Wordwide News Tribute to Herbert W. Armstrong 1986

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VOL. XIV, NO.3 PASADENA, CALIFORNIA FEB. 10,1986

HERBERT ~ ARMSTRONG1892-1986

D ignitaries, leaders share loss of pastor general

T h is issu e of Th e W orld-wid e News is a tribut eto th e lat e a pos tle and past orge n er al o f th e W or ldwid eChurch of Go d , H erbert W.Ar m st r ong , w hodi ed J an . 16 .

C h urc h l ead er s, includingP a st o r Ge ne ra l J os ep h W .Tkach, eva nge lists a nd longtim e assoc ia te s of Mr . A rm

s t ro ng, h ave writt en a rticlesth at t ak e a ret r ospe ct i ve looka t th e mem or i es a nd m essag es l ef t by M r. Arm strong.

Th e se t r ibut es o nly b egin t ocov e r th e many face ts of Mr. A rmst r ong's li fe a nd w ork. Mu ch morecou ld h ave been wr itten, but spaced id not p ermit.

A s M r. Tk ach write s: "The tir eless dedication to G od ' sC hurch andwork , th e long hour s, the driv e, theenerg y a nd en t hus i asm f or doingGo d 's will , a r e b ur ne d i nt o o u rmemories o f h im ."

M an y o f th e writer s sha re p er-

sonal g limpses into h ow th eir liveswer e a f fec t ed b y M r. Arm stron gand what it w as like t o wor k forG od' s a postle .

Oth ers d escribe th e early ye arso fradi o a nd t elevision br oadcast ing,th e found in g o f Am b assador C ollege c ampu s es a nd th e backgroundfor e st abli shin g th e Am b as s adorFound ation.Some a rticles f ocus o n M r. A rm

s t rong 's in si gh t and vi sion. Mil estones in Mr. Armstr ong 's life ar eaccented b y historical ph ot ogr aphs.

The C hu rch r eceived man y condolences by telex , let t er a nd t el eph on e, i ncluding some fr om di gnitaries a round the w orld .

U nited Nations

" I was g re at ly sadd ened t o learno f th e pas sin g away o f Mr. A rmstrong. F rom th e t ime of th e Sa nF ra nci sco [C al if .] Co nf e re ncewh ich he a ttended as a journ alist ,Mr . Arm strong took a s trong a ndsupporting intere st in the U nitedNa t i on s. With hi s wi d e ti e s

th r ough out the world , he pur suedth e ca us e of pe ac e a nd harmon yamong a ll p eoples.

"M y wife and I inde ed rec all ourme eting with him in S an Fr anciscolast Jun e a nd h ad looked forward tose e ing h im s ubsequen tl y in N ewYork. W e would like t o e xpress oursi ncere cond olences on th issa d occ asion ."

J avier Perez de C uellarSecret ary-G ener al

United States

"T o t he c o ng re gati on, Worldwide C h urc h of G od : N ancy and Ijoin a ll th ose m ourning the loss o fHerb ert W. A rmstrong.

"A s fou nde r a nd l eader of th eWorldwide Chur ch o f G od , Mr .Arm st r ong co nt r ibu ted to sharingth e wor d of the Lord with hi s communit y and w ith people throu ghoutth e nation. Youca n t ake pride inh i slegacy . Ou r pr ayers ar e with you .G od bl ess yo u. "

R onald a nd Na ncy Re aganPr esident

" I want yo u to know th at C lairea nd I share a great se nse o floss up onth e d e at h o f H erbert W. Arms trong . He was a gi ant of a man whopr ovided leader ship o f g ood will andpr inciple .

" N o th ing I ca n say w ill eas e theextreme difficult y o f th ese days forth e p er son s asso ciated with M r.Arm strong, but 1want y ou t o kn owth at o u r th ought s a nd pr ayers willbe with you and th e o thers who arec alled upon to a chie ve a smoothtran sition in th e d ays a hea d. "

Willi am J . BogaardM ayor o f Pasadena

" P leas e a cc ept our c ondolencesup on the de ath o f our n eighb or a ndyo ur leader . . . Herbert W . Armst rong . His l ong and producti ve lifeleaves a lasting benefit for m any ."John and Andre a Van de K amp

At t orne y GeneralCalifornia

"I feel th at los s in a very specialway . . . This morning my thought s

fla shed back over th e years inwh ichI w atch ed from a far th e d evelopment of your be autiful campu s.

"Lit t le did 1 dr eam th at y earslater , a l though n ot a member of th eChurch , 1 w as to share so generou sly in Mr. Arm str ong's unselfi shand dedic ated support of o ur c ommu n ity , it s supp orting o rganization s a nd in t h e fu rt her ance of it scultu ral growth.

"I can s carce ly n ame an activityin whi ch Am b ass ador ha s not insome w ay been involved!

"The full me asure of y ou r losscan be onl y appreciated by y ou rC hurch F amily , I know . But hi s losswill be f elt by so man y o utside th echurch wh o so mu ch admired anda pprec ia ted hi s sple ndid concernfor h i s community ."

M yron G. St olpRot ary Intern ational

Pa saden a

"I r ead in the pre ss o f Mr . Armstrong's d ea th m in ut es be f ore r e

(See LEADE RS. page 11)


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Th e WORLDWIDE N EWS Monda y , Feb . 10 , 19 6

Milestones in the life of Herbert W. Armstrong

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Th e Wo rldw ide Ne ws is publ is hed biweek ly.e xcep t during t he Ch ur c h's a nnua l F all Fest i va l. b y th e Worldwid e C hu rc h a t God . Co py'rig ht . 1986 W orldwide C hurc h a t God . Allrig hts re s erved .

Founder: He rb e rt W. Arm s tr ong t 892-1986

hookup f rom h is hom e , r ep or t ingtha t in spite o f hi s illn ess , " I'm keepi ng in d aily touch with the work const a ntly a nd d oing wh at I ca n."Jan. 10, 1986 - Mr. Arrn strong a ppoint s J oseph W. Tk ach, dir ect or o fC hurch Admini stration, to th e o ffic e of d eput y pastor ge neral , t o s ucce ed him as past or g eneral s houldG od c hoose t o take hi s life.Jan. 16, 1986 - Mr . A rmstrong, at93, die s a t 5: 59 a.m. at hi s home inPasaden a, wh ile re stin g in the favorit e chair of hi s late wif e, Lorna .Jan. 18, 1986 - M r. Tk ach a nnounces hi s de cision to ren ame Mr .Arm st r ong's Pasadena h ome, form erlyca lled th e ca mpus Soc ial Ce nte r, as th e Il erbert W. Arm st r ongM emorial H all.Jan. 19, 19 86 - M r. Ar ms tro ng isbu r ied i n M ount ain V iew Ce mete ryin A lta dena, Ca lif ., next to h is wife,L orn a , hi s so n Ri ch ar d a nd hi sm ot h er, Eva .J an. 25 an d 26, 19 86 - A memori a l

Publishe r: J oseph W. Tka c h

Ed itor: De xte r H. F a ulkn er

Senioredi tor : Sh e ita Graha m : managing ed itor: Thomas C . Ha nson ; layoutedi tor : RonaldGr ove: internat ional news edi tor: Michael A.S nyd er ; features a nd "Accen t on the l o ca lChurch" : J elt Zh orn e : " Iron Sharpens Iron":Norman L. S hoaf: staff writer : Kerri Miles ;edi tor ia l ass is tant : Kathy Bu rch : composi-tion: Wend y S ty e r, D awna Borax ; photogra-phy: Warren Watson, G.A. Belluche Jr ., KevinBla ckburn. Nathan Faulkner, Hal Fin ch : proof-readers : P eter Moore , Kayte Wolverton

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'50s TELECAST - The World Tomorrow first appeared on televis ion July 24 , 1955 , and was airedfor 27 weeks. Mr . Armstrong wasf ilmed at a motion pic ture s tudioin Hollywood , Calif.

tribut e to M r. Arm st r ong, broadca ston the World Tomorrow pro gram ,s et s a re cord for re sponses ( 8 1,359)when Mr. Armstr ong' s book Myster y of t he A ges is o ffered.

b ec om e s th e fi rs t c h u rc h le aderfr om the world of C hrist ianity t o o fficiallyv i si t a nd speak w ith top leade rs in side th e People's Republic ofChin a.Sept. 25 to Oct. 2, 1980 - For thefi rs t t ime, brethr en a t all Feast o fT ab ern acles s ites in No rt h A mericaa nd B ri t ain v iew the sa me se rvices,includin g me ssages fr om M r. A rmst rong , b y mi cr owave a nd satellitetran smission. G od moves M r. A rmst rong t o s ta r t th e Youth maga zinefor yo u ng p eople .Oct. 14, 1980 - At t orn ey Ge neralGe orge Deukm ej ian a nnounces thed ismissal o f the S tate o f Ca liforni a 'ssui t ag a ins t th e C hurch.A u !:. 21, 1981 - M r. Arm str on gspeaks a t th e reopen i ng of t he Bi gSa ndy ca mpus o f Am b assa dor Co llege.Jan. 13, 1982 - Mr. Ar mstrongcondu ct s a meeting for regional directo rs i n th e A mbass ador A uditorium. th e fir st t ime Mr. A rmstronghas met w ith a ll regional di rectors in

Truth appe a rs in Dutchfo r th e firs t one p lace.ti me. July, 1982 - M r. A rmst rong meets

