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" I wish to comment on th e new im­proved PLAIN T RUTH by saying th efull color cover surely makes it at­tractive. The March cover mak es onefeel he is there in the beautiful newgymnasi wn watching the basketballgame in person.

Bruce A. B., Lake City, Minnesota

" I have enjoyed the vario us views ofyour Pasadena campus in The PLAINTRUTH. The color cover of the tip-offfor a basketba ll game was the thi ngthat made me decide to see it in personsoon. Please give me the address so Imay plan my way th rough the fr eewaytangles. T hank you."

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spi red and thrilled my husband and Iwere with our visit to Ambassador Col­lege. The grounds and buil dings weremuch more mag nificent than we hadimagined from reading about the col­lege. The most significant thing, how­ever, about Amb assador was the genu­ine warmt h and friendliness of all thestudents we encountered there. We willneve! forget the kindness and consid­eration shown us by Ambassador stu­dents. It' s like a breath of fr esh air tofind something really good in theworld."

Mrs. G . W. B., California

Confused!"You have a fine and well-written

magazine, your rad io broadcasting

sounds in tell igent enough, but I am

afraid that all of th is sincere convic­

tion you proclaim st ill doesn't answer

the question-WHY? Why don't you

admit God made a mistake when He

creat ed Man ? Go d is to blame for all

these monkeyshines on the face of the

earth. I don 't th ink all the reasons fo r

ma n being on the planet earth make

one iota of sense. Man-Gad's highest

experiment ! Wha t a laugh! I'm surethe Creator is more soph isticated thanthat . Man is a mistake made by God.Man is a dilemma. A mixed-up globof eg ot ism. Man-THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF GOD I I I will admit I don 't knowwhat it' s all about. That' s why I'm anagnostic !"

N . S., Maryland

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need, N . S" is to read the bookletW HY W ERE You BORN? Y ou'll besurprised to discover why YOII' ff here.'

G od Speaks Out onUThe New Morality"

"1 have put off making my com­ments about your won derful book, 'TheNew Moralily' until I had fully ab­sorbed and digested all the tremendouscontents of clear-speaking, true com­monsense and God-given facts. I havenow read it three times and I marvelanew after each reading. As I am ateacher of the deaf , who are woefullylacking in sex educat ion, th is book istruly a source of remarkable informa­tion. Since the boys I teach are between14 and 20 years of age, you can seethis is a fe rtile stage for the CORR ECT

know ledge . It made such a deep im­pression on my pupils that they dis­cussed it with their parents who in

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the next couple. My grat itude and deep

apprec iation to you and all concerned

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April, 1965VOL, XXX NO.4

Circulation 595,000Published monthly at Pasadena.. California;London. England; and Melbourne, Australia.by Ambassador College. German and Frencheditions published monthly at London. England.© 1 965 Ambassador Co lege. All Rights Re·served.

EDITOR

H ERBERT W. ARMSTRONG

EXECUTIVE EDITO R

Garner Ted Armstrong

MANAGING EDITOR

Herman L. HoehSENIOR EDITOR

Roder ick C. Meredith

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Religion, Science andthe Stateto Unite? ... Inside Bock Cover

Golgotha -"Calvary" in Latin­means, in Hebre w, "The Place of theSkull." Th e natu ral caves strangelyappea r as eye sockets! On the top ofthis hillock, northe ast of Je rusalem,Jesus was led to be crucified .

In This Issue:

Lent, Ashes, Easter, Rabbitsand Eggs-What's

it all about? "" . . . . . " . 45

The Bible Stor y . , . , , . , . . . .. 33

Short Qu est ions

From Our Readers

Churchill's Dream-A"Un ited States of Europe" J7

Rodio Log " , . , ." "".,. . 20

Personal from the Editor

Will the World RECOGNIZEthe Returning Christ? . . . . . 25

The Truth About theViet Nam Crisisl 9

A New " Fue hrer" forRearmed Germany? 7

WHY More People areBecoming VIOLENT! 3

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man.Back in 1946 the imperat ive need to

establish a college became appa rent .The radio broadcast ing had far out­grown the facilities available in Eugene,Oregon, where the broadcasting andpublish ing work had started. Also wehad outgrown existing pr inting facili­ties there .

Broadcasting facilities to accommo­date the expanding radio program ex­isted only in Hollywood or New York,W e didn't want to move to H olly­wood. So I began tramping afoot thestreets of Pasadena in quest of a loca­tion far a college with adequate officespace for the broadcasting and pub ­lishing work.

I thought I knew the type of p lacewe wanted. But this is the W ORK OF

Goo-and the living God thoughtotherwise. I was led to what had beenthe Fowler Estate-at 363 Grove Street,just off South Orange Grove Boulevardwhich had been nationally famous afew years before as "Millionaire Row."Th e "estate" consisted of 21/1 acres ofsadly neglected grounds, but which hadbeen magn ificently landscaped. Therewas the main building, of institutionaldesign , but wh ich in former years had

that included the stately and elegantMemorial Hall and its wide expanse ofbeautiful lawns, its four magnificentga rdens and its aviary! And it wasbought with United States dollars !

Of course, at that time it was in astate of neglect. \X!eeds covered thegrounds and these gardens hip -high.We discovered the magnificent gardensafte r we began to cut down the weeds.

All this involves a TRUTH , and aLESSON! which all our readers ought tolearn .

Let me tell you the FACTs-as theyhappened. And then I want to tellYOU- Iedch you, if you will, and if youdo not already understand- the realLESSON from God's instru ction Book to

O NeE in a while a visitor to oneof our colleges in Pasadena orin England will express sur­

prise on seeing the fine buildings, andthe magnificent landscaping .

"Why, Mr . Armstrong!" exclaimedone lady on entering beautiful Memo­rial Hall in England, "do you believesuch elegance as this building-suchcharm and beauty as you have all overthese grounds-can be conducive toeducation r:

I smiled. "Of course!" I replied."We don't merely believe it-it's notan opinion-wE KNOW IT. Eighteenyears of experience have demo nstratedit. It has helped bu ild fine, up rightCHARACT ER in hundreds of young menand women students,"

Let me explain W HY !

Then recently, in England , a self ­styled "feat ure writer" attem pted toput a fine, upstanding institution ofintegrity and reputat ion in a bad light.He implied that this fine building,with its delightful and beautiful gar­dens and grounds, was "extravagance"-and that we "demanded' tithes ofpoor people who could not afford it,so that our officials and students couldlive in "luxury" and "opulence:' Andthat was a colossal LIE!

Now HEAR TtlE PLAIN TRUTH aboutit!

In the first place, we never "de­mand" anybody's tithes. In the secondplace, not one penny of any Britishsubject's tithes or freewill offeringswent into the pu rchase of that proper­ty, And not a ha'p'ny or a thrup'ny-bitof any British subject's tithes or offer­ings goes into its maintenance.

In the third place, we happened todiscover th is very fine property, justoutside London in the beaut ifu l GreenBelt, back in 1959, offered for sale forless money that we had to pay, herein Pasadena, Califo rnia , for a small lot40 feet wide and 75 feet deep. And

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been a millionaire's residence. Therewas a [our-car garage, with servants'apartments at each end and on a secondfloor- which could be converted intoan office building. There was a tenn iscourt and, on the lower grounds, a"garden theatre" with a tempietto asa speaker's platform.

But we had no money with whichto buy it. Not even a down payment!At the time it was costing us, in Eu­gene, for office rental and broadcasttranscriptions, 1,200 per month. Imade the owner of the Fowler Estatea proposition . I d idn't th ink he'd ac­cept. But it was all we could affo rd.

It was a proposition that wouldREDUCE our monthly expenditures byS200. We could use that S200 permonth saving to purchase time on Doe

more small radio station! The proposi­tion was a lease-and-option deal. W ewould pay on a 25-month lease a rentalof SI,OOO per month. At the end of25 months we were to have the privi­lege of exercising our option, convert­ing the lease into a purchase. The$25,00 0 to have been paid by thenwould apply as the down payment.Then we would continue to make thesame SI, OOO per month payments untilthe property was paid out.

To my surprise, the proposition wasaccepted! T HE PRO PERTY COST usN OTHING! Rather, it was like beillgpaid S200 per month to accept it as agift.

We converted what had been twobedrooms and a bath into our ownRADIO STUDIO. Of course we had to in­vest in a small amount of recordingequipme nt-but we bought it second­hand and cheap. My son Dick becameour recording studio operator. Thissaved the high cost of broadcast re­cordings. We made a very few slightalterations in the former garage, andconverted it into a 14-room officebuilding. Thi s eliminated a monthlyexpense of several hundred dollars wehad to pay in Eugene for office rent.

N ow WAS THAT EXTRAVAGANCE ?Some critics accused it was. But really,SAVING $200 a month on reduced ex­penses was practical ECONOMy-notextravagance! That main building wasthen "the college," Today it is theLibrary-except that the radio studio,

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enlarged, still occupies the same origi­nal location.

October 8, 1947, Ambassador Col­lege opened its door (not doors) tofour pioneer students and eigh t facultymembers with a heavy balance ofPh.D.s and M.A.s. In 1949 the ad­joining mansion, Mayfair , was acquiredas a student residence. By that time wehad managed a 5,000 down payment.But this was an income-producingprope rty. It had been used as an apart­ment building, filled with payingguests. W e vacated enough rooms forstudents, and retained the payingguests for a while. Thi s paid the pay­ments. There was certainly no "extrav­agance" in this transaction. Webought it for a comparatively lowprice.

Later, in early 1956, the multi­millionaire Hulett C. Merritt, just be­yond Mayfair, died. That was the mostfabulous property in Pasadena. Was thatour "extravagance?" N OT AT ALL-itwas Mr. Merritt' s-a1ld he conld affordit!

Th e property was going to be boughtat public auction by speculators, to de­molish the ornate mansion which hadcost Mr. Merr itt SI,100,000 to build,and erect new garden apartments onthe site, Th is also would have de­stroyed the fantastically magnificentsunken garden on the Orange Grovefront of the property. It was going tocost $15,000 to dismantle and haulaway the big mansion, so the specula­tors were not willing to bid very high.

Our representatives bought it-forless than the ornamental iron fencearound the Orange Grove front of theproperty would cost today! Just a tinyfraction of what the proper ty had ori­ginally cost!

Oh yes, Ambassador Hall, as we re­named it, is, indeed an ornate, fine andstately building. Mr. Merritt's formerfabulous dining room, where he winedand dined the Board of Directors of theUnited States Steel Corpor ation, is nowour faculty dining room. WE could notafford, ourselves, to build such a lux­urious room. Mr. Merritt did affo rd it,and we obtained it for virtually noth­ing. The massive solid mahogany table,and the high-backed hand-tooled mas­sive leather-covered chairs did not come

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with the property_But I purchasedthem, later, for exactly S10o-believeit or not ! Would you call that ex­travaganCe-DR INCREDIBLE ECONOMY?

Let me repeat-THIS IS THE WORKOF THE LIVING GOD. The Jesus Christwe serve is ALIVE and quite ACTIVEtoday! He heads this Work. He pro­vides for it the very finest- and de­livers it into our hands providentiallyat little or no cost to us-as if bystrangest co-incidence! The beautifulRosewood room, now a student loungein this building, is surely as fine asany room in the Wh ite House. We areglad Mr. Merritt cosld affo rd it-andour students are privileged to ENJOYit! But WE indulged in no extrava­gance !

In the No vember, 1949, issue ofThe PLAIN TRUTH I wrote an articleon this very subject, captioned " lsAmbassador College too Bealltiful?"We had recently purchased Mayfair.That was 16 years ago. Not many ofour present readers were subscribersthen. It said precisely what I want tosay to you, now. So I reprint it here:

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left the impression that perhapshe felt that it is all too beautiful­"too fine"-too nice.

Ought it, then, to be ugly?Is God displeased with beatltiflll

things, with things that are the veryfinest and best-combining His ownglorious and beautiful nature in a va­riety of stately, beautiful and raretrees, shrubs, vines, hedges, flowerswith buildings, and furnishings thatrepresent the very best and most con­scientious of human effort and crafts­manship?

Is God displeased because we atAmbassador take care to carefully dressand keep up the rare and magn ificentplace He provided for His college ?Would we please Him more if we letit run down, go to weeds, and to rustand rot ?

The Garden of Eden W asBEAUTIFUL!

1£ GOD HIMSELF were to take )'01/

from where you are, and put you insome PLACE He should choose for

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WHY More People areBecoming ~!OLENT!

Hatred fills this earth! RACE RIOTS; POLITICAL DEMONSTRA­TIONS; TEEN-AGE GANG FIGHTS; RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY­and all during this "enlightened" age of science! Read WHYit's happening, W HY it's dest ined to grow MUCH WORSE,

and WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO about it!

by Garner Ted Armstrong

W id. World Pholo

Tempers fla re as U. S. deputy Ma rshall (left) and civil rig hts de monstra tortangle in lob by of Fede ral Building in los Angeles. Nearly eve rywhere "sitdo wn" demonstrations are lea ding to violence .

((MA LCO L M got what hepreached!" said "Elijah Mu­hammad" after the bruta l

assassination of the leader of the BlackNationalists.

And so another religious leader metviolent death.

Everywhere, VIO LE NCE runs ram­pant. You read of violence with yourevery breakfast; you hear of it for everylunch; you see it for every dinner.

And nowhere, it seems, is there anymore violence than right in the midstof the greatest "CHRISTIAN" nation onearth!

Why? W hat's wrong ? Why so muchHATE in the world?

A W orldwide Dise ase

H ATE will get one a bigger follow­ing than love. V IO LEN CE will attractmore attention than peace. INTRIGUE

makes a more exciting news headlinethan harmony; SUSPICION will attractmore inte rest than confidence .

It all makes "good" newspaper copy,"good" television script, "good" movieplots. GOOD? Well, no-not actually;but these evil attributes, actions or im­plied actions draw more public atten­tion.

And it's because all of it is so muchlike HUMAN NATURE.

Your Bible prophesied worldwidehatred and B1GOTRY would grip theminds of men dllring this time.' Morethan ever before, people seem prone,today, to bestial acts of VIOLEN CE!

And why? Because suspicion, hatred,bigotry, violence-these are the stead)'diet of much of the world ,

The Apostle Paul was inspired tolook beyond his time, down into ours.He portrayed the hostile, venomous at­titudes of our peoples when he said,"This know also, that in the last daysPER ILOUS times shall come. For menshall be lovers of their own selves[SELFISH, SELF-CENTERED as never be­fore !], covetous, [LUSTING, COVETING,

ENVIOUS of the things of others] , BOAS­

TERS, proud, blasphemers, [and aCURSE is always ready on the lips ofalmost everyone, today-s-even popularentertainment figures, and governmentleaders !], disobedient to parents,f IERCE, despisers of those that aregood. , ." (II T im. 3:1-3) .

W hat a picture!You read of worldw ide violence

constantly ! You hear of depravedacts - humans tormenting, butchering,

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bludgeoning. stabbing, murdering oneanother-public figures dccming oneanother-husbands and wives HATING

each other !Don't delude yourself into believing

it's no worse than before-IT IS!Jesus said, "All these [ the wars,

famines, disease epidemics even nowsta lking this sin-sick world] are thebeginning of sorrows . Then shall theydeliver YOU [you who are REAL CHRIS­

TIANSI] up to be afflicted, and sha llKIL L you : and you shall be HATEDof all nations for my name's sake. Andthen shall MANY BE OFFENDED [BE'COME ANGRY] , and shall BETRAYone another, and shall HATE oneanother" (Mat. 24 :8-10) .

Those frightening prophecies areliterally coming true-they arc begin­ning to be fulfilled NOW-IN YOURLIFETIME !

Your Daily Diet of HATE !

Th ink for a moment! You live in aworld of tensions-a world fraughtwith FEAR-a world of DE SPERATE

living ! It's a time of insatiable desireto ESCAPE for most people-a timewhen most want to FORGET the fright­ening realities of our time !

How do they fo rget?By drifti ng off into ready-made fan­

tasies; movieland madness; televisionterro rism; pape r-backed perversity;newspaper nausea !

Whether in Scandinavia, Japan, Eu­rope or South Afr ica, pleasure seekersgulp their da ily diet of intri gue, sus­picion , murder, divorce, robbery, rape,perversion, lust, arson , jealousy, vio­lence and hatred!

And remember-when you're relaxedbefore your television set-or settleddown to read your novel you justbought-your gllard is down . Youwant to relax- to escape the realitiesand comp lexities of daily life for atime-to ENJOY your mome nts ofmake-believe.

Th e result ?It' s all around you,

\Vhat the Police Know

Recently, the stud ents of Ambassa­dor Coll ege in Pasadena were addressedby H , Samuel Addis, Chief of Policeof Pasadena. The veteran law enforce-

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ment off icer told our students how po­lice offi cials ace frankly worried aboutthe terrible increase in senseless crimes!(Does ANY crime make sense ?) Howacts of wanton destruct ion against per­sons and property were increasing byleaps and bounds.

He cited instances of "little oldladies" who were brutally BEATEN tothe ground by strong young teen-agehoodlums- for the sheer brute "plea­sure" of inflicting a BEATING on some­one who was helpless before them.

He cited cases of depraved acts ofVANDA LIsM-especially against publicbuildings and schools. Cases of teen-agevandals literally making a SHAMBLESout of new. beautiful , modern class­room facilities---even, believe it or not.using human excrement to defile andrum.

As if to echo Chief Addi s' words , arecent news report told of park offi ­cials in the city of Pasadena findin gjagged shards of broken bottles care­fully placed in the sand, and thenlightly covered over, at the bottom oflittle children's slides in Pasadena pub­lic parks 1

Are THESE just " laughable" chil­dren's "pranks"? Is this just "delin­quency" ? Or is it an unreasoning,blind. venomous, wanton, willful, de­praved MURDEROUS spirit of wantingto CUT, maim, BUTC HE R, TORM ENT,KILL ?

D o YOU believe the plain statementsof your Creator and your God ? Or areYOU one who will continue to "kid"yourself this rotten world "isn't so badafter all" and go right down WITH itinto a cesspool of nightmarish destruc­tion unimagined 10 your weirdestdreams?

Almighty God will soon send JesusChrist to PUNISH this world of evil ­doers! And don 't "kid" yourself tha tsounds "relig ious!" You'll find littlecomfort in imagining yoursel f out ofreality when the REALITY is all aroundyou !

Like it or not-these are the FACTSof our HATE-filled society !

But hatred is not confined to theteen-age heart. It's a disease of thehuman mind. It is in your very NATUREto HATE !

April, 1965

HUMAN NATIJRE ­What It Is!

It's HUMAN NA'tURE to hate.God made human beings what they

are. He created man with a certainnature.

W e call it "human nature." And it'sstill the greatest enigma to phi loso­phers, psychologists , sociologists. :MAN}they say is sti ll "the biggest questionmark."

On e psychiatrist said, before a groupof fellow psychiat rists, "W e all becameinterested in psychiatry because weknew we ourselves had some mentalproblems!"

But GOD, the Inventor of the humanheart, REVEALS its true nature. "Theheart is deceitful above ALL THINGS,and DESPERATELY wicked : who canknow it ?" (Jeremiah 17 :9,)

Yes, the normal , natural, fleshlymind-the mind with which you we reBORN-is DESPERATELY wicked, unle ssit has been CHANGED by the natureof God !

Paul was inspired to write, "Th e car­nal mind [the natural mind of everyperson] is ENMITY against God : for itis not subject to the law of God , nei­ther indeed call be!" (Rom. 8:7,)

The normal, natural, CARNAL mindof every man and every woman-yesand of every child- RESENTS the thingsof God ! The natural mind is ALWAYSSUSPICIOUS ! It is ENVIOUS, LUSTFUL,EVIL, RESENTFUL, HATEFUL!

James wrote, "Do you think that theScripture saith in vain, 'the spirit thatdwelleth in us LUSTETH TO ENVY?' ''(James 4:5 .)

Today, if you feel you'r e basically a"Christian" kind of person-you prob­ably feel Chris t really WAS the prom­ised Messiah. You feel, whether or notyou are a really zealous Christian­that Jesus Chr ist probably really WASgenuine. At least, if you're like mostpeople, you couldn't call Christ a guiltyEVIL-doer, could you?

But what about those who livedright with Jesus Christ ? Who SAW Hismiracles WITH THEIR OWN EYES ?

What about those who lived in Jeru­salem during the time of Christ's mer­ciless BEATING-His terrible night of

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A shouting Civil Rights demonstrator in San Fran­cisco, California .

Wide World Photos

Cclleqe-cqed man being hustled from scene of disturbance whereyouths rioted after being denied admission to a dance.

KICKS, CURSES, SPITTING, HATRED,VENOMOUS ACCUSATIONS? What aboutthose who HAD A PART IN IT?

What about the hate-filled MOB thatscreamed out their animalistic bestial­ity-"KllL HIM! CRUOFY HIM!BUTCHER HIM! "?

God tells you NOT to bear them anymalice-NOT to HATE THEM-even asChrist Himself said, from His tree ofdeath "Father forgive them-they knownot what they do !"

But do you UNDERSTAND the reasonthey acted as they did ?

Do you RECOGNIZE the EXACT, SAMEIDENTICAL NATURE IN YOURSELF ?

It's TH ERE-recognized or not.L' fan)' of those same participants in

the illegal crucifixion of Christ tooktheir hatred, their firm belief they hadrid the world of a TERRIBLE person- to their grat'eJ with them.

They somehow convinced themselvesthey should be terribly, indignantly,"righteously" ANGRY at Christ!

They CONVINCED themselves He wasa FAKE! They thought they "KNEW"they were uncovering, exposing, andpunishing some GREAT EVIL!

Today, YOU KNOW BETTER ! Butmost of them NEVER did!

Christ Says I t Will GrowWorse!

And remember-Jesus pred icted thisevil disease of hatred would growworse and fl'orJe-heightening in in­tensity until blind RAGE would charac­terize our day.

Paul said, "And even as they didnot like to retain God in their knowl­edge, God gave them over to a repro­bate mind [a deceitful, hateful, DE­GENERATE mind}, to do those thingswhich are NOT RIGHT [margin}; beingfilled with all unrighteousness, fornica­tion, wickedness, covetousness, mali­ciousness, full of ENVY, MURDER, DE­BATE, DECEIT, MALIGNITY ; whisperers[ delighting in SCANDAL - in filth, evil,RUMOR!}, backbiters, HATERS of God,delpileful, proud, boasters, inventorsof EVIL things, disobedient to parents,without understanding, covenant break­ers [ not true to their word) , withoutnatural affection [NEVER willi ng togive the oth er fellow the benefit of thedoubt}, implacable [the ir minds UN­WILLING to change-to admit newlight, to see new facts, or accept thetruth !] , unmerciful: who KNOWINGthe judgment of God, that they which

commit such things are worthy ofDEATH, not only DO the same, butHAVE PLEASURE in them that do them"(Rom. 1:28-32) .

