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o magaz ine o f unders tand in gVol. XLI , No . 6

July 1976

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Wo rld Peace - How It Will ComeThe Spirit at America : From PlymouthRock to the MoonHow America Was Really WonDemocracy: the Ult imate Government?Faith of the Founding FathersAre We Ne91ecting Our Nation 's Youth?Fou r Chi ld-rearing BasicsWha t Are You Waiti ng For?The Eagle of the East

FEATURESPersonal from the EditorCommen tary : Pressures Intensify in

Southern AfricaGarner Ted Armstro ng Speaks Out!

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Edltor ln -Chie!: HERBERTW. ARMSTRONGEditor: GARNERTEDARMSTRONGManaging Editor ; Art hu r A FerdigAssistant to the Editor ; Robert L.KuhnNews Ed itor; Gene H HogbergFeatures Editor: Dexter H FaulknerArt Di rector : Allen Metage rAssocia teEd itor s; Robert Gmskey. Bnan KnO'NlesPub lishing Coo rdinator: Roger G t.ocrossCo py Editors: Jim E l ea Peter ~Senior Editors: Raymond f . McNa' Rodenc k CMereo:lhSef'l ior Writers: Je ll Caecns Donala 0 Schroeder KeitnSlumpContributors: Don Abrat1am Ron aeoec . 0 PaulGraunxe. ROn Hors ....ell. Adlr Muhtadl, Gord on MuorCaro le RII:er. George Rltler. John R Schroede r Wor tgClng ThomsenNew s Research Stall : Dcnnajean Clausen. WemerJobens. Milrt: SlahlGraphi cs: Design Coordinalor Monre Wolverton . Assoclara Art Dlreclor Greg S, Smith, Slaft ArtlslS: RandallCole, Garry Haggerty , Ron Lepeska. Gary R,cnardson .Gene t"H,eWOOdrul1Photography: Photo sev c es o reaor Warren watson.Cha rles Buschmann Ken Evans. Joyce Hedlund A!lredf-tenr'llgPhoto Flies: Manar;er Ala'"Le tee.Janice Neute'dDlIlces : Auclr:.3T1d . New Zealand Robe'1 Morton. Bonn.West Germany F'ank scwee. $1 Albans. EnglandFrank Brown & rle/f}h !"leadS. AtJs[ral, a DennIS lu ke'.Joh iJrmeSbtJrg, soun AfrICa R o t > e ~ Fahey. Mamla Ptl1rDPlMS Col in Adair; Ulrecm The !'Jelhe flands RoyMcCarlhl'. Vancower. Be . Canada Dean WIlsonPUblishers: Stanley R Rader, Robe,t L . KuhnBusiness Manager: Raymond l WrightCirculatio n Mana ger : Jack Martin

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THE CONSPIRACYAGAINST THE FAMILY

F\\-" realize il l Hut even in aftluent America . Britain . ando the r We stern countr ies. weface an en ormou s and growing tragedy. The institutions .....of m ~ ~ r r i aand fam ily life a rc being formidab lyattacked .A solid family structu re is theve ry foundat ion of any sta ble andperma nent socie ty. But today in thea llluent countries a conspiracy is developing which seeks to de stroymarr iage as an institution. as well asthe FA;{ILY . This is a nother de cisivebit of evidence that this world's civiliza tion is definirc lv in the E : ' -- the end of thi s ",'orld as \ \ 'C knowit!The th reat is d ual : ( I) Unrealizedby most. there is a widespread andaggressive co nspiracy to destroy theinstitution of marriage. (2) Maritalrelat ions and famil v life are break in g down. a nd a rc increasa la rrnina lv.e ...... .I talk 10 head s of nation s andth ose high in thei r governments allover th e world a lmost every month .\Ve d iscuss the seriousness of wo rldcondi tions, the CAUSES of the evi ls,a nd th e WAY to WORLD PEACE. But Ifeel stro ngly the need to ta lk 10 myPlain Truth readersh ip of ma ny millions about thi s major threat to civiliza t ion itse lf - and thus to YOURlife and mine. It's time the fac tswe re mad e known.Today many psychologist s a resaying that the inst i tuti on of mar riage is doomed - on the way out.And there is a definite movement tobri ne tha t a bou t.

T consp iracy consist s of a twopronged attack : (I ) a well-o rganized movement to subtly influenceco llege students to prefer alterna-rives to marriage, a nd (2) a n at tempt to innL7en ce the genera lpub lic by newspap er and maga zinear t icles. television programs, the leetu re pla tform , the women's libmovement, and student or fo rmerstudent re he ls of th e "New Left."How much 0 1 all th is propaga ndahas been planted in the minds of thepsychologists, professors. writers,publishers, women's lib crusaders,a nd others by trained communistp ro pa ga ndists ca n o n ly be est imated .There a re publishers th at see k outwriters a nd authors to supply them

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with materia l otferina a lterna tives tomarr iage - such as .....hom osexuality.group marriages, sex outside ofmar riage , commu na l fa m ilies write rs who will sho ut the gospe lthat " MARR IAGE IS FINI SHED, OUTDATED . OBSOLETE , ON TI l E WAYOUT : '

This is a war wh ich is being vigorously and fa natically waged . Everysubtle method is being employed 10ca ptu re the minds of those of premarriage uge.Today virtu a lly eve ry college andunive rsity in the Un ited States offers numerous courses in psychologyan d socio logy. And almost withoutexceptions, these courses make required read ing book s and articlesthat picture mar riage as now outdated and soo n to become a relic ofth e past.

They represenl that both men andwomen wan t va rie ty in sex andot her socia l relat ionsh ips. They ridicule as a worn-ou t. old-fas hionedidea the be lie f tha t one should confine a ll intima te relations to one pe rson.

Some. especially . some women'slib enthusiasts and propagandists.rep resent that marriage repressesa nd degrad es women, One 's onl ym m ~ some contend . OUghtto be only to 110 comm itment. "vJhyshould we need a piece of paper - a

marriage license - to link o u rlives?" ;ome ask ,One boo k, req uired rea ding a tsome one hundred campuses in the

Unit ed States. has a chapter onmal e swapping , including the sta tement : "The fam ily tha t swings together clin gs together.' The book

~ e p r ; late as a beneficial experience.A few vea rs ago. the ,pioneers inapplying methods of scientific resea rch to the subject or sex. Mastersa nd Joh nson . he ld a symposium inChicago with some six o r sevenco uples who Fre el y adm itted to"swinging" as a reg ular experiencea t ce rtain chosen int erva ls. They exchanged their phi losophies on thesubject. probed by question s fromDr. Masters a nd Mrs. Johnson (actually Mrs. Masters). Mast er s andJohnson checked five yea rs later andfound only one of the couples wassti ll married.But now wha t abou t ex isting ma rriages, home and family life? Th eseha ve given grea t enco urageme nt toth e conspiracy aga inst marriage andthe fam ily.

The so-ca lled new mora litv which is actua lly noth ing but grossI ..vtmoralitv - has gained considerable public acceptance since theend of World War II. This crusade(Continurd Oil page 44)


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THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN POTENTIAL-PART IX

HOW ITWILLCOMEYes, they tried Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations.They are trying the United Nations. Many have awarded the Nobel Prize,

and many have been awarded the Nobel Prize fo r world peace. Yet world peaceis coming in our time - bu t no t through any of these efforts.by Herbert W. Armstrong

Itrave l to a ll pa rts of the worldas an ambassad or (withou t poli tical port fol io ) fo r WORLDPEACE. I d iscu ss wo rld prob

lems. ev ils a nd world peal'c withm an v head s o f go vernments king s. presiden ts. prime ministers.and those high in the government .leaders in sc ience. ed ucation. com-merce and industry. I'm not tryingto br ing about world peal'(;; - butse rv ing as an ambassador o f thepower tlrat will bring it in our lime!

Most world leaders are of supe-rior ahi litv. Yet they are utterlv UI l -a b le to al; olish w evils o r bringabou t wo rld peace.

Mau v scientists and lead ers saytha t only hope for world peace rsthe formation of a supreme W O H L ] )G OVER NM ENT . co n t ro l l i n a th eworld 's so le mil itary power. ) ' et inth e same breath they admit the ut terim possib ility o f th("i . claiming tluusuc h s u p r eme world p o\v er inhuman han ds would ens lave us all!An Amazing ForecastFew realize it today. bu t cen turiesago a famous personage issued a2

pronouncement forecasting th is ve ryso l ut io n. He was hu nd red s of yea rsahead of his lime. and the wOI:ld ofhi s day reje cted an d suppressed thep ronouncement. Th e world soo nlost knowleduc o f his fore cast.World lead ers would do well tosearch ou t that am azing fo recast, inthe ligh t o f prescill \ ~ ' ( ) condilion s.Few. indeed . know that JesusChr ist cam e , not as a re ligiou slead er to Cl.)J1VCrl the world and noton a "sou l savina" crusade, but as awo rld p ioneer 'NEWS FOR ECASTER .No man o r historic note has been socompletely misrep resented - so ut terly m isunderstood!He cam e as a \ lE SSES G ER with a.". ESSAGE from God Alrniah tv tomank ind , His message BIG:"iE\\'S - a vita l and sensat io nal newsANNOUNCE\ lE NT for the future . Itanno unced world pea ce. It was goodnews fo r the fu ture , procl a imed asa n ad vanc c A N N O C E ~ I E orWO RLD PEACE in OUR TIME . Th a twa s Ch rist 's GO SPEl.! Th e very word"g ospel" means "good news."

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nou nccrn cnt fo r ou r times whiwa s suppressed by first-century enmi es '? T he one official record whithe first-cent ury conspirators weuna b!e to supp ress - the HoB lI l l.E - gives the official an swe r!

"The begin ning of the gospe lth e J e s us C h ri st . t h e SonGod . , . . Jesus came into Galil epreaching the gospel o r the kingdoo f G od . a nd sav ing, T he time is fufilled. an d the ..KIN...GDOM OF GODa t han d : rep ent yeo and beli eve tgospel " (Mar k I : I. 14-15).Bel ieve what gospel - what GOONEWS'! T he good news of the com i

N ( j l ) O OF GOD.BUl wha t di d He mea/1 - t

KI NGDO\1 OF GOD? And ho w do wkn ow it was suppressed? And if tor igina l and true go spel o f JesChris t was suppressed. wha t go spOf gos pels were proclaimed to tworld to rep lace it'?To an swer those q uestions IS tpu rpo se of this article.Th e Written RecordTo say tha i the true gospel p rcla imed by Chr ist was suppressed

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was no t p rocla imed to th e wor ld a fter A.D . 70 for nearly 19 centuries is, ind eed , a shocking a nd amazingstatemen t.

