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T h e ki ller played with gun s from chi ldhood W h a ; about your

children? W h a t about toys as a whole-are the y importantin the mold ing ofyour childs character? Read carefullyMr.Antions article beginningon page 5.

Ambassador College Photo

What our READERSSAYNormal Bless ings

I almost had to stop and thinkifthis is my third tithe yea . It isrit, bulthe blessings are raining do wn. W hereIam employed we are paid an hourly rateplus a fluctuating bonus basedo n sales.Early this week we were told the bonusis 30 percent Th e highest its beenin ycars Also, thc supcrintcndcnt toldmy foreman that if the reason for mynot working 5 hours on Saturday was areligious one, I could wcrk an extrahour each evening.

Lesson Learned

W h e n I came home and found your

letter I was actually happy for the firsttime to find it was a co-worker letter.Always before, no matter how muchIguarded my attitude, it would turn neg-ative when I received a co-worker letter.

Man, Ohio

Last month we published aspecial appeal for funds to assistdeserving members and widowsto attend the 1966 Feastof Taber-nacles. Everyone came through asonly Gods people can Everyperson who requested help andwho was deserving of attendingthe Feast of Tabernacles was as-sisted from the second tithe. Hun-dreds of niir brethren attendedand rejoiced with us because ofy o u r generosity.

One woman sent a very shor tnote which said, It would real lybe a shame i f any of the deserv-i n g people could not get to theFeast of Tabernacles because oflack of funds. Therewas a twentythousand do l lar check enclosed

Thanks again, brethren. JesusChrist is well pleased

This means more money, I wouldthink. I would realize that I had vol-unteered and nu one had pressured mebut still I couldnt hide the fact thatIwasnt overly thrilled and willing. To-day was ac tu a l ly the first time I wasthankful to be part of Christs Workand more than willing to do whatIcould. At least thiswas my attitude un-til I reached the point where you askedus to fast. W ow I went through everyexcuse possible in my mind why Icouldnt or shouldnt fast.I felt trapped.After an hour or two of feeling sorryfor myself 1 finally realized where myinte rest really was-at leastI realizedwhere it wasnt I thank God for open-ing my eyes.

K. H. W., California

CorrespondenceI really do appreciate the new dress

on the Correspondence Course.You sayyou will have to go slower on sendingthe course. Dear friends, when we getso much in the magazine and all thewonderful printed booklets and singlesheets, and with all the lessons we haveon hand, it seems almost superfluous

to have to have extra lessons. It willtake me the rest of my life to absorball the materials you have already sent

out. Mrs. H. F., WashingtonThank y o u for seeing the positive

ride-almost everyone else complainsbcccrwse more duessnt runre fuster

Cancer HealedHow can I ever thank you for thc

anointed handkerchief and for the spe-(Continued o n page 19)

September, 19

Good N e w sInternational magazine of

T H E CHURCH OF GODministering to i ts members

scattered abroad

September, 1966

Volume X V Number 9

Published monthly at Pasadena, California1966, by Radio Churchof G od

EDITORH ERBERT . ARMSTRONG

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Garner Ted Armstrong

MA NA GIN G EDITOR

David Jon Hill

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T O BE ENFORCEDRuling on Womens Dress

Have some wom en been de fia nt -o r merely careless? MustGods Ministers exercise Gods AUTHORITY t o enforce ruling

concerning too short and to o tigh t skirts?

N T H E September, 1962, number ofT h e GOOD NEWS n article ap-peared on this subject. It was

It said, In this instructionto thespiritual children in Gods Church,

your Pastor is making this correctionto those who need it,I sincerely hope,PLAIN ENOUGH, and PA I N F U L E NOUGHthat it shall not need repeatin g

But now, four years later, IT DOES

And this time I know that the livingHEAD f Go ds Church-Jesus Christ-directs that HisAUTHORITY be used, ifnecessary, toEN F O RCE the ruling whichcomes straight from the very Word ofGOD

Of course, we must bear in mindthat The Church of God is todayTWICEas large in membership as it was fouryears ago. PerhapsH A L F of the womenin the Church did not read the formerarticle. On the other hand,I have seensome women flagrantly violate this Rul-ing who have been in the Church sev-eral times four years

IPLAIN SPEAKING

NEED R EPEATING

Embarrassment For All

And I want to say, before quotingfrom the former article, that Godsministers are quite frequently embar-rassed, while preaching in the pulpit,by women wearing too short skirts thatdo not cover their knees, sitting withtheir knees spread apart at least eightor ten inches. Usually the careless onesare middle-aged or elderly women. Justonce, I believe, have I personally no-ticed this inexcusable carelessness onthe part of a college girl. This happensREPEATEDLY. Personally, I have notwanted to publicly embarrass these

by Herb e r t W. Armst ro n g

women. But if, after this article hasappeared in print,such carelessness oc-curs again in my sight, I shall per-sonally reprimand such women regard-less of the painful embarrassment itmay cause them

In our teaching on child rearing,based on Gods Word, we teach par-ents to speak plainlyJUST ONCE-andthen punish. The women guilty of thisneglect are old enough to know better,but they areour spiritual children, andI am instructing all ministersto PRAC-TICE WHAT WE PREACH, and ENFORCEthis ruling

When the article appeared in1962,women were beginning to wear skirtsup to th e knees. Tod ay they are becom-ing more daring, and wearing them

two to eight inches above the knees.The teaching of God is MODESTY.

The reprinted article, below, makes itabundantly plain that G ods instructionDOES NOT call for women togo to theopposite extreme. God is the author ofB EAUTY. He wants His daughters to bebeautiful, consistent with proper mod-esty. And what is proper modesty? Godgives us the PRINCIPLE involved. Heleaves it to His ministers, led by HisSpirit, to apply the principle to specificinstances.

Applying that principle, theRULINGis, then, that the d aughters of G od mustnot go to either extreme. Current fash-ions and styles of the world dictatewhat, at any one time, is the extreme,and what is the happy medium thatmodestly avoids the extreme. As fash-ions are today, that means women maywear skirts up to the knees-that is,JUST BELOW the knee-cap, B U T N O TEXPOSING IT WHEN STANDING. Women

should wear skirts of sufficient lengthto cover the knees when sitting.

It is embarrassing to me, personallywhen I see a woman in constant embarrassment tugging away at her skiwhile she sits, to make it cover he

knees when it simply is not lonenough to cover them.Or, as so oftenhappens, now, because her skirt comemerely t o her knees when sitting, buleaves them completely exposed, shcontinually tries to pull her skirt tightaround her legs just above the knefastenin g the skirt underneath. betweeher legs and the chair.

No woman is going to look out ostyle, or attract attention to herself bwearing skirts long enough to cover tknees-even when sitting.

Women who care more for whatGOD hinks than what this rotten, filthdoomed WOR LD thinks, will immediately let out any skirts shorter than thaThose who care more about whatTHEWORL D thinks than God will marthemselves as PART O F T H E WORLDand NO LONGER MEMBERS O F GODSCHURCH.

Since the last article on thissubject,the Ruling has been so flagrantly ignored or disobeyed that the time hacome TO ENFOR C E this Ruling. GodsMinisters are instructed to act accoringly.

And THIS INCLUDES THESE TOO

By tha t, mean these skirts takeup just below the hips,so they FO RM -FIT the buttocks, clinging tight behinand under the place where theyOUGHTto be SPANKED I know that nearly askirts are made that way today. Bu1) you do not have to buy that kin

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and 2 ) if you have them, you can,and MUST, if obedient, let them out atthe seams. And if NOT obedient,Gods ministers will know you are partof this world, and notof Gods Church.

God is not a harsh or unreasonableGod-nor are His ministers harsh,stern or unreasonable. W e are merely

defining womanly MODESTY. GodsChurch must be obedient. It must bekept morally pure

N o w RE A D AGAIN the article of fouryears ago:

* * * * *BELOW

1962 by Radio Church of God

H Y does the Word of God con-w ine His instruction regardingmodest apparel, and the adorning ofthe person with clothes, to theWOMEN?

Did God desire to discriminate-to

make women uncomfortable-to showpartiality to men?Does God intend formen to show off themselves in orna-mental and gay attire, while He com-mands women to make unsightly scare-crows of themselves?

Of course we know better than that.There is nothing in Gods instructionto make women appear ugly,or to makethem uncomfortable. O n th e contrary,many, if not most, women will sufferany amount of discomfort in theirworship of the goddess Dame Fashion.

Gods REASON

God never shows partiality. He neverdiscriminates against individuals, sexes,races, or whoever. Yet Gods Word doescarry specific instruction forwomen tobe mode st in the ir dress-and n o cor-responding instructionfor modesty inmens clothing is given.WHY?

There is a reason I thin k, candidly,that the girls and women in GodsChurch know the answer. And for thatvery reason some of them seem to wantto violate Gods instruction

W h a t I am going to say applies onlyto a f ew. Women in Gods Church aredifferent from those of the world.Buta very few need severe correction.

I do not mean that even these few goto the extremes of ridiculous fashionsocommonly seen in the world.You wontsee any member of Gods Church wear-ing artificially striped hair, green eye-lids, and a purple mouth, decked outin outlandish dress design and overdone

wacky jewelry. But, in the category oftoo short and too tight skirts, and inexcessively low-neck dresses, some ofyou women and girls need a sharp re-buke from Gods ministers

NOW WHY does Gods InstructionBook contain admonition regardingmodesty in womens dress, and notregarding mens?