This world is literally FILLED withhuman beings who fit this very de­scription! And why not ? It's a de­scription of HUMAN NATURE in theraw . ..human nature JUST THE WAYIT IS!

Jesus warned, "In the world ye shallhave tribulation : but be of good cheer;I have overcome the world" (John16:33) . He prayed to His Father, "Ihave given them [His disciples, andtrue followers in ANY age} thy word,and the world hath HATED them, be­cause they are not OF the world [they'reliving DIfFERENT lives-lives that havebeen CHANGED to conform to the lifeCHRIST led. And remember , He wasaccused of being a WINEBIBBER, and aGLUTTONOUS man!] even as I am notof the world."

He had said earlier, "If the worldHATE you, you know that it hated mebefore it hated you. If you were ofthe world, the world would love itsown: but because you are NOT of theworld, but I have chosen you OUT of

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the world, therefore the world HATETHyou!" (John 15:18-19.)

Yes-like it or not-admit it or not-the plain facts of your Bible are thatHATRED will be the lot of anyone whotru ly repents, and strives diligently toLIVE the abundant, happy, joyous lifeJesus Christ makes possib le!

Jesus said, "If I had not come andspoken unto them, they had not hadsin: but now they have no cloke fo rthe ir sin!" (John 15:22.)

The tvay of life of Chri st's trueservants makes others ANGRY ! Becauseit's natural to RESENT God, it's alsonatural to RESENT T HE WAY of God­the way of LIFE God reveals in H issacred W ord !

And today, as NEVER before, peopleallow themselves to become consumedwith purple-faced , blind, mind- chi ll­ing, vicious RAGE against the tru th ofGod, and aga inst His true servants!Many HATE the wonderf ul laws ofGod .

STRIFE Because of God'sTRUTH!

As shocking as it sounds, Jesus said,"Th ink NOT I am come to send peaceon earth: I came not to send peace,but a sword !"

Jesus meant personal strife-and as adirect result of RELIGIOUS PERSECU·

TION even among the closest of fami­lies! But can you imagine what wouldoccur jf a sociologist, or a " liberal"minded and quite "modern" ministerwould hear of a Church wh ich actuallybelieved severe PERSECUTION, yes, evenbetween husband and wife, would comeas a direct result of OBEYING JESUSCHRIST?

What if an enraged, bigote d, narrow­minded and PREJUDICED mate decidedto try to FORCE the other to GIVE UPthe very precious tmtb of God's W ord ?

What if he or she threatened DI­

VORCE unless Christ's true practices­His true example-s-were forsaken?What if a mate said, "CHOOSE! It'seither ME, or YOUR RELIGION"?

Why, most people would try to"save the home," instead of continuingto OBEY GOD!

But what did JESUS say? " For I amcome to set a man at variance against

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his father, and the daughter against hermoth er, and the daughter in law againsther mother in law. And a man's foesshall be they of his own household! "( Mat . 10 :34-37. )

Does this mean Jesus WANTS homesbroken up by strife and religious perse­cution?

OF COURSE NOT!Christ doesn 't WANT ANY religious

bigotry-He doesn 't want to see ANYintolerance, bias, pre jud ice, rancor,HATRED in human hearts! BUT H E\\"lLL NEVER COMPRO~ nSE ONE IOTAWITH H IS PRECIOUS TRUTH! And nei­ther will any person who is TRULYconverted, and is t ruly being LED bythe very SPIRIT of God-regardl ess ofthe tr ials and pressures that may cometo bear.

Christ said, through Paul, "If it bepossible, as milch as lietb in )'011, livepeaceably with all men" (Rom. 12:18)."Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS," saidJesus (Mat. 5 :9) .

Paul, inspired of God 's Holy Spirit ,said, " If any brother hath a wife thatbelieveth not , and she be pleased todwell with hint, let him not put heraway !" (I Cor. 7 :12.)

Paul urged NON-believing personsNOT to leave someone who was earnest­ly trying to overcome his carnal natu re,and to be more like Christ!

He went on to say, "A nd the womanwhich hath an husba nd that believethnot, and if he be pleased to dwell withher, let her not leave him. For the un­believing husband is sanctified by thewife, and the unbelieving wife issanctified by the husband: else wereyour children unclean; but now theyare holy" ( I Cor. 7:13-1 4 ) .

Paul was str i\'ing to KEEP HOMESINTACT! He was pleading with the Co­rinthians, even as we plead with peop letoday, NOT to harbor religious intole r­ance and BIGOTRY in the ir hearts-e-rePROTECT the home, to keep homes,fami lies, brothers and sisters TOGETHERin tolerance, patience and love!

But, as Christ revealed, the carnalmind just CAN'T SEE IT GOD'S WAY!And , as PITIFUL as it may seem, thereare cases when NOTHING the convertedmate can do seems to make any im­pression on someone whose mind isCLOSED to God's truth!

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Thank God, we have known of onlya very few instances where a BELLIGER­ENT mate has deliberately BROKEN UPA PRECIOUS HOME because of HATINGGod's way_ And , we are convinced,even in these FEW cases, religion wasprobably just an excuse to concealdeeper reasons-and not the REAL causeof the trouble !

Just as Jesus did, and just as didPaul , we preach the Gospel of PEACEto the world. The Gospel of HARMONY,of HAPPINESS, of the way to ABUN­DANT living !

But, because human nature is NODIFFERENT today than it was in Jesus'time, and because the natu ral hwnanheart is JUST as antagonistic againstGod's precious TRUTH today as ever­some few DO begin to PERSECUTE! Butremember-the Christian never doesthe persecut ing. He only patiently re­ceives it!

IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN-Jesussaid you SHALL suffer persecution!(Jo hn 16 :33.)

What About YOUR Private

Life?

What about YOUR heart and mind?Do yOIl "fIy off the handle" easily?Do YOU become ENRAGED at someoneover racial, religious, political issues?Do YOU become so ANGRY, so MAD, soCONSUMED with inflamed passion thatyou would literally resort to VIOLENCE?

iHi//iom do!

And why? The answer is simp le. It'slike a recipe for an evil concoction. Justtake human nature. Sprinkle in a fewsituations, add a lot of entertainmentpressures; such as TV violence, radiojazz and noise; movieland make-be­lieve; newspaper sensationalism; paper~

backed perversity and sex: stir weH­and VIOLENCE will erupt!

Solomon wrote, "Surely the chu rning

of milk br inget h forth butte r, and thewring ing of the nose bringeth forth

blood : so the forcing of WRATHbringeth fort h strife !" (Prov. 30 :33 .)

Do you SNAP at your children, arguewith your employer, yell at yourspouse? Are you irritated much of thetime- impatient in stress and trial-

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A New "Fuehrer" forRearmed Germany?

Documented FACTS now reveal that a Nazi revival is immi·nent. Even HITLER, himself, may still be ALIVEI

by Roderick C. Meredith

T H E STAGE is now being set forthe spectacular appearance ofGermany's new " Fuehrer: '

Or will it be the SAME Fuehrer, AdolfHi tler himself, who nearly plunged allcivilization into another Dark Age be­fore he was defeated?

You are living in mom entous times!You need to UNDERSTAND the secret,behind -the-scenes maneuverings of pow­erfu l political and military forces whichwill soon SHOCK a stunned, disbel ievingworld!

A Vas t Conspiracy

Documented evidence proves thatAdolf Hitler did not die in his Berlinbunker as popularly supposed! Mar­tin Bormann, Hitler's trusted aide andDeputy Fuehrer, is undoubtedly verymuch alive also and is directing-inHitler's name-e-e wo rldwide conspi racyto return the Naz is to power.

Th ere is also proof that Adolf Eich­mann's execution only goaded his son,Horst, to p"blicl), HI/ear /0 df'el1ge hisfather and that he is now leading anever more powerful Nazi group inArgentina. This group is only part ofan international Nazi-Fascist conspir­acy, well financed by secret Nazi funds,and obviously "protected" by localpolice officia ls in Argentina and else­where.

Most important, you need to under­stand what prophecy says WILL HAP­

PEN-and ubat yOIl sbonid do abolitit.

Is Adolf Hitler ALIV E?

A startling admission was recentlymade by a top minister of the WestGerman Government to a reporter for apopular American magazine. He stated :

The West German Govern­ment is faced, at the time ofwriting this article, with a mo­mentous decision. Shall it bowto world opinion and extendthe Statute of Limitations onNazi war criminals? Or shall itallow the law ro expire May 8?

Without an extension of thelaw rhousands of diehard N aziscould return to Germany as freemen. Even Hitler himself wouldbe beyond 'he reach of the law.

Officials of the state of Israelhave demanded th at extensionof the law be a condition to ac­cepting West Germany's recentdiplom atic "olive branch"-pro­posed recognition of Israel. Thenext few crucial weeks may welldetermine the future of Ger­many, Israel and the world!

"The West German Government is fullyaware that no evidence of Hitler's pur­ported suicide was ever fou nd . .. Andwe have received intelligence reportsfrom diplomatic and intelligencesources that Hitler and top aides, suchas Martin Bormann, are ALIVE andhiding oat in Sostb America." (Em­phasis ours th roughout article.)

The dramatic events surrounding thecapture and execution of top Naz i,Adolf Eichmann, a few months ago,focused world attent ion upon the other"big fish" among the Nazis who areknown to have gotten away. Even as hewent to die, Eichmann-perhaps with­out realizing it-gave admission to thefact that Adolf Hitle r must still beALIVE. For, in his march to the gallowsin the courtyard of Ramla Prison,Eichmann kept bellowing : "Long liveHitler! Long live Germany!"

Many intelligence agents and re­por ters state that Hitler's existence is/lOW being' pllblicly ack/lowledged byArgentine Nazis .

In order to calm the public mindand quiet any fears of revived Germanpower, many public officia ls and popu­lar magazines and newspapers haveplayed upon the theory of Hitler'spurported "suicide" in his Berlinbunker at the end of Wo rld W ar II.However, as we will show, there hasNEVE R been any real proof of this.For the military and intelligence ex­perts immediately connected with theinvestigation of his supposed death atthe time are virtually unanimous in ad­mitting that the "suicide theory" iscompletely untbom proof.

Lieutenant General Bedell Smith­the man who headed the Central Intel­ligence Agency right afte r the War­bluntly stated: "N o human being cansay that Hitler is dead."

In fact, Colonel W . F, Heimlich,former Chief of U. S. Inte lligence inBerlin and the man directly responsiblefor conducting the American investiga­tion of Hitler's suicide, has stated:"There was no evidence beyond that ofhearsay to support the theory of Hit­ler's suicide."

He reported to American headquar­ters in 1945: "On the basis of presentevidence, no insurance company inAmerica would pay a death claim onAdolf Hitler,"

As a result, the "Wanted List ofWar Criminals," last issued in 1948,carried the cryptic notice : "Wa nted:Hitler, Adolf, Reichsfuehrer."

W hether or not Hitler has died sincethat time is not, of course, absolutely

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Hitler receives the reins of govern­ment in 1933 from Pres ident vonHi nd e n b urg. This event fore ­sha dowed the final rise to powerof the last German Fuehrer-thefinal "Beast" of Revelation 17 .This time he will bear rule, not on lyover Germany, bu t over a ten­nation United Europe!

certain. But Eichmann's impassionedoutburst. constant reports and rumo rsfrom Nazi groups in Argentina andelsewhere, and evidence of a definiteplan for his escape and preservation allpoint to the fact he may well still healive.

Hitler 's Deputy Fuehrer DirectsWorldwide Conspiracy

On June 12, 1962, newspapersaround the world reported the confes­sion of Angel Alcazar de Velasco thathe helped Martin Bormann, AdolfH itler's Deputy, to escape by submari nefrom Spain to Southern Argentina inMay of 1946. De Velasco told Britishreporters that he last saw Bormann inEcuador in 1958, when the Nazi leader,whose fate has been a mystery and thesubject of controversies since 1945 wasprematurely aged and completely bald.

He repor ted that Bormann had un­dergone three plastic surgery operations

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on his face to change his appearance,had his nose broken and reset, and hischeeks were sunken. De Velasco said :"The last t ime I met him he visitedEurope once a year."

The above indications are supportedin a recent article in no less an autho ri­tative source than the conservat ive LosAngeles Times in its issue of Sunday,March 21, 1965, in an article by JackBrannan, "Th e Presence of MartinBormann and the existence of a NaziUnderground in Argentina Are Re­vealed," He describes the existence ofthe "Tacuara- the modern-day coun­terparts in Argentina of the Nazi stormtroopers of thi rty years ago." The re­port says that their leader is HorstAdolf Eichmann, twenty-seven, the sonof one of the most infamous of allNazis , SS Colonel Adolf Eichman n.

As in Hitler's Germany of old, mem­bers of th is group wear brown shirtsand swastika armbands at their secretmeetings. They claim to be politicalnationalists. But their main activity isterrorizing Jews.

The article acknowledges that theArgentin e police are unwilling to makea real crackdow n on the T acuara. Thiswould prove embar rassing to manyhigh government and mil itary officia lswho have strong Nazi and Fascist sym­pathies dating back to the early 1930·s.The sont of these ver)' officials- itis stated-form the leadership of theT acuara !

Other Tacuara members are known tobe related to German Nazis who oper­ated in Argentina when the Third Reichwas at its height of power. Some,like Eichmann, are the "ery sons ofNazis who took refuge in Argentinawhen the Reich began to crumble.

This article acknowledges the factthat during the summer of 1945, afterthe war in Europe had ended, twoNazi U-boats quiet ly put ashore inArgent ina. Persistent rumors stilI insistthat Martin Bormann, Hi tler' s lastDeputy and hand-picked successor cameto Argenti na on one of the subma rinesand is still there. The same is said ofDr. Josef Mengele, forme r Chief Physi­cian and "mad docto r" at the Ausch­witz Concentration Camp in Poland .

Interestingly, the Tacuara Movementwas organized in 1955 by a Catho lic

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Priest, Julio Meinvielle. Like the Nazisof old, its members have claimed thatthei r anti-Semitic actions were 10 thenational interest.

A large public demonstration of theNazi T acuara took place on June 20,1963, when approximately two hun ­dred brown-shirts attended a CatholicMass, then marched from the church toa street rally. They raised their rightarms repeatedly in the Nazi salute andchanted anti-Semitic slogans.

Nazis Throughout SouthAmerica

Recent headl ine news is perhaps evenmore ominous than the revelation thatBormann, Mengele and Eichmann areall living comfo rtab ly-under govern­ment protection-and operat ing in theNaz i Underground in Argentina. Thisis the fact that the political party ofJuan Peron was given the largest num­ber of votes of an)' part), in recentArgentine elections!

For Juan Peron, you may remember ,was an avowed Na zi sympathizer whoactually marched into conquered Pariswith Adolf Hitl er in 1943! It is a wellknown fact that at least [our hundredmillion dollars of Nazi funds wereferreted to Argentina before the col­lapse of the Nazi regime. These fund swere for the purpose of financing high­ranking Naz i leaders who planned toescape there, and of making possiblethe Nazi comeback when the time be­came right.

Juan Peron's recent dramatic attemptto re-enter Argent ina was undoubtedlya spark to the Nazi revival there!

It seems on ly a matte r of time unt ilhis followe rs once again attain po'9.'erin Argentina, which was Nazi Ger­many's closest friend in the WesternHemisphere du ring W orld Wa r II .W ith such a large and powerful basefrom which to operate openly, theworldwide Nazi conspiracy would thenbe years closer to its goal of takingover, once again, a rearmed, re-N azifiedGerma'l)'.r

To und erstand the full scope of th isconspiracy, it is important to und er­stand, also, that not only in Argentina,but in Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bo­livia, Chi le, and other South American

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The Truth Aboutthe Viet Nam Crisis!

Buddhists are defiantly militant! Viet Cong guerilla raidsdemolished U. S. installations. U.S. -backed and equippedSouth Vietnamese retaliated by attack ing North Viet Nom.The United States is committed to a showdown with Com­munism in Viet Nom. What will be the outcome? This first­hand report on the mounting crisis in Southeast Asia reveals

the answer!

Saigon, South Viet N am

T HE world today is sitting on apowder keg. Not since theCuban crisis has all-out war been

more imminent.Viet Nam threatens to explode. A

new crisis is brewing in the MiddleEast.

Few understand the significance ofthe war in Viet Nom. Or what theBible reveals about it.

Just how and why did the UnitedStates get so hopelessly involved inthis small Southeast Asian country?

First-Hand Repo rt

Just what will be the final outcomeof this crazy dilemma?

by C. Wayne Cole

To report first-hand to our readers,Mr. Don Abraham, of The P LAIN

TRUTH staff in Australia, and I flewinto South Viet Nam. We were im­pressed, surprised and stunned by whatwe saw.

An official in The United StatesInformation Service in Saigon admittedto us that national apathy of the peo­ple-an attitude of unconcern by themasses for the crisis within theircountry - plus a total failure, sinceDiem's overthrow, to establish a stablecivil government, are the real internalenemies in South Viet Nam.

Mr. Abraham and I talked to manypeople-c-English-speaking guides, shop-

keepers and the average man in thestreet. We were overwhelmingly im­pressed by the ignorance and indiffer­ence of the people.

It was shocking to realize that hereis a country at war-that has been atwar for the better part of the pasttwenty-five years-a country that nowstands in the last throes of i losingbattle with Communism-and yet theaverage person here in Saigon justshrugs his shoulders. When asked aserious question about his battle withCommunism and about his country'sfuture, he couldn't care less!

To help our readers grasp the pres­ent developments of today's news, we

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need to understand the little-knownbackground of South Viet Nam.

Viet Nam has been called a "lotus­land"-casual, slothful, dreamy land­of relative ease. By natural appear­ances it is an idyllic, amiable littlecountry-pleased to live at peace withits neighbors and produce its abundantquantities of rice (among other prod­ucts) with little concern for the restof the world .

But 'World War II changed all that.First the Japanese overran SoutheastAsia. Now Red China threatens fromthe north ! North and South Viet Namhave become a terror-ridden back­ground In this era's great globalstruggl e.

But this is not the first time VietNam has feared the Chinese Dragon .Viet N am was settled before the Chr is­tian era by peoples known as Vietsimmig rating from central China. Theentire area was soon dominated byChina.

This servitude lasted until nearly1,000 A.D. Th ereafter Viet Nam be­came a vassal state to China for manymore years.

In the days of the great colonialpowers, the French and Portuguesecame to the Southeast Asian mainlandlate in the 16th century. Late in the19th century Viet Nam accepted aFrench protectorate. She was the larg­est and most populous of the FrenchIndo-Chinese Associated States.

Viet Nam extends south in a gentlecurve or arc-bounded to the east andsouth by the South China Sea-to thesouthernmost tip of the Chinese world,in the Indo-Chinese peninsula.

Coming to modern history-duringthe World War II occupation by Japan,an Independence League called theViel Minb was formed, headed byCommuni st guerilla leader He-Chi ­Minh .

In September, 1945, the Viet NamRepublic with Ho-Chi-Minh as itsNationalist President, declared its in­dependence. France recogn ized VietNam as a free state within the Indo­Chinese Federation and the FrenchUnion in March, 1946. But fightingbetween the French and Vietnamesefo rces continued over the Asian desirefor a greater measure of independence,

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and the extension of Viet Nam au­thority over the remainder of FrenchIndo-China (Laos and Cambodia).

In March, 1949, an agreement wassigned between France and the non­Communist Viet Nam nationalists, un­der Bao-Dai, the former Emperor ofAnnam. The agreement recogn ized theindependence of Viet Nam within theFrench Union. Und er this agreementBao-Dai became Chief of State.

Armed conflict between the French­backed Bao-Dai Government and theMoscow-Peking supported Viet-Minhregime under He-Chi-Minh continued.In early 1950, Russia and CommunistChina recognized the Viet-Minh re­gime, while the United States andBritain recognized the Bao-Dai govern­ment.

The confl ict between the French andCommunist forces culminated in theoverwhelming defeat of the Frenchforces at Dienbienphu in May, 1954.After the hum iliating defeat, and thecomplete failure of France to keep allViet N am within the sphere of Westerninfluence, a cease-f ire accord was signedat Geneva on July 21, 1954. Underthis agreement, Viet Nam was par­tit ioned at the 17th parallel. A Com­munist North Viet Nam was estab­lished with the Communist leader Ho­Chi-Minh as president and Hanoi asits capital city. A South Viet Nam ,with its capital at Saigon, remained"free," An interim government wasestablished in the south, with the un­derstanding that a plebiscite was tobe held later (i n 1956) for the pur ­pose of re-unifi cation of North andSouth Viet Nam.

Troubles Only Begin

This brings us to the beginning ofthe present confl ict.

The Communists immediately broketheir agreement. The same troubles thathad prevailed during the previous ninewar-torn years were to continue in astriking parallel in South Viet Nam .

Here is what happened .In a referendum held in October,

1955, the absentee Emperor, Bao-Dai,was deposed. South Viet N am wasestablished as a republ ic with NgoDinh D iem-a staunch Roman Catho­lic-as its f irst President.

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Little hope was held for the sur­vival of Diem's government, or for theentire republic of South Viet N am,(Catholics represent only about 10percent of the population. Buddhistspredominate.) But, contrary to thewidely held popular opinion, D iemand his government did survive. Thecountry seemed to actually flourish,maintaining a militantly anti-Commu­nist policy.

Under cover of the Geneva Agree­ment of 1954-Communist guerillawar in the southern Republic com­menced. With Diem's strongly estab­lished anti-Communist government, thewar intensifi ed-not a civil war of allViet N am but a civil war in SouthViet Nam. ( Remember, the Commu­nists now controlled North Viet Namas per the negotiations at Geneva .)

In 1955, the Unit ed States becameinvolved in the South Viet Nam crisis.Economic and milit ary aid was givento the country. So far, more than $3billion have been given or loaned toSouth Viet Nam. American casualtiesnow number about 1200 in a war inwhich U. S, mili tary personnel haveheretofore been supposed to be in­vclved in an advisory capacity only !

