OCTO BER, 1964

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WORLD-WIDE FAMINE to strike in the 1970's - so declaresDr. Raymond Ewell, famous economist. Read the facts in this

issue's lead article.

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N ot Afr aid to Speak Up!

" Heard your program on the radioand was quite interested in it. I likehonest peop le that are not afraid tospeak up for what they believe in.

Aren't you afraid that you will be

hanged like Jesus for telli ng the

truth ?"

Woman from Vernon, BritishColumbia

• Dilly if God allows it.

"Of all the messages being brought

about Chr ist and the Bible, yours seems

to hit me the hardest. There have beentimes when I just quit listening. But I

would leave the radio on just a little

too long or tune in just a little toosoon and, wham ! You would comedriving home the message. There weretimes I would turn you off only to

turn you back on again. Your message

is like a hammer poun ding an anviland now I have become the steel be­tween the hammer and the anvi l. Ihave already started to study with youtwice daily , with my Bible open and

pencil and paper in hand. I would like

to have every booklet you and your

father have ever pr inted , and above all

I want your Ambassador College Bible

Correspondence Course."

Robert L. B., Cali fornia

An Atheist Speaks

" I am a hardened atheist and a mil i­

tant Communist; I ha ve always fought

relig ion because it seemed so point less.I would often talk to my neighbor,

sometimes all night, and Doe day Ibegan to blaspheme God , even asking

Him to make me ill if He existed.Then one morning, I was sick ! I amnow suffering from ills of all sorts andmy doctor does not know what iswrong with me. I wish you could

straighten out my life fo r me. This let­

ter comes from an atheist- but one

who is willing to be convinced."

Atheist, St. Getail Mont-Mesely,france

Rea l Povert y !"I am very much pleasure to inform

you this few words. I am a boy of a

poor fam ily, my father is dead and my

mother too. No body feeds me even.It is hard for me to earn sixpence aday. But I want to succeed) so I beg

you to give me a free book to read."

Alfred A. M ., Ghana, W est Af rica

"I have been a keen reader of themagazine since December 1963 andevery evening in our "study hour" In

the class I used to spend 15 to 20

minutes reading it. Now the result ofreading this magazine is that it hasmade me come nearer to Christ thanbefore. I have been telling my fellow

students about the second coming ofChrist. . they have not yet [obtained

the money to buy] the stamps to ask

for themselves. May you kindly pub­

lish this letter."

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know if I am old enough to have the

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• Y es, YO II're old enough.'

"Please send me The PLAIN TRUTH.

I am a boy 9 years old. My neighbor

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Bennie B. ) Kentucky

T rue Education-and It 's Free!" I live in a rather rural Mexican

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October, 1964

W HAT ABOUT PATRIOTISM? Is itright, or wrong? A younglady has just asked me that

question. She had just recently returnedfrom Ambassador College in England,where she had studied for the past twocollege years.

" I am an American," she said. " Ilove this country. Is that wrong? Yetwhile I was in England I felt I oughtnot express any feeling of love for myown country. I was afraid it mightstir up nationalistic prejudice. Ofcourse, I love England, too, after havinglived there for two years."

Th is young lady wanted to knowjust how God considers patriotism.Some people seem to think that patriot­ism is a form of idolatry-and there­fore a sin. She was a little confused.

"WHY should it be wrong to havea feeling of IO\'e for my own country?"she asked.

" It im'/.'" I replied.Wrong to love your own country ?

Of course not! Didn 't Jesus teach thatwe should love even our enemies? LOVEisn't wrong!

But why, then, do some seem to thinkpatriotism is idolatry?

The answer lies in asking anotherquestion : Just what do )'0// mean­PATRIOTISM? Here was a young ladywho had an attitude of LO VE for theUnited States of America. It is hernative land. She ougbt to love it! Shesaid she also loved England . Her kindof patriot ism is RIGHT-it is coon-s-iris completely in line with the basicLAW Of GOD!

But there is a different kind of pa­triotism which, indeed, is wrong inthe sight of God.

Let me explain it so ALL can reallyUNDERSTAND! How do we know whatis right, and what is wrong? Wh at isthe Biblical defin ition of sin? It isfound in I John 2:4: "Sin is thetransgression of the LAW." It is re­ferring, of course, to the Law of God.

The PLAIN TRUTH

Th is is a spiritual law (Rom. 7:1 4).That law is fulfilled (pe rformed) byLO VE. That law is summed up by thetwo Great Commandments-c-t.ovs to­ward God, and LOV E toward humans :"Thou shalt love thy neighbor asthJfelf."

The Law does not allow us to loveourselves as much as GOD. It says onemust love God with all his heart, soul,and might. To fail is SIN . Surely ALL

have sinned! But the Law allows usto love our own selves as milch ashuman neighbor. And to love )'ourneighbor as milch as l Ollrsel! is aboutas much as you are capable of lovingyour neighbor-isn' t it?

A year or more ago, in this column,I went to some length defin ing SE LF.

There is, first, your individual self.That includes your own body and mind.You love yourself just about as muchas you are capable of loving. But then,there is also your ex/ended self. Th isincludes your clothes. Then it enlargesa little further, to include your ownfamily, your home, your car, your pos­sessions. You call them YOllrs . Th eybecome a part of you. Then the ex­tended self expands to include thosein your club, your church, )'our group,your lodge, or even your political party.It expands, still further, to includeYOUR COU NTRY.

Now self-love is natural. But to loveyour enemy is NOT natural. W henJesus said we should love even ourenemies, the reporter, Matthew, whoreported His statement (Matthew5:43-48), wrote origina lly in the Greeklanguage. And for the word translated"love" in our English language, Mat­thew wrote the Greek word "agape"­which actually means the divine lovewhich we do not have naturally-butwhich GOD may impart by the gift ofHis Holy Spirit.

We are not born with this "agape"- this divine love. We are born selfish.Watch a sweet, lovely little baby. It is

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Say .... . _ Inside Front Cover

Personal from the Editor

WIll YOU STARVE? 3

A World GOVERNMENTto bring peacein our time! . _ . _ . . . . . . . . 5

INSIDE RUSSIA TODAY 9

Radio l og JB

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and THINK!" 21

How Would Jesus Votefor PR ESIDENT? 25

GERMAN NAZIS RenewOld Demondsl 3 1

The Bible Story 33

Short Qu estions FromO ur Readers . _ . . . . . . . . . 44

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OUR COVER

Th e tor tured faces of Indi a.Alre ady half-starve d, the peop leof India add to their populationmillions o f new mouths each year.N o wond er Dr. Raymond Ewell , anautho ri ty on chemical economics,warn ed recently of a world famineto strike in the 1970's. He calledit "the greatest catas trophe in his­tory ." Starting in Asia, it willrapidly sprea d around the world.

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altogether selfish. It loves itself, andhas a natural feelin g of antagoni smtoward others. Jesus referred to thisnatu ral love-with which we are born- the " love" of human nature. He said,"Ye have heard tha t it hath been said,Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hatethine enemy" ( Mat. 5 :43).

But, you see, this natural humannature love looks on those outside itsextended self as its enemy.

When we are thi nking and speakingof national considerations, human na­ture is patriotic toward one's owncountry-because it then becomes partof his extended SELF. And so there isa feeling of antago nism against anothercoun try, when brought into comparisonwith his own. Actually, it is a form ofHATE.

Th e world 's CIVILIZATIO N is actually[onnded on that kind of carnal attitude .It is the natural attitude of competition.

Take sports, for example. Americancolleges and un iversities, most of them ,engage in inte rcolleg iate athletics. Col­lege " A" has a football team. So college"A" and its team becomes part of theextended SELF of that college's stu­dents . But the football team of college" B" is regarded as its ENEMY. Thenatural attitude is one of wanting toBEAT college "B ." It is a form (youmay call it a mild form ) of H ATE . Itis a feeling of defin ite antagonismtoward the foot ball team of college" B."

A good example of the competitivespir it in th is collective SELF may beseen righ t now, in the po litical cam­paigns. Under "works of the flesh"described as the opposite of the " fruitof thi s Spirit," in Galatians 5, we findthese (Moffatt translation): "N owthe deeds of the flesh [SINs] are quiteobvious, such as sexua l vice, impuri ty,sensua lity, idolatry, magic, quarrels, dis­sension, jealousy, tem per , rivalry, fac­nons, party-spirit, envy, murd er, drink ­ing bouts , revelry, and the like; I tellyou befo rehand as I have told you al­ready, that people who indulge in suchpractices will never inherit the Realm[ Kingdom] of God ." ( Gal. 5 :19·2 1.)

Among these SINS, imposing theCAPITAL PUNISHMENT of etern al death,are rivalr y, factions, party-spirit.

What do we see in national politics?

Th, PLAIN TRUTH

The Democratic Party is full of PART¥­SPIRIT-and so is the Repu blican Party,An election is coming up in Britain,and we find that same PARTY-SPIRIT inboth the Tories and the Labor Party.

What do we see in the Amer icanPresiden tial campaign ? Do we seeRIVALRY ? Do we see FACTIONS? Dowe see a spirit of discr imination againstthe opposite party , or candid ates ?

What do we see- or hear-today,in campaign speeches asking for thevotes of the peopl e ? Do we see reallofty STAT ESM ANS HIP of high caliber,based on wisdom and right judgment?Or do we see mud -slinging attemptingto undermine the opponent' s reputa­tion, reminiscent of the Keystone moviecomedies, where they threw pies in oneanother 's faces ? Do we see anyth ingexcept rivalry, faction isrn, party-spirit ?Love for my party. and hate for yours?

WHY do so many love to see a prize ­figh t today? Two men square off inthe ring. If one can so harm, pummel,beat, and in jure his opponent that heknocks him senseless, he is the winner- the HERo~he gets the plaudits ofthe people!

The general idea in compet ition isnot alone to GET, to WIN, to ACQUIRE,for the SELF. It is also to hurt, injure,harm, take from the other party­whether the other be an ind ividual, ateam, a polit ical party, or a nat ion . Itis the spir it of DISCRIMINATION!

Look at competition in business. Iknew two retail clothing merchants ,Their rival stores were directly acrossthe street fro m one anothe r. Dur ingbusiness hour s they would glare at oneanother with venomous hatred . Out sideof business hours they would go to thesynagogue arm in arm like lovingbrother s. The spirit of the synagog ue,it seems, was love. But the spirit ofbusiness is competitio n- with its ele­ment of hate.

Years ago-before my conversion, Ihasten to add- I heard of a bank inthe nor thwestern part of Iowa, whohad just built a new baok building.Across the street was a rival bank. Th eybuilt one just twice as big- as muchto make the rival look small, as to makethem look big. I took the train to thistown , showed the officers of the largerbank a full page advertisement I had

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designed for a bank journal. TIleylooked at it. decided it would not profitthem, and said "No."

"W ell that' s too bad," I said , "be·cause thi s is an exclusioe proposition.If yOIl take it, the bank across the streetcan' t get it."

Th ey quickly change d the " No" toa "YES!" Reason ? Not to help them­selves-but to spite their competitor!J assure you I would never sell suchan ad on that basis today.

This illu strates the principle of pa·trioti sm.

The patriotism which loves its owncountry, and hates, or feels a prejudi ceagainst, other countri es, is a violat ionof God 's Law- and therefore it isWRONG-it is SIN!

But the young lady who asked methis question did not have thaI kind of"patriot ism." She also loved Eng land.Her patriotism was not competitive. Itwas not fou nded on hate, but on LOVE.

Now if, by the term "Russia" wemean the Russian people, I could truth­fully say I love Russia! I love the Rus­sian PEOPLE-but I do not love the irCommunist SYSTEM, I HATE com­munism!

Let' s get it straight. GOD loves thisWORLD'S PEOPLE so much He gav e H isonly begotten Son for them. Chr istloved sinners so much that He diedfor them. But God HATE S SIN ! God 'shatred of SIN expresses H is LOVE forthe sinner-because SIN is the sinner'senemy, seeking to destroy him !

Th e pat riot ism that LOVES your owncountry, but withoH! discriminationagaiwt OTHER nat ions, IS A RIGHTPATRIOTISM. Remember, God is NOT arespecter of persons. GOD DOES NOTDISCRIMIN ATE. Let not the whites feelor express discrimination against blacks-or the blacks against the wh ites. Letnot Americans feel or express dis­crimination against British, nor Britishagainst Americans.

Let's divorce HATE from LOVE ! Thatis God' s Law. Th at is the WAY to peaceand happiness. W e may hate a wrongTHING, but not our neighbor !

But can pat riot ism ever be idolatry?Yes, it can and of ten is. Idolatry is

having another god before the one trueGod . And what is your GOD ? What·

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WILL YOU STARVE?The frightening specter of world-wide STARVATlON rears itshead on the hor izon! This art icfe will SHOCK you-but it's

time you knew the TRUTH about WHAT IS COMING!

T HE popnletion explosion looms asthe most serious threat to humansurvival ever!

The reason?STARVATION!

But to ),Olt, with Jom' family, whereJOII live-the "population explosion"may seem a little bit vague, academic,unreal. W ell- get a grip on yourself,and be ready for a SHOCK!

The Official Report

The W orld Health Organizatio n(WH O) says the overcrowd ing ofcities, or a population "implosion"brought about by the popu lation ex­

plosion, is assuming catastrophic pro­portions-and warned it will get muchworse.

The " impl osion" is the huge, steadystream of rural dwellers, leaving theland, floodin g into the cities of theworld, causing unbelievable congest ionof people, industries, houses and ve­hicles- and creati ng stupefying prob­lems of public health .

The cities of the world "alreadypresent healt h problems of stagge ringdimensions ," W HO said. But this ison ly a small PART of the truly GIGAN­TIC problems inherent in the popula­tion explosion. These dire predictionsfrom the World Health Organizationassume con/in/{ing food s/{pply to theseteeming, throbbing, sweltering, smog­choked jungles and jumbles of shacks,concrete, steel, corrugated tin and paper.

But there won't be anywhere near

enough food.The prospect of DROUGHT and im­

mediately resultant FAMINE is a farmore FEARSOME problem for the im­mediate future. And it's SURE! ItW ILL happen! You'll SEE it developbefo re your own startled e)'es-in thenext single decade.'

It will affect YOUR life, YOUR chi l­dren and loved ones ' It's about timeyou were warned. But can you heed awarning ? W ould YOU lake action in

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the face of danger?In the age of teusion-the age of

the BOMB-a calloused humanity isaccustomed to alarm. We' re INDIFFER·ENT to disaste r; passive in the face ofsuffering; coldly impervious to theshocking era in which we live .

Police are alarmed. T ime afte r time,law enforcement officials have beenaghast at cold, aloof, calloused publicindifference to heinous crimes. Citi­zens stand and watch while a woma nis raped. Citizens ignore the screams ofa helpless victim of a knife attack,until her attacker reappears THREETIM ES to finally kill her. A groupstands on the shore, watching a wom­an whose car has just plunged into thewater, miraculously clamber out of thesinking automob ile, to stand on its topas it beg ins to submerge. "HELP ME I"she screams-" I CAN'T SWIM !" Th egroup watches as the car sinks. It seesthe woman struggle momenta rily-seesher kick convulsively-sees her dis­appear beneath the waves. No onelifts a f inger to he lp! TH INK of it!Does this ugly, calloused, apatheticindifference to human suffering-c-J».difference to dange r grow like a fertileweed in YOUR mind and heart?

Can YOU still be stirred to ACTtONin the face of danger-to COMPASSIONand HELP when someone is in need?Do YOU HEED WARNINGS? Can YOUbe shocked into a serious awareness ofREALITY?

Well-BE PREP.t\RED FOR A SHOCK!This world doesn't have many more

years to practice its aloof, careless,haughty, "don't care" attitude tothe frightening DANGERS of thesetimes! GRINDING, CRASHING, AWESOME,FRIGHTENING PUNISHiIlENT is justaround the corner!

Of far more concern than the stock­piling of nuclear weapons today is thenew worry of scientists, agriculturalistsand economists. They worry aboutFAMINE!

More D angerou s ThanHydrogen Bomb

Today, scientists are working to un­lock the mysteries of human reproduc­tion.

They're engaged in a frantic, last­ditch race against time.

Their adversaries are myriad.They seek, somehow, to find a solu ­

tion to the POPULATION explosion.And unless they come up with the

right aUHlJtI'S, they say, THIS WORLDIS DOOMED!

Today, judging by present trends­and assuming birth rates do 110t in­crease, scientists predict this earth'spopulation will DOUB LE to 6 BILLIONperso ns by the year 2000.

It will REDOUBLE by 2035, just 35short years later, they say, to TWELVEBIL LION!

But all this is somehow unreal to theaverage American, Briton, Australian.Huge figu res, distant dates, alarmingwo rds about "some day" fail to pene­trate the thick blanket of public in­difference shrouding the well-fed W est­ern world. The plight of the "have­not" nations is common knowledge.Haven't the missionaries, CARE, and a

worried government made appeals to

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Poverty and near-starvation afflict ha lfthe world's population.

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help the starv ing hordes of India foryears?

It's difficult fo r people in Perth ,Paris or Portland to become alarmedbecause Malaysians or Indians starve.

But difficult or not-when a largecollection of Nobel prize winners callsupon the United Nations to immedi­ately organize a world-wide birth -ron­tro l program-the stark DANGER of theimminent future had better berealized!

The scien tists said, "U nless a favor­able balance of population and re­sources is achieved with a minimum ofdelay, there is ill prospecl a dark ageof human misery, famine, snder-ednca­tiOI1 and unrest which could generategrowing panic, exploding into toarsfought to appropriare the d wind lingmeans 0/ snroi val t"

It's time you were awake to thestark seriousness of these times-alertto their deeper meaning-and it's timeyou knew what is ahead!

FAMINE W as Prophesied

One of the major prophecies of yourBible is of DROU GHT, FAM INE, STAR VA­

T10N, DISEASE!

And these stri king prophecies of theBible are 110/ vague "generalities,"based upon the obvious likelihood ofrecurring dry cycles-but definite, spe·cifie, positive events-naming the na­tions, telling \X'HEN and WHY!

Anciently, the Creator pronounced aperpetual prophecy upon our peoples.Turn to Deuteronomy, the 28th chap 'ter. Read it all! Th is means OUR

peoples, now! ( If you have not yetseen the amazing proofs of the ident­ity of our peop les in Bible prophecy,then write for our free booklet, "TheUnited Slates and the Briti sh Common­wealth ill Prophecy" immediately.)

After promising blessings of goodweather, good crops, protection fromthe ra\'ages of disease and war IF WE

'«'DULD OnEY THE LAWS GOD GAVE

fOR OCR GOOD, The Eternal foretoldwhat would happen if we diJObeyed!

"But it shall come to pass, if thouwilt NOT hearken unto the voice of theLORD thy God, to observe to do allHis commandments and His statuteswhich I comma nd you th is day; that allthese curses shall come upon thee, and

The PLAIN TRUTH

ove rtake thee :

"CURSED shalt thou be in the city"[and LOOK at the wretc hed asphalt andconcrete jungles of ours-where rape,robbery, murder, race riots, sexual de­pravity, poverty vene real disease andpornography run rampant !} "andCURSED shalt thou be in the field."

Today, as never before, that curse iscoming true! It is real !

Not only have we broken God'sspiritual laws involvi ng every facet ofbow to lire happily, but we havebroken the many "natural" laws in­volving the proper U SE of our lands!

God said, "CURSED shall be thybasket and thy store . Cursed shall bethe fruit of your body [ and LOOK atthe "thalidomide" babies, the mal­formed babies, blind , deaf, seriouslyhandicapped babies, at the stillbirths,Mongoloids, Siamese twins, and at themany thousands of infants born eachyear with serious congenital diseases,even such as cancer, heart defects,leukemia, and a host of others!] andthe fruit of your land, the increase ofyour kine [cattle}, and the flocks ofyour sheep ."

Today, lustful man dumps millionsof pounds of chemica l fertilizers, in­secticides and fungicides onto hisfields in a greedy attempt to wringevery last dollar out of his land . Stud ­ies have shown residual poisons buildup in the land, drain off during therainy season into the ditches , streamsand rivers-where, in many areas, com­mercial f ishing has been tota lly wipedout' Surely blind, stupid man shouldhave enough sense to be a lilliealarmed? Apparent ly not. At least, atthis writing, IN SPITE O F exte nsivestatistics comp iled over a period ofyears concerning the almost incrediblewaste of wildlife, fish, and the con­tinued pollution of both land andwater-the chemicals are still beingdumped on!

First, the farmers fertilize the landartificially. Second , they spray andchemically treat the land to kill "harm­ful" insects, fungus, and microbes.

Then, as the struggling plantsemerge from the so il, they are sprayedagain and again against the ravages ofpersistently spray·proof bugs and in­sects of all kinds. Finally, barr ing all

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the possible blights, insect attacks, un­heard-of weather ravages, and suddenlyshifting markets, the farmer sells hisproduct.

Again, it may be sprayed or treatedwith a preservative before it gets to theshelf where it is purc hased by the con ­sumer.

A single drop of some of these un­believably potent sprays, such as Lin­dane, wou ld KILL a grown man, iffa lling only on the back of bis hand­yet these poisons are diluted andsprayed extensively ove r our fieldswhere rodents , rabbits, ground squir­rels, quail, pheasants, and all sorts ofwildlife are found lying dead-allthis; and still we continue to ignore thegreat God who controls the weather,believing we can fight God, fightnature, fight the weather, fight theland and still succeed!

God said, "T he Eternal sha ll smitethee with a consumption, and with afever, and with an inflammation, andwith an ext reme burning, and with thesword [accord ing to some ancient ver­sions: drought] , and with blasting,and with mildew; and they shall pur·sue you unti l you perish! And yourheaven that is over your head shall bebrass and the earth that is under theeshall be iron.

'The Eternal shall make the rain ofyour land powder and dmt : from hea­ven shall it come down upon thee unti lthou be destroyed!" ( Deut 28:22-24.)

Yes, DROUGHT, FAM INE, DISEASE

were prophesied-and no amount of"reasoning," "kidding ourselves," orsimply igno ring the facts wi ll everchange it.'

Worsening Conditions inthe United St ate s

The handwriting is on the wall forthe United States and Great Britain­NOW! Not only does the frighteningspecter of the sraroing million! of themany "have-not " nations rear its ugly

head on the horizon, but increasingly,crop damage , drought, flooding, severetemperatures, and shifting marketsplague the average stockman andfarmer.

How does one KNOW? How could 1make such a statemen t? Wh ere do 1

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COMING-

A WORLD GOVERNMENTto bring peace in our time!

The startling TRUTH of Jesus ' Message has been buried longenough! Learn here the REALITY of God's prophecies---and

their special meaning for OUR time.

by Roderick C. Me redith

H p EACE and prosperi ty" is to bethe theme of President John­son's political campaign for

re-election. He wi ll claim that theDemocrats have kept the United Statesstrong and wealthy.

Surface prosperity certainly is evi­dent in America-and in Western Eu­rope as well.

H owever, a racial GU ERRILLA WAR isbrewing in many major U. S. cities .And just plain crime and VIOLENCE aregrowing by leaps and bounds. Includedin the recent F. B. I. N ational CrimeReport is the following statistic: " Halfof all murders in 1963 invo lved bus­bands and wives killing each otber."

Imagine!

American homes and marriages areso wretched and miserable that fullyHALF of all murders in our "Christian"land involve a man MU RDER ING hisown wife, or vice versa!

And around the world, the specterof the bloody WARS in Vietnam, Cy­prus, the Congo and elsewhere con­tinues each rear. Ominously, the so­called "Nuclear Club" is rapid ly be­coming less exclusive so that with in afew years even minor dictators andmadmen may possess the power toannihilate major cities!

Scientists, statesmen and po liticia nsagree that world government and aninternational rule of LAW is the onlyanswer. But the pi tiful spectacle pre·senred by the impotent, bungling,bankrupt and divided United Nationsis certainly not the answer.

T here is 110 world government nowin sight and , seemingly, NO PEACE

ahead for (his chaotic generation In

which we live.

The Chaos of Culrs

In addition to the chaos and confu­sion amo ng the nations, there is g reatreligious coniusion in the westernworld today. In the United Statesalone, there are over [our bundredreligious bodies and sects all callingthemselves " Christian."

Th ey all claim to believe in the sameChrist. Yet they all DIFF ER on themessage H e preached, and on the doc­trines and practices that ought to bein H is Chu rch.