In all three colleges I personallyteach a class in Principles of Living.This class includes Gods instruction inregard to sex and marriage. Sex re-sponses operate in themind, and themale mind does not react in the samemanner as the female mind in relationto sex. Sex consciousness, and arousal,in the male, is brought about muchmore quickly than in the female, and isstimulated by sight,or even by imagi-nation, in a manner that has little effecton females.

God made the female body to beattractive to the male. This attractionmay be, and should be, one of sheerbcauty. But also it may be, and undermany circumstances often is, a stimula-tion of LUST. Especially when certainparts of the female figure are cmpha-sized, such as the hips and buttocks bytight skirts, the low neckline exposingportions of breasts, or too-short skirtsexposing more than is modestof thefemale leg.

I am quite aware that itis the cu rren tfashion, in the world, to wear shortknee-length (and now above) skirtsextra tight around the hips. But thewomen in Gods Church havecome oatof the world, and ared i f e r e n t - o r elsethey have not been put into His Churchby God. Gods daughters do not findit necessary to conform t o this world,going along in itsextremes of daring,or wrong, styles.

Candidly, when I see a female with

a skirt tight enough to call attention tothe shape of her hips, especially whentight below the hips and under thebuttocks, I know that she is either care-less and needs sharp admonishingorelse she is wearing it deliberately toattract male eyes and arouse lust towardher in mens minds.

Do you want to know my personalreaction when I see such an example?It makes me feel that such a girlorwoman needs either a good lecture

driven home by a sound SPANKINGof what she so brazenly displays,or tobe classed as a fallen woman and acommon prostitute.

THAT S PL AI N LANGUAGE I meanit to be plain, andI want the womenin Gods Church to know it s comingfrom Go ds Minister, wh o speaks byChrists authority

Recently some of our girls andwomen have been wearing skirts thaare entirely TOO SHORT Often I havefelt I ought to speak personallyto someof you. If this article does not quicklcorrect this eVil-AND IT IS A N EVIL-Gods ministers will be instructed tbegin speaking personally and in manner that ought to cause a deep sensof shame and produce a very red facon any girlor woman who invited such

sharp rebuke from a Minister of GodWhen many of you women wearskirts as high as (and now above) thknee, and which completely expose thknees when sitting, your skirts are aabomination in GODS eyes.I wonder,frankly, if God doesnt blush whenH Esees you Are you women who d o thideliberately trying to tempt men intbreaking the spirit of Gods law againsadultery? Are you trying to make yourselves adultresses? Are you not breakingthe very spirit of that law,yourselves?

In our instruction to parents inproper child rearing we teach that wheyou spank your child, it must be suffciently severe to impress the lesson-painful enough that he will not wanto cause it to be repeated very soonIn this instruction to the spiritual chidren in Gods Church, your Pastorismaking this correction to those whneed it, I sincerely hope, plain enougand painful enough that it shall noneed repeating

Neither Extreme

Gods Church does not teach, nordoes Gods Word when rightly understood, that women shouldgo to theopposite extreme of wearing ill-fittingoverly loose skirts that drag the duand pick u p germs.I am not saying thatyour neckline must beso high that allthe neck is covered. God is not thauthor of UGLINESS, any more than of

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W h a t Yo u N ee d t o Kn o w A b o u t -

Your Childrens ToysW h a t is a toy? W h a t are toys for? Just what should you lookf o r in buying toys for your children? I s there a purpose to play-

ing? Are toys wrong for children? Are toys all that important?

ODAY the gun ranks as the biggestseller of the toy line Matchedsix-guns of the Cowboy and

Indian era are often slung low on thehips of a four-year-old outfitted in aspace helmet holding a death-ray gunleveled at your midsection. Most popu-lar lately is the fad of secret agentweapons of the007 ilk. Transistor rad-

ios, fountain pens, attache cases sudden-ly transform into fantastic death-dealers at the touch of a kiddies fin-ger

Television is inundated with violence-and the shoot-em-ups are thefavorites of the children. Cartoons-theyre supposed to be funny-comeone after another in hour-long shows:animals talk, heroes and villians alikeare shot, smashed, cut in pieces, fallover cliffs, are run down by every con-traption known t o man and somehow

Juffer no ill effects from it whatsoever

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NOTHING OULD B E M VKh POISON-OUS TO THE MIND OF A CHILD

Seeing is believing To the millionsof tots who see peop le die-and thenget up to live normally again-thedeadly seriousness of dangerous wea-pons, of steppingoff a curb into swirl-ing traffic, of jumping from a buildingto fly like Superman-the sure an dpainful renlity is lost to their littlebrainwashed minds

Trag ic Consequences

Recently a preschool-age child, help-ing his mother shop, noticed a gun bythe check-out counter. In his usualplayful manner he picked up the gun,pointed it at his mo ther and-the roarof a .38 drowned out his childishbang, youre dead W he n order wasrestored, the gun was on the floor, thechild was crying and themother wasdead And the little boy kept wonder-ing why she didnt get up again

by David L. Antion

In another incident two playmates,age seven, were walking home fromschool when one of them found a gunin the snow. The one who found thegu n pointed it-pulled the trigger, shothis little friend. T h e boy lived in thiscase, but will carry a serious woundwith him th e rest of his life-and per-haps his scar will constantly remind

him to teach his children toNEVER

Guns are for killing If youintendto kill-use a gun . If youdont intend

PL AY WI T H GUNS

to kill-DONT USE A GUN-THE REALTHING OR A N IMITATION

Aimless Playing

Let us analyze just what a child doeswhen he plays with a gun. In generalhe pretends to shoot and kill humanbeings. He uses his vivid imagination.BUT NOT IN THE RI G H T WAY

His imagination is used to killvicariously. It is not used to create, plan,or build. It is not used to organize.And he is not learning anything con-structive

H e is just aimlessly wasting hours-playing. His play has no meaning.It isnot constructive. And in the cases wherehe is pre ten din g to kill-it is extremelydestructive

How can parents avoid these evils?How can they use wisdom in purchas-ing toys for constructive rather than

destriictive influence on their children?

T h e P u rp o se of Toys

Toys are a childs tools for learning.They can help him develop his mindand character. They can also help himdevelop his body and personality.

The development of our childs body,mind, personality and character shouldbe foremost in our thoughts in choos-ing a toy for our child.

Look at this spectacle

A parent walks into a departmenstore. His child is with hiin as thewalk through the toy department. Suddenly the child begins tugging on hparents arm. He pulls his parent oveto a counter and points with greatjoyat a certain toy on the shelf. His parent starts away. But immediately thchild cries and screams for the obje

of his affection. In a minuteor two theparent acquiesces. He buys the toyforhis child.

Why ?

Simply becausc his child wanted iThere was no thought or purpose tothis purchase. It was merely to satishis childs desires. The parent wantcto stop his child from crying and givhim a toy that would amuse him forfew hours-r at mo sta few days.

After the newness is worn08 in thefirst two or three hours many toys aeither broken or discarded. The chilhas very little to do with that toy afteward. Many people can take you intoroom and point to hundreds of dollarworth of purchases in toys

The manufacture of toys is a gigantbusiness today. With department stoshelves literally bulging with all kinof toys, it is calculated that manufaturers sales of toys are well overonebillion dollars In 1 96 4 this was an atime high in sales for toy makers. A

1965 was even a bigger year.The amount of raw materials used the manufacturing of toys is astouning. Th e 1 964 toys included more th100 million dollars for steel,86 milliondollars for plastics, 77 million dollarfor packaging and more than1 mil-lion dollars each for rubber, fabricand wood. The toy industry is BIG

In the United States toy manufaturers spent more than 45 million do

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Developing the Body

There are many toys that will providhours of fun and entertainment foyour child-and at the same time willgive him plenty of excercise for deveoping his body. Some parents feel toof this type are not worth anythinThey want only toys to develop thmind. But in order to have a wellbalanced child he must have a welbalanced curriculum. And this mutake place at home.

Here are a few examples of toys thawould aid in the development of yochilds body and co-ordination.A ballcan be one of the most effective toysalong this line. Balls come in all sizand colors. They are relatively inexpesive. And yet they give a child houof enjoyment and fun. They are also

means by which the parent himself cparticipate in his childs activities.

Balls develop co-ordination, timi-agility in bodily movem ents. Thalso give the child a chance to use himagination in inventing several typof games. Most school sports are playwith balls. This will help your child become better adjusted in games school.

Tricycles and bicycles are excelletoys in the development of the childbody. They provide fine exercise fchildren. They give many hours of etertainment and fun as well.

Other toys can be mentioned alothis line such as swing sets, badmintogames, and various types of spogames.

Developing the Mind

There are many toys which can aschool children and preschool childrin the development of mind and eduction. At the same time these toys agames provide hoursof fun. They arealso conducive to a close family reltionship. Parents can participate in thegames with their children. It helps tchildren to become more closely assciated in the family. It also helps thein the development of their personaliby being with their parents.

For preschool children, sets of plasnumbers and letters are available.Asmall child can learn to play with theand to identify the various shapes, P


lars just to advertire their products ontelevision alone They kno w that peoplein the United States place great impor-tance and value on toys for their chil-dren.

Many people who cannot afford toomany of the luxuries in life seem toafford money on senseless toys. Actual-

ly, it amounts to throwing moneyaway. Their child does not appreciatethe toy. He does not derive any definitebenefit from it. And very soon after-ward he is tired and sick of it.