In 1956, when the elections to re­unify the two Viet Nams were to beheld, Diem rejected them, giving forhis reasons that they were terms of theGeneva Agreement which had beensigned by the French and not by hisgovernment. In this way D iem had timeto furth er establish himself as theleader of South Viet N am.

Despite the religious handicap ,Diem gained strength. He became, infact, a dictator with a puppet-Parlia­ment in a supposed republic.

Diem managed to hold power inSouth Viet Nam for nearly eight years.In November, 1960, there was an un­successful attempt to overthrow hisgovernment. It was not until late; in1963, in a blazing, stormy revolut ionwhich turned the streets of Saigon­the Paris of the Orient- into a smokingbattlefield, that Diem's downfall fi­nally came. On November 2, the revolu­tionary fo rces achieved victory. A pro­visional government was recognized bythe U. S. and the U. K. on No -

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TOP, LEFT. bust of Quoch-Thi -Trang . teenage girl accidentally killed August 25, 1963during stud ent demonstrat ion aga inst Diem go vernment. Her death precipi tated revolu­tion that led to his downfall. TOP, CENTER, the Catholic ca thedral in front of whicha Buddh ist monk burned himself lat e in 1963 to focus att e ntion on rel ig ious e nteqc n­isms. TOP, RI GHT, the Buddha in the Xo-Loi temple in Saigo n. The Buddha 's arm waslorn off by Diem's soldi ers . adding more fuel to the flames of revolt. CENTER, LEFT,Vie tname se rela x and cha t in a doc kside par k, completely indifferent to the sig ns ofwar around them. LOW ER, LEFT, small city por k with slit tre nches for fighting off Vie tCong gu erilla s. LOWER, RIGHT, Tu Do Street , Saigon's main sho ppin g cen te r. TheCont inental Pc fcce, rig ht ce nter of picture. former ly boasted a d elightful French-styleside walk cafe. But the Viet Cong sport of grenade-throwing eliminated th is an d manyother sociar plea san tries.

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vember 8. At the time of this writingthere have been eight more coups (over­throws of governments) since.

Why W orld Interestin Viet N am

"But," we may well ask, "why allthis interest in South Viet Nam?" Isthis one country, small in size andpopulated by not many mote than NewYork City, worth the vast aid pouredinto it i- plus the staggering deathtoll thus far suffe red in the war?

Th e answer to this question speci­fically is "NO !" But, it is not SouthViet Nam that is at stake! It is allSoutheast Asia. That's why South VietNam is important! Th e U . S. knows it.So do the Reds.

Red China's interest is two-fo ld.China knows South V iet Nam is oneof the few Asian lands that producesmore rice than it consumes. The fer­tile, broad plains exte nding down thelong coastline g ive the country a pros­perous agrarian economy . Th e Com­munists, primarily in China, are facedwith a continuing over-populationproblem coupled with hunger andstarvation due to insufficient produc­tion. South Viet Nam is a prize target.Communist Red China is out 10 gel it!

But. this is not now the chief reasonwhy South Viet Nam is so important!

Red China also knows United Statesinfluence. powe r and prestige are atstake. It would delight the world ofCommunism beyond wo rds for theUnited States to fail-to utterly andhopelessly collapse-in its attempts tofulfill its commitments in Asia . . .specifically in this present "test" ofSouth Viet Nam!

The United States has frequentlystated during the past that it will keepits treaties, it will not fail in its missionto keep the "free" nations free. Now,the world stands and watches! CanU . S. treaties, pacts and internationalagreements be trusted? This is theserious question now in South VietNam !

No Victory in Sight

The United States is committed notto win in Viet N am!

One of the most necessary ingredi ­ents for any kind of a victory is

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lacking in this conflict-that of thedetermination to win! The late GeneralDouglas MacArthur once stated thatunless a nation entered into a battlewith victory as its goal, it was de­feated before it started.

He was right !Make no mistake about it-the U. S.

and the other nations invo lved in sup­port of South Viet N am would like towin! But they are afraid to take theaction necessary to win!

Let's understand. Th e only way goalsare achieved. races won or conquestmade, is by taking the offensive. Usingfo r a momen t the example of a fine.well-trained basketball team- let's sup­pose th is team plays an absolutelyfaultless defensive game but completelyand utterly fails or refuses to take theoffense. The very best such a team canhope for in the final t .utcome is a no­point tie-a stalemate.

So it is in the Viet Nam crisis ! Towin this war, the South Vietnamese,backed with military aid from the U. S.and other nations, must determine towin. They must hurl the war-machineat the enemy-going all the way to itsheart and its supply bases, whetherthey be in Hanoi or Peking- in a con­certed dr ive, pounding through to vic­tory!

But, with the horrifying atomic andhydrogen weapons. with missiles andanti-miss ile missiles , the possible pro­voking of World W ar III is unthinka­ble to the U. S. and the Western de­mocracies. To expand the Viet Nam warfu lly is the only way victory would .becertain. But -the Un ited States is fearfulof the label "war-monger," fearful ofrisking total war with Communism.

So, in a bid to stem the tide ofcommunism, we see limited jabs intoNorth Viet N am, and a "conventional"guerilla war being fought in South VietNam .

What Bible Prophecy Reveals

Almight}' God shows in Bibleprophecy that World W ar will not startin Asia as a war betwee n the freewo rld and communism ! And would notstart there even if the South V iet N amwar were expanded to bring victory!

But, tragically, God's inspired wordis not believed today. Leaders in Wash-

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ington, Saigon, London or Canberrastruggle on as they think best, totallyoblivious to the fantastic, yet absolutelyaccurate, information about today'sworld affairs, revealed by the God whocreated humanity ! But more of thislater.

Viet N am's Internal Strugglefor Power

Hidden behind the scenes in SouthViet N am today is a continuous strug­g le fo r power between a number ofdominant groups. Th e most prominentis the militant Buddhi st sect currentlycreating havoc in Saigon.

Th is sect has been one of the movin gfactors behind all the recent coups inV iet Nam. It was the prime mover be­hind Diem's downfal l.

This "non-political" political body isguided by "exiles" who came fromCommunist-controlled N orth Viet Nam!(The Economist, January 16.) Thishelps explain their decidedly strangebehaviour in contributing to the at­mosphere of political instability inSouth Viet N am, at a time when po ­litical stability is of absolute necessity,

Negotiated Settlement Imminent

Just as France was worn down andfina lly defeated at Dienbienphu in1954, forcing a negotiated settlementto the war, so is Commun ism wearingdown the Western powers, chiefly theU. S. In the present guerilla war, theReds are aiming for an ultimate U . S.withdrawal, a negotiated agreement anda fi nal Communist take-over.

Th e United States and in general thewestern peoples cannot psychologicallysustain the same kind of war theAsians can. If war does not "progress,"changing its "face" rather quickly, aW esterner tends to become disinter­ested in it, grow stale toward it andeither change his strategy to effect avictory or else fi nd a way to withdrawfrom it. Th e American public en massewill not maintain support for a warthat "goes nowhe re and takes forever toget there" !

Th e Communists know this. And theOriental Communists are masters atjust that sort of war. The Communists

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Captured Viet Cong soldier is tough . He has a goal­to win the war. He knows enemy will not take offen­sive. As a result he usually has the upper hand.

Ho Chi Minh, President of North Viet Nom.He also has one goal-to defeat the "im­perialist enemy."

Why Viet Cong Wins •In Viet Nom

Viet Cong has better morale, has leaders who takethe offensive, has troops fighting to demoralize theenemy. The United States fights only defensive war.As a result, South Vietnamese are gradually beingbeaten.

The tacticl Use guerilla warfare. Snap at the enemy. Wear down his morale. Break downhis resistance. Viet Cong attacks lonely outposts like this one pictured below. Recently, VietCong has made several massive assaults, but still uses guerilla-type methods. Wid. World Photo-

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Why United States CannotWin V'ET ~AM War!

South Vietnamese government is a shambles. Riots flare continually.The people are tired of a war which has raged for years. Saigon, thecapital, is oblivious to impending national disaster. Troops lack morale-even though they have superior forces and armaments. Poverty andignorance are rampant.

The United States fails to cope with such liabilities, fights only " limitedwar." Accompanying article is an on-the-spot report by our PLAINTRUTH correspondent for Southeast Asia .

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know that if they can continue theirguerilla attacks, thei r hit- and- run tacotics, going long enough and just hardenough to perpetuate the war, they canin time force a negotiated settlement.They of course ace at the same timerisking all-out war which they don 'twant. But they are betting this won'thappen in South Viet Nam. The wayCommunism works is to make her of­fensives in small bites in the hope ofavoiding all-out war. The Reds keepgoing, one "small" conquest after an­other, proceeding toward the goal ofworld dominion.

President Johnson has officially statedthat U. S. policy does not, now, allownegotiatio n over South Viet Nam. Butthere is growing demanding pressurefrom almost all sides toward a con­ference-table cease-f ire !

France, in another of her acts ofstabbing . Uncle-Sam diplomacy, hasagreed to co-operate with Russiain pressing for a conference-table set­tlement to the Viet N am crisis.

United Nations Secretary-General UThant has openly appealed for a ne­gotiated settlement . He said that bydoing this, the U. S. could then with­draw gracefully from South Viet Nam.

British Prime Minister Harold Wil·son said he hoped Britain could playan effective part in reaching a peacefulsettlement.

In a surprising move, the increas­ingly political Pope of the RomanCatholic Church-Pope Paul VI-hasissued a strong appeal to all countriesinvolved to seek a quick and peacefulsettlement in South Viet Nam.

All this pressure is bound to have itseffect. Already unoff icial reports revealthat the U. S. is maneuvering to getinto a better bargaining position- witha greater show of retaliatory strength.Why? To prepare the way to the con­ference room with the hope fo r anhonourable way out of this dilemma.

What Does God Say?

The further we look into the VietN am crisis, the more hopeless it ap­pears. "But," you may well ask, "whatis the solution?" The frank and start­ling answer to that question is thatthere is N O man-made solution.'

Over 600 years before the Christian

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era, the prophet Jeremiah, inspired byAlmighty God, wrote: "a Lord, I knowthat the way of man is not in him­self: it is not in man that walketh todirect his steps" (jer. 10 :23).

How prophetic these words are to­day ! Tragically, man is not yet readyto humble himself and ack-nowledge hisblind, stumbling, ignorance, his needfo r God's direction. On every hand weare seeing humanly devised societiesand civilization crumbling . But theworld won 't heed !

The more man learns about medicalscience, the more illness , disease, andincurable ailments we have. The higherthe educational standard, the moremental confusion, frustration, im­morality, insanity and suicide we see.The harder we seek peace, the more warand rumour of war the world knows.In every way and on every hand theways of man are backfiring !

As Jeremiah wrote, man does notknow how to direct his steps. But thetragedy is that man refuses to admitthat he doesn't know the right way togo and how to solve his problems.

Mili tary leaders, statesmen, diplo­mats. presidents and even religiousleaders, are desperately trying to solvethe Viet N am dilemma. But, they can­not solve it. They refuse to acknowl­edge God and seek the solution Hisway.

The One who knows man as noother can-the Creator God who mademan, gave him life and intelligence­declared through Isaiah the prophetthat all who rut themselves off fromHim by going their own rebelliousways, transgressing God's perfect, di­vinely inspired laws, cannot know theway to peace! (Read Isaiah 59: I -8.)

Wh y? Because God is the source ofpeace! And those rut off from thatsource cannot find peace!

God says of such people that theirgoings, their actions and decisions "arevoid of judgment" .. . that they havelaunched upon crooked paths, deviouspolicies which do not lead to peace!

How true this is in Viet N am. Thecourse of action being pursued is acrooked path-it rambles and wanders,goi ng nowhere. It will not lead to apeaceful solution benef icial to theUnited States' and the free world 's

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interests and safety ! God has decreedit so!

Will Peace Come?

The greatest news you could everhear in this "sick and dying" world isthe news of the imminent and certainreturn of Jesus Christ!

In the famous Olivet Prophery ofMatthew 24, Jesus Christ said (verse22): "Except those days [ the days wenow live in] be shortened, there shouldno flesh be saved [ alive] : but for theelect's sake those days shall be short­ened."

Except Jesus Christ personally inter­venes to stop the hellish, insane, war­ring of man, all human life will beremoved from the earth. Man wouldcommit genocide.

How is this divi ne intervention tocome ? By the literal, actual coming ofJesus Christ to this earth ! In just afew more years, Christ is going to comeas King of kings and Lord of lords(I Tim. 6 :14·15) . But, the scoff erswill say-as the Apostle Peter warnedin II Peter 3:3 ·4- "Where is thepromise of His coming ?" Well,the promise was actually made byChr ist Himself in John 14: 3- read it :"And if I go and prepare a place foryou, I will come again . . . I"

Yes, Jesus Christ, the Saviour ofhumanity, Prince of Peace, said He wasgoing to return to this earth. And Hemeant it. When He does come, He isgoing to set up W orld Government !

For the first time we are then go ingto actually see peoples learn to live to·gether in peace and happiness . Therewon't be any guerilla wars allowed!Notice what God says is then going tohappen to war! It is found in Micah4 :1,3 . God's Kingdom-the worldgovernment of Jesus Christ-will be es­tablished above all nations. God says,through Micah, that, at that time,"nation shall not lift up sword againstnation, neither shall they learn war anymore."

Thi s and this alone is the onlysolution to the Viet Nam crisis, theCongo massacre, the internal, moral de­cay of our nations, plus the host ofother ills of today's world !

God speed this happy, peacefulworld tomorrow !

Churchill's Dream-

A "United States of Europe"As early as 1946, Sir Winston Churchill envisioned a "UnitedStates of Europe " which would include Britain. But with allhis foresight, he could not forsee that Britain would be ex­cluded from this union. That this Frankenstein Monste r-paid

for by American dollars-would destroy its creators!

by Raymon d F. McNair

Wid. w~'d Phokl

Sir Winston Churchill was a very devoted family man. He attributed much ofhis success to the steadfast assistance of his remarkable wife, Clementine.Here she gives her personal congratulations on a political victory.

O FT EN dur ing his lifetime, Mr.Churchill had a feeling of des­tiny-that Almigh ty God was

working out a special pur pose in hislife .

In Britain's crisis hour, when he be­came Prime Minister, he said : " I felt asif I were walking with Destiny. . . ."He announced before the U. S. Con­gress what few wanted to hear-thatGod was working out a great purposehere below on earth !

Out of Deeth's Jaws

In the trenches in 1916, Church illwas summoned from his dugout tomeet the Corps Commander. Later thesame day he learned that his dugouthad been blown up only five minutesafter he had left it ! The sole occu­pant's head had been blown off .

Churchill, when writing of this at alater date, said : "There came a strongsensation that a hand had beenstretched out 10 me in the nick oftime [rom a [atal spot."

His later narrow escapes from deathon the battlefields only served tostrengthen his belief that he was des­tined to play an important part in theaffair s of men.

lust who was this man who rendez­voused with destiny ?

A "Many-sided Genius"

Churchill has been called "a many­sided genius." He was an outstandingwriter, often writing over a millionwords a year. As a young man, he wasthe second highest paid writer in Brit-

ain.-earning £35,000 a year-secondonly to George Bernard Shaw. Churchillwas also a politician, a statesman, anorator, soldier, brick.laJer, painter,sportsman and, above all, a familyman-with intense Jove and devotionto his wife, his children, h is home.He was a very happ y man both in hishome life and in his many accorn­plishments.

He had an indom itable spirit, abulldog determination . He was theepitome of "John Bull."

Great Men to Vanish?

Long ago God warned ( Isa. 3:1-3)that the time would come when Hewould take awa)' our great leaders­" the mighty man and the man of war,the judge, and the prophet, and theprud ent, and the ancient, the captain offift y, and the honourable mall, and thecounsellor, and the cunning artificer,and the eloquent orator."

Thi s is a prophecy for today! Fortwentieth century America and Britain!It is addressed to the House of Israel

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and to Jerusalem- to Britain and Amer­ica and to the Jews in Palestine. OUfnational identity is made plain in anastound ing free booklet The UnitedStates and the British Commonwealthin Prophecy. Read it.

Yes, millenniums ago God's W ordcame to our ancestors. It foretold thatHe would take away-in this twentiethcentury-at the close of man's civiliaa­tion-our mighty men, our generals,our wise judges, and counsellors, andthe eloquent orators. Certainly SirWin ston Churchill , at 90, was "an­cient:' In h is heyday he had been amighty man of Britain, a man of war, aprudent, honourable man, a counsellorand an eloquent orator. His wise coun­sel often went unheeded, though sel­dom unheard. He was Britain's lastgreat man. Th at prophecy stands ful­filled.

Israel-Like a Lion

A remarkable prophecy in the ythchapter of Micah reveals the destiny ofthe peoples of America, Britain and theother democracies of Nort hwest Eu­rope. In the day when Israel was to belike a lion, she would also lose herleonine power-and meet sudden hu­miliating defeat. Notice this astoundingprophecy:

"And the remnant of Jacob [orIsrael] shall be among the Gentilesin the midst of many people as a Iionamong the beasts of the forest, as ayoung lion among the flocks of sheep:who, if he go through, both treadethdown, and teareth in pieces, and nonecan deliver. Thi ne hand shall be liftedup upon thine adversaries, and all thineenemies shall be cut off. And it shallcome to pass in that dai'-that's thisvery decade immediately ahead of us­"saith the Lord, that I /ViII . . . est offthe cities of thy land, and throw dow nall thy strong holds" (verses s- t i ).

Verses Sand 6 contain another re­markable prophecy for our day. Theyspeak of the Assyrian (meaning themodern-day Germans) who will ulti­mately come "into our land" and"within our borders,"-this time asvictors in world war!

Isaiah 10:5-7, shows that God Al­mighty will use the "Assyrian" as therod of His anger-to punish our pea·pIe-Israel-for their sins against Him.

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Th ese Assyrians will "tread them [ Is­rael] down like the mire of the streets."

God says He will cause witchcraft tocease and that the images which weworship will be destroyed (Micah 5: 12)". .. so will I destroy thy cities. AndI will execute vengeance in anger andfury upon the heathen, such as theyhave not heard" (ve rses 14 and 15) _

Jeremiah 30, Ezekiel 5 and manyother prophecies make this very clear.Of course, if our peoples turn fromtheir wickedness, then God will not letsuch a terrible calamity befall them.But there are no signs which indicatethat the peoples of America, Britainand the rest of modern Israel will re­pent of their lies, sexual deviations,murders and endless other sins.

In Micah S, verse 8, we noticed that,in the last days, the people of Jacob, orIsrael, would be as a young lion, hav­ing power over all their enemies. Thi shas certainly been ful filled by modernAmerica and Britain. No other nationor combination of nations could defeatus as long as we stood together.

It is sign ificant that, here in Britain,the lion figures so prominently in muchof the private and governmental her­aldry-seals, coats of arms, etc. EvenChurchill spoke of the British Com­monwealth of Nat ions as having lion­like qualities. He said, "I have neveraccepted what many people have kindly

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said-namely that I inspired the na­tion.. . . It was the nation and the racedwelling all around the globe that hadthe lion's heart. I had the luck to becalled upon to give the roar,"

And roar he did!This lion-hearted Briton was held in

high esteem--even by his enemies.Even Cairo's daily newspape r AI Akh­bar said that Churchill "inju red usseveral times and our wounds are stillbleeding, but we admit that he was agreat foe and a hero."

Defender of the British Empire

Churchill always stoutly defendedthe Empire. He refused to have any­thing to do with its dismantl ing. Headamant ly refused to g rant India herindependence. Even so, India's Leftistweekly Blitz spoke of the wartimePrime Minister Churchill as /Iour finestenemy ." It added: "Churchill was per­haps the LAST of a race of giants in aworld of shrinking leadership."

After accepting the leadership of theConservative Party in October, 1940,Churchill said: ..] have always faith­fully served two public causes which,I think, stand supreme-the mainten­ance of the enduring greatness of Brit­ain and her Empire, and the historicalcontinuity of our island life."

Britain's Prime Mini ster was onceoutraged by Mr . Franklin Roosevelt's

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suggestion that Hongkong and other ofBritain's Crown Colonies should be re­turned to their original owners-afterthe war. In answer, Churchill retorted:"I did not hecome the King's firstminister to preside over the liquidationof the British Empire."

Churchill 's convictions concerningthe Empire were formed in early life." He had heen named Colonial Secretaryin 1921, a post that was to enhanceand embolden his convictions on theultimate benefits of Britain's ColonialEmpire, and of its rule and order"(N ewsweek , February 1, 1965) .

Th e real disintegration of the BritishEmpi re hegan under the Labour Gov­ernment immediately after World W arII. In the midst of the Potsdam Con­feren ce in Ju ly, 1945, the Brit ish elec­torate turn ed Churchill out of office.It voted Mr . Clement Atlee andhis Labour Government into office.Churchill was stunned! "My wife saidto me, 'Never mind , perhaps it was ablessing in disguis e.' II Churchill re­plied: "Th at may be, but if so it isvery well disguised, indeed."

Wounded by defeat, Churchi ll set­tIed into a new job-as leader of HisMajesty's Loyal Opposition . Tirelesslycastigating weI/are-statism as "strengththrough misery," he demanded: "W hatis the use of being a famous race andnation if at the end of the week youcannot pay your housekeeping bilL"

He was a devastating critic of theSocialist ministers who were busily dis­mant ling the Empire and dampinggloomy austerity on the land . Hispointed criticisms of Labour ministersrevealed his attitu de, as the followingquips regarding various Labour minis­ters show: Prime Minister Allee ( "amodest man, and I know no one withmore to he modest about"), Chancellorof the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps("There, but for the grace of God,goes God" ), Health Min ister, A neurinBevan ("Minister of Di sease") .

But in spite of Sir Winston Church­ill's innate capacity and natural abili­ties, his experience, his wisdom, hisleadership qualities-he was unable tosave the Empire. He spent his youngerdays fighting, literally, for the Empireon far -flung battlefields in India, Afr i­ca, Cuba and on the Continent in

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt out­raged Mr. Churchill by suggestingthat Britain give up some of herCrown Colonies.

World W ar I. He helped to preventHitler from destroying Britain and herEmpir e during World War II . Ironica l­ly, he spent most of his post-World .War-II years in the government, fight­ing to keep the Empire from beinggire n away by well -meaning but mis­guid ed fellow Britons. Unfortunately,and to his utter dismay, the Empire,which he had as a young man bravelyfought for, evaporated before his owneyes-several years before his death!