O ctob er, 1971 - l nvited by Roma- Brit ain's Pr ime Mi nister M argare tni an Pr esident Nico lae Cea usescu . T hatcher an d Pr in ce C harles . Th eM r. Ar ms tro ng tr avels for th e fir st Pla in Truth appears in It al i an fo rtim e to a co mm unist co untry . th e fi rs t tim e .Jan. 14, 1972 - M r. Armst ro ng Novemb er, 1982 - M r. A rmstrongbr eaks gro u nd t o beginco nst ruc tio n vi si t s K en ya t o meet Pr e sidento f th e A mbassador A uditorium . Dan iel Ar ap M oi a nd c onduct aMarch IS, 1972 - Mr. Ar m str ong Plain Truth lectur e.meet s w it h 10 of the most powerful Nov, 19, 1982 - M r. A rm st r on gmen in J apan's gov ernment, includ- meet s Sp ain' s Kin g Ju an Ca r los I.ing a4 0 -minuteme etingwith Prime July 10 to 13, 1983 - Otto vonMini ster E isaku S ato . Habsbur g, a member o f th e E u-April I, 1973 - Th e World wide ropean Parliam ent a nd a pr op onentNe ws is first publi shed . of E uropean uni f i cati on, vi sit s theJune 19, 1973 - M r. A rms t ro ng P as aden a Amb assador Co llegec am-meet s with Ethi opi an E mpe ro r pu s.H ail eS elassie . September, 1983 - Durin g th eOct, 4, 1973 - Mr . A rmst rong F eas t o f T abern acle s, Mr . Arm-meets w it h S outh Vietnam 's Pre si- s trong v isits th e Feas t s i te inEu gene,e n t :-': f uye n

v,1 --:-!lic:.l O rc ., wh c r the P'hi l:dc l phi " ra..of_ - I " "

April7, 197 4 - C arlo M ar i a Giul ini th e C h u rc h w as raised up , to mar kcondu ct s th e Vienna , A ustria, Sym- the 50 th a nnive rsary of th e Phil adcl-phony a t th e A mbassador A ud ito - ph ia e ra.r iurn's in au gu r al co ncer t. November, 1983 - Mr. Ar m str ongMa y 17 to 19, 1974 - M r . Ar m- v isits so u t he rn A si a a nd th e Fa rs t r on g con d u ct s a ca m p a ig n in East , meetin g of f icials a nd c onduct-M anila, Philippin es . It is hi s f irs t in g bu sine ss in C hi na , Ne pa l,ove r se as p ersonal a ppearance ca m- B angl ad e sh , Sr i Lank a, Th ail andpaign . a nd Ja p an .June 7, 1974 - Amb assad or C ol - February, 1984 - Th e Plain Truthle ge in Bri cket W ood condu ct s it s fi- appear s in No rwegian f or the fi rstnal g raduation. time.J un e 2 3, 1 97 4 - Mr. Armstr ong Nov, 7, 1984 - Mr . A rmstr on gmeet s J ordan 's Kin g Hu ssein . meet s Den g Xi aopin g, top leader o fDec. 4,1974 - Mr. Arm str on g is the People ' s Republ i c o f C hina.th e first vi sitor from abroad t o meet March, 1985 - Durin g a six-da yo fficially with J ap an ' s new prim e trip to .lapan, Mr. Arm str ong meetsmini ster, Take o Miki . with J apanese go vern ment officialsMarch 18, 1975 - Mr. A rmstrong a nd r epre sent atives fr om Ne p al, Sristarts the Am b assador Int er n ational Lank a, Banglade sh , Th ail and andC ultura lF ound ation to conduct c ul- I srael.tu r al, hum anit arian, ch arit abl e a nd March 19 to 26, 1985 - Qu eenedu cati onal ac tivities of th e C hurch Sirikit o f Th ail an d visits A rnbas -and co llege . sador College in Pasadena.S ept. 20 1027, 1975 -T h e Feast o f May, 1985 - Mr . Ar m st r on gT abern acles m ark s th e beginn ingof m ak e s a 2 4- day tri p to E ngland, Bel-Y outh Opp o r t u n i t i e s U n i te d gium, C zec hoslova kia , W est Ger-( YOU ) . m any, Fr ance, S yria, J ordan a nd Is-Nov.21 to 22,1975 - In K ingston, rael.J amaica , M r. A rmst rong lectur es o n Ma y 29, 1985 - Mr. A rmstrongt he in cr edible hum an pot enti al. v ideo ta pes a se g me nt with th eMay, 1977 - Th e Big S and y ca m- Young Am bassa do rs f or the 19 86pu s o f Am b assador Co llege cl oses . Fe stival film.Augu st , 1977 - A fter a g rueling June23toJuly5,1985 - M r . A r m -ov erseas trip and an ex tendedp eri od s t ro n g p ar t icip ate s in t he 4 0t h a n-o f writin g, Mr . Arm strong suffers niver s ar y o f th e s i gn i ng of th econg estive heart failure a t hi s home U nited N ation s ch arter in San Fran-in Tuc son, Ariz . G od i ntervenes t o cisco , C alif. He t akes part in the20th

br ing Mr . Ar m st r ong b ack from anniversary celeb r at i on o f the De sde ath. Moines congreg ation .May 18,1978 - M r . A r m strongan- July 29,1985 - Mr . Arm strong'snounces his decisi on to return to reg- last book, Mystery a / the Ages. goesul ar broadc asting o n the World 1'0- to press. Mr . Arm str ong began writ-morrow pr ogram . ing it in J anu ary, 1985 .Oct. 161023 , 1978 - Mr . Arm- August, 1985 - Mr . A rmst rongs tro ng 's l andmark book Th e Incred- tape s hi s fin al two World To morrowibl e Human P otential is di stributed bro adca sts. He be come s ill.a t the Feast o f T abernacle s . Aug. 1 9, 1 98 5 - Mr . Arm strongJanuary, 1979 - Mr . Arm str ong tap e s hi s o pening me ss age for there st art s Th e GoodNews infull-c olor 1985 Fe ast o f T abern acles.m ag a zine form at , appe arin g 10 Sept. 3 0, 1 98 5 - Mr . Arm strongtim esa yea r. suffers a setb ack i n h is illne ss a nd isJan. 3, 1979 - R epres ent atives of un able to s p ea k li ve t o Fe a st o fth e a tto rney ge n eralof Ca lifornia at- Tabern acles a udiences .

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June, 1963 - The Plain Truth appe ar s in f r ench for the fir st time.Sept. 8, 1964 - Amb assador Co l

lege in Bi g S andy begin s cla sses.February, 1965 - Th e fir st PlainTruth with a full-color c over is published.April 15, 1967 - Mr s . Ar m st r ongdi es, just m or e t han th ree m onth sbe f or e s he a nd M r. A rm st r on gwould have c eleb ra t ed th ei r 50 t hwedding a nniversary .June 7,1967 - Th e World Tomorr ow is fir st a ired from J er u salem.February, 1968 - Th e Pla in T ruthappears in Sp anish fo r the fi rst ti me .Summer, 1968 - Mr . A rmstrongm eet s Belgium' s Kin g Leopold III ,wh o is in st rumental in ar r anging

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FAMILY PORTRAIT - Photo shows the family of Hor ace Elon Armstrong . father of Herbert Armstrong , in 1897 . From left , Ho race Armstrong ; Mabel Armstrong . Mr . Armstrong's s ister; Herbert Armstrong atage 5; and Eva Arms trong , Mr. Armstrong 's mother .

R adi o Luxembou rg , reache s E urope .Oct. 25,1953 - The World Tomorr ow goes on th e t ra nsco nt inen ta lAB C network i n th e U nited St a tes .March, 1955 - S ix m onth s afte rM r. A rms t ro ng's ca mp ai gn s inBrit ain , Ri ch ar d A rmst rong a ndGe orge M e eker es tab li sh th e firstperm an ent o f fice in L ondon .July , 1955 - The WorldTo morrowa ppears on televi sion for th e fir sttime .Apr il 14 , 1956 - Ei ght ra dio s tati on s be gin bro ad c astin g Th e WorldTomorrow in Au st r alia o nce a week .Sept ember , 1956 - The C hurch'swork begins in Spani sh- speaking a reas w ith Benj amin Rc a as d irector.July 3 0, 1 95 8 - Rich ar d A rms trong di e s fr om in j u r ies h e s us -

aiucd il l an a ut o mo b ile a c cide ntwhile on a baptizing tour.Ocl. 16, 1960 - Amb assador Co llege o pens its Br ic ket W ood, Eng land, cam pus .Augu st, 1961 - Th e Plain Trutha p pears in G erm an for the fi rs t t ime .

FAMILY EFFORT - He rbe rt W. Arms tron g 's wife , Loma , often satbes ide him as he recorded The World Tomorrow in the r ad io studio onthe second f loor of the Ambassador Col lege l ibrary in Pasadena.

their desire to establish a new S abbath-keepin g C hurch of God in thi sdi strict [Eu gen e]. "

Oct. 9, 1933 - Mr . Arm strongpreache s o n KOR E, a 100-watt radio stati on in Eugene.Jan. 7, 1934 - Th e World Tomorrow ra dio pro gram goes on the a ir.February, 1934 - Th e Plain Truthbegin s publicati on .February, 1939 - Th e Good Newsis publi shed as a mime ographed bulletin .Oct.S, 1947 - Amb assadorC ollegein P asadena begi ns w it h eight facult y m ember s a nd fo ur s tudents.June 15, 1951 - Amb assador Co llege , in it s fi rst co mmencement e xer cise, co n fe rs d egr e es o n tw o s tud

Jul y 3 1, 189 2 - He r ber t W. A rmst ro ng is born in Des M oines, Iowa,t he eld e st so n o f Il or a ce a nd EvaAr m stro ng.S ummer, 1 908 - A n empl oy er 's e ncour agement s t im u la t es ambiti onan d th e wi ll to succeed in l 6-ye arol d H erb er t W . Ar mstrong.Januar y, 1917 - Mr . Arm st r ong

m eets Lorna Di llo n i n M otor, Iowa.May IS, 191 7 - Mr . Arm st r ongand L orna Di llon beco me engag ed .Ju l y31,1 91 7 - M r. Armstr ong andL orn a Dill on a r c m a r r i ed inC hic ago, Ill.Au!:ust , 1 9 17 - In a dr eam du ringt heir fi rst wee k of mar r iage , L ornaA rmst rong s ees Mr.A rms tro ng andhe r sel f a t one of C h icago's bu siestint er s ecti o ns . In thedream, a n a ngeldesce nd s fr om he aven, pu tsh i s arm sa rou nd th e A r ms t r o ngs a nd a nnounce s tha t J esusC hr i st w ill r eturnin th is ge neration, say ing t ha t C hr is thas w ork for the A rmstro ngs to do.Fa ll, 192 0 - A flas h d e pre ssionwipe so u tM r. Arrn st rong 's advcrti sing bu sine ss .J u ne 1 6, 1924 - T he A rms trongs

begin a move to Orego n in a ModelT .Fall, 1 92 6 - Mr. A rmstrong is c hallenged int o a di ligen t st udy of th eBible b y h is wi fe, Lo rna .M ay o r Ju ne, 1927 - M r. Arms tro ng is bapti ze d.Au gu st , 1927 - Mr s . Arm st r ongrecov er s fr om a co mb ina t ion o fqu insy, blood po isoning, a dog bit eand seve ral o ther a ilments, pr ovingG od' s p romise to heal is s ure .S ummer, 1928 - Mr. Arm st r ongg ives h is f irs t se r mo n , in a vac antco un t r y s t o re b uildin g so u t h ofS al em, O re .June, 1931 - M r. Ar m st r ong is o rd ain ed t o th e m ini st r y of Je su sC hrist.