But how many people really givethought to the toy they buy? Howmany have a purpose in mind whenthey buy toys for their chi ldren?

What Toys to Buy

Knowing that toys are instrumentalin the development of children, manytoy manufacturers have come out witheducational toys. And in this cate-gory one may find nearly any typeoftoy.

It would be good touse caution inthe choice of even so-called educationaltoys. Many of these toys are designedto appeal to adults. And when pur-chased for children they become very

disappointing.Too many times toys arepurchased in the educational line toofar above a childs level. Parents willpurchase the toys, give them to theirchildren, sit back, watch him becomeeducated But, to their surprise, thisparticular toy only frustrates their child.

All parents should beware of buying

the toy they want rather than the toythat suits their child.Toys should be purchased with the

development of our childs body, mind,personality and character as a goal.

Overdoing It

In order to show their affection par-ents tend to overdo the purchasing oftoys. In th e Un ited States especially chil-dren tend to have far more toys thanthey need. This is riot good.

Many child psychologists agree thattoo many toys are worse than notenough. T h e child with too manytoys actually becomes confused andbored. He very seldom plays with any ofthem. Thus parents shouldconcentrateon a purposeful and useful toy. It isbetter to purchase a few toys that are?/,sen than dozens of toys in many toyboxes that are never touched.

Ambassador College PhotoEducotional toys for the preschool child m ight inclu de alphabet blocks plastic letters or asshown above numbers and number relationships. Avo id purc hasing toys for b eyond the intel-

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[without proper clothing, food orshelter) and destitute of daily foodand one of you say unto them, Departin peace, {good luck, Mom} be yewarmed and filled; notwithstandingye give them not those things whichare needful to the body; what doth iprofit ? (James 2 :14-16.)

There are a lot of widows in GodsChurch who are notALONE Theyhave relatives and some of you perhapunknowingly are guilty of wishing youwidowed mother, mother-in-law orgrandmother good luck, I hope yofind something to keep you warm ansomething to eat, in the yearsI donthave to pay third tithe

When its put down plain on papeits not too difficult to understand, iit? Gods Word cuts the offenderCorrection really hur ts But the fruitof good works as the result of heedincorrection bring immense joy and happiness. For many of you, corrective action will mean added income, in time

A Word of CautionNotice that all through the Bibl

and now in particular here inI Timothy>-God is talk ing directly to converted people who are members of HChurch. There is a primary concern fothe flock-the true members of thChurch

Some will have widows not in thChurch that mayor may not be deserv-ing or in need. There may be a questioof your responsibility toward a widooutside the church. Before you make hasty move that could beA MISTAKE,take the time to counsel with a ministeLet him advise you in such cases.

The apostle Paul was also interestein our Christian welfare and our happ~ i r s s He admonishes Christians to strioff everything that hinders.

Lets get rid of those sins that draour feet. Listen, obey, take your corection in a right attitude. D on t yoknow that no true son ever grows uuncorrected by his father. If you arencorrected, you might well doubt thlegitimacyof your sonship.

Hang on, obey correction that isexercised yields the peaceable fruit righteousness (Heb rews the 12th chater).

Take care of your responsibilities anyou will be well rewarded

their parents only every thirdor sixthyear. It does say to care for your par-ents with great consideration

Herein lies the problem. Many ofyou who are childrenor grandchildrenof a widow have read right over thesewords unaware of the deep responsi-bility and stress that God lays on the

relatives of the widow.Widows Alone

Now note another very importantpoint, You should treat with greatconsideration widows who are reallya l o n e . . . A widow is onlyalone whenshe has no children or grandchildrento provide for her. When she is alone,she is desolate and heronly hope is inGod ( I Tim. 5 : 5 .

To those widows with children orgrandchildren God says to you, if you

provide not for your own [mother,grandmother, or mother-in-law), thenyou have denied the faith and you areworse than an infidel (I Tim.5:8).James says anyone who denies the faithin this way will receive nothing fromGod in the way of blessings (James

In the J . B. Phillips Translation therendering of verse 16 of I Timothy 5makes the charge even more clear-*%-should be taken for granted that anyChristian, man or woman, who has a

widow in the family should do every-diing p u b s i l k for her arid not allowher to become the Churchs responsi-bility. The church will then be free tolook after those widows who arealonein the world.

Did you notice that there is asecondpurpose or reason for the close relativeto relieve his widow?So the Churchcan be relieved,Paul says If any manor woman that believeth have widows,let them relieve them, and let not theChurch be charged; that it may relievethem that are widows indeed(I Tim.5 : 16). The Church needs to be relievedof the burden of caring for widows whoare not widows indeed (that is thosehaving relatives who are responsible)so she, (the Church) can care for thewidows who are widows indecd

There are many widows in need inGods true Chu rch Some of thesewidows are not alone. They have closerelatives. The Church should be relievedof this responsibility. When you relieve

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your widow year in and year out, thenyou relieve the Church and allow theChurch to help other widows who areindeed alone

And remember to faithfully save andgive your full third titheso the Churchcan continue to support these necessarycases.

Learn Piety

In the King James versionof I Tim.5:16 it says, If any manor womanthat believeth have widows, let themrelieve them, and let n o t the church becharged.

Take special note of the word re-lieve Qui te a number of you w hoare responsible to a widow are at thismoment unable to totdlly support orcontribute ldrge amounts toward theneeds of your widowed mother, mother-

in-law or grandmother. Thus, you mayhave wrongly concluded that you haveno responsibility

Read again verse 4 of this samechapter, Let them learn first to showpiety at home.. I How do you learnto do a thing? In this case, you learnwhen you take positive action. Youbegin contributing, even from smallincomes, even sacrificing from each pay-check to help support your widowedmother or grandmother.

The apostle James gives us some help

along this line and some pretty heavycorrection if we are guiltyof negligencetoward a widowed parent. James said ineffect, Lets see some of this faith youbrag about as a Christian You callyourself a Christian and you dont helpyour own widow.

But be ye doers of the word{foryour own good} not hearers only, de-ceiving your own selves (James1 2 2 ) .James is instructing us to be careful,dont read right over Gods instructionsand not get the full meaning. Put whatyou read into practice, otherwise you aremerely deluding yourselves.

Good Luck, Mom

Where is your faith, your action?Your action must correspond to thefaith once delivered. Yo u cant goaround knowing a need andwishingwell W ha t does it profit, my brethren,though a man say he hath faith, andhave not works? Can faith save him? Ifa brother or sister [Or widow) be naked


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THY KINGDOM COME Here is u firsthand report on the baptizing tour Mr. Apartiantook with Mr. and Mrs. Bourdin, this summer. You will sharewith him some of the dramatic mom ents he spent wi th those

God i s calling abroud.

by D ibar A par i t an

o Y O U really put your heart inyour prayer when you ask Goddaily, Thy kingdom come?

Do you honestly feel the urgent cryand the absolute necessity of Godsintervention in the worlds affairs-asick world, suffering as never before?

However vivid your imagination, it isdoubtful that you could visualize thedesperate condition the world is in-

and the peoples utter misery-unlessyou see it with your own eyes,or as-sociate yourself with those for whomlife is nothing more than a painfulexistence. I have often thought what ablessing it would be for every memberof the church if he had the privilege-at least once in his lifetime-of tak inga baptizing tour. For no one, afterhaving had such an experience, couldever remain lukewarm when askingGod, Thy kingdom come.

Last year I reported to you from the

West Indies where an average familyof ten shares a torn-down, dilapidatedhut which serves allof its members asliving room, bedroom, and kitchen. Thenecessity for a bathroom does not pre-sent a problem since nature graciouslyprovides the facilities T he averageislander has never known the blessingsof electricity, or running water at home.He doesnt know what it means to havea hot meal. To us who are accustomedto modern comfort, this seems incon-ceivable. W e are used to taking thingsfor granted. When we hear that theFA M I N E is already upon the earth, andthat two men out of three dont haveenough to eat, naturally we are im-pressed somewhat ut not totallyshaken. We dont feel what they feelbecause our stomachs are not as yetgnawing with pain. W e soon forgetwhat we have heard, and get allwrapped up in our own petty prob-lems. As Helen Keller once said-we

Dcomplain because we dont have shoes,not realizing that there are some whodont even have feet.

Europe Today

Unlike the penury which is preva-lent in the West Indies, Africa andAsia, Europe today is enjoying anUNPR EC EDENTED prosperity. There isplenty of everything-whether neces-

sities or luxuries. Today, Europeans ownmore cars, more radio and televisionsets, more refrigerators than ever be-fore. Nevertheless, they also have moreproblems than ever before Sicknesses,vices, crime and perversion havemulti-plied in the same proportion. Prosperity,when acquired and usedin arcnrdancewith GODSLAWS, procures well-beingand happiness; but when misused,orobtained at our neighbors expense,itbecomes a curse.

Thats precisely whats happeningtoday in Europe.-especially in thewest-ern part of the Continent. Con-sequently, the conditions we met dur.ing our baptizing tour this year werequite different from those of last yearin the Caribbean. However the generalimpression was muchthe same. Wheth -er in abject poverty or in great pros-perity, whether illiterateor highly cul-tured, whether ordinary human beings,or beatniks, juvenile delinquents, per-verted creatures-people are unhapp yand SUFFERING all over thc world. It ishigh time that a change takes place-a big and total change.

