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INSIDE STORYof TheWORLD TOMORROWBroadcast

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The Ambassador College and WORLD TOMORROW official seal. Both proclaim-as this seal pictures-the end of this oge. But even more, this Work and the seol with the little child, the lion andthe Iamb, show the happy, peaceful conditions on this earth in the world tomorrow, as the scripture

from Isaiah portrays.

AMBASSADOR COLLEGE PRESSPasadena, California

The Inside Storyof

The WORLD TOMORROWBroadcast

by

RODERICK C. MEREDITH

Copyright © 1963 by Ambassador CollegeAll Rights Reserved

ttNc. MAN EVER SPOKE like this man," reported theirofficers to the Pharisees regarding Jesus. The multitudes"were astonished at His doctrine."

Today the same living Christ, through The WORLD TOMOR-ROW broadcast, The PLAIN TRUTH magazine, and THIS WORK,proclaims in mighty power around the world His SAME GOSPELthe same Gospel preached by Peter, Paul, and the original Apostles.

Twenty-two million people hear this dynamic Message everyweek, on every inhabited continent of the earth. And today, justas 1900 years ago, multitudes are ASTONISHED at His doctrine,and say: "No man ever spoke like this!" It is as shockingly differenttoday as it was then. WHY should that be?

Every week thousands hear this astonishing Message for thefirst time. And so it is natural that many begin to ask: "WHO ISTHIS? Who is behind this Work? Who sponsors it? HOW cansuch a powerful program go out over the air world-wide, withoutever making an appeal for public financial support? WHY do theynever beg for contributions? HOW can they publish such an attrac-tive, interesting news magazine and never charge a subscriptionprice or accept any advertising?"

One man said, incredulously, "It's a mystery to me-I simplycan't understand it! Nobody ever did anything like it before-andyet this Work keeps growing and multiplying in power and scope."

It's no secret. There's never been anything to hide. Continuously,over the air, in The PLAIN TRUTH, by personal letter to theentire mailing list, we have revealed the TRUE FACTS. But newlisteners hear the program for the first time every day-and theyWONDER! This booklet, giving the frank, straightforward TRUTH-the INSIDE STORY of this Work, became, therefore, a necessity.

Here, written by Roderick C. Meredith-Second Vice Presidentof this Work of God, is the account of how he first checked upwhat he found-and what are the TRUE FACTS.

-GARNER TED ARMSTRONG

CHAPTER ONE

A Foreword byHerbert W. Armstrong

pEOPLE hear a Message aston-ishingly different, and it is onlynatural, I suppose, that some ask:

"WHO ARE YOU?" It iS the same Mes-sage Jesus preached, and they askedthe same question about Him! Somesaid He was Elijah, some said Jeremiahor one of the prophets. Religious leaderssaid He was a false prophet.

The people asked John the Baptist.Was he the Christ? Was he Elijah?He answered, "No!" He was notworthy even to untie the thongs ofChrist's sandals, he said.

Who was he, then? John answeredthat he was merely a voice in the wil-derness of religious confusion, callingpeople to repentance!

BUT THE MAN IS NOT IMPORTANT!

It is his MESSAGE if it be the TRUTHthat is important. WHY do people

always want to follow a MAN? I askedthis in a recent editorial in The PLAINTRUTH. Why do people look to theman himself either to become a fol-lower of THE MAN, or an accuser andpersecutor?

Enemies of the TRUTH know thishuman trait. The Pharisees used it to

turn people away from the vital Mes-sage of Jesus. They called Him a false

prophet. They tried to discredit Himby asking, "Have any of the rulers orof the Pharisees believed on Him?"Jesus Christ did not have the endorsement of the organized religious denom-inations, or their leaders!

On the other hand, the enemies ofChrist's Truth the real false prophets(Jesus said they would be MANY!)sometimes seek to attract people to theirfalse way by exalting the person oftheir leader and inducing people tofollow that person.

For thirty years, on the air, and inThe PLAIN TRUTH, I have been say-ing: "DON'T believe ME-check upin your BIBLE-BELIEVE YOUR BIBLE-BELIEVE GOD!" Always I say and sodoes Garner Ted Armstrong "Listenwithout prejudice, with open mind,then check up go to your BIBLE, andbelieve what you read there!"

Of course you need to know, first,whether you can BELIEVE the BIBLE.Can you really BELIEVE GOD? Haveyou proved that God exists that Heis REAL? You can. We offer, continual-ly, the free booklet, Does God Exist?and also, Seven Proofs God Exists. Andalso the eye opening, well -illustratedbooklet, PROOF of The Bible.

6 The Inside Story of The WORLD TOMORROW Broadcast

Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, President of Ambassador College, and the voice of The WORLDTOMORROW broadcast.

Your starting point, if you searchfor TRUTH, IS to be SURE that God IS,and that the Bible is HIS woiw-that itiS ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY. Then youmay be sure that if we do speak God'sWord faithfully, exactly as it is, wehave brought you the TRUTH but ifwe, or any man, speak NOT according

to that Word, it is because that manspeak falsely (Isaiah 8:20).

Once you have proved, and are SURE,of the ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY of theBIBLE, you have a solid foundation forbelief. So I say, as does God's Word,"Let GOD be true, though every man bea liar."

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Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong, Executive Vice President of Ambossodor College, and co -speaker asThe WORLD TOMORROW.

If you can believe the BIBLE., it tellsyou that today the whole world is deceived religiously-yes, ALL NATIONS.

If that is not so, then the Bible is

not true, and you have No BASIS

for truth! Yet, is there anything soshocking so hard to believe - asthis flat Biblical statement that the

whole world is religiously deceived?Thirty seven years ago 1 simply

couldn't believe it until I found it

proved! And even then my head wasswimming I found myself all mixedup. To see with my own eyes in theBible precisely the opposite of whatI had been taught from boyhood in

A panoramic view of part of the student body at Ambassador College in Pasadena during arecent Forum.

Sunday School-well, this was prettyhard to take! Yet, there it was, in plaintype before my eyes!

If this were the year 30 AD., andyou took a trip to Jerusalem, and therespeaking to a throng around Him youshould see an ordinary -looking youngman about the age of 33, teaching thesame things you hear me and GarnerTed Armstrong say over the radio today, it would have been just as aston-ishing to you then as it is today andas it was to those who heard Himthen. You would have seen no haloover this young man's head. Therewould have been no sign pinned onHim identifying Him as the Messiah,the Son of GOD.

You would have been truly awn;shed! His doctrine was so different!And He spoke dogmatically, with as-

surance with power and AUTHORITY.Would you possibly have said: "Wellwho does He think He is, anyway?"

In the background is Mayfair-one of thebeautiful and stately women's student resi-dences. In the foreground, a beautiful stream

cascades to the gardens below.

HOW would you have checked up onthe CHRIST Himself? Would you havegone to the leaders of the establishedreligious denominations, to see whetherthey endorsed Him? They would havetold you: "He's a false Prophet."

Or would you have done as the

Bereans were commended for doing,when they heard the Apostle Paul

speaking the same doctrines? They listened without prejudice, then searchedTHE SCRIPTURES, whether these thingswere so. Would you have looked to theFRUITS Of Jesus Ministry?

After John the Baptist was put inprison, he sent two of his disciples toJesus to discern whether He was thetrue Messiah. And Jesus merely pointedto the FRUITS the ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

"Go your way," Jesus told them, "andtell John what things you have seenand heard" (Luke 7:22).

Jesus came to START the very WORK

OF GOD for this New Testament periodleading up to His second Coming.

He said that of Himself He could donothing it was the power of God's

Spirit in Him that really did the WORK

the Work of GOD. After He hadcalled and taught and trained His original 12 Apostles, and had shed Hislife's blood for the sins of the world,and had been resurrected, He ascendedto heaven. Then He sent the HolySpirit to enter into His Apostles-andall members of His CHURCH.

Now, the SAME SPIRIT that had empowered Him, in His individual humanbody, entered into the COLLECTIVE

BODY of all His Disciples who formedHis CHURCH. Thus the Church of GOD

became the collective BODY OF CHRIST.

Jesus Christ is, still today, IN THE MIDST

of this Spirit empowered BODY. He isits LEADER its living Head. It is HIS

INSTRUMENT, by which Christ, today,carries on THE WORK OF GOD.

What is that WORK? Jesus gave itin His GREAT COMMISSION: "Go yeinto all the world, and PREACH THE

GOSPEL."

But He had foretold apostasy. Hehad foretold "wolves" coming in"sheep's clothing" to DECEIVE the


world. He had said they would ENTERIN, professing to come in HIS NAMEclaiming to be CHRISTIAN yet deceiving the whole world. THAT HAPPENED!

For two 19 year time cycles the origfinal Apostles did proclaim HIS GOSPEL

the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.But in 69 A.D., they fled. In 70 A.D.came the military siege against Jeru-salem. The ministers of Satan (II Cor.11:13 15) had wormed their way in,had gained such power that by persecution and political influence they

were able to brand the TRUE peopleof God as heretics, and prevent furtherorganized proclaiming of the same Gospel Christ brought from God.

For 181/2 centuries that Gospel was

This is magnificent Manor

not preached. The world was deceivedinto accepting a FALSE gospeL TodayChrist has raised up HIS WORK, andonce again allotted two 19 year timecycles for proclaiming His SAME

GOSPEL, preparatory to HIS SECOND

COMING.

He said: "This GOSPEL OF THEKINGDOM shall be preached [and published-Mark 13:10] in all the worldfor a witness unto all nations; andthen shall the END [of this world]come" (Mat. 24:14).

The WORLD TOMORROW andThe PLAIN TRUTH are CHRIST'S INSTRUMENTS which He is powerfullyusing.

Yes, His Message is shocking today.

del Mar, the principal men's student residence. It provides the propercultural background for our students.


