the neighbor­hood.

Developed from infancy, this part ofa child's character wiII undoubtedly af­fect his thoughts and actions for the restof his natural life!

The Fifth Commandment

In discussing the first four command­ments, we found that they define man's

relationship with God. They teach usthe magnitude of God's power andname-and exhort us to remember Himas Creator of all that is.

The fifth commandment is placed firstamong those which govern our humanrelationships. It is not only chief inimportance among these when we un­derstand its full meaning, but it acts asa "bridge" between the two sections ofGod's law.

For true obedience to the fifth com­mandment is inevitably linked withobedience and honor toward God Him­self!

Our Creator knew this when He in­spired it to be "the first commandmentwith promise."

"Honour thy father and thy mother:that thy days may be long upon the landwhich the Lord thy God giveth thee"

(Exodus 20: 12).Why "honor" our parents?

The true answer reveals the DEPTHof this commandment and its true im­port. If only EVERY parent on earthmight come to realize the tremendousINFLUENCE upon a child's later lifethat automatically comes as a directresult of obedience or disobedience tothis God-given command!

This commandment is one of the TENGREAT POINTS of God's eternal, spiritualLaw. Under the Old Testament dispen­sation, the penalty for directly and fla­grantly violating this law was DEATH!

"He that smiteth his father, or hismother, shall be surely put to death . . .And he that curseth his father, or hismother, shall surely be put to death"(Exo. 21: 15, 17). That is how IMPOR­TANT this command is in God's eyes!

The home and the family unit is thebasis of all decent society. And therelationship of children to their parentsis an exact type of the spiritual rela­tionship between true Christians andGod. The lessons of character learnedin that relationship may last childrenthe rest of their lives-and for ETER­NITY!

In the eyes of a small child, a parentstands in the place of God Himself. Forthe parent is the child's provider, pro­tector, lover, teacher and lawgiver.

A child's early training and responseto this relationship will in large measuredetermine his later response to the largerrelationships with society. And, ulti­mately, it is certain to affect his relation­ship with his spiritual Father in heaven,

Honor and Respect for Parent')

The New Testament magnifies thiscommand in many places. The ApostlePaul wrote: "Children, obey yoltr par­

ents in the Lord: for this is right. Honourthy father and thy mother, which is thefirst commandment with promise" (Eph.6:1-2).

The original command to "honor"

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father and mother applies to all of usthroughout our lives. But in this placechildren, specifically, are told to obeytheir parents "in the Lord."

Because of his total lack of experienceand judgment, it is absolutely necessarythat a child be taught to OBEY his par­ents instantly and without question. Ex­planations and reasons for this may andshould be given to the child from timeto time. But, at the moment a parentalcommand is given, there may not betime or opportunity to give the reasonwhy!

Therefore, it is imperative that a childbe taught the HABIT of unquestioningobedience to his parents. For, until theyoung child develops, his parents standto him in the place of God. And Godholds them RESPONSIBLE for teachingand directing the child properly.

Obedience "in the Lord"

By direct implication, a parent isbound by the fifth command to makehimself honorable. For to be honored,one must be honorable.

Every parent needs to realize that herepresents God to his child! Realizingthis, he should live a life worthy of thechild's deep respect and reverence. Then,he should teach his child to honor andrespect both of his parents.

As the child matures, the parentshould instruct his child about the ex­istence of the great spiritual Father of alllife, the Creator of heaven and earth, thesovereign Ruler of the universe-Al­mighty God.

Christian parents should teach theirchildren to honor and obey their spirit­ual Father with even more implicit faithand love than they do their earthly par­ents. For the GREATEST lesson that achild or anyone can be taught is that offear and obedience to the One who setin motion all life in the first place!

The only stipulation placed on achild's total obedience to parents is thephrase "in the Lord." This has no ref­erence whatever to the spiritual condi­tion of the parents. From the beginningsof Christianity, young people sometimeshave become truly converted while theirparents have not. But, as a child developsinto a youth and comes to know Godpersonally, the instruction to obey hisparents "in the Lord" may on rare oc-

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casions limit his obedience toward par­ents who are hostile to the ways andcommands of his Heavenly Parent.

In such unusual cases, if one is oldenough to understand, then he is oldenough to "obey God rather than men"(Acts 5: 19) . But, even then, he isbound to honor his parents in their roleas his providers and earthly guides, andto submit to any punishment they mightwish to impose.

Thus, a child will be taught the habitof obedience. He will learn to respectauthority. In due time, if his mind isopened to know the Supreme FATHER

of all life, he will already have learnedthe very basis of God's character-lov­ing OBEDIENCE to God, and deep respectand reverence for all law and constitutedauthority.

BLESSING for Obedience

The Apostle Paul re-emphasizes theblessing attached to the fifth command­ment: "That it may be well with thee,and thou mayest live long on the earth"(Eph. 6:3).

If a young person had been taughtfrom childhood a deep respect for hiselders and the habit of obedience towardthose lawfully set over him, he wouldNEVER become a juvenile delinquent!He would NEVER think of robbing orbeating an elderly person! He wouldNEVER think of contemptuously defyingschool or police authorities!

In plain language, he would NEVERdisplay the wilful rebellion and rotten­ness of character which is becoming socommon among modern American andBritish youth!

Obedience to the fifth commandmentautomatically results in the building ofhabits and character which tend to longlife. A young person so trained willavoid the recklessness, the violence, thewrong companionships and the rebellionagainst authority which often result inuntimely death.

And, in its ultimate meaning, thosewho learn to respect and obey theirparents and later-because of this train­ing-God Himself, will certainly "livelong on the earth." For, as Jesus said:"Blessed are the meek (the humble andobedient): for they shall inherit the

earth" (Mat. 5: 5 ) .There are also many everyday bless-

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ings to the obedient child. Certainly notthe least of these is the sense of security.As Judge Leibowitz pointed out, a childis confused unless he is told the boundsof his activities. But if a child is toldwhat those bounds are by his parents­and stays within them-he is then re­lieved of the responsibility which heinnately realizes his parents must shoul­der.

Frustration is another problem whichis alleviated! The disobedient child isa frustrated child-for his mind is con­stantly plagued with feelings of guiltand rebellion.

A child who loves, honors and obeyshis parents is a BLESSED child indeed!He will tend to live a more truly happy,carefree and purposeful life. And in hisspiritual life, he will pass through thenatural and beautiful sequence from thehonoring of his parents to the joyfulworshipping of his God!

Thus far we have dealt primarily withthe application of the fifth command­ment to children and young people. Butthe original command to "honor" ourparents is not addressed to children­but to everyone.

Even Adults Should HonorTheir Parents

The time may come when it is nolonger necessary or right that a personshould strictly obey his parents. But thedays should NEVER come when heshould cease to honor them.