This will happen if you and1 faith-fully do our share as membersof Christs Body, if we shoulder ourresponsibilities, willing to work harder,with more driv e and zeal-and if wepray more fervently, more mean-ingfully, more sincerely, asking God:Thy kingdom come.

T h e Mark of the Beas tIs Already Here

Catholicism is not only the predominate religion in France, it is theSTATEreligion. The Church has undisputedauthority over many aspectsof life. Forinstance, birth control in France isnotat all an individual matter, nor doeit depend upon State ruling. It is thchurch PREROGATIVE So long as theVatican will not approve and authorizmeasures of birth control, Catholic citizens will keep producing babies aan ala rmi ng rate-even if they are toally unable to provide for them.

The same is true as far as thLord s Day is concerned. It is nothe State, but the Catholic church whicdictates what day-or days-the schoolsand businesses should close. W eallknow that the Catholic church hadeliberately replaced Godsseventh day

of rest by Sunday-the first day of thweek. But d o you know just how ouchurch members have met the fortyhour week labor law without giving tworkers Saturday off? Do you knowwhat a weekend represents in Franc

Here, in the United States, we speof weekends because most businesseare closed on Saturdays and SundayBut in France they have week bginnings so to speak-and no t weekend s Indee d, Satan has seen to it thhis church forces the people to wo

on Gods Sabbath-and take, insteaMonday off as a second day of restThus, a great many businesses, incluing large department stores, are closeach week on Sundaysand MONDAYbut remain open all day Saturday

You can now understand the difficuty our people are having to find woin France, Many as yet are too new the truth to have enoughfaith t o trustin God all the way. Rather than sur


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where everything was open on Satur-days. Mr. Gaveaux had no professionto speak of; he was an ordinary factorworker.

I still remember the long conversation we had , he and I-and how hiwife was crying in the next room be-cause she thought her husband wadeserting her and his familyto followsome stupid Jewish tradition. Pleasgo away, and leave my husband alone,she begged me as Mr. Gaveaux and Ileft the house to look fora river forhis baptism. The poor woman didnknow that I was there t o help-and notto take her husband away from herShe had no idea that the AlmightyGod does NOT let His children die ofhunger so long as they do His willShe worshiped idols and images whicnever answered her prayers. Please gaway-and leave my husband alonewere her last words to me.

After his baptism, I told Mr.Gaveaux to p r a y and FAST a whole daybefore talking again to his employeand repeating his request.Mr. Gaveauxneeded much wisdom to handle thesituation. He needed tactso as not to lethis employer feel inferior because hhimself kept Sunday and not the Sabbath. Tell him that you are ready anwilling to workany other time ,even any

night to make up for your hours. Ithis is not acceptable, tell him that yoare willing to have a cut in pay-witha promise of working harder and pro-dating mare, told Mr. Gaveaux.

He looked at me somewhat dishearened. You dont understand, he saidI have not been able to exchange twwords with my employer. As soon as open my mouth he orders me out. cant talk to him-I cant explain anthing to him.

Nevertheless, Mr. Gaveaux fasteand prayed, as he was instructed, befotalking to his employer again. I, iturn, prayed fervently for him, knowing quite well that God would givhim faoor in the eyes of his employer.

And tiod drd interveneYou know, Mr. Gaveaux wrote m

a week or so later, I couldnt believmy ears when, the next day, as


render their live9 t n Him, repent andbe baptized, they are willing to com-promise with Gods Sabbath Law, as-suring themselves that God will under-s t and .

God, of course, does understand-but not the way they expect Him toBut do you realize, brethren, that the

same thing might soon happen-andwill happen to us in this country?What would some of you do if youremployer told you that, from now on,you will have your Sundays and Mon-days of, but must work all day Satur-day? What would you do if you wereforced to do so, at the risk of find-ing no other employment anywhereelse, and seeing your childrengo hun-gry? Would you have enough faith inGod? Would you beseech Him on yourknees, day and night, never compro-mising with His laws? Or would youperhaps, just like thoseI couldnt bap-tize in France, say, Im forced towork on Saturdays; I have no choice.God will understand. .

And w hat would you d o if your chil-dren were required by the Statetoattend school half a day on Gods Sab-bath-and were off ered, in compensa-tion, every Wednesday afternoon free?This, too, happens presently to be thecase in France where many of our breth-

ren face the problem. Would you con-sent to let the State take away yourchildren under the pretext that you arean unworthy parent, unable to sup-port your children?

Think about these things. Questionyourself. Prove your heart, because youmay soon have to face thesame prob-lems those in France are facing today.Would you have implicit faith in GodWill you put God firJt in your life-before any members of your family-even before your veryOWN l i fe?

Eleven Baptized

Despite these difficulties, eleven per-sons were baptized during our tour,eleven converted people who were will-ing to say, Yes, Lord, to God. Theyare now your brethren-closer to youthan the unconverted members of yourown family.

Some of them wer e old-very old ;others were young mothers with unconaverted husbands. In one particular case,

both a hushand and wife were hap-tized. It was most gratifying and mov-ing to hear these people say, We hearyou seven days a week--or, Themoment I heard you, I knew it wasthe truth

Our tour lasted five weeks and cov-ered the northern part of France andBelgium. (Later, Messrs. Wainwrightand Wilkins conducted a two-weektour in the southern part of France andbaptized 3 out of 2 5 visited. TheBourdins and I met forty-five newprospects, missed five and visited eigh-teen old membersor co-workers. W ecould have baptized twice as many ifthe people would have trusted Godregarding their work problem. But theywill change, Im sure, if you and I prayfor them more earnestly; Godcan movetheir hearts and give them the veryfaith they need to take Him as theirpowerful partner in their occupation.

This brings to mind a case I men-tioned two years ago in a previousarticle published in The GOODNEWS.It concerned a father ofnine childrenwho faced the possibility of losing hisjob as a result of his conversion. Somany have asked me since about himthat I feel it would be an encourage-ment for all to learn just what becameof that man.

Mr. Gaveaux and Hie

Nine Chi ldren

When I baptized Mr. Gaveaux, twoyears ago, he told me that his employerhad warned him never to mentionagain the word Sabbath in his pres-ence. You will do like the rest of us,his employer had said. We observeSunday and work on Saturday. Surelyyour religion is not better than ours.So if you want to keep your job, keep

your mouth shut and work on Satur-days.But Mr. Gaveaux knew that God

commanded us to keep the SEVENTHday holy. He also knew that he shouldOBEY GOD rather than men. H e hadbeen employed in that firm for overten years, and needed every penny hemade to support his large family.Furthermore, he was well aware thathe could not find another job in theCatholic community in which he lived


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An Evewitness Account

On-the-Spot BroadcastsThe inside story of a new and exciting phase in GodsWo r k . W h a t i s Y O U R Dart in th is dramatic NEW tarn on

London, EnglandH E shattering roar of

Israeli and SyrianT ets burdened withdeath-deal ing armament ,ripped apart the nervoustruce between these bitterenemies. Th e cause hep r i z e ? T h e l i f e - g i v i n gwater from the JordanRiver. Shortly before thistruce-breaking action, inthis same area north andeast of the site of the an-cient city of Capernaum,

the W O R L D TO MO R R Ow

program?

by Charles F. Hunt ing

This article was received in Pasadena shortly after wewent to press with my articlein T h e P L A I N TRUTHabout the on-the-spot broadcasts.Mr. Charles Hunting,Evangelist in Ch rists ministry, business manage r a t thecollege in England, and m ember of the faculty, had beeninspired to write about those programs,too But sinceMr. Huntings art icle carries some fine admonitions forYOU BRETHREN, we decided to run it in T h e GOODNEWS. It includes many details not covered in myarticle in T h e P L A I N TRUTH.

GARNER TED A R M S T R O N G

Mr. Garner Ted- Armstrong had justbegun another WORLD TOMORROWon-the-spo t broadcast.

Crouched behind a thick stone wallserving as a windbreak, the broadcasthad just begun when another rifle shotsounded from the No Mans Landdividing these two quarrelsome neigh-bors. Quickly, the entire staff, Mr.Garner Ted Armstrong; Mr. NormanSmith, the Technical Director of TheWORLD OMORROWroadcast; Mr. LyleChristopherson, Staff Photographer forThe PLAINTRUTH nd I, abandonedthe area for a more favorable site.

Miles away in a small hotel roomthe broadcast was resumed ut manyof you never realized the dramaticbreak in the program.

A N ew W ay of Broadcasting Begins

This was only one of the frequentinterruptions experienced by Mr. Gar-ner Ted Armstrong as the broadcastsofThe WORLD TOMORROW ave beenmade literally WORLDWIDE From asmall, chance beginning, these animatedand stimulating programs have flungthis part of Gods Work into a newand exciting phase.

Let me take you behind the scenesto learn the history of this uniquedevelopment.

The first WORLD OMORROW n-the-spot broadcast was pioneered by Mr.Herbert W. Armstrong many years agowhen he made a broadcast at the rimof the Grand Canyon with the windwhistling into the microphone. Later,Mr. Richard Armstrong recorded thesights and sounds of Frances BastilleDay from a hotel room in Paris.

Approximatelyten years later, on hisreturn from a recent trip witnessing thebreathtaking launching of oneof Amer-icas man-to-the-moon space efforts,Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong began tovocally reflect on the magnitude of therocket-launching into a small portabletape-recorder. The quality was not pro-fessional, but it wasunique enough tobe used on one of the broadcasts. Manymore of you heard his vivid descriptionon your own radios recorded on an

intercontinental jet flight30,000 feet inthe air.The WORLD OMORROWad taken

on a new statusMany of you have no doubt been

amazed at the quality of the on-the-spotbroadcasts. Even this technical aspecthas a rather remarkable and interestinghistory.