The majestic Italian Gardens in front of Ambassador Hall. These gardens border Orange GroveBoulevard-the site of the yearly Rose Parade.

Once again it is the voice in the wilderness of religious confusion!

Who WE are is not important. Weare human beings, even as YOU whonow read. But it is Gon's Work-CHRIST heads and guides it. It is utterlydifferent from the works of this world.It is a mystery to many people. Thethings of God always are. But for those

who want to know the facts, we givethem to you here, as we have giventhem continuously over the air, in ThePLAIN TRUTH, and even by generalletters mailed to all PLAIN TRUTHsubscribers. The very inside workingsof this WORK are an open book Sohere is that inside story, plainly andfrankly stated.

CHAPTER TWO

Mr. Meredith Checked Up --

To Get the Facts

Many thousands of you readers have probably wantedto know more about Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, am!their many associates in this Work of God. Have YOUever thought of "checking up" on these things? W ell,

Mr. Meredith has! Here is what he found!

YOUHAVE learned many things

through The WORLD TOMORROW broadcast and the

pages of The PLAIN TRUTH thathave seemed shocking and astonishingat first. You have also learned that thisWork is completely independent of anyother wholly non denominational, nonsectarian.

But you may have asked: "Then justwho are these people anyway?"

How I Became Interested inThe WORLD TOMORROW

Broadcast

A little over fifteen years ago, I

was highly impressed by Mr. Armstrong's understanding of the Bible andof prophecy in particular, but I wasn'tby any means sure that this was thevery Work of God. But I desperatelywanted to know.

I first became interested in theWork and broadcast through the encouragement of my uncle, Dr. C. PaulMeredith now Director of The Ambassador College Bible CorrespondenceCourse.

He had already been listening to thebroadcast for many years since about1943. He had always been a student,and he took careful notes on Mr.Armstrong's prophetic sermons. As timewent on, he compared these notes tothe events that were taking place andto what other preachers had said andsoon came to realize that Mr. Armstrong was the only one who actuallyknew what was going to happen BE-

FORE it happened!When I was a junior in high school,

my uncle and I began listening to theprogram together somewhat regularly.I could see that it made sense, and that


I actually learned more about the Biblethrough each broadcast than I wouldhave in six months in the large Protestant church our family attended.

But at the same time, I was leadingan active, busy life as a high school student and athlete. I was on the footballand track teams, and boxed in the

Golden Gloves tournaments. Since running the mile was my specialty, I hopedto win a track scholarship to the stateuniversity by that means

Delayed Coming to Ambassador

College

My interest in social life and athleticsnaturally conflicted with my desire tofind the real PURPOSE of human existence and to "check up" more on thefascinating WORLD TOMORROWbroadcast. When high school graduation finally came, I was torn betweentwo desires. I wanted to attend Ambassador College and find out the answers to the basic questions of life-and get to really know Mr. Armstrongpersonally. But I also intensely desiredto be a part of the social life and athletic activities at the state university.What would I do?

As it turned out, I spent a summer"stewing" over what to do. Then Istudied this world's "philosophy" at acollege in Missouri for a year be

coming more thoroughly convinced thanever that I needed to understand the

PURPOSE of life.

So I decided that I would go to Pasadena and meet this Mr. Armstrong faceto face. I would get to really know

him, if possible. And I would "checkup" on him!

Mr. Roderick C. Meredith, Second VicePresident of Ambassodor Colege and author

of this booklet.

He was not going to pull the woolover MY eyes!

I came to Pasadena, and enrolled inAmbassador College in September,1949.

"Checking Up" onMr. Armstrong

For the first several months after Icame to college, I was engaged notonly in pursuing my regular collegecourses but in proving to myselfwhether or not this was the very Workof God. Also, I set out first of all toinvestigate Mr. Armstrong his sin

cerity, his motives in conducting thisWork, and the consistency of his personal life with what he taught.

I got acquainted with some of thepeople who had been around the college for a long time. I asked questions.I kept my eyes open. And I studied


the Bible a great deal to try to proveor disprove the many magazine artidesand booklets to which I now had easyaccess.

It was not long before I was forcedto realize that Mr. Armstrong was delinitely sincere. He worked long, hardhours every day. His conversation, hisinterest, his whole life was wrapped upin the work he was doing. He andMrs. Armstrong both made many sacrifices for the Work-missed sleep,meals, and had even put up their homefor sale during the early years of thecollege when the going was hard.

Personal Impressions of Mr. andMrs. Armstrong

And I soon learned that he received

college the very people who knewhim best.

Before long, since Ambassador College was quite small in those years, I

got to know both Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong very well.

Mr. Armstrong does not give thesanctimonious or "religious" impressionso often noted among most ministers.Nor is he the beaming, suave individualso prominent among the more modern-istic type of religious leaders.

Rather, he strikes one as a dynamic,hard thinking businessman but onewho is there to serve, and not to

get or acquire. He does not "kid"himself about anything including God,or God's will. He constantly putsany new idea to the test to prove it.

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While he is a man of much prayerand Bible study, he is also extremelypractical in the carrying out of God'sWork.

Mrs. Armstrong is like him in many

The elegant faculty dining room-exemplifying

of these respects. But she has a feminine compassion and tenderness whichmakes her want to help anyone in need.

Of course, I found that both of themhave human nature like the rest of us!

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However, I could see that both ofthem were fighting to overcome theself will, and I soon found that manyothers were taking part in this samebattle.

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CHAPTER THREE

The Proof--Totally CHANGED Lives! In EVERY activity of the Work and college, GOD'S REVEALED WILL directed the approach, the planning, and the presentation. The BIBLE was consulted to determine WHAT TYPE of student activities were most profitable and how they should be conducted.

WHEN I FIRST attended the college chapel services, I was amazed to find that nearly

everyone there had either a Bible or notebook in his hand and many had both.

In the sermons, Mr. Armstrong would read through and expound entire chapters and books in the Bible, making the meaning clear and proving any doubtful point as we came to it. For the first time in my l ife-in spite of having attended a large Protestant church and Sunday school regularly all my life I now began to really understand the Bible.

The Attitude in the College

After the services, the students would ask questions about the sermon and would be helped in proving i t right out of the Bible. And everyone would ask Mr. Armstrong personal questions about how to apply the prin

ciples of the Bible to his daily life. In every way, they were trying to imitate Te stts Christ!

In the student dormitory, I found that the older students would spend much time in personal, private prayer to God. It took me some time to realize it, but they would use various out ofthe way closets and storerooms as places for private prayer. In the "bull sessions" among the men students, the purpose of our lives, the relation of current events to prophecy, the understanding of some scripture text or principle-these were almost invariably the topics of conversation.

I had mingled intimately with other fellows all my life in my large boyhood "gang," on athletic trips, at "Y" camp, at the various places I had worked during summer vacations. But I had NEVER met fellows like these before!

Yet they were not emotional or sentimentally religious in the usual sense at

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all. They didn't have the kind of "religious talk" that seems to characterizeso many Bible college students.

They were sound minded balancedthoughtful. They KNEW what life was

all about and the meaning of worldconditions. And I became increasinglyaware that they KNEW God in a way Ihad never known of or experiencedbefore.

Continuous Spiritual Growth

In every phase of life the exampleof Jesus Christ and His servants wasused as a guide and yardstick. Evenin the matter of eating, for instance,the revealed principles of food anddiet served as the final authority, in

addition of course to the correcttechnical information based on thoseprinciples.

Looking back over the past fourteenyears, I am struck by the fact that Mr.Armstrong and those associated withhim in this Work have GROWN so tre-mendously in grace and knowledgethrough God's help.

In fact, very seldom has even ONEyear gone by without God revealingsome new truth of MAJOR significanceto those of us in this ministry! Many ofyou who have read The PLAINTRUTH for a few years will knowwhat I mean.

Truth after truth, prophecy afterprophecy has come to be clearly REVEALED by Almighty God to His serv-ants in this Work. Where the churchesand religious sects of this world seemto bog down into their own traditionsall too quickly, the men and womenGod is using in this Work have

obeyed the command to "GROW ingrace and knowledge."

They have had to be willing to do

what no major denomination has beenwilling to do-that is, to admit ERRORand correct any mistakes as fast as Godmakes them known, to continually seekfor correction and for new truth, tozealously STUDY God's Word to findthe long hidden prophetic truths Hehas promised to reveal in these last

days.

No WONDER this is the ONLY Workon earth that really understands thepurpose of human existence, the lawsof life, the specific meaning of present-day world events, and the exact timeschedule of prophecy!

Totally CHANGED Lives

After my junior year of college, I

had the privilege of going on a nation.

Mr. Raymond F. McNair, M charge of God'sWork in England-mid Deputy Chancellor of

Ambassador College at Brkket Wood.

wide tour with Mr. Raymond F. Mc-Nair one of the advanced ministerialstudents at the college. We met scoresof listeners to The WORLD TO-


In the center is Dr. C. Paul Meredith, Director ofCourse. He is flanked by

MORROW broadcast who had written in requesting baptism.

This tour was a revelation to me.In most cases, the men and women

we met had been hearing our broadcastfor several years, had read and studiedmost of the booklets we send out andThe PLAIN TRUTH magazine. Overa period of years of careful study,thought and prayer, these people fromevery walk of life had come to realizethat this is the very Work of God,our Creator. Through the guidance received from this Work, they had cometo prove that the Bible is the revelation from God to man and they hadaccepted it as an AUTHORITY in theirI ives.

The Ambassador College Bible Correspondencetwo of his assistants.

Because of The WORLD TOMORROW broadcast and the literature,these people were ready to make aREAL surrender to Christ and LIVE BY

every word of God. When we read tothem something out of the Bible thatthey should be doing, they were readyto DO it!