50 Years to Revive Germany?

But in spite of Churchill's tremen­dous capacity, his leadership and hisfar-sightedness as a world statesman, hecould not either foresee or preoentsome of the sinister forces that were tochange the face of the world so dras­tically during his lifetime.

At the conclusion of W orl d W ar II ,Germany lay prostrate-in smoulderingruins ! Sir Winston Churchill is re­ported to have said that it would takeGermany at least 50 years to get backon her feet. He was wrong ! Ten yearsafter Germany was totally destroyed, shehad become a bustling, pulsating na­tion. Long before Sir W inston Church­ill died, he lived to see the dayGermany became the most prosperous,most dynamic nation in Europe-witheven greater mil itary strength (at leastby conventional standards) than Brit­ain herself.

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Before W orld War I, Sir Wi nstonChurchill had seen the danger of amilitant Germany and had sounded thealarm. Th is he also did long before theoutbreak of World W ar II. Most of hisbitter warnings went unheeded until itwas almost too late. But Churchill hasnow vanished from the world scene.He is not here to scan the world sceneand warn the peoples of Britain andAmerica that a re-rnilitarized Germanywith a Uni ted Europe will once againbring war to our shores-World WarIII- horrifying nuclear war!

A U ni ted Europe

Church ill had hoped and dreamedthat Europe would some day he united.But he wanted Britain to he includedin that union . "His hope of a realisticdetente, like his vision of British mem­bership and an INTEGRATED Europe.was left to others to pursue" (Time,January 29, 1965) .

"The vision was there when thesmoke of W orld War II lifted. Asearly as 1946, Churchill gave it breathin summon ing the Old World to makea kind of United States of Europe"(Time, December 18, 1964) .

In spite of Mr. Churchill 's far­sightedness, he could not see farenough into the future to visualize theoutcome of a Uni ted States of Europe .He did not know from Bible prophecythat it would be comprised of tennations, dominated politically by aRoman-Fascist-like system and relig ious­ly by a great universal, militant church.He could not foresee that this greatpolitico-relig io-economic power bloc often nations not only would refuseBritain membership, but would ulti­mately prove the undoing of theAnglo-Saxon people of America, Brit­ain and the Commonwealth countries.

In February, 1963, the door to Brit­ain's entry into the Common Market­and ultimately into a United States ofEurope-was slammed in her face byCharles de Gaulle. It hecame dear thatBritain was not wanted- at least not byall of the members of the CommonMarket. D e Gaulle wants France to dom­inate any European union. He doesn 'twant either America or Britain to havetoo important a role in the affa irs of

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RADIO LOG"The WORLD TOMORROW"

LEADING LOCAL-AREASTATIONS

ClCH-HaIifax, N .S.-920 on dial,10:00 p.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

*CFBC - St. John, N.B. - 930 ondial, 8:00 p.m. daily.

VOCM-St. john's, Newfoundland,590 on dial, 6:30 p .m. Sun.,7:00 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

CFMB-Montreal-1410 on dial,1:30 p.m . Sun., 6:30 a.m.Mon. thru Sat.

CKFH-Toront<r-1430 on dial,6:00 a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

CKLB-Oshawa, Ontario-1350 ondial. 9:05 p .m. Mon. thruFri., 10:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun.

CKCR- Kitchener, Ontario - 1490on dial, 3:30 p.m. Sun., 6:30p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

WWOL - Buffaln, N .Y. - 1120 ondial, 10:00 a.m. Sun., 1:35p.m . Mon. thru Fri., 4:00p.m. Sat.

WBET-Brockton, Mass.-1460 ondial, 7:05 p.m. daily.

WW'NH-Rochester, N .H.-930 ondial, 9:05 a.m. Sun., 7:05 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

WDEV-Waterbury, Vt .-550 ondial, 8:00 p.m. Sun., 6:30p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

WPOR-Portland, Maine-1490 ondial. 9:00 a.m. Sun.

WCOU-Lewiston, Maine-1240 ondial, 9:30 p.m. Sun.

W AAB-Worcester, Mass .-1440 ondial , 107.3 FM, 9:30 a.m. Sun.

WMAS - Spr ingfield, Mass . - 1450on dial, 94.7 FM, 8:30 p.m.Sun.

WEIM-Fitchburg. Mass.-1280 ondial, 8:30 p.m. Sun.

WNLC-New London, Conn .-1490on dial, 8:30 p.m. Sun.

In Fren ch­CFMB-Montreal-1410 kc., 5 p.m.,

Sat. and Sun.CKjL-St. Jerome, Quebec-900 kc.•

10:30 a.m. Sun.

CentralWSPD-Toledo, Ohi<r-1370 on

dial, 101.5 FM, 9:00 p.m.Sun., 9 :05 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

*W DOK- Cleveland, Ohio-1260 ondial-LO:OO p.m. daily.

CHIQ - Hamilton, Ont. - 1280 ondial, 8:00 p.m. Sun., 6:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat .

CKSo-Sudbury, Ont.-790 on dial.6:30 p.m . Sun., 8:00 p.m.Mon. thru Fri., 7:30 p.m. Sat.

. WBCK - Battle Creek, Mich . - 930on dial, 12:30 p.m . Sat. andSun., 7:00 p.m. Mon. thruFri.

WSLR-Akron. Ohio--1350 on dial,9:30 p .m. daily .

8 p.m.(C.S.T.)

dial,p.m.

Mountain StalesCFRN-Edmonton, Alta .-1260 on

dial, 100.3 FM, 7:30 p.m .daily.

KOA-Denver-850 on dial , 9:30a.m. Sun.

XELQ-800 on(M.S.T.) 9daily.

West CoaslKlRO-Seattle-710 on dial, 100.7

FM, 10:30 p.m. Mon. thruSar., 5:30 a.m. Tues. thru Sat.

KGB5-Los Angeles-I020 on dial,10 p.m. Sun., 5:45 a.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KRAK-Sacrameoto-l140 on dial,8 p.m. daily .

XERB--Lower Calif.-1090 on dial,7 p.m. daily, 9:30 a.m. Mon.thru Fri .

EastWJRZ-Newark, N.J.-970 on

dial , 11:00 p.m. Sat. andSun., 10:00 p.m. Mon. thruFri.

WBMD--Baltimore-750 on dial,12:30 p.m. daily.

*WPIT - Pittsburgh - 730 on dial,101.5 FM, 7:00 a.m. daily .

WHP-Harrisburg. Pa .-580 ondial, 7:30 p.m. daily .

WJAC - johnstown, Pa . - 850 ondial, 7:30 p.m. daily.

WCHS-Charleston. W . Va .-5S0 ondial, 7:30 p.m. daily .

WCYB-Bristol, Va.-690 on dial,12:30 p.m . daily .

WWNC - Asheville, N.C. - 570 ondial, 4:00 p.m. Sun., 3:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

WNOE-New Orleans-1060 ondial, 9;30 a.m. Sun.

KAAY-Little Rock-1090 on dial,9:30 a.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m.daily.

WGUN-Atlanta-l010 on dial, 4p.m. Sun" 11 a.m. Mon. thruSaL

WMOO - Mobile - 1550 on dial,10:30 a.m. Sun., 7:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat.

*WINQ - Tampa - 1010 on dial ,12:00 noon Mon. thru Frl.,12:10 p.m . Sat . and Sun.

KRMG-Tulsa-740 on dial, 10:00a.m. Sun.

XEG-1050 on dial, 8:30 p.m. daily.(C.S .T.)~-

South*KRLD--D allas-1080 on dial, 92.5

FM, 8:15 p.m. daily, or be­fore or after baseball.

KTRH-Houston-740 on dial,101.1 FM, 8:00 p.m . Sun.,a :30 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

*KWKH-Shreveport-1130 on dial,94.5 FM, 10:30 a.m. and 8:30p.m. Sun., 1:00 and 8:30 p.m.Mon. thru Pri., or followingbaseball, 11:30 a.m. and 11:30p.m. Sat.

"Asterisk indicates new station ortime change.

Central StatesWLAC-NashvilJe-1510 on dial,

10:30 a.m. Sun., 7 p.m. dailyand 5 a.m. Mon . thru Sat.(C.S .T.)

WSM-Nashville-650 on dial. 9p.m. Sun., 12 a.m. Mon. thruFri ., 1 a.m. Sun. (CS.T.)

WCKY-Cincinnati-1530 on dial.7:00 and 9:30 p.m. Sun., 5:30a.m. Mon. thru Sar., 12:05a.m., Tues. thru Sun. (E.S.T.)

CKLW - Detroit-Windsor c-. 800 ondial, 93.9 FM, 7 p.m. Sun.,5:30 a.m. Mon. thru Sat .

CKY-Winnipeg, Maniroba-c-sauon dial, 10 p.m . Sun., 6:00a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

*WJJD - Chicago - 1160 on dial,104.3 FM, 11:00 a.m. Sun.

KSTP -MinneapoIis-St. Paul-I500on dial, 8:00 a.m. Sun.• 5:00a.m. Mon . thru Sat.

KCMO-Kansas City-SID on dial ,7:30 p.m. Sun.• a :15 p.m. and5 a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KXEL-Waterloo, la.-1540 on dial.S p.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KXEN-St. Louis-lOlO on dial,10:30 a.m. Sun., 12 noonMon. thru Sat.

MAJOR STATION5­Heard over wide areas

EastWHN-New York-IOSO on dial,

9:00 a.m. Sun .WWVA-Wheeling, W . Va .-II70

on dial, 98.7 FM, 10:30 a.m.and 11:15 p.m. Sun., 5 a.m . &8:30 p.m. Mon. thru Fri.(E.S.T.)

WNAC-Boston-680 on dial, 98.5FM (WRKO·FM), 8:30 p.m.Sun.

WIBG-PhiladeJphia-990 on dial,94.1 FM. 12:30 p.m . Sun.

WPTF-Raleigh, N.C.-680 on dial,94.7 FM, 9:30 a.m. Sun., 8:30p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

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W]W-Cleveland, Ohio-850 ondial, 104.1 FM, 10 a.m . Sun.

WBR] - Marietta, Ohio - 910 ondial, 12:30 p.m. daily .

WOW-Omaha. Nebr.-590 ondial. 8:25 p.m . Sun.

KRVN-Lexington, Nebr.-10lO ondial, 10:30 a.m. Sun., 3:00p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

WNAX-Yankton. S. Dak.-570 ondial, 7:30 p.m. daily .

WEAW-Chicago-1330 on dial,105.1 FM, 9:30 a.m. Sun.(aha 8:00 p.m. Sun., FM)8:00 a.m. Mon. thru Fri ., 7:30a.m. Sat. AM and 7:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat. FM.

WAAP-Peoria-1350 on dial, 6:30p.m. daily.

WITY-Danville, 111.-980 on dial,7:30 p.m . daily.

WIBe-Indianapo!is-1070 on dial.10:30 p.m. Sun.

KBHS--Hot Springs, Ark.-S90 ondial, 12:00 noon daily .

KFVs--ca.pe Girardeau, Mo.-960on dial, 9:15 a.m. Sun.• 6:15a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KWTO-Springfield, MO.-560 ondial, 7:00 p.m. daily .

KFDI - Wichita. Kans . - 1070 ondial, 10:00 a.m. Sun.• 11:30a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KFH-Wichita, Kans .-1330 on dial,100.3 FM, 9:30 a.m., Sun.•6:30 p.m. daily.

KGGF-Coffeyville, Kans.-690 ondial. 6:00 p.m. daily

WMT-eedar Rapids--600 on dial,11:30 a.m. Sun.

KQRS--Minneapo!is-1440 on dial,92.5 FM. 10:00 a.m . Sun.• 7:00a.m. MOD. thru Sat ., 9:30 p.m.daily (FM only) .

WEBC - Duluth, Minn. - 560 ondial, 7:00 p.m. Sun. thru Fri.,11:30 a.m . Sat.

WMIL-Milwaukee. Wis.-1290 ondial, 95.7 FM, 4:30 p.m. Sun. ,7:00 a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KFYR-Bismarck, N . Dak.-550 ondial. 7 p.m. daily except Fri .at 6:45 p.m .

C]NB - North Battlefoed, Sask.­1050 on dial, 2:30 p.m. and7:30 p.m. daily.

CKRM - Regina, Sask. - 980 ondial, 8:30 p.m. daily, except8:00 p.m. Wed.

CjGX-YorktoD. Sask.-940 on dial,7:00 a.m. Sun., 6:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat.

SouthKCTA-Corpus Christi. Tex.-1030

on dial , 2 p.m. Sun.. 12:30p.m. Mon. thru Fri .. 4:30p.m. Sat .

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KCUL-Ft. Worth~1540 on dial,1:00 p.m. Sun., 12:00 noonMon. theu Sat.

WBAP - Fort Worth, Texas - 570on dial, 8:00 p.m. daily.

KEES--Gladewater. Texas-1430 ondial. 12:30 p.m. daily.

KMAC-San Antoni<r--630 on dial,9:00 a.m . Sun., 7:15 a.m .Mon . thru Sat.

KTBC - Austin - 590 on dial, 9:30a.m. Sun., 5:30 a.m. Mon. thruSat.

KTlU - Rusk , Tex . - 1580 on dial,1:00 p.m. Sun.

KGNC-Amarillo-710 on dial, 9:00p.m. daily.

KFMj-Tulsa-1050 on dial. 12:30p.m. daily.

KBYE-0kla. City-890 on dial,lO:30 a.m. Sun., 12:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

KWAM-Memphis-990 on dial,10:00 a.m. Sun., 11:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat.

WSHO - New Oreleans - 800 ondial, 12:00 noon daily.

WDEF - Chattanooga, Tenn. - 1370on dial, 92.3 FM. 8:00 p.m.daily .

WAKE-Atlanta-1340 on dial.10:30 a.m. Sun.

WBRC-Birmingham, Ala.-960 ondial, 106.9 FM. 7:30 p.m.daily.

WYDE-Birmingham, Ala.-850 ondial, 10:30 a.m. Sun.

WMEN-Tallahassee-1330 on dial,6:30 p.m. Sun., 7:00 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

WMIE-Miami, Fla .-1140 on dial,8:30 a.m. Sun.• 12 noon Mon.thru Sat.

WZOK - jacksonville, Fla. - 1320on dial, 12:30 p.m. daily.

WKYX-Paducah, Ky.-570 on dial,93.3 FM, 12 noon daily.

Mountain StatesKPHO-Phoenix-9lO on dial. 6:35

p.m. daily.KLZ-Denver-S60 on dial, 106.7

FM, 8:00 p.m. daily.KCPX-Salt Lake City-1320 on

dial, 98.7 FM, 7 p.m. daily .KIDO-Boise, Idah0-630 on dial.

7:00 p.m. daily.CKXl - Calgary, Alta. - 1140 on

dial, 10:00 p.m. Sun., 5:30a.m, Mon. thru Sat.

West CoastCKLG-Vancouver, B.C.-730 on

dial, 7:00 a.m . Sun., 6:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat.

CKPG-Prince George, B.C.-S50on dial. 10:30 a.m. Sun., 6:30a.m . Mon. thru Sat.

CFBV - Smithers, B.C. - 7:30 p.m .daily .

KHQ-Spokane-590 on dial , 8:05p.m . daily.

KVI-Seattle-570 on dial. 8 a.m.Sun.

KBlE-Seattle-10S0 on dial, 12noon daily.

*KMO - Tacoma, Wash. - 1360 ondial. 8:30 p.m. daily .

KWJJ-Portland-l080 on dial. 10p.m. Sun., 9 p.m. Mon. thruSaL

KEX-Portland-1l90 on dial. 8:30a.m. Sun.

*KGAY-Salem-1430 on dial, 9:00a.rn. Sun., 6:30 a.m . Mon.thru Sat.

KUGN-Eugene-590 on dial 7p.m. daily.

*KUMA-Pendleton, Oregon-129000 dial, 6:30 p.m. daily.

KYlC~Medford, Ore . - 1230 ondial, 6:30 p.m. daily.

KAGO - Klamath Falls, Oregon­1150 on dial, 6:30 p.m. daily .

*KSAY - San Francisco-lOlO 00

dial, 8:30 a.rn. Sun., 6:30 a.m .Mon. thru Sat.

KFRC-Sao Francisco-GlO on dial,106.1 FM, 8:30 a.m. Sun.

*KFAX - San Francisco - 1100 ondial, 10:45 a.m . and p.m. Sun.,10:15 p.rn. Mon. th.ru Fri.,4:15 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KFIV - Modesto, Calif. - 1360 ondial. 6:00 p.m. daily.

KNGS - Hanford, Calif. - 620 ondial. 10:00 a.m . Sun., 6:00p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KGEE-Bakersfield-1230 on dial.4:30 p.m. Sun. , 5:00 p.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KDB-Santa Barbara, Calif.-1490on dial, 93.7 FM, 6:30 p.m.daily.

KUDU - Ventura, Calif. - 1590 ondial, 95.1 FM, 8:00 p.m. daily.

KRKD-los Angeles-USO on dial,96.3 FM, 9:30 a.m. and 6:30p.m. Sun., 6:15 a.m. and 7p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

*KTYM - Inglewood, Calif. - 1460on dial, 12:00 noon Mon .thru Fri.

KFOX - Long Beach, Calif.~ 1280on dial. 8:30 p.m. daily.

KACE-San Bernardino-Riverside­1570 00 dial, 92.7 FM, 9:30a.m. Sun., 7:05 a.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KOGD-San Dieg0-600 on dial,8:30 p.m. Sun.

In Spanish-KALI-Los Angeles, Calif.-1430 on

dial, 4:45 p.m. Sun.

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22 The PLAlN TRUTH

RADIO LOG

April, 1965

Alaska & Haw aii

KFQD--Anchorage. Alaska-730 ondial, 7:30 p.m. daily .

KULA-Honolulu, Hawaii-690 ondial, 6:00 p.m . daily.

TO EUROPEIn English-RADIO LUXEMBOURG-208

metres (1439 kc.) mediumwave and 49 metres (6090kc.) short wave--7:00 p.m.Mon. and Tues ., B.S.T.

RADIO LONDON-2GB metres(1120 kc) medium wave, 7:00p.m . daily.

In French-• RADIO LUXEMBOURG-129 3

metres-5:40 a.m., M cn ., 5:25a.m. Fri.

EUROPE NO. ONE-Felsberg enSane. Germany-18Z kc .(1647 m.)-6:00 a.m. Sun.,5:45 a.m. Wed. and Sat.

In German-RADIO LUXEMBOURG-49 metres

(6090 kc.) shortwave and 208metres (14 39 kc.) mediumwave - 6:05 a.m. Sun., 5:30a.m. .Mon., 5: 15 a.m. Tue s.,7:00 a.m . Wed., 5:15 a.m. Fri.

TO ASIARADIO TAIWAN (FORMOSA)

"The 3rd Network, B.C.C."-BED23 Taichung 1380 kc.;BED55 Ta ipei 960 kc.;BED78 Tainan City 1540 kc.;BED79 Kaohsiung 1220 kc. ;BED82 Chiayi 1460 kc.­18:00 T .S.T., Wed. and Fri.

RADIO OKINAWA-KSBK-880kc. Sundays: 12:06 noon.

PHiLIPPINE ISLANDS:DZAQ, Manila-620 kc.-8:30 p.m.

daily.DXAW, Davao Ciry-640 kc.­

9:00 p.m. Sunday.DYCB , Cebu City-570 kc.-9:30

p.m. Friday.DYKR, KalibO---1480 kc., 8:00 p.m.

daily, except Tues . at 7:30p.m.

DZAL, Legaspi Cit}' - 1230 kc.,8:00 p.m. daily.

DZGH, Sorso gon-8:00 p.m. daily.DZRB, Naga City- 1060 kc.,

9:00 p.m. Sun.DZRI, Da gupan City - 1040 kc.­

9:00 p.m. Sun .RADIO GUAM-KUAM-610 kc.,

6 p.m. daily.

«the WORLD TOMORROW"

TO AFRICARADIO LOURENCO MARQUES,

MOZAMBIQUE-3301 kc.,92 metres and 4925 kc., 60metres-l0:00 p.m. Mon.,Wed., and Sat., 10:30 p.m .Tues., Thur., and Fri.

RADIO UFAC, ELIZABETHVILLE- OQ2AD-4980 kc. (60 m.)-6:30 p.m . Sun . thru Fri .

WNB5-Lagos-602 kc.-8:30 p.m.daily.

WNBS-Ibadan-656 kc., 3380 kc.,6185 kc, and 9500 kc.-8:30p.m. dail y.

TO AUSTRALIA2KY-Sydney, NSW-I020 kc.­

10:15 p.m. Mon . thru Thurs.;10:45 p.m. Fri.; 11 p.m. Sat.

2AY - Albury, NSW - 1490 kc.­9:30 p.m. Mon . thru Sat .

2GF-Grafton, NSW-1210 kc.­10:00 p.m. Mon. thru Sat,

2GN-Goulbum, NSW - 1380 kc.- 9:30 p.m. Mon . thru Sat

2HD-Newrastle, NSW - 1140 kc.-10:30 p.m . Sun.: 9:00 p.m.Mon. thru Thurs.: 6:30 p.m.Fri.

2KA-Katoomba, NSW - 780 kc.­10:00 p.m. Mon . thru Sat.

2WL - Wollongong, NSW - 1430kc., 10:03 p.m . M on. thru Sat .

3AW-Melbourne, Vic .-1280 kc.­10:30 p.m. Sun.

3BD-Bendigo, Vic.-960 kc.-9:30p.m. Mon . thru Sat.

3KZ-Melbourne, Vic. - 1180 kc.­10:30 p.m. Sun .; 10:45 p.m.Mon . thru Thurs. : 10:15 p.m.Fri.

3MA-Mildura, Vic. - 1470 kc.­3:30 p.m. Mon. thru Fri .;10:00 p.m. Sat .

3TR - Sale, Vic . - 1240 kc. - 9 :30p.m. Sun. thru Thurs., 8:30p.m. Fri.

3XY- M elbourne, Vic .-1420 kc.­10:00 p.m . Sun. thru Fri.

4AK-Oakey, Qld. - 1220 kc.-9:30p.m. Sun .; 10:15 p.m. Mon.thru Thurs.; 10:30 p.m. Fri .

4BK-Brisbane. Qld. - 1300 kc.­9:30 p.m. Sun.; 10: 15 p.m.Mon . thru Thurs. ; 10:30 p.m.Fri .

4CA-Cairns, Qld.-lOlO kc.-l0:00p.m. Sun. thru Frio

4IP-lpswich, Qld.-l010 kc.-9:30p.m . Sun. thru Fri .