God Provides the Equipment

Tho WORLD OMORROWrogram re-

quires the very highestquality in sound reproduc-tion. This has always beena hallmark and an absolutenecessity for the prestigestations carrying the broad-cast. A search was launched-and amazingly, the exactinstruments needed werefound

A small, lightweight re-corder had recently beendeveloped and marketed.This completely depend able

and easily serviced instrument was testedin our studios in Pasadena, Californiaand found to be of professional quality.A special microphonewas secured.Andso it goes. Just when a piece of equip-ment was needed in Gods Work, thereit was

No longer would the broadcast haveto be made from the confines of thenearly accoustically perfect studiosofPasadena, Big Sandy or Bridcet WoodEngland.

The tons of studio equipment wasnow compacted into a 3 x 8 x 12 inchleather case. The radio studio wascarried on the shouldersof the broad-caster So inconspicuous in its camera-like case was this radio stud io that nocustoms official hasever challenged orquestioned its purpose or existence.

Broadcasting Handicaps

While the quality of reproduction bythis instrument may be near studiolike, the conditions of broadcasting arfar from com parable to the tranquil andnear-perfect conditions existing in thstudio of any of the three campuses

From the raucous broadcasting siteofGolgotha overlooking the horriblynoisy, smelly, Arab bus station with thecurious stares of the tourists and harlooks from the Arabs, to the site over-


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world news. Sydney, Australia, is an-other area of tremendous importance.And even more important from thestandpoint of Bible prophecy and thebig news of the future is the Europeancontinent. With so much of the BIGN E W S taking place in the fast-risingCommon Market, broadcasting fromthis area will take on even more im-portance.

O ur ofiices in Genev a- the centerof so much futile peace effort made inthis world -will become of greaterimportance through on-the-spot broad.casting.

Whether it would be a broadcastfrom the teeming industrial area of theRuhr, or the confines of the home ofthe old Nazis at some future Nurem-bur g-ty pe rally, these broadcasts willcause more and more people topauseand th ink

Let me inake orie point clear Theseon- the-s pot broadcasts are not somestunt for the sake of sensationalism.No chances were taken. We did nu1court dange r or trouble. W e were prob-ably in no more danger at any timethan any of you as you drive to workon a motorway or freeway.

But there were certain risks. Therewere difficulties ButGods Work MUSTgive the uery best witness that human

ingenuity can devise. N o broadcastcould possibly become as vivid andreal and imagination-gripping as thosemade from a background of experienceof one who hns been there, has seenthe problem and, from firsthand knowl-edge, has been able to experience andportray what he observes to the humanmind.

T h e tremendou s interest generated bythese programs absolutely proves theirva lue to Gods W ork

Are YOU Listening?

But the important thing for each oneof us is hat par t doWE have in thebroadcasting? Maybe youve never real-ized your part. Few will ever be pr1vl-leged to accompany Mr. Garner TedArmstrong on oneof these vitally im-portant and exciting broadcasts. Thatdoes not put you on the outside lookingin as a spectator You can definitelybe a part of the broadcast

Heres howPerhaps you are a longtime listener,

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grown a little callous to the broadcasts.Maybe you only half-listen, or listenonly occasionally. Startreally listeningagain

Dont get the idea this program isjust for the zinconuerted.Many of youhave wanted to go to Ambassador Col-lege. When you hear those broadcastsyou are sitting-in on an AmbassadorCollege class. You are listening to theresult of untold hours of research car-ried on in Bible, history, internationalrelations, science and other subjects byAmbassador College faculty.

Many of the points covered by Mr.Garner Ted Armstrong in his series onthe futile theory of evolution are thedirect result of his research for thesecond year Bible class.

But is this the big reason for listen-in g ? No t is NOT

There is a world that has to be

This WO RLD IS BE I N G WARNED PRI-M A R I LY through T h e WORLD TO-

Think of the GREAT AND GIGANTICproblems facing Mr. Armstrong onEVERY broadcast Th ink about thistaxing and fantastic challenge to thehuman instrumentality speaking to anUNBELIEVABLY diverse audience

People from E V E RY stratum of society

listen. From coal miners to top indus-trialists. Prom peasants to powerfulgovernment officials. People withall oftheir deeply ingrained nationalisticprejudices. People whose languages varygreatly even in English-speaking coun-tries.

NONE f thcsc problcms nd thereare countless others an be ignore d

No OTHER BROADCASTERS in theENTIRE world are faced with theseoverw helming problems heyreZMPOSSIBLE

WA R N E D

MORROW

IMPOSSIBLE YESWithout Gods H E L P it is an utterly

impossible task

Seize the BIG OPPORTUNITY

But God WI LL answer the prayers ofHis people Don t short-sightedly say,Aw, thats their part of THE WORK.Paul continually reminded the tunnel-visioned Churches of his day that theyhad a VITAL part in his ministry Hesaid, Pray for us that the word of the

Eternal may have free course,and beGLORIFIED, even as it is with you:and that we may be delivered from un-reasonable a nd wicked men : for a ll menhave not faith (I1 Thes. 3 : l - 2 ) . Alsoread Eph. 6:19-20. When he saidpray, he wasnt giving them a knee-bending exercise. Paulexpected Godt oA N S W E R - there was a real and a ser-ious purpose - there was aBIG N E E D

This is O U R PA RT of this tremen-dous W ork t is our opportunity totake part in the broadcast

No, its not the glamorous side. No-body will write you a letter after youhave gone on your knees before Godthanking you for praying for a tremendously inspiring broadcast.No onewill be there to clap you on the backafter youve come out of your prayer

room because you prayed that G od woulinspire Mr. HerbertW. Armstrong andMr. Garner Ted Armstrong. Because wedont receive recognition of men, wmight fail to see that there is a Godin heaven-a God who is workinthrough u s and W I L L answer ourprayers.

Right now, we are no longer in thcompany of Mr. Garner Ted Armstrong. H e may be broadcasting fromBig Sandy, Texas, or from Pasadena,California. Yet each one of us has jus

as much a part of the broadcast asI didduring the exciting days of the initiaon-the-spot programs.

W e can pray God willcontinue toinspire. W e can pray that G od will pujust the right subject-matter in theminds. W e can ask God that they wibe continually reminded of the tremedous worldwide audience with all theiindigenous interests. Pray that God wigrip the minds of others j z l s t as ourswere

Lets get the big picture straigh

This world has to be warned-warned in the most effective, dynamand dramatic way possible.Y O U arebeing used as a part of the warning-or are you?

You can, through your prayers, asfor the health, protection and inspirtion of both Mr. Herbert W. Arm-strong and Mr. Garner Ted Armstroin these last few days of work befothe return of Jesus Christ.

Do your part


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1966 ENVOY UNIQUEby David Jon Hill

H E ENVOY l ike so many otherfacets of this burgeon ing Work

of Go d-g rew over the yearsfrom a very modest college annual intoits present unique form. It stands in afield of its own. There is no other bookof its type in the wo rld It has servedmany purposes. It has been student an-nual WORLD OMORROW rochure-supplement for radio station managersand businessmen nnua l report onChurch gro wth ictorial record ofthe ministers and their wives olorfulrecord of the annual Feasts of God,wo rldw ide tc., etc., etc.

Last year the Work had to subsidizeThe ENVOY many thousandsof dollars.This year there will still need to be asmall subsidy, despite our doing ourown printing arid trying to cut everycost. Then there are manyhidden ex-penses such as the salariesof the menworking un the teaching and producingstaff at all thre e colleges- the equip-ment needed to continually upgrade thequality nd campu s space requiredfor a continually expanding effort. With

the severe measures in many otherfacets of God s W or k executed in th isaustere 1 8-mo nth period, M r. HerbertW. Armstrong reviewed all these fac-tors and many more and decided on acutback.

In a very serious meeting this lastmonth M r. Herber t W . Armstrong se tthe guidelines for futureENVOYS. Forthe next three years( 6 7 , 68 and 69)T h e ENVOY will be reduced to aboutone third of its present size. It will be a

strictly stadent activities yearbook.The n roviding end-time circum-stances do not alter our plans n1970 another spectacular, Work-wideENVOY is planned.

Therefore the present 1966 ENVOYmay turn out to be even more historic-U N I Q U E if you please- than it wasoriginally planned. Not onlyis it thefinest yet, but the firJt t o be printed byAmbassador College Press.

TInva luab le Asset

The money and effort that has been

put into past ENVOYS is not a wasteor an excess in any way, however Menhave been trained to shoot the kindof pictures T h e PLAIN TRUTH asgrown to need. Now you seeeverymonth the fruit of these cfforts, thispast training. W e have accumulatedthousands of pictures over the years ina photo file begun byThe ENVOY. Youwill notice if you check the credit linesfor the pictures in the September issueof The PLAINTRUTH hat by far themajority of them areAmbassador Col-lege Photos Every time we run a blackand white picture w e have taken, wesave the work $10-$25 or more-andwith color the saving is from $100-$500 dcpending on size, position in themagazine or rarity of the shot. Thetraining and background of the menrcsponsible for these pictules iblargelyin T h e ENVOY productions of the past.