They had quit "kidding" themselves.They had quit arguing and "reasoning." At last, they were ready to OBEYGod.

The WAY to Real Happiness

And these people had every conceivable type of religious background.Many had been in a number of denomi


national churches and had become cornpletely discouraged with the lack ofBible understanding and spiritual zeal

that they had found there. They hadquit attending any church, but had continued studying their Bibles.

Now they joyously told Mr. RaymondF. McNair and me how they beganhearing Mr. Armstrong's broadcasts-how they were skeptical at first, thinking that he might turn out just like allthe others but how very happy theywere to finally realize that this Workwas truly DIFFERENT.

Now they had a real GOAL! Theirlives took on new meaning and pur

pose, new enthusiasm and joy. Nowthey really KNEW God, and they couldnow walk with God in fulfilling Hiswill, and in going the way that theyknew would lead to blessings, peace,happiness and eternal life.

I shall never forget that first baptizing tour! Many of the people met uswith tears of joy in their eyes, and theyhad ALL been helped by this Work andbroadcast in finding the true PURPOSEof life and the joy that comes in fulfilling it.

After many years of searching, in

most cases, they knew that this was IT.And they were glad.

This is the very Work of God. And it is just that-using physical facilities, and doing muchphysical work ... to reach physical people-with a SPIRITUAL MESSAGE. But the individuals whomGod is using realize that they must rely ON HIM for the strength and power to accomplish thatwork. Below you see a photograph of some of the prayer booths at one of our student residences.Unlike other colleges and organizations--Ambassodor College and The WORLD TOMORROW

program-ore GOD -CENTERED ORGANIZATICNSI

CHAPTER FOUR

The Work Begins To Produce FruitAs I gradually became more and more a direct part ofthis Work, I myself realized much more fully the divinemission to which God has called us. After all, where

ELSE on earth will you find this Workbeing accomplished?

THE NEXT school year, I had theopportunity to work more closelythan ever with Mr. Armstrong.

And now I had an increased awarenessof the tremendous effect of this Workon the lives of thousands of peoplemuch of it the result of the gruelinghours he spent in the radio studio hereat the college where The WORLD TOMORROW broadcast originates.

I found myself amazed at times thata man of his age could drive himselfon continually, and handle so many dif-ferent types of responsibilities. Manynights the lights were burning untilafter midnight in Mr. Armstrong's office, or in the radio studio and his carwas parked down below. Yet Mr. Armstrong never seemed to lose any of hisenthusiasm for the tremendous load ofwork he was shouldering.

But much more than his human zealand ability, I could see that only God'spower could bring about the changedlives of countless individuals. Also, itwas only through the revelation of Al

mighty God that Mr. Armstrong couldtell DEFINITELY and SPECIFICALLY what

was prophesied to happen in worldevents.

Seeing the "Fruit" of This Work

Later, I had the opportunity of taking a fact finding tour of the majornations of Europe with Mr. Dick Armstrong. Now more than ever, I couldSEE that the things Mr. Armstrong hadbeen preaching for many years wereSWIFTLY COMING TO PASS!

On this same trip, we were with Mr.Armstrong to help conduct his meetingsfor many of our listeners in England,Scotland and Northern Ireland. I foundthat in these areas also The WORLDTOMORROW broadcast was the ONLYsource from which the people were ableto learn the real PURPOSE and LAWS oflife-to learn of the vrrAL propheciesthat are being fulfilled in our time.Reading the overseas mail in our London office, I found the same thing


letters from people all over the worldstating that Mr. Armstrong was the onlyminister they had ever heard who ledthem to really UNDERSTAND the Bible,in all its parts.

I found that people all over theworld were thankful that the great GODof heaven and earth had sent His seryant to let them know the REAL PURPOSEof their existence, and to warn themof the soon coming PUNISHMENTS tobefall the nations of this world. Thousands had come to realize that God isusing this Work as His instrument toprepare the way for the second comingof His Son Jesus Christ to earth thistime as King of kings, and Lord oflords.

The Work Expands

Going back a little in time, I wouldlike to mention that for the first fewyears I was associated with the Workand college, Mr. Armstrong was theonly fully ordained minister conducting

Mr. Raymond Cole oversees much of the re-sponsibility helping those already converted

by the broadcast.

Mr. Richard D. Armstrong, in charge of theforeign Work, before his death in 1958.

this great Work. He did all the speak-ing, writing, editing and many otherjobs as welL

But following the example of theApostle Paul and of Jesus Christ Himself he was led to begin to trainyounger men, who had not yetbeen too inoculated with the religiousdeceptions of this world, to help himcarry out this tremendous mission.Therefore, Ambassador College hadbeen founded with the thought that atleast a few of the men students mightturn out to be truly called by God tothe ministry.

In due time, God did show by the"fruits" that such men as Raymond C.Cole, Herman L. Hoeh, Raymond F.McNair and others were being calledfor use in this great Work. My uncle,Dr. C. Paul Meredith, even sold hisbusiness and moved to Pasadena taking some courses with the young freshman students in order to fit himselffor a part in this Work.

Later, God struck down Mr. Arm

strong's two sons, Richard David andGarner Ted, and brought them to repentance and conversion. This is moresignificant than it may seem, becausefor many years it looked as if theymight never be converted but only

continue to regard this as "Dad's religion."

All of this has certainly been providential too. For as the years havepassed and this Work has grown, Mr.

Above: A partial view of the AmbassadorCollege Printing Deportment. The booklet youore reading was entirely printed here.Left: Mr. James Gott, the supervisor of the

department.

Armstrong needed help. And now hehas it!

Garner Ted Armstrong surrenderedto God and was changed by Him socompletely that it amazed those of ushere who had known him. Now youoften hear him speaking for his fatheron The WORLD TOMORROWbroadcast. Dick Armstrong was in

charge of the foreign branch of this

Work until his death in God's service.

Herman L. Hoeh now Dr. HermanL. Hoeh is Managing Editor of ThePLAIN TRUTH magazine and is carrying a heavy load as Dean of Instruction at Ambassador College. Dr. Meredith is now the Director of The Am-bassador College Bible CorrespondenceCourse a function which is servingthousands.

Mr. Raymond Cole and Mr. Ray-mond McNair take care of much of our


work directed toward helping those whohave already been converted throughthe broadcast in this country and

Britain. They are now joined in this

by many other consecrated men whomyou will hear more of later.

In other words, this is NOT just

"Herbert W. Armstrong's work." It isthe Work of the Body of Jesus

Christ (I Cor. 12:27) the physi

cal instrumentality used by Him in carrying out the Work of God here onearth.

The men Christ is using in this Work

are consecrated and dedicated. They

FEAR the Living God more than they

do the societies and pressure groups ofmen.

Although they are independently re-lying on and serving God and are not"yes men" yet they work together inlove and unity as a team. For they areguided by and empowered by the sameHoly Spirit of God. They believe thatthe Bible MEANS what it says. So theyobey it-and teach others to do thesame.

Therefore, God is using this Workas His instrument to fulfill JesusChrist's prophecy: "And this gospel ofthe kingdom shall be preached in allthe world for a WITNESS unto all nations; and then shall the end come"(Matt. 24:14).

Pacific Press, Los Angeles, California. Here-where many of the leading magazines print theirWest Coast editions-is where The PLAIN TRUTH is printed .. . now read by over ONE MILLION

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Your Personal Tour of the EXECUTIVE OFFICES

To acquaint you with the key personnel and the INNER FUNCTIONING of this Work we will take you on a campus tour of Ambassador College in Pasadena -where our World Headquarters is located - and introduce you to the men and women who really make this Work 11tick." In this chapter you will get a PERSONAL

GLIMPSE of the executive offices.

ENTERING the Ambassador College Library Building the origin a l c l a s s room b u i l d i ng - an

elevator takes you to the third floor where you enter the reception area to the modern executive offices of Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong and Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong.

For fifteen years since the founding of Ambassador College-Mr. Armstrong had limited himself to a very small office which only had room for a small desk, actually a woman's dressing table, and in which no large conferences could be held. Now, at last, new executive offices have been completed for Mr. Armstrong and his son. They are very beautiful and modern and afford a stunning view of the city of Pasadena with the Sierra Madre Mountains in the background which is probably unrivaled in this area.

In this office, Mr. Armstrong has already held many conferences with the top ministers in God's Work, the editors and writers for The PLAIN TRUTH, and important outside executives and businessmen with whom he must deal to carry on this world wide Work of preaching and publishing Christ's Message.

Although these offices are certainly personal and private, Mrs. Armstrong is ALWAYS welcome to come into Mr. Armstrong's office at any time. There is a small kitchenette and dining area between the offices of Mr. Armstrong and Garner Ted, which they may both use for lunches and light snacks in order to save their time between broadcasts, classes and conferences. On the south end of the roof just outside the main offices is a terrace and sun deck arrangement for sunning, visiting in the

Above: The recently completed office of Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong. Notice the newly designedAmbassador College seal in the upper left of the photograph-which is also on the inside front

cover of the booklet.

Below: Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong at his desk in his beautiful, sun -lit office.


fresh air and table tennis. Many of youreaders will be interested to learn thatMr. Armstrong is an avid athletic fanof many sports, but has found that tabletennis-combined with much walkingsuits his schedule and requirements tohelp keep him in good physical condition for doing God's Work.

MeetGarner Ted Armstrong

Mr. Ted Armstrong's office although smaller than his father's-corn

tories and showers for showering andchanging clothes after preaching ormaking broadcasts.

Many of you may not have realizedit, but a tremendous amount of efforthas to be put into each thirty minuteWORLD TOMORROW broadcast thatyou hear over the air. Often, Mr. Armstrong's shirt is literally saturated withperspiration at the end of putting himself and all his energies completely intomaking a broadcast.