4KQ - Brisbane, Qld. - 690 kc.­10:30 p-m. Sun .

4TO-Townsvill e, Qld.-780 kc.­9:30 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

4WK-Warwick, Qld.-880 kc.­10:00 p.m . Mon. thru Sat .

GKG-Kalgoorlie, W A-860 kc.­10:00 p.m . Mon . thru Sat.

6PM-Perth, WA-I000 kc.-lO:OOp.m. Sun.; 10:15 p.m. Mon .thru Fri.

GAM- N o r th am, WA-980 kc. ­10:00 p.m . Sun.; 10:15 p.m.Mon. thru Fri .

7AD-Devonport, Tas.-900 kc.­8:30 p.m . Sun . rhru Fri .

7BU Burnie, Tas.-560 kc.-9:30p .m. Sun . thru Fri .

7HT - Hobart, Tas. - 1080 kc.­7:30 p.m. Sun. thru Fri.

7LA-Launceston, Tas .-1100 kc.­10:10 p.m. Sun., 9:30 p.m.Mon. thru Fri .

7SD - Scottsdale. Tas. - 540 kc.­9:00 p.m. Sun. thru Fri.

TO LATIN AMERICAIn English-

RADIO BARBADOS-Black Rock,Barbados - 795 kc., 10:30a.m. Sun., 9 :30 a.m. Mon.thru Fri ., 11:00 a.m. Sat.

- RADI O REDIFFUSION - Bridge­town, Barbados, 9 :30 a.m.Sun " 10:30 a.m. Mon. thruFri., 9:30 a.m. Sat.

RADIO AMERICA-Lima, Peru­1010 kc.-5:15 p.m . Satur­days.

HOC21, Panama City-lIIS kc.;HP5A, Panama City-1l170 kc.;HOK, Colon, Panama-640 kc.:HP5K, Colon, Panama-6005 kc.­

7:00 p.m., Sundays .

In French-

4VBM-Port au Prince, Haiti-1430kc., 7:45 p.m. Wed.

4VCM- Port au Prince, Haiti-6165kc., 7:45 p.m. Wed,

RADIO CARAIBES-St. Lucia,West Indies-840 kc.---6 :45a.m., Mon. and Tues.

In Spanish-

RADIO LA CRONICA-Lima, Peru- 1320 kc.-7:00 p.m . Sun.

RADIO COMUNEROS-Asuncion,Paraguay-970 kc.-8:30 p.m.Thursdays.

RADIO SPORT- CXA 19- Monte­video, Uruguay- lI S35 kc.­4:00 p.m., Sundays.

RADIO CARVE-CX I6, 850 kc.,and CXA 13, 6156 kc.-Mon­tevideo, Uruguay-3:30 p.m. ,Saturdays.

HERE are the Bible answ ers to

questions which can be answ ered briefly in a short space. Send in yourquestions. While w e cannot prom ise that all questio ns will find sp ace

for answer in this deparcment, we shall t ry to answer all tha t a re vit al

and in the general in terest o f our readers.

April , 1965

THE BIBLE ANSWERS

"Recently the Vatican Councilabsolved the Jews of the soleresponsibility for Christ' s cruci­fixi on. If the Jews aren't exclu­sively guilty of His death-whois?"

L. B., Kansas

Your Bible makes plain who bearsthe guilt for the murder of Jesus!

God provided three eye-wit nesses torecord the death of His Son. Notice theGospel record-the only source of in­formation available:

After Jesus was betrayed, captured inthe garden, and interrogated-after Hewas mocked, beaten, and held captivethrough the night-the Jews illegallybrought Him before the Sanhedrin.Jesus' trial before them was fraudulent lyconducted, Here is what transpired:

"Now the chief priests, and elders,and all the council, sought false wit­ness against Jesus, to put him to death;but found none" (Mat. 26:59-60) .

To understand fully why the trialand the crucifixion of Jesus were il­legal, you need the eye-opening article,"Twelve Reasons Why Christ's TrialWas Illegal." It will surprise you!There is not space to explain it in de­tail here.

To continue:"When the morning was come, all

the chief priests and elders of the peo·pIe took counsel against Jesus to puthim to death: and when they hadbound him, they led him away, and de­livered him to Pontius Pilate the gov­ernor" (Mat. 27:1-2) .

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FROM OUR READERS

Rome was an Empire ruled by fear.Roman governors were not fundarnen­tally concerned with justice, but withexpediency. Any troublemaker wasquickly dealt with. Rome was carelesswith human life. If someone must dieto appease the people and maintainorder, he was executed-guilty or not.

Pilate first thought he would releaseJesus.

But the Jews had done their workwell. They knew Pilate could not af­ford an uprising. So they stirred upthe rabble. When they encouragedmob violence, Pilate weakened (John19:12-16) . He thought he had nochoice but to convict and execute Jesus.

Pilate, of course, knew the Jews werejealous of Christ and wanted Him outof the way (Mat. 27:18) . But out offear he delivered Jesus to his soldiersfor scourging-and for crucifixion.

Wh o then was guilty?

Was it solely the Jews-blind withjealousy, hypocrisy, hatred ? Was it Pi­late - who vacillated and condemnedJesus for political expediency? Was itthe Roman legionnaire who nailed Himto the cross? Or was it the soldier whocruelly ended Jesus' life with a spearthrust?

Whom does God Almighty holdguilty of the murder of Christ?

The apostle Peter, who himselfdenied Christ three times, reveals Hismurderers! Read it in the book ofActs.

On the day of Pentecost Peter spoke

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to thousands who had gathered inJerusalem from all over the world.Many in this audience had never seenJesus Christ. Many had only heard ofHim. Certainly only a very few had apart in His trial and crucifixion. Butnotice what Peter told them:

"Ye men of Israel, hear these words;Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved ofGod among you by miracles and won­ders and signs, which God did by Himin the midst of you, as ye yourselvesalso know: Him being delivered bythe determinate counsel and foreknowl­edge of God, ye have taken, and bywicked hands have crllcified and slain"(Acts 2:22-24).

Had all this multitude---by their veryown hands - crucified Jesus Christ?No! Vet God held them all guilty­even those who were not in Jerusalemwhen Christ died!

Why?Because of their sins - because of

),our sins! The sins of all mankind,not just of the Roman soldiers, wereresponsible for driving the nails intoChrist's flesh.

If no man had ever sinned, JesusChrist would not have died. It wasyour sin which brought Jesus into theworld to die! God is responsible forsending Christ into the world to for­give sin-to voluntarily pay the penaltyof sin by giving His life as a ransomfor all.

Your Bible says: "All have sinnedand come short of the glory of God "(Rom. 3:23) . Christ died for us alI­in our stead. Therefore we all arejust as guilty of His death as werethose Jews, and Pilate and the Romansoldiers who had direct part in thecrucifixion.

The primary guilt of the Jews, ofPilate, of the Roman soldiers was nottheir part in the trial and crucifixionof Jesus. Their major guilt was theirlife of sin, which brought Jesus into theworld to die for them. Pilate wouldhave been guilty had he never beengovernor. His cowardly act made himdoubly guilty. The Jews would havebeen guilty even if they had refusedto be a part of mob violence. Theirdeeds in 31 A.D. made them doublyguilty. The Roman soldiers who cruci-

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fied Jesus would have been guilty evenif they had been stationed with theRoman legion in England at the timeof the crucifixion !

You need to realize that if you hadlived in 'Palestine in 31 A.D., )'Oft­

just like the disciples - would havedenied Jesus Christ! Or you would havebeen in the howling mob demandingHis innocent blood ! Or yolt wouldhave been willing to plunge your spearinto His side !

You can't wash )Iour hands of partin Christ's death any more than Pon­tius Pilate could.

God Almighty HOLDSYO U GUILTY!He commands you to REPENT ! Unlessyou submit to Him as your Master­the One who has the right to tell youwhat to do and how to live-Jesus said,"You W ILL ALL LIKEW ISE PERISH ,"

Remember how the Jews suffered fortheir part in Christ's death when theRoman armies besieged Jerusalem in70 A.D . ?

You need to write immediately forthe article: "What Is REAL Repent­ance?"

"What did Jesus mean whenHe said, 'THIS GENERATIONshall not pass, till all these thingsbe fulfilled' ? Was He referringto His own generation - or toours?"

Jesus was not speaking of His ownday and age. He was answering Hisdisciples who asked about these lastdays of human history- this twentiethcentury ! They had asked Jesus:". . . what shall be the siJ:1I of THYCOMING, and of the EN D of the world?"(Mat. 24:3) .

In this important prophecy (Mat.24) , Jesus gave to the disciples a point­by-point description of what wouldoccur in these last days before H isSecond Coming. He prophesied thatPRIOR to His coming titanic worldWA RS would engulf nations and king­doms, famines would rage, diseaseepidemics and pestilence would ravagecities and countrysides, and greatEARTHQUAKES would rend and con­vulse the land (Mat. 24:7) .

Then, Jesus foretold a final perse­cution inflicted in His true followers

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(vs. 9-11), with the special rise offalse ministers who would deceive theworld. He foretold an AGE OF LAW·

LESSN ESS - rampant iniquity - a greatbreakdown in morality (v, 12) ! But,Jesus said, in the midst of this travailand grief, the gospel-good news-ofthe kingdom of God will be THUNDEREDTO ALL NATIONS-"and then shall theEND come" (Mat. 24 :14).

Jesus was speaking of the smashingCLIMAX at the close of this present ageof Satan's misrule over the earth ! Hewas speaking of the present crisis facingthis very generation.

He said, "For then shall be great trib­ulation, such as was not since the be·ginning of the world to this time, no,NOR EVER SHALL BE" (v. 21) . Jesusadded, "And except those days shouldbe shortened, there should NO FLESH

be saved ..." (v. 22) .

You need to ask j ourself-c-could allTHE SE things have come to pass in thedays of Jesus' disciples ? Was ALL MAN·

KIND-all flesh upon the earth­threatened with MASS EXTIN CTION inthe days of the apostles and the earlyNew Testament Church?

Of course not!Did the end of Satan's misrule of

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the world occur in the days of theapostles?

Obviously not ! Else this PRESENT

world would IIOt be filled with satanicdeceptions, nations at each other'sthroats, threatening each other withatomic weapons and the mushroomcloud !

Not until our generation has the en­tire population of the earth faced starkannihilation.' Not until 1955, reports theEncyclopedia Britannica, was it acknowl­edged that man now had enough de­structive power stockpiled to wipe allflesh from the face of the earth! Al­ready 10 years have passed. Soon it willbe 1975 !

This is the end-time of which JesusChrist spoke ! This is the generation Hehad in mind when He said, "Verily Isay unto you, This generation shall notpass, till ALL these things be fulfilled"(Mat. 24:34) .

W e are living in the prophesied pul­sating, throbbing generation immediate­ly preceding the second coming of JesusChrist.

Not ice that Jesus did not tell His dis­ciples "your generation," He spoke of

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Will the World RECOGNIZEthe Returning Christ?

The Jews did not recognize Jesus as the Messiah when Heappeared over 1900 years ago. They called Him a blas­phemer. The Romans crucified Him. Today the most COLOS­SAL LIE of all time is be ing spawned to counterfeit the identityof the returning Christ. This challenging article unmasks the

deception.

by Richard H. Sedliacik

TH E MOST sinister, diabolical LIE

ever foisted on a confused worldis now being spread.

This cunning master-lie makes JesusChrist appear to be the ARCH·ENEMYof the world! It falsely labels Jesus asth e "ANTICHRIST," It cunni ng ly makesthe Antichrist appear to be Christ !

It' s time you knew the shockingtru th about this monstro us hoax ! Andwhat it has to do with "ChristianUnity" and the coming revival of theHoly Roman Empire in Europe.

Plot to Unite Churchand State

For over 30 years, Mr. Armstronghas been warning the nations via TheWORLD T OMORROW broadcast and ThePLAIN TRUTH magazine of the prophe­sied end-time revival of the "HolyRoman Empire." It is a union ofChurch and State, of econom ics andscience, that will stamp out true Chris­tianity- that will exalt a mortal manto the off ice of Christ, It will deceivethe world into believing that theChrist of your Bible-who is comingagain to destroy this diabo lical system- is "the Antich rist."

In the Bible. God cloaks this com­ing European religio-politica l empire inmysterious symbolism. It is called inyour Bible "Babylon the Great."No tice God's prophecy,

"And I saw a WOMAN [the symbolof a Church (II Cor, 11 :2)] sit upona scarlet colored beast [ the symbol of apolitical government], full of names

of blasphemy. , .. and upon her fore­head was a name written, M YSTERY

BABYLON THE G REAT, THE M OTH ER

OF H ARLOTS AND A BOMIN ATION S OF

THE EARTH" (Rev, 17 :3, 5),

God labels her (verse 1) what sheis-"the great whore that sltteth uponmany waters"- a symbol of "peoples,multitudes, nations, and tongues" overwhich she rules spiri tually (Rev.17:15) , In verse 2, she is describedas having committed spiritual "forni­cation" with "the kings of the earth"!Th at is, alliances, concordats with thenations of this world, instead of wait­ing for the return ing Christ to estab­lish the Kingdom of God on earth,

She is also described as "that greatCITY which reignetb over the kings ofthe earth" (verse 18).

A woman is God's symbol for acburcb. Here is a fallen woman-anapostate church- ruling over many na­tions! A great false church riding ,dominating, the "Beast' t-c-th e RomanEmpire which is soon to arise for thelast time!

Th ose who know history and under­stand Bible prophecy en ou: whatpower ruled over the civil governmentof the "Holy" Roman Empire duringthe Middle Ages!

Th is great counterfeit religion­instead of becoming "engaged" to thetrue Christ, and keeping herself trueto Him as coming World Ruler­formed illicit unions with the govern­ments of this world .

She entered into world politics! Shesought to dominate th is world's govern­ments ! Thus she committed spiritual"fornicat ion"-illicit union prior tomarr iage.

God port rays this church as havinga "Iamb-like" - Christ-like - appear­ance. It appears as if it were God'sChurch , but actually speaks as a"dragon"-the D EVIL! (Rev, 13:11;12:9,)

History tells us this power pat­terned its ecclesiastical governmentafter the "BEAsT"-the Roman civilgovernment .

Although palmed off as the govern·ment of God, this church governmentis in reality only an "image; ' or copy,of a satanic, human government­NOT the government of God!

She has always used religion as hermeans of gaining political control oversociety-first through education andfinally by government and economics.Her basic policy is to establish herorder-her rule--over the world.

Revelation 17 reveals her goal is tobecome universal- the one and ON LY

church-ruling the whole world po­LITICALLY!

Religion to Unify Europe

No military or political leader couldunite . Europe. Only religion can do it !

Only some great religious leader canbe the supreme authority acceptable toall!

The prophecy in Revelation 17 shows

Japan Mr lin., Pholo

Jerusalem, Palestine, viewed from the Mount of Olives . In this city-holy toChristians, Jews and Muslims-the man of sin will sit in the Temple of God,yet to be built, and proclaim himself God.

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that all seven successive revivals of the"Holy" Roman Empire would bedominated by a great [allen church.

And history tells us that a successionof great religious rulers did dominateevery one of the fo rmer six revivalsof the " Holy Roman Empire"!

Ten European nations are finally tounite in the last restoration of theRoman Empire. Th ey are symbolizedin Revelation 17 as "ten horns" (v erse7) . Leading them will be a greatmiracle-working religious leader.

Th is union will , by common con­sent, give its united strength into thehands of the political and militaryleader-the "Beast," a " Hit ler"-whowill be approved by this great religiousleader ! (Rev, 17:12,13,)

When the religious leader-the"man of sin"-gives the word, everydevoted follower will OBEY his orders !He will step into the picture withhis miracles as the supreme unifyingauthority-the final arbiter-the onlyone who can finally unite the differ­ing, squabbling nations of Europe andbring "peace" to the world.

All Europe will become fallaticallyreligio/IJ .'

The remaining "wayward daughter"churches of the great "Mother" churchwill be forced back into the fold .Only ON E RELIGION will be the ac­cepted form of worship !

The g reat "fallen woman" will havemounted the resurrected "Beast"-theRoman Empire ! (Rev. 17 :3, 5.)

"ANTICHRIST" Revealed!

The apostle Paul warns us of this"man of sin" in II Thessalonians2 :1·1 2-a mere human who will exalthimself above all- ez/el1 above God !

Listen to Paul's grim warning: "Letno man deceive you by any means:for that day [the day of Christ's re­turn- verses 1-2] shall not come, ex­cept there come a falling away first[a rebellion against God 's government] ,and that MAN OF SIN be revealed, theson of perdition; who opposes andexalts himself above all that is railedGod, or that is worshipped; so tbat heas God sits in the temple of God,showing himself that he IS God . . .whom tbe Lord shall consume with the

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spirit of his mouth, and shall destroywith the brightn ess of his coming"(ve rses 3-5, 8).

Did you grasp the full impact of thisamazing prophecy?

Paul said there would rise up in ourday- just immediately before the re­turn of Jesus Christ-a great miracle­working religious ruler with the au­dacity to claim he is God on earth!

To Perfo rm Satanic Miracles

This "man of sin" will use hismiracle-working power as a supposed"proof" that he is God !

The apostle Paul warned : ". .. Evenhim, whose coming is afler the work­ing of Satan with all power and signsand LYING wonders, and with all de­ceivableness of unrighteousness in themthat perish [are perishing]; becausethey receive not the love of the truth,that they might be saved" (II Thess.2:9-10) .

Here is pictured, in propbecy, thehead of a vast ecclesiastical empire.Through Satan's power, he will per­form false miracles and lying wonde rs

to deliberately deceive the world intobelieving he is GOD on earth and thatthe returning Christ is the Antichrist!

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This "man of sin" will even calldown fire from the sky! "And hedoeth great wonders, so that he makethfi re come down from heaven on theearth in the sight of men, And DE­

CEIVETH them that dwell on the earthby means of those miracles which hehad power to do . .." (Rev. 13:13-14.)

Millions will be swept off their feetby his migbty signs. They will wor­ship him "as [very] God" because ofthese spectacular, attention-getting, se­tanic miracles!

Have you the wit to see exactly whothe apostle Paul is referring to as this"man of sin"?

The COLOS SAL LIE!

God Almigbty also calls the man ofsin a great " false prophet" (Rev.19:20) .

Notice the profound effect his false"prophetic utterances" will have on theChristian-professing world :

When Jesus Christ returns to punisbthe world for its sins and to stamp outwar and bring peace at last, will theworld accept Him as the Messiah?

Not at all!

They will rejiae to heed- "and theyrepented not" (Rev. 16 :9) . They will

Mcrnon I'hoto s,,.., /c,The plain of Esdraelon, which sprawls out before Megiddo, in Palestine. It ishere that the Beast will assemble a vast army to fight the returning Christ,who will destroy that army and stop the Beast's fiendish oppression .

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instead rsn from Christ-even cailingfor the rocks to fall on them, hidingin caves-FLEEING from the face ofGod Almighty! (Revelation 6:15 -16.)

But why?

Because that "false prophet" willhave deceived them into believing thebiggest lie ever told!

Into their ears, he will have pouredthe insidious, diabolical lie that the re­turning King of kings and Lord oflords, Jesus Christ, is the ANTICHRIST-that He is the Devil incarnate.'

And the world will believe himbecause God will have sent them"strong delusion, that they should be­lieve a lie" ! (II Thess. 2:11.)

What the False ProphetW ill Claim

Already the clever deception is be­ing spread. Notice this false prophecyrevealed well over a century ago:"Antichrist will figh t a successfulbattle at Mageddo [Armageddon] inPalestine after which . , . he will there­after become lord of the world"(Prophecy for T oday, p. 71) .

Your Bible states that throughSatanic influence, the False Prophet andthe Beast will muster the armies of thenations to FIGHT the returning JesusChrist (Rev. 16:13-14, 16; 17 :13-14) .They will be convinced He is the Anti­christ, the enemy of the world !

Bible prophecy reveals [ess s Christwill be victorious when He returns­not the Antichrist: "And I saw heavenopened, and behold a white horse; andhe that sat upon him was calledFaithful and True, and in righ/e01/S11eSShe doth judge and make war. . . .

" And out of his mouth goeth a sharpsword, that with it he should SMITE

the nations : and he shall rsle themwith a rod of iron: and he treadeththe winepress of the fierceness andwrath of Almighty God. And he hathon his vesture and on his thigh aname written, KI N G OF KIN GS, AND

LORD OF LORDS" ! (Rev. 19 :11-16.)"The Kings will send armies to the

Holy Land," continues the falseprophecy, "but the Antichrist will slaythem all" ! (ibid ., page 69,)

Revelation 19 :19-21 shows this isexactly what the returning Christ-not

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the Antichrist- will do! He will causetheir flesh to H consume away whilethey stand upon their feet . . ." (Zech.14 :12) .

But to continue with these diabolicalfalse prophecies: "Antichri st and hisarmy will conquer Rome, kill the Popeand take the throne .. . the Jews willcome from everywhere, and acceptAntichrist as the Messiah" ( ibid., p.68).

Your Bible reveals [esus Christ is todestroy the Beast and the False Prophetby casting them into the lake of fire!(Rev. 19:20.) The Jews will then ac­knowledge, for the first time, that thereturning Jesus is indeed their Messiah.Notice it in Zech. 12:9 -10.

" And it shall come to pass in thatday, that 1 will seek to destroy all thenations that come agaimt Jerusalem.And 1 will pour upon the house ofDavid, and upon the inhabitants ofJerusalem. the spirit of g race and ofsupplications: and they shall look uponme whom they have pierced, and theyshall mourn for him, as one mournethfor his only son . . ." (Zech . 12:9-10) .

More Satanic D eceptions

Continuing the false doctrine whichthe False Prophet will proclaim: "After

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the destruction of Rome, Antichristwill appear and exalt himself abovepagan deities and the Trinity . . . Com­ing to Jerusalem, he will succeedthrough false preaching, miracles, gifts,terror, aided throughout by the devil.

"An evil spirit will come out of theair and descend on his fo llowers. Heshall feign a resurrection from thedead, cause rain to fall . . . perfonnother wonders, all through the powerof the devil. . .. The Jews will welcomehim" (Prophecy for T oday, p. 66) .

Now read your Bible! After the fallof Rome (see Rev. 18) , it is Christwho will .rtamp out the pagan religionsand false Christianity. He will descendto the Mount of Olives, "which is be­fore Jerusalem on the east" (Zech.14 :4) . Then He will make His HOLYSPIRIT available to all human beings(Joel 2:28, 32) . It will be the time ofthe [irst resurrection. Th e dead inChrist will rise from their graves!