The word "honor" has a much largermeaning than that of obedience. It indi­cates a high respect as for worth, meritor rank. It denotes a feeling of highesteem and reverence.

A person who has properly obeyedhis parents in childhood later expresseshis honor for them in a deeper appre­ciation of the comforts and trainingthey provided him as a child. This honorexpresses itself in courtesy, thoughtful­ness and kindly deeds.

As we mature, it becomes increasinglyevident that untold hours of work, ofanxious thought and agonized prayerwere bestowed fur our welfare by faith­ful and loving parents. It should becomethe delight of every decent man andwoman to return this love which our

parents created.In the evening of life, many parents

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long for this affection and fellowshipwith their children more, perhaps, thanfor any other blessing.

Let us THINK and act on this oppor­tunity to return the love our parents sofreely gave!

A Common Sin

To the everlasting SHAME of ourprofessing Christian society, thousandsof elderly parents are reduced to livingon a mere pittance that comes to themthrough governmental agencies. In alltoo many cases, the children are ablebut simply UNWILLING to provide ad­ditional comforts as generous as theirability allows.

Jesus Christ gave one of the mostforceful interpretations of the fifth com­mandment in its application to this veryproblem. In His day, men were excusingthemselves from providing for the neces­sity of their parents. They were sayingthat funds which might have been usedin this way were "Corban," that is, dedi­cated to the service of the altar. Thesefunds were not part of God's tithe, butrather an additional offering which wasused to gain favor in approaching God.

Reproaching these hypocritical re­ligionists, Jesus said: "Full well ye rejectthe commandment of God, that ye maykeep your own tradition. For Mosessaid, Honor thy father and thy mother;and, Whoso curseth father or mother,let him die the death" (Mark 7:9-10) .

Now notice how these hypocrites"reasoned" their way around this com­mandment!

Jesus continued: "But ye say, If a manshall say to his father or mother, It isCorban, that is to say, a gift, by whatso­ever thou mightest be profited by me;he shall be free. And ye suffer him nomore to do ought for his father or hismother; Making the word of God ofnone effect through your tradition ..."(verses 11-13).

Jesus CONDEMNED these hypocrites!His words plainly teach that a Christianperson MUST give material and finan­cial assistance to his aged parents if itis possible and their needs so require.He must NOT excuse himself by sayingthat all his extra funds are "dedicatedto God"!

This is a part of our obedience to thefifth commandment.

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Jesus' Own Personal Example

Jesus Christ LIVED the message Hetaught. His own personal life is a dra­matic illustration of obedience to thefifth commandment.

Just before His death, Jesus said: "Ihave kept my Father's commandments"(John 15: 10). Through obedience toHis heavenly Father, and to his humanparents as well, Jesus grew in wisdomand maturity even as a youth.

Speaking of His childhood, Luke re­cords: "And the child grew, and waxedstrong in spirit, filled with WISDOM:

and the grace of God was upon him"(Luke 2:40).

Then we read the remarkable accountof His trip to Jerusalem for Passover atage twelve. After the days of unleavenedbread, His parents started the trip homewithout Him-supposing Jesus was withneighbors or relatives (verses 43-44).

This in itself shows that Jesus' parentsrelied on His dependability and goodjudgment-supposing He was withother young people in the caravan as thegroup headed back toward Nazareth. Asparents, Joseph and Mary had learnedto TRUST His obedience and wisdom.

But now, perplexed about Him, per­haps, for the first time in their lives,they turned back and finally found Jesus.They did NOT find Him in a pool-hall,nightclub or place of amusement!

They found Him in God's temple,"sitting in the midst of the doctors, bothhearing them, and asking them ques­tions" (verse 46). He had remained toinvestigate and learn more of the waysof His heavenly Father!

Jesus' Wisdom as a Youth

Remember, He was only twelve yearsold. But His parents had instructed Himfrom God's Word. And He had HEEDED

their instruction! He had STUDIED dili­gently. He had GROWN in the knowl­edge and understanding of God's ways.

Now, even in the midst of these high­ly educated doctors of the law, Lukewrites: "And all that heard him wereastonished at his UNDERSTANDING andhis answers" (verse 47).

When Jesus' mother asked Him whylIe had remained behind in this way,He said: "How is it that ye sought me?wist ye not that I must be about my

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Father's business?" (Luke 2:49.)Jesus undoubtedly gave special em­

phasis to some of these words. "Didn'tYOU know, Mother-you who have al­ways taught me about God-that I mustbe about His business?"

There must have been a special un­derstanding between them when Jesussaid:"I must be about my Father's busi­ness," as He looked at Joseph and Mary.For it had been a long time now sinceHis supernatural conception and birth,and Jesus may have been gently remind­ing His human guardians that He fullyunderstood, more than they had realized,the nature of His birth and that His realFather was God in heaven!

Honor to the Very End

But although gently reminding themof this, "he went down with them, andcame to Nazareth, and was subject untothem" (verse 51). So Jesus continued torespect and OBEY His human parentswhile maturing physically and preparingfor His Divine mission in behalf of Hisheavenly Father.

Even in His dying moments, whilesuffering one of the most agonizingdeaths ever devised by men, Jesus HON­

ORED and loved His mother to the veryend.

Just before He died on the stake,John records: "When Jesus thereforesaw his mother, and the disciple stand­ing by, whom he loved, he saith untohis mother, Woman, behold thy son!Then saith he to the disciple, Beholdthy mother! And from that hour thatdisciple took her unto his own home"(John 19:26-27).

Here Jesus made final provision forHis mother to be taken care of by Johnafter His death. At a time when thethoughts of all other men would havebeen of self, Jesus still remembered thefifth commandment and extended loveand honor to the woman who bore Him,who had nourished Him from infancy,who had taught Him from the scrip­tures, and who now stood in this awfulplace-unafraid and unashamed-weep­ing at His death.

REMEMBER the perfect example ofJesus Christ!

"Honour thy father and thy mother:that thy days may be long upon the land

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which the Lord thy God giveth thee."Next month, we will expound the

sixth commandment: "Thou shalt notkill." Don't miss this vital article in thiscontinuing series expounding the TenCommandments of Almighty God.

Why Prophecy?(Continued from page 8)

You CAN understand Biblical proph­ecy. Here's how: God told Daniel thewords which he had received were closedand sealed-but only UNTIL a certaintime. Read it! "And he said, 'Go thy way,Daniel: for the words are closed up andsealed TILL the time of the end! Manyshall be purified, and made white, andtried, but the wicked shall do wickedly:and none of the wicked shall understand;but the WISt! SHALL UNDERSTAND'"(Dan. 12:9-10).