In orde r to get arou nd this prob lem,some denominations are now becom ing"broadmind ed" in the varying kinds ofdoctrines and ideas they will permitthe ir members to hold. A recent newsitem shows that in the case of onedenomination making up such a"broadminded" statement of belief."the effect was to arrive at a statementthat would include the essentia ls, butbe broad enough for persons of vary­ing po ints of view."

In this modern day, is it important

which MESSAGE u'e believe?

Today many modern ministers say,"Just believe on the name of the LordJesus Christ, and you shall be saved."\Vhat you believe about Christ and Hismessage is not so impor tan t-they wi lloften say-as it is to believe on andlove Hi m and H is person.

W hat abo ut this ? Is it important tobelieve the VERY message that JesusChrist preached ? Or didn 't He preachany certain message ? O r was H is mes-

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sage broad enough so that we can getover four hund red denominat ionalideas and trad ition s out of that rnes­

sage?

An Inspired WARNING

The impired answer to tha t qu est ionis found in the fir st chapte r of Paul' sepistle to the Christ ians in Galatia . Theapostle of Christ was ALARMED thatthese peop le were already turn ing aside- NOT from Christ' s person, but [romH is message!

"I marvel that you are so soon re­moved from Hi m that called you intothe grace of Christ unto another gos­pel : which is not another ; but there besome that trouble you, and would PER­VERT the gospel of Christ" (GalatiansI :6-7).

N otice th at Paul is ala rmed becausepeop le were perverting the tru th aboutChrist 's MESSAGE-not about H is per­son. He cont inued: " But though we. oran angel from heaven , preach any othergospel unto you than that which wehave preached unto you, let him beACCU RSED." Th en Paul repeated this de­nunciation-made this a double cnrse.

..As we said before, so say I now

agai n, If au)' man preach any othergospel to you than that you have re­ceived. let h im be ACCURSED" ( vss. 8·

9) .

In the Apostle Paul's mind, there wasonly O N E true gospel-any other gos­pel was a cotm terj eit that demanded aCURSE by apostolic autho rity !

What was this true gospel that Paulwas trying to keep in its pu re state ?What was the T RUT H that God sent tothis world by Jesus Christ His Son ?

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Chrisr W as A MESSEN GER

Christ came with a meJJage fromGod the Father which would solve theproblems of this last generation onearth today !

Note the prophecy in Malachi re­garding His first coming. "Behold, Iwill send my 1J1eJJcllger, and he shallprepare the way before Me: and theLord, Whom you seek, shall suddenlycome to His temple. even the JUeI ­sel1ger of the COVel1a11l, Whom yedelight in : behold, He shall comesaith the LORD of hosts" (Mal. 3:1) :

Actually, here is Christ-as theLogos or Spokesman of the Old Testa­ment speaking-and saying that Hewould send a messenger before Hisface who would prepare the way forHim, Christ, who was to be the Afes­Jinger of the Covenant ,

In Acts 10 we find a description ofthat message as it was first preached tothe Gentil e Christians. The first part ofthe chapter shows hew Cornel ius waschosen as the fi rst Genti le to receivethe true gospel of Christ, and howPeter was sent to his house to bringthe truth of God. In verse -34 we read,"Then Peter opened his mouth, andsaid, Of a truth I perceive that Godis no respecter of persons : but in everynation he that feareth Him , and work­eth righteousness, is accepted withHim" ( Acts 10:34 -35 ) . Here Peteracknowledges that now God is callingall the Genti les to the same truth thathad recently been opened to the Jewssince the day of Pentecost.

He continues : "The word whichGod sent unto the children of Israel,preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (Heis Lord of all: ) that word, I say, yeknow, which was published throughoutall Judea, and began from Galilee, afterthe baptism which John preached"(vss. 36-37) . Directly inspired of Godto reach this first Gentile Christian,Peter immediately refers to the TRUTH

as that word which God sent by Christ,to Israel. beg inning from Galilee, afterJohn' s preaching.

Peter referred to this as the messagefor botb Israel and the Gentiles. So thiswas God 's MESSAGE for all mankind .'

T he MESSAGE Jesus Brought

Now let's f ind where that message

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really began, and what Jesus actuallytaught ! Turning to the first chapter ofMark we find the conditions thatPeter gave for the beginning of thistrue message.

"N ow after that John was put inprison"-this was to be the time­"Jesus" - here is the AfeJSenger ­"came into Galilee"-here is the place-"preaching the gospel of the King­dom of God, and saying, the time isfulfilled, and the Kingdom of God isat hand : Repent ye and believe thegospel" (Mk. 1:14-15) .

Here we find the true Messenger, thetime and the place. And here we findthe true MESSAGE of God ! It is theGood News or Gospel of the Kingdomof God. Moffatt translates it "Reign"of God. It is the happy message ofGod 's Kingdom-His RULE-His GOV­ERNME NT which will finally bringpeace over this earth !

Noti ce that this true gospel is notman's gospel about the person ofChrist. It is Christ's message. It is themessage He brought from God theFather of the coming govem ment ofGod, or Kin gdom of God on thisearth.

And it is VITAL that you believeand obey this message! For Jesus said:"He that rejecteth me, and receivethnot my words, hath One that judgethhim : the Word that I have spoken,the same shall judge him in the lastday" (John 12:48) . So Jesus said youwill be judged by His lV ord-Hismessage!

Jesus Christ ALWAYS taught aboutthe Kingdom of God. Luke records:"And it came to pass afterwards thatHe went through out every city andvillage, preaching and showing theglad tidings of the Kingdom of God :and the twelve were with Him" (Lk.8 :1).

Even Jesus' parables were all con­cerned with the Kingdom of God." And His disciples asked Him, saying,Wh at might this parable be? And Hesaid, Unto you it is g iven to knowthe mysteries of the Kingdom of God,but to others in parables; that seeingthey might not see, and hearing theymight not understand" (Lk. 8:9-10).

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about the Kingdom of God, we needto understand what a kingdom is.

W har Is A Kingdom ?

There are [osr things which charac­terize every kingdom. First, there is aking or ruling agent. Secondly, there isa territory over which the kingdomholds dominion . Thirdly, there are sub­jects or citizens in every real kingd om.And, fourthly, every kingdom musthave laws and a form of gov ernment.

N ow let's understand how God'sKingdom is so organized. Isaiah re­veals who will be the king or rulingagent in the coming world gov ernment.

" And there shall come forth a rodout of the stem of Jesse, and a Branchshall grow out of His roots: And theSpirit of the LORD shall rest uponHim . . . He shall not judge after thesight of His eyes . . . But with right­eousness shall He judge the poor .. .and He shall smite the earth with therod of His mouth, and with thebreath of His lips shall He slay thewicked" ( Isa 11:1-4). Here is thewell-known prophecy that Ch,·is/­coming from Jesse through D avid­will be the king over all the earthafter His second coming.

Before Jesus' human birth, an angelgave this prophecy concerning His fu­ture rule : "He shall be great, and shallbe called the Son of the Highest : andthe Lord God shall give unto him thethrone of his father David : And Heshall reign over the house of Jacobfor ever; and of His kingdom thereshall be no end" (Luke 1:32-33)Christ is go ing to literally reign on thethrone of David. That throne is on thisearth today!

And He shall reign over the house ofJacob, or Israel. These are hwnan be­ings here on this earth! If you do notunderstand the national identity ofmodern Israel, then write immediatelyfor Mr. Armstrong's fascinat ing freebooklet "The United States and BritishCommonwealth in Propbecv:"

Yes , world government is soo n tocome with Jesus Christ as DivineRULER!

One of the most tremendous eventsin all history is described by the Apos­tle John in Revelation 11:1 5: "And

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the seventh angel sounded; and therewere great voices in heaven, saying,The kingdoms of tbis world are be­come the kingdoms of our Lord, and ofHis Christ; and He shall reign for everand ever."

Christ will show us how to havepeace on this earth! This is the ONLY

way we will ever have peace!

God 's Government OnThis Earth

Having proved that Christ is Kingof God's soon-coming Kingdom, let usnow see where that Kingdom will belocated. Did you notice in the Scrip­ture we just cited that "the kingdomsof tbis world" are to be ruled byChrist?

This is substantiated. in Daniel 2:44.This is the conclusion of Daniel'sprophecy about the four g reat world­ruling kingdoms which were to holdsway over the western world. As nearlyall Bible scholars recognize, the fourthgreat kingdom is the Roman Empirewhich- with its various revivals-willhold sway to the end of this age."And in the days of these killgs shallthe God of heaven set up a kingdomwhich shall NEVER be destroyed: andthe kingdom shall not be left to otherpeople , but it shall break in pieces andconsume all these kingdoms, and itshall stand for ever." This clearly in­dicates that God's Kingdom will beon this earth-Christ the "Stone" hav­ing crushed the other kingdo ms and setup God's government to bring peace.

In the descrip tion of that Kingdomgiven in Isaiah II , we also find thatit will be 011 this eartb, "They shallnot hurt nor destroy in all My holymountain (kingdom): for the earthshall be full of the knowledge of theLORD, as the waters cover the sea"(vs . 9) .

You have probably noticed by th istime that the subjects or citizens ofGod 's Kingdom will be physical hu­man beings still left alive on thisearth! Isaiah 11:10 describes Christ asthe "Root of Jesse" and says, "to itshall the Gentiles seek." So here wefind even the Gentile nations are beingruled over by Christ on this earth .N ow continuing in verse 11 : "And itshall come to pass in that day, that the

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Lord shall set H is hand again thesecond time to recover the remnant ofH is people, which shall be left, fromAssyria, and from Egypt ... and shallassemble the outcasts of Israel, andgather together the dispersed of Judahfrom the four corners of the earth."

Thi s will be the time of the gloriousregathering of the Israelitish people­including many of our deceived friendsand relatives-who will be broughtback from captivity at the second com­ing of Christ. They will then learn tounderstand and appreciate God's rule,His laws, His government and HisIf/ay of life ! And what a wonderfulworld that will be!

The Laws of God's Kingdom

God alone knows the WAY to peaceand happiness.' He reveals this wayfrom the beginning of Genesis to theend of Revelation. It does not alwaysagree with the way that "seems right"to a man, but it is the way to real peaceon this earth.

Th roughout the propheci es Godshows that His Kingdom will be ruledaccording to this way. That way isbased on His law. N otice Isaiah's in­spired description of God's Kingdomand the way it will be administered onth is earth : " And many peop le shall goand say, Come ye, and let us go up tothe mountain of the Lord, to the houseof the God of Jacob; and He will teachus of His Wit )'!, and we will walk inHis paths: for out of Zion shall goforth the LAW, and the word of theLord from Jerusalem" ( Isa. 2:3).

Yes, God's rule is according 10 HisLAW! Th e spiritual principles ofGod's Ten Commandments are the tVayto peace and happiness and everythingthis world really wants. But men arerunning away from that way as fastas they can!

When Christ first comes. He willhave to PUNIS H the nations of theworld to teach them to appreciate thatwa)' and His law.' "And He shalljudge among the nations and shallrebuke many people : and they shallbeat their swords into plowshares, andtheir spears into pruninghooks: andnation shall not lift up sword againstnation, neither shall they learn warany more" (vs. 4) . As King of kings,

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Christ will have to REBUK E the nationsand liter ally teach them the way topeace and the laws of God which willbring peace.

Th e prophet Micah reveals this samething that is to take place in God'sKingdom : " For the LAW shall go forthof Zion, and the word of the Lordfrom Jerusalem" (Micah 4 :2) .

Many people today are under the[alse impression that the N ew Coven­ant does away with God's law! How­ever, in describing these very eventswhich are to take place when Christ re­turns and sets up God's Kingdom, theprophecies reveal that God's law is thevery BASIS of the New Covenant, andof the agreement which is made be­tween Chr ist and physical Israel andwith individual Christians of all na­tions as they are converted.

" After those days, saith the Lord, Iwill put my L AW in their inwardparts, and write it in their hearts; andI will be their God and they shall bemy people" (Jer.31 :33) .

Man cannot have peace until HU·

MAN N ATURE is changed.' God's lawreveals the very nature and characterof God. After Christ returns to con­vect all nations, He will write God'slaw in the very minds and hearts ofpeople. Th us, it will become pari oftheir very nature!

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peace!-and j ov l-s-an d HAPPIN ESS !

Jesus Christ H imself revealed thatGod' s law is the very BASIS of HisKingdom .

He said : "The law and the prophetswere until John: since that time theKingdom of God is preached , andevery man presseth into it. And it iseasier for heaven and earth to pass,than one tittle of the LAW to fail"( Luke 16: 16. 17). Here we find Jesus'clear statement that the law of God isan integral part of the message of theKingdom of God!

But was Jesus speaking of the law ofthe Ten Commamdments? Yes, Hewas! For He continued in the very nextbreath: "W hosoever putteth away hiswife, and marrieth another, committethadultery" (vs. 18). Here He showedthat the law of which He was speakingincluded the command against divorce

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and remarriage based on the Ten Corn ­mandments of God.

That law is BINDING on us today!If we plan to be in God's Kingdom­a part of His government forever-wehad better learn to keep and OBEY

God's law here and now in this life !

How to Qu alify for God'sKingdom

To help us understand this principleof OBEDIENCE.. let us turn to the verybegin ning of Jesus Christ's min istryand what He actually taught when Hewas here on this earth. When He wastempted by the Devil, He stated one ofthe most basic truths of all the ages:"Man shall not live by bread alone, butby EVERY WORD that proceedeth out ofthe mouth of God" (Matt. 4 :4) .

Remember that the only writtenword of God at the time that Jesus saidthis was the OLD Testament! This isthe Word that contains the law ofGod-the law which so many ministersseem to H AT E today! Yet, Jesus saidthat we are to LIVE by this inspiredWord!

After His temptation by Satan, Jesusbegan to preach the message of God'sGovernment. "From that time Jesus be­gan to preach, and to say, Repent: forthe Kingdom of heaven is at hand"(vs. 17) . Again notice that it was el­wa)'s the message of God's Kingdom­or gover111ne111- which Christ preached.He showed that men must REPENT oftheir ways and submit to that gove rn­ment.

The following three chapters in Mat­thew contain what is popularly called"The Sermon on the Mount." Fewseem to realize it, but this entiresermon is fi lled with Jesus' exhortationto OBEY God'J law !

Notice Matthew 5: 17-19: "Thinknot that I am come to destroy thelaw, or the prophets : I am not cometo destroy, but to fulfill"-that is todo or PERFORM, sefJing m an example."For verily I say unto you," Jesuscontinued, "till heaven and earth pass,one jot or one tittle shall in no wisepass from the law, till all be fulfilled"-or be in effect, as the originalGreek indicates.

Then Jesus concludes: "Whosoever

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therefore SHALL"-notice this is [uturetense-"brcak one of these least com­mendmentr '-s-no matter which menmight call the least- "and shall teachmen so, he shall be called the least inthe Kingdom of heaven: but whoso­ever sball DO and TEACH them, thesame shall be called great in the King­dom of heaven."

Jesus said that as long as heaven andearth stand, God's law will NEVER bedone away! And those who are to berewarded in God's Kingdom shall bothdo and leach even the "least" of God'slaws and commandments!

W HY HAVEN'T YOU HEARD THISKIND OF PREACHING?

A young man came to Christ asking:"Good Master, what good thing shall Ido that I may have eternal life?" Herewas Jesus' golden opportunity to tellhim- as modern ministers would putit-that there is NOTHING he had todo,

"Just believe," they say, "and youwill be saved." "Give your hand toyour preacher and your heart to theLord" seems to be the modern methodof salvation.

But what did [esos say on this occa­sion? fie said, "If you wiII enter intolife, keep the commandments." Andwhen the young man asked which com­mandments, Jesus began to state someof the Ten Commandments ( Matt.19:16-19) . Here is the WAY to eternallife as taught by Jesus Christ the Sonof God! W ill we believe HIM'

Is This the ONLY TrueGospel ?

Is this message of obedience to God'slaws and preparation for His comingKingdom-or world-ruling government-the ONLY way of salvation? Wasn'tsome of this message just for the Jewsof Jesus' day? Was there some OTHERgospel introduced for Gentile Chris­tians?

Here is what Jesus Christ com­

manded after His resurrection from thedead! "Go ye therefore, and teach allnations, baptizing them in the name ofthe Father, and of the Son, and of theHoly Spirit : teaching them to observeALL things iobatsoeoer I have com­manded YOII: and 10, I am with you al-

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ways, even unto the end of the world"(Matt. 28:19-20). Here Christ com­manded His apostles to go to all theworld and preach exactly the SAMEmessage of obedience to God's K ing­dom and laws that He had taughtthem!

We must RFPENT of our ways andsins, accept Christ as Saviour andRULER, and begin to let Him- throughHis Spirit-live a life of obedience inus to prepare us for eternal life inGod's Kingdom and to be BORN as amember of His very family! Th is is theVERY gospel you must believe andobe)' in order to be saved!

Jesus told His apostles: "Go ye intoall the world, and preach the gospel toevery creature. He that believeth and isbaptized shall be saved; but he thatbelieveth not shall be damned" (Mark16:15- 16).

You must BE LIEVE the joyous mes­sage of God's soon-coming governmentto bring peace through His ways, andHis LAW! And you should prepare foryour part in that Kingdom hefe andnow.

Wh at should you do, then ?

Showing the way to begin this life ofobedience and surrender to God, Petersaid: "Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christfor the remission of sins, and you shallreceive the gift of the Holy Spirit"(Acts 2:38) .

You must repent of SIN. And Godtells you in I John 3 :4: "Sin is thetransgression of the law." The Biblesays that sin is breaking God's Jaw!

You must REPENT of this-and ofyour entire attitude of disobedience andhostility toward God's rule and author­ity over your life. You should becomehumble, as a little child, and let Godguide you and teach you day-by-daythrough His Word. You should bebaptized-as an outward symbol ofyour willingness to bllry your old selfunder the water, and to give your lifeliterally to God to use as He sees fit.

Then God PROMISES to give you ofHis precious Holy Spirit. Thi s is Hisvery nature, His life, and His characterwhich He places in His begotten sons.

Notice that even the Holy Spirit is

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INSIDE RUSSIA TODAYHere, wriHen from behind the Iron Curtain, is the secondinstallment of an on-the-spot report on Soviet Communism!This summer we sent Mr. Eugene Walter to the Soviet Unionfor a first-hand report . Here revealed is the shocking story ofmismanage ment in agriculture and industry--and the truth

about Communist education and the Soviet police state!

Leningrad, U.S.S.R.

I N ONE of m)' f irst few days inRussia, a young Communist toldme about the wonderful idea that

Conununism is. How marvelous tothink of a society where there would bepeace and plenty for all ! The idea isTERRIFIC! There is just one problemwith it, however, he informed me.

"What's that?" I asked."Making it work," he answered.Thinking he was being sarcastic, I

laughed. But to my embarrassment, hewas DEAD SERIOUS!

Make Communism Work?

Again and again I was soberly toldthis same thing: "Th e idea behindCommunism is greaJ. The problem is

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finding a way to make it work.ItOnce a person really becomes sold on

this idea and wants to have an activepart in bringing this Communist Uto­pia about, it enables him to overlook alot of flaws in the system.

One evening in Rostov, a well ­dressed middle-aged man heard mespeak English and asked to talk to me.I invited him up to my room, andafter he asked that I lork the door,we sat down and had a pleasant dis­cussion. He was an educated man,spoke flawless English, was an engin­eer, and had been a Party member fortwenty years. He also was an unusuallysincere and open-minded man.

He, too, told me that he agreed 100

per cent with the idea of Communism,but that the problem was to get it towork successfully. He acknowledgedthat at the present the U. S. has ahigher standard of living than theU.S.S.R., but said he firmly believedthat in the long run, the U. S. woulddo better with Communism, too.

He readily acknowledged that thereare many large, gaping flaws in thepresent administration of Communism,but felt that these were inevitable intrying to perfect the system. He saidthat as long as the leaders were sin­cerely trying to convert the idea ofCommunism into a realiJy, he owedthem hi, support.

This man even went so far as to ad-

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mit that he him" If was influenced bythe Party propaganda! "But then," headded. "remember that you and yourpeople are also influenced by the prop­aganda of )'Ollr government."

"I believe that the basic idea behindCommunism-equal distribution of thenation's wealth- is wonderful," he con­

tinued. "W hether or not this system isright, and whether or not we as ana·tion can successfully bring it about,only time can tell . It may be that we3CC wrong- that we will fail. It may bethat one of the many religions that youhave in your nation will be right andwill have a better answer than we."

And then , looking me in the eye, hesoberly concluded, "W ho knows ? May­be the God that YOU believe in isright ? Maybe everything will work outaccording to the way of YOUR religion."

Little did he realize the tmtb of whathe was saying!

Life on the Farm

The problem down on the farm isone of the most tender of all theSoviet Union's sore spots. I want to tellyou about it.

Today's problem has its roots in thedays of Stalin who cared little for agri­culture. Stalin collectivized the Sovietfarms by stripping the kulaks-thewealthier peasants and the best farmers---of all their resources. Many resistedso forcibly that they slaughtered theirlives tock and burned their crops ratherthan surrender them to the State.

Th is action, coupled with the ter­rible drought of 1930, brough t un­believable misery and suffering. Almosthalf the nation's cattle-more thanthirty million head- were destroyed!Two tbirds of the nation' s 150 millionsheep and goats were lost, together withhalf of its sixty million pigs andhorses ! More than a decade later theSoviet Un ion still hadn't recoveredfrom this loss. In 1940 there was lesslivestock of all types than before col­lectivization began in 1928 !

W orld W ar II caused yet a fur therlivestock decline. At the time of Sta­lin's death in 1953, there were threeand one-half million [ewer cattle thaneven in 1940!

Since 1953, over-all farm productionhas gone up some sixty per cent. But

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remember that 1953 was at an ex­tremely low level, and that most of thisproduction increase was achieved by1958 when Russia harvested the firs t­and probably the IOJI-big bumpercrop from the mill ions of acres of vir­gin land which Kh rushchev orderedplowed up in Kazakhstan several yearsbefore. These new virgin lands addedthi rty per cent to the total number ofacres under cultivation .

Since 1958. however, farm produc­tion has barely kept up with the popu­lation increase. Th ese same virgin lands- true to the unheeded advice givenKhrushchev by his colleagues-are fastlos ing their productivity and becominga dust bowl.

Wi th upset weather condit ions aconstant plague, and with no remainingnew lands to plow up, Mr. Khrushchevis in trouble.

The False Messiah ofAgriculture

In spite of all the dark spots, Rus­sia's Communist bosses are optimisticabout the future of Soviet agriculture.They have found a saviour, they think ,to help them out of all their difficul­ties. Th at saviour is chemical ag,.iwl­ture,

In a dire effo rt to combat the deep.ening agricultural crisis, mill ions ofrubles are being diverted from otherprojects and pumped into research andthe production of chemical fertilizers .Little do they realize the problem theyare creating! ( W rite for our article on"The T ruth about Chemical Farming." )

But in their mad effort to show thatthey are entirely self-s uff icient, theRussians have gone even one step fur­ther than just mere chemical fertilizing .In a State farm I visited near Kiev ,tomatoes and cucumbers were beinggrown in a "soil" made of chippedgranite and fed by a carefully formu ­lated chemical solution- all in a hot­house !

You can imagine what the producetasted like ! If the tastelessness was anindication of the food value, there waslittle point in eating these vegetables.Yet th is method of food production­called "hydropon ics"- is being widelyha iled as the solution to the food prob­lem. N o stone is being left unturned

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10 finding more chemica l solutionswhich will make it possible to growother food plants by this method.

Th e farm I visited contained fift eenacres of hydroponic hothouses, andthese and other local hyd roponic hot ­house farms supplied the entire ( il l ofKiev with tomatoes and cucumbers dur­ing the winter months. Similar farmsare in a number of other northern citiesand many more are being planned .

However, even this method is notfoolproof. When I questioned thefarm manager about why the ir produc­tion schedule showed they hadn't comeanytobere near their quota for the pastthree months, he said it was because ofthe cloudy weather . Hydroponic or not,the plants stiil must have sunshine lTh is the Russian chemists were unableto supp ly.

How simple it would be to turn toGod, to obey His Laws, and to beblessed with abundant rain in theproper season and bounteous harvestsprovid ing suff icient food for all. Butthe U.S.S.R., as have all nations, hasturned her back on God , and is stub­bornly trying to show she doesn't needGod-attempting every fantastic, far­fetched scheme imaginable. She is onlybringing unto ld miseries and curses onherself. But this isn't all!

The Problem of the Peasant

Perhaps as big a prob lem as any inSoviet agriculture is the average Russianpeasant !