(I Cor. 15:50-55.)

Yet all these plain scriptures are madeto appear as though they were the workof the Antichrist instead of Christ. TheHoly Spirit is diabolically labeled "anevil spirit" that "will come out of the

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"Modest" Mr. Atlee, whose pollt l­cal actions drew sharp commentsfrom Mr. Churchill.

consume the heart of the Germanheavy engineering industry, I neverthought that we would deliberately re­create an industrial machine far strong­er than our own!"

Just how strong are the Krupp workstoday-a-only 25 years after they werelevelled by Allied bombers? Accordingto the article just quoted , there are110,000 employees in the Kru ppworks. There are 28 Krupp subsidiaries-an iron and steel plant in India,lignite coal workings in Greece, theconstruction of long bridges in Egypt,a steel plant employing 2,000 peoplein Brazil, crane making and oil extrac­tion plants in Pakistan. The Kruppfactories manufacture trains, miningmachinery, ships, locomotives, cranes, oilmill machinery, steel buildings, cablemachinery, water sluices-tin tacks anddock gates.

The Krupp industrial combine alsohas a big share in the Rheinhausen

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Prime Minister Churchill congratu~

lates the Captain and crew of theBritish cruiser Exet er in 1940 . Thisdaring crew, through sheer "intes­tinal fortitude" and naval brilliance- which Mr. Churchill g reotly cd­mired-challenged and defeated afar greater German force in theSouth Atlontic, sinking the bottle­ship Grol Spee .

(Continued from page 19 )In the second chapter of Daniel, we

fi nd this world kingdom depicted asthe ten toes of the great image-s-rep­resenting the ten kings ultimately toun ite at the very end of th is age ofman's 6,OOO-year period of misrule!Th is is also depicted as a "beast" inRevelation 17 : 8~17. Here we see a"beast"-picturing the Roman Empire- which is to ascend out of a "bottom­less pit ." But it will go into perditionor destruction. Whe n the inhabitants ofthe earth see this "beast"-this Fascistform of Government--come out of acondition of virtual non - existence,they're going to be dumbfounded. They"shall wonder" ! (Verse 8.)

Yes, the whole world will be utterlyamazed when they see this "beast"resurrected or revived-for the lasttime, thank God !

W hy Germany Rises Again

I have before me an amazing articlewhich appeared in the T. V. Times,I l th February, 1965-read throughoutBritain. This article, which concerns thegiant "Krupp" wo rks of Germany, waswritten by Air Vice-Marshal D.C.T.Bennett, C.B., C.B.E., 0 .5.0. He is theman "who organized and led theR.A.F. Path finder Force" that annihi­lated the Kru pp factories during WorldWa r II.

In this article he asked, "Is theworld mad ?" And then he proceededto explain that twenty-five years previ­ously he had helped to destroy thecolossal German armaments f irm ofKrupp in the Ruhr Valley city of Essen.

He continued: "Today that monsteris stronger than ever," Air Vice­Marshal Bennett then asked if he hadwasted his time fighting the Germanwar machine. Had all of the lives ofthe many airmen-who never returnedfrom their perilous bombing missions­been sacrif iced in vain ?

"I never imagined when I was lead­ing and organizing the Pathfinder raidsagainst the Krupp works that, withintwenty-five years, the firm would riseagain.

"As I watched the smoke and fires

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Continentals. But in spite of DeGaulle's grandiose designs, Biblicalprophecy reveals that Germa ny-notFrance-will ultimately head the soon­coming United States of Europe!

Right now De Gaulle is trying toweaken the dollar in order to under­mine America's influence in Europeand the whole world . Spain is alsoagitating-for the control of Gibraltar.And Brita in will lose Gibraltar-justas we have been saying for years.Prophecy is very clear on th is point.

Long ago, the prophecies of yourBible had revealed that in this endtime there would be the seventh andf inal revival (or resurrection) of theRoman Empire. The previous six reo

vivals [vheads" in prophetic symbo­lism] were Justinian, Charlemagne, Ot­to the Great , Charles the Great, N a­poleon, Mussolini -Hitler - and thef inal seventh head, now in the processof being formed right before yourvery eyes !

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De Gaulle is trying to strangle Britain, who gave him a home and moneyduring World War II and helped save France. Here, on a visit to Bonn, Ger­many, De Gaulle tries to win Germa ny over to his entl-Brltlsh views.

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Coal and Steel Group, a subsidiarywhich mines about .sA million tons ofcoal per annum and produces 4 milliontons of steel. Sixty percent of Krupp'ssales go to other European countries ,17 percent go to Asia. The last de­clared turnover of the Krupp empirewas £466 million for 1963-64. Of th is,£75 million represented export sales.

Air Vice-Marshal Bennett described

how ..the Pathfinder Force proceededto make mincemeat of the Ruhr, andparticularly of the Krupp buildings."

He then admits: " I doubt if I everthought they would rise again.

"The decision to allow their resur­rection has always seemed to me, atthe very least, to be indiscreet."

Air Vice-Marshal Bennett assumes itwas the duty of the Allies to create aneconomy which would enable the Ger­mans to decently support themselves.He then asked: "But was it reallynecessary to be so whole-hearted aboutit? To enable them to re-create an in­dustrial machine which not only sup­ports life for them but gives them asurplus industrial capacity, embarrass­ing in peace and dangerous in war?

"And which has come to be a verysevere threat to our own economiclife? "

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In Air Vice-Marshal Bennett's opin­ion the Alli ed decision to re-createsuch a powe rful industrial machine was"lunatic." It is "even less understand­able when we consider the danger thatthe Krupp firm may, again, be used tosupport a German war effort whichcould be directed against this countryor its interests,"

The Air Vice-Marshal explained :

"Without the Krupp factories, Ger­many would never be a threat to theworld again."

"Another War WithGermany?"

He concludes: "Many people pooh­pooh the idea of another war withGermany and I hope they are right.But this is to ignore the facts of theGerman character and the declared in­tention of many people (staunchNazis) upon whom Hitler depended forhis support- to succeed, where theyhave twice failed in the past."

Yes, many people know that thesedyed-in-the-wool Nazis planned a come­back long before the collapse of Hit­ler's Third Reich. These hard-core N azisfully expect to again seize power inGermany (when the time is ripe) andto become the leaders of the German

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nation in a revived, resurrected Fascistor Roman type of government-whichwill probably be called a United Statesof Europe. T. H. Tetens, in a numberof well-documented books (notablyTbe New Germany and tbe Old Nazi,and Germany Plots Witb the Krem ­lin), has laid bare this Nazi masterplan for world conquest! And every­thing is proceeding exactly accordingto their diabolical plans!

Why Britons Fear a Rearmed

Germany

Air Vice-Marshal Bennett's statementsmirror the fears felt by many Britons.Multitudes in Britain have not for­gotten Wo rld War I or the blitz andother horrors of World Wa r II.

Though the average Briton does notappear to bate the Germans, yet he doesfear that another demagogue, like Hit­ler, may some day seize the reins ofpower in Germany and again lead thatnation down the suicidal path of mili­tant Fascism.

This intense British fear, oftenvoiced in the British press, of what arearmed Germany might again do wasrecently reflected by tbe Prime Minis ­ter, Mr. Harold Wilson. In his recenttalks in Bonn, he was very adamantin his refusal to make concessionswhich would give Germany a f inger onthe nuclear trigger. Significantly, how­ever, he did agree that Germany shouldbe re-united ! "Premier Harold Wilsoncommitted Britain to support a newWestern drive for the reunification ofGermany today," reported the LondonDaily Exp ress, March 9, 1965. This theRussians don't want to see happen.

Russia shudders at the thought of aunited Germany gaining control of anuclear arsenal! "News that Mr. Har­old W ilson had agreed with ChancellorErhard tn begin negotiations to try tounify Germany astonished some of Mr.Wilson 's friends.. ..

"Unification of Germany seemsdirectly opposed to Russian policies . .."reported Time & Tide, 11-17 March,1965.

Britain and, to a lesser extent, Amer­ica and other nations are also not tooelated at the thought of Germany incontrol of nuclear arms. Bible prophecy

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reveals that no power on earth can stopGermany from rising up to its fulleconomic and military stature. And nonation can prevent a revived Germanyfrom seizing control of this soon-com­ing United States of Europe ! Result ?The whole world will once again beplunged into war-World W ar I1I­with all its nuclear destructiveness!

Mr. Armstrong for the past 20 andmore years has repeatedly warned thatthis will happen-as is clearly revealedthrough the prophecies of your Bible !Do you know of any other work onthe face of the earth which really un­derstands the prophecies of the Bibleand is showing this world what willhappen-before it happens?

The ultimate end of this German­dominated United States of Europe isclearly revealed in the fo llowing scrip­ture: "And the ten horns which thousawest arc ten kings! which have re­ceived no kingdom as yet; but receivepower one hour with the beast. Thesehave one mind, and shall give theirpower and strength 1111/0 the beast.These shall make war with the Lamb[Jesus Christ], and the Lamb shallovercome them .. ." (Rev. 17: 12-14 ) .

The horrible end of these ten kings

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De Gaulle tries to convince Chan­cellor Erha rd of Germany that theyshould join forces in plotting thedownfa ll of Britain and America.

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which figh t against Christ at His sec­ond coming is described in Revelation19 :11-2 1. "And I saw the beast, andthe kings of the earth, and theirarmies, gathered together to make waragainst him that sat on the horse, andagainst h is army" (verse 19 ) . Verses20 and 21 vividly describe the completedestruction to befall these Fascist ar­mies. This is also foretold in Zechariah14 :1-15.

Only God's Servants Can Kn ow

For many years God' s called andfaithful servants have been proclaiming(via radio and The PLAIN TRUTHmagazine) these prophecies to a heed­less world. Sir W inston Churchill, apolitical leader in modern Israel, gavewarning before World Wars I and IIof the impending war and devastationthat was to befall Britain. But onlyThe WORLD TOMORROW broadcast hasbeen warning the world of the finaloutcome of the soon -coming WorldWar II I. We have repeatedly warnedthat ten nations-uniting in economic,political and religious matters-willform this United States of Europe. Itwill ultimately wreak nuclear havocupon the cities of America and Brit­ain-bringing us to our knees- andfinally to our God! Shortly afterwa rd,Jesus Christ will return to this earthin supernatural power and glory to savenot only our peoples, but the peopleof the whole world, from utter anni­hilation (see Mat. 24 :21).

He will rescue our people from beingutterly destroyed by the soon-comingUnited Europe. It is during this timeof g reat tribulation and impendingdoom that our people will realize thatthe darkest hour of their entire historywill be that terrifying time of "Jacob'strouble"-mentioned in Jeremiah 30 :7,

Daniel 12 :1-2 and Matthew 24 :21.

"For then shall be great tribulation,such as was not since the beginning ofthe world to this time! no, nor evershall be."

Real "Peace in Our T ime"

But, thank God, Jesus Christ shallultimately return to this earth andbring peace to this hate-filled, war­torn, sick, chaotic earth. We ought to

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British Prime Minister Wilson, likeMr. Churchill, fears German controlof a nuclear trigge r, but hopes forGerman unity.

be very thankfu l for that one true rayof divine hope. Then the prophecies ofIsaiah 2 :1-5 and Micah 4:1-4 will be

fulfilled.

Here is really good news !

"But in the last days it shall cometo pass, that the mountain of the houseof the Lord shall be established in thetop of the mounta ins, and it shall beexalted above the hill s; and people shallflow unto it. And many nations shallcome, and say, Come, and let us go upto the mountain of the Lord, and tothe house of the God of Jacob; and Hewill teach us of his ways, and we willwalk in his paths: for the law shall goforth of Zion, and the word of theLord from Jerusalem. And he [Christ]shall judge among many people, andrebuke strong nations afar off; andthey shall beat their swords into plow­shares, and their spears into pruning­hooks: nation shall not lift up swordagainst nation, neither shall they learnwar any more. But they shall sit everyman under his vine and under his figtree; and none shall make them afraid :for the mouth of the Lord of hostshath spoken it" (Micah 4:1-4).

What a wonderful day to look for­ward to, when the literal Kingdom ofGod ( ruled over by Christ and Histhen-made-immortal saints) shall beestablished literally on this earth­bringing health, peace, prosper ity andeverlasting happiness in its wake-farbeyond the fondest dreams of a SirWinston Churchill.

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" I am 15 years old and attend aschool of about 400 students. I am sur­prised and disgusted at what goes on.At a New Year's Eve party the 'kids'(couples) went to a party at a certainboy's home. They drank, etc., and thenthey all drove out to a country road;parked in a long line and had a'public' make-out ! That's just an ex­ample. At a recent senior girl's slum­ber party 2 girls decided they were theonly virgins there. They go to theirrespective churches on Sunday and sitthere like little saints. I .. . go to Sun­day classes about once every threeweeks. If I go any oftener, it makes mesick from the things they teach. I canhardly keep from getting up and walk­ing out,"

Janet H., Iowa

"Here is a list of just a few of themany booklets which you have beenannouncing that I would very muchlike to have (list of 12 booklets) .This is quite an 'order' isn't it? Justimagine it is all free! All I have to dois mail this to you, and presto, downcome the books. It 's unbelievable ! It'sfantastic!-That these priceless booksshould be given away just for the ask­ing, yet before me I have the irrefutableproof of the matchlessness of yoursincerity."

Anon• You forgot to give us your nameand address-so sending those dozenbooklets may be difficult,

"I am not one for making floweryspeeches, but I have to say that theAmbassador College Bible Correspon­dence Course has changed my life com­pletely, It has made me realize thatGod is real. The truth about Bibleknowledge that you pass on to otherscertainly makes me feel that you are amodern-day apostle."

Stephen B., New Hampshire

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT

VIRTUE IS REWARDED

R urn, the young Moabite woman, had real affection for Boaz, the wealthy,

elderly Israelite grain grower. She hoped that Boaz would marry her. Boaz, who

himself was probably a widower, hoped that it would be that way, too.

But there was another man in Bethlehem who was more closely related to Ruth's

dead husband. He had more claim to Ruth as a wife than did Boaz, (Deuteronomy

25:5-6.) However, this other man had given the matter no real thought. (Ruth

3:10·18.)

Boaz Plans Wisely

During the weeks Ruth had gleaned in his fields, Boaz had come to love the

Moabitess, and he was determined not to lose her. The morning after he found

that Ruth cared deeply for him, he went early to the main gate of Bethlehem, the

place where most business was conducted in that area. There he stayed, hopeful

of finding the unmarried man who was more closely related to Ruth's dead hus­

band, and whose traditional duty it was to marry the widow if she were childless.

Boaz was confident he would see the relative as he left town to spend the day

working in his fields.

Fortunately, the man soon showed up at the busy place. Boaz sought him out

and invited him to share the bench where he, Boaz, had been patiently sitting.

(Ruth 4:1.)

"I have some important news that could be very good for you," Boaz told him.

" If you will sit here for just a few minutes till I return, I'll tell you about it."

Believing he had come across a rare bar­gain, the closest of kin to Naomi 's deadhusband was quite anx ious to purchaseNaomi 's field .. .

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It was the custom then that several other people be present as witnesses when

business decisions and agreements were made. Boaz wanted to make certain that

what he was about to do was duly witnessed. Being well known in Bethlehem, he

succeeded in quickly summoning ten of the leading men of the region who were

present in the crowd at the gate. They gathered around him and the man he had

detained to see that matters were properly attested to.

"I 'm here to inform you that Elimelech's wife, Naomi, who recently returned

from Moab, has a fine field for sale at a reasonable price," Boaz explained.

"Inasmuch as you are Elirnelech's nearest relative, you should have the first op­

portunity to purchase the land. If you prefer not to buy it, then I should like to

do so as the next of kin after you." (Leviticus 25:25.)

Ever since Naomi had returned from Moab, Boaz had known that she had

intended to sell the piece of land. She didn't want to part with it, but her increas­

ing needs made it necessary. Boaz' colorful description of the field caused his rela­

tive to feel that it was indeed a bargain without his even seeing it, though he knew

the location.

"I'll buy it!" he exclaimed. "Tell

Naomi that I'll bring her the money this

very afternoon!" (Ruth 4:2-4.)

"Good!" Boaz said. "And now I have

a pleasant surprise for you. The sale of

this land also includes something else­

marriage to Elimelech's childless daughter­

in-law, Ruth, and having an heir to Elime­

lech by her!"

The relative's jaw dropped . He stared

unhappily at Boaz, who had hoped for

just that reaction.

"Then I can't afford to buy it!" he

declared disappointedly, when he knew he

couldn't get the field just for himself.

"From what I've heard, this Ruth would

make a wonderful wife. But I can't afford to spend Illy money to provide an heir

for Elimelech. It would be much simpler if you would buy the land, Boaz, and

thereby have Ruth in marriage:'

The man thereupon yanked off one shoe and handed it to Boaz, which was

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. . . but his enthusiasm suddenly meltedaway when he hea rd the terms of thepurchase.

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a custom indicating that the nearest of kin declined to carry out his obligations,

and left them to the next of kin after him. All this was just how Boaz had hoped

and planned that matters would turn out. (Ruth 4:5-8.)

A Happy Solurion

"You have seen and heard what has

happened here," Boaz announced to the

witnesses. "I hereby declare that I will pur­

chase the land that belongs to Elimelech

and his sons and Naomi. Besides, by this

purchase, and with her consent-I hereby

acquire Ruth , the daughter-in-law of

Naomi, as my wife, so that she shall not

be childless even though her first husband

is dead."

The ten men Boaz had chosen and

even many others who had been watching

and listening nodded in agreement.

"\V/e are witnesses to what has taken

place here," they spoke out. "May God

cause your wife to be as fruitful as Rachel

and Leah, from whom Israel came, and may you have great success in your work.

We hope that your house will be like that of Pharez, from which part of the peo­

ple of Judah sprang in such great numbers!" (Ruth 4:9-12.)

The tribute was graciously accepted by Boaz, who then lost little time in getting

to the home of Naomi and his new wife Ruth. When Ruth saw him approaching,

she was filled with anxiety, realizing that the man who was nearest of kin to Naomi's

dead husband could have acquired her in marriage, even though she had never met

him.

Her fears were swept away the moment Boaz entered the house. She could tell

by his excited grin that he had, with God's help, somehow made matters work out

right. She fell into the arms of her new husband, silently thanking God that such

happiness could be hers.

Naomi slipped quietly out of the room, smiling to herself because of how well

matters had turned out, though she didn't yet know what Boaz had done to make

them that way.

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means servant .

"Ruth is better than seven

sons:' they told Naomi, "be­

cause she has stayed with you,

and now she has given birth to

a grandson who will give you

great happiness in your latter

years. He will also become fa­

mous, a man in whom you shall

be pleased."

The Ancestry of Jesus

This prediction, whether or

not inspired, turned out true.

Naomi became a nurse to Obed,

and greatly enjoyed the privilege

of helping rear a boy. Obed not

only became an outstanding

Israelite, but he also was an

ancestor of Jesus Christ. (Ruth

4:13-17.)

Ruth had forsaken the worship of the idols of Moab.Otherwise, God wouldn't have allowed her marriageto Bccz, whose descendants red to the birth of Christ.

Some who read the story of Ruth, which gives an insight into the lives of a

few of the obedient people of Israel in troubled times, might question the marriage

of an Israelite to a Moabitess, from the heathen land of Moab.

The answer is Boaz married a woman who had renounced the pagan religion

and gods of Moab. She had a desire to become as an Israelite by obeying and wor­

shipping the God of Israel. Further, the Moabites were not of another race. Their

ancestor Moab was a son of Abraham's nephew Lot. (Genesis 12:5 and 19:36-38 .)

God's church has always been made up basically of Israelites, but Gentiles have

been able to come into the Church and become "spiritual" Israelites by forsaking

their wrong practices and beliefs and repentantly and earnestly seeking the ways

and laws of the Creator, who

chose Israel to help carry out

His plan.

In due time Boaz and Ruth

had a son. Friends suggested

that he be named Obed, which

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The lineage of Christ at the time of Judah (see Genesis 38, especially verses

27-30) had a strange twist at the birth of Judah 's twin boys. The midwife pres­

ent, realizing that two babies were to be born, noticed that a little arm was first

to appear . She hastily tied a red thread around the protruding wrist to indicate for

certain which baby obviously was to be born first , inasmuch as the firstborn son

would ordinarily be the one to whom the greater honor and heritage would be

due. In this case, the royal line ending in Christ would be carried on through the

one born first.

The baby with the red string on his wrist wasn't the first, however. The other

twin was born before him, to the surprise of the midwife. He was named Pharez,

the one referred to by Boaz' witnesses when they expressed their hope that all would

go well with him. The other baby was named Zarah. (Genesis 38:27-30; Ruth 4:18 .)

Th is unusual birth situation was mentioned in the Bible because it had to do

with who and where Israel is today-something that presently isn't understood by

most ministers, religious leaders and Bible scholars.

There were seven generat ions and about four and a half centuries from Pharez

to Obed. Obed was the grandfather of David (Ruth 4:19-22), and then there were

twenty-eight more generations of the line of Judah to the time that Jesus was

born. (Matthew 1:17.)

There were several long generations among the ancestors of David after the

Israelites arrived in Canaan. Boaz was born after the arrival in Canaan. Yet his

great-grandson David-the third generation afterward-was born about three hun­

dred years later. The Bible tells us Jesse was very old compared to other men when

his son David was a young boy. (I Samuel 17:12.) Some of these men must have

been over a hundred years old when their last sons were born, just as Abraham was.

(Genesis 21:5; Genesis 24:1, 67; Genesis 25:1-2.)

In those days people were healthier and had a more natural diet and got plenty

of exercise. They were vigorous until they were very old. (Deuteronomy 34:7.)

God had a hand in what occurred in this matter of His Son's ancestors. This

doesn't mean that people are always caused to think and act only as the Creator

wills. If that were so, we would be little better than robots. But God does choose

to work through certain people. Those whom He chooses don't always realize that

God is leading them to decide to do certain things in certain ways insomuch that

it all results in some end God had in mind.

About a century and a half after the birth of Obed, there was a man by the

name of Elkanah living in a town in the high elevations of the Mt. Ephraim re-

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gion. He was a Levite, and he had two wives. This wasn't right and he, being a

Levite, should have known better. But there were many things not right in Israel

in those times when the people had fallen so far away from God. However, the

fact that this man had two wives for so many years was part of the means through

which he was used to later bring another of God's servants onto the scene. (ISamuel 1:1-2.)