Jtllj , : 933 , l r. A ms ro ng g ivcsase rie s o f lec ture s in E ugene , O re.,t ha t l eads to t he for mation of G od'sworldw id ew ork .Oct. I, 1933 - The Bull etin rep ort sth a t " wi th t he Fi s he r a nd E llisfa mi lies, mo re t h an 20 s ig n if ied


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M r. Arm st r ong knew h ow to ge tt hingsd one . H e work ed a llth e time ,a t h om e , in the a ir o n b oar d t hep lane , i n hotel s, even in th e ca r a ttime s . He w as a lways th inking a ndwri t i ng n ot es . H is wor k was h is life.Th ose close to him w orked har d t okeep up .

Love for th e br ethr en

M r. A rm st ro ng t ook g reat joy inG od's people , wheth er it was t he examp le th e y se t a t th e F ea s t , o r th eex a mple of t he s tuden t s o n t hep rojects. Th e se wer e s hini ng ex amples of G od's wayo f life, th e way o fthe world tomor row .

H e o fte n sa id he mi ssed j ust s itt in g a nd talk in g wi th the b re thr enan d s haxi ng t hei r h ands.He was notph ys ically s t rong en ough to see e v

er yone , a nd h e fe lt some mig ht beoffe nded if he me t j ust a few . H enever wa nted to o ff e nd a nyone i f i twas possi ble , and eve n wh enco rrecti on was necessa ry h e a lways gavehope a nd e ncouragement a long withit.

Dur ing th ose last five m onth s ,wesa t in h is home a nd rea d b oo kle t a fter bookl et , h isva ri o us books, especia lly Myster y of the Ag es, a nd h esuc cess full y d irected eve ry as pec to f th e work thr ou gh t he m en w horepor te d t o h im . H e s howed us byhi s o wnex ample th e meanin g o f end urin g to th e e nd .

W hen he di ed he had h is han do n the plow, and he never turnedba ck .

I co u ld t ell mo re o f th e t ra ve lsa nd the per son al invo lvement a ndwor k o f ou r be loved a postle , but Iwou ld rat her e nd wi th a lin e he soo fte n a nd forcefully sa id. " He whoe nd u res to th e e nd , th e sa me sha ll b esave d ."

CHIC AGO VISIT - Herbe rt W. Arms t rong an d Joseph Tkach share alig ht mo me nt with a youngs ter a t a Youth Opportun ities Un ited (YOU)basketba ll game dur ing a t rip to Mr. Tkach 's home state of Illino is March10 , 1984 .

t ionate . T o t ho se m eeting h im fo rth e fi rs t t ime , the y qu ickly saw himas a man of under st andin g a nd wisd om . A s M r. Arm st rong would s ay," It make s s ense, and it is th e o n lyexplanation th at does."

A lt h ough they o fte n d idn 't wantto a dm it it, a nd didn 't beli eve i twould h appen , th e G ospel wasg iven as a witne ss to t hem. It wa scle ar t ha t Go d was guidi ng h im inwh at to say . A t t im es he w ould bestrong and len g t hy in t he ex planati on a nd o ther time s s hort a nd t oth e point.

O n e o f t he most in teres t ingthing s tha t nea rl y a lways happenedwas th at t he peo ple wh o sched uledthe mee ting s wo uld of te n say , " Yo ucan unl y have 15 mi nutes " ur somes ho r t t ime.

I re mem ber ve ry few 15-minut emeetings . O ften th ey would la st anhour o r m ore. You just never knewwhen you wen t in .

Va luable l essons

Pr eciou s to m e were the s toriesof th e ea r ly d a ys o f th e C h urch a ndth e h a rd wor k he a nd h is wi f e,Lo rn a, had in fo llowing G od's way.Th at tau ght me so m e o f th e mos tva luable le ssons of m y life .

O ccasionally he wou ld t el l d ign it ar ies o f th e ea rl y year s, a ndthey wo uld lis t en in amazement a th is r eca ll of so m any d et a ils. Th eyalw ays respe cted hi s s inc er ity i nhow dedicate d he was to wor ldpe ac e a nd his convictio n o f how itwoul d co me .

Eve n if th ey d id not be lieve , It hi n k h e a lways l ef t t h em wond e rin g , Is th at reall y go ing to happe n '?It o ft e n reminded m e of wh at K ingA gr ipp a sai d to the a postle Pa ul," Almost th ou persuadest me . . . "(Act s 26 :2 8) .

ROYAL VISIT - Q ue en S irikit of T ha i land arri ves a t the Ambas sa do rAud itor ium Ma rc h 20 , 1985 , w ith He rbert Arms t rong an d Aaro n De a n(right) , Mr . Arms t rong 's e xecutive a ide .

Aar on Dean , a pa stor-rankmini s ter.se rved as the lat e Pa stor General Herbe rt W. Arms trong's exec u tive aid e.

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about o r soo n got a ro un d to God 'spl an , t he Gospe l, the Ch urch , thewo rk o r th e Bible . Th e joy of his li fewas doing th e will of Go d . And hecar ried rig ht o n doi ng it un t il t heend of h is lo ng a nd eve ntful l i fe .

Mr . A rmstrong ha d trul y givenhim se lf to Go d, a nd in him Go dga ve u s a n ex ampl e o fwh o lehea rtedd ev oti on a nd f aithfuln ess to o u rca lling "t o a n inh erit an ce i nco rr uptible and un defi led and tha td oesnot fa de away" (I Pe ter 1:4).

Let t hat exa m ple m otivate us , a sGo d's peo ple aro un d th e wo rld, toru n w ith e ndura nce th e s pir i tualrace th at is se t before us!

By Aa ro n D eanIn wr it in g a tr ibu te t o P ast or

Ge ne ra l H e rb e r t W . Arm st r on gyo u mu st in cl ude hi s associa t ionand frien ds hi p w it h he ad s o f s ta teand the r es pe c t t hey had fo r h im .Th e y s a w M r. Arm s tron g a s a ki ndman wit h a st ro ng purp o se t hat hesi nce re ly b eli eved in and taught.

M any t imes he wo uld go to mee ting s feel ing po o rly, as ki ng God t ogi ve him the s t r eng th t o do and s aywh at G od would want. Bec au se o fhis p hysical wea kness I s a", God 'ss trength, ju st as G od sa id, "N o t b y

m ig ht , nor by pow e r , bu t by m yspi r i t , sait h th e Lo rd of h os t s "(Zech ariah 4 :6 ). G od pr ovided th es t rength.M r. Arm stro ng' sm ost effective w or k in preac hing th eGos pel of the Kingd om of Go d wasd o ne in h is l as t ye ars .

I h a ve o ften been as ked , " Howwas M r. Arm strong receive d'?" Fo rth ose w ho a lready ha d me t h im thereception was wa rm and often a f fec-

God gave stre ngt h to deli ver Gosp el

Inside Mr. Armstrong's travels

wort hy of d o ubl e h on o ur , especi a llyt hey w ho la bou r in t he w o rd a nddoctr ine ."

S o o ne of th e func tions of th e eid er s is to rul e well. But h ow '? Th attr oubled Mr. A rm strong for yea rs .

Thi s ru ling well invo lves authoritative exp o undin g o f t he m eaning ofthe S cript ure s . Y e t , if G od 's rule inth e C hurch involved o nly tea chin g ,bu t no a u t ho r ity t o e nforce t ha tteac h ing, M r. Arm str on g sa w theC hu rch w ould qu ick ly be d ividedlike Pro te stant sects are .

If yo u, for e x am p le , t ell yo u rchi ld to do th is o r d o th at, a nd th ec h ild d oesn 't d o i t - a nd yo uhaven 't bee n give n th e a uthority toact, but on ly th e a u thor i ty t o talk ,a re yo u go ing t o have u n it y in t hefa mily '? O f co u rse n ot!

ow if G od says th at eve ry e ldermu st fir st le arn how to rul e h is o wnhous e well , th a t mea ns he is a lso tohav e C hu r c h a u t ho rity ves t ed inh im . H e is to teach Go d 's tru th, a ndif t he t eaching isn ' t fo llowed , th en ,M r. Ar m st r on g co ncluded , he is res po ns ible f or e xercising au thority t ose e th a t G od 's te achi ng i s obeye d.Th e du ty, t he ref o re, to ru le well inthe home is a necessa ry pr ereq ui siteto a ll in th e mini str y .

gove rnm e n t, h e di scov ered , is toteach us a nd t o br ing us to t hat fin a lgoa l - "T h erefore yo u sha ll be perfee t .j us t as yo ur Fa ther in h eaven ispe rfec t " (Ma t t h e w 5: 48, R evisedA uth orize d Versio n ) .

Th e goa l, th en , i s th at we a ll m aybe b rou g ht to the un it y o f th e fa ith ,to t he s ta t u re o f s piri t ual u nders ta n dingl ik e Je sus C hrist. Th e ve ryfac t t h at th is is a goa l a nd an ai m andth a t we d o n 't a ll p rog ress to th atgoa l w ith t he sa me de gree o f s peed,nor d o we a ll sens e th e di rection th atwe s hould go, pr oves - M r. A rms trong fou nd - t he need of t heministr y! An d th a t , o f c our se , led t o th eneed f or Amb assador Co llege.