Few observers are really acquaintedwith this aspect of Russia's farm prob­lem. Let me again quote from Ed­ward Crank shaw's vivid descriptio n inhis Kbrmbrbet/s RIIJJia: "The peas­ants still form a vast. dark mass, dis­torting the whole economy . . . livingout their lives in overcrowded squalorand. in their hordes, almost obl iterat­ing from sight the grandiose materialachievem ent s scattered so thinly overthe vast land" (p. 32) .

In describing the superstitions ofsome of these peasants, Mr. Crank­shaw explains how, even today, somepeasants believe there is a magical. life­prolong ing influence in the last dropsof a milking. So they milk their cowsfive or six times DAILY in order to getas many of these "last drops" as pos-

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Piling grain straw on the Malenkov Collective Farm neor Novosibirsk , Siberia. Soviet agriculture is backward-often 30years beh ind the West.

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Old-fashioned mecha nica l cotton pick­er in use on Sovier Collective farmin Uzbekistan.

Soviet combine threshing mown winter wheat. U.S. comb ines cut and thresh insingle operation . WJd. WMld , hol o

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Collective farmers from Southeast Russia. Soviet peasa nts are superstitious, lack incentive, are the biggest trouble spot inSoviet planning.

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Travel is one of few diversions enjoyed by Soviet peoplesunder Communism.

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Soviet Collective Farm in Moldavia . Ducks a re fe d by handas in centuries past .

sible! Holidays are another problem,In an official pamphlet published in

Moscow called Overcoming ReligiollJSnroivals ;11 the U.s.S.R., I found thiscandid confession: "And what a tre­mendous material loss is caused bythese religious holidays, of which thereare hundreds in the year. There are the'big' holidays, like Christmas and Eas-

ter, and there are the holidays of thelocal patron saints.

"All too often, no sooner have they[ the villagers] finished celebrating a'big' holiday than along comes a 'Ye­gor's Day; which has to be celebrated,too, and then the day of some othersaint . . . the celebrations are draggedout over a fortnight at a time inter-

fering with the fulfillment of the workplan and undermining labour disci­pline,

" , , , The Kolkhozniks [peasants], , . 'bless' cows, pigs, and sheep, Thenext day they get drunk, The best timefor sowing is missed."

Is it any wonder Russian agricultureis failing?

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"Over recent years," reports Mr.Crankshaw, "the Soviet Press has car­ried hundreds of accounts of what goeson when the peasants, released from thesubsistence existence of the Stalin era,kick over the traces and use their tra­ditional feast days in the traditionalway as an excuse for prolonged drink­ing bouts-cattle go hungry and un­milked , hens go off lay, the harvestblackens in the fields, and the grain isspilled, as one and all, from farm man­ager and Party members downwards,join in the orgies which give somesort of colour to their lives" (p. 132) .

This is the star)' of the Russianpeasant. But for all his shor tcomings hestill is most important to Soviet agricul­ture. While he probably hales hisforced work on the collective and statefarms, and is a constant headache to thegovernment, he 101.'eJ his little privateplot-no larger than three acres­which he is allowed to have for him­self. Each peasant is a little capitaliston his private plot.

How milch he loves it and WHY thegovernment is almost [arced to let himhave it is shown by these facts:"Though their tilled area amounted toonly 3.2 per cent of the total in 1961,the small plots produced eighty-oneper cent of the nation's eggs, sixty percent of the potatoes and forty per centof the meat" (Life, Sept. 11, 1963, p.58) .

Such statistics must leave the Com­munist planners absolutely jrJlJlra/ed!

T he Party, the People, andthe Government

If, because of the cold war, theAmerican visitor expects to find the in­dividual Russian citizens hostile to him,he will be quite mistaken. To his sur­prise he will find only very fri endlypeople, intensely curious about him andhis country. However, only very jew­despite all the talk about it-will beable to speak English.

He will f ind peop le who want des­perately to be admired and accepted bythe rest of the world-constantly fish ­ing for compliments, almost in a child­like way-just )'earning for you to saysomething good about their countryand its achievements. Their personaland national pride, however, will not

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permit them to give )'011 a complimentor to acknowledge-no matter howob t1io/IJ-that )'011" country has achiev­eel greater success in some field thantheirs.

These individuals-220 million ofthem- are the Russian people. Of thisnumber only some ten million are mem­bers of the Communist Party.

The Communist Party dominates thecountry's politica l life from top to bot­tom-but it is NOT trying to gain alarge membership. Instead, the Party ispurposely trying to limit the number ofmembers by setting "ery high qualifica­tions for membership.

The candidate for membership mustbe at least twenty-eigh t years old, havean outstanding record of leadershipand dedication during his earlier yearsin the Young Communist League, berecommended by at least three membersin good standing, and most importantof all, be willing to spend considerabletime in meetings and other time-con­suming activities.

Many who by this time have familie sand jobs with both husband and wifeworking, simply do not desire to ex­pend the time and effort necessary tobe a Party member. This includes manywho hold high and responsible posi­tions in industry, education and gov­ernm ent. Thus the Party membership iscarefully screened and only those whohave proved themselves to be dedicatedare admitted.

Even so, there is a large variation inthe quality of the members. Most aremembers because they sincerely believethat Communism is the answer to hav­ing peace and plenty for all, and theywish to be a part in bringing thisutop ia about. They are all for the ideaof universal prosperity. However, notmore than a handflll are Party zealots inthe traditional sense, and ver)' fewwould be willing to give their livesjust for the princip les and ideals of theParty.

For the aggressive, however, Partymembership is the first step to any realindividual power later on. How fastand far an individual member moves upthe pyramid of power is largely de­termined by his ability, hard work,popularity with Party members and suoperiors, and by his skillful maneuver-

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ing . Most never get off the f irst level.Some, however, who discover quicklyhow to me the system, move up rapidlyfrom the local to the regional andfinally-c-on the national level-to theCentral Committee.

From this Centra l Committee are se­lected the dozen or so who compose thePresidium-the real power center ofthe Soviet Un ion . And at the top ofthe pyramid, ruling over the Presidium,is the top man in the Party, the FirstSecretary - today Ni kita Khrushchev.The Presidium, and especially its FirstSecretary, makes policy for both theParty and the Government which,strictly speaking, are two separate or­ganizations.

Although similar in structure, thegovernment is merely the puppet of theParty, has no real power, and its func­tion is simply to carry out the policiesthe Party dictates .

Some government off ices are "elect­ed" by the l4 0 mill ion voters, but thiselection is a farce. There is often onlyone candidate on the ballot-the onethe Party wants- and the voter votes"yes" or "no." "N o" votes are veryrare. If there is more than one nameon the ballot , the Party lets it beknown who the preferred candidate is,and he is inevitably elected. Th us noposition in the government, includingthe Presidency of the U.S.S.R., is reallypowerful, and the government is-merelya pawn used to administer Party-pro­posed measures. Both it and the peopleare run by the Communist Party.

But just because only one out oftwenty-two are Communist Party mem ­bers, does this mean that the Russianpeop le do not support the Party- thatthe Communist regime is about totopple ?

NOT AT ALL !

In three weeks of travel, interview­ing and visiting with Russians from allwalks of life, I found but one groupwhich was not completely behind theParty-a group of Russian-style de­linquents in Moscow, rebellious trou­ble-makers who would be a detrimentto any society,

All otber groups SUPPORT the prin­ciples of the Party. Individuals, ofcourse, might not.

Yet most of those with whom I spoke

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were NOT Party members!Did they give carefully worded an­

swers? Did one get the feeling theywere telling what they knew or feltthey should tell instead of the way theyREALLY felt way down deep in theirhearts and minds?

NO !In fact, the deep personal conorcuon

and the emotional feelillg they expressedwas one of the outstanding impressionsI received on the entire tour.

To the American visitor, eating hisheavy, uninteresting meals, watching theRussian women do heavy physical laborand seeing the outrageously high pricesin the shops, this seems incredible.

WHY support a system like this?Surely ANYONE could see that this isNOT the way to live-that Communismis riddled with weakneJSeJ.

But while this is certainly true, Com­munism also has its pillat'J of strengtb.In searching to understand WHY Com­munism has such strong backing fromthe Russian peoples, I found there areat least seven hasic reasons,

1) The Influence ofCommunistic Education

Often we fail to t'eally gfaJp thePOWER there is in the control of a na­tion's minds . Too often we fail to re­alize that each individual one of us isthe product of our environment-thatwe were born knowing nothing andthat the knowledge and convictions wehave today have all been acquired sincebirth. That further, most of this knowl­edge has been funnelled unquesticn­ingly into our heads.

In the Western world, we are taughtto accept a more or less democraticsystem as the standard. In Russia, how ­ever, the people are taught to acceptCommunism as the standard and theideal. This teaching has been going onsince the Revolution of 1917 whichestablished Communism in Russia. Thefact that most Russians living todayhave been born SINCE the Revolutionmeans that MOST RUSSIANS have hadCommunism drummed into their headsfrom earliest childhood and know notb­ing but the Communist system.

A popular church in the Westernworld claims that if it can educate achild in its religion for the first six or

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seven years of his life, he will remainfaithful to it as long as he lives. In Rus­sia, a whole generation has been ed­ucated to the Communist "religion."It may be a system based on lies anddeceit, but as Hitler said, "Tell a bigenough lie often enough , and soon ev­eryone will believe it." This is exactlywhat has happened in Russia.

Unless through unusual circum­stances they have been abroad, mostRussians cannot even faintly begin toconceive of what life is like in a non~

Communist country. They simply have110 basis whatever for comparison, andsincerely feel that THEIR way of doingthings is right. This control of thenation's education-which is really thecontrol of the nation's minds-is aprimary stronghold of the Communistsystem.

One of the most important reasonsthat the Russians support Cocrununismis that they have been EDUCATED toJ/lPPOft it.

2) Life Appears to beGetting Better

The second reason the Russian peo­ple stand behind Communism is thatit is slowly bringing them a "betterlife" in the way of material goods.While by Western standards these im­provements are painfully slow in com­ing, it must be remembered that mostRussians have never been outside theSoviet Union . There is no comparisonthey can make except with themselves.

A Russian family might look at itthis way: "Ten years ago we had virtu­ally nothing except the clothes on ourbacks and a miserable apartment sharedwith another family. Five years ago wewere able to purchase a radio, someextra clothes and a few knick-knacks forour room. Two years ago we were privi­leged to move into a new apartment atwhich time we bought new furnitureand a television set. With the shopscontaining more consumer goods thanever before, who knows what the fu­ture may bring? More electrical appli­ances? nicer clothes ?-and in the dis­tant future, perhaps even a car?"

This line of reasoning is exactly theway the government WANTS 'the peopleto think . By holding out the promiseof a better life , like the proverbial

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bunch of hay tied on a stick and heldjust in front of the horse's mouth, sothe Communist Party teases the Russianpeople along by giving them justenough goods to make them think that"the better life" is just around thecorner.

With the goods and services theyhave waited a lifetime to receive justin sight, the people aren't about torebel at this point and foolishly risklosing it all. Even if some of thesethings don't materialize as expected,most Russians are enjoying their limitedlife too much as it now is to want torock the boat.

When improvements do come, theParty, of course, takes all the credit forhaving brought them about . The truthis that the improvements came in spiteof the Party rather than because of it.But, nevertheless, the fact remains thatsome improvements have come. As longas they continue to keep coming-andas long as the Party continues to de­lude the people that Communism isbringing these improvements about­the people will continue to give thegovernment their support.

3) The Narure of the RussianPeople

The nature of the Russian people isanother major reason why Communismgained such a strong foothold there.The Russian people are very friend lyand have many admirable national char ­acteristics. But as all peoples, they alsohave their characteristic national weak­nesses. Unfortunately, these weaknesseshave fitted the Communistic system al­most perfectly.

One of the greatest of these weak­nesses is that the Russian people arevery prone to use falsehoods and deceit.Yet ironically, they themselves are al­most childlike in their gullibility whenit comes to being deceived . Only a Rus­sian can look you squarely in the eyeand tell you something that he knowsis a lie, that yOIl know is a lie, and thathe knows that YOU know is a lie, andSTILL expect you to believe it! I en­countered many examples of this.

Once, while travelling in the Georg­ian Republic, our guide told us that theGeorgians live to the oldest age of any

w id. World ,holo

Scene in Russian Divorce Court. Russian family life is u.nstable. So~iet div~rc e

courts are filled with problems, but function far more simply than In America.Courts attempt to effect reconciliation, but percentage is low. This couple de­cided on reconciliation .

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people on earth. Most, she said, live toat least 150 years! And she really EX­

PECTED us to believe it!As this illustrates, sometimes the

falsehoods they try to palm off are soc1wnsy and obvious that it's almostfunny. Perhaps it is because they them­selves fall victim to deception so easilythat they expect you to . With the av­erage person so gullible it is not diffi­cult to see how and why such an openlyfraudulent and diabolical system asCommunism met its first real success inRussia.

This susceptibility to deception as acharacteristic of the Russian people isnot just my personal opinion. Manyreputable and well-known reporters,such as John Gunther for example, re­port this same characteristic. But evenmore authoritatively, the Bible bears outthis same fact.

Prophetically speaking, Meshech, Tu­bal, Gog and Magog refer to Russia andthe Mongol ian peoples . In Revelation20 :8-10 God uses Gog and Magog asa symbolic type of those who easily andwillingly give themselves over to de­ception.

But this isn't the only characteristicthe Russian people have which is anasset to Communism.

This quote from Kbmsbcbei/s RIIJ­si« (pp. 70, 71) points out anothersurprise: "Most Russians, in spite ofthe hot denials of refugees and 'de­fectors,' have a deep hankering after astern, remote father-figure, standing

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h igh above the hurl y-burly of ordinarylife . If he is terrible and cruel they willstill respect him even as they hate him,as witness the ambivalence of their feel­ings about Stalin : Stalin may have beenthe most terrible man-eater in theworld; but at least he was 0"" man­eater! .. . The recital of Stalin's crimes[by Khrushchev] against his one-timecolleagues and subordinates they [ theRussian people) took more or less intheir stride: of course we all knew thatterrible things were going on; but nev­ertheless, he was a great and strongman, and we need a great man ! If Ihave been told that once by a youngeomsomol [member of the YoungCommunist League] I have been toldit twenty times."

Astounding ? Yes !- but also T RU E !

Yet another national characteristicthat has helped Communism is that theRussians are a fiercely proud people­proud especially of thei r ability to denythemselves and to suffer privation andhards hip . WHAT could be more perfectfor Communism?!

Few peoples would have enduredwhat the Russians did under Stalin inthe 30's. Yet the Russians not only en­dured it, but almost g ive the impres­sion now that they liked enduring it!

It has been said that every peoplehas the form of government they de­serve. The fad that Communism JO wellfits the Rnssian natnve is certainly abig reason why the Russian peop legenerally support it.

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4) People Don't Wan t roChange

While the desire to maintain thestatus quo is not a peculiarly Russiencharacteristic, it is an important reasonwhy the Russians support Communism.As long as people who have never hadmuch, have a roof over their heads,food in their stomachs, a steady job,and a few conveniences, most will becontent. Today the Russians have thesethings.

People always want to have more, itis true. But when the price to get moreinvolves a shake-up of their entire wayof life-of getting out of their individ­ual "rut"- most are simply not willingto pay the price.

In Russia today, as already explained,most people ARE getting more. Further,they have become used to doing thingsthe Communist way. They feel at homein it, and they are now in a positionwhere they can see themselves advanc­ing to higher positions in the futureby means of the Communist system.

A radical change in the present Com­munist order would upset all this andleave the peop le f rightened and inse­cure. Even though a drastic change tosome other form of government mightbring them more and do it moreql/ickly, most would oppose such achange. It would be too risky and thestrangeness of the new system-theFEAR OF THE UNKNOWN- would betoo great. "Life is not too bad underCommunism. Let's not risk our chancesfor a better life in the future by tryingsome new-fangled system now," mostwould reason.

This desire to maintain the statusquo extends to both extremes of Sovietsociety-from the common workingman to the high government officialwho would have more to lose by achange . No matter what their position,most would oppose sweeping changesin their personal, individual lives. InRussia, this means that most peopledon't want a change in the present,established Communist form of gov­ernment.

5) Fear to Rebel

Although there are a number ofvO/lin/ar)' reasons why the Russianssupport Communism, we must never

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forget that the fear not to support it isstill VERY REAL. The Communists arein power and everyone knows that theyintend to Ita)' tha I way.

The overt terror of the days of Stalinis gone. In those days everyone lived ina state of fear bordering on hysteria.And small wonder. Secret Service menwould walk through the streets knock­ing on doors and picking up peopleAT RAN DOM in order to fill the quotafor the slave labor camps.

Those with ability had special reasonto fear. Stalin regarded anyone with in ­telligence or ability as a threat to hisposition and had him killed. Hun ­dreds of thousands of Russia's mostable men were killed in the flower oftheir lives. Consequently, the nationlost a whole generation of leaders, andthe 'positions they should have filledwere taken instead by third and fourthraters-often litera//y morons and id i­ots-who knew just enough to repeatthe trite phrases and to bow and scrapeat the right time to save their lives.

Today there are no such purges, anddevelopment of ability and the intellectis encouraged. But the memory stilllingers, and the public has a healthy re­spect for their Communist masterswhom they know to be perfectly ca­pable of launching a new offensiveagainst any disloyal element if pro­voked to do so. Let me cite an ex­ample to show how much a general airof suspicion and mistrust still prevails.

One evening two members of mygroup desired to attend a public meet­ing. So, accompanied by an Intouristguide, they hopped into a taxi and wentto the address they had been given. Un­fortunately, the address was that of thecaretaker of the building where themeeting was to be held, rather than thatof the building itself. Not knowingthis, however, they went to this ad­dress and knocked on the door. Thecaretaker answered, and after explain­ing the situation to them, invited themto come in for a visit. They acceptedthe invitation and were engaged inpleasant conversation when suddenlythere carne an ominous knock on thedoor-and there stood the police! In­tourist guide and all, they were hauledoff to the nearest police station. Severalhours later, after the authorities had

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been satisfied that everything was onthe up and up, they were released with­out any real problem.

Only the taxi driver saw them go tothis address and he felt it suspiciousenough to warrant reporting!

This incident illustrates the extent towhich mistrust is still present. Everyperson is a committee of one to spyon everyone e1se-a self-appointed po­lice agent who feels it his obligationto report the slightest thing that lookssuspicious to him.

This fear of immediate and severereprisal for anything that could evenvaguely be construed as being suspi­cious or anti-Communist, is a most im­porten t reason why the Russian peoplesupport Communism: They are AFRAID

not to support it.

6) Belief that Communism IsTheir Only Hope for Peace

When we hear Khrushchev rant andrave about the aggression of the UnitedStates as opposed to his own pure andlily-white intentions, we are inclined tobe amused by the sheer ridiculousnessof his claims.

But the Russian people aren'tamused!

T HEY BELIEVE IT !The fear of fo reign encroachment IS

continually played up by the Sovietleaders as a reason why the Russianpeople must raIly around Communism.Getting the people to believe that theWestern "Imperialists" are an ever­present threat to world peace and se­curity, and that the Communists, on theother hand, are striving only for peace,is one of the POWERHOUSES of theRegime-and eIpecially of Kbnabcbeopersonally.

One question I could always dependon to produce a lively response was" Do you feel that the United States isaggressive in its foreign policy?" Thisquestion would drop like a bombshell!

Of cOII"e the United States is ag­gressive, I would be told. W itness Ber­lin, Cuba, and Laos, for example!

But what was continuaIly cited as thegrealeJI example of U. S. aggression ?

" You HAVE RE -ARMED GER-M ANY !"

The Russian people have a real FEAR

of Germany. In each city I visited

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which the Germans had entered duringWorld War II, the history of the Naziatrocities was feelingly related to me.

As part of their program to get theRussian people to believe they mustrally together around Communism orelse hang separately, the Communistswant to keep the flame of this fear ofGermany alive. But one can read be­tween the lines that all is not justpropaganda. One senses that this fearis very REAL - that Khfluh,he v him­Je' f is VERY CONCERNED about what isgo ing on in Germany. The averageRussian KNOWS that there are an in­creasing number of former N azis inhigh positions in Germany today. Farmore than the average American,Khrushchev has a realistic appraisal ofwhat this means and what it can leadto.

By playing up these threats to theirsecurity-some real and some imagined-the Communists have hit upon oneof their strongest points. Support Com­munism and you join the struggle forworld peace, the people are told. Op­pose it, and you bring about your owndestruction.

N ever has a warlike nation been so"peace conscious." Everywhere are post.ers and signs with the one word"peace" written on it in seven or eightlanguages. Every visit to a factory, aschool, a museum or anything else con-

Wid. WOIld '''0'0

Soviet people have few consumergoods to buy. In this toy shop a wom­an in Kiev finds that a teddy bear,8 inches high, costs $18 .50 (£7/14),

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Soviet Red Army overa we s population with parades of Communist milita ry might.Wid . Wotl d Pho to

W id, World Pho to

Russians fea r, ye t respect their lea d e rs. Here Premier Khrushche v ta lks to va in,bemed a led lea de rs of Soviet armed forces during ce remon y at the Kremlin inMoscow marking his 70 th birth day. From lef t a re Marshals Molinovsky, Mosko ­len ko, Biryuzov, Yerye me nko, Voroshilov, Timoshen ko and Sokolovsky.

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Lysenko, Russian scie nt ific write r whosetexts we re used in Soviet a g riculturalco lleges. He taugh t evolutiona ry bunkthat a cq uired characteris tics a re in­he rited . His pla ns to deve lop e volu­tionar y stra ins fa iled, le ft Sovieta g riculture la gg ing.

cause they are now keeping all theirrice for themselves instead of send ingit to Russia as they did in the past.

Also, the Swiss diplomat mentionedthat there were a num ber of very nicenew hotels in the big Chinese cities,and that they were very crowded withAfricans. The Red Chinese are verybusily try ing to woo the young Africannations to their brand of Communism.

7) N ation al Sense of Pu rpose

T he last, but not the least, of thebasic reasons why the Russian peop lesupport Commun ism, is that Commun­ism has given the Soviet peoples a

national sense of purpose. It has madethe individual citizen feel that he, per­sonally. can have a part in {bangingthis world and maki ng it a better placein which to live. It has given the So­viet Un ion a national goal.

T he government is continually mak­(Pl ease continue on page 20)

eluded with an earnest appeal for peace."Premier Khrushchev has done more

to bring about world peace than anyman who has ever lived ."

What a thorough job o( bra inwash­ing !

How do you square th is withKhru shchev's statem ent that he will" bury us," I would ask ?

Well, fi rst of all, very few Russianshad ever heard that Khrushchev madethis statement, just as few have heardof his "s hoe thumping" display at theU.N. or similar incidents. W hen I didfinally persuade one Russian that itwas, indeed, a histor ical fact that Mr .Khrushchev had made this stateme nt ,she shot back this answer :

" Y ou didn 't really take that liter­ally, did you ? Premier Kh rushchevwould never do such a th ing except asa last resort. He was just speaki ng ofthe fact that Communism with its dy­namic growth is going to bury the de­caying democratic system economicallyand idealogically by the sheer weight ofthe inherent super iority of the system.Th at's all Comrade Khrushchev mean t !- and don' t you agree that it is [n­evitable that thi s will happen ?"

The poor deceived fellow- he oughtto know better!

Far from " inevitable success," Com­mun ism is torn by division. Red Chinais cha lleng ing Kh rushchev's authority.

In Leningr ad I had the privilege ofvisiting with a Swiss dipl omat who justcame from Red Chi na all the wayacross Mongol ia and Siberia to Lenin­grad by train. He spent th ree weeks inRed China , and for reasons unk nowneven to himsel f, he was treated royally,being taken to all the major cities andbeing shown places that have beenclosed to foreigners-especially W est­erners-for years.

He reported that Chinese ha tred forthe Russians is very open . He said thatif there was one word which describesChina, it is "sad ." T he Chinese Com­munists are very strict and serious, andthey are open ly scornful of the " liber­al" policies of the Russian Communists.

Incidentally, th is diplomat also re­ported that-at least for the immediatepresent- the famine in Red China haseased and there is no widesprea d hun­ger. The Chi nese say that this is be-

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"'CFBC - St. Johns, N. B. - 930 ondial , 8:30 p.m. dail y.

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

CKFH-Toronto-1430 on dia l ,9:00 p.m. Mon. thru Fri. ,10:00 p.m. Sat. and Sun.