With that in mind, you can see thisis not bad news. God has prepared usto do the job H e knew we would be re-quired to do inHis instrument of warn-ing to the world ( T h e PLAIN TRUTH)by the very pleasant and beneficial-to-yoa task of producing qualityENVOYSeach year. Now the time has come tochannel this training and effort towardthe greater job e than kful your sub-scriptions and your enthusiastic interesthave helped in this.

Many of you may still want to pur-chase The ENVOY for 1967 - i t willcover the student activities of all threecampus locations of Ambassador Col-

lege. Surely all of you with sons ordaughters in college will want a copy.The quality and quantity of coveragewill be pre-determined by the amountcoming in from subscriptions.We arebeginning planning now. This 1967,college issue will come out just beforegraduation in the Springof 67.

Only those copies ordered beforeJanuary IS 1967, will be printed.

So if you want a copy of the 1967ENVOY, drop us a letter with your

name and address clearly printed, with$ 5 encloscd: be sure to stipulate plainly

that it is for the1967 ENVOYso we willnot confuse it with the current year

Unfortunate Delay

T he fou r-color press we ordered toprint The ENVOY for 66 on, has metwith delay after delay. It is now due todock at Los Angeles Harbor, Septemberith (threc days from this writin g)Obviously, we will not be able to erecthis press-which will take3-4 weeks-a id a lso p r in tT h e ENVOY on it be-fore the Feast Therefore your ENVOYthis year will be delayed until sometimin Novem ber But we are not going ttry to rush it through, well take ourtime and do thebest job Possibleon it

Again let me tell you thegood sideof this apparent bad news. The press wordered for this job will be used in itworkhorse, daily operation on the colocover of T h e PLAIN TRUTH, nd inproducing more quality full-color booklets. Its import to the Work isof primeimportance, its use to printTh e ENVOYonly a beneficial by-product. Througnegotiations direct with the factory wwere able to purchase this press foraprice which saves us much more thathe entire cost of producing T h e EN-VOY this year over what we would havpaid for the same press had we purchased it through an American agencompany. Yet the American agent-company which sells this press has agreed tgive us the complete service necessaryfor maintaining the press.

Since this press is to be their show

piece by which they hope to make othsales, they are taking every pain to insure its perfect functioning. Along witthe press we are buying, they arshipping another virtually whole presto be stored in Los Angeles as ourparts supply

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have passed to the firstborn son. Buthe lost out because of his weak will. Heknew wh at was right, but didn t have astrong enniigh will to do the rightthing. He succumbed to sexual tempta-tion and lost his birthright. His weak-willed, unstable-as-water characterdisqualified him and his descendantsfrom receiving the chief birthrightblessings (Gen. 49:3, 4 ) .

The Source of Pauls Iron Will

T h e apost le P a d was certainly one ofthe strongest-willed men of God.Be-fore his conversion, he was breathingout threatenings and slaughter againsthe disciples of the Lord, and waszealously persecuting the saints-bind-ing them over into prison (Acts9 : l ) .

Paul spoke of his great (but woefullymisdirected) zeal toward God (Acts22 :3) . H e sa id . And I perrecii tPdTHIS [the Christian] WAY unto thedeath, binding and delivering intoprisons both men and women (verse4 ) . Paul confessed, I verily thoughtwith myself, that I ought to do manythings contrary to the nameof Jesus ofNazareth. . and many of the saintsdid I shu t up in p r ison . . and whenthey were put to death,I gave my voiceagainst them. And I punished them ofin every synagogue, and compelled

them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecutedthem even unto strange cities (Acts2 6 9 1 1 ) .

The apostle Paul wasa very strong-willed person. H e sincerely and w ithall his might persecuted the Church oGo d before his conversion. But, afterJesus Christ struck him down, and revealed to him that he was misdirectinghis zeal-was actually hg ht ing againsGo d and His Church-then the apostlPaul quickly changed his wayward

course. He set his mind resolutely tfo l low Jesus Christ. The fourteen NewTestament epistles which he wrote artowering monuments, revealing hisres-oluteness, his firm will and determination to follow, obey and diligently servJcsus Christ-at all costs

After Pauls conversion, however, herealized just how weak he really wasHe explained about his weak humannature in the 7th chapter of Romansverses 6-25. He said:For to will [ to

( I Kings 18:21) . The vast majorityofIsrael has continued to follow Baalever since.

The t ru th is that all of us. beforeconversion, chose the way of sin anddeath. W e willed to g o the wrong way(Rom. 3:10-12) . Al l we like sheephave gone astray: we have turned everyone to h is own way. . (Isa. 5 3 : 6 ) .

Strong-willed Men of God

All of the great men of the Biblewere, without exception, men of strongpurpose, of iron will Theyset theirmind to go in a certain direction toobey God-and in that direction theywent

N o n h had to be strong-willed inorder to resist the taunts, jeers, criticismand outright blasphemyof the skeptics

and atheists of his day. Why, who hadever seen a rain that could threaten thelife of a11 human existence on theear th? How ridiculous of O ld Noa hto contemplate building such a gigan-tic ship

Ahr.nhmi.r iron will, mixed with hisfaith, enabled him to promptly obeyGod, leaving his own country and hisown kith and kin behind.He was com-manded to go into a completely strangeland-a land about which he knewlittle or noth ing (Heb . 1 1 ) . And, in

spite of innumerable obstacles, heobeyed. His will remained firm Hewas determined to obey God atallcosts-even to the po intof being will-i tzg to sacrifice his son, Isaac (Gen.

Isaac, too, was a determined man.So was JticoG. Jacobs strong determina-tion was shown by his bulldog tenacity.He wrestled all night with God-andonly let thc Lord go after first rcccivinga blessing. Yes, Jacob literally wrestledwith the one who became Christ, strain-

ing and strugglingin the dir t ull night.(Gcn. 3 2 : 4-832 .)

Jo.reph was also a man who exercisedtremendous willpower. It tooka rcso-lute mind to resist the sexual advancesof a voluptuous Egyptian temptress(Gen . 3 9 : 7 - 2 0 ) . He had set his mindto obey God, regardless of the conse-quences, which in this instance meanthumiliation a n d imprisonment (verse

There can be no question concerning

2 2 1-18).

20).

Moses resolve to obey God.It took avery strong-w illed person to lead ov ertwo million unconverted, grumbling,rebellious Israelites from Egypt throughthe desert f o r f o r t y long yedrs.

Certainly, King Dauids turbulentlife revealed a man of extraordinarywillpower. From his youth until theday of his death, he was in constantturmoil and struggle. He chose to obeyGod and through the greater part of hislife was very firm, diligently followingGod-in the face of much persecution,opposit ion and temptation. He said, Iam Purposed that my mouth shall nottransgress (Ps. 17 : 3 ) . David set hiszcdl to obey God

Elijah, Daniel and many other OldTestament prophets were men of strongwills.

Above all else, Jeszis Christ so setHis will to obey His Heavenly Father,that H e never once veered from thatcourse which H e had chosen. He is theonly man who never violated His ownconscience, who never weakened-whonever let sin triumph over Him evenmomentarily-no, notso much as onceW e are to ld to follow His example (IPet. 2:21) .

Many of the great menof thisworld hav e been men of stro ng wills-men of bulldog determination: SirWinston Churchill was sucha man. Hissuccess was detcrniirird more by hisstrong will than by any other qualityof character.

The great failuresof recorded historyresulted more from weak wills thanfrom anything else.

The weaklings mentioned in the Bi-ble were all men of littleor no will-power.

Bible Weaklings

E.razi didnt have enough willpowerto control his appetite. He was willing

to sell his tremendous birthright for amere bowl of soup He was rough andready, hard y and masculine-strong ofbody, but weakof will As a result thisgreat blessing passed from him and hisdescendants to the childrenof Israel asa rcsult of his lark of sclf-restraint-his not having thewill to patiently waitunti l food could be prepared for him.

Jacobs firstborn son,Reubejz, was aweak-willed person He was the rightfulheir to a double blessing which should


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choose to do that which is right orgood} is present with me; buthow tope r fo rm that which is good I find not[in my human flesh) (Rom. 7:18)

The apostle Paul showed that he hadthe power to will, to choose or decide,but he didnt have the power or themeans inherently within him by whichhe could always make himselfdo theright thing.

Realizing his weak human nature, heexclaimed: 0 wretched man thatI a mwho shall deliver me from the body ofthis death? (Verses 24,2 5 ) . His an-swer-God would

Yes, Paul knew that hishiiman will,strong though it was, was not sufficientin itself to enable him to be an over-comer.

He made this clear to the saints atPhilippi. For it is God which worksin you BOTH t o will and to d o of Hisgood pleasure (Phil.2:13) . This set-ting of the will to obey God can onlytake place af ter God opensour mindsand af te r He d rawsLS to Him by HisSpiri t (see John 6:3 7, 44,65).

But this does not mean that God willdo it all for you. No, we must do o u rpart Gods Holy Spirit will, however,strengthen the human will-if w e arewilling

Weak-willed Characters

Werc commanded, Whatsoever thyhand f indeth to do, do i t with thymigh t (Eccl. 9:lO.) It takes a greatdeal of willpower to be zealous inevery endeavour, activity or enterprisewhich you undertake. God Almightywants us to exercise our wills continu-ously. He wants us to develop strongwillpower.