Into Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong'soffice come many of God's other min

Looking east toward the Lbrary old Penthouse offices of Messrs. Herbert W. and GarnerTed Armstrong.

mands the most spectacular view of all.There is a perfect view of Mount Wilson and the city of Pasadena throughthe large glass windows of his office,and he also has an admirable view ofmost of the Ambassador College Campus down below. In both his officeand his father's are private lava

isters, businessmen, architects, radioexecutives and people from all walks oflife with whom he must deal as ViceChairman of Ambassador College.Certain decorative features of his office reflect a definite masculine per-sonality.

Mr. Ted Armstrong-as many of you

Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong's office looking from the southwest corner. Above the homey fireplaceis o lovely pointing of Mrs. Armstrong.

may know has an unusually widerange of interests and abilities in various sports and outdoor activities. Whentime permits, he is an excellent hunter,fisherman, and plays a fair amount of

basketball, handball, golf and othersports. With radio executives and businessmen, he is able to talk fluently andintelligently about many activities ofmutual interest.

Another view of Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong's office. The decor of the room exhibits definitelymasculine tones.

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CHAPTER SIX

The WORLD TOMORROW Broadcast--How It Is Made

Many of you have written to ask if the broadcast is read from a script, or ad-libbed, and WHY such a DYNAMIC STYLE of speaking is used rather than the more conventional, sentimental or preaching style. Here is the INSIDE STORY- revealing to YOU-just how

The WORLD TOMORROW broadcast is made.

0 N THE SECOND floor of the Library building just below the executive offices-is our mod

ern, up to date radio studio. From this studio emanates The WORLD TOMORROW broadcast heard around the world with more watts of power than any other broadcast on earth today!

Here, Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Ted Armstrong spend many hours of labor in a grueling responsibility. Everything they say into the mike has to be "jmt right" acceptable to high caliber radio stations, audiences of all backgrounds and able to pass the scrutiny of government officials in many lands. At the same time, their words must convey with vigor and clarity the dynamic, shocking and sometimes controversial MESSAGE about the soon coming, worldruling Government of God.

Our studio is equipped with the very

latest and most modern equipment. It has a German Telefunken Mike and Ampex Tape Recorders of highest quality.

One of the most important men in God's Work today, the "man behind the scenes," is Mr. Norman A. Smith. He is Director of the Ambassador Radio Studio and edits the broadcasts, makes suggestions about them constantly, and correlates many activities behind the scenes relating to the worldwide distribution of The WORLD TOMORROW broadcasts.

Mr. Smith is a graduate of Ambassador College, a married man and father of three children. He is six feet three inches tall, in his middle thirties, and is a man of unusual intelligence and dedication. When we go on television again, Mr. Smith will probably be Mr. Armstrong's "right arm" in helping to decide many technical

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How Is the Broadcast Made ?

First of all, let me say that there are many ho11rs of preparation put into each broadcast ! Bur these hours are not necessarily put in just before or right at the time of making the broadcast. Rather, these are hours spent in earnest, personal prayer fervent Bible study and meditation the constant study of world news and conditions, and alert thinking about how God's Word and the prophetic revelation of the Bible really affect and apply to the lives of all of us in this twentieth century.

Shocking as it may seem to some men in the radio field who have to put in ho11rs of preparation and script writing for each broadcast, Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong usually adlib ninety five per cent or more of every broadcast seven days a week .' How can they possibly come up with so much information so quickly I Where do they get so much material to talk about I

The cmswer is that they are close lo God truly, literally INSPIRED by God in preaching His Word and applying it to EVERY phase of human life !

Instead of merely trying to "work up" a sentimental talk about the person of Christ each week and desperately trying to find a "new angle" to get across this same sentiment they are preaching the tremendom, all inclusive Message of the Bible.' There are literally hmulreds of chapters in this book we call the Bible that most professing Christians have never been taught and DO NOT UNDERSTAND ! Therefore, they

preach, explain, and expound these chapters, verses and principles by the hour on The WORLD TOMORROW broadcast and they NEVER run out of material !

As to their dynamic style of speaking, this is simply an additional proof that they ARE, indeed, God's TRUE

MINISTERS through whom He is speaking in this age !

Most of the ministers of this world's sects or denominations go to one of two extremes. Either they are overly formal and sentimental and oratorical in their smooth, suave preaching, or they are highly emotional and volatile with a shouting, screaming, wild eyed approach that drives most thinking people away from what they are trying to get across.

Either extreme is NOT inspired of God's Holy Spirit the Spirit of power, of love and of a so11nd mind (II Tim. 1 : 7 ) .

The News Bureau

Another vital reason Mr. Ted Armstrong is able to keep constantly abreast of world happenings, and to report their real significance over the air is the Ambassador College News B11rea11, headed by another Ambassador graduate, Mr. Gene Hogberg. The News Bureau sifts TOP information from news sources around the woi-ld.' Not only do literally HUNDREDS of friends and Co Workers constantly send clippings and articles of local interest, but the News Bureau subscribes to the leading news publications of MANY NA

TIONS, in MANY LANGUAGES. We have our own wire service, direct to the campus, clicking away 24 hours every day !

Mr. Hogberg is a man of "newsabil

Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong broadcasts The WORLD TOMORROW fran the modern studios of thecampus at Ambassador College in Pasadena. Mr. Norman Smith sits at the controls. He directsthe "dubbing" of hundreds of tape recordings on the precision Ampex recording equipment.

ity"! Having traveled extensively inEurope, and speaking the German language fluently, Mr. Hogberg is especially equipped to keep abreast of important news items in German publications!

Each day, the BIGGEST news happenings are carefully sorted, and preparedinto a terse, brief "idea sheet" for theradio programs. Mr. Armstrong is able,from this quick DIGEST of the news, toblend this latest information into eachprogram!

God does instruct His true ministers:"Preach the WORD [not a pitiful mixture of politics and sentimental poetry];be instant in season, out of season; re-prove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine" (II Tim. 4:2).And in Isaiah 58:1, in a prophecy di-rected to God's true ministers, preaching to the modern House of Israel

America and Britain today God instructs: "Cry aloud, spare not, lift upthy voice like a TRUMPET, and shew mypeople their transgression, and thehouse of Jacob their sins."

This is WHY you hear the kind ofpreaching you do on The WORLDTOMORROW broadcast!

The Voice of The WORLDTOMORROW in French

Taking the elevator down to the firstfloor of the Library Building, we enterthe office of Mr. Dibar Apartian. Mr.Apartian is Professor of French in Ambassador College, and he is also speakeron The WORLD TOMORROW broadcast in the French language to all ofFrance and Europe.

A charming and cultured man in hisearly forties, Mr. Apartian was formerly on the staff of the United States

Mr. Gamer Ted Armstrong broadcasting The WORLD TOMORROW. Hisdynamic and powerful voice is heard by millions on every continent around

the world!

Embassy in Bern, Switzerland, duringWorld War II. He has had unusual experiences and travels in the diplomaticcorps in Europe.

After the war, he immigrated toAmerica and became a naturalized citizen becoming a private French tutorto many Hollywood stars, directors andpersonalities in the film colony. However, since he did not like the uncertainhours, jobs and personalities obviouslyassociated with this occupation, heturned in his references to a teachersbureau in Los Angeles and was eventually contacted by Ambassador Collegeto teach here on the faculty.

As a sophisticated individual a former student of philosophy and psy

chology-Mr. Apartian was completelynew to the Truth of God. But, in thisnew atmosphere, he proved receptive toGod's Word and was completely converted and baptized into Jesus Christ.

Since that time, his whole life andbeing have been wrapped up in God'sWork and he puts in many long hoursin translating all of our literature intothe French language for the tremendousWork which is now beginning to develop there. Although his preaching ismainly in the French language, he haswon the respect and admiration of allof us here at Ambassador College.Many of you readers will have the opportunity to meet him personally if

you ever take a personal campus tour.

CHAPTER SEVEN

Inside View of Our WORLDHEADQUARTERS OFFICES!

Here are the men who hold the KEY jobs - and carryon the RESPONSIBLE FUNCTIONS - of this EVER-

EXPANDING Work of God!

ROUNDING THE corner of theLibrary Building, we enter theoffice of Mr. Jack R. Elliott-

Dean of Students and Director ofBuildings and Grounds. Mr. Elliott is

a graduate of the University of Texas,

Below is a photograph of Mr. Jock R. Elliott:Dean of Students and Director of Buildings andGrounds, as well as an Instructor in Ambassa-

dor College.

and has since obtained his Master'sDegree from the University of SouthernCalifornia. Before coming to Ambassador, he was employed as an engineerby the Gulf Oil Corporation.

Since coming to Ambassador, Mr.Elliott has become tremendously ab

sorbed in the fascinating and rewardingjob of helping to guide and train thestudents of Ambassador College towarddirect service in God's Work He hasbecome the Dean of Students andspends countless hours counseling withstudents on their personal problems andhelping direct their activities and plansfor the future.

He is also the Co-ordinator of ourAmbassador Clubs in the college hereand in England. These are after dinnerspeech clubs patterned after the Toastmasters Clubs so well known aroundthe world. This, too, is an importantadjunct in training personnel for seryice in God's Work. With his engineer-ing training and background, he hasbeen placed in charge of the construc-

tion and maintenance crews of Ambassador College in Pasadena and is theemployer, so to speak, and director, ofscores of men in maintaining and beautifying the Ambassador College Campus.

The Administration Building

Across from the Library, is the Administration Building. As we enter thefront door, the first office we enter isthat of Mrs. Herbert W. Armstrong.For she is not only Mr. Armstrong'sconstant help and companion, but sheis the Guidance Counselor of Womenin both of the Ambassador Colleges.