SouthKR LD-Dallas-l080 on dial , 92 .5

FM, 8:15 p.m. Sun ., 6:30p.m. Mon. thru FrL

KTRH-H oust on-740 o n dial,lOl.l FM, 8 :00 p.m. Sun.,8:30 p.m. Mon. thru Sat .

KWKH-Shreveport-11 30 on dial ,94. 5 FM, 8:30 a.m. & p.m.Sun ., I :00 p.m. Sun . thru Fri.,11:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.Sat.

.Asterisk indicates new station ortime change.

MAJOR STATIONS­Heard over wide areas

EastWHN"":""'New Yo rk- 1050 on dial ,

9 :00 a.m. Sun.WWVA-Wheeling, W . Va ,-t170

on dial, 98.7 FM, 10:30 a.m.and 11:15 p.m. Sun., 5 a.m. &7:1 5 p.rn. Mon . thru Fri .(E.S.T.)

W NAC-Bo9ton-680 on dial , 98.5FM (WRKO-FM) , 8:30 p.m.Sun . .

WIBG-Philadelphia- 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 .

Central StatesWLAC-Nashvill e-lS lO 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. (C.S.T.)

*\VCKY-Cincinnati-1530 on dial,7:00 and 9:30 p.m. Sun., 5:30a.m. M on. thru Sar., 12:05a.m., Tues. th ru Sun. (E.S.T.)

CKLW-Detroir ·Windsor-BOO ondial, 93.9 FM, 7 p.m. Sun .,5:30 a.m. Mon . thru Fri.,

. 6;15 a.m. Sat.CKY- W i nn ip eg, M anitoba- S80

on dial , 10 p.m. Sun. , 6:00a.m. Mon. thru Sat .

WJJD - Chicago - 1160 on dial,104.3 FM, 11:00 a.m. and9:00 p.m. Sun., 5:30 a.m.Mon . thru Sat .

>i<KSTP-Minneapolis·St. Paul-ISOOon dial, 5:00 a.m. Mon . thru

. Sat.KCMO-Kansas City- 810 on d ial,

7:30 p.m. Sun., 8:15 p.m. and5 a.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KXEL-Waterloo, l a.- 1540 on dial ,8 p.m. Sun ., 9 :30 p.m. Mon .thru Sat .

KXEN-St. Lou is-IOlO on dial,lO:30 a.m . Sun ., 12 noonMon. thru Sat .

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*W ITY-Danville , 111.- 980 on dial,7:30 p.m. dail y.

WIBC- IndianapoJis-1070 on dial,10:30 p.m. Sun .

'i'KBHS-Hot Spri ngs, Ark.- 590 ondial, 12:00 noon daily.

*W SHO-New Orlca ns-1230 ondial, 12:00 noon daily.

*KFVS-Cape Girardeau, Mo.-960on dial, 9:15 a.m. Sun., 6:15a .m. Mon. thr u Sat.

KWTo-Springfield, Mo.- 560 ondial, 7:00 p.m. daily.

KF DI - Wichita, Kans . - 1070 ondial, 11:30 a.m. da ily.

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

WMT-Ceda r Rapids-600 on dia l,11:30 a.m. Sun .

*W TCN....:.... Minneapol is- 1280 ondia l, 9:00 p.m. dail y.

KEVE-Minneapolis-1440 on dial,10:00 a.m. Su n., 7:00 a.m.Mon. thru Sat .

WEBC- Du luth , Mi nn .- 560 ondial, 7:00 p.m. daily.

WMIL- Mi lwauke e , W is .- 129 0on dial, 95.7 FM, 4:30 p.m.Sun., 7:00 a.m. Mon. thruSat.

KFYR- Bismarck, N. Dak .- 550 ondial, 7 p.m. daily excep t Fr i.at 6:45 p.m.

C FQC-Sa ska too n, Sask .-600 ondial, 9:30 p.m. dai ly.

*CKRM-Reg ina, Sask.-980 on dial,8:30 p.m. dail y except 8:00p.m. W ed.

I!'CJGX - Yo rk ton, Sask. - 940 ondial, 7:00 a.m. Sun. , 6:00a.m. Mon. th ru Sat.

SouthKCTA-Corpus Christ i, Tex.-l030

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

KCUL- Ft. \X'orth -1540 on dial,1:00 p.m. Sun., 8:30 a.m. Mon .thru Sat.

KMAC- San Anron i0-630 on dial,9:00 a.m. Sun., 7:15 a.m.Mon . thru Sat.

KGNC-Amar illo-7 10 on dial, 9:0 0p.m. dail y.

KFMJ-Tulsa-l05 0 on dia l, 12:30p.m. da ily.

KBYE-Okla. City-890 on dial ,10:30 a.m. Sun., 12:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat .

K\'VAM-Memphis-990 on dial ,10:00 a.m. Sun., 11:00 a.m.Mon. th ru Sat.

W DEF-Chatranooga , T e nn.-1370on dial, 8:05 p.m. da ily.

WA KE-Atlanta-1340 on di al ,10:30 a.m. Sun.

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

WYDE-Birmingham, Ala.-850 ondial, 12 noon Sun.

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W KYB---Paducah, Ky.- 570 on dial ,93.3 FM, 12 noon dail y.

Mountain StatesKPHO-Phoen ix- 910 on dial, 6:30

p.m. daily.KFIF - Tucson-1550 on dial , 5:00

p.m. daily.KLZ-Denver- 560 on dial, 106.7

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

dial. 98.7 .FM, 7 p.m. dai ly.KIDO-Boise, Idaho-630 on dial.

7:00 p.m. da ily.*CKXL-Calgat}', Alta ,- 1140 on

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

W est Coas tCj O R-Va ncouv er , n. C.--600 on

dial, 9:00 p.m. Mon. thru FrLC KLG-Vancou ver, B.C.-730 o n

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

CKOV - Kelowna, B.C. - 630 ondial, 7:30 p.m. Sun., 8:30 p.m.Mo n. thru Sat .

CKOK-Penticto n, B.c.- SOO ondial, 7:30 a.m. Sun.• 8:30 p.m.1\'100. thru Sat.

CKPG-Prince George, B.C.-550on dial, 10:30 a.m. Sun., 6:30a.m. Mon. th ru Sat.

*CJ IB---Vernon, B.C.-940 on dial,7:30 p. r». Sun., 8:30 p.m.Mon. thru Sat.

*CFBV- Smithers, B.C.-7:30 p.m.da ily.

KH Q-Spokane-590 on dial, 8:05p-oi- daily .

KVI- Seat tle-570 on dial , 8 a.m.Sun.

KBlE-Seattie-1 050 on dial, 12noon dail y.

KMO - Tacoma, W ash. - 1360 ondial , 7:30 p.m. daily.

KWJj-Por tiand - l0S0 on dial, 10p.m. Sun., 9 p.m. Mon . thruSat,

KEX-Portl and-1190 on dial . 8:30a.m. Sun.

KUGN-Eugene-590 on dial 7p. m. dai ly.

KU MA-Pendle to n, Oregon-I290on dial , 7:00 p.m. da ily.

KYJ C -Medford , Ore. -1230 ondial, 6:30 p.m. da ily.

KAGO-K la math Fa lls , Oregon­)] 50 on dial, 8 :00 p.m. daily.

*KSAY - San Fra ncisco - 1010 ondial, 8:30 a.m. Sun., 12:30p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KFRC-San Francisco-610 on dial,106. 1 FM, 8:30 a.m. Sun.

KFAX- Sa n Fran cis co-I I 00 o ndial, 10:00 a.m. Sun., 10:45p.m. Mon . thru Fri.; 4:15p.m. Mon . th ru Sat.

KGMS-Sacra mento-1380 on dial,8:30 a .m. Sun.

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

KRKD-Los Angeles- 1l50 on dial,96.3 FM. 9:3 0 a.m. and 6:30p.m. Sun., 6:15 a.m . and 7p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

KBLA-Burbank- 1490 on dial, 7:30n.rn., daily; 12:30 p.m., Sat.and Sun., 12 noon Mon. th ruFri.

KA C E- San Bernardin o-Riverside­1570 on dial , 92.7 PM , 9 :30a.m. Sun" 7:05 a.m. Mon.thru Sat.

KNE Z- Lompo c Ca lif .-960 on dial ,9:00 a.m. Sun.

*KOGD-San Di ego-600 on dia l,8:30 p.m . Sun.

In Spanish-KALI-Los Angeles, Cali f.- 1430 on

dia l, 4:45 p.m. Sun.

Alaska & HawaiiKFQD-Anchor age. Alaska-730 on

dial. 7:30 p.m. daily.KU LA-Honolulu, Hawaii- 690 on

dial. 7:30 p.m. da ily.

TO EUROPEIn English-RA DIO LUX EMBO U R G - 2 0B

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

In French-RADIO LUX EMBOURG-1293 me­

tres- 5:40 a.m., Mon.EUROPE N O. ON E-Felsberg en

Sa r r e , Ge r many-lS2 k c.( 1647 m.)-6:00 a.m. Sun.,5:45 a.m. W ed. and Sat.

In German-RADI O LUXEMBOURG-49 metres

(6090 kc.) shortwave and 208metre s ( 1439 kc.) medi umwave-c-Sun., 6:05 a.m. ; \"Qed.,7:00 a.m., M.E.T.

TO ASIARADIO TA IW AN ( FORMOSA)

"The Brd Network, B.C.C,"-BED 23 Ta ichung 1380 kc.;BED 55 Taipei 960 kc.:BED78 Tainan City 1540 kc.;BED79 Kaohs iun g 1220 kc.;BED8 2 Chiayi 1460 kc.­18:00 T .S.T., Wed. and Fri.

RAD IO OKINAWA- KSBK-B80kc. Sundays: 12:06 noon.

ALTO BROADCASTI N G SYSTE M- PHILIPPIN E ISLAN DS:

DZAQ, Ma nila-620 kc.- 8:30 p.m.daily.

DZRI, Dagupan City-1040DZRB, Naga City - lOGODXAW , Davao City- 640

9:00 p.m. Sunday.DYCB, Cebu City-S70 kc.-9:30

p.m. Friday.RADIO GUAM-KUAM-6 lo kc .,

6 p.m . dail y.

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RADIO LOG"The W ORLD TOMORROW"

TO LATIN AMERICAIn English-RADIO BARBADOS-Black Rock ,

Barbados - 795 kc., 10:30a.m. Sun., 9:30 a.m. Mon.thcu Fri ., 11:00 a.m . Sat.

RADIO REDIFFUSION - Bridge­town, Barbados, 9:30 a.m.Sun., 10:30 a.m. Mon. thruFri .• 9:30 p.m. Sat.

RADIO AMER ICA-Lima. Peru­1010 kc.-5:15 p.m. Satur­days .

HOe2l, Panama City-IllS kc.:HP5A, Panama Ci ty-IIl70 kc.;HOK, Colon, Panama-640 kc.;HP5 K. Colon, Panama- 6005 kc.c-.

7:00 p.m., Sundays.In French-4VBM-Port au Prince, Haiti- 1430

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

kc., 7:45 p.m. Wed.RA DIO CARAIBES-S ,. Lucia,

Wes t Indies-840 kc.-6:45a.m., Mon. and Tu es.

In Span ish-RADIO LA CRONICA-Lima. Per u

-1320 kC.- 7:00 p.m. Sun.RADIO COMUNEROS-Asuncion,

Paraguay-970 kc.-8:30 p.m.Th ursdays.

RADI O SPORT-CXAI9-Monte·video. Uruguay-11835 kc.­4:00 p.m., Sundays.

RADIO CARVE-eX 16, 850 kc.,and CXA13, 6 156 kc.c-Moe­tevideo, Uruguay-3:30 p.m.,Saturdays.

TO AFRICARADIO LOURENCO MA RQUES,

MOZAMBIQUE-3301 kc.,92 metres and 4925 kc., 60metres-l 0 :00 p .m . Mon.,Wed., and Sat., 10:30 p.m.Tues.• Thur., and Fri .

RADIO UFAC, ELIZABETHVILLE-OQ2AD-4980 kc. (60 m.)---6:3 0 p.m. Sun. thru Fri .

WNBS-Lagos-602 kc.-8:30 p.m.da ily.

WNBS-Ibadan--<>56 kc., 3380 kc.,6185 kc. and 9500 kc.-8:30p.m. daily.

ing the people aware of this goal andexhorting them to work harder and toproduce more to hasten the bringingabout of a "Communist paradise." EII­

eryolle is production conscious.There arc no private advertising bill­

boards or signs in Russia. But every-

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TO AUSTRALIA2KY-Sydney. NS\V-I020 kc.­

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

2AY-Albur!", NSW-1490 kc.­9:00 p.m. Mon . thru Sat .

2GF-Grafton. NSW-1 210 kc.­10:00 p.m. Mon . thru SaL

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

2HD-Newrasde, 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.

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

3BO-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.

3XY-Melbo urne . Vic.-1420 kc.­10:30 p.m. Sun. thru Fri.

4AK-Oake!", Qld. - 1220 kc.-9'30p.m. Sun.; 10:15 p.m. Mon.thru Thurs.; 10:30 p.m. Fr i.

4BK-Brisbane, Qld. - 1300 kc.­9:30 p.m. Sun.; 10:15 p.m.Mon . th ru Tb urs.: 10:30 p.m.Fri.

4CA-Cairns, Ql d.-l0l0 kc.- l0 :00p.m. Sun. thru FrL

4KQ-Brisbane Q ld .-690 kc .­10:30 p.m. Sun.

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

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

6KG-Ka Igoorl ie, WA-860 kc.­10:00 p.m. Mon. thru Sat.

6PM-Peeth. WA-l000 kc.-lO:OOp.m. Sun.; 10:15 p.m. Mon.thru Fri .

GAM-Northa m, WA-980 kc .­10:00 p.m. Sun.; 10:15 p.m.Mon. thru Fri .

7AD-De"'onport, Tas.- 900 kc.­3:30 p.m. Sun thru Fri .

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

7SD-Sco ttsda le, Tas.-540 kc.­4:00 p.m. Sun. thru Fri.

u:here-in the subways, the theatres,.the shops, and the streets-are thegovernment posters. These posters maycontain such diverse items as a pictureof Lenin making some profound state­ment extolling the virtues of Com­munism, a chart of what the standard

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of living will be like by 1980, abeaming young couple beside a graphshowing the number of new apartmentswhich will be available by the end ofthe next five-yea r plan, or a score ofsimilar proclamations. But always thetheme is the same: work harder andproduce more for "the glor ious causeof Communism."

In order to stimulate increased pro·duction, the Russians have concoctedsome rather unusual incentives. In thelarge plants and in the town squares­looking like a rogues' gallery to the un­initiated foreigner-are long rows ofpictures. What have the individualswhose pictures appear done to meritthis honor? They are the local "g loriousheroes of Soviet Labor"- workers whohave exceeded their production schedule!

It is paradoxical, however, and oneof the many contradictions, that withall this production consciousness, thereare so many people working at jobswhich appear to have been created justto provide employment.

Whar WILL the Ou tcome Be?

W e have just seen seven basic reasonswhy the Russian people are in back oftheir government. But is this confi­dence well-placed? Is the support ofthis form of government going to bringthe Russian people what they reall)'want from life? \Vill· Communism beable to produce the food and goods itpromises its people?

Will the plans of the Communistleaders to bring about a world-wideCommunist Utopia without a majoru 'ar come to fruition ? Or will theCommunists launch an all-out, full­scale military attack on the U. S. and\Vestern Europe?

You need to know!

Write today for the article "WillRussia Attack the United States?" andthe booklet, 1975 ill Prophecy. Bothare absolutely free. They will make thefuture of Communist Russia-and ofthe U. S. and Western Europe-plainto you, exactly as revealed by God Al­mighty in the Bible. Also r"<juest ourrelated article on "The Coming Uto-pia." It, too, is free. •

Th is information is vilal I-you can'tafford to be without it!

"AMERICA ... STOPand THINK!"

Are YOU the unwitting VICTIM of " controlled " politics?Here is an eyewitness , behind-the-scenes report of the Re­publican National Convention-a startling personal accountof the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, bythe Professor of International Relations at Ambassador Col-

lege. Read this revealing analysis of convention politics!

Amer ican poli tical conventions havelong been criticized or ridiculed, fre-

That scripture g ives you an inklingof how God looks upon our nationalpoliti cal picture . \Vle have rejectedGod', ''Plat/orm''! We will not getaway with it, eithe r ! Thi s article revealswhat that platform is !

But fir st, a brief picture of the Con­ventions, and an impor tant reminder0/ om policy.

W e of Th e PLAIN TRUTH staffhave no party aff iliatio n, ther efore nopolitical bias! We are intensely in­terested in freedom and in the future ofthe English-speaking world!

So then, our desire is to help yousee politics in its true perspective-tohelp you "stop and tbinet"

T he G reatest Show on Earth

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Politics ha s become a synonym for confu sion I Both recent conventions demonstratehow ea sily huma n beings are swa yed by political slogans and emotionalism.

by Dr. Charles V. Darothy

Best Platform Ignor ed

The riXht solution bas already beenmade k1101l:"1l-all mapped out clearly.But conventionists and politicians haveCOM PLET ELY IGNOR ED T H E SOLU TIO N!

And not only Amer icans are at fault. Itseems polit;crtL leaden the tuorld Ol'er

COU LDN 'T CJ\RE LESS ! Th e solution isthe Gospel- the good news-of theKingdom, or government, of God!

God the Creator says, speaking forall humanity: "All we like sheep havegone astray; we have turned eller)' oneto HI S OWN W AY" ( Isa. 53:6).

" W here no vision is, the people perish!(Prov. 29: 18. )

The answer of course, as Conventionspeakers of both par ties seem to recog­nize, is not words, but action. Thenwhat kind of action- what solution??

((WEHATE Barry ! We HATE

Barry! " jeered the rebelsin San Fran cisco.

"W/ e want freed om ... RIGHT N OW!"

chanted the circling beatnik demon­strators.

"Unseat LILY WHITE delega tions,"taunted the civil righ ts placards.

" Je-sus saves," wailed the do-goodreligionists. ...

Competitive confusion ringed CowPalace gro unds amid the unend ingstream of cars, pedestr ians and wavingarms of special police trying to main­tain sanity. T he occasion : T he Repu b­lican National Convention of 1964 inDaly City ( part of greater San Fran ­cisco) , Jul y 13 through 16.

SLOGANS Not the Answer !

While sloga ns vied for delegates'and spectators' atten tion out side, snap­py and patr iotic catch-p hrases echoedfrom partially filled bleachers insidethe giga ntic Cow Palace dome. Not tobe outd one, Democrats in Atlantic Citya month later filled Convention Halland the news media with glamorousplatitudes and party mottos.

But are slogans and catch-phrases theanswer to America 's problems? ?

Will lofty platitudes, clever limer­icks, or even patriotic political plat­forms solve the skyrocketing crimewave, obliterate our sickening poverty,end race hatred (and the Harlem,Rochester and Jersey City riots whichcame between Conven tions) , and, per·haps most important, remove the shad­ow of the bomb ???

Obviously, NO! !

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quently being dubbed "the greateJtsbow Oil ear/h ." Our purpose here, ofcourse, is not to cynically poke fun.But actually, you need to see a partyconvention to believe it! Such "goings­on" are almost incredible!

Un/orl/mate'>. a convention does reosemble a circus show, due to the ca­vorting shenanigans of delegates andspectators alike. Here is what I S3 W

at the Cow Palace tbat perhaps yourtelevision set did not show.

Loud, blaring speakers, bandwagonsof pep-club gi rls sing ing and sh riek­ing, pesky souvenir hunters and smallarmies of police-all surround the con­vention hall. Snakel ike lines of peoplejam doorways-some trying to enter theCow Palace, others demonstrating.Bright buttons and varicolored flagscover vendors' stands l ike barnacles . Allthis coup led with the thri ll-seekinglooks on people's faces makes youthink, "This is entertainment, NOT

serious business!"On ce through the first gate, you run

a gauntlet of tracts and handbi lls. Youthread your way past the pickets pro­testing their lack of civil righ ts. Dig­nitaries jostle their way through theshoving mob, accompan ied by spectatorblasts on trumpets and fogho rns.

Inside the Palace proper you wonder,"How many really do care?" Millingcrowds in the corridors patronize con­cession stands during the official pro­ceedings. Empty seats stare at speakersthroughout the better part of the pro­ceedings, and audien ce attention fa llsfar short of sports-fan concentration, orthe rapt stares that old Sunday TV re­runs command . Possibly one news reoporter was correct when he commentedthat many delegates preferred being"under ice" rather than under scrutinyin the Cow Palace after Sunday night'sdrinking "bash."

Did you see tbose empty bleachersbehind the speake rs, while the cameraang le was right? Be sure to watch whatgoes on in the backgrolmd of thoseTV shots, as we ll as the central figure­what's 0111 back may be as educational

as what's liP from.'.'If you watched the telev ised portions

of the Convention break-ups in the wee

morning hour s, you probably saw therace and civil right s demonstrators

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blocking certain exits. You may nothave been able to see that most allwere young, that many were out-and­out beatnik types- unwanted by themen they were supporting!

" W here," I asked myself as I stoodwith in 40 feet of the speaking Sena­tors, "where is the burning patriotismin these petty and heated party-factionsquabbles?" And perhaps more impor­tant, where is the heart-thrilling aweand the rever ent silence during thesing ing and playing of the "Star­Spangled Banner," and the openi ng andclosing prayers? Cameras showed onl)'part of the DISRESPECTFUL CON-

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Politicians in Atla ntic City worry aboutwording of party platform-how toplease everyone , offend no one! Theydidn't succeed I

FUSIO N which reigned direct ly behindthe speaker's stand, in the aisles andconcourses, and on the delegate floor.

W hat about Democrats in AtlanticCity Convention Hall ? Under thatmammot h pavi lion (where prior to theConvention I was privi leged to standunde r the world's largest prosceniumon the 210 - foot stage, gazing at thewo rld's largest organ) CONFUSIONreigned supremel ! A we ll-known NBCnews commentator said on live radio."W ell , let's see if I can make sense outof all this conjusionl l! Even WillRogers used to say, ' I belong to noorganized polit ical party-I'm a D emo­crat.' "

N ewspaper headl ines blared "FLOORFIGHT MAY HIT CONVENTlo N"-and itdid! "COMPOUND CONFUSION HIGH­LIGHTS CONVE NTION MEET," and "ro­LICE QUI ET ~OARDWALK FRACAS." Didyou notice that no afternoon sessions

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were schedu led? You may not havenoticed- unless you were in AtlanticCity-that the afte rnoon racetrac]: did a"land-office" business !

By the time President Jobn son beganto cut his 350-pound United Statesmodel birthday cake (which took 15days to bake) , you could not help butnotice THREE T ONS OF FIREWORKShad been exploded as part of conven­tion frolicl !

Remember now, we of The PLAINT RUTH are not "knocking" either party-we are NON· PARTISAN !

But w ill }'ou stop and THINK of whatGod thinks of all this?

The Show is RIGGED!

Can't you realize that the apparentorder portrayed by T. V_ during theAtlant ic City meeting was staged??Th ere were hundreds of delegates be­hind barricades who could not see thestate del egations nor the speaker! !Confusion , chatter, hustle and bustle,DISRESPECT!

Listen to the judgmen t of an astutepol itical observer ! "The Democratic con­vention this week unfortunately pre­sents the IM AGE o f an organ ized show,[ but it is] lacking in dignity, lackingin respect for the delegates, and lack­ing in regard fo r the electorate itself.For the objectit1e seem s 10 be TO FINDTHE BEST ~'AY TO FOOL THE PEOPLE. . _The whole game is to reach thetelevision audiences across the countryand TO GIVE THE ILLUSORY IDEA[a lie] that this is a well-orderedmeeti ng of hig hly intellectual personsengaged in the solemn task o f nomin­ating a President and Vice-President ofthe United States" (by David Lawrencein Atlantic City, quoted in the Long­riew [Texas} i\foming [ournal, em­phasis ours) .

As Mr. Lawrence says, and as allpo litical teachers and analysts know, thenominating of candidates for the U. S.Presidency in both San Francisco andAtlant ic City was controlled by a smallclique of party leaders. The party plat­form is written ill advance. Then it is"jammed through with a voi ce vote andwithout a sing le convention roll call,Th ere is no dissent" (Mr. Lawrence) .If there was the "stench o f Fascism"

at Da ly City as Democrats charged, then

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Four lead ers in the Democratic Party get together in Atlantic City's Con ventionHall. Most people are una ware that it is not the majo rity of the public, but a fewdominant leaders in pol itics who determ ine the di rection of politico I trend s.