Who are the "wise"? God says "thefear of the Eternal is the BEGINNING ofknowledge" (Prov. 1: 7). Wisdom comesfrom God! "For the Eternal giveth wis­dom, out of His mouth cometh kuuwl­edge and understanding" (Prov. 2:6) .

The way to get wisdom-to come to

understand the Bible prophecies-is toFEAR (be in awe of) Almighty God!"Thus saith the Eternal, The heaven isMy throne, and the earth is My footstool:where is the house that you build untoMe? and where is the place of My rest?For all those things have Mine handmade, and all those things have been,saith the Eternal: but to this man will Ilook, even to him that is poor and of acontrite spirit, and TREMBLETH at Myword!" (Isa. 66:1-2).

The mere BEGINNING of wisdom is to

fear God. Next, one must learn to

respect, to fear, to TREMBLE before theDivinely inspired word of God!

Today people say, "Well, I know theBible says that-but here's the way Ilook at it!" People do not seem to reallyfear to misapply, to misinterpret, wrest,distort and twist the sacred word of God!People do not really RESPECT the Di­vinely inspired words of Almighty God!

That's why people don't understandthe Bible! You can come to understandthe Bible, and Biblical prophecy, ONLYwhen you begin to really FEAR and

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RESPECT what the Bible says!The apostle Paul said, "The natural

man receiveth not the things of the spiritof God, for they are foolishness untohim, NEITHER CAN HE KNOW THEM,because they are spiritually discerned"(I Cor. 2:14). The disciples of JesusChrist couldn't even understand the sim­plest parables which Jesus taught themprivately! However, AFTER they hadbeen converted, after they had receivedthe Holy Spirit of God, then theyUNDERSTOOD!

It is only when one has truly come tofeu God, to OBEY God, has REPENTED,and received God's Holy Spirit, that trueunderstanding of the prophecies of Godcan come.

What Prophecy Means to You!

Jesus Christ commissioned His Churchto preach the gospel of the kingdom ofGod to all the world as a WITNESS(Matt. 28:18-20; Matt. 24:14). Thegospel is prophetic! It has to do withpresent-day wurld news, and the FUTUREof this whole earth!

The whole meaning of the gospel isPROPHETIC. Jesus Christ said, "Wahh

ye therefore, and pray always, that youmay be accounted worthy to escape allthese things which shall come to pass

[that are prophesied-that are to happenin the FUTURE) and to stand before theSon of Man!" (Luke 21:36).

You need to come to UNDERSTANDprophecy! Only by understanding theprophecies of the Bible can you intelli­gently WATCH-and Jesus meant watchworld news. When you KNOW, in ad­uance, what is GOING to happen-thenyou can be a real watchman of AlmightyGod! That's why God caused the proph­ecies to be recorcled-to warn the worldNOW!

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provides the means by which studentsdefray their expenses. And, they areactually helping to build their college!In this they take a good deal of pride,and receive much joy!

It is really thrilling to see constantgrowth and Improvement and progressin the physical plant of the college-aswell as constant spiritual and culturaland mental development and progress inthe students! Every month there is some­thing NEW!

On the Pasadena campus we haveour own full-time carpenter crew; ourown modern new cabinet-making shopand staff of expert cabinet makers; ourown licensed electricians; our own pav­ing and cement crews; our own depart­rnenr of painters, plasterers, wallpaperhangers; our own plumbers.

Already at the new college in Eng­land we have a crew of carpenters andone of painters and one of gardeners.Under these experienced full-time de­partment heads we employ part-timestudents. They experience great satisfac­tion in assisting, and having definite partin the building of the constantly grow­ing college in this way. It becomes morethan ever THEIR college!

Perhaps this is another reason ourstudents will tell you that AmbassadorCollege is the HAPPIEST place on earth!

Students interested in doing universitylevel work are invited to write for thecatalog of Ambassador College in Pasa­dena, and the prospectus of AmbassadorCollege in England-and also, jf youwish, for application forms. Addressesare: Box 111, Pasadena, California; andAmbassador College, Bricket Wood, St.Albans, Herts., England.

Source of Today'sReligious Confusion

Today's religious customs do not come from the Bible!Here are the facts of their origin!

SYNOPSIS: The preceding articleshave revealed amazing facts whichmost people are afraid to face!

An impelling force-Satan-workingbehind the scenes and before Christ'stime, caused surprising, counterfeit re­ligious practices to be formulated. Theyappeared like the genuine. They seemedto be Christian. Therefore they weresecretly injected into the church afterthe time of the apostles.

These pagan practices have made itvery difficult for each generation afterChrist's time to discern and to follow thetrue ways to Salvation-the ways thatGod has commanded.

Why have old pagan religious prac­tices, whose origins date usually froma period centuries before the time ofMoses, such a vital INFLUENCE ON OURLIVES today?

PATTERNED IN ADVANCE ofChrist's Coming

The world just after the flood knewand understood that a Savior was to come(Gen. 3:15). After the death of Nim­

rod, the mighty leader and founder ofcivilization after the flood, his wife Se­miramis succeeded him. Babylon-aword which means "confusion" (Gen.10: 8-10; 11: 1-9) -was the home of thispowerful family. Semiramis wanted togain prestige so she could retain thelarge holdings which her husband hadgained by war. She palmed one of herillegitimate sons off as the coming Saviorand made herself the "Virgin Mother."

The Devil knew the confusion hecould create by duplicating IN ADVANCEthe teachings of Christ. So he inspiredSemiramis to formulate a great numberof clever teachings. These have an amaz­

ing similarity to the ones which Christproclaimed when he came bringing thegood news of the kingdom of God.

In each of her ideas AN EVIL TWIST IS

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FOUND. These twists benefited her, andthey benefit the Devil to this very day!After Christ came, these pagan ideas be­came mixed with His own, and this hasthrown the world into great religiousconfusion.

THE VERY FACT, HOWEVER, THAT WEARE NOW AWARE THAT THE VAST MA­JORITY OF THESE CONFUSING DOC­TRINES COME FROM ONESOURCE MAKESIT RELATIVELY EASY TO QUICKLYTRACE THEM DOWN AND TO FINDWHETHER THEY CAME FROM GOD ORTHE DEVIL. The Bible commands us to"Prove all things: Hold fast that whichis good" (I Thes. 5: 21). Soon Satanwill, through his ministers, performgreat wonders" so that "if it were possi­

ble, they would deceive the very elect"(Rev. 13:13 and Mat. 24:24). IT WILLPAY TO KNOW THE DEVIL'S METHODS!