Because of her special interest, concem and wisdom, she is a great help asa counselor and spiritual "mother" toscores of girls in Ambassador College.They come to her with many of theirproblems, and she always makes a spedal effort to take time to counsel witheach girl personally and give the neededadvice and help in every way that shecan.

Countless numbers of girls in yearsto come will look back on Mrs Armstrong as the one who was there to givethem help when they really needed itmost. Many of you who have daughters,granddaughters, nieces or friends in

Ambassador College will appreciate theopportunity that all young women herehave to gain direct access to Mrs. Armstrong's counsel and help. Very fewcolleges on earth have the type of personal counseling available which Am-bassador Colleges make possible toeveryone.

Further down the hall, we enter theoffice of Dr. Herman L. Hoeh Deanof Instruction at Ambassador Collegeand Managing Editor of The PLAINTRUTH and of its German edition DieREINE WAHRHEIT. Dr. Hoeh is in

his middle thirties, but is already losing

Mrs. Herbert W. Armstrong, Guidance Counselorof Women in BOTH of the Ambassador Col-

leges, fulfills a very important function.

some hair because of his myriad earlymorning hours of study and research!

He is completely a product of Am-bassador College graduating with honors in 1951. Dr. Hoeh is an unusualscholar in every sense of the word. Heundoubtedly has accumulated more trueknowledge of history as it relates toGod's purpose in human affairs thanany other man alive today! This is a

big statement-but you will understandwhat I mean when we later publishsections of Dr. Hoeh's world historytext on which he has been working foryears!

Of German parentage, Dr. Hoehspeaks German and is Director of theGerman Work now broadcasting TheWORLD TOMORROW to all of Eur-ope. Dr. Hoeh has traveled in Europefour times, and has also traveled extensively through Africa, the MiddleEast and the Orient. He has done extensive archeological research in theHoly Land.

The firsthand knowledge gainedthrough this travel plus much researchand study has given depth to his writing, his understanding of world events,


Dr. Herman L. Hoeh, Dean of Instruction atAmbassador College and Managing Editor of

The PLAIN TRUTH.

and his teaching of history and relatedcourses in Ambassador College.

Next door to Dr. Hoeh's office wefind the office of Mr. Kenneth C.Herrmann Registrar of AmbassadorCollege. Mr. Herrmann is also a product of Ambassador having come hereas an older than average student withan inquiring and scientific mind. Hav

Mr. Kenneth C. Herrmann, Registrar of Am-bassador College in Pasadena.

ing graduated back in 1953 marriedand the father of four children Mr.Herrmann now teaches courses in scienceat Ambassador, and is the extremelycompetent Registrar of AmbassadorCollege.

Through his office flow many hundreds of applications for AmbassadorCollege, and it is he who must writeletters of acceptance, rejection or deferment to eager prospective studentsaround the earth who want to comehere to God's own College. Also, hemakes up the schedule of courses forthe entire college and has to arrangethe schedule of classes and take into

Mr. David Ion Hill, in charge of mony printingand editorial responsibilities-and instructor at

the college.

consideration literally hundreds of details in so doing!

Editors and ExecutiveAssistants

Further back on the first floor, wefind the offices of four men who helpwrite and edit much of our literature,and who assist Mr. Ted Armstrong in

handling a multitude of administrativedetails for his father.

One of these men is Mr. David JonHill. Mr. Hill is a graduate of Ambassador College and spent several yearsvisiting and helping our listeners andCo Workers in the field ministry. Then

because of his outstanding teachingand writing abilities he was called

back into Headquarters as an instructorhere in the college, and to assist in thewriting and editing of The PLAINTRUTH and other literature. Mr. Hillis another of our executives who hastravelled around the world.

His sparkling personality and zest for

Mr. Les McCullough, Administrative and Execu-tive Assistant to Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong.

ried man and is now the father ofthree children. He had a business background also and was formerly Assistant Manager of a Kress Five and TenCent Store in the Northwest. His wifecame into God's Truth before he did,angered him into really STUDYING God'sWord, and now he is not only in God'sChurch but is a direct part of the very

Dr. Charles Dorothy, supervises the SpanishDepartment at Pasadena and is an instructor

in the college.

Mr. Ron Kelly, Administrative Assistant to Mr.Garner Ted Armstrong.

life are reflected in the articles he

writes, and besides his writing andteaching he assists Mr. Armstrong inthe supervision of many editorial andprinting responsibilities.

Next door to Mr. Hill is the officeof Mr. Les McCullough, the Administrative Assistant to Mr. Garner TedArmstrong. Mr. McCullough came toAmbassador College as an older mar


Work of God! Mr. McCullough is

graduated from Ambassador College,and is now assisting Mr. Garner TedArmstrong in handling the hundredsof administrative details that come theirway in helping Mr. Herbert Armstrongdirect God's Work around this earth.Mr. McCullough is especially active inthe large and growing work throughall our overseas offices. Today, the sonnever sets on the offices of TheWORLD TOMORROW!

Sharing an office with Mr. McCul-lough is Mr. Ron Kelly who also assists Mr. Ted Armstrong and is nowa member of the faculty. Like Mr. Hill,he spent some time in the field ministrybefore being recalled to Headquartersas an instructor and administrative assistant.

One other man in these offices I

want you all to meet is Dr. CharlesDorothy. Hailing from the state ofWashington and a graduate of the University of Washington before comingto Ambassador, Dr. Dorothy nowheads our Spanish Department on thePasadena campus and teaches classes

in Greek, international relations andtheology. Combining outstanding scholarship with an all around personalityand warm interest in life and people,Dr. Dorothy contributes articles to ThePLAIN TRUTH and serves in manyways in God's Work.

Our New Business Manager

Another outstanding leader, Mr. Albert J. Portune came to us as a marriedman in his thirties with a wife andthree children. He was co partner ofa thriving air conditioning heating business, and had a promising future beforehim as an executive in the businessworld.

But God had other plans for Mr.

Mr. Albert J. Portune- the new BusinessManager of Ambassador College and the Work

of God.

Portune! When he came to see andunderstand the meaning of God's Truth,he began to act on it. He made the decision to apply for Ambassador College,give up his business if accepted, andhoped to have a direct part in thisWork of God. Although we don'tnormally accept married men with children unless they are completely selfsufficient and self supporting in everyway, Mr. Portune's engaging personality, alert mind and driving zeal madehim an outstanding prospect for theservice of Jesus Christ.

So he was accepted without delay,soon to become a leader in his class,and was later installed as Student BodyPresident of Ambassador College. Hebegan helping Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong handle many details of his responsibilities involving channeling cor-respondence, personally answering certaro business and administrative letters,keeping in touch for Mr. Armstrongwith our foreign offices around theworld, and a multitude of other responsibilities, which have since been handledby Mr. McCullough, and Mr. Kelly.

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His executive experience and unusual dedication served him well. He is now one of the top men in God's Work and you are beginning to read his articles in The PLAIN TRUTH magazine. In addition to his executive responsibilities, Mr. Portune is an instructor in Ambassador College in theology and speech where he has opportunity to help inspire hundreds of students m

the way .of life he has found to be truly full, abundant and "right."

About Your Author

Now, back to the second floor of the Administration Building. Directly back from Mr. Fortune's office is the door to my office. As I told you, I came to Ambassador College in the fall of 1 949 after having had one year of college in Missouri first. Later becoming Student Body President, I graduated from Ambassador College in 1952 and soon found myself conducting baptizing tours from coast to coast and up into Canada, preaching, teaching, writing and editing.

I have had the privilege of taking trips to Europe, one through Central and South Africa, and an extended educator's tour through the Middle and Far East and around the world. I have conducted six evangelistic campaignstwo here in America, and four in Great Britain. I have been blessed with a wonderful wife and three children and have found that serving in this great

Work of God is the most interesting, challenging and rewarding career on earth today !

For unlike the ordinary preachers or college professors, those of us directly in God's Work have the realization that we are in a tremendous CRUSADE. Although countless overtime hours are taken out of the night and sacrifices are made in many ways, nevertheless there is tremendous JOY experienced in seeing human lives really CHANGED

from wretchedness and sin to lives filled with peace, overflowing love and happiness.

Two Special Departments

One of the most outstanding special ministries within God's Work is that conducted by my uncle, Dr. C. Paul Meredith. Dr. Meredith is Director of The Ambassador College Bible Correspondence Course a unique course of Bible study which multiple thousands of you readers are already taking. Undoubtedly, this course is the most interesting, fascinating and revealing of any such course in existence today.

Setting the pace for other successful business and professional men who were to come later, Dr. Meredith gave up his practice in Missouri and moved to California to start all over again in college this time, however, Gon's College. As I have mentioned, he listened to Mr. Armstrong since way back in 1943, having followed Mr. Armstrong carefully and taken notes on hundreds of broadcasts before he ever came here, Dr. Meredith already knew that this was IT. Already a professional and fiancial success, Dr. Meredith cut himself off from further material gain and came here to SERVE.

I will always remember Dr. Meredith telling me that even if he found Mr. Armstrong operating out of a coal


Dr. C. Paul Meredith, whom we met before-supervises the research, writing, and distribu-tion of The Bible Correspondence Course, so

helpful to many thousands.

bin when he got out here to Pasadena,he had ALREADY proved that this wasthe TRUTH-and that Mr. Armstrongwas God's true minister.

So Dr. Meredith applied himselfdiligently here in the courses in Bibleand theology, later obtained his Master'sDegree from Ambassador College intheology-already possessing a Doctor'sDegree from Iowa State University.Then his writing talent came to lightand he produced regular articles forThe PLAIN TRUTH magazine.

But Mr. Armstrong had longdreamed of starting a regular BibleCorrespondence Course, and began tofeel that Dr. Meredith - with hisscholarliness, thoroughness and dedica-tion-was just the man to direct thewriting of this course. Thus, Dr. Meredith found himself in a unique fieldwriting a scintillating yet thoroughgoingBible Correspondence Course which is

now changing the lives and bringingincreased happiness and understandingto multiple thousands of enthusiasticstudents on every inhabited continentof this earth.