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it is jllJl as fair to report the "stenchof Socialism" in Atlantic City as leadingRepublicans insinuate. Me. Lawrencecontinues: "Even the selection of avice-presidential nominee is dictatedt'ery much as AIr. Kbrusbcbev UJo,ddpick. his second in command" ( DavidLawrence, Longvieu. Alofni11g JOllrnal ) .

Don't you, Mr. John Q. Public, fee

that you really have no choice aboutwho will be the two opposing candi­dates ? The parties' choices are alreadymade ! Wh en election comes you canchoose be/ween 0 11/Y 11/'0 men, AND NO

MORE! If you wanted someone else­say Mahatma Gandhi, just to make thepoint clear-you couldn't even get himon the hallot ! What is more, not eventhe delegates choose or nominate whomthey please. Rather. they are pledged toa certain office -seeker HE FOR E THEY

ATTEND TH E CONVENTION .

All the while it is only a powerfulfew-the "bosses" of power politics­who really decid e for you!

Convention Results

All this does not mean that notbingwas accomplished. Far from it! Six mil­lion dollars were spent directly orindirectly as a result of the San Fran­cisco Convention! But more important.a slarlling change has occurred inAmerican politics. Ult ra-conservativeBarry Goldwater now represents the"mainstream" of Republicanism. alongwith his hopeful runn ing mate. Con­gressman W illiam Miller. Meanwhile,the Scranton.Rorkefe ller·Romney.Lodgeelement of "moderates" are hastily re­vamping their ideas, platfo rms, theirconstituencies, and, in some cases, pos­sibly even chang ing parties.

That is not all.

President Johnson now emerges asthe true leader of the Democrats, andno longer depends solely on the con­venient "Kennedy-image." Th e Demo­crats have been forced to undergo anunprecedented switch : they now repre­sent the part}' of "norma lcy," of "mod ­eration" and of resistance / 0 change.

The result is a paradox. The Re­publican candidate pushes for CHANGE

(the old Democratic hue and cry, if yourememher) and the leading Democratcampaigns for the "established order"

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and the status quo (the former Repub­lican line) !

Senator Goldwate r faces an uphillfight. But his strategy reaches far be­yond 1964, He has 1968 to look for­ward to as well.

Gigantic Prob lems

Senator Goldwater deserves credit,no matter how the election goes, foropenly and publicly calling America'sattention ( in his nomination-acceptancespeech) to our most pressing problems-vice, crime, graft, and internationalill will.

In his dramatic acceptance speech­July 16, 1964 at San Francisco-c-Sena­tor Goldwater laid bare America'spressing prob lems:

"Tonight there is violence in thestreets, corruption in our highest of­fices, aimlessness amongst our youth,anxiety among our elders.

"And, where examples of moralityshould be set, THE O PPOS ITE is seen.Small men, seeking great wealth orpower, have too often and too longturned even the highest levels of publicservice into mere personal opportlmi/),.

"The growing menace in our country

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tonight to personal safety, to life, tolimb and property, in homes, in church­es, on the playgrounds, in places ofbusiness, particularly in our great cities,is the mounting concern, or should be,of every thoughtfu l citizen in theUnited States."

Th en he summarized -pinpointedthe "end of these things"-just wheresuch criminality is leading : " Historyshows us, it demonstrates that nothing- nothing- prepares the way for tyran­ny more than the failure of public oi­ficials to keep the streets safe frombullies and marauders" ( U. S. News

and W orld Report, July 27, 1964, p.93) .

Perhaps the Senator heard of, as Idid, the civil rights demonstration(played down or ignored by the press)in dignified San Francisco ? Perhapsour political leaders are aware of thesqualor and filth of our tenement dis­tricts ? Perhaps they are appalled by theco-educational pajama parties, and the"yard parties" (boy and girl have onlyone yard of doth to dress in) cominginto vogue at leading universities?Perhaps they are sickened, as we are,that tiny nations like Cuba and Panama

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Governor Wallace of Ala bama te lls Demo cra tic plat form committee they shouldwrite a party p la nk ca lling for outright re peal of civil rights la w. Ra ce questionis major issue in U.S. po litics, with no party hav ing a so lution to the probl em.

The R ight "PLATFORM"

No human party candidate, NO noisy

nom inating convention, NO human po-

litical platform can bri ng abou t theonly thing th at will save us f rom corn­ing prophesied captivity-a heart-rend­ing NATIONAL REPENTANCE!! God saysthat the on ly way to avoid nationalcap tivity and tribulation is to "turn yeeven to me with all your heart , andwith fast ing , and with weeping , andwith mourning : And rend your heart,and not your ga rments, and turn untothe LORD your God : for he is graciousand merciful, slow to anger, and ofgreat kin dness, and repenteth him ofthe evil" (J oel 2 :12, 13). (Send forour free booklet, 1975 Ln Prophecy, soyou can unde rstand the dis aster thatconfronts our peoples in the immediatefuture if we .do not repent.)

We justly and richly deserve punish­ment for thumbi ng our noses at Go d!Bigge r troubles and trials are ahead !Listen to thi s stern rebuke from ou rvery Creator : " Hea r, 0 earth: beho ld, Iwill bring evil [ prophesied capt ivity}upon thi s people, even the fru it of theirthoughts, because they have not heark­ened unt o my words, nor TO MY LAW,but REJECTED IT!" (Jer. 6 :19.)

How tru e ! T he Conventions referredto God but like all others, REJECTEDHis express writt en udll t This is th esolution our great leaders have over­looked : turning to God NATIONALLY!The Bible is MISSING in po litical life!

Here is the CRUCIA L ISSUE faci ng us.WILL WE REPENT, WILL WE ACCEPTGOD'S LAW ?

G od 's " platform," if you please, isthe TEN COMMANDMENTS! God's planis founded on His Law, H is writt enWord!

His Word continues to say, " BLESSEDIS THE MAN THAT TRUSTS l N THELORD, and whose hope the LORD is.For he shall be as a tree planted by thewater s, and that spreads out her rootsby the river , and shall not see whenheat cometh, but her leaf shall begreen [meaning PEACE, PROSPERITY,and PLENTY}! " (Jer. 17 :7, 8.)

T here is the solution OVERLOOKEDby the conventionists, lGNORED by thedelegates, and SPURNED by the popu­lace! Th ere is the platfo rm of JesusChri st- soon to crush rebell ious hu­man governments and usher in PEACEunder the GOVERNMENT (Kingdom ) ofGOD!

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OUR WHOLE WO RLD! IT IS MA N'SW AY! "The heart is deceitful aboveall th ings, and desperately wicked"(J er. 17 :9) .

N o, slogans and platitudes are NOTthe answer Amer ica need s!

No, opening and closing prayers ,Bible quot ation s, these were 110/ enoughto keep convent ionee rs on the track !

No, the various poli tical platformsare not the answer, because all historyproves we cannot carr)' them ONt!

"Cursed be the man that /1'IIs/s inmall, ana makes flesh his arm, andwhose heart departs f rom the Lord "(Jer. 17 :5) . G od 's W ord-the Bible­is the tme "platform"} !

STOP AND THINK! !!Senato r Goldwater

"Our people haveprophets!"

God says: "The proph ets, [ ministers,

pr eachers] PRO PHESY FALSELY, and thepriests bear rule by their means; andmy people love to have it so : and whatwill ye do in the end thereof?" (Jer.5 :31.)

Our poli tics ARE more " controlled"

by the few than we like to admit.' A re

you on e of the oppos ite few who can

learn the lesson now?

and North Viet N am can get the bestof us in international disputes ?

Perhaps so.But that is 1101 enough.'

Solution Lost and Found!

Over two thousand years ago, Godsaid to Israel, "My people are de­stroyed for lack of knowledge : because)' 0 11 baoe rejected kno ui/edge, I will alsoREJECT YOU.... " ( If you have notpro ved that the U nited States andGreat Britain are God' s ancient andmodern people Israel, you can do so be­yond any shadow of doubt ! Write im­med iately for the f ree bookl et, TheUnited States and the British C01J11J10U­

wealth in Prophecy.)Continu ing : "Seeing yo/( have IG'r­

gollen THE LAW OF YO UR G OD. I willalso forget your ch ildre n!" (Hosea4 :6.)

Wh ether or not you think we areIsrael does not alter one great fact his­tory has attempted to teach : that ALLFORMS OF GOVERNMEN'T HAVE BE ENTRI ED AND FOUND WANTING! By Go dAlmi ghty's express will, hwnans havebeen allowed f ree rein in matters po ·Iitical. N ational and international lead­ers all blame their opponents for theresult : [lice, corruption, graft, lewdness,wars and rumors of wars, sickness,misery and DEATH.

When will we learn it is not the"opponents" who are wrong- - IT IS

How Would Jesus Votefor PRESIDENT?

Christ's Message was concerned with the government ofnations. Christians are those who follow Christ. Here's what

He would do .

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Jesus' message was about governmentl But today's religious and political figuresknow almost nothing of the kind of government Jesus representedl In this photoEvangelist Billy Graham and President Johnson share a [oke about today's world.

TH E PRESIDENTIAL campaign is on

full blast. The issue of survivalof the nation will fall squarely

on the shoulders of the next President.World war threatens to explode in

Cyprus and Southeast Asia. Frightfulatomic war! War that means annihila­tion of civilization. America this min­ute is in grave danger. The issue is amatter of government!

Christ Was Interested inGOVERNMENT

Few realize it, because they do nothear it today, but the GOSPEL OFCHRIST-the Gospel Jesus broughtfrom God and preached-was a jnes ­

sage about govel'11tnenl .'Yes, Jesus was interested in govern­

ment. His Message was about a gOY·

ernment to RUL E TH E WORLD , andbring us WORLD PEACE!

In this momentous presidential year,what would Jesus Christ do about thisejection if He were here as a native­born American?

Would He vote for Goldwater?Would He use His influence to keepthe Johnson administration at the helmin this world crisis ?

Many of you undoubtedly have readthe famous book, /11 His Steps, byDr. Charles M. Sheldon. It has beenone of the all-time best-sellers. It is thestory of an entire congregation whichset out to do. in all circumstancesdaily, just as Jesus would do-to " fol­low His steps:' as we are admonishedby Peter. My only criticism of thebook is that its characters, like mostpeople who think they follow Jesus,acted as they supposed Jesus would actinstead of studying the Bible to findout how He did act.

The Apostle Paul said: "I am cruci­fied with Christ: nevertheless I live;

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yet not I, but Christ liveth in me"(Gal. 2:20) . He admonished, "Let thismind be in you, which was also inChrist Jesus" (Phil. 2:5) . A person is110t reall), a Christian unless he followsChrist-acts as Christ would act-un·less Christ is living His life in him.

What would Jesus do in this crucialelection ?

To understand what Jesus would dowe must take a quick flash-back of thegovernments of this world from itsfoundation until now. This is necessaryfor a true perspective. We are proneto view politics, government, and worldevents from the standpoint of thispresent world.

How It All Started

In the beginning, God created theheavens and the earth (Gen . 1:1) . Inrulership over this earth God sent a

cherub who sealed up the sum total ofperfection, wisdom, and beauty. Histhrone was in Eden. He was ruler overa peaceful world populated by beingssuperior to humans-spirit beings calledangels (Ezek. 28: 12-15) .

But as this brilliant shining "Star ofthe Dawn"-Lucifer-contemplated hisglory, pride lifted him up, ambitionseized him, and suddenly be becamedissatisfied with a rulership limited toone single planet. He became jealous of

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Smiling Senator Hubert Humphrey, hand-picked by PresidentJohnson to be the Democratic Vice -Presidential candidatein the crucial 1964 election .

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The conservative Republican team. left, RepresentativeWilliam E. Miller of Ne w York, a Roman Catholic, is Vice­Presidential candidate. Right, Senator Goldwater, a grand.son of Jewish immigrant from Russia .

God, set his heart to rival the Etern alCreator Himself, and left th is planet ina war of conquest, in which a third ofhis angels fo llowed him, attemp ting toconquer and rule the universe ( Isa. 14:12·1 5; Rev. 12:4 ) .

But he was cast back down to earthin defeat, disqua lified even as earthruler, tho 110t to be dethroned until asuccessor ;1 both qualified and inallgll­

rated into offire.Just as the sins of the antedi luvian

world broug ht physical dest ruction tothe earth by a flood ; just as the forni­cation of Sodam and Go morrahbrought physical destruction and chaosto those cities by f ire; just as the sinsof the present evi l world have doomedit to physical destruction once again byfire, so the sins of the angels causedthe face of the earth to suffer greatviolence, and it became chaotic, in con­fusion, waste and empty (Gen. 1:2).

Fi rst Chance at W orld Rule

Then in six days God Almightybrought order out of chaos, created thepresent vegetable and animal li fe, andcreated upon earth a new race, the raceof human mortals. Adam was gi ven ruleove r the low er species-animals. Luci­fer, a cherub, had been g iven rule overangels. But, while man was made a

little lower in status than angels, hewas made in the image of God withposs ibilities, thru conve rsion, o f beingborn of God, and changed into im­mortal spi rit beings, high er in orderthan ange ls.

In the Garden of Eden was the Treeof Life- symbolic of the Holy Spiritof God Himself, by which Adam couldhave been raised to this higher im­mortal and divine level.

First, Adam was given opportunityto qualify as WORLD RULER. He couldhave become successor to the formerLucifer, now re-named Satan (mea ningAdversary, Rival, Aggressor ) . Adamwas put to the test to determinewhet ber he would obey God and proveable to RULE with God 's Laws.

In the fatef ul test with Satan, Adamd isobeyed God, accepted the rule ofSatan over him-yielded to humanpride , lust and greed. Th us he placedhimsel f and his children under therule of Satan. He failed to overthrow

Satan. He failed to prove he could obeyGod and carry out God 's governmentover those God shou ld have placed un­der him.

Had Adam obeyed God and provedable to def eat Satan in this test, hecould have partaken of the "Tree ofLlFE"-he would have been begotten

of GOD. later BORN of God, changedfrom mortal hum an to immortal anddivine God, of the very family-theKINGDOM-of GOD! All earth's mor­tals, as his chi ldren, would have beenunder his rule. He wou ld have becomeworld ruler foreve r!

But Adam placed himself and hischildren UNDER THE RULE OF SATAN.

Adam was driven from the Gardenof Eden lest he take of the tree of life,and gain immortality (Gen. 3 :22) .Th us he neve r received immortality,which is the gift of God by and thruH is Holy Spirit.

Satan thus retained his rulership,thru invisible sway of influence, temp­tation , and deception, ove r the world.

H ow Our Present System Started

Just how Satan manipulated humanmortals in the ways of government onearth during the first 1600 or 1700years, there is no historic record. \Vleknow merely that with very,' few ex­ceptions, humans under Satan's invisiblesway followed the course of human pas­sions, the wickedness of man was greaton the earth, and God destroyed allbut eight souls by the Flood .

Noa h and his descendents shouldhave learned their lesson, but theydidn 't. Satan found in one of the great-

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Re presentative Adorn Cla yton Powell of New York spea ks at NAACP rally inAtla ntic City, where Democratic Conve ntion was he ld. Purpo se W QS to exer tpo litical press ure on Party decisions.

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grandsons of Noah, Nimrod , thegrandson of Ham, a very able andpowerful man who could be "used "politica lly. Thru Satan' s influence, in­still ing great ambit ion thru greed andpride , th is N imrod organized the peo·pie into a system of human go\'ern ­ment, by which man rul ed over ma ncont rary to the principl es establi shedby God . Such government never couldbe good or bring blessings to human­ity, but the Eterna l purposed to permitman to learn th at lesson by hard ex­perience. W e are learn ing it sti ll , andhaven't learned it yet.

Now notice how the presen t world'ssociety became orga nized .

Nimrod organized the presentworl d 's first government-the city ofBABYLON. Later he organ ized N inevehand othe r cities. He inst ituted the sys­tem of regimen tation, whereby one ora few at the top , by directing theirefforts, pro fit from the sweat and laborof others .

TIllis the BABYLONISH system ofgovernment was started. Soon therewere many cities, each ruled by a king.Then an ambitious kin g, swayed bySatan' s ph ilosop hy, seeking mor eworlds to conquer, organized a portionof his manpower in to a fig hting forceand by aggression ruled over adjoiningcit ies. Thus nation s were born, andthen Empires.

This BABYLONISH princip le of gm-­ernmen t, intertwined with economic

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manipulat ion, has ruled the world eversince. It has rul ed under various 10r11/s- whether called oligarchy, monarchy,d ictatorship, autocracy, democracy, com­munism or Naziism- but it's the sameold BARYLONISH PRINCI PLE underslig htly different modes of adminis­tration .

And th is is the orig in of what wecall CIVILIZATION. Iss forms of admin­istration have unde rgo ne change in theconst ant st ruggle and turmo il-in therise and fall o f empires, of cultu res,of riyal mod es of po litical, economic,relig ious, or social adm inistrat ion. Butits basic principle has remained thesame-the principle of competitio n and

strife based up on greed and t'auit)'.

Regard less of the form in wh ich itapp ears here or there, it is a systembased upon exploi tation of the peo ple,aggression, regim entation, delusion anddeception . And the en tir e system isfounded on the idea of hudd ling peo­ple togethe r in crowded cities.

Since it is the system of strife andcom petit ion, each of the four phases ofthis civilizat ion-polit ical, economic,religious, and social-has striven con­stant ly to dominate and rule. In ancientRome the politicians ruled over theChu rch, Business, and Society. Thenafte r 554 A.D., the Church filled ooer

the State, Busine ss, and Society. InAmer ica, where we are supposed to ruleourselves, it has been a constant strug­g le for dominance between Big Busi-

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ness and the politicians. In Russia tod aya small g roup of god less atheisticMarx ists have set up a polit ical D ictator ­ship manipu lated by stirr ing up classhatreds, inducing the labori ng class tofeel down-trodden enough to put inthe saddle this D ictatorsh ip pretend ingto ru le fo r the benefit of th is one class.

But regardless of the particular formof administrat ion , this CIVILIZATIONwhich holds the enti re worl d in itsorgani zed grip today is the same oldBA8YI.ONISH SYSTEM started at theorig inal BABYLON by Nimrod !

" Babylon" means CON FUSION. Com ­petition and strife have produced con ­fusion in the world. And G od is 1101

tbe astbor 01 conjmion ( I Cor . 14: 33) .

Sho uld Christians St rive to M akeT his a BEITER WORLD ?

Now we come to the reaso n forneeding a true perspective.

Most churchmen today. viewing ev­

eryth ing fro m the perspective of THISWOR LD TODAY, blindly assume this isGo d's worl d. They see certain fo rces ofevil in it, and these they feel they mustoppos e. They see the Christian duty tobe that of working to make this abett er world.

Thai concept is a wrong viewpoint

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This is 110 t a world of God's making.This is SATAN'S world .' Satan is theinvisible god of this world. He is theauthor of its organization, its basicphi losop hies, its systems of gove rn ·ment, bus iness, society-s-jer, AND RELI·

GIONS!This th ing we boast of as ClVfLlZA·

TION is. in actual fact , Satan's handi­work, not God's ! Strange as it mayseem. that is tru e!

AI! na/iom -not just the heathenpowers, but all nations , including OUf1.

are DECEIVED, swayed , led, by Satan(Rev . 12:9; 18:3; 20 :2-3). The Biblespeaks of th is world as " this presentEVIL WOR LD" (Ga l. 1:4 ) _

W hy Chris t Came!

Into such a world , in Hi s ow n duetime, God sent forth H is own Son ,born of th e human virg in Mary.

WH Y did Jesus come? To get intopolitics, to strive against the ·forces ofevil in th is world, to make this a

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better world for humanity to live in ?WHAT was His Message ? Certainly

NOT a Gospel merely about Himself­a Gospel of merely accepting Him, andthen, as part of this world, helping tomake it better!

When Jesus reached the approximateage of thi rty He was baptized, andanointed with the Holy Spirit as theChrist. But before He preached a word-before He could even enter uponHis ministry, He, like the first Adam,had to meet Satan in the greatest con­test in all eternity!

It was a contest for the rulership ofall the earth. Jesus Christ met and con­quered Satan by the Wo rd of God. Sa­tan, like his ministers today, quotedScripture, but he twisted and per­verted its meaning . Christ quotedScripture, accepted it to mean what itsays, overcame Satan by obeying it!Jesus withstood Satan's temptations, reojeered his deceptions, refused to obeyhim, conquered him by obeyi1lg GOD!Then He commanded Satan, "Get theehence !"-and the devil obeyed andslunk away!

Then and there Jesus Christ quali­fied to succeed Satan as RUL ER OVER

ALL TH E EARTH! But the time had notyet come for Him to be inaugurated intooffice. First, He had to return to thethrone of God and receive God's of­ficial authorization.

God had allotted ONE MILLENNIALWEEK-that is, a period of seven thou­sand-year "days"-for the accomplish­ment of His divine PU RP OSE in hu­manity on this earth. That divinePurpose is the creation of righteousspiritual Sons of God. God allotted thefirst six of these thousand-year periodsfor Satan's labor of deceiving the hu­man race-six thousand years in whichmankind is permitted, if he chooses,to suffer from the "labor" of sin.When the first Adam failed to deposeSatan, God extended the duration ofSatan's dominion ove r the earth fo r sixthousand years. Thi s was necessary forthe accomplishment of God's greatPurpose.

Then, as "in six days God made theheaven and the earth, and the seventhday He rested and was refreshed,"even so in the seventh millenniumhumanity is to "rest" from sin, those

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Founder of the ultra-conservative JohnBirch Society, Robert Welch, has beencalled " intemperate and unwise" byGoldwater, GOP Presidential nominee.

converted are to enter into God's spir­itual rest;- and in this coming millen­niwn Satan shall not do any work­that is, his work of deceiving theworld!

Then Jesus will return to earth, thistime in all His power and Gloryas KING of kings, and LORD of lords.

But, in God's great Plan, He haspurposed that Christ shall rule by andthru many saints then made immortal.They shall form the world-ruling king­dom-the KINGDOM OF GOD-whichKingdom shall rule over all the mortalnations on earth. Time had to be al­lowed for their conversion.

Jesus Preached GOVERNMENT

So, after meeting and conqueringSatan, Jesus devoted three and a halfyears to teaching His Gospel to HisDisciples.

His Gospel-the only true Gospel ofJesus Christ-is not what most peoplethink today. Few have heard it, today!

It was, and is, a Gospel of goodgovernment! The word "gospel" means"good news." And what Jesus preached- the Message He brought to mankindfrom God- was the good news of thecoming GOVERNMENT OF GOD-thecoming world-ruling government whichsball ooertbrow, blast out of existen ce,end rule in place of every present gov­ernment on earth.'

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Yes, Jesus Christ said to Pilate thatHe was born to be a King ! He, Him­self , is coming again as WORLD KING !

And His Gospel was merely, as onemight say, His political plalfo/'m forHis Kingdom. He revealed the way toenter it as one of its immortal citizens- the way of salvation . He revealed itsJaws .

What Jesus taught was that this pres­ent world, with its governments, itsreligions , its economics, its society, isan evil world-it is Satan's world-itis a world in competition against, andAT WAR AGAINST, HI S COMING KING­DOM-THE WORlD TOMORROW!

Did Jesus Come to Make Thisa BETTER WORLD ?

No , j eJIIJ did 1101 enter into THISWORlD'S politics! He called His Di sci­ples 0111 of this present evil world­out of all its customs and philosophiesand ways-to a life of SEPARATIONfrom the world,

Jesus said to His disciples, "FollowMe !" And one cannot fo llow Him andalso follow this present world ! He didnot mean for Christians to go out ofthe world, physically. He knew theymust live in it, but He taught that theyshould not be of it. In his final prayerfor His disciples, Jesus said to HisFather, "I pray not that thou shouldesttake them out of the world, but thatthou shouldest keep them from theevil. They are not of the world, evenas 1 am not of the world" (John 17:15-16) .

To His called ministers Jesus com­manded: "Go ye into"-not away from- "all the world, and preach the G Oi­

pel." He did not say go into the worldand become part of it, striving to makeit a better world. He said go into itand "preach the Gospel." And HisGospel is the Good News of a dif­ferent world altogether--of a comingworld to be ruled over entirely not bythese present various world govern ­ments then reformed, but by HIS KING­DOM which shall blast forever out ofexistence every government that oper·ates today!