Bigamy Leads to Heartache

Elkanah tried to obey God the best he knew how for the most part, including

observing the annual Sabbaths. But still, because of his bigamy, all was not peace and

harmony in his home. One of his wives, Peninnah, was jealous of the other, Ha1U1ah,

because their husband showed Hannah more affection . Hannah, however, was un­

happy because she had no children and Peninnah had several. To add to the trouble,

Peninnah often vexed Hannah, telling her that she wasn't a good wife, and that it

was obvious because she had no children. Hannah could hardly bear up under such

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Peninnah, Elkanah's other wife, constantly madesnide and insulting remarks about Hannah's nothaving any children.

crying?" he asked her tenderly, "Why did you leave the table?"

about me," Hannah breathed , struggling to hide her tears.

distance, When

grieved to find

herself at a

her and was

had sufficient reason for constantly

making such snide statements. She

arose from the table and walked away to seat

Elkanah noticed what she had done, he went to

her sobbing.

"Why are you

"Don't worry

taunts, what with it being considered a disgrace in ancient times for a woman to be

childless in Israel.

Elkanah would have spared himself and his family much grief if he had wisely

considered how matters were bound to turn out for a man craving and taking on

two wives. On the other hand, God eventually allowed this tragic situation to serve

a purpose.

The tahernacle and ark were still located at Shiloh, a town in the mountains

of Ephraim about twenty miles north of Jerusalem. During one of the times Elkanah

was there with his family to make peace offerings, Peninnah was especially trouble­

some to Hannah.

It was according to the rules of sacrificing that meat for peace offerings was

In most part returned to the one who had brought it, if he were present. Then it

was ordinarily consumed at the fami­

ly meals that were prepared during

the feast days. This time, as usual,

Elkanah saw to it that Hannah was

served twice as much of the choice

meat as any other person in his fami­

ly was served. (I Samuel 1:3-5,)

"Does our husband feel that

you might at last be able to bear a

child if you are fed especially

well?" Peninnah smugly whispered

to Hannah.

Hannah winced at this remark.

She realized that she had trouble in

being as loving and kind as she

should be to Peninnah's children,

but she didn 't feel that Peninnah

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Hannah, whose eyes were closed in prayer,didn't realize that the high priest was stand­ing over her.

posts of the tabernacle fence.

"God of Israel, please make it pos­

sible for me to give birth to a baby boy,"

she fervently prayed. "If you will just

do this for me, I will gladly give him

to you to use in your service all the

days of his life !"

Hannah kept on praying silently. Her lips were moving, and she was unwittingly

bending farther and farther forward in her state of great emotion. Eli was still

watching her. Finally he got to his feet and strode over to where she was crouch­

ing. (I Samuel 1:9-14.)

Elkanah understood that she wanted

to be alone. He returned to the table

to join the others of his family, unaware

of the smirk on Peninnah's face.

Hannah sat by herself for quite a

while. Then she went into the taber­

nacle enclosure and started to pray,

though not aloud. Because her eyes were

closed, she wasn't aware that she was

being closely watched by Eli, the old

high priest, who was sitting in an ele­

vated seat close to one of the corner

She said nothing about Peninnah's cruel

conduct.

"I wish you wouldn't be unhappy

because you are not yet a mother,"

Elkanah murmured. "There is a lot of

time yet. Meanwhile, don't you believe

that I love you even more than ten sons

could care for you?" (I Samuel 3:6-8.)

"I know," Hannah replied. "But

just let me sit here by myself for a

while: '

Take the Problem to God

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"Young woman!" he snap ped impat iently. "Young woman, st ra ighten up ! You

should be ashamed of yourself! How much longer do you intend to hang around

here in you r drunken condition? If you want to stay around this tabernacle any

longer, stop drinking before you pass out completely! "

(To be continued next issue)

A New Fuehrer?

may have committed five thousand ormore murders each!

Despite pressures from within andoutside Germany, the Bonn Governmenthad earlier announced. "with reluc­tance," that the War Crimes Statutewould not be extended. Older Germansdesperately desire to forget the Hitlerera. They want to pretend that it neverhappened, and not be made to thinkabout it.

But worldwide protests from manynations and sources are now forcingthe West German Government to reviewits position. Murder of any kind-par.ticularly tuanton mass mrtrder-shouldnot be subject to immunity after somearbitrary period of time has passed. Sothe Germans may be forced-by worldpublic opinion-to extend this May 8deadline to January 1, 1970.

But, unless the)' do, thousands ofMASS MURDERERS-including AdolfHitler himself-may reappear in WestGermany. Once again, they will give thestrength of their fanatic genius to or­ganizing a Fourth Reich among millionsof their unrepentant N azi cohorts inthe Fatherland !

How Did Hitler Get Away?

As mentioned earlier in this article,Colonel W. F. Heimlich, former Chiefof U. S. Intelligence in Berlin, statedin 1945 after thorough investigation:"On the basis of present evidence, noinsurance COmpa11Y in America wouldpay a death claim 011 Adolf Hi tler."

Later, after the report from Heimlichand from the Russians, who conducteda major investigation of their own,Commanding General Dwight D. Ei­senhower said: "The Russians havebeen unable to unearth one bit of

Could Hitler Be Prosecuted?

Thus, Adolf Hitler himself could notbe prosecuted if he reappeared in WestGermany after this date! No r could helegally be prosecuted anywhere else onearth.

Robert M. W. Kempner, formerU. S. Deputy Prosecutor at the Nurem­berg War Crimes Trials, recently esti­mated that there may still be TENTHOUSAND Nazi mass murderers aloneagainst whom charges have not beenlodged! These persons, Kempner ern­phasizes, are not run -of -the-mill crimi­nals. They are men who. individually,

On May 8, 1965, twenty years to theday after the War in Europe ended, theStatute of Limitations on War Crimesis scheduled to expire in West Ger­many. After that date, no charges canbe brought against any of the unindictedthousands of War Criminals reportedlystill at large-unless the Germans votean extension of the law.

lord shall make ruler over his house­hold, to give them their portion of meatin due season? Blessed is that servant,whom his lord WHEN HE COllfETHshall find so doing" (Luke 12:40·43).

Jesus' warning-His prophecy-wasdirected toward His true' disciples inOUR generation-who would be doingGod's \'(fork "when He comes" the sec­ond time to take over the reins of worldgovernment!

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nations-plus Egypt and many Middle Nazis are still in hiding until theEastern nations-the Na zi conspiracy moment of their return to power.has strong footholds and centers ofoperation. Only within recent months,headlines proclaimed West Germany'sappeal to Egypt's Nasser to return thehundreds of known Nazi scientistsworking in the Egyptian deserts to per­fect hydrogen weapons to be usedagainst Israel and other nations.

As recently as March 7, the LosAngeles Times reported that in Monte­video, Uruguay, police had been in ­formed of the murder of HerbertCukurs, a former Nazi involved in thewartime slaying of thirty thousandJews. A group calling itself "ThoseWho Can Never Forget" notified theAssociated Press in Bonn. Germany,that on February 23 it killed Cukurs inMont evideo. Instructions were givenon where to find the body.

And there they [ound it!For the Israeli Secret Agents-which

captured Adolf Eichmann in Argen­tina-know also that in Uruguay andmany other South American nations top

(Continned from page 24)"this generation" - this generat ion Hehad just described.

Peter, puzzled about when Jesus said,asked, "Lord, speakest thou this parablennto tIJ, or euen to all?"

And what was Jesus' answer?He told Peter, "Who then is that

faithful and wise steward, whom his

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tangible evidence of Hitler's deatb."In his investigation, Colonel Heimlich

discovered that a transport aircraft hadbeen found near Travamunde, a smallresort city about fifty kilometers north ­west of Lubeck on the North Sea. Whenthe crew of the plane were located andquestioned, they said they were one ofseveral such stand-by crews who hadvolunteered to fIy the Fuehrer to someremote part of the world. Petrol sup­plies, with navigation maps and food,were found which would have made anonstop flight halfway around theworld possible.

Also, investigators have found thaton May 2, 1945, a mysterious flotillaof Ll-boats sailed from secret N or­wegian bases. Norway, of course, wasunder the control of Nazi Germany atthis time. A total of twent), submarineswere reported in that floti lla. Yet onlyFOUR were heard of again, and onlythree of them surrendered to the allies !

What happened to the other seven­teen Nazi submarines?

They were seventeen of Germany'slatest and finest schnoerkel, long-rangeLl-boats, But they disappeared into thinair!

A clue to this disappearance can befound in the fact that on July 10, 1945,American Ambassador to Argentina,Spruille Braden, was informed that twoGerman U-boats had just put in to Mardel Plata. The American Ambassadorimmediately dispatched two of his aceIntelligence Officers to th is area. Theyinformed him there was only one V ­boat in the harbor, but confirmed thattwo had arrived earlier.

Ambassador Braden told an Ameri­can reporter: "I know these V-boatscame from Norway. I firmly believethey carried highly secret componentparts of Germany's secret weapons aswell as the Naz i scientists' nuclear de­velopments. I don't think they had anatom bomb yet, but I'm sure they wereclose to it.

"Our Intelligence Officers werehandicapped in their mission in Ar­gentina by complete lack of co-opera­tion from the Government. In fact, theArgentine authorities protected theNazis and consistently concealed infor­mation that would have been of assis­tance to us."

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Ambassador Braden found that anentire area near Bariloche, in the SanNegro Province, was a Nazi strong­hold. Th rough secret Nazi funds spiroited there from the Fatherland, Germanagents had bought tbousends of acresof land and had set up a secret Na ziState in the heart of Southern Argon­tina.

Despite official opposit ion, Ambas­sador Braden and his Intelligence Csi ­ficers traced seventy-one prominentNazis to the Argentine. He handed alist of these men to the Argentine Gov­ernment. But very little toas done aboutit,

Evidence from Many Sources

In short, our PLAIN TRUTH readersshould know that much evidence indi­cates that Adolf Hitler fled Germany atthe end either in a private plane orsubmarine. Probably, one of the manywaiting get-away planes flew him to asecret submarine base at Trondheim,Norway, where he then went by sub­marine to a well-stocked N azi Shangri­La in Antarctica, and later to the Ar­gentine. Certainly, the constant maneu­vering in and out of the Argentine byBormann, .Mengele and other fannerNazi leaders indicates that a majorNazi headquarters is established in thatnation.

In January of 1964, Jach Comben ofthe London Daily Express went to in­vestigate reports of a secret Na zi hide­out one hundred miles north of SanCarlos de Bariloche in Argentina. Uponhis return, Mr. Comben claimed : HIhave come back from visiting the mostextraordinary sllrviving outpost of Hit­ler's Germany in the world today."

Dr. Fritz Bauer, present AttorneyGene ral for the German State of Hesse,declared as recently as 1963: "We nowhave conclusive evidence that he [Bor­mann] is hid ing in South America."An aide of Dr. Bauer told a reporterof a U . S. large-circulation magazine:"Hitler would never commit suicide.He was obsessed with the idea that hehad divine guidance, and was alwaystoo concerned with his own health andsafety. Th e people who were closest tohim are convinced he escaped."

Conducting personal interviews inWest Germany, our own PLAIN TRUTH

April, 1965

staff members have found that manyGermans still believe Hitler to be alive.T he two most frequently advancedreasons for believing this are: "Hitlerwas too big a coward to commit sui­cide." And, "Hitler was too smart to getcaught without a way of escape."

After he was caught right there inthe Argentine, Adolf Eichmann-aman who should know-bellowed ashe went to the gallows: "Long liveHitler ! Long live Germany !"

What If Hitler Still LIVES?

Some of our readers may ask, "Whatif Hitler is still alive ? What does thathave to do with me, with my life? "

The answer is that it may well haveEVERYTHING to do with )'o/lr life!

For Bible prophecy shows that thereis to be one more revival of the Fascistsystem in Europe! It is destined toal/ack and CONQUER the United Statesand Britain just before the secondcoming of Jesus Christ!

The amazing Bible prophecies fore­telling these very events wiJ/ be ex­plained in next month's PLAIN TRUTH.Don't miss the exciting sequel to thisarticle!

~odfrom the Editor

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you, do you think He would set youdown in an ugly place?

Ever since Adam, men have beengoing places by themselves, choos­ing their own kind of environment,and we can hardly blame on God whatmen have chosen. But when God createdour first parents-the fi rst humans­He set them in a place of H IS choos­ing. And what was it?

A GARDEN? A garden so beautifulit has been known thru history as"paradise" -a name synonymous witha beauty and a glory beyond humanconception!

And what did God instruct theman ? 'OY° dress it and to keep it,"not to let it deteriorate into a run­down, unkept jungle of weeds ! God

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@ "'mbouoclot College

left, above, the Sunken Gardens at Ambassador College, Bricket Wood . At right is the Faculty Dining Room on the Pasa­dena campus. Read, below, the story of the acquisition of the properties which became the Ambassador Colleges.

commanded him, then, to KEEP IT

BEAUTIFUL!

Th is same God led us to one of themost beautifully landscaped places inall the earth, opened this place up tous as the location for His collegewhich He had shown us He wantedestablished. True, it had been somewhatneglected for a time. But diligently,with joyful enthusiasm we set about to"dress it and to keep it," All the weedsand ugly growth were cleared away.The spacious and beautifully slopinggrounds were smoothed over, and alovely carpet of green grass was sown.The trees were pruned, the shrubs,hedge and vines carefully and expertlytrimmed; roses, pansies and other flow­ers planted in the proper places. Andthe campus has blossomed forth intoone of the most beautiful places onearth.

Can this be "too fine ?"-"too beau­tiful?"-"too fancy?" Does this dress­ing and keeping of the garden Godplaced in our hands displease God?

Most certainly not! On the contrary,it stands a testimony to His glory­to His goodness to the children of menwho place their lives in His hands­to His miraculous intervention in thebehalf of those who trust Him andwhom He can use in His service, for

it is a breathtaking miracle that thisplace IS in our hands at all!

The Temple W as

MAGNIFICENT!

And then how should buildings bebuilt to please God?

Should they be cheaply constructedof inferior materials, built in an indif­ferent shiftless manner, ready to fallapart ?

David wanted to build a temple forGod and for God's service. God prom­ised David that he could have his wish,but not in his own lifetime-it was tobe built by Solomon his son. How wasit constructed?

The temple at Jerusalem was HUGE.

It was built of the most substantial,enduring fine stones, and polishedmarbles. It was massive, substantial. Itwas beautiful, perhaps the outstandingexample on earth of fine craftsmanship,imposing architecture, superb quality,breathtaking beauty.

Because the Jews broke God's sab­bath, and other sins (Jer. 17), and didnot honor that Temple as God hadinstructed; because they treated it ir­reverently, desecrating it, disobeyingGod, He caused Nebuchadnezzar ofBabylon to send down the Chaldeanarmy to conquer the Jews in war, and

to destroy that Temple (Jeremiah 52).

But 70 years later, a band of Jewsunder leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah,now repentant and humbly yielded toGod, were sent back to Jerusalem to re­build the Temple . And again it wasperhaps the finest building on earth­the product of finest human craftsman­ship, most conscientious and reverentlabor, built of superb and beautiful andmost enduring stones, marbles, andmaterials, with gold, brass, and costlymetals-a THING OF JOY AND BEAUTY!

It stood as a great awe-inspiringmonument to God's honor and glory!

Why should anyone today ever sup­pose that the great Work of God shouldbe housed and conducted in a shanty ora shack-in a dilapidated, run-downsort of place which would be a RE­

PROACH to God in the eyes of theworld, and a testimony only to idleness,shiftlessness, carelessness, indifference,deterioration and lack of character?

That is not what God provided IIJ.'

On the contrary, while the place Heprovided for us is comparatively small,as colleges and universities go-becauseHis Work has not Jet grown to theproportions it will, in due time, andbecause all things He starts thru menmust start small (and Ambassador isprobably the smallest liberal arts college

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in America)-yet the bu ildin gs Hepro vided for us are built, as one con­tractor expressed it, "almost like theRock of Gib ralta r." Th ey are amongthe most substant ial and finely con ­strueted of any similar buildi ngs ofsimilar size on earth today. And we arestill hard at work refinishing theselovely, substantia l fine build ings, grad­ually bringing them back to their ori ­ginal beauty. They are buildings builtto last for centuries, if properly main­tained.

T he N ew Addition,"MAYFAIR"

And now th is year, God has led usinto the large ad joining property,which has been known as " MAYFAIR."

This doubles the size of the beaut ifulcampus grounds. and provides us withan except ionally fine student residencebuilding and social center for student

activities.This is a large, magnificent 28-room

building of three stories and full base­ment . It came to us at a very low price,and on such terms that the income fromit virtually pays for it. Th e walls arenot single walls , but triple walls, withtwo insulated air-spaces between theoutside of the building and the inside.The hardware in it alone originally costenough to build an a\'erage five-roomhouse.

This has been one of the proudmansions of a proud neig hborhood.The exterior is now badly in need ofrepa int ing. But when this is done­the woodwork and walls refinished anddecorated inside- the fine oak floorsresanded and refinished- this finebuilding will stand forth in all its ori ­ginal beauty. And if maint ained , it willremain as fine and beautiful as new,because it was built to last for cen­

turi es !It isn't paradise. It isn't the Garden

of Eden. We can on ly vaguel y imaginehow beautiful must have been the Gar­den into which God placed Adam­and the beauty that sha ll once againappea r on earth af ter Christ has con­quered the last enemy and sin hasdisappeared.

But we feel, compared with today'ssordid, sin-cursed world, God has placedus in a spot of beauty which gives at

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least a slight foretaste of His gloriousKingd om, and of the beauty God hasin store for those that love H im andserve Him !

God wants us to enjoy material, aswell as spiritual beauty ! W e live in amaterial world. God has always beenconcerned with material, as well asspiritual salvation. The great wondersof PHYSICAL nature show God 's migh tyhand iwork . We see God 's glory in thegreat awe-inspiring physical wonde rsHe has created- the Grand Canyon,the Carlsbad Caverns, Crater Lake, Ni­agara Falls, the Royal Gor ge, the Red­wood trees, and the giant Sequoias,the mighty oceans, majes tic mountainpeaks, breathtaking scenic beauty oflakes, rivers and hill s. W e at Ambas­sador see THE HAND OF GOD in thebeauty He has given us-we feel Hewants us, our staff, our college facultyand students, and our visito rs to EN­JOY th is materia l beauty He has madepossible, to glorify H im in it, and togive Him PRAISE!

A Foretaste of the Kingdom!

Is it not significant tha t one of ourstudents, pausin g from the work ofclearing the new "Mayfair" grounds,read a prophetic description of one ofthe activities of God's Kingdom, fromIsaiah 58:9-14; (Moffatt translation):

" IF you will do away with all op­pression . , . if you bestow your breadupon the hungry" ( as this W ork is do­ing spiritually) ... .. then ligh t shalldawn fo r you in darkness . .. and ever­more shall the Eternal guide you,guarding you without fail" (as hegraciously does fo r H is Work) . .. "hewill refr esh you in dry places, and re­new your strength, till you are like awatered ga rden .. :' (the college cam­pus is becoming a beautiful wateredgarden) . .. " like an oasis with a stead­fast spring. Your sons shall bui ld oncemore the ancient ruins, and old foun ­datio ns shall you raise again; you sha llbe called the REPAIRER OF RUINS, THERESTORER OF WRECKED HOMES."

God is blessing us with a little fore­taste of that here and now !

* * * * *Now, back again to April , 1965 , let

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continued to bless H is W ork utterlybeyond our hopes or dreams . The Workhas multiplied again and again in scopeand power. And now there are THREEoutstanding, beaut iful campuses,

Yet, today, more than ever, we keep"an eag le ere' on the budget. Everyeconomy is pract iced. Just as "all thatglitte rs is not gold," so, conversely, allthat is fin e and beautiful did not costUS extravagantly.

Here is a current living example.Last autumn our new Physical Educa­t ion facility was completed on the Pasa­dena campus. It consists of gymnasiwn ,swimm ing pool, and locker and dress ­ing rooms. Those who see it exclaimthat it is the most BEAUTIFUL buildingof its kind they have ever seen. Butthat beauty did 1101 add exira cost ! Itis the result of "know-how"--of ourcarefu l selection of competent archi­tects-of careful planning and skillfuldesigni ng.

On e woman complained of the "ex­travagance" of having carpeted dress ­ing rooms. W e install ed this "luxury"because it COST LESS!

There had to be a solid concrete floo rover this entire basement area. That re­quired a floor covering over the con­crete. W e put down this coarse-weavecarpet as a covering because, upkeepconside red, it was THE LEAST COSTLY.It is a special hard-wearing, coarse­weave carpet that is not affected bywate r. Students coming in from theshowe r rooms with wet feet wouldhave caused deterioration to a woodfloor. W e considered vinyl tile andother floors-but this tough -weave long­wear carpet was not only less costJy­reducing maintenance expense, but alsomore desirable. It is nonskid-nonslip­pery-a SAFETY measure.

In this wonderful W ork of God, werigidly practice OVER-ALL ECONOMY.Through many years of expe rienceGod has shown us how to make Hismoney accomplish the most . This is notdone by being penny-wise, and pound­foolish.

After all , the REAL SAVINGS in God 'smoney are made in the know-how ofgett ing out Christ' s Gospel effeclively.Christ's Message of GOOD NEWS is

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LENT, ASHES, EASTER, RABBITSand EGGS- What's it all about?

Just WHAT is "Easter"? What d oes the NAME mean? Haveyou ever W O N DERED WHY you believe and practice certaincusto ms? You'll be surprised to find the PLA IN TRUTH about

Easter!

by Garner Ted Armstrong

AS A BOy-the word "Easter" alwaysn. meant bright, colorful egg-shaped jelly beans; "grass" nests,

with cute little Wa lt Disney type bun­nies-and newsreels about the big pa­rade on Fifth Avenue in New York.

The name didn 't bother me, es­pecially. It seemed to rhyme with"yeast," or perhaps have something todo with a direction, like "East." ButEVERYO N E seemed to figu re it wasmigh ty important to pay it some specialattention, and, being a normal boy whowas inclined to get starry-eyed overbrightly-lit candy counters and berib­boned store windows-it seemed like agood idea at the time.

But What Does It HaveT o Do With Christ?