Coming into God's Work severalyears later than Dr. Meredith, Dr.Clint Zimmerman nevertheless followedin his footsteps in giving up his professional practice and entering Ambas-sador College as a full time student.

With his previous training, Dr. Zimmerman also had an unusually thoroughand analytical mind and began to showgood ability in writing and in helpingto answer the tens of thousands of letters Mr. Armstrong receives everymonth. Dr. Zimmerman also possessesunusual organizational and administrative abilities, and was eventually putin charge of our constantly increasingstaff of letter writers in our Letter Answering Department.

Dr. Zimmerman and his dedicatedwife have three fine children, and theysacrificed much in a material way tocome here to Ambassador College andto be in God's Work. But God is nowblessing them spiritually and in everyway, and they are able to serve multiplethousands of you who write letters toGod's Headquarters each month.

Dr. Clint Zimmerman, in charge of the LetterAnswering Department-which answers thequestions of many thousands of readers of

The PLAIN TRUTH magazile.

The Letter Answering Department in action. Dr. Zimmerman standing at the left. Many thousandsyearly, write in asking a multitude of questions on a vast variety of topics. These men must have

the education, ability, and wisdom to answer each question completely and thoroughly.

LOOK of this "mountain" of magazinesl Each month nearly a half of a million copies of The PLAINTRUTH are mailed to every continent-AROUND THE WORLD!

CHAPTER EIGHT

Inside View of Our OFFICESAROUND THE WORLD!

In this chapter you will meet the men who hold RE-SPONSIBLE POSITIONS -in various capacities - on

EVERY continent of the world.

ATHIS POINT, I would like tointroduce you to men in ourother offices who are holding

similar posts to that of Mr. Portune.First is Mr. Charles F. Hunting Manager of our offices at Ambassador College in England. Mr. Hunting was alieutenant commander in the U. S. Navyduring World War II, later the Business Manager for a successful power

Mr. Charles F. Hunting, Manager of our officesat Ambassador College in England.

equipment company here in the Los Angeles area, and subsequently heard thebroadcast and came to Ambassador College. As an outstanding prospect forleadership, he was accepted in Ambassador College even though married andthe father of three children.

In due time, Mr. Hunting becameStudent Body President in AmbassadorCollege, and has since become a leader

Mr. C. Wayne Cole, over-all Office Manager andDirecting Minister of the Work in Australia.


and minister in God's Work. He has asparkling personality, quick mind anda driving zeal to get things done.

In Sydney, Australia, the over allOffice Manager and Directing Ministeris Mr. C Wayne Cole. Mr. Cole cameto Ambassador College in his earlytwenties as a student later becomingStudent Body President. He then spentsome seven years in the ministerial fieldhere in the United States.

New business and mailing offices inSouth Africa are to be opened by Mr.Gerald D. Waterhouse, who is presently working hard toward this goal inJohannesburg, South Africa. He is a

graduate of Ambassador College haying come to us as an older man following World War II service and threeyears at a large college in Texas. Mr.Waterhouse has conducted evangelisticcampaigns, directed nation wide baptizing and visiting tours, pioneered in

organizing and building up our officesin England, The Philippines, and completely pioneered and established ouroffices in Sydney, Australia.

Temporarily managing our modernoffices in The Philippines is Mr. GuyAmes, whose special abilities for thistype of work saw him pulled out ofAmbassador College classes and hurried to Manila. A former junior in thecollege, Mr. Ames now works hard tosend the free literature to many thousands hearing the broadcast all over ThePhilippines.

These are the type of men who di-rectly serve YOU the readers of ThePLAIN TRUTH magazine! They aremen of prayer, dedication and service.

All were successful in their former business, service or college careers. Nowthey are doing a truly outstanding jobin God's Work today!

Mr. Gerald Waterhouse, whopioneered in the opening ofmany overseas off ices-is nowin Johannesburg. In his ab-sence, Mr. Guy Ames (right)is managing the Philippine

office.

Overseas Headquartersin England

Outside of Pasadena, the other real"nerve center" in the direction of God'sWork is located at our college andHeadquarters at Bricket Wood, nearLondon, England. In addition to Mr.Charles Hunting, our Business Managerthere, about whom I have already written, the primary men in charge areRaymond F. McNair and Dr. Benjamin Rea.

Mr. McNair was one of the pioneerstudents of Ambassador College in

Pasadena having come to the collegein its second year of existence. An unusual Bible student even in his teens,Mr. McNair rapidly became one of theoutstanding spiritual leaders in collegeeven before his graduation. He was incharge of three or four full summerbaptizing tours throughout the United

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States and Canada. He has undoubtedlyvisited and counseled with literallyhundreds of you who are now readingthis booklet. From time to time, in addition to his ministerial duties in thefield, Mr. McNair writes articles forThe PLAIN TRUTH magazine. He isa man of unusual depth, balance anddedication to the Work of Jesus Christ.His spirit of warmth, humility and tinselfish service to others is known andrespected by all who come in contactwith him.

Mr. McNair is in charge of God'sWork in England in Mr. Armstrong'sabsence and is Deputy Chancellor ofAmbassador College there. Married andnow the father of three children, Mr.Raymond F. McNair has now servedas director of God's Work in Englandfor more than four years without interruption.

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of Ambassador College at Bricket Wood, England.

Dr. Benjamin Rea, broadcasts The WORLDTOMORROW in the Spanish language. He isalso Dean of Instruction at the English Campus.


sador College in England is Dr. Benjamin L. Rea. Dr. Rea is also professorof Spanish and international relations,and is the voice of The WORLD TOMORROW in Spanish. Although a

Louisianan by birth, Dr. Rea has metthe challenge of mastering the Spanishlanguage and has devoted countlesshours to directing the activities of theSpanish Department in translating ourliterature into Spanish and answeringletters from our Spanish speaking listeners.

In his forties, and another formersuccessful businessman, Dr. Rea holds

Modern offices in Duesseldorf, Germany, managed by Mr. Frank Schnee, who is at right in thephotograph. Above, is Erhard Klammer, who broadcasts The WORLD TOMORROW to the

German people.

degrees from Louisiana State University, La Universidad Interamericana inSaltillo, Mexico, and our own Ambassador College in Pasadena. He is anenergetic scholar, professor and minister

and is playing a tremendously important part in helping to develop thespiritual, educational and cultural at-

mosphere at Ambassador in England.

Offices Around the World

In addition to our principal officesin Pasadena and in Bricket Wood, wenow have a constantly increasing numbet of mailing offices around theworld.

Our German mailing offices are losated in a fine, modern office building

Our modern offices in Australia ore located in the MLC Building, which is at the left.

in Duesseldorf. Mr. Frank Schnee-an Mr. Dibar Apartion, broadcasting The WORLD

Ambassador trained man is the Man TOMORROW to the French people.

ager of these fine offices and is rightat home. Mr. Schnee traveled all theway to Pasadena, California, only to besent right back to his native city to

work there in Christ's service!

French Mailing Office

Our French mailing offices are

housed in a brand new office buildingin Geneva, in the French speaking partof Switzerland. Mr. Colin Wilkinsa graduate of Ambassador College in

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South Africa Office

As this booklet goes to press, preparations for mailing offices in Johannes-burg, South Africa, are being accomplished by Mr. Gerald Waterhouse, towhom you have already been introduced His assistant is a man who-likeMr. Schnee journeyed all the way toPasadena for his college training andnow has returned to his native city to

Our large and growing Canadian office, located(right) is

serve in the Work of God, Mr. ErnestWilliams.

Handling the mail and expendituresfor the large Work we are doing inAustralia is our sizable Sydney office.It is headed by Mr. C. Wayne Colewhom we have already introduced.

Philippine OfficeThe Philippine office of which we

spoke briefly is headed by Mr. GuyAmes in Mr. Waterhouse's absence. Itis located in Manila, and handles arapidly increasing volume of mail in

response to our Work in The Philippines, which includes large, full pageadvertising of free literature in theleading weekly news magazine in ThePhilippine Islands.

Canadian Office

Our large and growing Canadian office in Vancouver, is directed by Mr.

at Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Dean Wilsondirector.

Dean Wilson. He is a graduate of Ambassador College and an ordained minister as well.

So now there are eight offices aroundthe world representing this Work ofGod. But more are constantly beingadded, so by the time some of youread this the number will be evenlarger!

CHAPTER NINE

The WORLD TOMORROWHow It Started

Let's go back to the beginning, and see how itstarted - who and what was back of it, where the

money came from.

ACERTAIN INTERVALS Mr.Armstrong has explained to allreaders of The PLAIN TRUTH,

by letter, the full facts about how thisWork of God started. In the Autobio-graphy, being published serially in ThePLAIN TRUTH, and in many articlesthrough the years, all of the fads havebeen published.

Certain persecutors and opposers ofGod's BIBLE TRUTH today, likethose who persecuted Christ, andopposed the Apostle Paul, would inferthat there is something secret and hidden about this world wide Work. But,as Paul said of his accusers, "Thisthing was not done in a comer."

There has been nothing to hide. Thefull FACTS have been openly declaredand published repeatedly for all toknow the TRUTH.

Ministry Not Sought

Just as God prepared certain menthrough history, whom He proposedto use as His instruments, in totallydifferent fields prior to His call, Mr.

Armstrong, in early life, was trainedin the advertising profession. Moseswas trained, as the son of Pharoah'sdaughter, for the mission to which Godlater called him. Paul was educatedand trained as a Pharisee for the mission to which Christ later called him.

To become a Minister of JesusChrist to preach the Gospel-wouldhave been the very last thing Mr.Armstrong would have chosen. But inGod's due time, he was literally thrustinto Christ's ministry.