Th is sa me written record th e co nspirator s were not ab le to des troyconfi rm s it. The Church o f G od wassta rted th e day o f Pen tecost , A. D , 3 1(Ac ts 2) . Abou t 20 years later. thea pos t le Pau l . under in spiration .wro te to th e churches in Ga latia, " 1mar ve l tha t ye a rc so soo n rem ovedfro m h im that ca lled YOU in to theg race o f Christ unto m;olher gospel:whi ch is no t ano ther: but the re besome th at troubl e yo u, a nd wou ldpenen the gospel of Chris," (G al.I:6-7) . Th e ve rses fol lowing pro-nou nce a do uble curse on a ny whowo u ld p rea ch an y o ther gospel.

To the Co r in thian church thea pos tle Pa ul wrote. '" fear. lest bya ny mea ns, as th e serpent beguiledEve th ro ugh hi s sub til ty, so yourminds sho uld be corrupted fro m thesim plicity th at is in Christ. For if hetha t co me t h [s pe ak i ng of fa lsepre a c her s ) p r e a c h c t h an o therJesus . . . or another gospel, whi ch yeha ve no t acce pted , , ," ( II Co r. I I :34) .To th e ea rly Christia ns a t Rom e :" for the wr ath o f G od is reve aled

from he a ven aga inst a ll ungodlinessa nd un r ighteou sness of me n, wh ohold [back ] th e truth in unrighteousne ss" (Ro m . 1:18). T he RevisedStand ar d Version has it : "who byth e ir wickedness suppress the trut h. "Th e message G od sen t by JesusCh r ist wa s being held back - sup-pressed.

Th en aga in , eve n Jesus Chr isthim se lf made il ve ry clear tha t Hisgospel - th e G D Of GOD would be suppressed until ou r time.H is di seiple s had asked what

wou ld be the sig n by which wem ight know wh en we were a t theend of thi s wo rld (a g e), j ust beforeChrist's return to ea rt h .F irst he warned th em ag a ins tbeing de ceived . Man y wou ld come,he sa id , in his name , claim ing to beth e min iste rs o f Chr ist say ing th aiHe - Jesus - was th e C hrist a nd a tth e same time deceiving the many.But when " , " thi s gospel of thekingdom sha ll be preached in a ll theworld fo r a wi tness unt o all na -tion s . . . then shall the end come"(M att. 24 : 14 ).The PLAIN TRUTH Ju ly 1976

T his proclaiming of the S G [ ) O ~ IOF GOD cou ld not be the sien tha twe are a t t he end of the age. IT-it hadbeen proclaimed a ll a long!J ust as C h rist h imsel f directl ypro phes ied wou ld happen, ma n) 'ha ve preached abou t th e persoll,sa y ing that J esus was th e Ch rist preaching ab ou t th e messa ue. bu t

his message! ...But the El" D is now here.A ft er a lmo st 19 cen tu ries. tha t me ssage is now goi ng out WOR LDWIDE.bv the Wor ldwide Church o f G od!Som e have preached a "go spel ofsa lvation" (actua lly a fa lse sa lvatio n) an d some a "gospe l of grace"- turning g race in to license to COI11mit sin. Sti ll o thers ha ve turn ed to a"soc ia l gospe l."Rut Jesus broug ht from God theFat her a vital message a nnounci ngthe KtNGDo 't OFGOD! Wha t did Hemean - the I\.INGOOMOFGOD'!A Message of GovernmentFew see m to know. tod av, t ha tJ esus' was abou tMENT! Few realize that th is is SOTthe time G od is tryin g to SAVE (spi ritu a lly) the wor ld . Fe w knew Jesuswas concerned with GOVERN MENT.Jesus was bo rn to be a KlS G! No

tice \, .hat wa s prophesied in Isa iaha bo u t Ch rist : "For unto us a child isbo rn. unto us a son is given: and th e( j U V E R : ' \ ~ I E N T shall be up on hisshoulde r : a nd his name sha ll becalled Wond erful. Counse lor. Them i g h ty G od , T he eve r la stin gFat'her , The Pr ince of Pea ce. Ofincrea se o f h is GOVERN MENT a ndpea ce ther e sha ll he no end, uponth e th ro ne of David , a nd upon hiskin gdom , to o rd er it. a nd to csta blish ' i t with judgmen t a nd with j us tice from he nceforth even for ever"(l sa . 9 :6-7).

No tice what wa s sa id to hi smot he r Marv: " . . . the anuel Ga bri e l w a s ,l s e n t f r o m'" Go dun to . . . Na zareth , to a virgin cspoused to a man whose n ; : 1 I wasJo seph, of th e hou se of David ; an dth e virgi n' s name was Mary . Andthe ange l came in un to her. andsaid , Ha iJ. tho u that a rt highly fa vo red . . . . Thou shalt conceive inthy womb. and bring forth a so n .a nd shalt call h is name Jesus. Hesha ll be srea t. a nd sha ll be calledthe Son "'of th e Highest : and the

Lord God shall aive un to him thethrone of his fa t l; er David . And heshall reign ov er the house of Jacobfor eve r: and of his K I N G D O ~ theresha ll be no end " (Luke 1:26-33).When Je su s wa s on trial fo r hislife be fore Pilate, he wa s as ked , "A rtth ou a kin g th en?" Jes us an swered ."Thou I am a kin g. To thisend wa s I born , a nd fo r thi s causeca me 1 into the world:' But he al sosaid . "My kin gdom is not of this.w rld" (John 18:37.36) .

Wnv has the wh ole world beende ceived , not knowing H'H )' humanitv was creat ed a nd human lifeexisted upon this earth!IVII Ya re we II ERE? IVII EREar c we GO ING ' IVIIAT is the IVA Y- the \V AY TO PEACE, well-bcinu.happ iness. abu nda nce '! ...wu Y no wo rld PEACE? Whl" allth i s world ' s e vi ls? IVH )' cuntSC IENCE s ive us the a nswers? Thesea rc the IMPORIin human li fe . w nv are n't peop leconcerned?T he greates t religion in t he wor ld .in n um ber o f adherence . is Chris

tia nity . Peo p le SUPPOSE th e Christ ian religion ca me o ut of the Bib le .T hen .... IVlI )' don't the var ious

sects a nd denomination s o f trad itional Chr istianity te ll us the REALTIIEME o f the Bible ? WHY do th e)'not know the TRUE GOSPEL thatJe su s proclaimed') It' s a ll IN T i lEB IBLE - not suppressed THERE!It 's plain a nd cle a r 'It 's t ime so meone SHOUTED to le

thargic . indiffe rent. slee p ing hum an it)' , IVA KE UP!Is There An Afterlife?Some fu ndamen ta lis t den omina tion s o f Chr istianity preach a boutspiritua l salva tio n - a bout an afte rli fe,I S th ere a n a fterlife? The truth isPLAI:-': AJ"D CLEAR in the Bible .Je sus' gospel was th e KINGDOMOFGOD. Does tha t ha ve any thing to dowi th tljterlife - with spiritua l sa lva tio n'! It has evervthing to do with it.BDr THE WHOl.E WOR LD tS DE -CE I VED and ASLEEP! The gospelo r the Kt" GDO" OF GOD has to do,ba sical lv. wi th TWO themes - zove r Ilme ri't a nd spir i tua l sa lvat io n(w h i c h so m e c al l bein g "bo r nau ain") . Th is a rticle de als GOV-, (Continued 011 page 39)

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COMMENTARYPRESSURES INTENSIFYIN SOUTHERN AFRICAby Stanley R. Rader

Th e 1I111 !zor accompanies Pla inTruth Editor-in-Chief HerbertII'. A n nstrong O il his frequentvisits with heads ofsune ami ot herleading intenuttional dignitaries.

.JO IIA:'>;\/ESll lJRG . S outh Africa.~ h l ) 27. 1976.Bv the tim e Ihis issue of The PlainTrui/i ha s reac hed rnan v of YOU. theUnited States will ha ve -otlk la l ly eelcb ratcd ib 200lh ye a r o r ind cpen deuce.Condi tion s in the wo rld do notpermit Mr. Herbert Armstrong andme. however, to spend July 4 athorne . \Vc sha ll ins tead be in Jerusa lem on tha t day. assist ing in theded icat ion or the Liberty Bell Pa rkin th e hea rt o f Je ru sal em . whe re wewill be creati ng a playground forchildre n.

We arri ved las t n ight in Joh an nesbu rg a lter comp l ;ting a three-da v vi ..;j t in the: cruci a l Middle Easto i( arcus orOm an a nd Kuwait. \V e,:shu !l be in thi s stra teg ic area for....orn e four weeks a nd sha ll also bevisitin u the nc iuhbor inu s tates or

a nd TEve n ts see m 10 be < . ) \ " at an

ever ucce lc ra tcd rat e on th i; CO I1l inen t and in Europe. a, well as in a llpar I... of the wo rld , At the rec ent

Mideas tOil TankerRoute toEurope

semiunnuu l mccune of the toreisnministers of the :'\'ATO nat ion s inNorwav. .s. Sccretarv o f State

K stre ........ cd the &Inger.... thatwo u ld ...bctal l the Atlantic allies if theCommun i.... ts ca me into power inltal v. At the same time. Kisswa... forced to also drop theword / ( ! I I 1 from hi... voc .tbularv infol low in g th e lead o r Pres identForo. Ob ....crvcrs here a nd abroadfeel th at the United States and he rNATO a llic ... arc falli na behind inthe wo rld arm s race. \ 1r. K issingeralso found it necessary at the NA TOco nfere nce to adm it tha t the Russia n asccndancv as a n ind ustria l an dm ilita ry p o w e ~ sho u ld have beena nticipa ted an d shou ld be accepted.Nov.' t ha t th e wo rl d is di sillusioncd with detente. it is moreco ncerned tha n eve r ab o u t theUnited Stutes ' resolve a nd a bili ty torepel agg ressio n in the wake or thelal l o r Vietnam a nd the rece n t de bacle in Angola .

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by Jeff Calkinsocean vessels sail around it eachyear. a ra te of 66 per day . Man y ofthese vessels are carry ing oil to theUnited Stat es or Western Europe.In fact, most o f the oi l Europe ge tsfrom the Mideast comes in shipswhi ch trave l around th e Capesince modern supertankers are toola rge for the Suez Canal. And . ac co rd ing to the Uni ted StatesStrategic Institute, by 1980, even60% of American oil imports willha ve to travel around South Africa.A nd yet a t the precise time th atthe Western world has becomemore dependent than ever uponthe sou the rn African region forboth raw materials and the maintenance of free world commerce.South Africa itself has becomemore and more disenchanted withth e West. Sp ecifically, South Africa n leaders arc perturbed - to putit mildlv - over the recent American porky regarding Angola. Pretoria claims that \Vashington gaveit the go-ahead to intervene in Angola. Washington says it opposed the Sou th African prescncefrom the sta rt. In an y case. Sou thAfrica was forced to make a ratheringlorious retreat from Angola dealing a blow to its own carefullyconstructed "detente" policy withbl ack African nations.The growing estrangement between South Africa and the rest ofthe Western world is currentlyhardening the traditional Afri kaner predilection to go it alone.While it could cause some economic hardsh ip in South Afri ca.the world's isolation of Pretoriawould.no t be without adverse conseq uences for the West. Al readysome observers feel that in theevent of a naval struggle for theCape sea oil route. the West cou ldno t count on any help from SouthAfrica. particularly in the use of itsnaval faci lities at Sim on stown ,from which the So uth Africa nnavy currently monitors traffic inthe critical sea lane.