M in ister s a re p ictur ed as s hepher d s : and th e pe ople, in ge neral ,a re ca lled sheep, beca use th ey dono t a lways kn ow t he way to go . J es us C hr ist is the C h ie f S hepherd .H e has s e t th ose in t he m in is tr y whoa re s pir i tual l y m ore ma ture, andwh o, ir r e sp ect ive of age, ca n b eca lled e lder s, and who a re re sp on s ibl e under C hri s t to as s ist in shepher d ing t he fl ock . H e holds th emrespons ibl e f or ru lin g t he Ch urchwell.

W e read i n I Tim o th y 5: 17: " Lett he e lder s t ha t ru le well be c ounted

obey Go d - to keep Hi s law . H ewa s fi rst tes te d on t he comman dme n t th at is a sign between G od a ndH is people - th e Sa bbat h . Godsa wth at he was fai t hf u l. H e was w illingto o bey Him d espite th e cr iticism,de spit e th e ridi cu le, despite the opposi ti o n . Ki ng Davi d sai d, " A g oodund er s tanding have a l l th ose who d oHi s co m ma n d m e n ts " (P s al mII I : I0 , R evis ed A uth orized Versio n t hroughout) . A nd God gaveund erst and i ng to Mr. A rmstro ng .

H e l ed G od ' s C h u rc h un d erC hrist as a fai th ful se rva nt. He r efu sed to co m p rom ise w ith G od'slaw . Yet , he was will ing to c hangewhe n pr oven wrong, and accep t n ewtru t h when God cl ea rly r eve al ed i t.

T he a po s t le P a ul tol d us to " recog ni ze th ose wh o lab or a mong yo u ,a nd a re ove r yo u in the Lo rd a nd adm on i sh yo u , a nd t o e s tee m th emve ry h ighl y in love for th e ir wo rk' ssa ke " (I T he ssalo ni a ns 5 : 12-13) .And what love, este em a nd a ppreci

a t ion w e had for G od's se rvant , M r.Arm stro ng.

I can now look back (i t is co mmonl y sa id th at h ind s igh t i s 20-20)over t he p ast s everal yea rs and see som an y way s in w hi ch M r. A rmstro ng was p repa ring me to ca r ryo ni n hi s foot st eps .

I app recia te m os t th e so u nd corre c t io n M r. Arm st ro ng was c e rtain ly no t a f ra id t o gi ve . And th euniq ue o ppor tu n i ty t o be per sonallytau gh t a t h is feet, be ing remindedco ns tant ly o f th e g rea t p lan o f G od ,o f wh at a nd w hy th e C hu rch, ofGo d's p lan o f sa lvation and o f th etru e Gospe l m essage of th e Kingdom of Go d .

Perhap s o ne o f the g reatest w aysin whi ch M r. A rms tro ng set u s anexa mp le w as i n th e way he worked .

T he ti reless d ed ica t io n t o G od ' sChu rch and work, the l ong ho urs ,th e dr ive , t he energ y and enth usias m fo r d oingGo d 's wi ll, a r ebu rnedinto o ur mem ories o f h im .

M r . A rm strong 's wh ole life w asshar p ly f oc use d a ro un d o ne th ingth e wo r k o f Go d . H e lived , a te, sleptand bre athe d C hr is t's co mmi ssionto th e C hu r c h. A llhi s co nver sa tio nsa nd d iscu ssi ons wer e e ither dir ectl y

Evangeli st H erman L. Hoehis e ditor of The P lainT ruth .

Mon day , Feb. 10, 198 6

Th e o ne rea son Je su s C h ris tc o uld u se Mr. Armstro ng as a na post le in th is century was th at heneve r wa nt ed to be a n a postleeve n th ough hi s or d ina t ion p ap e rssai d h e was o r dained t o t hat o ffice.

O ve r th e year s M r. A rmstrongnot o nly came to u nde rstand C hurchgove rnment but a lso learne d to l iveit. H e f irs t d isc ov er e d t hat J esusC hr ist r evea ls ew Tes t ame n tC h u rc h gover nment thro ug h th ewriti n gsof Paul,in I Corint hians 1 2.In ve rse 28 M r. Arms tro ng foundGo d se t ce r ta in of f ices in t heC hu r c h . T hese off ices a re t he go ve rnment of G od , a nd n o t e s ta blish edby th e e lecti ono f peop le .

In E phe sians 4 :1 1-14, M r. Arms tro ng fo und a detailed ex pl ana tiono f t he sa me gove rnme nt - o f apostle s, o f p roph ets , eva nge li sts, p astors , tea che r s . T he f unction o f t hi s

AWARD C EREMONY - HerbertW. Armstron g s p e a ks to brethrenafter J o s ep h Tkach p re sen t edh im w ith a pla qu e June 13 , 1981 ,commemo rating the 50t h an n iversary of Mr . Armstrong ' s o rdinat ion .

By H erman L HoehFo r d ecade s H erbert W . Ar m

stron g had sa id t he m ost d iffi cul tq ue stion he faced in s tudying theBib le w as th at of C hurch go vernm ent.

By Jo s eph W. Tkac hWh e n my father began l is teni ng

to T he Wor ld Tomor row inChicago, III ., i n 1953, I knew therehad to be some thing to it. T he powe rful, si ncere and unrelenti ng voiceof H er b er t W. Armstro ng co nvi nce d m y d evoutly Ru ssian Orth od ox fath er th at he s hould r epe nt andc ha n ge hi s life . It was no t long before I was listening w i th h im .

I f irst m et M r. A rm s tro ng in19 5 7, w hen he came to C hicago t ovisi t my fath er. Mr.A rms tro ng wasint erested in starting a R ussian-lang u ag e b roadcast , an d felt th at mydad would be the right man to do t hepr ogr am a nd t o begin tr a nslatingboo klet s int o Ru ssian. A ltho ug h het ra ns lated a few booklets, G od d idnot o pe n th e d oor to R uss ia a t th att ime . M y fa th er d ied in the s um m erof 1963 , afte r my o rdi na tio n.

Wh a t a n imp act Mr. A rmstro nghad o n m y life!As Go d's servant , hebr ought th e m essage of Go d's law

a nd w ay o f l ife not o nly to me, but toa ll t hos e wh ose min ds Go d wouldopen. Bec a use of his yie ldedne ss,G od was a b le to use hi m i n a p rofoun d way to p roclaim th e most impo rtant me ssage t he world wi ll eve rhear.

M r. Arm s tr o ng was w i lli n g t o

Chur ch government: a questionund erstood by Mr. Armstrong

God 's wiU u x i s 'the joy o f his life , 'sa ys p as tor general about HWA


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seem so nat ural an d easy t hat manypeople do no t r ealize how hard hehad to wo rk. T oward the e nd, whenhis vis ion h ad a lmost tota lly fai led,so th a t h e co uld h ard lyrea d, an d thebri gh t lights hu rt his eyes, he wo uld

still fi nd ways to ove rcome the problem s a nd m ake th e program. A ll o fus in th e s tudio wi ll n o t fo rget th osereco rding sessio ns.

M r. A rms t ro n g h ad a way o fmaking yo u want to work hard forhi m . H i s de t er m i na t io n an dco urage to fu lfi l l th e co mmissionth a t Go d gave h imwas a ge nuine inspiration to all of us .

So metimesh e wo uld si t fo r a long

HALF CENTURY OF SERVICELarry Omasta , d irector of Med iaServ ices (right) , an d JosephTkach , then d irector of M inisterialServ ices , present a p laque marking 50 ye a rs of broadcast ing toPastor Gene ra l He rbe rt W. Arms trong Fe b . 14 , 1984 .

timeon t he studio set using his magni fying g lass t o revise a nd fine tunchis no tes, n o t re ad y t o go o n the ai run til eve rything was exac t ly ri ght.Th e ca meramen and t echnical s ta f fwe re o fte n r em i nd ed of t he sc riptu re th at s ay s , " I f pos sibl e , yo uwou ld h ave p lucked out yo ur ow neyes a nd give n t hem t o me" (Ga la

t i an s 4: 15, R e vis ed A utho rize dVersion).

Afte r th e recording sess ion hewas his ste rnest crit ic. H e woul d review the tape . asking us for s uggestions fo r fi lm clips an d o ther supplementa ry mate ri a l to make h isprogram eve n more effec tive.

A lthough Mr. Armstrong reliedheavily on his te levision productionstaff. he never le t u s fo rget who wasin ch a rge. Sometimes he would arrive a t the studio un expectedly,a ndwe soon learned t hat we had bette rbe rea dy to begin reco rding.

Af te r we we re ca ught off g uard afew ti mes. we moun t ed a te levisioncamera on th e si de of t he T elevisionbuild ing a nd foc used it o n th e spotwhe re M r. Ar mst rong 's l imousinewould pul l u p. Then we had se veralmonitors in s ta lled a round the studi o.

As soo n as a nyone saw Mr. A rmst rong's li mousine fill th e scree n. hewo uld ca ll o ur receptio nist. whowould aler t th e e ntire studio of Mr .Arms tro ng's a rrival.

Even now it is ha rd for us to belie ve t ha t t he l imo usine wil l notdri ve up aga in . We wi ll not fo rgetth e ho urs h e worke d with us . H e leftus with a determination to see thatThe Wo rl d To morrow will continue to go o ut with power an d aut h o ri t y as lon g as J esus Christ

down , a nd h e was t urning it r ightside up .

In a not he r br oadca st, a fter a nem phatic s tatement, h e a nticipatedso me p eople's re spon s e a nd sa id,"Now don 't ge t mad - and slamso mething d own."

God used thi s bold a nd fea rlessway of pr eaching to lay a s piritualfo undation in the mind s of m anywho we re ca lled a nd joi ned withh im as t he C hurc h b roke out of t hePacific No rthwest and began g rowing rapid ly.