At age twenty eight, God took awayMr. Armstrong's advertising businessin Chicago. The flash depression of1920 brought about the failure of allof his largest clients. In 1924 theymoved to the Pacific Northwest. Twomore businesses were swept away byforces beyond Mr. Armstrong's control.

Shortly after age 30, Mrs. Armstrongwas visiting a neighbor of Mr. Armstrong's parents in Salem, Oregon. Thisneighbor lady was a student of theBible. She asked Mrs. Armstrong toturn to certain passages of Scriptureand read them aloud. This brought


to Mrs. Armstrong what seemed toher a great discovery obedience toGod's spiritual law summed up in theTen Commandments, is, necessary forsalvation. Not that our WORKS ofkeeping the Commandments save usbut, rather, that sin IS the transgressionof God's spiritual Law (I John 3:4),and Christ does not save us IN oursins, but FROM our sins. We mustREPENT of sin repent of transgressing God's Law, which means TURNINC FROM disobedience, as a prior condition to receiving God's free gift.

But Mr. Armstrong's Sunday schooldays had taught him that there are NOWORKS to salvation God's Law wasDONE AWAY. To him, religion hadnot been a WAY OF LIFE, but a

mere BELIEF an acceptance of theFACTS of God's existence, Christ'svirgin birth, the efficacy of Christ'sshed blood. Religion, to him, had been

a Sunday morning hour and a half atchurch (which he had neglected forsome 15 or 16 years) and had nothing to do with how he lived the rest ofthe week.

Angered Into Study

Controversy arose between Mr. andMrs. Armstrong. She refused to giveup the truth she had found. He wasangered into his first real STUDY ofthe Bible undertaken for the avowedpurpose of proving to his wife "thatall these churches can't be wrong." Hebelieved, then, just as Fundamentalistpersecutors do today. He would havesaid, then that anyone proclaimingwhat Christ and the Apostles actuallyproclaimed was a false prophet. Hewas sure he would find the belief hehad been taught from childhood substantiated in the Bible. Surely, heassumed, all these differing church

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Photograph of Mr. Armstrong at oge twenty-three. By this time Mr. Armstrong had learnedmony of the important principles of ad-

vertising.

denominations got their teaching fromthe Bible.

But six months' intensive almostnight and -day study proved a shockingdisillusionment. When he soughtPROOF, in his BIBLE, he was sorelydisappointed to find that he had beenwrong. His wife had found theTRUTH, after all. It was a bitter pillto swallow. A furious inner struggleensued within him.

What would his friends and formerbusiness associates say? They wouldthink him a fanatic, as he had beenthinking of his wife. But God hadprepared him for the unconditionalsurrender. Very few will surrender toGod while they are riding high, in

affluent financial circumstances. Mr.Armstrong had been reduced to actualhunger and want. He felt he was afailure. His former conceit and self

confidence had been beaten down. Hehad been "softened for the blow."

He swallowed the bitter pill. Hesurrendered to God. He. gave his life,which he now felt was worthless anyway, to the living CHRIST who hadbought and paid for it with his ownshed blood. He said to God that hehad made a miserable failure out ofhis life and if God could use it ormake anything out of it, He couldhave it.

Quakers had not believed in waterbaptism. Now he immediately studiedthe BIBLE TEACHING on baptism,and forthwith was baptized. Suddenlyhe seemed filled with new life-withHOPE with a new PEACE, thatbrought inner JOY. Suddenly herealized that he could UNDERSTANDthe Bible as he studied it. It openednew worlds new vistas that seemedmore wonderful than anything everbefore experienced in life. God'sTRUTH suddenly became the mostinteresting, intriguing, ENJOYABLE pursuit ever experienced He now studiedthe Bible with elation and joy oftenuntil 1 or 2 am. and much of thetime on his knees, combining it withprayer.

Mr. Armstrong Beginsto "Preach"

Having been a trained writer ofadvertising and magazine articles, hebegan to write articles about the newtruths he was discovering. Friends andrelatives, astonished at his new zealfor Bible study, said it was just a newhobby-it would soon wear off, andhe'd turn to something else.

His articles were featured in a churchpaper. Incidentally, there was never anyassociation in any way, with JehovahWitnesses, Seventh Day Adventists


Mormons nor any such sects, as someaccusers have falsely daimed. Soon

requests came for him to preach beforeindependent groups of people. Mr.

Armstrong shrank from this. For somelittle time he resisted and refused.Then, having discovered an excitingnew truth in the Bible, he became sointrigued and enthusiastic over it hefelt impelled to share it with others.He accepted the invitation of a certaingroup to "preach" to them.

Mrs. Armstrong said it was not reallypreaching just a talk but it was newTRUTH for these people suddenlycome to light, and Mr. Armstrong'senthusiasm and the new truth broughtan enthusiastic response from that firstaudience. They asked him to comeagain.

The ice was broken, and it waseasier next time. Soon, Mr. Ariristrongwas simply drawn into preach-ing regularly. In June, 1931,

invited to join anhe wasevangelist from California in

a tent evangelistic campaign inEugene, Oregon. He was thenordained as a Minister of JesusChrist.

Jesus had called the originalApostles, as His disciples, and began teaching them His Gospel in27 A.D. God does many things by19 year time cycles. God measuresdays, months and years by the movements of the earth, moon and sun.These come into exact conjunctionevery 19 years. One hundred timecydes after 27 A.D., the same living Christ began teaching Mr. Armstrong His SAME GOSPEL through HisWRITTEN Word, the Bible in 1927.

Those original disciplesdained to Christ's ministry in June, 31A.D. on the day of Pentecost. One

hundred time cydes later, mid June1931 A.D., Mr. Armstrong was ordained, and plunged full time intoChrist's ministry.

In the summer of 1933, still employed by a church conference, it wasdemanded that he preach and act contrary to Biblical teaching. Then it wasthat Mr. Armstrong realized that, if hewere to be free to serve GOD faithfully-to preach GOD'S WORD truthfully,muzzled, without fear or favor thatHe would have to look to GOD ALONEin true FAITH for financial support. Ifmen paid him, he would have to preachwhat men demanded. If GOD employedhim, he knew he would have to preachfaithfully what GOD commands! He relied on God's promise: "My God shallsupply ALL YOUR NEED, according to

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His riches in glory, by Christ Jesus."About two months after rejecting the

salary, and dedicating himself to TRUSTGOD ALONE, opportunity came to speakto an audience of thousands, in frontof a microphone, for the first time.

There was an astonishing response.This led to the start of the regularbroadcast and the program went onthe air the first Sunday in 1934.

It was the smallest possible start-one very small local station in Eugene,Oregon, of only 100 watts of power.It cost $2.50 per week. A letter sentto some 50 or 75 brethren broughtpledges of only about half that amount.The rest came by faith.

God did not rain down large chunksof money out of the sky. But, little bylittle, additional radio listeners came tobe converted, and began tithing theirincomes, keeping this WORK of GODalive.

It was three whole years before Mr.Armstrong could afford to add a sec-ond radio station. The PLAIN TRUTH,started February, 1934, was mimeo-graphed for the first few years. It wasa slow, but steady uphill climb. ButChrist never did leave nor forsake HISWORK, which He, Himself, had startedin 27 A.D.

Funds Never Solicited

Mr. Armstrong saw that Christ Him-self never solicited the public, to whomhe preached, for financial contributions.His Gospel went to them FREE. Yetthose who knew and loved Him didcontribute and give to Him. The origi-nal Apostles NEVER begged the publicfor money. But, as Moses had askedIsrael of old to GIVE, so we find theApostle Paul asking God's own People

to make special contributions whenneeded-and teaching them to payTITHES and give offerings REGULARLY.Therefore this BIBLICAL METHOD wasadopted, and has been followed eversince, in GOD'S WORK Of today.

Being unable to see, and know personally, more than a very small fractionof the radio audience, the followingpolicy, obeying Scriptural teaching,examples, and principles, was adopted:

If listeners send in money to payfor The PLAIN TRUTH, or free literature, it is promptly returned. There isNO PRICE on anything. If listenersVOLUNTARILY send in tithes or contribu-tions, they are accepted with thanks.

Co -Worker Letters Sent

But how was Mr. Armstrong to knowwho were really converted who wereGod's own People? Jesus said thatwhere one's treasure is, there his heartwill be also. The policy was set that,when a listener sends in an unsolicitedfreewill offering as a contributionTWICE within a six months period, it is

assumed that his heart is in GOD'S

WORK. He is thereupon written a letterthat he is being put on a special Co -Worker mailing list, to receive a letterabout the plans for and progress of theWork once a month-and, if the Workis IN NEED of financial support, he willask for it. But, if the office has been inerror in supposing he DESIRES to be aregular Co Worker, he is asked to sim-ply let us know, and he will never re-ceive any request for financial support.

Thus the example of Moses and ofthe Apostle Paul is followed of mak-ing request for funds to those we believe to be GOD'S OWN PEOPLE, whohave voluntarily become Co -Workers,

PEA aTI

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When will the next world war come? Whichwill be first, the war precipitated by Russia ---or

the revival of the Roman Empire?

HAZING PropheciesElk are being ful-filled before r,ur

very eyesStill more amaz-

ing thing-., soon willoccur in the world:

But how can wetell what will happenNEXT

How can we learnthe exact ORDER inwhich coming eventswill occur? For instance, all Bible stu-dents know that the 38th and 39th chaptersof Ezekiel fortell a gigantic world war,yet future, in which Soviet Russia, togeth-er with many allies, will be the aggres-sor. But WHEN will this world war occur?

Most Bible students know, too, thatthe 17th chapter of Revelation tells usthe ancient Roman Empire will once more berevived, this time by a federation of tennations-- and it will be the agressor inwar. But WHEN? How soon? Before, or af-ter, Russia precipitates wart

What is the time when the "two wit-nesses" of Revelation 11: appear?