" AMBASSADORS for Christ"

Thus Jesus' disciples live in thispresent evil world as though they were

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Struggle in U.S. politics involves RACE. Here, demonstrators support " FreedomDemocratic Party," mostly Negro, against .c ll-whlte Democratic delegation fromMississippi .

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foreigners, here merely as the guests ofthe nation where they reside, as AM­BASSADORS for Christ and His comingKingdom, here as representatives ofHIS coming Kingdom, not of any ofthis world's governments.

As the Word of God reveals in IICor. 5:17-20, " If any man be in Christ,he is a new creature: old things arepassed away. ., N ow then we areambassadors for Christ ."

The U nited States sends an ambas­sador to the Kremlin. He resides forthe time in Moscow, Russia. The Chris­tian in the United States is in the samerelative position as the American am­bassador in Russia. He is not a Com­munist. He does not regard the Sovietas his government, and he knows wellit is a gove rnment mortally opposed tohis government. He does not serve theSoviet government, nor enter into itspolitics, nor devote his time in Moscowto trying to eradicate the evils he seesin their system, or to making theirstate a ' better state, or to entering intotheir politics, or voting, or enteringtheir army or fighting for their cause.

Yet, he subjects himself to all theirrules and regulations that in any wayconcern him or his life while there. Ifthey drive automobiles on the left sideof the street, he conforms to theirregulations. He does not oppose them,he is SUBJECT to them while there, en­deavoring to cause them to like himso as to better represent the interests of

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his government, the Un ited States.Jesus taught His disciples to render

unto Caesar the things that are Cae­sar's. Specifically he was referring topayment of taxes. If the governmentlevies taxes, pay them. The Bible teach­ing for the Christian is to be SUBJECTto the powers that be in this world,but, on the other hand, Christians shallobey God rather than man.

The true Christian will so conducthimself as to be highly regarded by thepowers of government where he lives.He will be regarded by them as a goodcitizen. He will appreciate the privi­leges, advantages, and opportunities ex­tended. He will regard himself as thepaying guest of the country where heresides, and he will act with due cour­tesy, submission to its rules and regu­lations insofar as they do not confl ictwith the commands of God, and sub­mission to their penalty where they do.

But the true' Christian is one who[oltows Cbrist, and Christ did not vote!Jesus did not try to reform Caesar. Hedid not try to make this a better world.Rather, He preached the doctrine of aradically different world to come-andHe called His followers out of all par­ticipation in this present evil world,and to allegiance to HIS KINGDOMwhich is to come.

Citizenship in Heaven

But His World is the W orld T omor­row! His Kingdom, He told Pilate, is

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110t of this world-that is, of thisAGE, this present time. This is Satan'sworld and Christ did not come to re­form Satan, or improve Satan's handi­work, but to save His followers fromSatan and his system.

Since God's Kingdom is not literallyset up as yet, the true Christian's citi­zenship is now reserved in heaven( I Peter 1:4, Eph. 2:19) .

Christians are called to be separatefrom the world (II Cor. 6:17), and allits affiliations, whether social, political,economic or religious. They are not tolive by the philosophies, customs andways of this world, but by EVERYWORD OFGOD (Luke 4 :4) . Jesus taughtus not to live by traditions of thepresent civilization, but by God's laws(Mark 7:7-9) , and He taught here thatthose who disobey this teaching WOR­SHIP HIM IN VAIN. Yes, thousands callthemselves Christians, think they areconverted, believe in Christ, worshipHim, but worship Him in vain, fol­lowing the course of this world and itscustoms and ways, instead of the com­mandments of God! (Mark 7:7-9 .)

Jesus said for the Christian to seekfi"st the KINGDOM OF GOD (Matt.6 :33) , and He also said we cannotgive allegiance to and serve two king­doms (verse 24) ,

How and When ChristiansAre to Help Run Government

In the prophecy of Daniel 7, andespecially in verses 17-18, and 21-22,and 27, we find revealed how andwhen Christians are to take part in therunning of the government,

In this prophecy Daniel is shown theempires of this world from his day un­til the Kingdom of God. First was theChaldean Empire, to be followed bythe Persian, the Grecian, the Roman.There is now to be one more resur­rection of the Roman Empire-aUnited States of Europe now presentlyforming.

But finally, at Christ's second com­ing, "the saints of the Most High shalltake the Kingdom, and possess thekingdom for ever, even for ever andever."

These present governments are torun their course "UNTIL the: . . . timecame that the saints possessed the king.

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dorn." Th at time has not yet come.Until then Christians are to obey Godand be subject to the powers that be.

When Jesus comes aga in, it is pro·claimed: "The kingdoms of this worldare becom e the kingdoms of our Lordand of H is Chri st, and H E shall reignfor ever and ever" (Rev. 11 :15). Thenit is, as Jesus has said, " He that over­cometh, and keepeth my works untothe end, to him will I give power overthe nations: and he shall rule them"(Rev. 2 :26.27). The smashing of thepresent governments of the world ispictured in Daniel 2:34·35 , 44.

Then Satan shall be shorn of powerto rule the world (Rev. 20:1 ·4). H isqualif ied successor, Chr ist, shall then beinaugurated into office. Thell begins theSabbath Millennium of Christ's reign­when He shall set H is hand again tosave Israel and the world .

WHY the \Vorld 's G reatestChur ch "Is Fallen"

In the pro phecy of Revelation 17 ispictured the greatest church in thisworld- a professing Christ ian church,ruling over many nat ions, but she iscalled in Bible language "the greatwhorev-.-a most ugly name !

But you will notice, verse 5, she isshown to be a MOTHER chu rch. Shehas many daughters, who, even tho theyhave come out of her in "protest"naming themselves from the word" protest," nevertheless are labeled byGod's prophecy as "harlots."

And what caused the terr ible sinsof these g reat, popul ar churches- whohave DECEIVED ALL OCCIDENTAL NA­TIONS? ( Verse 2 and 18 :3.) W hatwas her forn ication?

Notice it-verse 2: "W ith whomth e kings of tbe earth have committedforn ication ." The "Beast" on which shesits represent s the GOVERNMENTS OFTHIS WORLD.

The true CHURCH is the aff iancedBride of CHRIST, She is to be marriedto Chr ist in a Spiritual Marr iage ATH IS SECOND COMING ! (Rev. 19 :7.)Then the true "CHURCH of God" willbecome the "KINGDOM of God," torule the earth . But Jesus said, "MyKingdom is not of thisworld,JJ Hetaught His disciples to keep themselvesun spot ted fr om the world- to separate

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W ide W orld Pholo

Amer ican Ne z! Pa rty dem on stratorswe re arrested by po lice outsid e Demo­cra tic Con ve ntion,

from it.But th is great counterfeit Church, in­

stead of becom ing "engaged" to thetrue Christ , and keeping hersel f true toH im as coming world ruler, formed anillicit un ion with the gOl iem menlJ of

this world-entered into this world 'spolitics - sought to OOr.HNATE thisworld 's governments, took an activepart in its affai rs! Thus she comm ittedspir itual " forn ication"-illicit union

prior to marriage.The Roman church united Church

and State, actually ru led oyer the state,which is Satan's kingdom, for morethan a thousand years! The popu larchurches of Christendom nearly all takeactive, vigorous part in th is world'saffai rs and its politics. Most churcheswill now be instructing their membersHOW TO VOTE in th is pres idential elec­tion. They are par t and parcel of THISWORLD, and they serve only THE GODOF THIS WORLD, Satan the devil. T heyare deceived' Th ey do not even knowthey are doing wrong- they ARE DE­CEIVED!

This enti re system-religion takingpart in politics- is labeled "BABYLON"(Rev. 17 :5) .

"But," some who follow 'Anglo­Israel' teaching will object, "we Amer­icans are ISRAEL. Since we are nation­ally the race of ISRAEL, ought we notto take active part in our nation'saffairs ?"

W e are ISRAEL, yes- but Israel to-

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day is not living und er God's div ineform of government, which is T HE­OCRACY, but under a form of theBABYLONISH SYSTEM,

The governments which have con­stituted the various stages of the Ro­man Empire which is "Babylon" havecalled their particular form of thissystem " Fascism," W e call ours the" republican" form, or, erroneously, "De­mocracy." But it is a MAN-MADE formof administra tion of the BABYLONISHSYSTEM.

ISRAEL- the United States, Britain,the "Dem ocracies" of northwestern Eu­rope-modem Israel IS IN BABYLONTODAY, just as prophecy states ( jer.50: 1, 4·6 , 8 ; Isa. 48: 1, 12·20, etc.). Itis because of this-becam e Oil !' sins are

illCl'eaJillg-because we have made alli­ances with heathen powers instead ofrelying upon our God-that the Eterna lwarns us our nations are soon to be in­vaded and conquered, in order to bringour peop le back to God ( Isa. 47:1·6;[er. 30:7· 16, 24; Micah 5:8· 11; Ezek.3:1 ,4·7, 17 ; 5 :12· 14 ; 6 :11. 14).

Yes, ISRAEL IS IN A "B ABYLONISH"system today, and GOD CAL LS US OUT!(Rev. 18 :4, Jer. 50:8; 51:6·9 .)

Jesus Would N or Take Part

What, then, would Jesus do in thistime of presidential election? He wouldWARN our people Israel : "COME OUTof her (Babylon) , my people, that yebe not par takers of her sins, and that)'e receive not of her plaglles ,lll 17Jeplagues of God are soon to fall uponBABYLON and all who choose to remaina part of "Babylon." JESUS CA LLS YOUOUT!

W hat would Jesus do? H E WOULDBE TOO BUSY PROCLAIMING THE GOODNEWS OF HIS OWN COMING WORLD­RU LING KINGDOM, and the way of salva­tion , to take any par t whatso ever in thepo litics of {his present evil world , or inany man-mad e form of goYernment thatis DOO.MED very soon to be destroyed andrep laced by the Th eocratic governm entof THE KINGDOM OF GOD!

Our mission is, as Ambassad ors ofChrist-as adva nce emissaries of H ISKINGDOM~to WARN Israel of her plightand present danger, to proclaim to allnat ions the Good News of T HE KING­DOM OF GOO!

GERMAN NAZIS RenewOld Demands!

Khrushchev is afraid! West German leaders are whipping updemands for lost territories behind Iron Curtain . Read thisfirst-hand report from our Plain Truth office in West Germany.

by G una r Freibergs

Ambauadar CallflSfI Photo

Over 100,000 people ottend ed the Upper Silesion Refugee roily. The State ofNordrh eln-westtcl en was made patron of the Upp e r Silesian refugees . Pictureshows Dusse ldo rf ex hibition building with banne r rea ding: "Se lf-de term ina tionalso for us Upper Silesia ns. "

Dusseldorf, \X'est Germany

W EST GERMANY today is focus­ing her attention on the po­litical speeches of ambitious

men. The spark that ignited WarldWar II is once again in the making!

Only 26 years ago Hitler demandedand obtained the much-disputed SlI­

detenland-s-z: move that eventually ledto world urar! Today, after a short 19years of uneasy peace, Germany is onceagain resounding with "Sudetenlandfor the Germans!"-a call which hasalready found supporters by the thou­sands !

Many Germans strongly resent theway their country was arbitrari ly par­titioned after the wac. They are tiredof prolonged American inaction overthe split between East and West. Theyare demanding ACT ION to achieve thereunification of East and West Ger­many, as well as the return of the ter­ritories ceded to Poland, RIIHia, andCzecboslovaeia at tbe end of the war!

German Refugees

Spearheading the growing discontentover the "raw deal" which Germany re­ceived at the hands of the Allies are9 million refugees from East Prussia,Pomerania , Silesia and other regionsthat were all once part of pre-warGermany. In 1945, as the Iron Curtaindescended over the Eastern zone, Ger­man nationals by the millions eitherfled or were driven out of their homesin the East by irate Czechs and Poles.Although most have found a new andprosperous life in West Germa ny, theserefugees-or " expelled ones," as theyare here called-are longing for theday when they can return to their oldhomes.

Strongly patriot ic and ever desirousin ~Kt:'r'jmg im: memories of their

former homelands alive, East Germanrefugees have united into a number ofnco-nationa l associations that are nowbeginning to exert s/rong po/itical pres­sores.

One such refugee organization isthe powerful Slide/en-German Union.Claiming to represent the wishes ofover two million refugees. this or­ganization is creating newspaper head­lines by demanding the return of thehistorically disputed Sudetenlandl

H itler's Munich Agreement

Ownership of the Sudetenland, youwill remember, was one of the keyissues that led to World War II. Atthat time the pre-war world listenedwith sympathy to Hitler's pleas of"Sudetenland for the Germans!" W ith­out co nsu lti ng Czecbcs lov akia-c-tbe o

owner of Sudetenland- England andFrance gullibly signed the now in­famous Munich Agreement, handingthe hotly disputed territory on Czecho­slovakia's northwestern rim oyer toGermany. The agreement was designedto bring "peace in our time"- in thewords of former British Prime Minis­ter Chamberla in. But, as it soon turnedout, this was just Hitler's first smallnibble in a ravenous attempt to devourthe world.

After the war Sudetenland was re­turned to Czechoslovakia. Not desiringto see history repeat itself, the Czechsexpelled the Germans from the re­gained terr itory. Th is, it was thought,would prevent Germany's filing anyclaims for the Czech land in the future.But it did not solve the problem, fortoday , o n [y \ 9 years Iat e e, militant

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Ambouodo r CoII_s_ Pho lo

The spokesman for the Upp er Silesianrefugees, Dr. O tto Ulitz, decorated byHitler with a golden ho no r-cros s fo rhis "exempla ry acti vity in the NotionalSoc ialist fie ld a s Fuhre r o f the Germa npopulation of Pola nd " gave an c d­d ress in which he stro ng ly condemne dPolish occu pa tion of the o nce -Germa nSilesio. Afte r Dr. Ulitz's speec h a n en­thusiastic America n governme nt officialwas overheard in co mmenting : "Iknow you people will get your count ryback again. It' s the spirit you pe opl ehave that' ll get it ba ck for you, andI'll certa inly do everything within mypower to see that you g et it." Our pic­ture shows Dr. Otto Ulitz deli veri ngthe main address.

voices in W est Germany are again call­ing for re-possession of the Sudeten­land!

Call for Return of Sudetenland

Last May 16th, history was repeatillgilJelt as a crowd of 300,000 Sudeten­German refugees streamed into N iirn­berg , once a center of Naz i rallies, fortheir annual three-day get -together, theSndetendentscber T ag . H igh light of thegathering was a one-and-a-half-hourspeech by the controversial spokesmanof the Sudeten Germans, Dr. H ans­Cbristopb Seebobm . Framed by drum­mer-boys In grey shirts and black

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THERE is anothe r side to the storyo f German unity. While there is

most def inite ly a somber and solemndriv e for reunifica tio n, there is alsothe ignoran t and "Lcouldn' t-care -less"altitude st ron gly prevalent among themidd le and lower classes.

On the 19th of J uly the Bund derOberscblesicr held a mass ra lly at theDusseldorf exhi bition grou nds . Theirleader, D r. O tto Ul itz (a highly deco­rated former Nazi) wa s to speak thatmorning.

W he n I arrived at the exhib itiongrounds the O bersch lesier meeti ng wasin full swing. And I mean it was rea lly" swinging" in the fu ll colloqu ial mean­ing of that word ! I entered one hallan d was greeted by abso lute pande ­mon ium! The hall was jam-packed withpeople-refugees from Upper Siles ia­stuffing themselves up to the ir earswi th Bockwurst an d beer. Ven dors weregoing around, selling any thi ng from icecream to peanuts to home-made beer .Ch ildren were screaming, teenagersjesting, o lder peop le talk ing over oldtimes with lon g-lost fr iends. Th osepeople 's min ds were on anything butGerma n uni ty ! Where in the midst ofall th is di n, I wondered, was D r. U litz ?I wanted to hear him speak.

As my ears became accustomed to thenoise of the crowd I cou ld fina lly de­tect that some one was competing withthem over the loud speaker! Someonewas giving a speech. But where ? Ipus hed m), way past perspiring hu manbod ies in to the ad joining hall-only to

find more Bockwurst and beer . I rushedupstairs, and th rough several other hall sjammed to capaci ty with eat ing, drink­ing, talking an d pe rsp iri ng hum ani tyw ith the loudspeaker still deliver ingthe words of the speaker. Fina lly, aftersqueez ing my way through severa l hallsand u p and do wn several stairways, Ifinal ly found it : the ha ll whe re themeeting was taking place .

But even there the situation washardl y more seri ous . Out of the 100,000people that were said to be taking partin that ra lly about 1000 to 1500 wereactual ly a listenin g audience ! And eve nhere beer and sausage stands we re doing

scarves with leather knots, encircled byflag-waving girls in national costumes,and backed by a mammoth sign read­ing " RECO NCI LIATIO N YES, RESIGN A­

TION NO," Dr . Seebohm vigorous lyurged the "re turn of the robbed SII-

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a rip-roa ri ng trade on the sidelineswhi le the speake r, with a lot of poise,zeal, ser iousness, zest and digni ty de­livered h is message-

The loudspeaker system was bad­bad acoustics-and so I cou ld not makeout exac tly what was being said , eventhou gh I was ri ght up front within30 feet of the speaker. I seriously doub twhe ther 100 people in that meetingreally grasped what was being said.But they sure did enjoy themselves,and the ir bellies were ful l.

A similar incide nt, on a sma lle r scale,took place on the 17th of July du r ingthe silent march th rou gh Dusseldorf.All that day the radio ha d been urgingGerma ns to "abstain from their ownpleasure" on that day. Ye t that evening,as I was following the silent torch­march we passed seve ra l beer ha llstha t were going full blast- hotter thanLas Vegas at midnight. The sile ntmarchers looked obv ious ly displeased,but did noth ing.

And it is interesting to note the peo­ple that took part in this marc h . Foral tho ugh it was supposed to be a publ icdemonstration, it was anything but that.It wa s a government demonstration . Forthe majori ty of the persons taking pa rtwere in one type of government or­ganization or another, and were repre­senting themselves as such . There wa sa large Army contingent, als o thePOLI CE. Th e rest was made up of RedCross, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides,Universi ty and h igh school students,grade school, and right up front the"city dads ." About fifty per cent or lesswere private citizens who were theretaking part as a resul t of their ownsentiments, rath er than beca use they be­longed to one organization or anotherthat made thei r presence mandatory.

This. of cou rse, in no way negatesthe dr ive towards a un ited Germany,but it certa inly is ill ustra tive of thefact tha t the common people seem inglycou ld n't care less. German unity isbeing dictat ed from the lop. The masseshave to go along with it in order torema in good Germans. And they do.

-Gunar Freibergs

deten-German homeland 10 the Sudeten­German people!"

In making this traditional claim, ~Dr.

Seebohm was carefu l to point out thatthe Sudeten-German Union was a po­

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rite 16ible Sto!Vby Basil Wolverton

CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO

THE POWER OF A WOMAN!

S AMSON fell in love with a beautifu l Philistine woman named Delila h. (Judges

16:4.) The five representatives of the five rulers of Philistia had come to offer a

reward to Delilah if she would discover for them the secret of Samson's strength.

When Delilah asked them why they presumed that she could be paid to betray

Samson, they felt that she was about to refu se.

Delilah Makes a Deal

"You should do this for the good of our great nat ion and all your Philistine

friends," they anxiously told her. "You would be aiding in keeping down trouble and

bloodshed !"

Delilah eyed them quizzically for a few moments.

" I suppose you are right ," she finally said, casually running one hand over her

hair to push it into place. " If I find out what you want to know, how much are

you willing to give me ?"

"W e'll give you a total of 5,500 pieces of silver, and no more," the relieved

spokesman for the agents replied . "This money will be delivered to you just as soon as

Samson is in our hands!" (Judges 16:5.)

"Be prepared to pay me very soon," Delilah quipped as she smiled at the five

men. Although Samson didn't realize it, the woman he loved was proving to be a

greedy opportunist who would do anything for enough money.

That same night she began to question Samson about the source of his strength .

"One reason why I admire and respect you so much," she fondly whispered to

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him in a time of intimacy, " is that your enemies have never been able to overcome

you because of your great physical power. ] know that you must have some se­

cret source of such unusual power, It would please me if you would tell me that

secret,"

" ] can think of no worthwhile reason why you should know such a thing ," Sam­

son replied, "You are a bit too curious to be pleased."

"] suppose so," Deli lah tactfull y sighed , " I merely hoped that you would share

with me the knowledge of what great thing it would take to overcome such a strong

man as you."

Samson fondly surveyed Delilah , He had such an ardent affection for her that

he didn 't wish to refuse her some kind of answer, Yet, he did not completely trust her

with the secret of his great strength, And Samson did not want to risk unnecessary

danger. So he decided to use his sharp wit again so that, if Delilah talked too much

to the wrong people, he might have another good laugh on the Phil istines,

"If my enemies were to carefully bind me with seven strong, green strips of bark

twisted together," Samson said, " then my special strength would fail me, and ] would

be no stronger than any other man of my physical development." (Judges 16:7,)

"Samson, why do you tell me such a tale?" Delilah gently scolded him, thereby

trying to cause him to think that she didn't believe him,

"Why don't you try binding me with such a cord and see what happens ?" Sam,

son asked,

" I think ] shall do just tha t, my darl ing," Del ilah replied,

Hours later, Delilah contacted the representatives of the rulers of Philistia to tell

them what Samson had told her,

" It could be that Samson made up a story to test your loyalty," one of the men

observed,

"] realize that ," Delilah answered, "but you'll agree that we'll have to take achance, Furnish me with the seven strong, green strips of bark braided together , and

I'll manage somehow to tie Samson up with them, and I'll have men hiding in an­

other part of my home to leap on him if he cannot break the cord !"

"Excellent! " exclaimed the spokesman for the five agents , "We' ll send you the

cord right away! The rest is up to you!"

Another Laugh for Samson

Later, when everything was in readiness , Delilah produced the cord and playfully

wound it about Samson.

" ] took you at your word," she told him smilingly, carefully knotting the cord

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at his wrists behind his back. "Now, if you are as helpless as you said you would

be, what if I should call for your enemies to come and take you ?"

"This little game of ours wouldn't be very interesting if you already knew what

would happen," Samson teased. "If you have some way to get in touch with my ene­

mies this very minute , I'll face them !"

Samson was quite unaware that a number of picked Philistine soldiers were hid­

ing only a few yards away, ready to pounce on him at the expected moment of his

helplessness. He was quite surprised when Delilah began shouting.

"Samson is bound!" she called out excitedly. "Come after him, you men!"

The hidden men, peeking through small slits in a curtain, failed to move or make

any noise. They first wanted to see what the Danite would do. They had been told

Several Philistine warriors hid in another part of Delila h's tent, tobe ready to leap on Samson if he should lose his superhumanstrength.

that he probably would struggle quite fiercely with his bonds if they proved to be too

much for him, and the soldiers were taking no chances.

Suddenly Samson broke the cord as though it were made of cobwebs, causing the

Philistines to fall back and quietly flee through a rear entrance. Delilah was relieved

that the soldiers hadn't rushed into the room. She quickly regained her composure

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and concealed her disappointment by smiling and applauding, (Judges 16:8-9,)

A few nights later, when she felt that enough time had passed so that Samson

wouldn't guess how anxious she was to betray him, she again brought up the subject

of his strength ,

"Why did you jest with me about the wonderful source of your great power?"

she asked in a hurt tone, "1 don't think it was fair of you to tell me something that

wasn't true."

"1 didn't think you had a good reason to be serious," Samson explained, "so 1

put you off with a light answer."

" But 1 was serious!" Delilah insisted, "Why shouldn't you tell me what a won­

drous thing it would take to overcome such a man as you?"

Again, because of his deep feeling for Delilah, Samson felt that he should give

an answer, but he was too wary to tell her all she wanted to know,

Samson Still Cautious

"All right , Delilah," he sighed, "Here's what could prove my undoing. If 1 were

bound tightly with strong, new ropes that have never before been used for any other

purpose, then would 1 be only as strong as any other man of my size and develop­

ment."

Delilah realized that this wasn't necessarily so, but there was nothing to do but

obtain the new rope and again hide the Philistines in her house while she once more

went through the rather childish procedure of playfully binding Samson,

"1 can't imagine why tying me up seems so fascinating to you," Samson com­

mented, "but if it makes you happy, 1 don't mind,"

By this time Delilah had bound Samson very thoroughly with the heavy, strong,

new rope, She believed now that he would have great difficulty in getting free, what

with the manner in which she had wound the rope around and around his arms,

wrists, waist and neck. After tying a last knot, she abruptly backed away,

"Samson is bound!" she shouted, "Come out and seize him before he can loose

himself!"