Busiest Sea RouteFew in the West also realize tha tthe Ca pe rou te a round South Africa is the most crowded sea routein the world. Over 24.000 major

Soviet interest in the affairs ofsouthern Africa has but one primary strategic interest: the denialof continued Western access to irreplaceable sources of raw materi als.

"Sou th Afri ca [alo ne] providesth e Uni ted Sta tes, its NATO alli es.and Japan with their most important minerals. including gold. diamon ds. and uranium ..' notesAnthony Harrigan. member of theUn ited -States I nd ust ria l Cou ncil,writing in the National Review.Another mineral. chromium. isan especially important mineralfor the West. There is no knownsubstitute for the substance in theproduct ion of stainles s steel (comprising about 11% of the alloy).Stainless steel is the prim ary me talused to make jet airplanes, rockets,missiles, nuclear power plants, andoil refineries, as well as surgicalequ ipmen t. By some qui rk of fa te ,most of the world's chromium isfound in either white southern Africa or in the Soviet Union - 67%of it in Rhodesia alone . A communist victory in that parl o f theworld would give communists control over 97% of the world 's chromium reserves.U.S. chromium stoc kpiles. whileswo llen from the recent recession,could only ena ble the country 10get along w it hout Rhodes ianm e for a full year, notesJacquelyn Bivins, editor of Ameri-call Mew ! Markel. T he onl y domestic deposit is in Montana, in amine which is currently unwork-able.

As far as South Africa is concern cd . it has the largest-known reserves of high-grade iron are. aswell as la rgo quantitie s of asbestosand copper. It also ha s enormou scoal reserves.

SOVIETS PLAYING FORHIGH STAKES

be less d itliculty to r th e people ofSou th Afr ica and those in the rcst ofAfr ica if the peop les in these a reaswere permitted to solve their ownpr oblem s withou t outside inter-venti on. . u n ~ and r o p a g aWe sho uld. It wou ld ap pea r. dowh at we can to en courage thepeop le of South Africa .to work ou ttheir problems within their owncountry and with their neighbors inthe rest o f Africa. and we should dowhat we can to prevent further en-croachment by the new imperialismof totalitarian commun ism .For the moment , however. let usremember one interest ing aspec t ofthe propaganda leveled at the gov ernments of both South Africa a ndRhodesia over the past decade (and .in the case of South Africa. for moreth an 30 yea rs). Majority rule iscla mo red fo r bv the Russians. theCuban s. and o the rs. but the ove rwhelming majority of the other natio ns o f Afr ica do not have realmajority rul e. Wh at they do have inalmost every case is totalitarian ruleby a black minority elite, under aone-party system. Should th e same"b lac k majority ru le" be effected inSouth Afri ca or Rhodesia. it wouldundou btedlv end the freedom s a nddemocratic "'processes in those countr ies (impe rfect. albeit, as the democratic processes may be in eithernat ion) . and it would probably leadto the eviction or exodus of thewhite settlers who have developedbo th nation s.As we consider these problems.let us remember that the UnitedStates is the country most criticizedin th e worl d . but a lso the countrymost admired and imitated. Nothing happen s in the United Statesthat is not of interest throughout therest o f th e world . Our ca pacity as apeople to exhibit our wounds andnot to hide them. as in the Wat ergate affair. makes us unique as apeople and proves again and againthe integrity and effectiveness of ourdemocratic processt:s. Our capacityfor innovation. invention. and initiative constitutes our area tcst force.No nation has changed the humancondi tion for the better so much .Let us continue to lead the way for abe tter world and for peace and un derstanding among peoples everywhere. 0ThePLAI N TRUTH Ju ly 1976 5


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FromPLYMOUTHROCKtotheMOON

HOWAMERICAWASREALLYWON

by Raymond F, McNair6

From the inception of this nation . the peopl es who colonized Am er ica had a burningco nvictio n tha t they had II specialmission to l'ull1l1 in life. The earlyAmerican co lon ists sincc rc lv be lieved they had a "d ivinel-y ap -pointed destiny" ami thou ght ofthemselv es as " being chose n for aspecial mission in the...world."In 1630. John Winthrop . go ve rno ro f Massac husc u s Ba y Co lony.

wrote: "W e sha ll find that the G odof Israel is am on g .... Th e eveso f a ll peop le a re u"pon us," \Vhcn th e Pi lgr ims wade d as ho re

at Plvm ou th , Mass.. in 1620. accord-ing io th e ir tirst aovcmo r. \VilliamB;:1dford . ' they" fe ll upon th e irknees a nd bl essed th e God o fHeave n who had b rought themfrom all the perils andAmerica 's G rea t Sea l (as can beob se r ved on the U.S, one dollar bi ll)illu strates the "e ye of G od " a bovean Egyptian pyr am id w ith th ewo rds Annuit Coeptis ("'he [God ]ha s favored our undertak ing s") . Th eea r ly Ameri ca ns believed God's eyewas urnn their und er takings.

Th e h isto rica l account of hoAm erica was won , ofh ow the struggli ncolonists from Europe were pla nteon the shores of this con tinent. a ndhow they succeeded in estab lishi nthe ea rth 's migh tiest nation is ainte resting . gripping story.Amer ica at " the Summit"Winston S. Churchill. whil e speaing a t a dinner held in hi s honor

; - . . r York o n May 25. 1949. akn owl edged that Am erica had "arived a t the summit of th e world ."Wh at brough t abou t Amer ica

rise to gr ea t ness? How did she gher vas t.wealth and power?How could th is comparat ive latcomer on the world scene riseswiftly to such an unprecedente

pinnacle of econ omic and militapower - dwarfing all o ther nat ionsIs Amer ica 's fabulous wealth anhe r awesome power primari ly tresult of he r own ingenuity? Has shju st been lucky? Did she j ust hapen to inh er it the earth's goodlieher itage - so tar as a fo rtu itoblend ing of the ear th's most produti ve lan d, a mil d . sa lubrious cl im a



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and a favorab ly placed la nd ma sswhich. unlike the nat ions or Europe.is so loca ted as to prevent it frombeing ove rru n by pow erfu l neighborsta tcs?Or has an unseen hand guidedthis nation from its inception in1607 when the struggling colonistsf rom Eng land es tab lished their firsttoe hold in th e New Wo rld?A Three-Power Struggle for AmericaFew Americans rea lize that the rewas a fierce three-power strugglewaged during the cou rse of twoturies for the control of the vast landmass of North America . Spain.France. and Britain all sought control of this rich continent. ...In the same year that Columb us

made his epic \'oyage to [he Wes tIndies - 1492 - Pope Alexande r VIgra nted to Spain and Portugal all ofNo rth. Cen tral an d South A

After learning of the discovery ofth e prev iously unknow n lands of theNew World. Pope Alexande r de cided the best way to preven t riva lrya nd bloodshed be twee n Spain a ndPortuga l was to d ivide the new lyThe PLAIN TRUTH July 1976

d iscovered world betwee n them. Acco rdi ng ly he dr ew an ima gina ry linefrom nor th to sou th through a pointsevera l hundred miles west of theprese nt-day Atlan tic islands calledtb e Azor es. Al l th e land to the eas to f th is "li ne of dem arca tion " wentto Por tugal . a nd all to the wes t fellto Spa in:;; lot.By the T reaty of Tordesillias.

signed be tween Spain and Por t ugalin 1493. th is " line of demarcation"was moved slightly fu rther west.T h e on lv territory in the New Worldwhich was assigned to Portuga l wasthe biz eastern bulae of the Sou th

A m e r i ~ a n continen t roughlv corresponding to present-day B r ~ z i L Allof the rest of the tcrritorv in theNew World went to t he Spani ards .Th is meant tha t Spain was given allof No rt h and Ccnt ral Am erica p lusmos t of So u th America.However. the re was one majorpro blem with this imagina ry division of the New World . Britain.Fran ce a nd Holland j us t di d no t be lieve a ny man (whe ther pop e o rking) had th e God-given right togive away such vas t amo unts of the

THE BEGINNING: The landing of thePilgrims at Plymo uth Rock in 1620;fhe signing of the Declarat ion of In-dependence in Philadelphia, July 4,1776.Credils Reproduced by permiSSion.of HuntJnglon Library,San Marmo. Ca . COPf/ght Yal'! UmverSlly Art Gallery

ea rth's unclaimed rca l es ta te . Theyth erefore ignored the pope's " line ofdema rcation" when it came to estab l ish ing. a t a la ter da te. co loniesin the lew World.Britain's Showdown With SpainLater. however . a real strusale forpossession of No rth A moped between Britain and Spain. Asfabu lous qua ntities of gold and silve r bczan tlowins from the NewWorld '- primarily from Mexicoa nd Per u - back to Europe. thegreed an d cu rios ity of many nationswere aroused. Greedy adventurerswan ted to ac t th ei r hands on someof this seemi ngly un lim ited treasure.A t this poin t in h isto ry . Englan dproduce d some daring men of thesea such as Sir Francis Dra ke a ndSir John Hawk ins. T hese bo ld ad -

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venturers began to plunder theSpanish treasure ships. Of course.Philip II or Spain (1527-98) didn' tappreciate this interference with hislucrative fl ow of wealth from theNew World . Also. this very Ca tholicmona rch d id not like the way religious matterswere going in Englandand HollandwhereProtestants werega in ing th e upper hand . Phili pth erefore decided to send his mighty" in v incihle armada" agai nstEngland to subjugate that tiny island kingd om . After subduing theEnglish. he planned to bring theProtesta nts or Holland to heel.By tho summer of 1588. Philip'smighty armada was outfi tted andready to sai l for England . About28.000 Spaniards were in the a ttackforce. During the ensuing battle. thegrea tly ou tnumbered and out2unned Brit ish seamen - aided

~ r c a t bv the weather - defeatedthe Spaniards . Only about hall' ofPhili p's badly ba ttered ships andmcn limped back to Spain. Fromthat day forward . England knew sheco uld successfully ch all en ge th eSpanish navy on the high seas.8

One or England's greatest historians. Sir Winston S. Churchill.commented on the defeat of the armad a : "To the English people as awho le the d efeat of the Arm adacame as a miracle . . .. One of themedals struck to commemorate thevictory bears the inscription 'AfJlal'ilDeus et dissipantur' - 'God blewand they were scattered: Elizabethand her seamen knew how true thiswas. The Armada had indeed beenbruised in battle. but itwas demoralized and set on the run by theweather. Yet the event was decisive . . ." (A History o f the English-Speaking Peoples).From that time forward. Englandfelt she could safe ly introduce settlements into North America withoutthe rea r tha t Spa in would be able todes troy them. So in 1607. the firstpermanent English colony wasplanted at Jamestown. Virginia. Before long 13 thriving colonies werefi rmly established in 'orth Amerrca ,Years be fore the English plan tatio ns in the New Wo rld , theSpaniards had colonies in Florida.