The Bible, in scores of texts, proph-esies the Second Coming of Christ. But

WHEN- --before the great Tribulation, torapture his "bride" out of it, or at theend of it and before the terrible "day ofthe Lord," or at the end of that? Will Hiscasing occur before the final ending ofthe "Times of the Gentiles," or after Gen-tile "Times" have ended?

Here is acomplete 530101OS ; 8 of im-pending events, placing each fu-ture prophesied event in its pro-per time -order, as revealed bythe story -flow of the Book of Rev-elation.

Only by arranging these eventsin a chart can the many separateevents prophesied be properly co -related, as to time -sequence.

We cannot reallyunderstand these pro-phecies at all, unlesswe can arrange themin their proper time -order.

The Bible is likethe jig -saw puzzle that

became such a fad a yearago; each text on a givensubject is like a

piece of a jig -saw put-zle; and if we get all

the various pieces properly joined togethera beautiful picture, clear and perfect, isthe result. But if they are not joined prop-erly together, the picture is distorted.Neither is it complete if one or two ofthe texts are left out. We must have EVERYpiece that fits into the picture, and everyone in its PROPER place in relation to the

others.

Time -Sequence Found CNLY in

the Revelation

ONLY in the Book of Revelation do wefind the various stages of prophesied e-vents arranged in an orderly time -sequence.

In the Book of Revelation there is astory -flow, relating one event to another inthe time -order of occurrence.

But what is the KEY to an understand-ing of it? For Revelation is in symbols.

The Book is the REVELATION --that isthe revealing, not the concealing ---of Je-sus Christ (Rev. 1:1). ',That does it re -

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BUT NEVER ASKING FOR MONEY OVER

THE AIR, OR IN ANY LITERATURE SENTTO THE PUBLIC, ALL OF WHICH IS FREE

-AND WITHOUT ANY FOLLOWUP.

Many thousands of people have beenreceiving The PLAIN TRUTH andother free literature for years, who haveNEVER been asked for money. We inthis Work feel that all such people dous a great FAVOR, in allowing us toGIVE God's TRUTH to them FREE. It istruly more blessed to GIVE than to receive.

God has blessed that Biblical method.His WORK has grown GREAT!

In the early days, when it was a greatstruggle to keep the Work alive, variousoffers to commercially sponsor Mr.

Armstrong came. They were all re

jected. He had dedicated his life tolook to GOD ALONE, in faith, for support, according to GOD'S teaching andexamples in the Bible. He stuck to it

through thick and thin. His faith was

tThe people who were converted during the firstby Mr. Armstrong met here.

tried severely tried but always it wasrewarded.

THAT IS WHY THIS WORK OF GOD ISUNSHACKLED FREE TO PROCLAIM

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THE PLAIN TRUTH OF GOD'S WORDFEARLESSLY!

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Who Is REALLY Behind

The WORLD TOMORROW? 11Who SPONSORS us?" you ask. The real FACTUAL answer is that the true GOD who RULES this universe SPONSORS, DIRECTS and EMPOWERS us in ful-

filling HIS PURPOSE!

YOU HA VE been introduced to literally dozens of executives, ministers and department heads

m God's Work around the world. Now you know most of the key men who are directing God's Work, reaching many millions of people in several major languages. You have seen how God guided Mr. Armstrong m

the beginning years of this Work.

But Who Is Behind All This ?

Just as Noah, a "preacher of righteousness" (II Pet. 2 : 5 ) , stood ALONE

in warning the world of his day of its impending destruction ; just as Abraham, with his family, stood ALONE in obeying God in his day; just as Moses, "whom they refused" ( Acts 7 : 35 ) , stood ALONE when God first began dealing with ancient Israel and bringing them out of slavery in Egypt; just as Elijah warned ancient Israel and cried out : "I am left ALONE, and they

seek my life" (Rom. 1 1 : 3 ) ; just as John the Baptist stood ALONE, not affiliated with the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes or any of the other religious groups of his day warning Israel of his day "like a voice in the wilderness" ; so Mr. Armstrong and this prophetic Work stand ALONE as God's instrttment in warning the modern descendants of ancient Israel America and the British Commonwealth of Nations-of their coming national punishment, and heralding the second coming of Jesus Christ JN PERSON as King of kings and Lord of lords !

Just as Elijah trained the "sons of the prophets" to aid him in ancient Israel ( II Kings 2 : 3 5 ) ; just as John the Baptist had his disciples and assistants ; just as Jesus Christ Himself trained young men as disciples to assist Him in the ministry as He stood ALONE

against religionists of His day; so Mr. Armstrong has founded the Ambassador Colleges to train dedicated servants


of God who bring forth the "fruits"showing that GOD has called them toaid in this ministry of preaching thetrue Message of God's soon coming,world ruling Government, and standingALONE as God's "watchman" (Ezek.33:2) to warn modern Israel of exactand SPECIFIC punishments from God!These prophesied punishments on ourpeople are right NOW beginning to havea great effect on the lives of every oneof you who is reading this booklet!

As I have already shown you, themen in this Work of God are alert, intelligent, successful and balanced men.But we DARE to preach a Message thatis definitely DIFFERENT from the hackneyed, sentimental ideas going abouttoday under the name of "religion."

What "Authority" DoWe Have?

"By what authority doest thou thesethings? and who gave thee this authority?" the religious denominationalistsof Jesus' day asked Him (Matt. 21:23).

Our "authority" is being DEMON-STRATED in the headlines of your news-papers every day of the year! It is notsome far off intangible that "might beproved some day." It is being demonstrated NOW.

The fact is that we in this Work ofGod stand ALONE in proclaiming asoon coming revival of the ancient HolyRoman Empire dominated by the greatfalse church system described in Revelation 17. It is THAT enemy which is

going to conquer and DESTROY Americaand Britain unless we as an entire people REPENT of our national sins andturn to God fervently in prayer, fasting,and OBEDIENCE to His living laws!

For over a quarter of a century, The

WORLD TOMORROW broadcast hasstood ALONE in proclaiming a comingUnited States of Europe actually a revival of the Holy Roman Empirewhich will be composed of EXACTLYten nations or groups of nations allgiving their power unto one superdictator prophetically called the "Beast"in the book of Revelation. We havewarned that America and Britain aregoing to LOSE their national greatness-that God Almighty is going to breakthe "pride of our power" which wehave certainly had as nations for wellover one hundred years.

ALL THIS IS NOW BEGINNING TOHAPPEN!

It is affecting the major nations inEurope and as alternating droughts,floods, and disease epidemics sweep upand down America and Britain-as divorce, juvenile delinquency, crime andmurder skyrocket as labor unions pressfor ever higher wages without produc-ing more, race riots increase, as foreigncompetitors increasingly beat out America and Britain in the world trade mar

The Ambassador College News Bureau-di-rected by Mr. Gene Hogberg (left) keepsabreast of world events and spotlights the

really important news.

Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, broadcasts The WORLD TOMORROW from his Eugene office is 1946.By this time the broadcast hod been pouring out the warning message for a dozen years. Foralmost thirty years the SAME MESSAGE-of soon -coming world chaos and the peaceful age after-

has been proclaimed by this Work, and by THIS WORK ONLY!

kets, as the American GOLD SUPPLYcontinues to diminish and ebb away-it is AFFECTING YOUR LIFE!

You can "reason" in your own mindthat you agree or disagree, but you cannot escape the profound RESULTS ofthe prophesied happenings which weALONE are proclaiming as the prophesied Work of God on this earthtoday (Matt. 24:14).

Where True UNDERSTANDINGReally Comes From

"Why are The WORLD TOMOR-ROW broadcasts and The PLAINTRUTH articles always on top of thenews?" many ask.

It is primarily because we UNDER-

STAND the purpose that Almighty Godis working out here below among thenations of the world at this time. Davidwas inspired to write: "A good understanding have all they that DO his cornmandment?' (Ps. 111:10). God hasmade us willing to quit arguing and

reasoning and to truly OBEY His com-mandments and instructions in theBible literally. Then He has literallygiven us a "good understanding" sowe can KNOW the meaning of present-day world events and what WILL HAP

PEN in the near future.

Other groups may talk in vaguegeneralities about the coming worldcataclysm or Tribulation or "the Lord'sreturn some day," but no other religiousWork on earth understands SPECIFI-

CALLY what is happening! All you haveto do is to begin really studying ThePLAIN TRUTH magazine comparingto your Bible and to the daily newspa-per and you will soon sEE this factdearly demonstrated!

Secondly, God has led Mr. Arm-strong to establish a full-fledged NewsBureau as an integral part of this Workof God, as you have already read. Di-rected by Mr. Gene Hogberg, whosearticles you read in The PLAINTRUTH magazine, it is staffed with


some of our graduates and advancedstudents of Ambassador College.

But the UNDERSTANDING of thisnews and its application to your lifecomes only from God. And God hassaid: "Surely the Lord God will doNOTHING, but he revealeth his secretunto his servants the prophets" (Amos3:7).

You have just been introduced to

some of the leading ministers andservants of the Most High God on

earth today! You can easily PROVE thatthis is so any time you wish to with anopen mind and an open heart.

This is the prophesied Work ofGod for this endtime. It is the lastgeneration of whom Jesus said: "Yeshall not have gone over the citiesof Israel, till the Son of man be come'(Matt. 10:23).

This, truly, is the "inside story"-the real story of The WORLD TOMORROW broadcast!

READ:The PLAIN TRUTH, a magazine of understanding, explaining the true significance ofworld events, making BIBLE PROPHECY clear, plain, understandable, interesting! It'sFREE! No subscription price. But you must request it for yourself. Mailing Address:

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