Mr. Arms t rong was a tower inginfl uence i n our lives . The pe rsonalmemories we eac h h ave of h is powerful br oadcas t s wil l be an inspi ratio n to co ntinue and complete thewo rk we arc g iven t o do .

cast. H e wo uld thoroughly preparefor every program, givi ng special attentio n to t he opening stateme nt.Of t en he wo uld r ework his o peningseve ral times un til he was sure it wasr ight.

Ju s tas he knew t he i mportance ofa goo d h eadlin e in a n advertisem ent , he und erstood t he nee d for agr ipping opening sta tement t o Th eWo rld T omorrow and would wor ka t it un til h e was sa tisfied.

On ce he wassa tisfied, h e becamee ng rosse d in hi s m essage , goi ngth r ough th e e n tire h alf hour wi thout a br eak . Ma ny peo p le n ever a dju st to spea k ing t o a came ra, butMr. A rms trong knew t hat th e ca me ra lens re pr es en t ed a world t hatne ed ed t he message he had to deliver. T hat, I t hi nk , is w hat ma deh im such a compelling speaker. Hed id no t s pe ak at his aud ie nce - hespo ke t o th em.

Mr. A rms trong made h is telecast

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La rry Omasta is d irector ofMe dia Se rvices in P asadena.

By Larr y Om a staAs i t did with othe rs whoha d t he

priv ilege of worki ng closely wi thPas tor Ge nera l He rbert W. A rmst rong , h is d eath left th e T elevisionDepartm ent with sadness, but a lso

with many happy memories .

"B lowt hedu st off your Bibl e s" a nd" Believe what yo u sec i n your ownBible ." Wh en goi ng th r ou gh t hegos pels h e of ten u sed t he m ore co lloqui al bu t des cripti ve sta tement,"1 give th e t ruth straight fr om th es houlde r w it h b oth barrels ." I nth os e d ays hi s d elivery was ofte nra pid-fire, an d thi s was a n ap t d esc ription.

In 1953 a wo man wrote, " He rb er t A rm s t ro ng i s up se ttin g th ewo rld an d i ts c ustoms." H e read theletter. on the br oa dcast an d re

sponded :" 1

didn't make t he laws .I' m mere ly tel ling you what theyarc!"

He wo uld often exp lain t hat hewasn't t ur n ing t he wor ld ups idedow n. The wo rld was already upside

As in eve ry other as pect o f th ework, M r. A rms t rong e xpect ed ahigh s tandard, and wo uld n ot acce ptanything but t he best. But he di dnot as k of o thers wha t h e was notpre pared to do himself.

M r. A rmstro ng ha d a nat ural giftfo r co mmunication . Al t ho ugh h edi d not beginto make regular television p rogra ms unt il h e was i n h is80s, h e q u ickly adapted to t heme dium .

Mr. A rmstrong showed a ke eninterest in every aspec t of the tele -

19505 BROADCAST - Photo shows Herbert W. A rmstrong an d his wife,Lorna , in th e Wor ld Tomorro w broadcast ing stud io on th e second floorof the Ambassador College library i n Pasadena . Norman Sm ith, now anevangel ist s its in t he c on t rol r oom The s tud io is now used by KBAC

llWA 'a natural communicator,'

says director o fMedia Services

ma de fo r a few te nse mo ments befo re th e o pening of th e br oadcast.H e a lmost a lways m ade it on t ime,but once or tw ice he did n ot. On ceth e s ta t ion gave th e c ue , a nd Iturn ed the mi crophone o n j ust as heca me in th e s t ud io d oor. U nflust er ed , h e sa id , " An d g re e t i ng sfrie nds, th is is H erb er t W . A rmstro ng wi th t he goo d n ews of t hewo rl d t om or r ow, " as h e wa lkedac ross t he r oom, sat down behindthe d esk a nd co ntinued the broadcast.

Mr. A rmstrong would begin theprogram with an a r resting statement or se ries of in triguing questio ns to ma ke t he people think, I' venever tho ught about tha t before, Iwa nt t o hea r more, o r, I' ve alwayswonde red abo ut that, wha t is th e answer?

O nce he bega n a p rogram afte rth e ope ning greetings w it h, " Prepa re yo urselves f or th e greates t se rmo n eve r p reached!" He got my a tt ention . I s t ill r emember it.

H e of ten ca r ried suspense for afew minut es, but thi s tim e he explained th e p rovoca tive opening b yfollowing w ith : "A t least it' s beenca lled th at. It' s th e Se rmon on th eM ount. " H e we nt on t o ex pou ndMa tthew 5. I think he h ad most ofthe l isteners wi th h im fo r t he res t ofthe program.

H is usualp lan f o r a b roadcast wasto begi n wit h a med ium to st ronglevel of intensity wit h a challe ngingstate ment or q uestion . When he fel the ha d g ripped thei r a t ten ti on hewoul d then d ropt he intensitya l ittlean d go i nt o t he e x po u nd in g andteaching portion of the program forseve ral min utes . H e would thenbuild the intensityas he reached themain poin ts and c hallenged th e audie nce to ac tion.

O ne m orning I was gri pped wit hamazeme nt fo r 30 minutes . He bega n th e pr ogram a t top in tensitya ndrapid delivery. He co ntinued t rumpe tlike wi t hou t l etup , c rying a loudand sparing n ot fo r th e e nti re pr ogra m.

As he sa id, "Goo d-bye, fr iend s,"I r olled th e th eme mu s ic, s teppedin t o t he s t u di o a nd ex c lai med,"Wh at d idyo u have for breakfast?"W ith ou t hesitation. he s hot backg leefully. " Hot cakes a nd h oney."

He had t he amazi ng a bility t o repeat a s tory, illust ration o r sc riptura l exp lanation a lmost wo rd forwo rd as he ha d d on e it before.Sometimes peop le wo uld w rite inth inki ng a s tatio n h ad repeat ed aprogram. Th is s harp ness o f me moryremai ned wi th him th roughout h isyea rs

WORKING TOGETHER - Larry Omasta , d irector of Med ia Se rv ices ,confers with Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong du ri ng a v ideotap ingof t he 19 8 4 Young Ambassado rs Fest ival film.

By N orman A. SmithH erb er t W . A rmstrong was a

seaso ned, ex perienced br oadcasterwhen I en rolled in Ambassador Co lleg e i n 1950.

In Nove m be r , 1 951, I b eganwo r ki ng in t h e r ad i o s t u d i o .Ri chard D avi d A rms t ro ng , M r.A rmst rong's e ldes t so n, m anagedand operated th e s tudio a t th at t ime.O urduties were to feed th e pr ogramlive to an a re a s ta tion, s imultaneously r ec or d ing i t. We wo uldthen upli ca e and shi the pro

g rams toother

stations .

Evangelist Norma n A. Smit hpas tors the San Diego. Ca l i f .and Yuma. A riz., churches .

M r. Armstrong co nsidered writing his greatest sk ill, eve n above h isbroadcasting abi lity. Th e s kil ls h eacqui red in advertisi ng w riti ngwe re u sed to effective ly ca pture th em ind s o f t he a udience in th e opening m oments o f th e br oadcast. Hewou ld t h en t horough ly ex pound hi ssub je c t and c ha llenge l isteners torespond.

H e of ten ex plained t o us his manner of s peaking. H e did n ot s peak asif s pe aki ng to a hu ge c rowd, eve nth ough tho usands wer e l ist enin g.

He k new peop le liste ned a lone orperhaps two or three in a family.

He explaine d that h e had to p utg reat intensity of fee l ing int o h isbroadcasts. He fe lt that mu c h of t hefeeling would be lost in the t ransmissio n, and he had to p ut more intoit in the s tu di o to make up for theloss.

H aving this concept i n min d, hehad the abi lity tolook d irectly at them icrophone an d beso perso na l t hatlisteners thought he was talking direct ly t o t hem. T his same a bilitywas evident in the telecast .

Hi s warm- up exe rc i ses f or th eprogram consiste d of vigo rouslymassaging the back o f hi s ne ck " toge t t he b lood ci rc u la t i ng t o m yhead " a nd of pounding his s to machto "s ti r up my liver."

Thi s may have h elped, bu t th emajor part of h is dri ve an d energyca me from h is k nowle dge of th espir itual s ig ni f icance of hi s m essage. H e had a burn ing d esire toc hallenge and grip th e listeners. Hewa nted to make t he t rut h plai n t oth em .

In t he early '50s, The Wor ld To-mo rrow was broadcas t l ive o n aPasadena stat ion at 7:30 a . rn ., b efore his day of college classes, writing and admi nistrative du ties began.

M r Armstro ng l ived t hree or


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co u ld b e more effect ive in d elivering Christ' s Go spe l.

Per sonal example

In one of the last mee t ings I hadwith M r. A rm strong , some of thePl ain T ruth ed ito rs , w riters an dgr a phic a rtists we re pr esent. It wasimm ediately before M r. A rms tro ngca me d own with what wo u ld b e al in g erin g i llne ss, a nd h e lookedtir ed .

Despite hi s age a nd see ming fati gue, he never fai le d t o in spir e. A she sa t d own a t th e he ad o f th e t ablein th e H al l o f Adm in i strat i onboardr oom, he ga ined strength andsa id ch eerily, " Well, fell ows, wh atdo we have today'?"

For more th an a n hou r he enthu-s iastically l ed a di scussion conc ern-in g m ag a zi n e cov e rs, he adline s,d roph e ad s a nd a r t icl e c ontent forboth th e Pl ain T ruth a nd Goo dNew s m agaz i n e s . Th r ou gh th em e et i ng M r. A rmst r ong punctu -ate d his comme nts wi th r ef erencesto the comi ng K ingdom of G od andpr eaching of th e Gospel. It wascl ea r wh at was u ppe r most i n hismi nd .

I saw , as I had see n m any t imesbefore, t hat Mr. A rmst rong w asn'tin te r es t e d in wh at H er b er t A rmst ro ng w an t ed in t he public ations- he was i nterested in what Godwan t ed in th e C hurc h' s publ icati ons. And he in sisted th at eve ryheadline, ev ery a rticle, eve ry adverti sement b rin g th is world a l ittlecl oser to Go d 's Kin gdom.