It takes mastery of the will (not justempty words) to enable one to enterGods Kingdom

Christ made this very clear. Notevery one that saith unto me, Lord,Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom ofHeaven: but he thatdoeth t h e will ofmy Father which is in heaven (M at.7 :21 ) . He fu r ther warned ,rrStrive toenter in at the strait gate: for many,Isay unto you, will seekto enter in , andshall not be able (Luke 13 24) .

The parable of the sower clearlyspotlights the weak wills of certain in-dividuals who fall by the wayside.

There are m a n y people whu wouldlike to enter into the Kingdom. Theywish they could be in Gods King dom ,but very few are willing to pay theprice. Very few during this agewill toobey God at all costs

Many people deJit-e health , happi-ness, prosperity, or eterxal life, but feware willing to put forth the necessaryenergy to achieve their goal It has beensaid, The road to hell is paved withgood intentions And every Ne w Year sT h y millions resolve to do better, butvery few really change.A true Chris-tian, however, must change-mist ove r-come

Human Will is Limited

And remember, brethren,the hiimaizwill is qziite l imited I t mzist bestreugtheiied by the Spiri t of G o d .

Before the apostle Peter receivedsupernatural power from the indwell-ing presence of Gods Holy Spirit onthe Day of Pentecost, he was not asstrong-willedas he thought he was. Hesolemnly assured Christ that he wouldnever deny Him (Mat. 26:33-35). Laterthe same night, however, he deuiedHim three t imes He even deniedkno wing Jesus Christ (verses 69 -7 5) .But on the Day of Pentecost, the Spiritof God entered into the apostle Peter.

He then became a t r d p changed man.Now he was able U >tarid up andboldly tell the Jews thatt h ey had be-trayed and crucified the very Son ofGo d, their Saviour (Acts2:23 , 36).

Many people, even before conver-sion, develop strong wills. This is rightand good. But, like the apostle Paul,before their conversion their will-power, their talents, abilities, and ener-gies are often htIsdirected. Most pcoplchave been deceived by Satan (Rev.12:9) and spend their entire lifetimemisdirecting their zeal and effortsEven so, if these carnal-minded peopledevelop strong wills, they are going tobe much better off than people withimpotent wills

Children, especially, should be dili-gently taught to develop willpowerwhile theyre young. They ought to bemade to do what is right, rather thanwhat they would l ike to do. If a childis made to study his lessons rather thanjust play all of the time, he thereby

develops character. If he is made topractise his music instead of just whil-ing away his time, he builds will-power. If he helps with the chores,instead of frittering away his time do-ing what he pleases, he will strengthenhis character still further.

Remember, every time you makeyourself do what you know to be rightyour will is strcngthened. But everytime you do what you know to bewrong-every time you defile your conscience ou weaken your willpowerand you stand self-condemned

Each time a person drinks more thanhe ought, he tears down both his healthand his will. If you knowingly eatmore food than you should, you destroyour character-as wellas your health

Every time a person sleeps too much,

he is self-condemned and therebyweakens his power of will. It takes willpower to get out of bed on time

Each time a person gives in to humanweakness by ovcr-indulgenceor by post-poning or neglecting his duties, he de-stroys character

Stubbornness is Misdirected Will

Some people deliberately, knowingly, will to go the wrong way. Whenaperson knows a certain course of action

is wrong, yet persists in going in thadircction, he instantly developsa wrongattitude of mind-an attitud e of rebellion and stubbornness

This was true of Israels first king,Saul.

When Samuel rebuked Saul for hisrebellious attitude, Saul tried to whitewash himself and blame the peopleRepeatedly he shifted the blame fromhimself to the people( I Sam. 15:13-

But Samuel knew Saul was lying. Hesaid: Hath the Lord as great delighin burnt offerings and sacrifices,as inobeying the voice of the Lo rd ? Beholdto obey is better than sacrifice, and tohearken than the fat of rams.For RE-BELLION is as the sin of witchcraft,and S T l J R 1 3 0 R h T h ~ E S SJ n~ injyni tyand idolatry. Because thou hast rejectedthe word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king (verse22 , 23) .

God Almighty wantsus to develop

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strong wills. But He does not wantusto be strong-twilled in the wrong direc-tion. He does not want us to beself-willed A strong will plus a rebelliousattitude equals stubbornness Go dknows that the way that appears rightto us will only end in death (Prov.1 4 :1 2 ) .

Christs Submission to His Father

Th e true Christian follows Christ. H ehas Christs mind and attitude. Letthis mind be in you, which was also inChrist Jesus (Phil. 2 :5 .

What was Christs attitude? Just be-fore the crucifixion and agonizing deathof Jesus Christ, He prayed a very heart-felt prayer: And He went a l i t t lefar ther, and fell on His face, andprayed, saying,0 , my Father, if it be

possible, let this cup pass from me:nevertheless, n o t as I will, but A S T H O UW I LT (Mat. 26:3 9) . Again, He prayedthe same prayer shortly after this, add-ing, Thy will be dotze (verse 42) .

Jesus Christ submitted Himself per-fectly to the will of the Father. H ehad a mind and a will of His own,al?d could have chosent o g o /he wrongway Yes, He was tempted in allpoints-yet no to nc e did He everwillor choose to dis&ey--was in all poi ntstempted like as we are, yet without

sin (Heb. 4 : 1 5 ) .Every true believer,every real Chrib-

tian, should continually seek to do theFather s will. But how can the Chris-t ian know what Gods will is? Wcrccommanded, Wherefore be ye not un-wise, but understanding what the willof the Lord i s (Eph . 5:17) .

The apostle Paul told the saints atRome that they should always be ableto f f P r o n ewhat is that good , nnd ac-ceptable, and PERFECT W I L L OF GOD(Rom. 1 2 : 2 ) .

Remember, brethren G a d wantr ZLt o develop STRONG wills But becauseof the weakness of human nature, be-cause of the pull of the world and thetemptations of Satan,the strongest hu-man ulill that ever existed was weaki ncomparison with Christ In fact, allhuman wills are weak in some respects.Every person has his strong points andhis weaknesses heth er it be food ,drink, sex, laziness, pleasure, etc.Many carnal people give in to the temp-

tations o f the flesh and demolish theirwills. Other carnal people developstrong willpower, and are blessed ac-cordingly.

But with the added impetus ofGods Holy Spirit, the saints receiveadditional strength of will, and can be-come real overcomers.

Wa y s W i l lp o w e rIs Destroyed

W e should all pray that God willhelp us to have a strong will. There area number of ways in which our willscan be destroyed.

If we do not stay close toGod, wecan be deceived by thedeceitfulnessofsin. We can bc brainwashed until wethink wrong is right, thereby willinglygive ourselves over to go a wrong way.

Another way which has led to theutter destruction of the human will is

the use of drugs, or the immoderateuse of alcohol These agents can affectthe human mind, including the will ,to such an extent that we become veryweak-willed.

Operations on the human brain canalter or even totally destroy the humanwill. People who have lobotomy opera-tions become virtual zombies. Thereaf-ter, they seem to have littleor no will-power of their own.

Hypnotism in G ods sight is veryevil. Dont ever let any manor angel-

any creature of any description-forceits will upon your will.Even God Al-mighty does not force His will uponJ JOZ L . He makes y o a choose.

But the most commo n way by whichthe willpower is destroyed nd per-haps this is the deadliest of all, and theone YOU may be guilty of-is thr ou ghlack of exercise If you do not exercisea muscle, it will get weak and flabby;but with continued use it is strength-ened. Likewise, the human will, if exer-cised, will grow stronger and strong-er. But, if insteaduf cxercising the will,you let it deteriorateby givingin to sin,then you thereby destroy your will-power.

Remember, every time you defile yourconscience-every time you do whatyou know you shouldnt do,you furthertear down your will.

If We Sin WilfullyOnce we are converted, from that very

moment forward God holds us strictly

accountable for maintaining a Tightattitude at all times This is why weare warned repeatedly not to ever de-liberately set our wills against God an3His way, thereby cutting ourselvesofffrom the only source of life

For this reason we are admonished:Let us hold fast {having our jaws set,

as it were) the professionof our faithwithout wavering; (for He is fai thfulthat prom ised;) For IF WE S I NWILFULLY after we have received thknowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice fo r sins. But acertain fearful looking for of judgmenand fiery indignation, which shall de-vour the adversaries (Heb. 10:23 -27)

Those who wilfully sin, those whoknowingly and DELIBERATELY setheir minds-their wills -in rebellionagairzst God and His perfect will-willbe annihilated Their awful doom isdescribed in I1 Peter 5:7-14, and inMalachi 4 :1 - 3

Only Overcomers to be Saved

Whatever you do, develop a stronwill But make sure that your willischanneled in the right dzrectzon. Becertain that you do not misdirect youwill-directing it in a rebellious waySuch misdirected human will becomestubbornness, which is exceedinglyloathsome in G ods sight

I t is otdy those who f i r 1 7 d y SET THEIRw1u.s-those who enduret o the end(Mat. 24:13) , those who truly OVER-COME (Rev. 2 : 7 , 1 1 17 , 26 and Rev.3:5, 1 2 , 21)-that will inherit theKingdom of God

Daily you must strengthen your willpower by doing what you know to bright, rather than by followin g thcourse of least resistance-the pullofhuman nature.

You will have to set your mind, se

your jaw, to choose, to D E T E R M I N E , toW I L L with all your mightto obey God-if you wish to make it into GodKingdom

We, like the apostle Paul, will havto determine in our minds that we arizot going to let anything keep us fromserving Christ and from receivingourreward (I1 John 8, R e v. 3 : l l ) .