PART VIIIVain Repetition of Prayers

Jesus commands, "WHEN YE PRAY,USE NOT VAIN REPETITIONS AS THEHEATHEN DO: FOR THEY THINK THATTHEY SHALL BE HEARD FOR THEIRMUCH SPEAKING" (Matt. 6:7). Wheredoes this mechanical repetition and tell­ing of prayers upon beads come fromthen, if it is not commanded of God?

The rosary (the instrument contain­ing beads on which prayers are count­ed) was used as a sacred instrumentamong the ancient Mexicans (Hum­boldt's Mexican Researches, vol. ii, p.29), also among the Brahmins. Hin­doo sacred books refer to it ofen. Itwas used by the heathen of ancientTibet, China, and Greece, and ancientRome. (Rome before the time ofChrist!) The name" 'Rosary' itself seems

to be from the Chaldee (BabyIonian)'Ro,' 'tbougbt' and 'Shareh,' 'director' rr

(Hislop, p. 188). The very presentname - Ro-sar-y - indicates that this

method came from Babylon.The Rosary allows people to think

that they are worshipping God but to

overlook the great fact that God wantsabove all things that prayer should befrom the heart.

As regards the Rosary of the SacredHeart, the "Heart" was one of the sa­cred symbols of Osiris (the EgyptianTammuz or Nimrod), when he was sup­posedly born again as the infant divinity,and carried in the arms of his mother Isis( the Egyptian Semiramis) . Dryden's

Aeneid, Book i. 937-940, shows why theheart was Osiris' symbol when he wasborn again: Venus (a Grecian name forSemiramis), speaking to the boy-god,her son, said, "My son, my might . . . Tothee thy much afflicred mother flies." Theson was called "the Strength" of hismother. "Thus the boy-god came to beregarded as the "god of the heart," orcupid or god of love.

In this Rosary of the Sacred Heart,therefore, it is Tammuz, the Sun-god,who is venerated-and in our day!

St. Valentine's Heart

Christ said: "I am the light of theworld. He that followeth Me shall . . .have the light of life" (John 8: 12).Through Christ's WORDS, LIGHT wasshed to the people on how to attaineternal life. Did Satan have counter­feits formulated to correspond to thispart of Christ's character? Let us see.

Nimrod being reborn as the incarna­tion of the SUN (the light-bringer),the "sacred heart" was frequently repre­sented as being aflame. It became anemblem of the incarnate Son. "To berepresented as a heart on fire, requiredalso that burning lamps and lightedcandles should form part of the wor­ship of that Son" (Hislop's The TwoBabylons, p. 191).

The Saviour is spoken of as the "Mes-

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siah which is ... Christ" (John 1:41).The word "Messiah," according to Pelou­bet's Bible Dictionary, means one who isanointed with Holy oil. Kings of Israelwere called "anointed" from this modeof consecration. The Saviour was theMessiah, the anointed one consecratedby God.

Extreme Unction a Counterfeitof Salvation

We shall now see how Satan, knowingof the Messiah's coming-the One whowould come to make peace betweenmankind and God-produced counter­feits hundreds of years before He came.It did not take Semiramis, inspired bySatan, long to incorporate this into herMysteries and identify this title with herdead husband Nimrod:

"Among the many names of the Baby­lonian god (Nimrod) was the name'Beel-sarnen,' 'Lord of Heaven,' which isthe name of the sun. But Beel-samenalso properly signified 'Lord of Oil' andwas evidently intended as a synonym ofthe Divine name 'The Messiah.''' (Notehere the subtle counterfeit of Semiramis,as inspired by the Devil, to duplicate thereal Messiah! )

"This also accounts for the fact thatthe body of the Babylonian Belus (Nim­rod) was represented as having beenpreserved in his sepulchre ... floating inoil. And . . . at Rome the 'statue ofSaturn' (Nimrod) was made hollow andfilled with oil ... As the olive branchwas one of the symbols of their Messiah(Nimrod) whose great mission it wasto make peace between God and man so,in bearing this branch of the anointedone, they thereby testified that in thename of that anointed one they cameseeking peace" (Hislop, p. 165). II' ONEWAS ANOINTED WITH OIL BEFORE HEDIED, HE WAS SURE OF A GRACIOUS RE­CEPTION BY HIS GOD, THEY BELIEVED.

"The worshippers of this ... 'Lord ofHeaven' . . . were also anointed with'magical ointments' ... to fit and preparethem for being admitted in vision, intohis awful presence ... Thus the pagansystem naturally developed into an 'ex­treme unction' ... [which} was entirelyunknown among the Christians till cor­ruption was far adonnced in the Church"(p, 166).

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ticed by pagans hunreds of years beforethe great falling away from the truthoccurred in the Church. It was beingused to prepare those who were beinginitiated into the Mysteries to meet theirgod in vision in an intiation. It was alsoto prepare others to make their lastjourney into the unknown beyond.

After Christ's coming, the apostateChurch, desiring to retain this paganpractice for the thousands of incomingpagans and also to pacify the professingChristians, concocted a scriptural basis:"Is any sick among you? Let him call theelders of the church; and let them prayover him, anointing him with oil . . . andthe Lord shall raise him up" (James5: 14-15 ). THIS COMMAND IS OBVIOUS­LY GIVEN FOR PHYSICAL HEALING ANDNOT TO PREPARE MAN TO MEET THECREATOR! This scripture was deliber­ately misinterpreted to allow a pagancounterfeit to masquerade as Christian.Repentance and Christ's blood make for­giveness possible. But by this pagan ritemen claim to prepare one another to

meet the Creator-but the rite or cere­mony is only a continuation of paganSun-worship, worship of a false Messiah.

So those who could baoe life by God'shealing COMMAND are led astray, bySatan's counterfeit, into Other wayswhich bring death. They are deceivedinto honoring a false Messiah-intousing a false method to prepare them furtheir final judgment!

Today this same deception is perpet­uated in the name of "Christianity"!

Relic Worship of Pagan Origin

IN MANY CHURCHES TODAY THEWORSHIP OF RELICS PLAYS AN IM­PORTANT PART. It is believed that,"Whenever a chapel is opened or a tem­ple consecrated, it cannot be thoroughlycomplete without some relic ... of he­saint or she-saint to GIVE SANCTITY toit . . . The grossest impostures havebeen practiced in regard to such relics... and their WONDER WORKING POW­ERS...." In the realms of Heathendomthe same worship had flourished for agesbefore Christian saints or martyrs hadappeared in the world (Hislop, p.176).

It was found in China, Greece, Indiaand other places. Nimrod, it will be re­membered, was cut in pieces. Plutarch

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(vol. ii. p. 358, A), describes the searchSemiramis made for these pieces, "Isis(Semiramis) set out . . . in search ofthe scattered members of her husband'sbody . . . and one reason assigned forthe different sepulchres of Osiris("Nimrod") in Egypt is that wheneveranyone of his scattered limbs was dis­covered she buried it on the spot. Notonly were these Egyptian RELICS SA­CRED THEMSELVES, BUT THEY CONSE­CRATED THE VERY GROUND IN WHICHTHEY WERE ENTOMBED" (Ibid. sect. 20,vol. ii. p. 359 A).