La sting vision

"I t is tru e th at ' where th er e is no

vision , th e people peri sh ,' " w roteMr . A rmst ro ng, d es crib ing th eb irth of The Pl ain T ruth in hi s a utobiography . "B ut few people realize t hat th e sour ce o f tru e vision isGOD. "

God used Mr. Arms tro ng as aninstr umen t to de liver t ha t v ision ofeffec t ively communica ting God'st rut h to the edi tori a l s taff. Even a tthe begin ning whe n M r. A rms trongput me in ch a rge of t he Chu rch'spublications , he insisted that a ll ofth e p ublications b e of th e hi ghestqu alit y to reflect God ' s s t a ndards,a nd t o sou nd wit h cla rit y long-hidd en tr uths w r i t te n s imply a ndplainly. Ne ver mu st a nyone mi sunders tand Go d's truth because o f apoorly writt en a rticle o r sloppy d esig n, h e emphasized ove r and overagain.

Th at was h is s ta nda rd p olicy allth e way to h is d e at h . There wasne ver a ny co mpromising h ere.Th e C hurc h's work is not f in

is hed . M r. Arm strong le ft behinda n editorial s ta f f th oroughly t rainedin th e prin ciple s he laid o ut. W ithout b e ing m aud lin o r pr esumptuous, I l ike t o th ink that a t Ie . a li tt le of M r , Ar ms t ro n g l iv s oth r oug h the tr ain i ~ _ Icounsel heg vc u ere i E ii:

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some w itt y co mments. Fo r exa mple, Mr. H opkin s w ro te, " [In thela te 1800s an d ea rly 190 0s] Truthwas th en s uch a rarit y in advertising ." M r. A rmstrong em phasizes," And still is today!"On a more se rious n ote, next to a

p a s s a g e d e s c r ibin g fa me a ndwe a l t h , Mr . A r ms t rong w ro t e ," ' S u ccess ' in thi s wo rld is co rroded !" M an y o ther w ri tte n comment s s ugges t h ow G od 's C hurch

peace will fin ally be established .

Performing ar t s

Mr. A rmstrong's co mmitment t oex cellence in th e per f orm in g a rtshelped make th is possib le. T he l atepastor ge neral wa nte d n othing butt he b est for the Amb assador A uditori um. Hi s po licy of exce llence exten ded fa r past t he ph ysical beaut yof th e A uditorium .

Hi s exam ple an d d irection helpeda ll employees , fromse nior m an agersto c ustodians, to g ive th eir best. Pia nist Alexis W eiss en b er g sa id : "Icannot adequately ex plain A mbassador t oot her a rtists who h aven't perform ed th er e . It goes be yond th ebe au t y o f th e pl ace, th e fa ntas ticacoustics.

" It's a lso th e people on e d ealswith ther e. It's unique in the mu sicworld," he sa id.

Mr. A rmstrong's vibr ant personality and zes t for li fe won him m any

fri end s in th e per f ormin g a r ts . H ewo uld occas ionally go back sta ge inth e A ud ito r i um t o co ngratu lateper f ormers .

Us ua lly th ese world clas s m usici a ns a r c dr ained af te r a performan c e.A so lo recita l or cond ucti ngan o rches tra is t axing . But wi thinseco nds M r. A rmstrong's infectiouspe rsonality b uoyed th e spirits ofth os e p re sent.

Drive and per sev eranc e

M r. A rms trong's example was aninspiration to us a ll . Before beginnin g h is seco nd t rip to C hina h e suffered a s ha r p p ain in hi s he art a nda lmost ca nceled the trip .

A c ombination of God 's help andhis personal det ermin ation br oughthim t o th e C hurch's G - II I j et. Afew d ays late r he m et privat ely withC h ina ' s r ecogni zed le ader , DengXi aopin g .

The C hi na t rip led t o a rr a ngement s for a U .S . tou r by th e LittleAmbassadors o f S hanghai , wh ichultim ately led to M r. Ar mstrongbeing i nvited to t he Wh ite House tovie w a per form ance . W h ile th ere,M r. A rmstrong met pr ivately wit hFi rs t L ady Na ncy R eagan .

Hi s exa mple of dri ve , e nthusiasman d d etermination in Go d' s servicese t th e s tand a rd fo r a ll of u s . He a lways gave G od credit fo r eve ry

FINAL MEETING - Ed itor inCh ief Herbert Armstrong shares a light moment dur ing his final meeting with mostof The Plain Truth 's editors and wr iters July 23 , 1985 . Dexter H. Faulkner , Plain Truth execut ive editor , standsleft.

book s pecial is th at Mr. A rmstronghad personally go ne th r ough th e e nt ire book 1 5 years ea rlier, underl ining im portan t p assages a nd writingco mments in the margin. Here wasa ra re o pportunity to d elve in t imately in to M r. A rms trong's mindand see w hat o ne ofCh rist 's a postlesfo und imp ort ant in co mmunication.

As I page th rough th e book I findI'm s t ill le arnin g. M r. Arm st r ongappreciated hum or , a nd th er e a rc

like the apostle P aul de scribed th emm or e than 1, 900 ye a rs ag o , th eG reeks see m always r eady to " hearsome new thin g" ( Acts 17 :21) .

H owev er , in a rr a nging hi s a ppea ra nce, I w as tol d t ha t th e gro upd id n ' t wan t a religiou s message .Th e men in c harge of th e meetingaske d for a transc ript of th e s peec hhe wo uld give . I t old th em : " Look ,he never re ads from a pr epared text.H e o n ly u s es a ve ry fe w notes ."A nyone who saw t he Wo rld To-

morrow pr ogram based o n th at a dodr ess kn ows th at M r. A rmstrongthund ered th e Gos pel to th at g roup .H e decl ared that W orld Wa r II Iwillsoo n en gul f th is deceived world,a nd he spoke pl ainly o f th e C reatorG od w ho would re t urn t o establishpe ace.

I th ought th e pl anner s o f th emeetin g pr obably wanted to hangme fr om th e raft ers. T o m y s urpri se, the y la ter s pokehi ghlyo f Mr.

A rmstrong and t alk ed a nimatedlya bo u t hi s m essage fo r a bo ut t wohou r s.

G od had o bvious ly g ive n Mr .A rms tro ng favo r in th e eyes of thi sg roup.

Warm reception

Du r ing his last trip to Europe inM ay , 1985, Mr . Armst r o ng a tten ded a pe rfo rma nce i n t he Versai ll es P alace o ut side P ari s, F rance.

Af te r t he p er form an c e he rosefrom hi s sca t in th e fi rst r ow w heret he d ist in guish ed g ue s ts we resea ted. S udden ly h e fe lt a ge ntle,rh ythmi c tapping o n hi s back.

"D o yo u kn ow wh o thi s is '?"ca lled a vo ice fr om behind .

Th e recognition wa s imm ediate ." I su r e do, m aestro!" Mr . Arm-s t ro n g re sp ond ed . It was pi ani stVl adimir Horowitz.

Mr. A rmstrong's f riendship w ithth e pi anist led to m ee tin gs w it hBriti sh royalty . In M ay, 19 82 , M r.A rms t ro ng m et i nfo r ma l ly w it hPrin ce C harles . A year later, b eca use of th e fo undat ion's supportfo r th e Royal Co llege of M usic inE ngland , Mr. A rm strong was invi te d t o a p r iv at e rece pt io n atEx b ury , t he Rot h s ch i ld e st a te insou thern Eng land.

T her e he di scussed wit h P rinceC ha rles an d P rincess D iana t he

adve r tisers a rc r eluct an t to sha reth e ir p rofessional sec rets - but notMr. A rmstrong!

Besides th e pe rsonal m eetings hehad w it h m yself a nd eva ngelist H erman L. Hoeh ( who i s th e editor o fTh e Pl ain Truth ), Mr. A rmstrong

a lso m et in g roups with man y of th ewriter s a nd g ra p h ic a rt i st s w howork on G od's public ations.

Wh ile pr oviding encour agement ,M r. A rm stron g a ls o pr ovidedspecific guideline s . He knew h ow toeffe ctively communicate, an d h e e xplained a nd in stituted sound principle s th at continue t o gov er n o urpublic ations.

th e found ation as "the sec ular a rmof th e W orldwide Church of G od,"virtually all h e ca m e in c onta ct withwere well awa r e th at he was a relig io us l e ad e r a nd th at the C hurchwas th e backb oneo f th e fo undation .

W hen M r. A rmstrong tr aveled toSa n Fra ncisco, Ca lif., fo r th e 40 thannive rsa ry o f th e s igning of t heU ni ted Na t ions c harte r , J a vi erPerez de Cu ellar , U N secre taryge ne r al, told M r. A rmstrong : " Youmu st co me to [ the UN headquarte rs i n] New York. You have ag reatdeal o f und erst and ing th at we a llneed. "

Thi s was not a n unu sual exa mpleof th e respect people had fo r Mr.A rmstrong.

I'll ne ve r for ge t wh en h e a ddr e ssed the RotaryC lub in A thens,G re ece, in N ov ember , 1982. Just

A s pecial memento

As I wr ite, I have be f ore me a s pecial mement o th at Mr. A rmstronggav e me. Du r in g o ne of our me etingsaco uple of yea rs ago, Mr . A rmst rong was dis cussing adve rtisingpr in cipl es wh en h e st o pp e d a ndth ou ght fo r a momen t.

"I have some thing yo u might appreciate," he sai d .

Wh at I was later give n wa s a 3 18page book by t he l at e C laude C.H opkin s, a n influen tia l A mericanadve rtiser whose style Mr . A rms t ro ng f av or ed . Wh at m ad e th e

Recognized a s C hurch leader

While Mr . Arm stron g de scrib ed

Eva ngeli s t E llis La Ravia is avice p re s id ent o f th e Amba s -sador F ound ation.