Texa s and the southwestern partNo rt h Ameri ca. But those Spanicolonies never came into serioconflict with the British ones to thnorth. and it was with France thBritain was soon to be engaged inbloody struggle for supremacyNorth America.Yca rs before England commenced her first permanent coloin 1607. French explorers had sailup the St. Lawren ce River deep inwha t was to become Canada. Evetua lly tho se wide-ranging Frenexplorers navigated the Grea t Lakand down the Mississipp i Riverclaiming all of North America wor the Mississippi to the RocMountains and all parts east to tAll egh eny (Ap pa lac hia n) Moutai ns. Th is vast. unbelievably fertland lying to the east and westthe Mississippi was called "Louana" afte r the French Sun KinLouis XIV.Canada or GuadeloupeThe British finally won the Frenand Indi an War ' and in 1763. tTreaty of Paris was signed. Fran

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cede d to Britain all of her territo ryin Ca na da . plus a ll o f the la nd ea stof the Mississippi from Canada inthe north to the f lorida territo rv inthe south.I n te rest i n g l y e noug h . whenFrance was defeated by England.she offered the victo r either the islan d of Guadeloupe in the West Ind ies. or Canada. Fortunately.Benjam in Frank lin happened to bein Lo nd on at the time. and he realized the vast potentia l of the Cana

dian terri torv. He therefore wro te apamphlet in"'which he urged Britainto take Canada ra ther than thesuuar-and-rurn-rich Caribbean is

l a ~ d . and many Britons were disappointed when their government.following Franklin's advice. choseCanada rathc.:r than Guadeloupe!American Revolutionary WarNot long after the 1763 Treaty ofPa ris had granted Britain all ofFrench n ~ ~ t 1 : . 1 plus the present-daystates cast of the M ississipp i fromCanada to the Florida territory.trouble broke out between the thirteenAmerican colo nies and England,The PLAIN TRUTH July 1976

O n July 4. 1776. the Thirteen Colon ies declared their ind ependenceand began waging the AmericanRevolution ary Wa r to secure theirfreed om . All odds favo red a Brit ishvictory in th at war. hUI Cornwallis'defea l a t Yorktown on Oct. 19,178 L by the combi ned forces o fW ush i na ron wor king w ith th eFrench ~ a v v meant that Americawould s o o ~ ga in to tal indepen-dence.in 1783. Britain gran ted to thenew United States on lv the titledeed to the origina l T h i r t ~ e n Colonies. but she also gave those colonies all the land from the Atlanticwest 10 the Mississippi River. that is.all the land be tween Ca nada in thenorth and the Florida territon' in

t h e ~ u t h Beginni ng with this first titlegrant. the United States went on to

n t u a acqu ire all of the la ndencompassed in the contiguous 48states,How America acquired all of theoriginal 48 states during a 70-yearperiod is one of the most fascinatingstories 10 he found in the annals of

S EC UR IN G THE BIRTHR IGHT: TheBattle of Bunker Hill; Ihe dr ive wes t tofu lli ll Mani lest Destiny - home-steaders, the wagon trains. the GoldRush 01 1849.

any nation. In fact. there is no othersimilar paralle l in all the world's historv. At no o ther time did a nationever acquire such a vast. rich. strategic tract of land in such a shortperiod of time.History's Greatest Bargain!On lv 20 vcars after the secondT reaty of Paris - convened in 1783- aramcd the United States the tereast of the Mississippi. otherevents moved ~ w i f l to give herpossession of the vast LouisianaTe rritory wes t of the M ississipp i.Here is how America acquired tha tland - the most fabu lo us land bargain in the history of the entireworld.During the Napoleonic wars. thevain. ambitious Napoleon plannedto establish a French empire west of

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the Mississipp i River to counter-ba la nce the Anglo -Sax on dominat ed territorv of Canada and theUni ted Sta te; (cas t of the Mississippi). But Na po leon's ambitionsknew no bou nds as he continued toexpand his em p ire across Europe,his ma in concern at that moment.He realized he wou ld need mOiler towase tha t wa r ~ pr imar i ly aaainstc " ,Britain. N apo leon therefore con -cluded th a t if he would se ll the Lou-is iana Terr itorv to th e UnitedSt al es . th is would pr ovide h imbad ly needed mon ey and would atthe same time cause Ame rica to befriend ly toward him .l t j ust so happ ened that U.S. Pres-id cn t Thom as Jefferson had recentlyinstructed the American ministers inParis to sec i f the U.S. co uld buv theport o f New Orlea ns from orat leas t some land on the easternside o f the mou th o f the Mississippiso she co uld estab lish her own portby which she cou ld then secure anou tlet for her 200ds which floweddown the t\.t i ~ s i p p i and thence toEurope .Neither Jefferson nor his Arneri-10

ca n re p re s e n t a t iv e s in Pa risdreamed that Napoleon wou ld notonly se ll them the valua ble port ofNew Orleans. bUI wou ld o lfer to se llall o f the Lou isiana Territory westof the Mississippi River - for thepalt ry sum of only S15.000.000! T hispurchase amounted to abou t 4 centspe r acre!N eve r in the history o f the worldhas such a fantastic purchase bee nmade. Th is fabu lous acquisition in-cluded all or parts of eleven statesand some of the most fertile land inthe whol e world. This vast territorywas later d ivided into Arkansas.M isso uri. Nebra sk a . 10\ '.'a an dSouth Da kola. an d parts of Colorado. Kansas. Minn esota, NorthDakota. Oklahoma and Wvominz.Sh ort ly aft erwa rds . "in 181 9.

Am erica was successful in purchas-ing the Flo rida territory (includingFlorida and pa rts of Alabam a. Lou isia na and Mississippi) for the in-sia nitica nt sum aI'S 10.000.000. No w ,A7ncrica owned


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America's " Manifest Destiny"In th e m id 1800s. man y American sfirmly be lieved in Am erica's "rn anifest des tiny" - tha t America wa sdes tined 10 inhe rit all the land fromthe Atla n tic to the Pacific .S ix of th e o rigi nal T h irteen Colo-

n ies had r e c e i roya l gra nts giv-ing th em "sea to sea " right s. Th osesix sta tes were : Massa ch uset ts. Connec ticu t. Virgin ia . No rth a nd SouthCaro lina a nd G eorgia. But in ac tua lp rac tice. th ose gra n ts only ex tended \vcs twa rd (0 th e Mississip piR iver. since France a nd Spainclaim ed a ll o r th e la nd west or theM iss issippi du r ing Ame rica' s ea rlyhistory.It wa s du ring the 1840s tha t th iside a o f "ma nifest destiny" swep t thenat ion like a reli giou s revival."M a nifest a pe rsiste n t

a nd ch erished tradition or u.s. h isto ry which. in its b road est concep-tion . d eclared tha t Amer icans a re ach osen people. b lessed with free insti tutions a nd o rda ined bv God toc;eatc a model soc ie ty in tile wilderness . In thi s sens e Man i feSI Dest inyThe PLAIN TRUTH JUly 1976

may be sa id to ha ve beg un with thePurita n land ings at Massachuset tsbay in 1630. its mo re restrictedgeog rap hica l sense. the ph rase refersto the desire o f Am er ica n c.:x pan -sionists in th e 1840' s to ex ten d thebou nda rie s of the Uni ted Sta tes tothe Pac ific ocea n . . : ' (E ncvclo-paedia Britannica. 1970 ed.), .In 1845. John O 'Sull ivan , writingin The Uni ted States .\l aga::ine andDemocratic Review prophes ied " th efulfillment o f ou r manif est destiny toover sp rea d the contin ent a llo tted byPro vidence for the free d evelopmentof our yea rly mu ltip lying million s[undj Ior th e developmen t o r libertya nd federa tive se lf-government: 'The Mexican WarWith the idea or "m ani fest de stin y"p oun d i n g i n m an y Am eri c a nbr easts. it ' ....as only a mat te r of timeun til these dynam ic. rambunctiou s.land -hu ngry Ame rican s would sp illove r into Mexica n territo ry. provoking a bloody co nflict with Mexico.During the Presid en cy o f Jam esK . Po lk. th e wa r haw ks linally suc

ceeded in pushing Am e rica in to a

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war with Mexico. Th e Mexica n \Varsta rte d ou t as a me re bo rder incident d uri ng Decembe r 1846. bU Isoo n it esca la ted in to a full -sca lewar . On Ma rch 9. 1847 . G en e ra lWi nfie ld Scot t land ed a fo rce ora bou t 10.000 men a t Veracruz a ndse t ou t to capture Mexico C ity .reaching h is goa l on Sept. 14. 1847.At the T reaty of Gu adalupe Hi

da lgo. signe d on February 2. 1848.Mexico ag reed 10 cede to th e U.S.wh a t is BOW Ca liforni a. Nevad a .Ar izon a. Uta h and New Mex ico,a lo ng with pa n s of \vhat wa s to beco me Co lo rado and Wyom ing. T heUnited S la tes ag reed to pay Mexico

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S15.000.000 for the new ly ceded tcr ritorv.O abou t one week before thatrreuty was signed James \V. Marsha ll di scovered go ld a t Sutler's M ill- nor fa r from San Francisco. Th isresu lted in the famous Cal ifo rn iaGol d Ru sh of 1849 - wh ich helpedbring a flood of se ttlers int o thatspa rsely settled sta le.Would Am er ica be sa tisfied wit hthe territory which she now OCCll-pied? HarJ iy. Ameri ca still covereda sliver of Mexica n te rr itorv . T heU.S. fina lly agreed to acquire the"G ad sden Purchase" from Mexicoin 1853 for the sum of 5 10.000.000.Wi th thi s purchase. the area com -pri sing th e o rigina l 48 con tiguoussta tes was now com plete." Cho icest Bounties of Heaven"Te n vea rs la ter in the midst o f thehlo",iv Civil Wa r. Ab ra ham Linco lnsa id abou t that rich la nd whic hAm er ica then possessed : .' . . . Wehave been t ile recipien ts of thechoicest bounties ofHeaven: we havebeen pre served these ma ny yea rs inpeace and p ro spe rity ; we have12

g row n in n um bers . we a lth. a ndpo \ver as no o ther nation has eve rgrown." But we have forgotten Go d. Weha ve fo rgo tten the'"gracio us ha ndwhich preserved us in peace a ndm u l t i p l i e d a n d e nr i c h e d an dstrengthened us. a nd we have va in lyimauined , in the de ce itfulness of o urhea; ts. th a t a ll these blessin gs we reprod uced by some supe rio r wisdomand virtue of our own . Intoxica tedwith unb roken success. we ha ve be come too se lf-suflicien t to feci thene cess ity o f redeeming an d preserv ing grace. too pro ud to pra y tothe God th a t made us: 'And on O ctob er 3. 1863 . Lincolnmad e a no the r proclama tion inwh ich he sa id : " No human co un se lha th dev ised no r hath a ny mortalhan d wo rked ou t these area t th ings .Th ey arc the gracious '-gifts o f th eMost H igh God. who. while deali ngwith us in an ger for our sins. hathneve rthe less remembered me rcy:'

Th en . ne ar the end of the C ivilWar . Lin co ln issued a T hanksg ivingDay procl am a t ion in whi ch heur ged h is fe llow Am ericans to prop-

e r ly o bse rve th e so o n-co m in gThan ksgiving Day " as a day oftha nksg iving and praise to Alm igh tyG od th e be neficent C rea to r and Ru le r o f the Universe. And I do furthe rrecommend to my fell ow-citizen sa fo resa id that on that occasion theydo rev eren tly hu mb le th em selvesthe dust and from then ce offer uppen iten t a nd fervent prayers an dsupp lica tio ns to the Grea t Disp oserof Events for a ret urn of th e inesti mable blessi ngs of peace. union.and harmony throughout the landwhich it has pleased /l im 10 assign asa b n placef or ourselves and fo rour posterity throughout all genera-nons. "How America " Stole" AlaskaFrom Russ iaRussia . as wel l as Spa in an d Fra nce .had bee n grasp ing belatedly forco n trol o f No r th Am er ica . She hadta ke n possession of what is nowknow n as Alaska . cla imed pa rts o fwe stern Canada . and in 1812 eve nesta blished a th riving co lony ofabout 400 peop le a t Fo rt Ross j ustnor th of modern -day San Francisco.