Again the peeking Philistines held back until they could be doubly sure that it

was safe to expose themselves, \'V'hen they saw Samson flex his muscles and break the

ropes as though they were fine threads, they once more fled for their lives. (Judges

16:10-12,)

Delilah could well be thankful for the second time that the Philistines left in­

stead of exposing themselves, She repeated her performance of the time before, to try

to cause Samson to believe that it was all a little game, however silly, to show him

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The tough, new ropes with which Delilah hadcarefully bound him were only as weakthreads to SamsonI

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how much she admired his unusual

physical power.

For the third time, several nights

later, Delilah launched into another at­

tempt to uncover Samson's secret.

"You have mocked me twice in this

matter," she told Samson in a wounded

voice. "Don't you love me enough to

share your greatest secret with me ?"

"Of course I do," Samson answered.

"Now listen to this. As you know, I

often divide my hair into seven different

tresses. I'll lie here on the floor in front

of your loom. If you can weave my

seven locks with the web of your loom,

the main source of my strength will de­

part from me.'"

For the third time Delilah half­

heartedly arranged for Philistines to be

hidden in the next room while Samson

submitted to having his seven plaits of

hair being put through Delilah's loom.

Delilah purposely took so much time that Samson fell asleep. When she had

his hair woven with the web and securely fastened to the pin of her loom, she

cried out to the hiding men to leap out and seize Samson. Awakened, he sat up

suddenly, jerking the pin and the web loose from the loom by the strength of

his hair and muscles. As before, when the Philistines saw that he was free, they fled.

(Judges 16:13-14.)

"How can you say that you love me after mocking me three times about your

great strength?" Delilah asked in a slightly displeased tone.

"I can love you without having to answer all your questions," Samson re­

plied with some irritation. "If you really care for me, you won't bother me any more

with this subject!"

The Temptress Finally Wins

Nevertheless, from then on, Deli lah kept badgering him with questions. Everyday

and every night she would ply him with questions about the source of his strength.

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He began to feel that the risk he would run by exposing his secret wasn' t worth

what he suffered by her naggiog. In fact, he felt that he would rather risk death than

continue to put up with such nagging.

"All right! All right !" Samson finally exclaimed in desperation, clamping his

fists against the sides of his head. "I' ll tell you anything you want to know ! After

that I never want to hear any more from you about why I am as I am!"

Assuming an expression of compassion, though she was really quite elated , Deli­

lah rushed to Samson and threw her arms about him. It appeared that this unprinci­

pled temptress whom Samson unwisely loved was about to succeed where a whole

army had failed .

"I'm sorry, my darli ng !" she murmur ed. "I guess I didn't realize tha t I was being

Delilah subtly begged Samson to tell her the secret of his strength.

so troublesome. If it will help you to get anything off your mind, sit down and tell

me all about it !"

"You Philistines probably don't know much about such things," Samson began,

"but at the moment I was horn I became a nazarite, which meant that I was dedi­

cated to service for the God of Israel for my entire life. [J udges 13:1-25.} There are

several special things that a nazarite must do. One of those things is to let his hair

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and beard grow without any cutting or trimming. [Numbers 6: 1-2l.} If my hair and

beard were to be cut off, my nazarite vow would be broken and God probably would

not give me the special protection He has given me all my life. Neither would He

give me the special strength I have at times when I am to perform unusual feats!"

(Judges 16:15-17.)

Delilah was certain that at last Samson had told her the truth . Later, she con­

tacted the agents of the rulers of Philistia to tell them that Samson was about to be­

come their prisoner. She arranged for the usual men to go into hiding in her house

that night.

When Samson returned from business elsewhere, Delilah met him with unusual

warmth . Because it was quite late, she sat on the floor and suggested that Samson lie

with his head in her lap. She sang to him softly, gently running her fingers through

his great mass of hair. Soon he was asleep, but she didn 't try to rush matters.

She waited until his heavy breathing indicated that he wouldn't be easily

awakened .

It was then that she silently signaled to one of the men in concealment, who

hesitantly appeared and fearfu lly moved toward the sleeping Danite. This man was a

barber whom Delilah had hired to join the Philistine soldiers.

Samson's Nazarite Vow Broken

It took time for this timorous fellow to get up courage to app ly his razor to Sam­

son's flowing locks, but once he got off to a start , it didn 't take him long to deftly

crop the sleeping man's hair and beard off short. When his task was done, he lost no

time in leaving.

During this most unusual haircut , Samson had at times moved restlessly. Delilah

continued singing to him softly, hoping that he wouldn't spoil everything by awaken­

mg.

But as soon as he was shorn, Delilah didn't care how soon he awoke. She sig­

naled to the Philistines to come out of hiding, but they didn't dare until they could

believe that he was too weak to overcome them.

"W ake up to face your enemies!" Delilah scoffingly muttered to Samson.

Samson moved, but didn't awaken. Delilah pushed his head off her lap and prod­

ded him with her foot. (Judges 16: 18-19.)

"Get up, Israelite! " she smirked. "You have company!"

Only half awake, Samson slowly got to his knees, at the same time sleepily rub­

bing his head .

When he felt the absence of hair , his eyes popped open and he lurched to his

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feet. Because he reeled slightly due to coming out of deep slumber so suddenly,

the hiding Philistines believed that he had suddenly become very weak. At last, after

running from Samson several times, they had the courage to charge out and swarmover him. .

Samson was sudd enly aware that two red -hotpieces of metal were being pushed directlytoward his eyes l( To be continued next iJsue)

Samson at first tried to beat them off as they came on, but suddenly realized he

no longer had his great strength. He began wondering how he had lost his hair and if

God had completely deserted him because of his breaking his nazarite vow. The an­

swer was plain when it became apparent that he was powerless against the group of

brawny Philistine soldiers. Samson's love for a pretty pagan had been his undoing , just

as God had warned the Israelites. (Exodus 23:31-33; Joshua 23:12-13.)

The Philistines hauled Samson to the floor, then pinned him down and bound

him. By this time Deli lah had disappeared . She had slipped out to collect the 5,500

pieces of silver from the agents who were close at hand.

From then on, for the next hour or so, Philistines closed 1ll from all direc­

tions. Samson was dragged outside and

confronted by a growing number of

enemy officers who were most jubilant

about the great victory over one man­

a victory it had taken them more than

two decades to accomplish because God

had planned it that way.

Amidst the shouts and cheers of

the Philistines, Samson realized that he

had been betrayed by a woman he should

have shunned, and that God was punish­

ing him. Bitter indeed was the distress

of this mighty man who had just been

outwitted and overpowered by a woman

of very low character .

To add to his misery and apprehen­

sion, the bound Samson suddenly was

aware that someone was shoving two

red-hot pieces of metal directly toward

his eyes! (Judges 16:20-21.)

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~odfrom the Editor

( Continued f rom page 2)ever you look to as your supreme au­thority-whateve r rou serve and obeyas supreme-whatever ) 'OU worship withdevotion- is your GOD.

Th ere is a Biblical explanatio n ofturning patriotism into idolat ry. In theBook of Revelation, the Roman Em­pire IS symbolically pictured as a"Beast." God pictures Emp ires here,and in Daniel' s prophecy, by the wildanimals whose natures are those ofthese kingdoms. Speaking of the RomanEmpire-and, in the dual sense, of theresurrected Empire just now beginningto emerge out of the Common Marketin Europe-we read : " And the)' wor­shipped the dragon [ Satan] which gavepower unto the Beast : and they wor­shipped the Beast, saying, Who is likeunto the Beast ? who is able to makewar with him ?" (Rev. 13 :4.)

Their pa triotism became WORSHIP,They WO RSHIPPED this Beast. How ?By 'saying , W ho is like unto the Beast ?who is able to make war with him ?"By extolli ng their coun try, compet itivelywith other countries, as so great noneother wou ld dare stand up in waragainst it.

Have ),ou ever heard anyone bragof )0'" country: "W hy, we could lickany other country with one hand tiedbehind our backs!" Th at is WORSHIP!That becomes IDOLATRY! It extolls)'0111' country in a manner derogatoryof others. It expresses hate towardothers as well as love for }'ours.

It is NOT wrong to LOVE your owncountry-or even your own SELF! ButGod's LAW says it is wrong to loveyour SELF more tben your neighbor.It says you shall 100·e your neighbor AS

yourself .It is NOT idolat ry to be pat riotic­

to LOVE your count ry-as long as youdo not discrimin ate against others.

The United States is mJ native land.I LOVE this country ! But I love JesusChrist as my Saviour more! I love Al­mighty God the Father morel And Ilove also the PEOPLE of other countries,

God H imself is PERFECT, and He

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commands us to be perfect, even as Heis perfect. God is no respecter of per­sons ! H E nOES NOT DISCRIM INATE! W emust learn to be LIKE HIM!

Did you not ice that dissension,jealousy, rivalry. factions , and party­spirit, are attitudes that are sure to keepyou OUT of God's Kingdom- if youharbo r them ? Are you SURE you haverooted out all this partisan fecling­this spi rit of rivalry- of favoring one4 / tbe expm Je of the other-from yourmind?

If you haven't , you'd better go towork on it- FAST.' Th ere isn't muchtime left . And unless you do get allsuch attitudes rooted out of your activenature BEfORE the end, you'll bedoomed to the lake of fire ! Better nottake it light!r. Th e stakes are ETERN AL

LIfE!

WILL YOU STARVE?[Continued /,. 011I page 4)

get my FACTS ?First-from the same source as any­

one: newscasts and newspapers. Sec­ondly, from the world's finest andmost up -to-date news magazines. ButMOST important , from sources that arein many ways etsen superior to THESE!

Here at Ambassador College, in Pasa­dena, California, we have our ownwire service, ticking away 24 hours adar and night! At oue AmbassadorCollege News Bureau several fu ll-timemen are carefully sifting through themost respected news sources fromaround the world ! Th ey receive insideinformation in the for m of pr ivatebusiness letters wh ich go only tohuge corporations; economists' reoports; printed reports from govern­ment agencies; newspapers and periodi­cals from other nat ions (and ourmulti-lingual department trans latesthem all ) . Each week, the head of thatdepa rtment, Mr . Gene Hogberg, whosearticles have appeared in T he PLAINT RUTH, dist ributes a weekly ne u-s re­port. These weekly reports representonly the most t'ilall)' important pointsof news which relate directly to thePROP HECIES of the Bible, and the mostsignificant events occurr ing in ourtime. In addit ion to these weekly re­ports, certa in SPECIAL reports are com-

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piled f rom time to time,As the mont hs and rears go by, all

of the hundreds of thousands of clip­pings, papers. letters, articles, or pho to­stats of microfilms of them, are care­fu lly stored and filed.

At these extensive "central files" ofinformation, it is possible fo r our NewsBureau staff to gather the most per­tinent info rmatio n on a subject such asdro ught and weathe r conditions for thepast decades !

But what I want you readers to un­derstand is that all thi s is STILL only aPART of the news data at our finger­tips!

Hundreds of thousands of letters peryear come flooding into our Head­quarters off ice at Pasadena, throughBox Ill. And multip le THOUSANDS ofthese come from farmers in e\'ery stateof the union, every territory, and ev­ery part of this vast, sprawl ing, broadearth!

Farmers are concerned about theirfa rms. Th ey talk about the weather.T hey talk about the ir crops. W hen theyhear me make certain statements on theradio concern ing weather, or mentionthe prophecies to which I refer in thisarticle, MANY will write in thei r ownPERSONAL EXPER IENCES!

We receive literally HUNDREDS oflette rs ever)' single week from Maineto Florida, and from W ashington toSouthern California, telling us of thelocal condit ions in their areas,

It would take you literally MONTHSto read them all! But if you COULD,as our staff does, and has-your hairwou ld stand on end-your breathwould come short-your face wouldtake on a grayish pallor- r oue fleshwould stand up in goose bumps- andyou would begin to KNOW, as )'011

bare never k,10Wl1 bejore, the reallySERIOUS cond itions of our lands­jllJt as the)' reall y are.'

W hen I began th is article, I askedMr. Hogberg for a file on the mostcurrent conditions, Here are just a fewof the facts he gave me.

Cu rrent Condi tions

The United States Government hasdesign ated as disaster areas 306 coun­ties in fourteen states ! Continueddrought in key growing areas has meant

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fall harvests will be seriously belownormal-in some places nonexistent.Corn plants wither and are earless innort heastern Iowa. Yellowed soybeanplants in southern Illinois bear lessthan ha lf the normal number of podsand these contain only buckshot-sizedbeans. Cotto n is dete riorating in Texasand Oklahoma.

At Alma Center, Wisconsin, thou ­sands gathered for a gala strawberryfestival- only to find a wasteland in­stead. The community suffered a vicioushailstorm of up to fiftet'11 inches wh ichobliterated all crops. Hailstones thesize of golf balls turned strawberries,hay, grain, corn, tomat oes, sweet corninto a slushy quagmire. Damage was100 per cent to crops in the area, andwindows were shattered in nearly everyhome in town. A deputy sheriff said,"A lot of the roofs look as if they'dbeen chewed off-the hail perforatedthem like sieves."

And in New York, the U. S. Weath­er Bureau reports the worst droughtsince 1826-and this at the same timeas unusually cold and wet weather inother parts of the nation!

And this violen tly different weatherside by side, was definitely PROPHESIED.

Notice what God inspired Amos tosay about it. "And also I have with ­holden the rain from you, when therewere yet three months to the harvest :and I caused it to rain upon one city,and caused it not to rain upo n anothercity: one piece tuas rained upon, andthe piece where upon it rained notwithered" (Amos 4 :7) .

God said, "So two or th ree citieswandered unto one city, to drink water;but they were IW/ satisiied . . ." WATERRATIONING!

In town after town , dur ing the sum­mer of 1964, wells simply dried up.Water rat ioning was in effect in man)'communities.

Think about it . W hat WOULD yourlife be like, if your water mpply weresuddenly CUT OFF? If you housewiveswalked to your sinks and suddenlyfound 110 water-what would you do ?

Probably, you would first try all theother faucets in the house. Then, youmig ht try flus hing the toilets to see ifthey "worked ." (CD. officials andconservationists say the average per-

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son wou ld panic in th is way, and, inso doing, would completely drain thehome of the one or two small "res er­voirs" of wate r left in itl )

Then, you would probably reasonthat the water was only cut off atYOUR house. You would go next door-or call the neighbors-to find outwhat had happened. At their home, thestory would be the same. Th en youmight try to call the police. But thepolice depa rtment would have no wa­ter, either ! Then you may turn on theradio- to hear that ALL water has beenshut off as an emergency measure be­cause the city's reservoirs and watersupplies are down to almost NOTHING,and on ly the hosp itals and fire de­partments can have any water.

What do you do? It' s a good 9ues­tion . It will happen to you, where youlive!

You shou ld think about it now.

Can W e Feed the W orl d ?

Too many a citizen in the UnitedStates has the fa ncifu l notion that weare so rich, so blessed, given so muchabunda nce-that we can right everywrong; solve every problem; feed ev­ery starving person; lead the world on·ward and upward into a glitteringUtopian era of American-made pros­perity!

If so-they're due for a surprise]If the existing food supp lies (and

th is means not just reserves, but con­tinuing capacity to produce food basedupon present production reports andpro jected increases I) were equa lly dis­tr ibuted among the nations on th isearth at this present time-then everyhwnan being on the face of this earthwould be living at a bare subsistencelevel, with just BARELY enough to stayalive !

You would be fortunate to eat asmall piece of meat once every week orten days. You would be fortunate toEVER see an egg ! You would be for­tunate, indeed , to ever lay hands onallY vegetab le, fru it, or delicacy, whichcame from SOME OTHER COUNTRY­since all international commerce wouldbreak down, and people wou ld findthemselves living on a diet dictated bywhat is produced in their own localareas]

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We assume our CARE packages, gov­ernment surpluses, or Christmas din ­ners for Korean orphans will feed thehungry. But a full belly this noonmeans an empty one tonight-an evenemptier one tomorrow morning-and areally gnawing hunger by the nextnight. In three days' That hungry andempty belly has influenced a mind tothe extent that it will do almost ANY­THING to get food!

IfVake lip, America and Britain! Wakeup and FACE THE FACTS!

People have literally EATEN eachother, they have cut off and eaten por­tions of THEMSELVES in a depravedmoment of crazed starvation! And yourBibl e predicts STARVATION ISAHEAD .'

One reporter said, "W e are living ina small anteroom in time where thethreat of war is a daily tension . It iswith us all the time. So much so thatwe are becoming numbed to fright. Itwill not go away and so, like childrenat a horror movie, we sit wide-eyed,just watching. . ..

" If there are no accidental wars, thenmy guess would be that one will bestarted by design no later than 1970.IT WILL BE A FOOD WAR. The pop ula­tions of the nations are increasing soswiftly that some of the big ones willbegin to feel the pinch of starvationwithin ten years. When that happens,either the peop le revolt or the govern·ment goes to war. ...

"If you locked ten men in a room,and there was no way out, and enoughfood was sent in for six, do you thinkthat you would have trouble? No mat­ter how peaceable the ten would be,the craving for sustenance wou ld over­come the men and they would have tofight to the death ."

Dr. Georg Borgstrom of Mich iganState University's Department of FoodScience said, "The '[ood gap' is abigger tbreat to civilization and peacethan H-b ombs, germ warfare, and in­tercontin ental missiles."

He said, " If all the food of theworld-including surplus stores-weredistributed equa lly and each human re­ceived identical quantities, we tl'oltldall be mein osmsbed. If the enti re worldwere fed on the U. S. level, all avail­able food wou ld be only enough to

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feed leu than half the human race!Th e world as a global household knowsof no surpluses-merely enormous def ­icits.

"Yet every month we are adding tothe world the population of a LosAngeles (four and a half million) andevery third year more than an entireUnited States ( nearly 200 million) :'

Th ink of it! The world 's populationexplodes upwards at a gigant ic SIX T Y ­THR EE MILLION PER YEAR !

Dr. Borgstrom has pinpointed one ofthe most brain-chilling and fr ighteningfacts of today! He worries about a,.hUllger curtain" dividing the world.The exclusive food club, he said, con­sists of Americans, New Zealanders,some 200 million well-fed Europeans,and some 15 million persons in Oceania.On the wrong side of the hungercurtain are T W O BILLION HU­MA NS with 600 millions perched onthe fence. And, further, part ly fromhunger, half of tbe aile billion childrenalive at this mom ent throughout thisearth will never reach adulthood!

Dr. Borgstrom is an expert. Dr.Borgstrom deals with the "food gap"every day of his life. But Dr. Borg­strom says he sees NO HO PES of con­quering hunger unless world popula­tion is controlled, and even that "willbe a close thing."

He said, "Mallkilld is [acing tbe al­ternatives of extinction or survival l"

Man's March to Oblivion

Mankind is gaining 120 thousandmouths to feed each day and losing 20million acres of food-producing landeach year!

Raymond Bouillenne, Professor ofBotany at the University of Liege,Belgium, in a paper published by theAmerican Association for the Advance­ment of Science, said, "Man, the GREAT

DESTROYER, having wiped out hundredsof animal and plant species, is well em­barked on a course which threatens hisown kind with extinction!" "Man,"according to Bouillenne, "seems reluc­tant to accept his place in nature.to Hedoes great things. He tunnels throughmountains, diverts rivers, builds dams,throws bridges over mighty waterways,masters the air, leaps into space, re­leases the atoms' forces, levels forests.

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"But much of mankind," he went on,"apparently has not tumbled to the ele­mentary fact that Homo sapiens and allother animal species are absolutelydependant upon vegetation. The greenplants are the only basic producers offood."

As the Belg ian scientist noted, "Allflesh is grass."

Yet man, in order to gain a strictlytemporary increase in food production,has for CENTU RIES been DESTROYING

IRRETRIEVABLY the food - producingpower of the land!

Bouillenne said, "Before man tries toexplore the moon, he must continue toeat on earth!"

The United States Depa rtment ofAgriculture says, "Hunger is to emergeas the number one problem for theworld in the years immediately ahead:'

In the foreseeable futu re, accordingto their report, famine looms as a pros­pect that can become more serious thanthe threat of nuclear war! In this par­ticular report to which I refer, theAgriculture Department had set down,fat' the vet'y first time, facts of roeu­LATION GROWTH alongside the pros­pects for increasing the world's supplyof food . The findings of the study weredescribed as "startling" by experts whomake it their business to chart popula­tion growth. As only one shocking andsalient point of the report, the U. S.Department of Agriculture cited thecase of India. India today has close to450 mill ion people . In another 15 shortyears, that population will increase bythe staggering number of 187 million !Thus, a country in which the averagediet is now deficient has only a FEW

YEARS to find a way to feed an addedpopulation equal 10 that of the entireUnited States!

Th e popu lation of Communist Chinais estimated to be increasing at the rateof 2 per cent or more per year. At thisrate, Red China is addi ng 12 to 1)

million people annually! That numberis approximately equivalent to the totalof Australia's population-yearly !

All th is, at the very same time whenthe world's leaders, and notably amongthem Mao Tse-tung and Khrushchev,are saying that some way MUS T BE

FOUND to upgrade diets in the "have­not" nations, if hungry people are to

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be kept from exploding into open re­volt!

Th e prophecies of your Bible plainlyWARN you of approaching DROUGHT,

FAMINE and DISEASE! And the facts ofthese modern times p/ail1ly reveal theseprop hecies are about to be fulfilled be­fore your startled eyes ! So remember­one may scoff , doubt, or "kid" himselfall he chooses-but TH ESE FACTS ARE

REAL- TH E PROPHECIES OF YOU R BI­BLE ARE REAL!

Here's What's Coming!

Jesus Christ said one of the MA­J OR events signalling the end of man'sself-wi lled governments on this earthwould be the torturous changes in theweather, and the disasters they wouldbring!

His disciples asked, "Tell us, whenshall these things be, and what shall bethe sign of thy coming, and of the endof the world?" (Matt. 24: 3) .

Jesus answered, ... .. ye shall hear ofwars and rumours of wars . . . nationshall rise against nation, and kingdomagainst kingdom, and there shall beFAMINES, and PESTILEN CES, andEARTHQUAKES in divers places. Allthese are the beginning of sorrows[ TRIBULATION, reads the margin)"(Matt. 24: 6-8) .

He said the main events leading toHis return to RU LE this earth wouldbe terribly destructive FAM INES andDISEASE epidemics!

God says we are guilty of dependingon foreign allies; on our own humanleaders; on military might, to deliverus from international troubles. He calls

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Poor children in India eat little morethan rice,

HERE are the Bible answers to

questions which can be answered briefly in a short space. Send in yourquestions, While we cannot promise that all questions will find spacefor answer in this department, we shall tr y to answer all that are vitaland in the general interest of our reade rs.

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such dependence on others spiritualadllltel')'.' " ... Th erefore the showershave been witholden, and there hathbeen no latter rain ; and thou hadst awhore's forehead, thou refusedst to beashamed ..." (J er. 3:3).

"But this people hath a revolt ingand a rebellious heart; they are revoltedand gone. Neither say they in thei rheart, 'Let us now fear the Etern al ourGod, that givetb rain} both the formerand the latter, in his season: He re­serveth unto us the appointed weeks ofthe harvest.'

"Your IN IQUITIES [our national andpersonal crimes and sins !J have turnedaway these things, and your sins havewitholden good things fro m you .. ."(Jer. 5 :23-25) .

God is ANGRY ! God is goi ng toPUNISH the false prophets and thei rfollowers alike I "Then said the Eterna lunto me, 'P ray NO T for this people fortheir good. When they fast, I will nothear their cry; ... but I will consumethem by the sword [ symbol of WAR­FARE], and by the FAMINE, and by thepestilence [ disease] " (Jer. 14:11-12).

God says, th rough the strikingprophecies of Lamentations, that "t heythat did feed delicately are desolate inthe streets: they that were brought upin scarlet embrace dunghills" (Lam .4 :5 ).

In describing the terrifJ'ing resultsof pro longed drought and famine, Godsays, "Their visage is blacker than acoal ; they are not known in the streets:thei r skin cleaveth to the ir bones; itis withered, it is become like a stick.

"They that be slain with the swordare better than they that be slain withhunger; for these pine away, strickenthrough fo r want of the fruits of thefield .

"The hands of the pit iful womenhave sodden [BOILED ! margin] theirown children : T HEY [the children ]were their meat in the destruction ofthe daughter of my people." ( Lam.4:8-10.)