W h o shall separate us fr om the lovof Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress,or persecution,or famine, or nakedness


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or peril, or sword?. . .For I am per-suaded, that neitherdeath, nor life, norangels, nor principalities, nor powers,nor things present nor things to comenor height, nor depth, nor any othercreature, shall be able to separate usfrom the love of God which is in ChristJesus our Lord (Rom.8 : 3 5 , 38, 3 9 ) .

Paul had firmlyset his WILL to obeyGod-to mak e it into the King dom ofGod.

If we, too, set our wills to obeyGod-come wh at may -the time wil lcome when we also, like Paul, can say:I have fought a good fight,1 havefinished m y course, I have kept thefai th : henceforth there is laid up for mea crown of righteousness, which theLord, the righteous judge, shall give meat that day: and not to me only, butunto all them also that love His appear-ing (I1 Tim. 4 : 7 , 8 ) .

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cia1 prayer you prayed for me to behealed of cancer on my face. I did asyou told me in the letter.I placed thehandkerchief on the cancer and askedGod for the healing. Every day it wouldseem to be better than the day before.It kept coming out of my face until

within a few days it just fell out. Itsounded like a rock whenit hit thefloor. I just had to praise the Lord forit. The place where it came from couldhardly be seen. I knew I was healed. Ithank and praise God for this wonder-ful healing power.

Mrs. H. E., Mississippi

Bi r th Mirac leGod is indeed performing miracles

today. Recently when my wife was hav-ing her baby, the way it should be-with no poisons and at home, she washaving some trouble, as the baby wastrying to come face up instead of facedown the way they should. The at-tending doctor remarked to the aidingnurse (an RN) to call our minister but

knew he was out of townso I hadher call a local elder. Things really be-gan to happen then and the elder wasin the home about5 minutes before heheard the cry from a healthy boy. Thebaby actually turned over and the doc-

TO BE ENFORCED-Ruling on Womens Dress

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confusion or evil. God is the GreatArtist who has designed all the beauty

of nature.Consequently, in conformity with theWo rd of God , Gods Church encour-ages women to dress neatly, pleasingly,attractively within the bounds of propermodesty and good taste, andt v w withsufficient becoming style to express per-sonality and individuality. God Him-self expressed perfect artistry in bcau-tifu l design in nature-in the lily-therose-beautiful trees, shr ubs and plants-in pri ze-w inn ing livestock-and evenin the beautiful human body, when

healthy and not degenerated.For women to dress becomingly yct

modestly, there is no need to disguisethe human figure by grotesque ultra-modern styles that make them look likelampshades, T -squares,or triangles. Theworld goes either to that extreme,or tothe extreme of nndue emphasis onbreast, hips, and legs.

But it is in this latter category thatsome-yes, too m an y -o f our womenoffend.

More than once I have seen a few of

entirely too much female breast-withneckline cutso low as to show a goodly

portion of breasts, with a crease in themiddle. On one or two occasions,Ihave instructed Mrs. Armstrong tospeak to such women, telling themplainly that their necklines are too low

Womens breasts, in plain language,were designed byGod to nurse babies-not to be flaunted immodestly to arouslust in men.

In the matter of too-tight skirtsaround the hips, the excuse often isthat the girl has taken on weight-andshe protests that she cannot help it. Bushe can help it, and if she is to remainin Gods Church or enter Gods King-dom, she m us t - on e of two ways:either dont remain overweight (fa stinand proper diet will cure that quickly)or let out the seam.

W e want our women to b e beautifu-naturally beautiful, pleasingly attractive, in good style,well groomed-butnot artificially so, and this may be ac-complished WITH F U L L MODESTY.

It is the over-emphasis of lust-arous-ing portions of the female body thaMUST BE CORRECTED.ur women, in evening dress, exposing

tor said that justdoesnt happen, but itdid and he knows it happened.

K . McF., Kansas

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book GOD SPEAKSOUT n T h e N e wMorality. think it was a bookmostneeded for young people in the highschools and if I was so fortunate to be

blessed with the wherewithal,I wouldendow a substantial amount for thatpurpose. Parents shun confiding in theirchildren the facts of life which you tellin such an informative way that itshould be magnified everywhere. Sir, Icongratulate you for writing it.

More than a third of a millioncopies have been sent on request todate-changing the lives of many mor ethan that ngmber.

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did Camera on TV and they askedsome small children how they thoughthe world began, and the answers theschildren gave were amazing.I asked mythree older children the same questioand they couldnt tell me G en.1:1. Itreally surprised me because we havbeen trying to learn about G od, throug

your booklets and Bible study, anthrough the Correspondence School. have just completed my twelfth lessonand I find that since I have beenlearning, my children havent. Ive neglected them. I guess I expected themto understand what I have been readinmyself. I see now how mistakenI havebeen.

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farm sets , Tinker Tnys, etc, have manyparts. After a child is finished playinghe usually is sitting in the midst ofparts and pieces everywhere. Itis hisresponsibility-and should be empha-sized by his parents-to put away thesetoys. He mus t pick u p th e pieces-gather up his toys.

This teaches a child responsibilityAnd as he learns responsibility andcon-tinues to fulfill it, he developeschar-acter

Many a grown man now wishes hehad the training of discipline and character development. Many upon growinup have had to learn to discipline themselves. They have had to learn in latelife what they should have learned as child. Their parents never enforcedrules upon them. They were neve

taught to take care of their own toyand possessions.Teach your child these things now

Playing Not W r o n g

All work and no play makes Jack dull boy. W e have all heard this expression. Its basic principle is true.

Many parents upon coming intoGods Church see that their childreneed more discipline and responsibility. They then feel that children shoulnot be allowed to play at all. Some evehave gone to the extreme of fee lingthat play was wrongor sinful. But itis not.

What does the Bible say about playing? Is there scriptural authority tshow that children are allowed to playLets examine G odsWord on this sub-ject.

Gods Wo rd plainly shows that children will play in the World TomorrowSpeaking of the Millennia1 rule thprophet Zechariah says, And th

streets of the city shall be fullof boysand girls playing in the streets thereof(Zechariah 8 : 5 . This play is more atype of sports play. It is amusementinthe form of games for children.

The Holy Scripture also says, Anthe s l i cking child shall pldy on the holeof the asp, and the weaned child shaput his hand on the cockatrice den(Isaiah 1 1 S ) . Yes, children will be ouplaying. They will have amusementThey will have fun. But there will b

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ents are surprised how quickly a smallchild learns the alphabet. Your childcan learn to recognize almost every let-ter in the alphabet before going to

school. And he will not have beenforced to learn it. H e will have doneit as a matter of course-in his playin g.

Word games can be very helpful indeveloping vocabulary and in improv-ing spelling. Parents and children alikecan participate in these games. These,of course, are for school-age children.

In this same category of developingthe mind there are many fine books onthe market that will entertain and teachyour children. But again, it is necessaryfor the parent to choose material that issuited for his childs age limit andability

Animal books are excellent for one-and two-year-old children. There areother books which supplement yourchilds learning in school such as TheChild Craftseries of educational books.And for children in school, The1ForldBook Encyclopedia is certainly a finehome addition to supplement yourchildrens learning.

For preschool children books can

help them get an earlier start on learn-ing. T h e W h i t m a n C o m p a n y seems tohave put out several fine books alongthe lines of phonics and mathematics.These will help children of school ageand preschool-age in the developmentof their minds.

Developing Personal i ty

Participation games are excellent fordeveloping personality. Many games canbe thought up in which children haveto participate. There are games in which

they have to express themselves verbal-ly. These are excellent in helping themin group playing. Some of these gamescan be thought u p rather than pur-chased.

Along the line of personality develop-ment is the development of creativeskills. In expressing their personalitythrough creative thought many childrenenjoy TinkeyToys or erector sets.

It must be stated here that the authorhas no connection with any publisher

or toy manufacturer. Certain tradenames are mentioned to give the readera basic idea of the toys in each category.

In helping round out a childs per-

sonality music is one of the best formsof entertainment. Children can learn tosing many fine songs that are not ofpagan religious origin. They can devel-op a rhythm and genuine feeling formusic. There are childrens recordswhich help the children in songs andrhythms for their own age.

Starting a child on a musical instru-ment can help develop a rounded per-sonality. Children do not have to beeffeminate in order to learn music.They should not be pushed toextremes

along this line, but they can be encour-aged to learn some formof musical in-strument. This will not only addtotheir personality development but willalso help in discipline and the develop-ment of creative skills. It will help intheir appreciation of finer things too. Itwill give them a sense and a feeling forbeauty.

Remember, King David was a manwho played a musical instrument. H ewas all man But vidently eplayed a musical instrument from thetime he was a young boy. H e sa ng manysongs. He had a feeling for rhythm. H eeven danced And he wrote poetryThere are Bible scriptures that definite-ly indicate that children can enjoy mu-sic and dancing. See Job2 1 : 11 andLuke 7 : 3 1 - 3 2 .

Developing Characterand Respons ibi l ity

Toys are a childs responsibility. Inhaving them he must learn to take care

of them. Parents would do well to em-phasize this to their children.

Have you ever walked into a homethat was littered with toys from oneend of the house to the other? This isnot only unsightly but indicates a h e & -down of character in a child. It showsa lack of discipline from the parents.

Children should be taught totakecare of and put away their toys

Toys with many parts and piecescan teach a child responsibi

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