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But Ru ssia so ld out her Ca liforn iacolony to John Sutt er in 184 1 for530.000 . This was only 7 yea rs before gold was discovered on Su tter'sproperty!In 1867. on ly two Years afte r theCivi l War. Russ ia sold Alaska to the

United Sta tes for only 57.200.000 . alitt le less than two cents pcr acre!T ruly. no na tion in the lon g history of th e world has ever bee n so" as this grea t lan d. Yet all toomany Am ericans ne ith er feel norex prc ss mu ch gra titude to the GreatOn e who shapes the destin ies o f allnations and who has given us man ifold blessings.Is America Too Privileged?This national ingratitude is sometimes obvious to others, Th e la teprime minister of Japan . KakueiTanaka. seemed to sense that Ame ricans today too ofte n take theirble ssings for gran ted when he sa idin la te 1973 : "1 often wonder whvyo u [American s] wor ry so muchabout dom estic probl ems when youhave such an abundance of resources. For example. look a t Amer-The PLAIN TRUTH July 1976

ican agricultural productivity. I t'sea sy for the U.S. to expa nd its output whenever it chooses. We ca n' tdo tha t in Jap an . . . . When I compare the situation here in Japanwit h the situa tion in your country. Ith ink tha t as a nation )'ou are 100privileged. ..

l ie then added: " Yes. I think Godhas not been veryfair in the distribu tion o f reSOl/rces . . . of all the 3.7 billion people 11I0\\' ol'er 4 billiolll 0 11this ear/h. Americans have the moststab le ecol1omy . they have an abundance of resources ava ilable withintheir own cou ntry. and they ha vemore investments abroad than anyother country ."If one con siders the ferti lity of ourso il. the abundance of our naturalresources and the temperat e clima tewith wh ich we have bee n favored byHeaven. then. witho ut dou bt. we

have been blessed abov e all otherna t ion s. If one takes in to accountour unpa ralleled stand ard of living.then he will have to acknowledgeth at we have been great ly blessed. Ifone looks a t the precious rights a ndfreedom s guaran teed by our Consti-

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D E M O C R A C ~THE ULTIMATE GOVERNMENT?by Roderick C. Mered ithThe American peop le enjoythe oldest democratic sys temin the world, along wi th un -precedented freedoms andopportun ities . Bu t i s the u lt i-mate governmen t stil l in thefuture? This revealing ar tic lenot only reminds Americansof their many blessings, bu talso explains wha t tomorrowwill brin g."F rom sea to shin ing sea !" Thatphra se once aga in came to

mind as our 747 climb ed overLon g Isla nd Sound . vee red to thenorth and th en head ed west to th eshores of the Pacific Ocean .I was ju st comp le tin g a sort of" Bicentennial trip: ' a jo urney th at

look me. amo ng oth er places. to reI1C\V my mem o ries of \Vashing ton .D.C .. Fort McHenry - whe re "TheS ta r Sp a ng led Banner" was written- and to the old Federal Building inN ew Yo rk C i ty where G e o ~ g eWashington wa s inaugurat ed . .

Often""' when I the nation'sCa pito l or the S tatue of Liberty.chi lls run up an d down my spine.I rem ember the raw Novembereve n ing s wh en O ld G lo ry wa shoisted a loft to flutter in the breez e- spo t ligh ted in th e M idwestern skyas we sa ng the national anthem ju stbefo re a footba ll game . I remembe rth e sh in ing faces of freckle-facedboy s a nd little pig-tailed girls ~stra in in u at a tte n tio n - as we recited pledge of a lleg iance to ourna g a nd our coun try at the beginni ng of ea ch schoo l day. And I shallne ver forget bein g shepherde d so lemnly in to the aud ito rium of Joplin.M issouri 's West Central Schoo l tha traw December morning to hea r th efami liar voi ce of Franklin Rooseveltdecla re :"Yes terday . Decemb er 7. 1941 a d at e that will live in infamy - th e

Uni ted S ta tes o f Am erica was sud d en ly a nd de libera tely a ttacked . . . .14

'N e will ga in the inevitable tr iumph .so help us God. "Quite a few yea rs later. on my

first tr ip to Europe. as ou r shi pmoved slowly o ut o f New York harbor a nd the SWlUe of Liberty be ga nto di sappear in th e fog . I rem emberfeeli ng nostalgic pangs, real izingtha t I wa s lea ving some pla ce pret tyspecial. An d indeed 1was.Our Democratic HeritageO n ou r 200th birt hd ay. Americastands as th e oldest d em ocracy inthe world today. An d ou r Con st itu tio n is th e oldest o f any nation stillin exi ste nce .Unde r the blessing of a be nignProvidence, our a ncestors dev isedthe greatest government "o f thepeo ple. hy the" peop le. a nd to r thepeople " in th e history o f the world.Desp ite a ll its faults. o ur na t ion hasdone more for the world a nd give nmore to the wor ld tha n an v o the r inmode rn histo ry. .-

From the Hoover Pla n for the recons truction o f Europe aft er Wo rldWar 1 and th e Lend -Lease Act of1940 to the massive Marshall Plan.the All iance fo r Progress . the PeaceCor ps. and a hos t of other bencficcn t p rograms. the Unite d Statesha s se t a n example of giving. help ing. an d building to the rest of theworld . Like the biblical pa triarchJoseph . we today ha ve been ble ssedwi th th e largest gra in su pp ly onea rth an d have gla dl y dist r ibuted itto the hungry nat ion s of the world even. at tim es. to those who a rc ou rswor n enemi es .

Energy and crea tivity? Aga in . itwou ld he difficult ind eed to lind aneq ual to twen t ieth-century Americain th ese tra its. Ear ly in the last century t he renowned F rench histor ianph i losopher. Alexis de Tocqu eville.de scribed our nat io n as follows:"The Un ited States of Am erica

have on ly been emancipated forhalf a cen tury fro m th e sta te of colon ial de pendence in wh ich they stoodto G rea t Britain . . . . Yet no people

in th e world have made such rap idprog ress in trad e a nd manufacturesas th e Am er icans . . . a nd althoughth eir manu factu res ha ve to st rugglewith almos t insu rmo un tableim pcdim cn ts. t he y ar c no t preve n ted from mak inu areat and dailyad van ces. '" " '" "" In th e United States." co ntinued

de Tocqucvi llc . "th e g reatest und erta kings and speculat ions are executed witho ut d ifficulty. because thewhole population are engaged inproducti ve indu s try. and becau seth e poo re st as we ll as the most opu lent members of the commo nwculthar e rea dy to combine their e ffortsfo r th ese purposes. T h e conset] UC IH.:eis. th at a stra nger is consianuvama ze d by th e '""imme nse p u blicworks exec u ted .by a nat ion whichco ntai ns. so to speak. no rich me n.Th e Am ericans ar rived bu t as yesterd ay on the territ ory whi ch theyinh ahit. a nd they ha vc al rcadychanged the whole orde r of na tu refor their own advan tage. Thev havejoined th e Hudson the t i s ssip p i. and mad e the Atlan tic Oceanco mmu nica te with th e Gulf of Mexico . across a con t inent of m or e tha nfive hund red leagu es in extentwhich se parates the two seas. Th elonges t rail roads wh ich have beenco nstruct ed . up to th e presen t time.ar e in Am erica: 'Today Ame rica is sti ll th e world 's

p remier democratic . free en terp risenat ion. The almost comp lete freedom of speec h. action. a nd th ough tpossessed by Unit ed Stat es cit izensis a marvel to most peoples o r th ewor ld. Fo r eve n in Britain. Fra nce.a nd other democra tic societies. 2-0Vernm ental contro l o f the radiotel ev is ion o utlets. s tr ic t gove rn menta l reg u la tion o f an dind ustry a nd a lso wh a t many Americans would rega rd as co nfisca to rytaxat ion policies all act as a rep ressive in fluen ce on the kind of liberti es most Ame ri c an s tak e fo rgra n ted .

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Since the national power of a democracy ultimatelyresides in the people themselves. rather thanin an exclusive dictatoria l eli te. the nationas a whole is strong only to the extent that the

individual character of its cit izens remains strong.

hard to mak e our nati o n a livingexa mp le o f th e proclama tion of th eD e c lar ati on of I n d e pe n d e nc e :" . . . that a ll men a re c reated equal .that they a rc en dowed by th e ir C re at or wit h certai n unalienable rig hts.th at amo ng th ese a re life. libe rtv.a nd the of happiness : ' "A Lesson in Applicati onEld r idge Cleave r. a former revo lutio nary:' Black Panth er who use d toran t ag a inst " the pig powcr s tructu re: ' has come hom e to Am e ricawi th a totally d iffere n t ou t look tha nwhe n he wen t in to se lf-imposed ex ile over seven yea rs ago . Not on lyha s he himsel f been "educated topo lit ica l realities in the wo rld . henow can see tha t much has happen ed in the American sys tem sin ceth e lim e he a nd his wife left the U.S.He now sees far greater participation by b lack s a nd o the r m ino ritiesin govern me nt than he di d in 1968.He fee ls that lega l and governme ntal di scrim ination aga inst m ino rities ha s virtu allv vanished in theUnited States.