The people-YOUR FRIENDS AN D

RELAT IVES-AND YOU, un less youheed and REPENT before it's ever­lastingly too late-are pictured as cry­ing out as if with one voice when theysay, "Remember, a Eternal, what is

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come upo n us: consider, and beholdour reproach !"

"Ou r inheri tance is turned to stran ­gers, our houses to aliens. We areorp hans and fatherless, our mothers areas widows. . . Our skin was blacklike an oven because of the terribleFAMINE!" ( Lam., chap ter 5.)

Yes- IT's REALLY COMING!Jesus Christ said cond itions wou ld

gro w so alarming tha t unl ess God IN­TERvENEs to SAVE man kind from liter­ally ANNIHILATING HI11SELF- all civi­lization would be DOOMED to extinc­tion!

Y ou are living in these prophesiedtimes! You are living in the deaththroes of an age ! Y ou are living at thetime spoken of by Jesus Christ in the

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" W hy are so man y peopl e sicktod a y despite medical know led ge?Are we ind eed suffering the d iseasesof Egyp t (Deut. 28 ,601 tho t Go dpromised would co me upo n those whodiso beyed His laws? "

B.E., Norwood Par k, Illino is

Scientists have recently been shockedto discover proof that the very samediseases which plagued ancient Egyptare still wide spread today! Many peo­ple, even doctors, have assumed to­day's d iseases developed only in OIlY

modem world.'Think this over: People today are

still d isobeying God's law just as theydid in ancient Egypt. As a result theyare suffering the inevitable physicalpunishment for physical sins-painfulillnesses, mental agony , even death.

Notice God's warning in Deut. 28:

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24th chapter of Matthew, "For thenshall be great tribulation, such as wasnot since the beginni ng of the world toth is time, no, nor euer shall he.

"And except those days should beSHORTENED-there shou ld be 110 fleshsaued: but for the ELECT'S sake, thosedays shall be shortened!

Th ere it is !That is YO UR PROTECTION-if you'r e

willing to avail yourself of it! JesusChrist promises PROTECTION to HISOWN ELECT-those who are busily en­gaged in doing H IS OWN END-TIMEWORK on this earth; that of WARNINGthe world of what will J/(J'ely come !

Ma ke no mistake! W hat you haveread is REAL. What you do about it isenti rely up to you.

FROM OUR READERS

58-62. " If thou wilt not observe to doall the words of th is jaw that arewritten in th is book, that thou mayestfear th is glorious and fearf ul name,THE LORD THY GOD; then the Lordwill make thy plagues ... of long con­tinuance, and sore sicknesses. . . .,l foreot'el' he will bring tt pott thee allthe DISEASES OF EGYPT, which tbootoast afraid of; and they shall cleaveunto thee. Also every sickness, andevery plague, which is not written inthe book of this law, them will theLord bring upon thee, until thou bedestroyed. And ye shall be left few i11nmnber, whereas ye were as the starsof heaven for multitude; because tbonwonldest not obey the voice of ..theLord thy God ."

God means what He says! Because( Please continue 011 page 48)

Will iam S. L., Ohio

Robert F., N orth Carolina

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Wfat- ourREADERS SAY(Continued from imide [ront (over)

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ceasing television violence and tooth ­paste smiles, dep ressed by newspaperheadlines, and troub led with familyproblems, the radio was all that re­mained. Our set was tuned to TheWORLD TOMORROW. For some reason,the ideas presented on the program in­trigued me. Listening became a dailyhab it. At first, it was diffic ult to ac­cept the things you said... . Then yousaid that we weren' t to believe you un­less we looked it up in the Bible. Afterreading many of the script ures with youand learn ing that what you said wastr ue, it became increasing ly importantto have more detailed information. Costbothered me a little, but the next weekseven book lets were ordered. Theycame with no request for money ! Forthe record, here is another teenager wholistens regularly; I am seventeen. "

Miss Julia M., Arkansas

• And a very wise 17, at that.

Bre aking the T obacco H abit" In the July PLAIN TRUTH is an

article which I believe has helped tosave my life. The article was 'Smoking

is a Sin' . I knew smoking was harmful

to me, but I couldn 't stop it. I guess Ihave tried over 500 times to quit, butalways on my own . I couldn't do with­

out even one day. Afte r reading yourarticle I asked Christ to give me thestrength to stop for 3 days, knowing

if I could stop for this long I couldstop fo r good. This is the end of the

sixth day and He hasn't dropped meyet. Af ter readi ng your art icle andasking Christ for deliverance, the crav­

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received through obedience, becausePeter describes "the Holy Spirit , whomGod hath given to them that OBEYHim" (Acts 5:32).

Aft er repentance and baptism, a trueChristian can beg in a life of overcom­ing and obedience to God's law andHis Kingdom here and now. This isdone through the Ho ly Spirit and itspower within him. This was the mes­sage ALL of God 's servants preachedth roughout the early inspired N ewTestament Church!

The Gospel Never Ch anges

When Philip went down to theGen tile city of Samaria, notice what hepreached . "Bu t when they believedPhilip preaching the things concern ingthe Kingdom of God, and the name ofJesus Christ, they were baptized bothmen and women " ( Acts 8 :12).

The Apos tle Paul preached this gos­pel to the Gentile Christians at Ephe­sus. He told them on his last visit :" And now, behold, I know that ye all,among whom I have gone preaching theKi ngdom of God, shall see my face nomore" ( Acts 20 :25) _

At the very end of his ministry­aft er he had turned away from theJews-Paul continued to preach thissame meSJage! " And Paul dwelt twowhole years in his own hired house, andreceived all that came in unto him ,preaching the Kingdom of God, andteaching those things wh ich concernthe Lord Jesus Chr ist, with all confi­dence, no man forbidding him" (Acts28 :30-3 l ) .

The m essage of the soon-com­ing Kin gdom of God was the ONLYmessage of Jesus Christ ! It was the onlymessage His inspired Church and apos ­tles taught the world! It has been them essage of God's true Church throughthe ages!

The GOAL of rhe

Christian Life

The reason the Christian religionseems so emply and dead to most peo­ple today is that they are in ignorance

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of the real goal of the true Christianlife.

We are NOT put on th is earth byGod Almighty just to attend Churchonce a week, or to enter into "Chris­tian" charities, or to hear sweet storiesabout the " little Lord Jesus," or tomake this human society a better worldthrough confusing-often contradicting- human efforts.

We are put here to prepare to RULEfOREVER, in the Kingd om or gov­ernment of God! That is why­through God 's Spir it- we must ac­quire God's character, and learn to liveby His LAWS which alone will finallybring this world peace and happilleu !These spirit/la/ laun show the WAY topeace and happiness and right govern ­ment throughout all eterni ty.

True Christians, then, have a JOB todo! They must demonstrate in this life- through God 's help and His Spirit- that they will keep God's lmos anddevelop His character so that they maybe qual if ied to RULE others later , andteach them the same happy way of life.N otice the reward for those who over­come their own human natu re andqua lify: " And he that ooercometb andke epetb my 1IJorks unto the end, tohim will I give POWER over the na­tions: and he shall RULE them with arod of iron; as the vessels of a pottershal l they be broken to shivers; evenas I received of my Father" (Rev. 2:

26-27) .Jesus repeats this same promi se­

speaks of this same reward- again andagain. "To him that overcometb willI grant to sit with me in my throne ,even as I also overcame and am setdown with my Father in H is throne"(Rev. 3 :21) _

In Revelation 5: 10, John was inspiredto show that the saints shall become" kings and priests; and we shall reignon the earth ."

True Christians-those who over­

come themselves and develop God'scharacter through living by H is laws­will be g iven altthorit), as kings andpriests in God's Kingdom to be set upon this earth after Jesus returns. What

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a tremendous GOAL we can have in thislife !

"Bles sed and holy is he that hathpart in the first resurrection : on suchthe second death hath no power, butthey shall be priests of God and ofChrist and shall REIGN with Him athou sand years" (Rev. 20:6) . UnderChri st as King of kings, the overcom­ing saints will help RU LE this earthand bring it peace and joy at last!

That is WHY we must learn to obeyGod and H is laws now! That is thereal PURPOSE of the true Christian life .

There is only O N E true gospel-onetruly "good news"-and this is thatVERY gospel which Jesus preached!

Jesus Chr ist said H is true Church

would be preaching that very gospel asa last "witness" to all nations in ourvery day just befo re He returns again !" And th is gospel of th e Kingdom shallbe preached in all the world fo r a wit­ness to all nations; and th en shall theend come" (Matt. 24 :14) .

You are receiving tha t gospel th isvery instant ! Through the "W ORLDTOMORROW" broadcast and T he PLAINTRUTH magazine, this message ofCh rist is being taken to all nations asa last "w itness" to the world. MayGod help you to understand andHEED!

HOW YOUR PLAIN TRUTH SUB­SCRIPTION HAS BEEN PAID

SO many ask : " HOW does it happen th at I findmy subSCriptio n price for Th e PLAL~ TRUTH hasalrudy bun IUl1d? Hew can you p ubli sh such ahigh class magazin e without advertising revenue ?"

The answer is as simple as it is aston ish ing! It isa paradox. Christ's Gospel can not be sold likemercha ndise. You cannot buy salvation. Yet it doescost money to publish Christ's TRUTH and mail itto all conti nents on earth. I t does have to be paidfori T his is Christ's work . W e solve th is problemChri sfs WAY!

Jesus said . " This Gospel of the Kingdom shallhe preach ed (and published-Mark 13:10) in allthe world for a wuness unt o all nations " (Mat .24 :14) At tb is t ime, just before the end of this age,A PRICE must bt paid for the magazine , thebroadcast. the Correspondence Course, or oth er [it ­erature . But HOW ? Christ forbids us to Jt ll it tothose who receive it : "Freely ye have received: 'said Jesus to His disciples whom He was sendi n,gto procl aim His Gospel . " freely G IVE !" .. It ISmort bln ltd," He said, " to G IVE than to re­ceive. "

Goo ' s WAY is the way of lOVE- .1Od that isthe way of g i ~ i ,,!. God expects every ch ild of Histo ~;"t frtt,u'ill offerings and to tithe. as Hismeans of paying the costs of carrying His Gospelto otbers. We. the refore, simply trust ou r LordJesus Christ to lay it on the minds and heart s ofk is follo wers to g jve Ij:enerously, thu s_ pay inft thecost of r utt ing the precious Gospel TRUTH In thehands 0 othtrJ. Yet it must go 0,,1, to those whoalk fDr it fo r tb tmJtlr n ! Each must. for himself./u!>Jrrib t-and his subscripti on has thus alreadybtut paid .

Thus the living dyn amic Chri~t Himself enJ!blrsus to broadcast, world -wide, without ever askingfor contributions over the air: to enroll many thou­sands in the Amhassador College Bible Corres­pondence Course wi th full tuit ion cost a1u<ldy paid ;to send your PLAIN TRUTH on an alre Ady paidbasis. God's way is GOOD !

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GERMAN NAZIS Renew Old Demands!

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li/iea! organization bearing strong po­litical opinions toward both East andW est. "Th e Sudetendemscber Tag: 'thundered Dr. Seebohm, "is more thanjust a demonstration by refugees or areunion of the homeless. As in theprevious years it is a political and anational demonstration. It is an an­nually recurring proclamation by awhole nation before the enti re human­ity. ...

"W e especially gua rd ourselves,the refore, against the accusations ofos r enemies in the East and IF est andamong our own peop le, who besmearour f riendly patriotism and our fight.. . . They are endeavoring to impute toIU the gllilt of a historical euolmionof our century hi which we ourselveshave been nothing more than the ob­ject of big-power politics. . . . The s,,·detendes tscber Tag, as the first greatevent of this year, will prove howpowerfll! and determined the Sudeten­Germans are, and how they, by them­selves, can cause the world to be awareof their problems. .. ." [emph asis ours.]

Dr. Seebohm went on to call forjustice with the words : "W hat, in ourcase, is justice? It means, in concreteterms, the RETURN OF THE ROBBEDSUDETEN-GERMAN HOMELAND TO THESUDETEN-GERMAN PEOPLE. In order toobtain such an amendment of the pres­ent status quo, W E NEED THE SUPPORTOF THE ENTJRE GERMAN NATION, inwhose own interests such a reform mustlie ... !" (bitlmg, Stuttgart, May 28,1964, emphasis and translation ours) .He went on to defend vigorously thenotorious IIfllllich Agreement as j/ll/ and,ight for the German people.

Claim of " D ivine Missi on"

Dr. Seebohm has managed to playpolities well. He has held h is seat as\Vest Germ any's transpo rt minister forfifteen turbulent years, duri ng whichtime he has burst forth with annualspeeches hardly less embarrassing forthe Bonn government than the last one.In Stuttgart, 1962, for example, heurged the return of the SudetenIandwith the revealing words: "Not for thesake of owning it do we want our old

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homeland again, but 10 flllfill a missionthat God entrusted to Adam in para­dise!" (Del' Spiegel, Hamburg, May27, 1964. )

In making such claims D r. Seebohmhas left himself wide open to beinglabeled a radical and a N azi. Yet thatdoes not seem to faze him, for it is nota secret in West Germany that the po­litically powerful refugee organ izationsare riddled wilh " former" Nazis!

Dr. Seebohm most empbatically sup­ports the observation that many refu­gees not only were, but still are, N azis.As early as 1951, while addressing agathering of ex-patriots in the WestGerman city of Kassel, Dr. Seebohmcandidly admitted: "We bow ourselvesin reverence before every- and I em­phasize every-s-symbol of om' people,under which Germans bave of­fered their lives for the Vaterland"(Del' Spiegel, May 27, 1964) .

W hat were the symbols under whichGermans-German soldiers-" offeredtheir lives for the Vaterland" ? Tens ofthousands died for the Kaiser in WorldW ar I, but more recently millions per­ished in the bloody attempt to hoistthe SWASTIK A over Europe and theworld . D r. Seebohm said, in effect:W e bow ourselves before the Jwastika.He may just as well have come rightout and admitted "We Nazis are NazisJtill" !

But let us look further at docu­mented proof of Nazis in the refugeeranks.

The N azis Among Refugees

The start ling revelation of Nazi ismin the ranks of Germany's refugees waspub lished in an article ent itled "AreRefugees Nazis?" which appeared inthe May, 1964 issue of Koneret, aHamburg monthly. Here reporter Man­fred Bissinger lists a number of highrefugee-organization functiona ries. Itreads like a roll -call at one of Hitler'sSS briefing s!

Writes Bissinger : "Many [Nazis]have found a vast field of oper ationsin the refugee organizations. So, for ex­ample:- former SS.O berfiihrer and President

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of the State Supreme Court, Dr.Herbert David today occupies an ele­vated position among the Sudeten­Germans;

-c-Hen lein's former colleague, RudolfStaffen, today public relations con ­sultant with the Federal Directorateor the Sudeten-Germans;

- former SA .nrigadeflibre, and holderof a [Nazi] Party gold medal, Dr.Fritz Kell ner, today member of theboard of directors of the W itiko­blind (a refugee organization) ;

-[Dr.] Otto UIitz, decorated by Hit­ler with a gold honor-cross for hisexemplary activity in the N ationalSocialist field as Fiihrer of the Ger­man population of Poland, todayspokesman for the Upper Silesian[ refugees] , decorated with the Fed­eral Ge rman Service-Cross for servicefor Germ ans abroad;

- former SS-Hallptl turmjiihrer in theSecurity Service, D r. Walter Hergl ,today member of the board of direc­tors of the If/ itikoblf11d;

- former Obergebietsjiibre« of the Hit ­ler [ugend [ Hitler Youth Corps],Dr . Ernst Schlund er, today likewisea director for the W itikoblmd . . .etc. etc.

"Not to mention the ex-ministersTheodor Oberlander and Hans Kruger.The distr ict judge from Konit z wasfor years uncontested President of theRef llgees' Federation- wh ich with its2.4 million members is the secondlargest organization in W elt Germany.It prides itself on being the of ficialIpokeJmal1 for all German rejugees,ESPECIALLY IN POLIT ICAL MATTERS...."

Add to the list former N azi Barger­meister of Salzbrunn, Erich ScheIlhaus,now spokesman for the Silesian-Ger­man refugees, and one should at leastbegin to get a pretty good idea as towho is behind the latest calls of "Su­detenland for the Ge rmans" !

Th ese men, now in positions of lead­ership in the radical and powerful refu­gee organizations, are former Nazis lThey cheered Hitler' s rise to power,app lauded his speeches demanding theseizure of the Sudetenland and were partof the "master-race" colossus thatsprawled over Europe from the Pyren­nees to the Volga and from Lybia to

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Lappland ! They supported Hitler' sdmm-beetin g, j/ag9Jlvinging, goose­s/epping Nazi rallies in Numberg andother cities just as faithfully as theyattend the dru m-beat ing and flag­waving refugee rallies, like the one inN Urnbe rg, today. Un daunted by thecollapse of the T bird Reich, they stillharbor the belief of having been calledfor a divine mission "which God en ­trusted to Adam in Paradise"!

Refugees Politicall y Powerful

\'qestern observers have been sur­prised that after his latest Nazi out­bursts D r. Seebohm still retains his postas minister of transport with the Bonngovernment. In fact, one whole weekpassed before Chancellor Ludwig Er­hard summoned him for a one-hourconference, from which D r. Seebohmdeparted unperturbed .

The secret to Dr. Seebohrn's outercalm lies in the power he wields inWest Germany's po litics. As leader ofthe Sudeten-German refugees, he hascontrol oyer some 700,000 votes. Newsanalysts have hin ted th at the presentgovernment needs him as a magnet [orthe votes of nationalists and dissatisfiedrefl/gees. With elections coming upnext year Chancello r Erhard cannot af ­ford to dismiss this radical but infl u­ential man from his foll owing .

Other German political leaders areequally anxious to curry the favor ofthe refugees. Speaking at a reunion ofPomeranian ref ugees earlier last May,Vice-Chancellor Erich Mende defendedtheir demonstrations as " 'maintenanceof a natural right' and demonstrationof the German people's will for reunifi ­cation" (DPA release, May 10, 1964) .

Thi s "please-the-refugees" attitudehas resulted in the intensifica tion ofclaims for the return of the formerGerman territories now held by Poland.And Germans are becoming daringenough not to merely reject Americanparticipation in matters dealing withreunification, but even to propose re­union in spite of what America wants !As D r. Seebohm said, their aim is "tocontinue on the already plotted politi­cal course of the Sudeten- German Of­

ganization, and we dare 110t elloto 0 /11'­

selves 10 be moved from it either byAfoscoU', if"arsaio, Praglle, or even

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W ASHINGTON ... '" (Zeittmg, May 28,1964.)

Ame rica Blissful ly Ignorant

But how is W ashington reacting toall of this? Is America will ing to letthe Germans "call the shots"? Are themen in W ashington will ing to turn adeaf ear to an outspoken Nazi makingHitler-like claims before an audienceof fo rmer high-ranking Nazis? Whathas Was hingto n done about Dr. See­bohm's defense of Hitler's MunichAgreement and his radical demand fo rreturn of the Sudetenland to Germany ?

The answer was contained in an arti­cle appearing in Der Spiegel over aweek after Dr. Seebohm had delive redhis controve rsial speech : "There used tobe a time when Seebohm's Sundayspeeches drew protests from befriendedWe stern powers. Seebohm's latestspeech caused no such reaction. At anyrate, by the end of last week 110 protesthad been filed".'

Yes, America is asleep at the sw itch.And the average American is obliviousto the developments behind the scenesin modern Germany. America haspoured mill ions of tax dollars into theGerma n economy. She has pledged tndefend Germany against Communist ag­gression and placed herself squa rely be­hind the Germans in their demands fora UNITED G ERMANY. America is doingeverything possible to woo the bitterenemy of twenty years ago into beingher strongest ally.

Th e voices now being raised withinGermany itself are actually on ly the be­gin ning of a power which will onceagain dominate not only the Germanhomeland, but great areas of our West~

ern world !

Germany-a UNITED GERMANY withher former territories restored-is readyto emerge as the strongest nation oneertb at the head of a revitalized andresurgent Europe! Thi s power colossusis then going to deal a death -blow tothe U nited States and Great Britain, andrule this wo rld.

To day's Nazi-backed German refugeeclaims are indeed like a playback of thebeg inning contentions of World WarII. These events are well worth watch­ing , and watching carefully ! Be sure

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not to miss a single issue of ThePLAIN T RU TH magazine, and watchfor further articles on the real meaningof world news before today's head linesbecome the stark realities of tomorrow!

(Continued from page 44)people will not obey God, He willdeal with them as He dealt withancient Egypt !

In Antbropology T oday, edited bySol T ax, author Edwi n H. Ackerknechtdiscusses the numerous and varied dis­eases of Egypt. Th ey are ALL COM MONTODAY ! The Egypt ians suffered fro mmalformations such as dwarfism, andbirth defects such as clubfoot. TheirPharaohs were smitten with po liomye­litis. Many were hunchbacks, theirbacks bent in the grip of spinal tub er­culos is.

The Egyptians suffe red from arth ­ritis, tumors, some undoubtedly cancer­ous, and heart disease-arteriosclerosis.Many died of pneumonia. Th ey hadpleur isy, kidn ey abscesses and kidneystones . They had cirrrosis of the live r,chronic appendicit is, gall stones andmalaria!

All of these diseases are commontoday! People afflicted by them crowdour hospitals and clinics. W hat mostpeop le don't realize is that IT'S NOTNATURAL TO BE SICK! SICKNESS ISTHE RESULT OF SIN! ( If you have notalready received our free article, "TheSeven Laws of Radiant Health; ' writefor it immed iately ")

God promises: "If thou wilt dili­gently hearken to the voice of the Lordthy God, and wilt do tbat wbicb isfight in his sight, and wilt give ear tohis commandments, and keep all hisstatutes, I will put none of these dis­eases upon thee, which I have broughtIIpon tb e Egyp tians: for I am the Lordthat braletb thee" (Ex. 15: 26).

But God's promises are CONDITIONAL- they depend on YOUR OBEDIENCE TOHiS LAWS! (Write for our free booklet'·Does God H eal T oday?") God dealsfaithfu lly with those that obey j h im.H is promises are equally sure today asthey were in the days of Moses. Goddoesn't cbange! (Mal. 3 :6; Heb. 13 :8. )

1938--GERMANY GETS SUDETENLANDWorld War II Starts Within One Year

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Historic handshake. Allies hand over Sudetenland to Germany. Chamberlain (left) claimed"peace in our time" had been won . Next year Germany attacked Poland . World War IIha d begun.

NOW AGAIN! Germans Demand"Sudetenland Is Ours!"

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German youths, journeying to Nllrnberq, believe Sudeten­land will again be port of Germany.

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Right, below, annual Sudetendeutscher Tog rally atNlimberq. Dr. Hans Seehohm (seated at extreme rightin upper picture) is Sudeten German spokesman. Hedemands Sudetenland be returned to Germany-andseeks support of the entire German nation!

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Here, written from behind the Iron Curta in, is the secondinstallment of an on-the-spot repo rt on Soviet Communism!This summe r we sent Mr. Eugene Walter, a member of thefaculty of Ambassador College in Texas, to the Soviet Unionfor a first-hand report. Here revealed is the shocking storyof mismanagement in agriculture and ind ustry- and thetruth about Communist education and the Soviet policestate! See page 9.

The frightening specter of world-wide STARVAnON rearsit's head on the horizon. This article will SHOCK you- butit's time you knew the TRUTH about W HAT IS COMING !See page 3.

* INSIDE RUSSIA TODAY

* Coming -- A WORLD GOVERNMENT to bringpeace in our time I

The star tling T RUTH of Jesus' Message has been buri edlong enough! Learn here the REALITY of God's prophecies- and thei r special meaning for OUR time. See page ;.

* WILL YOU STARVE?

* "AMERICA •.• STOP and THINK I"Are YO U the unwitting VICTIM of "controlled" politics?He re is an eye-witness, behind -the-scenes report of the Re­publican N ational Convention-a startling personal accountof the Democratic National Convention in Atla ntic City, bythe Professor of International Relat ions at Ambassador Col­lege. Read this revealing ana lysis of convention politics ! Seepage 21.

* How Would Jesus Vote for PRESIDENT?Christ's Message was concerned with the government ofnations. Christians are those who follow Chr ist, Here's whatHe would do. See page 2;.

* GERMAN NAZIS Renew Old Demands IKhrushchev is afr aid ! W est German leaders are whippingup demands for lost territories behind Iron Cur tain. Readthis first-hand report fro m our Plain T ru th office in WestGermany. See page 31.

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