My father was a minister, even then.I vaguely realized he didn't pay it anyspecial attention-but, since it wasduring the dep ression of the earlythirties, I suppose I felt the only reasonI didn't get a new suit like some ofthe neighborhood boys was because wewere so poor.

I vaguely resented the fact that Icouldn't plunge headlong into the ex­citement of the season along with myneighborhood friends-so I would"pretend" to have my own private"Easter," I would get my mother'ssupply of hens' eggs, paint them- hidethem, pretending I didn't know whereto find them-and then "discover"them- J UST BECAUSE OTHERS did it!

Following the crowd is a tremen­dous pull on little children.

But Easter wasn' t in vented by chil­dren- and it' s not child' s play!

What about it ? Did YOU ever won-

der about some of the strange customsbeing observed by "Christian" societiestoday ?

Just what do eggs have to do withChr ist, and His resurrection? What DOrabbits and eggs have in common ?Rabbits most assuredly do 1I0t lay eggs-c-even though millions of little chil­dren are taught to assume they do!

And why "hot CROSS buns?" Wh ynot COLD TRIANGLE ones, or just plainbread ? And what was there aboutWednesday that led to putting ASHES

on one's forehead; and what is really"good" about FRIDAY? And IF Fridaywas the day Christ was crucified, thenW HY did He keep IN SISTIN G (Mat.1 2 :4 0 ) He was going to be TH REE

complete days, and THR EE completenights in the tomb?

He couldn't have been-IF He wasresurrected on Sunday morning, couldHe ?

What Does It Matter?

"But WHAT DIFFERENCE does itmake?" one might ask. "After all­REGARDLESS as to the significance ofthe day, or the various customs associ­ated with it, we' re doing it to remem­ber the resurrection of Christ, aren't

'"we .

Not the Christ of the Bible, you'renot!

And the answer is-it doesn' tMA KE A BIT of difference , if ChristIS NOT alive, and if the Bible is NOTthe Word of God, and if there IS noGod!

Because if there IS no God, andwe' re left free to pick and choose what­ever custom most appeals to us forOUR OWN religions-then let's have at

it with great ZEAL! But, at least, let'scall a spade a spade-and realize theTRUE signifi cance of the symbols weuse.

But since there IS a God-and sinceJesus Christ REALLY DID walk from Histomb, then it DOES MAKE A TREMEN·DOUS DIFF EREN CE-TO CHRIST !

You will be literally SHOCK ED whenyou read the true H ISTORY of the" Hot-cross Bun," the Easter bunny, theeggs, the practice of bowing towardthe East as the sun rises! You wouldbe still MORE shocked if you knew ofthe purely PAGAN festivities, the heath­en orgies, the licentious rioting associ­ated with "lent" in many countriesRIGHT NOW, TODAY!

In Germany about one year ago, Iwas in Cologne when the usual riotous"Mardi Gras" of Germany was takingplace. People were acting as if insane-i­drun ken revelry was taking place­hideous masks, weird costumes, idioticdancing and noise-making were every­where.

We asked passersby what it allmeant! One man said, vaguely, "Oh.it's for the CHILDREN!" Another saidit had no "special" meaning. Only oneman out of several seemed to know itwas the pre-lenten RIOTIKG that accom­panied the days of "fasti ng" prior toEASTER!

After all-who needs an excuse, peo·ple reason, to attend a party ?

You will be SHOCKE D when you readthe REAL truth about the Resurrection!It wasn't on Sunday, believe it or not- and it wasn't at sunrise, and thecrucifixion WAS NOT on a Friday !

You'll be shocked-and, if you reallywant the TRUTH, and not just pagan

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superstItIon, you'll be GRATEFUL, whenyou write for the free booklets on thesubject.

Before you do anothe r thing, drop usa line, and ask for the booklets onEaster, the Resurrection, and the Cruci­fixion. Th ey're FREE of charge, ofcourse!

Why Violence?(Continued from page 6)

ANGRY at situations that frustrate you ?If you're HUMAN, and if you lack

the S PIRIT OF Goo--you ARE !

It's been said, "Yo u are what youeat." And your MIND is what youTHINK! And if YOUR STEA DY DIET IS

ONE OF VIOLENCE-then )'011 could be­come a VIOLENT person very easily!

Will JOII be one who will be filledwith RAGE because of your spouse 's re­ligious beliefs? Wi ll YOU become bru­tally VIOLENT because of RACIAL preju­dices and hatreds? Will YOU ever beone who will PERSECUTE someone elsefor their religious, racial, political orpersona l beliefs? ,

Probably not, you may think-but,TH IN K AGAIN! Unless you're CHANGED,

unless your very NATURE has beenaltered from a violent nature to apeace/Ill one-you MAY!

Here's What YouNeed to Do!

First o f all, you need to have moreof the att itude of God 's righteousservants of old, who "sighed andcried" because of the horrible atroci­ties, the terrible ABOMINATIONS thatoccurred around them, daily! Read inEzekiel 9, of those who, because ofthei r attitude of abhorrence of theevils of this modern era are to bespared f rom the apocalyptic destructionsoon to befa ll th is world!

Read about righ teous Lot who wasoexed every single day because of the"filthy conduct of the wicked" and the"unlawful deeds" of the average citi ­zen around him ( II Pet. 2:7-8) .

You need to develop more of the at­titude Jesus illust rated when He saidHis tme servants wo uld be praying,"Thy K ingdom COME!" (Mat. 6 :10.)

In other words, you need to beg into view tbis wor ld as G OD views it,

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and not as you have always carelesslytaken it for granted.

God warns, "Love not the wo rld,neither the things that are in theworld. If any man love the world, thelove of the Father is not in him. Forall that is in the world, the lust of theflesh, and the lust of the eyes, andthe pride of life, is not of the Father,but is of the world . And the worldpasses away, and the lust thereof: huthe that doeth the will of God abidesfor ever" (I John 2:15-17).

Next, you need to become tlery per­JOllally critical about the way you spendyour leisure moments !

You need to become highly selectioeabout the mot ion pictures you view !Let's face it, you KN OW, and youKNOW TH AT YOU KNOW, that MOST

motion pictures today are filled withpure slop, swill, violence, ghoulish in­sanity, murder, robbery, triangles, licen­tiousness, perversion, and every form ofvile evil!

It is exreedi/lgly diffirult to findAN Y motion picture that is really suit­able fo r any person who is sincerelytrying to live according to God 's laws !

Always ask yourself, "Wollid Christwatch tbis?" And then, if you reallyKNow the Christ of the Bible, you willbe able to find the answer . If you feelChrist would not watch it-then re­member YOU shouldn't watch it !

How about television ?The same holds true ! Tel evision is

MOSTLY fill ed with the same kind ofviolence, and even in more horribleforms, than the motion pictures. How­ever, it is true that television offers afar greater variety of programs throughthe day-and that there are certaineducational and instructive programsthat are available.

For example, news broadcasts (eventhoug h much of the news today isliterally VIOLENCE! ); and interview­type programs; weather reports; educa­tional and instructive programs; travel­ogs; certain light comedy or perhapsmusical programs or variety shows arenot necessarily wrong to watch.

But don't become a SLAVE to yourtelevision set ! Use it wise ly, use itcarefully, use it with discretion !

And literature ? Take a look at ANYbookstand. And about all you' ll see is

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pure TRAS H of all types, sizes, colorsand descriptions . Most magazine standswould have been labeled PURE PORNOG­RAPHY only a FEW DECADES AGO! Anddon't kid yourself it would have been"p rudery" that would have labeled itso. You KNOW the weird books andmagazines, the sex stories, the murdermysteries, the horoscopes and demonia­cal "comic" books (and what is really"comic" about any of them?) are NOT

fit to stuff into any human mind!What about your hobbies ? Your

pastimes? Your moments of relaxa­tion? A re you living \'X'HOLESOME LY­

in a refreshing , balanced way that g ivesyou a true change of pace-that reallyIS "re-creation"? Or are many of yourleisure moments spent in literally tear­ing down your body, and pollutingyour mind with the violence of thisviolent age?

Forming HABITS ofViolence

Probably, you feel depraved acts ofwanton destruction and violence arecommitted by a certain type of person.But you're wrong.

It is this verr enigmatic problemthat worries modern-day law enfo rce­ment officers. They see horrible acts ofmurderous violence being committedmore and more by the "average" typeperson. They prove conclusively thatcrime is not limite d to those who havegrown up in slum or underprivilegedareas; that criminals are not demented,or retarded. They shake their heads indisbelief at bestial atrocities committedby the "good" people in society!

Last Thanksgiving Day, in Los An­geles, there were three separate in­stances of MURDER over the Thanks­givi ng turkey! Can you imagine it?Afte r asking God's BLESSING on themeal, in all probability, and aftergathering about the table OJ a family,to rejoice in the wo nderful freedoms ofa free land-brothers-in-law, fatherand son, leapt up , snatched up a gun,and blasted the life out of each otherafter a heated, screaming, violent argu­ment!

Of course!They had probably witnessed at least

a dozen murders within the last fewdays on television, and in the movies!

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They were probably about halfwaythrough their latest murder mystery.They had been feedillg their minds onviolence in almost el-1er)' leisuremoment!

Is it any wonder, when tempersflare, that a person reacts almost AU­

TOMATICALLY according to HABIT?If you' re not extremely care/ltl what

you SEE, how you THINK, what youHEAR, what you READ--YOU MAY arESTABLISHING THE SAME PATTERN OFVIOLENCE in your own life!

SO THINK about it. INVESTIGATEyour life. Be willing to be honest withyourself about yourself! God says,"WOE unto them that draw iniqu itywith cords of vanity, and sin as it werewith a cart rope ... W'OE unto themthat call eoil good, (that was sure a"good" movie, you might have said!)and good evil; that put darkness forlight, and light for darkness; that putbitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !"( lsa. 5 :18-20.)

Be willing to call a spade a spade !Label things what they are! And then,with the help of Almight y God, ROOTOUT of your lif e the hatred, prejud ice,bigotry, and murderous violence of thisviolent world !

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being THUNDERED by radio to 28million people every week! Two mil­lion people are reading Christ's Gospelevery month in The PLAIN TRUTH.67,000 students are enrolled and study­ing the Ambassador College Corre­spondence Course. In many cases two orthree others study the same lesson .Tons and tons of att ractively printedbooklets are being constantly mailedout from our offices in all parts of theworld, putting God 's TRUTH in thehands of many. many thousands. Somesix hund red resident students on th reeAmbassador College campuses are de­voting their lives, fu ll time, to beingprepared for active full -time service inthis great Work of God.

It is a gigantic worldwide operat ion.And I know of NO PLACE where a

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single dollar, a shi lling, a mark, afranc, or whateve r piece of money, ac­complishes so MUCH! By printing ThePLAIN T RUTH ou rselves in our ownnewly enla rged printing plant, we saveGod 's W ork $10,000 per month. Th atS10,000 per mont h opens up severaladditional radio stat ions reaching ad­ditional mult iple thousa nds with theGospel of Christ- bringing many ad­ditional precious lives into God' s K ing­dom. Thousands are being convertedevery year-their lives tota lly changed-made happy and successfu l-nowheaded for eternal life in God's K ing­dom !

GOD'S WORK is being conductedGOD'S WAY! Jesus Chr ist is the H EADof this dynamic earth -encompassingWork. He inspires, guides, blesses i/o

I don't say that we poor humanswho are Christ's instruments-whomHe USES in His W ork-are infallible,or that we never make a mistake. I DOsay that what Christ so resultfullyguides and blesses, WE should bless!

Is GOOD QUALITY really extravagance?Take two men. Twel ve years ago, eachof these men bought a new automo ­bile-one in England, one in theUn ited States. The one in the UnitedStates didn 't believe in extravagance.So he bought one of the lowest-pricedcars. He thought this was economy_The man in Engla nd went to the oppo­site extreme. He bought a Rolls Royce,recogn ized as the BEST car made . Itis not a "fancy" designed or flashycar. Not as beautiful, to the Americaneye at least, as a Ford, Plymouth orChevrolet. But it is simply made ofbetter quality materials- and more care­flllly made and precisioned, so that theparts do not vibrate or cause wear.

Each of these men did an unusua llyheavy amount of driving. Th e Ameri­can found he had to buy a new carevery two years-and even then repairbills were heavy. Th e Englishmanstill drives the same car-and repai rbills have been few and far between­much less costly. Over the 12-yearspan, the American has spent moremoney than the Rolls-Royce owner J

The QUALITY product was no/ ext rava­gance-it was ECONO MY !

Go o's WAY is that whatever we setour hand s to do, we shou ld do it with

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in this issue for the AUTOBIOG­RAPH Y. \Ve hope you will read thenex t insta llment in the May issue.

0 11' might-the very BEST we can.QUALITY merchand ise is not only bet­

ter, it is cheapest in the end. Everymaterial th ing we have comes out ofthe grou nd . Th e difference betweenquality and "cheap" th ings is simplythe hum an character difference. Th atqua lity comes from more careful andinte lligent selection of materials fromthe ground, PLUS more conscientiousand skillful design, PLUS more diligent,careful and painstaking craftsmanship.CHEAP things represent poor selectionof materials, unintelligent or hurried orcareless design, and slip-shod, lazy,dowdy, indifferent workmanship.

No one should ever purchase qualityhe cannot afford. But all should striveto be able, with God's blessing, to af­ford the GOOD things.

D id you know that GOD is a W ork­man? YO U and I are each a piece ofHis workmansh ip. Read Job 14:15.W e are HIS WORKMANSHIP. H e isbuilding godly spiri tual CHARACTER inthose of us who will submit to theprocess. "Fo r we are HIS workmanship,(being) created in Christ Jesus untogood works" (Ephesians 2:10) .

And God is not going to settle fora cheap, sloppy, careless, inferior bitof workmans hip. He commands that weshall be " PERFECT, even as your Fatherin heaven is perfect."

A careless workma n once complainedto me, "The trouble with y01l, Mr.Armstrong, is that you are a perfec­tionist!" I guess he was right. Heshould tell GOD, "The trouble with)'0/1, God, is that you are a Perfec­tionist!" God is a perfectionist. Andso am 1. How ABOUT YOU?

" It is said that a 'calculated risk'must be taken in our present struggleto maintain mind and body in thiscomplicated civilization . May I simp lyend this subject by saying that I thinkthere is enti rely too much risk and notenough calculating goi ng on."

- D r. Joe O. Nicho ls, M.D. ,President, NFA

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Will the World RECOGNIZEthe Returning Christ?

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air and descend on his followers:' new song before the throne .. . and no

That is BLASPHEMY against the Hoi)' man could learn that song but theSpirit .' That is the UNFORGIVABLE SIN hundred and forty and four thousand,-for the False Prophet knows better! which were redeemed from the earth

The False Prophet will claim: "And . .. the FIRST fRUITS unto God and toin the presence of all he [ the Christ, the Lamb"! (Rev. 14:3-4.)who is falsely labeled the Antichrist in The false prophecy continues: "Thenthis diabolical prophecy] exhibits him- that abominable one [meaning Jesusself as taken up into heaven with Christ-what bhtJphemy against Godtrumpets and sO'I11ds, and the mighty Almighty!] will send his commandssboming of those who hail him with throughout every government by theindescribable hymns; the heir of dark- hand at once of demons and of visibleness himself shining like ligh l, and at men, who shall say 'A mighty kingone time soaring to the heavens, and has arisen upon the earth; come ye allat another descending to the earth with to worship him; come ye all to seegreat glory, and again charging the the strength of his kingdom: for, be-demons, like angels, to execute his be- hold, he will g ive you corn; and hehests with much fear and trembling. will bestow upon you wine, and greatFor he will show forth his demons riches, and lofty honours. For thebrilliant like angels, and he will bring whole earth and sea obeys His com-in hosts of the incorporeal without mand, Come ye all to him'" (ibid.,number" (A nte-N icene Fa/hers, "Hip- p. 249, section XXVIII).polytus," p. 250, Section XXIX) . But Revelation 14:6 -7 says: "And I

But your Bible-the inspired Word saw another angel fly in the midst ofof God - says: "Behold, he [Jesus heaven, having the everlasting gospelChrist] cometh with d ouds; and every to preach unto them that dwell on theeye shall see him . .. and all kindreds earth, and to every nation and kindred,of the earth shall wail because of him" and tongue, and people, saying with a(Rev. 1:7) . " For the Lord himself loud voice, fear God, and give glory toshall descend from heaven with a him; for the hour of his judgment isSHOU T, and the dead ;'1 Christ shall come : and worship him that madeRISE first: and we which are alive and heaven, and earth, and the sea, andremain shall be caught up together the fountain of waters."with them in the clouds, to meet the Soon, even other Devilish falseLord in the AIR"! ( I Thess. 4: 16-17. prophecies. recorded over many cen-

See also I Cor. 15:50-53.) turies, will be read from pulpits intoJesus will travel around the world the ears of gullible people. The False

with the speed of lightning, gathering Prophet will place his so-called "d i-the resurrected saints into the clouds. vine" approval on them.The real antichrist- the man of sin- falseThe people will believe thesefalsely labels the saints of God "de- prophecies-the only teaching theymons brilliant like angels" ! The have ever learned. They don't knowProphet Daniel was inspired by God what the Bible really says, because theyto tell us that the resurrected and

have been taught 1101 to study thechanged saints "shall shine as the

Bible. They will be absolutely COII ­BRIGHTNESS of the firmament; and

rinced that the returning, glorifiedthey that turn many to righteousness

Christ is the Antichrist! And that the[will shine in the resurrection} as theSTA RS for ever and ever"! (Dan. man of sin is Christ in the flesh!12:3.) We are beginning to see this hap-

And as for the "indescribable pening before our very eyes! The callhymns"-"And they sung as it were a for "cbnrcb ullity" is just the begin-

ning. The WHOLE WORLD is being de­ceived by it J

Don't YOU Be Deceived!

Satan knows the prophecies of God.He trembles at God's Word (Jas.2:19) because he kno ws it will come10 pass! He hates God's Kingdom­and His Law! No wonder he has in­fluenced his followers to prophesy thissatanic deception: "Antichrist [bywhich the victorious Christ is meant}will be an iconoclast [an idol breaker).Most of the world will adore him. Hewill teach that the Christian religion[today's counterfeit Christianity] isfalse, confiscation of Christian proper­ty is legal, Sa/I/rda)' is to he ohservedinstead of Sunday, and he will changetbe T en Commandm ents [that is, re­store them to their original form, in­cluding the often-deleted second com­

mandment against idols)."All his wonders could not be writ­

ten in a book. They will be morewonderful than the Old and New Testa­ments! . . . He will read people's minds,raise the dead, ,'eward His followersand pun isb the rest"! (Prophecy forT oday, p. 70.)

Your Bible says Christ is the Onewho will destroy idols! Jesus Christ isthe One who will reveal how pervertedthis world's pagan practises-labeled,falsely, "Christianity"-have become.

Christ is, moreover, the LORD of theOld Testament. At creation He insti­tuted worship on the SEVENTH DAY, notSunday!

Jesus Christ spoke the Ten Command­ments. He will restore them to theiroriginal form, not as they have beenmisnwnbe red in so many catechisms.And Ch rist is the One who will RAISE

tbe dead and REWARD His followers!

Now rou see in full the diabolicalplot being hatched by Satan the devil.Here you see laid bare a few of thedeceptive prophecies Satan will inspirethe end-time false prophet to preach!

It is simply Satan's age-old attemptto assume to himself the office of God,while he assigns the intervention ofthe TRU E glorified Christ to the Anti­christ!

Thank God YOU don't bate to bedeceived !

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United Nation s,world' s "la st Hope. "Already found ering,it is unable to guaran­tee pe rman ent peace .Vatican proph e siedult imate f ail ure o fUN at its inceptionin 1945 .

Catho lics, Pro tes tants,Orthodox-and ot her re­Iigions-rush toward unityin lest- ditch eff ort to saveworld from atheistic Com­munism an d total de­struction. Wid. World Photol

8rookhayen Nat ional Lob.

Science has bequeathedthe wor ld " u lt ima te"weap ons of destruction.Yet science is una ble tocontrol its own inventions.Latest technology has a l­ready fa llen into thehands of unscrupul ousmen who would use it todestroy all human life.

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Religion, Science and theState to Unite?

What Is th e truth behind the efforts to unify religion?Are there conspirators schem ing to get control of thehorrifying weapons sci ence has developed?

Read the shocking, eye-opening article which accom­panies this page. You will be amazed at religion'splan to control economics, science and the State. Learnwhere It is taking us In the next ten years!

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Total destruction haun ts the world's three billion people l Bibleprophecy reveals that religion will use science to bring man­kind to the brink of tota l annihilation in fina l effort to enforceone religion on who le world .

.IN THIS ISSUE:

* WHY More People are Becoming VIOLENT!Hatred fills this earth! RACE RIOTS; POLITICAL DEM­ONSTRATIONS; TEEN-AGE GANG FIGHTS; RELI­GIOUS BIGOTRY-and all during this "enlightened" ageof science! Read WHY it's happening, WHY it's destinedto grow MUCH WORSE, and WHAT YOU OUGHT TODO about it! See page 3.

* A New "Fuehrer" For Rearmed Germany?Documented FACTS now reveal that a Nazi revival is immi­nent. Even HITLER, himself, may still be ALIVE! Seepage 7.

* The Truth About the Viet Nom Crisis!Buddhists are defiantly militant! Viet Cong guerilla raidsdemolished U. S. install ations. .U. S.-backed and cquipped

.South Vietn amese retaliated by attacking North Viet Nam.The United States is committed to a showdown with Com­munism in Viet Nam, \"'hat will be the outcome? See page 9.

*.Churchill's Dream - A"United States of Europe"As early as 1946, Sir Winston Churchill envisioned a "UnitedStates of Europe" which would include Britain. But with allhis foresight, he could not forsee that Britain would be ex­cluded from this union. That this Frankenstein Monster­paid fot by American dollars--would destroy its creators!See page 17.

* Will the World Recognize the Returning Christ?The Jews did not recognize Jesus as the Messiah when Heappeared over 1900 years ago. They called Him a blas­phemer. The Romans crucified Him. Today rhe most CO­LOSSAL LIE of all time is being spawncd to counterfeitthe identity of the returning Christ. This challenging articleunmasks the deception. See page 25.

* LENT, ASHES, EASTER, RABBITS and EGGSWhat's it all about?

Just WHAT is " Easter" ? What does the NAME mean? Haveyou ever WONDERED WHY you believe and practicecertain customs? You'll be surprised to find the PLAINTRUTH abou t Easter ! See page 45.

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