"If the places where the relics ofOsiris were buried were accounted pe­culiarly holy, it is easy to see how natur­ally this would give rise to the pilgim­ages so frequent among the heathen."In the Middle Ages such pilgrimagesto the tombs of saints were to washaway sin (Hislop, p. 180).

Nowhere in the Bible are pilgrimagescommanded!

Mankind spread from the originalBabylon to all parts of the earth to formBabylon the Great. It is thus easy to seewhere today's "Great Babylon" acquiredthis practice. Such practices are entirelycontrary to God's teachings. When a hu­man being dies today, he remains dead.He cannot "sanctify," "work wonders,"or "consecrate" anything. Even David,one of God's most beloved, is still dead(Acts 2: 29). Only when Christ comeswill the righteous live again (I Cor.15:51; I Thes. 4:16). IT IS OBVIOUSWHERE THE FALSE IDEA THAT MANCONTINUES TO LIVE AFTER HE ISDEAD COMES FROM!

Other Deceptive Counterfeits

Church government in the MiddleAges was patterned after the PaganCollege of Pontiffs, with its "PontifexMaximus," which had existed in Romefrom the earliest times. It is known tohave been framed on the model of thegrand original Council of Pontiffs atancient Babylon, and the keys that theirhuman leader emblazons on his arms asthe ensigns of his spiritual authoritywere the symbols of rwo well-knownpagan divinities who existed at Romebefore the apostate Church was everfounded-Janus (the Roman name fora god who represented Nimrod in oneof his many forms), and Cybele (Nim-

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rod's wife, Semiramis). Each of thesetwo divinities had a key which openedthe doors to the kingdom of heaven.

Clerical celibacy, the shaving of theheads of priests, the pontifical crosier,and the mitre were all known in an­cient Babylon.

These are other pieces of evidence asto what the people of today are actuallyworshipping. DOES GOD HOLD PEOPLERESPONSIBLE TODAY FOR WORSHIPPINGTHIS SYSTEM JUST BECAUSE THEY AREDECEIVED? HE HELD OUR FOREFATHERSRESPONSIBLE FOR WORSHIPPING THISIDENTICALLY SAME SYSTEM OF MYS­TERIES EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE DE­CEIVED! Why wouldn't He hold usresponsible? He says He will! (Rev.18:4). We are to come out of Babylonor we will receive of her plagues! Theplagues will soon fall!

"Mystery of Iniquity" A Secret System

As we have seen, the OPEN WORSHIPof the sun (or fire) and the snake (theDevil) was STOPPED when the righteousforces of Shem destroyed Nimrod, whohad been the great power promotingthis worship. SHEM FORBADE THE WOR­SHIP OF THESE SYMBOLS. When Semi­ramis started the forbidden system again,it had to be through a SYSTEM OFMYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS. We have seenthat she deified her dead husband Nim­rod, herself, and her son Tammuz. Sheassociated them with great personagesof the past, and set up a system wherebythey might also be worshipped throughsymbols. Thus those who were initiatedinto the meaning of these symbols couldcontinue their worship of the thingswhich had been forbidden.

THIS MYSTERY SYSTEM BECAME THEMOST POWERFUL DECEPTIVE RELIGIOUSDEVICE THIS WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN,as will later be proved by the Bibleitself!

Nimrod had many titles as did alsohis wife (Wilkinson, vol. iv, p. 179).As we have seen, one of Nimrod'» names

is Saturn, which signifies the Hiddengod. To those who were initiated, hewas revealed; to all others, he was hid­den. Why is this word "Saturn" thevery key that connects the idolatrousBabylon of that time with the Babylonishfountain-head of idolatry in our time?

"The name Saturn in Chaldee (Baby-

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Ionian) is ... Stur. This name containsexactly the Apocalyptic number 666:­S=60, T=400, U=6, R=200 ... Butstill further it turns out. that theoriginal name of Rome itself wasSaturnia, 'the city of Saturn.' This isvouched alike hy Ovid, hy Pliny, andby Aurelius Victor." Thus ancient Romewas branded with the number 666 (Rev.13 :18). "Virgil . . . showed that La­teinos, to whom the Romans or Latinrace traced back their lineage, wasrepresented with a glory around hishead, to show that he was a 'child ofthe Sun' "-a symbol of devil worship(Hislop, pp. 269-270).

Note in particular that NIMROD, THEHEAD OF THE PAGAN SUN-SERPENTWORSHIP, WHO WAS FALSELY REPRE­SENTED AS THE VERY SON OF GOD,BORE THE NUMBER 666! This samenumber continues to be branded on thepresent-day Babylonish system, whosesymbols hide the actual worship of thedevil. How do we know? Because aworld-wide religious leader who repre­sents this system will brand himself withthis number by his very actions!-byacting as Nimrod did-setting himselfin the place of Christ, the Son of God!

It is prophesied that Christ will comeand smite the nations and rule them(Isa. 2: 1-4). But what is also prophe­sied to happen just before Christ willestablish His rule in Jerusalem?

God says, "I will bring again thecaptivity of Judah and Jerusalem" (Joel3: 1). Literal Jerusalem is soon to gointo captivity to a coming union offacist dictators in Europe. The religioushead of this coming union will "Plantthe tabernacle of his palace betweenthe seas in the glorious holy mountain"in Palestine (Dan. 11: 45 ) .

He will place his headquarters ofworship in the land which prophecyshows Christ intends to use as His ownheadquarters and place of worship.Furthermore, this human religious headwill "Exalt himself above all that iscalled God ... so that he as God sit­reth in the temple of God, showinghimself that he is God" (II Thes, 2:4).

Christ, THE SON OF GOD, is to cometo Jerusalem to establish the worshipof God on the earth, but there will bea mortal man who will come to thissame place to spread the Babylonish

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worship on the earth. This man willthus attempt to usurp the authority ofChrist ... he will actually try to berhe only "Reprerentative of the Son 0/God," which translated into Latin is"Filii vicarivs Dei." It adds up to 666:i=I, 1=50, v=5, c=100, d=500. Theletters f, a, r, s, and e have no numericalvalue. THIS MAN WILL PLACE UPON

HIMSELF THE SAME NUMBER THATNIMROD, THE ORIGINATOR OF THEWORLD'S FALSE RELIGIOUS WORSHIP,CARRIED. NIMROD, AS THE "SON OF

GOD," WAS REPRESENTED AS BEINGCHRIST!