INATOUR - Ch inese offic ials present a g ift to Herbert W . Armst rong: ~ ' i g hi s t rip to the People 's Republic of Ch ina in November 1984

By Dexter H. FaulknerTh e late Pastor Ge neral Herb ert

W. A rmstrong wi ll b e rem ember edfor m any ac complishments, but hehad o ne area o f exp erti se th at we inEdi t or i al S er v i c e s e sp ec i al l yle arned from a nd a pprec ia ted . A

Los An geles, Ca lif., a rea ne wspapersum med it up f or us when it descr ibed him a s having " a genius f orm ass communi cati ons."

Edi tor in chief lives onth rough training o f staff

Th r ou gh th e fo u nd a t io n 'spr oje ct s a nd pr ograms wor ldwide,M r. Arm str ong a ptly d emonstratedthat G od ' s C h urc h b acks up i tsword s with deed s.

By Elli s La RaviaFrom it s beginning in th e mid

1970s , the A mbassador F ound ationpr ovided th e lat e Past or G ener alH erbert W . Arm stro ng wit h a foru m to show I ha t G od 's wav of life isone o f qu a li ty a nd concer n for h uman ity .

Tried and tested

Mr. Arm st r ong was a sea sonedprofe ssional communicat or, wid elyr ecognized for his outstanding abilit y in writ in g a nd adve r t i s i ng .Whil e milli on s a round the g lobetacitly re cogni zed thi s br illiance inthe cl arityo f Mr. Arm strong 's wr itings, w e her e i n Editorial Se r viceswere pr ivileged to receive a n in sideview o f a master co mmunicator atwork .

Mr. A rmstrong w as more th an ag reat writ er - he was also a g reatte acher. In the ma ny me etin gs I h adwit h h im , I n ever fa i le d t o lea rnmore a bo ut h ow to w rite and pr odu ce magaz i nes . H e co nstan tlyshared hi s in sight, ex plaining in d etail wh y ce r tai n t echnique s wor k .Some c omm erc ial jo u rn a lists and


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PRODUCTIVE LIFE- For more than a half century Herbert W . Armstrong vigorously procla imed Christ'sGospel worldwide and led the Philadelph ia era of God 's Church under Jesus Christ. The last decade of

his life was particularly productive as he delivered God's revealed truth throughout the world . Clockwisefrom upper left: Mr. Armstrong met Deng Xiaoping , China's recognized leader, in Beijing , Ch ina, Nov .6, 1984; as host of the World Tomorrow program, Mr . Armstrong made more than 170televis ion programssince 1978; the late pas to r general us ed the Chu rch' s G-II jet to deliver the Gospel message; Mr.Armstrong introduced h is last book , Mystery of the Ages , to Ambassador students Sept. 9 , 1985 ; hevisited Summer Educat ional Programs around the world , including th is one in Australia ; as editor in ch ief


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of The Plain Truth he v iewed the pr inting of the 50th anniversary edition Dec. 21 , 1983 ; Mr. Armstrongplanted a tree at th e Jomo Kenyatta College of Agriculture and Technology in Kutandu , Kenya , dur inga tr ip to Afr ica in Nove mber , 1982 ; (bottom photo) as chancellor he was host for formal dinners forseniors at Amb assador Co llege; (top photo) Mr. Armstrong often performed piano p ieces for guest s atthe Socia l Center (now the Herbert W . Armstrong Memorial Hall); Queen S irikit of Thai land honored thepastor general in Pa sadena March 24, 1985 ; Mr. Armstrong off icially broke ground for the Ambass adorAuditor ium Jan. 14, 1972 ; a nd Chr ist's apostle worked on Mystery of the Ages through the first h alf of1985 , here aboard th e Church 's G-III jet. [Pr incipal photographe r: Warren Watson]


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sa id h e had kn own many o utstandin g lecturer s a nd administratorsover th e yea rs as a s t udent in sixco lleges and uni versities, a nd l aterin hi s prof essional ca ree r. But n oto ne o f th em remote ly ex hibited th eall-a ro und in vol vement w ith th eimport an t a ctivitie s an d iss ues ofli fe as did Mr . A rmstrong .

In the days be fore stereo , he hada hi -fi se t b r ough t ove r to th eco llege. H e wo uld p ersonally p ut onmi niconcerts for us s tudentsplay ing a va riety of h igh qu alitymu sic, i nclu ding cl assica l , se micl assical, Broadway t unes and Ru ssian Cossac k m ale si ngers . H ewould a nimated ly d iscuss wi t h u sth e beaut y a nd ins pira t ion d erivedfrom the se di f fer ent k inds of mu sic.

In co llege fo rums, Mr. Armstrong wou ld g ive educat ional t alkson health,e xercise a nddiet - beingspecific and ye t emph asi zi ng aba lanced a pproac h. And he wouldinv it e o t he r le ader s in the natur alhealth and di et ar eas t o lecture a t

Amb assador Co llege fr om t ime totim e. Al so, o n occas io n, h e wouldinvit e o ther edu cators a nd ex pertsin m any fie lds t o talk to s tudents- br o aden ing o ur und erstandingand our h orizons.

Hi s b iggest service to us s tudentsan d mi nisters , of cou rse, w as inhelping us to fi nd a nd g rasp an dapprecia te the great purpose b eingwork ed o ut h er e below - helpingus to know who we a re, why we a re,whe re we a re goi ng and h ow to ge tthere. Eve n in hi s m iddle yea rsas w e kn ew him in th ose dayshe was a hum an dynamo, wor king,d ri vi ng a nd bui ld in g a d edicatedo rganization th r ough whi ch Chri stco u ld w ork to impa rt H is messageto thi s ge neration .

He wa s a man w ho l if ted oursights, imp ar t ed to us a n ent ire w ayof li fe ba sed o n bibli cal principl es,a nd in spir ed us to g ive of o urselvesto th e utm ost in se rving our f ellowm an a nd in d o ing a nd buildin g thewo rk of Go d.

As w it h a ny o ther trul y g reatman , th er e will n ever be a notherlike h im . Bu t man y of hi s hopes,idea ls a nd e nthus iasms l ive o n i nth ousands of g raduates of t he th r eeA mbassador cam puses - and in amost specia l way, in th e lives o fth ose of us who kn ew him sointimately in the early yea rs

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chancell or of the co llege, and I e achspe nt d ozen s a nd d ozens of hou r splaying table tennis with Mr. Arms t rong, l au ghin g a nd visit ing withhim about virtually eve rything. Wewe re able, in th at personal se tt ing,to s ha re hi s e nthusiasms, h is so rrows a nd se tbacks as we ll, and topersonally se nse th e dynamic fa ithand se nse of p urpose tha t d rove himon.

As a seco nd fa th e r to many ofus st ude nts h e woul d someti mestake us to a n out door concer t atth e H ollywood Bowl , to a pro fessio na l te nnis ma tch o r to a f irstcl ass rest aur ant - ex periences weper h ap s co uld no t have affo rdedon our ow n. Espec ially in th eleading men a nd women of th eco llege, he was helpin g build charac ter, per sonalit y, co nfidence, cultu r e and b alance.

Sp e aking o f b alance, I mi ght nothave a ppreciated th e imp ort ance ofthi s qu alit y i n Mr. A rmstrongexce pt f or wh at my uncl e. C. Paul

Mer edith , told me . Dr. M er edith

ENGRAVED PRINCIPLE - Herbert W . Armstrong , as chancellor ofAmbassador College, had this foundational statement engraved on thewest wall of Ambassador Hall on the Pasadena campus.

co uld no t h ave b een pos si ble. I tcou ld n ever ha ve gone a round thewo rld." It was th e d evelopment of th e

co llege inP asadena t hat m ade possibl e th e gro wth of th e w hole Gos pelW or k " (" T he A utobiogra phy ofH erbert W. Ar mstro ng," The Pl ainTruth, M arch , 1964, pages 17 and18) .

Fo r ne arly fo ur d ecades Go d hasused A m bassa do r Co llege as th echief educational in stituti on fo r thetr aining o f th ousands o f youn g mena nd women wh o today s e rve in Hi seve r-growing, w orldwide work.

Th ankfull y, A m bass a do r r estsso lidly on th e rock fo undation of theW ord of G od, ha ving rec aptur edth e tr u e va lues a nd h aving m adece r tain th at th e o riginal goa ls a ndas pirations of i ts fo unde r are fa ithfull y ca rried out.

May th e g reat Educator, who inspired Mr . A rmstrong t o fo und th isinstitut ion, co ntin ue to k ee p A m

bassador Co llege on tr ack , teachingth e tru e va lues t o th e t housands ofpr ecious yo u ng p eople wh o a re yetto be tr ained by H is co llege - inorder to help reap th e g rea t h arvestof th is e nd-time ag e!

orientation. It ju st wouldn't be th esame with out yo u here."

S uddenly, in stead o f feeling tir eda nd up set, I b egan to fee l th e lo ngdr ive had be en wo rt h it afte r a ll. Ibe gan to feel e nthusiastic and inspired abo ut th e s tart o f th e new

co llege year - ju st: ! ~

M r. A rrns tro ng was . In one o r two mi nutes,literally, th e powe r of M r. A rmstrong 's personalitya nd enthusiasmturned me comp letely aro und .

An d on th at d ay, as o n so manyhun dreds of o thers, h e radiatedlo ve , wa rmth, enthusiasm and aco ntagious dri ve to ge t in volved inth e wo rk of th e g reat Go d.

In th e ea rly yea rs of A mbassa do r Co llege, M r. A rmst rong h ada tr emendous imp act o n e ach o neof us s t ud ents . H e a nd hi s wife ,Lorn a, s pent hundred s o f hour swith u s in p er sonal a nd socialsitu ations - as well as cl asses a ndfor ma l m eetings.

Fo r instance, Ra ymond F. Me

Nai r. n ow an e vangelist a nd d eput y

By Roderick C. MeredithA rriving back exhau sted a nd eve n

a little di sgruntled a t the end of abaptizing tour, another A mbassadorCollege se nior and I w alked i nto th eco llege adm in is t ra t ion buildin g(now th e li brary) t o see C hancellorH erb ert W. A rmstrong.