Cleaver sees the endi ng o f theVietnam wa r a nd the ou st ing ofPresid en t N ixon as sia ns tha t d em ocra cy is wo rk ing '-- th a t th epeo p le c a n m ak e '-t he i r w is he sknown an d carried o ut. He reels tha tth is wo rking ou t in p ractice o f theprinc ip les o f democ racy is un iqueand mak es Ame rica. poli tically . th ebest pl ac e in thc world .C leav e r has continually emphas ized since his return that the ruling

cl asses in most Communist andT hird World countries ex ist onlv tope rpetua te th e ir own se llish in terests . O n th e o ther ha nd . C leaverfi nd s it almost am usi ng tha t soma ny Ame rica n int e llec tua ls spe ndthe i r time cr itic izing American socie tv an d p rai sin!!'- the co untr iesw Cleav e r sees po litically rotten .

After experiencing seven yea rs ofse lf- imposed exi le in various o thercountr ies. C leave r is reso lu te ly o p-The PLAIN TRUTH July 1976

po sed to commu nism. li e s ta tes:"A fte r all my tra vels a nd seeing thesocia lists' wor ld up very close. reallysee in g how th e Sov iet U nion an d

C function . well. I now thinkth at the U.S. shou ld be second tonone mili tari ly . . . : .Un ique Persona l FreedomsT he a bove example could be mu ltip lied thou san ds of tim es. f-o r man yAm e rican s never fully appreciatewhat they ha ve unti l th ey live inso me la nd . Unde r the de moe ra tic system of chec ks a nd ba la nces- a nd th e o pport un ity to free ly elec tou r leaders - America ns enjo y amore open an d flexible political sys tem th a n has thus fa r com e a boutby a ny ot he r mea ns.For example . the Fi rs t Amend

men t to th e U.S . Co nsti tutio n read s :"Co ngress sha ll mak e no law respec ting a n es tab lishme n t o f relig io n. or p roh ibi ting the free exercisethe reo f: o r a bridging the freedo m ofspeech. or o f the... pr'ess : or th e righ tof thc people peaceably to assemble.a nd to pe titi on the go vernmenl for aredress of grievances."A few yea rs ago . the U.S. Supr em e Cou n a tlirmed the total rel igio us freedo m which has a nd m ustco ntin ue to exis t in th is na tio n. Itsa id : " F re edom to worsh ip was in di s pen sa bl e in a cou n t ry whosepeople ca me trom the four cornersof th e earth a nd b rouah t with th ema di ve rsity o f rel igio us opinion.Today auth orit ies list 83 separa terelizious bodies. ea ch with mem ber s h ip exceedin g 50.000. existin gamong our pe ople as we ll a s innu me ra b le smalle r g ro ups. . . . T hepl ace of rel igion in o ur socie ty is a nexa lted o ne. ac hieved thro ugh alo ng tr ad it ion of re liance on theho m e. th e c h u rc h. a nd the in-violab le ci tadel of the indi vidu a lheart and mind . W e ha ve come torea lize through b itter ex perienceth at it is no t within the power orgo vernment 10 invade that c ita de l.

its pu rposc o r ctleci be to

a id o r o p pose , to ad van ce or ttl reta rd . In the relatio nship betwee nm an and reliuion. th e sta te is tirmlvcomm itt ed to"a posit ion of neulraiity. 'How ra re th e se Ir ccdom s o r

speech. a nd reli gion havebeen down through th e Years ofhuman h istory! '" ..

Even though the democratic process is often slow a nd cumbersome- oltcn impeded by hu man na tu re- it ha s provided the safest. theweal thiest. the mos t creative. andce rta inly the freest society in mode rn limes. Emulatin g A m success. m o s t Europ e annation s and Ja pan emerged fro mWorld \\ 'a r II as genuine democracics. Since th at limc the grcaiestwa ve o r prosp e rity and crea tivityth e wo rld has known - affcctinu allc1 a,\ scs or man - ha s blessed 111c :-,cna tion s as we ll.Let us be tha nkful for [he- ma nifo ld blessings enjo yed with in th etr cc d orn s wh ich dcmocr uc v ha smad e possib le. \\ ' e.: in Am erica han:mu ch to be th ank ful fo r in th i:-. Bicentennial year!Creeping Doubt andDif f icult iesT he re is no doubt tha t Am erica istucing a crisis of conf idence. \Ve.:ha ve see n Vie tnam . Cambodia . an dLaos all fall 10 thc communists. InFebru arv o r thi s vcar , An gola fell tol\ l a rx is l -fo rCts up'-by Cubanmerce n a rie s a nd Soviet advisors making a shambles o f U.S. po licy inAfrica .

On th e na tional scene. the sca ndais o f Wateraatc. the a lmos t J ai hnews of corponue payolfs an d otherrevelation s of frail ly in high placesha s unde rm ined the con fiden ce o fth e American peo ple in th eir lea de rsan d in thei r inst itution s. Renewedconfidence in Am eri ca's lead er sh ipa nd in o ur fundam e nt a l insti tu t ion smu st b e restor ed if rh e UnitedSta tes is to co ntin ue as the lcadinuwo rld pl)Wer. '-

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Soon , an entirely different form of governmentwill be brought to all the peoples of the earth .It will no t come by human reason , politics ,or force of arms. It will come as a resultof d iv in e in tervention.

Th e B igg est Cr is is of Al lFina lly. th e re is a crisis ofcha racter.Suc h scandals as Wa tergat e re fle ctxornc th ina wh ich has bee n snea kinglip on o u ~ b l i side for Illany years.Th .u is the th a t. 1110 r e tha n wewo u ld like to a d mit. WI.: have become a na tion of lia rs. chea ters .thie ves. adulterers. a nd blasph emers.we re a d co n ti n uin g ex pose sabout the p h ilandc ring s 0 1" a recen tp residen t a nd th e lies a nd di rtytricks of a no ther. We arc in them idst o f a virtua l ailanche of violen ce in o u r ente rta inmen t m ed iaand pornograph y o n the newssta nds.OUf economv. like a na rcotic ad di ct. is d epend en t up on th e co n tin ua l rc fi na ncin s of a mounta ino usbu rd en of uebt . Th e once-h era ldedvi rt ues o f th ri ft. se lf-d isc ip line. ho nes tv, a nd se lf-relia nce hav e d isa ppeared fro m vas t segm en ts o f theAm eri can p ublic,

C lear ly. a fundam enta l chan gemu st ~ e a bou t in th is broadof d eclin ing nation a l charac ter.Le sso n of H istoryW ill D ur an t. th e historian. su m m a rizes the ca uses of the fall o f theRoman Em pire with wo rd s tha t a rcvi ta l to our s it ua tio n today : ..A g reatc iviliza tion is not co nq ue re d fromwitho u t unti l it ha s destroved itselfw it h in. Th e essential o fRo m e's d ecl ine lay in her peop le .he r m ora ls. her cla ss s rruaule. he rtai ling trade. he r b l l n . : a l l c r ~ ~ i c despotism . he r s tilling tax es. he r co nsu m ing wars. , . ."

S pea king in a sim ila r ve in. Ed mund Bu rk e . th e u rc a t En g lishsta tes man . e xpla ined t ha t : ar equa lifie d for civi l libe rty in exactpr opor t ion to their di sposition topu t mor al cha ins upon thei r ow na p pe tites. , " Society cann o t ex ist.un less a co ntrolling power upon wi lla nd app e tit e be p laced somewhere :a nd th e less of it th ere is within . themo re th e re mu st he wit ho ut. It is

,o rda ined in th e eterna l consti tut ion16

of things . th at men o f intem per a temi nd s ca nnot be free . T heir passions forge their fe tters."But w we Am erican s pu t " mo ra lch a ins" on o ur appetites'? Will webu ild a strong individual charac ter.st ro ng m ... and thu s a strousA ill vcars uhcud? ...

The tr ut h is th at a d e rnocrucv isthe m ost Iruailc o r aovc rnmcrunlsys tems . Sincc"'thc ~ n a l pow e r o fa d em ocracy ultimntelv resides inthe peo p le themsc l\es . ra ther tha nin a n exc l us ive d icuuor iul el ite . thena tion as a wh ole is stro ng on lv toth c ex te n t th at th e charac re r o r its cit izens remains s trong.Th e Ultimate GovernmentAs bene ficia l as dcmocrarv is. th isform of hu ma n aov crnmc nt is no tw itho ut its fau lts. As The wanStreet J ournal rcccut lv observed :"D cmocracv ha s ne ve r heen neat o rtid y. bu t has a lwa ys bee n bu oyan t. One mu st hop e it will stumblesuccess tu llv into the fu ture."

R i2.ht indced .Am erican s ca n be ex treme lv

gr a te fu l tha t we arc no t livin u under; d ictator o r a vc nucful ll1on:lfch o ran", o ther tOla lita"' ia n sys te m. A ssd lis h . bu ngli ng human sovc rnm en ts eo, \\:-e \ 'c'- dcflnitclv ; o t th cbest. ... . '-

Howe ve r. rega rd less o f po lit icalsys tems. the nat ions o f th is world

me a nwhile uirdinu fo r a aa raan tuan Wo rld W 1I 111 at w i l l tohuma n ex ti nc tion un less o u r Creator in tervenes .

A nd in te rven e he w ill (Muu .24:22), Fo r the grea t C reator - ofwhom our found ing fathe rs spoke somuch - ha s be tter things in store fo r America . as well as the wholeworld.

Soon . a n entirelv d ifferent fo rm ofgove rn me n t wi ll be bro ught to a llthe peoples or the earth . It wi ll notco me by human reason . politics . o rfo rce o f a rms.It will com e as a result o f d ivinein terven t io n in human a ilu irs de -

sc r ibed in litcrallv sco res o f Bib lprop hecies understood an d be lievein bv thou sa nd s o f o ur Bibl c- bciicvina :IIKesto rs. h ut m isund erstood o

w ~ r l . : at by most of o u r modergen crat ion , '-- Th c " fa the r of n u l' co u n t ry.G c o r e c W a s h i n u to n . de claredis a great "'Ik ing who rul eove r the un iverse : ' The mc-suue othi s g re at Be in g is ca lled "theof the kinudorn of God" I " rI: 14 ), n l l ~ g as it may see m tsome. it is a mCSSi.H?e conccrninuliteral world-ruling. X OI '(' I'I/ l l l t 'll f tobestabl ished over the na tio ns of thear t h bv Jesus Ch rist at his re t u r(R e\C lat ion II : 15 ).

Th at g ~ ) \ " m e wi ll be a thoocrac t' - a gov ernme nt of and bG o d, But all human govC'nmorn s that ha ve ev e r bee n devi scdit will be d irected in pe rfect lovperfect ju s tice. perfect wi...dom anund e rs tan d ing,

It will be se t u p a liter al go vernmen t o n th is ear th in our gelleration. An d th is is as su re as the risina nd -ct tina of to mor row ' s su n.

In t he n;eam im e. in this Bicc ntcnni al vc a r. we sho uld remem ber thdeep re spect a nd awe acco rded the ternal sovc reien of a ll bv those: whd id . in fact. thi s nat ion .