Here is proof that the system ofMysterious Iniquiry, whose head willbrand himself with the number 666, isthe same hidden system that has existedfrom the flood and only for the purposeof perverting God's teachings. It is nowonder that Christ's gospel was "in­filtrated" and twisted. The wonder wouldhave been if this had not occurred!

In summarizing, recall that mysteriousor hidden symbols are used. These sym­bols exist today, such as the Christmastree, the Easter egg, the hot cross bun­there are many others.

Also, just as symbolic as the Christmastree and other material symbols, are theperiods of time set apart by Satan forthe worship of other than the true God-Christmas, Easter, Lent-and manyother symbolical periods which arehiding from people today the real "gods"they are worshipping! SATAN HAS AL­WAYS TAUGHT ANOTHER GOSPEL-AWRONG AND IMPOSSIBLE WAY OF AT­

TAINING IMMORTALITY-YOU CAN'TWORSHIP THE SYMBOLS OF SATAN'SGODS AND ACHIEVE ETERNAL LIFE.Even to the initiated this worship wasmysterious or hidden until explained.The individual (Satan) who is at thehead is mysterious or hidden. God hasgiven Satan's system the name "Baby­lon," which means "Confusion" (Rev.17: 5). No wonder the inhabitants ofthe earth have been made drunk withconfusing doctrines (Rev. 17: 2).

Satan hid in the form of a serpent;Adam hid in the garden after he hadsinned; Nimrod was hidden in the Chal­dean Mysteries. The Devil is now the(hidden) god of this world (II Cor.4: 4) and is deceiving the whole earth

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CHAPTER TWENTY

TWO MORE PLAGUES ON EGYPT

IE KING of Egypt tried to erase hom hi, mind what .Aaron had said about the

coming plague of locusts. But the more he tried to forget it, the more he worried.

"There have been many locust swarms in the land from time to time," Pharaoh

thought. "These insects have done damage, but they didn't bother people or animals.

Surely another swarm of these creatures wouldn't mean great hardship."

Unable to sleep, Pharaoh got out of bed and quietly walked across the room to

the curtained east windows. He didn't summon servants to pull the curtains, because

he didn't wish to awaken his wife. He hoped that his children, bedded in adjoining

rooms, would also sleep through the windstorm. There had been so much furore and

excitement in the palace for so many days that everyone was in great need of rest.

The king yanked the curtains apart, disclosing a view eastward across the Nile

river. The sun was just rising in a weirdly dull, red glow, apparently caused by flying

dust and sand. But even as he watched, the sun became dim. Then it disappeared, as

though blotted out by a vast, dark curtain!

"It must be a heavy bank of clouds coming in with the wind," Pharaoh thought.

Fascinated by the growing darkness, he kept staring into the sky. Gradually he

was aware of a strange buzzing that grew louder above the low whine of the wind.

Peculiar objects darted past his window. At first he thought that they were leaves

carried by the wind. Then some of them landed on the window ledge.

Suddenly he realized that he was staring at huge red and black locusts! Theeighth plague was starting!

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As Pharaoh gazed eastward, he saw the morning sun graduallydisappear in a strange, dark cloud.

Locust Plague Descends

Pharaoh backed away from the window, amazed at the size of the insects. They

looked like grasshoppers, except they were much larger and brighter in color. Within

seconds the wide window ledge was alive with them. The king snatched the ribbons

that controlled the heavy curtains, and gave them a violent yank. But before the cur­

tains could be drawn, an army of locusts had invaded the room. At first they flew and

hopped aimlessly about, causing the king to duck and weave as he backed toward an

inner door. Then the locusts located the flower beds in the long, stone planters built

at one side of the room.

"My lilies! My rare, beautiful lilies!" Pharaoh gasped.

Before his eyes the hungry insects chewed the plants down to the soil. It was toO

much for the king, who had a special soft spot in his heart for flowers, if not for hu­

man beings. He stamped out into the corridor next to his bedroom, and shouted for

servants.

Already the palace was in an uproar worse than the one caused by the plague of

frogs. Servants and guards were dashing excitedly about, swatting and mashing the

little invaders. But there were so many of them that it seemed impossible to keep

them out.

During the next hours Egypt suffered terrible losses by the clouds of locusts

dumped over the land. The strong east wind that brought them later died down.

Every plant that grew out of the ground was chewed up by the insects. There were so

many of the locusts that they crawled over each other in a horrible, live blanket sev­

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a ghastly experience for people and animals to be crawled upon and almost smoth­

ered by a sea of squirming, twisting, struggling, tumbling, buzzing insects. (Exodus

10: 15.)

Meanwhile, Pharaoh's advisors and officers stormed back to his court to beg him

to bring a quick end to the plague by calling Moses and Aaron.

"It makes no sense to keep the Israelites," they argued. "What good can they do

us as our slaves if there is nothing left in our land for them to work with?"

"We have gone too far in opposing their God," the chief advisor said. "You are

very close to losing your whole kingdom. Withour a kingdom, how can you be a king?"

Pharaoh brushed a locust from his robe, then mashed it under the sale of his

jewelled sandal. Somehow that one crushed locust seemed to be too much for the

king. For hours and hours he had seen nothing but mashed locusts everywhere.

"Send for the two Israelites," he muttered, turning aside with a sick expression.

When Moses and Aaron were brought in later, Pharaoh hurried toward them

with outstretched arms.

"I have done evil things against your God and against you," he sorrowfully said

to the two Israelites. "I ask you to forgive me. I beg you to ask your God to take away

these terrible locusts! Leave with your people whenever you wish, but don't let your

God do any more damage to my land!" (Verses 16 and 17.)

Moses and Aaron silently regarded the king, who appeared to be quite sincere

in his request. They turned and left the room, leaving Pharaoh in uncertain despair

while locusts hopped and fluttered around him.

Out by themselves, except for the waves of insects milling about them, Moses

and Aaron prayed, asking God to take away the locusts and spare the land from famine.

Shortly afterward a wind came up from the west. It grew in strength by the

minute, until it was almost a gale over most of Egypt. People began to be fear­

ful that it would destroy their homes. But instead of blowing houses down, it blew the

locusts out of Egypt and eastward into the Red Sea. Thus it was that the billions of

insects, which had probably been carried in from Arabia, were swept away and

drowned. (Verse 19.)

When the Egyptians went out to see what damage had been done, they found

that every green parr of every tree and shrub and plant had been devoured.

After the wind had died down, Pharaoh walked through his outer courts to see

what destruction had taken place in his expensive gardens. The king felt that if he

hadn't been so hasty and stubborn, this last plague could have been avoided, and he

regretted what he had done. But when he saw that his vast flower gardens, shade trees,

hedges, lily ponds and walls of ivy had become nothing but stems, stocks and twigs,

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The Egyptians found that the locusts had eaten every green leafand plant.

he became angry.

"Send a fast messenger to tell Moses and Aaron that I have changed my mind!"

he snapped at an aide. "Tell them that I refuse to let the Israelites leave Egypt, and if

any of them try to go, they will have to deal with my army!"

Again Moses and Aaron, on receiving the message, were filled with disappoint­

ment. And again God gave instructions to Moses, who stretched the shepherd's rod

toward the sky another time.

Plague of Darkness

The Egyptians must have been perplexed when they noticed a strange pallor

creeping into the sunny, blue sky. Little by little the pallor grew into a weird gray­

ness. The sun's light became less, as though some mysterious, drab veil were being

drawn between the Earth and its source of light. Gradually the veil grew darker, until

a deep, gray haze finally blotted out all sight of the sun. The haze descended, bringing

a thickening vapor over all the land.

People were so filled with dismay that many of them almost forgot the terrible

plague that had just ended. All of them, including Pharaoh, could only wonder at what

evil thing was to result from the growing gloom. Soon that dismay turned to terror,

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for within hours the gloom turned to the

darkness of night, and from the darkness

of night into horrifying, utter blackness!

(Verse 22.)

Possibly God caused the blackness by

producing a very deep fog layer carrying

billions of particles of dust from recent dust

storms. However He caused it, it must have

brought greater fear to the Egyptians than

did the other plagues. The darkness was so

intense that no one could see anyone else.

Even with fires, torches and lamps burning,

there was a clammy murkiness in the air

that seemed to almost drown the light.

Figures took on a weirdness that added

terror to the awful situation.

Most activity came to an abrupt stop.

It was almost impossible to move safely

about. Some were caught in the deserts, the

fields and the river when the darkness came

on. Many of these became lost, and some

died in the hours to come because they were

unable to find food or water. Most of the

Egyptians stayed in their homes, hopeful

that the frightful darkness would come to

an end.

Meanwhile, In Goshen where the

Israelites lived, there was plenty of light for

the homes, although the sky was probably

dark. (Verse 23.)

At the royal palace matters were

especially in confusion. Pharaoh was more

filled with fear than he had been during any

of the other plagues, but he felt that the

clammy darkness would probably last only

a few hours, and that the next dawn would

bring light. But when it came time for the

A strange, thick gloom beganto settle over the land.

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Even the brightest lamps and torches shone only with a weird,ghostly feebleness in the thick, dank darkness.

sun to come up, there was no light. Fright began to spread among the Egyptians in a

way that sent many of them into a state of panic.

Even Pharaoh, a man of strong will, began to feel, after two days had passed,

that the intense darkness would drive him into a state of madness if it were to con­

tinue very long. As did many of the people, he spent much of his time lying in bed,

waiting for the terrible darkness to Jet up_ Moving about was too dangerous.

In the sleepless, miserable hours that followed, Pharaoh could hear the wails and

groans from the nearby temple, where priests were begging the Egyptian idols to

wipe out the cause of the darkness and bring back the light of the sun. Pharaoh was

quite sure by now that all the chanting and moaning to the many gods of Egypt meant

nothing. Besides, it kept him from sleeping.

"Send word to the priests," he told a servant, "that they need not pray any more

for now. Tell them that T suggest that our gods would perhaps be pleased by a period

of silence, now that they have been prayed to for two days without ceasing."

But even after the wailing and moaning had stopped, the king was unable to

sleep. The cold dankness of the darkness seemed to seep to his very bones. In spite of

the many blankets on his bed, he shivered. From rooms close by he heard the muffled

sobs of fear from his children. What bothered him most, however, was the weird, hazy

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flickering of the lamps in his room. There were several of them-e-enough, in ordinary

darkness, to make the room ablaze with light. But in this weirdly thick blackness, the

lamps shone only with a maddeningly ghostly feebleness.

Suddenly Pharaoh sprang out of bed and struck a gong to summon an aide.

Pharaoh Calls for Moses and Aaron

"Send men to find those two Israelites, Moses and Aaron, and have them brought

here as soon as possible!" the king commanded.

"But your highness," the aide gasped, standing very close to be seen, "those two

could be far away-perhaps even across the river! It is almost impossible to move

through this terrible darkness!"

"See that they're brought here at any cost!" Pharaoh thundered. "Use my whole

army, if necessary, and plenty of the best torches. Get out the chariots, boats and any­

thing that's needed. But get them here!"

More miserable hours passed. When at last Moses and Aaron were brought be­

fore Pharaoh, he was relieved to recognize them. However, he was still very upset.

"Get out of Egypt-all you Israelites!" he commanded. "You are free to go serve

your God and do as you wish."

There was silence in the dark, shadowy court. Aaron didn't speak up, inasmuch as

he felt that Pharaoh, only dimly visible by the flickering torches, had more to say. The

next human voice came from a guard, who pointed toward a window and shouted

something about light.

It was suddenly obvious that dim light was showing through the windows! It

increased by the minute, returning after three terrible days of absence!

Pharaoh, who had almost gone out of his mind because of the three-day darkness,

felt his self-control and power swiftly returning to him.

"I repeat my promise," he told Moses and Aaron in a tone that was a little more

friendly. "All you Israelites are free to leave my land. All I ask is that you leave your

flocks and herds behind." (Verse 24.)

Pharaoh didn't intend to lose the great numbers of livestock owned by the Israel­

ites, especially now that the livestock of the Egyptians had suffered so heavily through

the plagues. Besides, he believed that if the Israelites were to journey for three days

into the desert without meat and milk from their flocks and herds, they would face

starvation. If that happened, they would surely try to return to Egypt, and thus they

would remain slaves to the Egyptians.

However, Moses and Aaron were aware of what the king had in mind, and they

didn't intend for him to succeed in tricking them.

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"We shall take all our livestock with us when we leave," Aaron announced. "We

don't know yet how much we'll need for sacrificing to our God. Therefore we'll not

leave even one hoof behind."

The wearying three-day darkness had already driven the king into a very unhappy

state of mind. Now this bold remark from Aaron greatly annoyed him. His face be­

came red with anger. His fingers clutched and unclutched the arms of his chair.

Abruptly he jumped to his feet and shook a trembling finger at Moses and Aaron.

"You Israelites are as greedy as you are rebellious!" Pharaoh shouted. "That re­

mark about taking your livestock with you will cost you your freedom! You shall not

leave my land. You shall remain as slaves! As for you two-get out of this city and

never return! If you ever come within my sight again, my guards will kill you!"