Let us ac know leduc the wisd omof A braham Lincoln...who d escr ibeG od 's guidance or our lir st presde nt a nd s ta ted : " W ith ou t the a id oth a t D ivine Beina who eve r ai dehim , who co nt ro ls"'mi ne a mi a ll d eti ni es. I cann o t succeed. With thaxxis ta n ce, I canno t fuil ."

We Am e rica ns sho u ld s ratcfulacknow ledg e God 's O\'cc; 1I 2uiuncc in th'C de stin v o f o urW e sho uld th ank for the unbe lievablv a bund an t b lcssi na thhav e accrued to o ur thespa st two hund red years,

T he n we sho uld tc rvcntlv as k thGod wou ld lea d a nd l c s ~ th is ntion a nd ea ch one o f us in it in ve ato com e . Thi s sho uld he ou r lik eten nial pu rpose and prayer. 0



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Faith of theFounding Fathersby John R. Sch roeder- - - - - -- - - -- - ------------_._- - - -How many knowthat ThomasJefferson compiled a book basedon the fourgospels? It is widely assumed by cynics today that most

ifnotallof the founding fa thers did not really believe inGod. This challenging article unearths many authentic, but little -knownquotations relating to their religious beliefs._-_ -_ ------- -__ .0-_ - ._ _ . _T he Bicentenni a l yea r hasbeen mark ed bv th e rcl l l ~ or.rc![gioll amajor Issue In Americanpolitics. T he "' re ligiolls iss ue " is OI1


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"70 the corrup tions ofChristianity I am

indeed opposed, but notto the genuine preceptsof Jesus himself.I am a Christian, but Iam aChristian onlyin the sense inwhich Ibelieve Jesus wishedanyone to be."

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Thomas JeffersonThetruro President of tile United States was a champ ion of religious freedom aswas his successor, James Madison . Jefferson wrote the bill for religious freedomVirginia . He was a philosophical " father-figure" ot the Bill of Rights.Because of his disregard for denominationalism, Thomas Jefferson wasfrequently attacked as an unbeliever . He defended himself to the point of writingThe Lile and Morals 01Jesus - his own compilation of the heart. root and co re ofthe teachings of Jesus Christ.However, it must be said of Jefferson that he leaned heavily in the direction ofDeism - apparently denying the biblical miracles. On the other side, it must alsobe said that he had an enormous interest in the Chrislian religion.To a good friend. " He wrote that his religious beliefs were the 'result of a life ofinquiry and reflection. and are very different from the Anti -Christian systemattributed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions 0Chris tianity 1am indeed opposed, but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himseI am a Christian, but I am a Christian only in the sense in which I believe Jesuswished anyone to be, sincerely attached to his doctri ne in preference to all othersascribing to him all human excellence, and believmq that he never claimed anyother' " (In God We Trust. p. 117)



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Benjam in Frankl inFranklin outl ined his personal religious creed to Ezra Stiles in a letter wr itten justbefore his death : " Here is my creed, I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe.That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshipped. That themost acceptable service we render Him is doing good to His other chi ldren . . . . Asto Jesus of Nazareth . . . I think the system of morals and his religion , as he leftthem to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see: but I apprehend it hasreceived various corrup t changes . . . " (In God We Trust, pp. 18-19).Like his colleague GeorgeWashington, Ben Franklin saw God in a nationalsetting . The following excerpt from a speech to the Constitutional Convention on

June 28,1787, consti tutes a perpetual warning to this great country:" . . . The longer I live the more convincing Proofs I see of this Truth. That Godgoverns in the Altairs of Men' - And if a Sparrow cannot fall to the Ground withouthis Notice, is it probable that an Empire can rise without his Aid? - We have beenassured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings , that 'except the Lord build the House, theylabour in vain that build it. ' I firmly believe this; - and I also believe that without hisconcurring Aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than theBuilders of Babel : we shall be divided by our little partial local interests, ourProjects will be confounded and we ou rselves shall become a Reproach and aByeword down to future ages."The PLAIN TRUTH July 1976

"Without his concurringAld . . .we shall bedivided byour littlepartial local interests,our Projects will beconfounded and weourselves shall becomea Reproach and a .Byeword down tofuture ages."

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" .. .Il/lmbly offering ourprayers and supplicationsto the great LordandRuler of nations and

beseech him topardonour national and othertransgressions. . . ."

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GeorgeWashingtonThe father of our country was a very private person when it came to his religiousbeliefs. Specific personal views are, therefore, difficult to document. But "Whatevthe prec ise facts, It is most certainly untrue that Washington was an Atheist, as wachargedduring hisPresidency andatvarioustimes since" (InGodWe Trust, p. 47).Most of his speeches and writings abou t Deity cast God in a national setting.Take for examp le the nrst Thanksgiving Day proclamation under the ConstitutionNew York City on October 3, 1789.He said : "Whereas It is the duty of Nations to acknowledge the providence ofAlmighty God. to obey his will, to be gratefu l for his benefits, and humbly to implohis protec tion and favor . . . . And also that we may then unite in most humblyoffering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of nations andbeseech him to pardon our national and otner transgressions, to enable us all,wheth er in public or private stations, to pertorrn our several and relative dutiesproperly and punct ually . "



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James MadisonOur fourth president excelled in biblic al courses as a grad uate student atPrinceton , espec ially In Hebrew language studies , He con tinue d his theologicalstudies throughout his life,In the field of religion , James Madison was fi rst and foremos t an advoca te offreedom of worship. In helping draft the state constitution of Virginia, Madisonwrote the first rough manuscript of 'the article on religious freedom , It prove d to bea philosophical forerunner to the first amendment to the Bill of RightsWe quote It here: " That religion, or the dut y which we owe to ou r Creator, andhe manner of discharging It, can be directed onl y by reason and convict ion , not byforce or violence: and fherefore, tha t all men should enjoy the fullest toleration Inthe exercise of religion , accord ing to the dictates of con science, unpu nished andunrestrained by the magistrate, unless under colou r of religion . any man disturbthe peace, the happiness . or safety of Soci ety . And that it is the mutual duty of allto practice Chris tian forebea rance , love, and charity. towards each other " (TheJournal of the Virginia Convention, 1776 ).

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" .the dutywhich weowe to our Creator . . .can be directed only byreasonandconviction,not by force or. I "mcuence . . .

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'i'ls I understand theChristian religion , it was,andis, a revelation.But how has it happened

that millions of fables,tales, legends, have been

blended with bothJewish and Christian

revelation that have madethem the most

bloody religion thatever existed?"

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John AdamsThe second President of the United States was perhaps more of a Puritan and afundamentalist than the others, though it is difficult to hang a hard and fast labelhim. He was" . . . called a Puritan, Deist,Orthodox Christian [fundamentalist] , anHumanist in one lifetime . . ." (In God We Trust, p. 75).Famous American historian Page Smith wrote: "John Adams was as determineto hold to the reality of a personal God and life beyond death as he was to escheCalvinism's insistence on predestination, infant damnation, election . and othertenets held in strictest observance by his Braintree [Massachusetts] forebears "(John Adams, vol. 1, p. 29),President Adams knew that chu rchianity could not resist blending " paganismwith the Bible." Hewrote: "As I understand the Christian religion, It was, and is, arevelation , But how has It happened that mill ions of fables, tales, legends havebeen blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them themost bloody religion that ever existed? " (In God We Trust, p. 75),Adams asked the churches of his day some very hard questions: "Where do wfind a precept in the Gospei requiring Ecclesiastical Synods? Convocations?Councils? Decrees? Creeds? Confessions? Oaths? SUbscriptions? and whole carloads of other trumpery that we find religion encumbered With In these days?" (TAdams Papers, vol. 1, p, 8,)



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Alienated as he was fromchurchrituals, Joh n Adams did believe inthe existence 01a personal Godbased on suc h things as " theamazmg harmony of our solarsystem" and " the stupendous planof operation" (op. cu., 127-30).Even the mirac les of Jesus didnot bother him. His diary recorded:"T he great and Almighty author ofnature, who at first establishedthose rules which regulate theworl d can as easily suspend thoselaws whenever HIs providence seessufficient reason for suchsuspension. This can be noobjection , then, to the miracles ofJesus Christ" (op. cil., I, 11 ).This Puntan revolutionary alsoknew something of God 's purposefor human life. He wrot e in his diar y:" Ohl , that I could wear out of mymind every mean and baseaffection, conquer my natural prideand self conceit . . . acquire themeekness and humility which arethe sure mark and characters of agreat and generous soul , andsubdue every unworthypassion . . ." (op . cit" I, 8). Hefurther observed in a letter toRichard Cranch : " He [God) hasgiven me the reason , fa find out thetruth and the real design of myexistence here [on the earth]" (InGod We Trust, p. 92).John Adams' belief in a literal,personal God survived the attacksof Thomas Paine, Dupu is andVoltaire. In 1816 he wrote: " DupUIShas made no alteration in myop inion at the Christian religion, inits primitive purity and simplicity,which I have entertained for morethan sixty years. It is the religion ofreason , equ ity and love; it is therel igion of the head and of theheart . , ." (op . cit., p. 104 ).Not many years before his death ,Adams wrote to an old friend: " I amnot tormen ted with the fear ofdeath . . . . A kind Providence haspreserved and supported me foreighty-five years and seven months,through many dangers anddifficu lties . . . I am not afraid totrust its goodness to alteternity . . . " (op. CII., p. 113).Adams died at 90 on the sameday Thomas Jefferson did, thefift ieth anniversary of theDec laration of Independence.The PLAIN TRUTH July t976