There was a tense silence in the court as the gray light from outside filtered in

through the brightening windows. Moses and Aaron stood still before Pharaoh, calm­

ly regarding him as he glowered down upon them. Moses said something in a low

voice to Aaron, who stepped closer to the king.

"You shall have your wish," Aaron told him. "You won't see us any more. But

there will be one more plague upon you Egyptians, and we won't come to ask our God

to stop it. On a midnight to come very soon, all the firstborn in your land will be killed!

That includes your oldest son and the oldest sons of even your lowliest families. Even

the firstborn of all your animals will be slain. But no person or animal of the Israel­

ites shall die!" (Ex. 11:1~7. )

Even while Aaron was talking, Pharaoh's expression of anger melted from his

face, to be replaced by a look of mingled shock and disbelief. He well knew that these

two Israelites had never made a prediction before him that hadn't come true, and with

more awesome results than he, Pharaoh, could imagine. It would soon be a fact, there­

fore, that he would lose his oldest son! He sank weakly back on his throne and stared

in silence as Moses and Aaron, angered by his constant threats and promise-breaking,

walked from the court.

What Pharaoh didn't know was that God had already told Moses that after the

next and last plague-the slaying of the firstborn-the king would finally let the Is­

raelites leave Egypt without changing his mind before they could get out of the land.

(Yo be continued next issue)

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Source of Today'sReligious Confusion

(Continued from page 21)

(Rev. 12:9)! The WORLD TODAY

THINKS IT IS WORSHIPPING GOD, BUT

HE SAYS IT IS DECEIVED.

We have seen that there were paganreligious practices in the time of Christand the apostles which closely resembledthe doctrines the apostles practiced andpreached. We have studied these pagancustoms and found that they originatedfrom a common source-the old Baby­lonian Mysteries of Semiramis, and thatthey have found their way into religious

practices of our day. They mask theway to salvation which Christ taught.THIS BABYLONISH SYSTEM MASQUERAD­

ING AS CHRISTIAN CONTROLS THE WOR­

SHIP OF THE WORLD TODAY!

Fortunate will be the few who findtheir way out of this morass of con­fusion and STAND READY to be trans­formed at Christ's soon coming!

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The AUTOBIOGRAPHY ofHerbert W. Armstrong

(Continued from page 14)

The response to the broadcasts made inOctober over station KORE, in Eugene,was reported in the Nov. J0, 1933issue of the Bulletin.

without offering equal time to everychurch in town. However I will sell youthe time at bare COSt of operation, $2.50per half hour."

And THAT suggestion from Mr. FrankHill is what put the idea of the ultimate\'V'ORLO TOMORROW progr~m in mymind!

Altogether 14 letters and telephonecalls came in to the radio station re­questing copies of the messages I hadbroadcast.

I thanked him, and told him I wouldsee what I could do.

But, $2.50 every week! WOW! Thatwas almost as much as my entire salaryhad been! And I had just previouslyrenounced even that small salary!

$2.50 per half-hour broadcast seems,(Please continue O1J page 32)

lilla,t 6..11-" ,",t;: Promp- t .,'.~ ~ 1i .ra A ;;r'B can"·, at 3 . "<V.t,

e SUre t re~ob how P. Moaoquai 0 oon..e e by d ,Of th' n~d 'V:ith ' al.ld IUSet ar:c~

la ohUro~ Our neN b . «d4.1.. .reth-

had not invited any. Yet it has beencoming. I listened in on you this morn­ing to see what was causing it. You havean excellent radio voice, and a way ofdelivering your message that arousesinterest and holds an audience.

"Now, Mr. Armstrong," he continued,"I want to suggest that you work out aregular Sunday morning Church service,condensed into a half hour. I'd like [0

put that on as a regular sustaining pro­gram-free time-but I can't do that

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fright. I'm sure glad of that!"Then, for the first time in my life, I

said into the microphone:"GREETINGS, Friends!"But suddenly something had hap­

pened! Before those tWO words werefinished, something had hit me like ajolt! Something had started my heartpounding like a sledge-hammer! I feltmyself gasping for breath! During thoseopening two words, MIKE-FRIGHT hadseized me!

I struggled with all my might to con­trol my hard breathing so it would notbe audible over the air. It was agony,but I concentrated my mind with allthe strength I had on two things-tocarefully say the words of my typedscript as naturally as I could, and to

control my hard breathing so it did notsound.

After two or three minutes I wasmaking good progress in gaining con­rrol, Aftt:t some five minutes my breath­ing had returned to normal, and I wasso absorbed in getting this vital messageover to the largest audience of my life-even though that audience was in­visible-that I forgot all about themike-fright.

The Surprising Response

The second morning there was nomike-fright. I was beginning to gainassurance, and able to speak a littlemore naturally.

It must have been about Thursdaymorning that the announcer told methe station owner, Mr. Frank Hill,wanted to see me in his office later inthe morning.

He had received several letters andtelephone calls from listeners, request­ing copies of my talks. I had offered noliterature of any kind. I had invited nomail response.

"This is rather surprising," said Mr.Hill. "We never had any response ofany kind, before, from this morning cie­votional program. They told me you

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today, incredibly small. We have to paymore than that per minute on moststations, today! But it seemed like aninsurmountable barrier then.

Yet I knew this was GOD'S WORK, notmine. I was only an instrument. Godhad promised to supply every need.

God had OPENED THE DOOR OF MASSEVANGELISM!

He had opened the first radio door(Rev. 3: 8). I knew He wanted us to

walk through that door. I knew Hewould somehow supply that $2.50 everyweek. I knew also that we had to do ourpart, not lie down, do nothing, and ex­pect God to do it without any effortfrom us.

I was continuing to hold meetings atthe Firbutte school house, twice weekly-Sabbath afternoons and Thursdayevenings.

Then, October 21st, at the home ofMr. and Mrs. Ed Smith, just across theroad from the Jeans school, 4 miles west

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of Firbutte, a new Church of God wasorganized, with Mr. E. E. Fisher asdeacon, and myself as Pastor. Meetingscontinued from that date, three times aweek, Tuesday and Thursday evenings,and Sabbath afternoons. Attendance wasaveraging 22. A first action of the newChurch was the decision of whether to

go ahead with the broadcast. They allapproved it joyfully as an effectiveevangelisric activity of the Church.

So I sent out a letter to the smallmailing list of members we had forT he Bulletin. I asked for pledges frombrethren to help raise this $2.50 perweek. In due time pledges came backfor just HALF enough-$l 75 per week'We decided we would trust God in faithfor the other $1.25 per week.

It was arranged with Mr. Hill to startthe new half-hour program every Sun­day, beginning the first Sunday in thenew year, 1934.

In the next installment, we come to

the beginning of The WORLD TOMOR­ROW broadcast, and the first issue ofThe PLAIN TRUTH.

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