Founding FatherstContinued [rom page / 7)the ruu iou's fou ndina UOl:UIll CIlL Inhis famo us GCllv :.;-hur!.? udd rc ss ,President stat;J : "f our"co re and seve n vca rs a ao ourfathers brought fOflh on conti-nent. a nation. conceived inlibcrtv. a nd ded icated to the proposi tio n that all me n arc crea tedequal .. . . that this notion, underGod, shall have a new birth of freedom . . . ," It was Linco ln whoadded the previously "o ffici ally unwritten" concep t tha t we are a nalion under God .So President Ford. in cxercisinare liuious freedom r a n t e e Junder tile first amendment to theConstitution. extra pola ted part o fhis now tumous presiden tial pardonmessage from some "cry rich anddeeply rooted historical precedents.He did not invent the God conthat has been with ou rnation since its inception .Even Sir Winston Churchi ll considered the opening sentences of theDeclaration of Inde pendence to beboth "fum iliar and immortal: ' Hefurther considered the AmericanConstitution as "a rea tfirmmion oftaith in the principles pa in fullyevolved ova the cen tu r ies bv theEnglish-spcaking peop les:' Sir\ Vin", IO n commented that the Constitution " c ns hrined lo na -s ta nd i n eEnglish ideas o t j usrice a71d lib er ty. "These fundamental historic document s revealed sorncthinu of the re-ligious beliefs of the ir ~ f 1 n uwere 'God-u ivcn' : man was'e ndowed by his ....Crc..uo r' : therewere 'natural laws' and 'naturalriul u s' : Freedom was related to the's ; creu ness' or man " (NormanCousins. I II God We Trust. p. 10).It is certainly truc that 1/01 every-o n c of our [o un d i n u l'u t b e rsprofessed a formal However.mos t of them "maintained respectfor the Bible as the source of theJud aeo-Ch rist ian relig iou s belie f . . :' and they "most certainlyd id not turn a aainst God or losetheir to...r religious beliefs"ubid., pp .It is axiomat ic that we owe thesemen a great debt for the vast religious rr...ecdoms we now possess in

the United Stutes. Each one contributed to our fre edo ms something" alittle different from the othe r.Whal ll All MeansT he fo undi ng fathers could notguarantee ", piritual hap piness to anyind ivid ual - the pursuit of it.They coul d not guarantee anyonean adventurous, abundant and fulllife. What thcv could do was IV ere -ale a clima te the [unhcr devel -0pllIel/l of the human potential. Andthis they did !" .. . th e founders had a deep re speer fo r the spiritual urge in man.They bel ieved that religious cx pericncc wa -, an intensely perso na l one .and they were historically mindfu lo f I he ~ e l l . \ " e with w h i c re t igionstended '0 he arrayed against eachother. often at the ex. pense o f reli gion itself Therefore. if man's natu

right to his reliaious beliefs wasto he he had to he protectednot only against the authoritarianantireligious state but aga inst rel i-gious 1 1 ~ ) I l o p o l ...."For con firmation. the fou ndershad only to consult history. Manydenominations, in a clear pos ition ofau thority. were unable to resist thetempuuion of moving toward a monopoly. Hence the need IV guaranteeth rdigious [reedo sn 0/ all as thebest iray a/ s erving the spiritua l needso the i lllli ,'id llll /"( Op . cit ., pp. 9- 10).So the founding fathers separatedChurch fro m State. In a theocracyd irectly ruled by the Crea tor God ,churc h and state would ao hand -inhand . But in 1.1 secular oftenhostile to God . separation is an abso lute necessity. Jesus Christ cnu nd ated this principle in the gospels."Render therefore unto Caesar thethings which are Caesar's: and untoGod the things that arc Goo's"(Ma tt. 22:2 1).

Our national and personal debt tothe foun ding la thers is a heavy one!The Plain TrUlII family (its editorsand readers alike) owes a great dealto the founding princip les of thisfree nation . With out freedom of reliaion Tile Plain TrUlIJ would be ino f publication. GellingGod 's Announcement to the nationswould be difficult indeed ,But thanks he to our Creator forhis creation of America. "God mendthine eve ry flaw: ' D

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Parents are increasing ly neglecting thei r most importantresponsibility, otten with trag ic results.

ARE WENEGLECTINGOUR NATION'SYOUTH?by Donald D. SchroederNeve r ha ve ou r young peopleha d more leisu re time . bet terfood, bett er ed ucation. ormo re ma te rial goods . Ye t yo uthfulviolence . aggressio n. an d hos ti lity ism o r e p ro no un ccd t h a n i n an ype riod of modern his to ry. Fo rty pe rcent of United States cr imes of viole nc e a n d two third s of c r im esag a inst property (8 0(1( o f va nd a lism)a re comm it t ed by t ho se u nd ertwenty-one.

And the U.S. IS by no meansa lone in thi s ph en om en on . Yo u thcrime a nd vio lence a rc epidemi c inal most a ll " ad van ced " countr ies.

"" \Ve a re ex pe rie nc ing a b rea kd own in the process of ma kinghuman beings hum a n: ' stress esCorne ll ps)' clH) logis l a nd ca ree rch ild wa tc he r U r ic Bronfcnbr cn ner .It would be gross ly mislead in g toim pli c at e tha t a ll mod ern yo u th ar etu rni ng o ut "bud.' Th e re are inn ume rable no ta b le exceptions w it hwhich we a re :.I II fam iliar . Sti ll. o u rch ildrcn an d yo ung ad ult s - to rnorrow' s mos t va lua ble :J11


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WAYWARD TEEN-AGERS 'ADVICE TO PARENTSa nd so c iul va lues o r th c home .nc iuhborhood . fr ie nd s, cornmunitv.o r : h u rch. .So wi thout the ac tive pu rticipa

lion or pa rents o r gua rdians whovalue a nd exhib it some measure ofthe qualities of res pcl't. coope ration.a nd co ncern fo r o thers, there balmost IW possibility rh.n the nex tue ncnuion can learn them .... "Wha t i... needed: ' says Bron fenbrenncr. " is a chanue in our ways of' Iivinathat will o nce ..;e.ain brins ..;d u hs backinto the lives otch ild ren :Inu childrenba ck into the live s of adu lts.'Parents in Need 01HelpR espon sib le pa rents dare no t de pen d o n hope an d luck to fas hionthe critica l attit udes they value inthei r ch ildren, We ca nno t rea llv expec t d e .... ir a blc behav ior in our child re n i f we haven ' t d o ne o u rhom ewo rk early in the ir live s. To ala rg e de g ree . we rea p wha t we.sow.

Th e re is u critical period duringthe Iirs t fo ur or fi ve vca rs when achild can mo ... l n:aJ ilv uc t a so lidto und.uion o r proper a ndva lues. \V I: Il l ll ... t no t fa il the ucnera-tion which is st ill res po nsi ve toso und va lues a nd pri nciples of goodcha rac ter.T oo freq ue ntly yo ung . imm a ture

o r un p re par ed men a nd wome n lindthemselves sa ddled with th e respons ibi lily o r an imp ression ab le, hel pless infa nt a bo ut wh ich th ey knowal most not hinu.How manyp arcnt -, have receivedone io ta of Iormal traininu in theverv cr itica l area of chi ld .....reari ng'?

demands that th ose w l ~ ora ise chicken ... an d pigs have mo retraini ng than those who rear chi ld ren . \ \ Iha t a tragedy an d rravcstv!Muny paren ts do not understand

the emotional or in te llectua l needsof their children. \ l a ny parents ar eunwiuinulv reinforcing in their child re n thc" ' c r y hab ib .....they want toe lim inate . largdy lrorn an improperapproach or wrong emo tio nal 1..'0111mun ica tion s \\- ith their chi ldren.1"0 parent is perfect. An d a childis no t usually dcs troved by a fc \\mi vtakes. Every pare n t ca n improve0 11 th e pa renting art: ye t it will ta keeffo r t to g\.:' l thc pfll pe r ba la nce ofknowled ge . m ethods. and a ui t udcs,Wha t is a good pa rent '! Eve rypar cnt need s II I know r igh t mor a lThe PLAIN TRUTH JUly 1976

Severa l ve a l's a go. a minis ter. C.Ga lea . ass ig71ed to th e Gu elphCorrectiona l Ce ntre fo r summerwork. Dur ing his lim e there he de ve lopcd a ll excellent rapport witht he young lawbrea kers the re. Afte rbecom ing acquainted wit h them.he asked the boys to de lve intothe ir backgrounds for clues as towhy they had ended up in that in st itution for del inquents. He askedth em to draw up a "co d e for pa ren ts," using as a basis specifica reas where the ir ow n parents hadfai led. Her e is wha t the)' advised:I. Kee p cool. Don't lose ),ourtemper in th e cr unc h. Keep th e lido n whe n things go wrong. Kidsne ed th e reassur a nce th at comesfro m co ntro lled responses.2. Don' t ge t strung out from toomu ch booze too ma ny pi lls.Wh en we see our pa ren ts rea ch ingfor th ose cru tches, we ge t th e ideath a t no body goes ou t the re a lone,th a t it' s perfectl y okay to go fo r abottle or a ca psule when things gethe avy. Remem be r. yo u r childrena rc g ~ r l : a im itato rs , A we lose resp ee r fo r paren ts who te ll us to be ha ve o ne way ' whi le they a rebehav ing a no ther way.3. Bus us a li tt le . Be strict a nd

consis te nt in dishing ou t d iscipline .Show us who's boss. II g i \ ' t ~ s us afceli nu of secu ritv to l ~ o w we 'v ee .;go t sOf!le s trong su pports un de r us.4. Don ' t blow your class. Kee pthe dignity of parenthood. Stay onthat pedestal. Your chi ldren haveput you there because they needsomeone In look up to. Don' t t ry to

v..ilucs, how to :-.e t limits. how to enco u ruue intel lec tual an d crnotionulg ro\\ 'lll. as well how 10 discipli newithin a framework of love. It's arniuhtv bia task.l" hO' he lpful p ri nciples on the j(l l-

lowing page :-. . whi le no t Io ta I an swe rs t o c vc r v chi ld - rear i ngp rob lem. a re sl)(id. o I l l n l l l nmet hods to USt,.' in trai ning vo ur child ren to become an d useru l II I t: Jl1he rs OrSlKiety. 0

d ress. dan ce. u r ta lk like vour kids.Yo u em barrass us and yO'u loo k ridi c ulou s.5. Lia ht a candle. Show us the

way. T us God is not dead,sleeping, o r on vacation. We needto be lieve in so rne thina biaaer andstronger than ou rselves, ..., ...6. If you catch us lying, steal ing,

o r being cruel. get tough. Le t uskn o w \\ ' II Y what we did waswrong. Imp ress on us the importance of not repealing such behavior. When we need pun ishment.di sh it ou t. BU l let us know 'lOUstill love us, even though we havelet yo u down. lr' Il make us th inktw ice befor e we ma ke the samemove aua in.7. C ~ our bluff. Ma ke it dearth a t yo u mean wh a t you say. Don 'tb e w is hy -was hy . Don 't COI11-pr om ise . A nd don 't be int im idatedby o ur th reats lO drop ou t o rschoo l or lea ve homc. St an d firm .If yo u co lla pse . we will kn ow webea t vo u dOWl1, and we wi ll no t be .happ) ' a bo u t the "v icto ry.' K idsdon't wa n t cve rvth ina ihev as k fo r.8. Be hon es t" wit l; us. T ell the

trut h no ma tter what . And best raigh t-a rrow ab out it. Lukewa rmanswers make us uneasv. \Ve ca nsme ll un certainty a away.T h is mea ns be ing generous withpraise . If you give us kids a fewco m pliments once in a while. wewill be ab le to accept cri ticismmo re readi ly. We wan t you to tellit lik e it is.

- Ann Landers.Field Newspaper Syndicate

RECOMMENDED READINGJoan Beck, How to Raise aBrighter Child, Trident, 1967 .J o hn Milton Gregory , SevenLaws of Teaching, Baker BookHou se , 197 1.Dr. Thomas Gordon , ParentEff ectiveness Training. Wyden .1975.Dr. James Dobson , Dare toDisciotine. Tyndale, 1973.

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CHILDREARINGBASICSby Brian Knowles

For so many un fort una te children .life is an end less series of "don'ts.""nos:' "can't s." "s to p!" "don' t doth a t: ' " he q uiet. "

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