Eva nge lis t R od eri ck C.Meredi th is a p rofessor ofth eology a t Pasadena A mbas-sado r College .

BOOK PRESENTATION - Chancellor Herbert Armstrong presents cop ies of h is last book Mystery of the Ages

I was a litt le miffe d because heha d ask ed u s to dr ive s traightth rou gh fro m Okl ah om a Ci ty,Okl a ., so we co u ld b e back in t im efor o rientation at th e beginning ofth e 1951 -52 a cademic yea r.

As I stoodth ere inanentran ce hall,thinkin g a bout compl aining to him alit tle a nd l ett ing o ff s team, Mr. A rmstrong bur st in to the ro om, liter allye xudin g ra dia nce and good c heer:"H i, fell ows!" he exclaimed. "It is rea lly g reat t o sec yo u here . I am so g lad

you fe llows m ade i t back i n tim e fo r

HWA's hallmarks: involvement and drive

a ll aca demic co urses ."S i nce t he m ost effective devel

opment of cha racter, pe rsonality,poise a nd tru e c ulture isac hieved b ysocia l co ntact of bo th sexes o n th eca mpus, A mbassa dor Co llege i s coeducational."

Th e fars ighted f ound er a nd c hance llor o f A mbassador engraved int oth e mind s, a nd onto th e west wal lo fAmb assador Hall, thi s imp or t an t ,found a tional s tatement regardin gthe kind of underpinnin gs th at mu stalw ays ch aracterize Amba ssador:" T he W ord of G od Is the F oundati on o f Kn owled ge ."

M r. A rmstrong set th e college o nth e pr oper co u rse fr om th e beginnin g. H e d ar ed to m ake Amb assa dor d i ff erent - a uniqu e in stitut ion o f hi gher learnin g in a wo rldwhere th e m issing di mension in educat ion had been sa d ly n eglected .

W hy, th en , did Mr . A rms trongfou nd A m bassa do r Co llege? "Iknew there ha d t o be th e co llege or

God's work co ul d n ot g row." The gro wth of th e Gos pe l w orkhas d irectly paralleled the d evelopm ent of A m bassado r Co l lege!W i thout th e co l lege th e work oft hunder ing C h ri s t' s G o spel . . .

Evangelist R aym ond F . Me-Na ir is d eput y chance llor o fPasadenaA mbassa dor Co llege .

By Raymond F . Mc N airear ly 40 ye ars of s uccess - of

rich fruits - of Ambassado r College is t he r esultof the far -seei ng vis ion of its late fou nde r, H erbert W .A rms trong .

In th e mi d- I 940s Mr. A rms trongsaw the desperate need for th e wo rko f Go d t o foun d a nd operate a college based so lidly on the B ible - ifth at wo rk w as eve r go ing t o e xpandto it s d estin ed pos i tion o f a trul yworldwide work .

H aving raised up se veral smallc hur c hes in Or egon - only t o seeth em d isinte gr at e with out properlytr a ined pas tors t o feed th em - M r.A rmstrong was inspi re d b y God tofo und a un ique co llege t o fi ll a g reatne ed in t he wo rk.

So i n 1947, af ter mu ch th ought

an d p rayer t o t he g rea t Go d fo rg uidance, M r. Ar mstrong fo undedAm bassador College . T h is p ioneerco llege firs t ope ne d it s d oors inPasadena Oct. 8, 1947 - a fte r numer ous tri al s an d tribul ations d elayed it s o pening. Th is fled gling ins t i tu t io n b e gan wi t h o n ly f ou rstudents and e ight p rofessors .

Fro m the be ginning, Mr. A rmst rongw as determined th at Amb assador wa s not to be a rubber- st ampco l lege. He h ad come t o s ee th at thelarge m as s-produ c tion , asse mblylin e e duca t iona l sy s te m o f th i sworld had s h ifte d d angerously o ffco urse.

Th e founder ofA mbassador Co llege cl early saw tha t in the edu cat ion al i nsti tutions of th is wo rld,here hm l b en an a la rm i ng a nd" dangerous d r i ft i nto ma terialism."Th e t ru e va lue s h ad b e come o bsc ured, and character bu ilding hadbecome " a lost an d d iscarded a r t" ass tude n ts ' mind s were filled w it h" dea d kn owledge an d fa lse ma teria lism. "

Mr. Ar ms tro ng was f u lly de term ined to co rrect th ose evi ls of mode rn ed uc a t ion . Hi s co nclusion?"S om ethin g is c riminally wr ong ineduca t ion t oday! Am b assador C ollege ca me on th e worl d s cene f r eefr om t he shackles o f t radition. Ambassador has dared to rec apture th etru e valu e s - to bl aze new tr ails,whil e r etaining a llth at is so und andwha t h as been proved goo d in edu

ca tional ex perie nce" (A mbassadorCo llege cata log , p age 17).

M r. Arm str ongco ntinued: "Thi str a gic s tate of a ffai rs in t cd ay ' shi g he r e ducation is t he n atural res u lt o f t he ma s s -product ion m achine a ge w it h it s d eman ds fo rhig hly special ized technologica l.scie ntific and profe ssio nal t raininga lon g purely ma terialistic lines.Emphasis is up on specia lized t raining in preferred fie lds fo r fi nancialrewards . Th e d eve lopmen t of t heman himse lf - his cha racter, ri gh tse nse o f va lues, know ledge of th ere al pu rpose of lif e, a nd th e lawstha t gove rn h appiness, peace , anda b u n da nt wc l l-b e in g - is n eg lec te d. M o de rn e d uca t io n c ommit s th e c rime of developing th emachine while fai l ing t o dev elop th eman."

But wh at ki nd o f co llege? Mr .Arm str ong quick ly re alized th at am ere Bibl e co llege o r th eologicalsemi nary was not wh at was needed.H ecl earlye nvisioned th at G od'sco lle ge s hould b e a coed ucational, l ibe ral a rts co llege, wi th a s trong majorin th eology req uire d of a ll s tudents.

M r. Ar ms trong ex pl a i ned t oWa l ter E . D ill on , A m bassa do r' sfirs t presi de nt, t hat A m bassa do rwas to be a coe d uca tio nal li berala rts co llege, n ot a Bible co llege. H epointed o u t h owever th at the Bible

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Pas tor general 'inspired respect,'tOOS a man of kindness, patience

HWA's favorite subject: the work of God

Frenc h p has e of God 's wo rk .

Perhapsone ofthe best ways I canpay t ribute to Mr. Arm stro ng is topar aphr ase Bri ti sh Pri me M ini ste rWi nsto n C hurchill 's statement andsay, "Never du r ing th e e ntire 20thce ntur y was th er e so m uch d one byone m an fo r so ma ny!"

to her a nd th eir m arr iage . No o ne Ihave known has been more com plim ent ar y a nd r esp ectful of his wife .

My w ife and I h ad t he p rivilege oftrave ling to the Br ic ke t W ood , England, campu s of Am bassador College with M r. a nd M rs . Ar mstrongand o ther s in t he summe r of 1965 .He seemed to e njoy such t ravel. b utMr s . A rm st rong hated /lying. Someof us joke d ab out it, sa ying th at sheheld he r br ea th fr om the t ime theplane took off until i t lande d .

In 1969 m y wife an d l flcw wi thhim agai n to Eng land and then o n tothe arc haeo logical di g i n J eru salem .Th at tri p wa s th e high poin t of allour m an y trave ls .

A no ther memorable ti me I hadwi th Mr. Arm str ong was in Fe bruary, 1981. in Tu cson, Ar iz ., wh en heas ked m e to be his person al ass istant. I worked with him eac h d ay i nth e o ffice a t h is home. It was pr obabl y t he shortest jo b I eve r had as i ton ly l asted for two weeks. Th e n he

reas sig ned me as C hurch treasurer.R em ini sc ing ove r th e pas t 35yea rs of ass ocia tion wi th Mr. Armstrong bring s back man y memorie s .O ur lives were e nriched spir it uallyand ph ysically because o f t his m anwhose wh ole life was so devo ted t od oi ng the w ork God calle d him t odo . H is j ob has been completed .Now we had better comp lete ours .

FAREWELL - Eva ngelist Dibar Apart ian (right), reg ional d irector for theChurch in French-speak ing areas , says farewe ll to Pasto r Gene ra l Herbert W. Armstrong at t he Bur ba nk , Ca lif., a irport be fore on e of Mr .Armstrong 's trips .

the occasion . He a nd I were thebest of f riend s, and he w as soins tr umenta l in m y co ming t oAm bassador College . D ick spokeFrench flu ently. In fac t, if he hadnot lost his life i n t hat t ragic caracci den t in 1958, he wo uld havepr obably been th e o ne to dir ect th e

th e wor k of Go d and th e C hurch.H e wo u ld up d at e u s o n th at

wee k' s activ ities concerni ng th eC hurch , the co llege , t he broadcast,t he new door s th at we re opening orso me new p oi nt h e had been s tu d ying in th e Sc ripture s . Wh at e ve rti me w as left was devote d to t hecl ass subject - family rel atio ns .

No on e I h ave k nown has hadsuch s ingleness of tho ught an d purpose. M ost o f h is th ou ght s a nd conver satio n r ela ted toG od's work andGo d' s Wor d.

At Big Sa ndy in J anuary, 1964,Mr. A rm strong and Leslie McC ullough, later th e fir s t d eput y c hancello r in Big San dy, un expectedlyca me to vis it m e. I had been in bedfor week s w it h a painful ba ck ai lment , a nd I fe lt low a nd wo rthless.

Mr. Arm str ongga ve m e a bonusand a be aut iful letter of a ppreciat ion th at he had w rit ten t o me. Th ebonus was mu ch ne eded, bu t t he lette r mea nt far mor e a nd i s s ti ll k ept

and treasured today .I found him to be t he most generous per son I have ever known . Hisgene rosity to many people o ve r theyea rs h as been evid ent. Th ough hewas not per fect , h is s hortcomingswere s ma ll c om p ared t o h iss t rengths andh i s acco m plishments .

He a lways hel d h is wife, Lorn a. inhigh e steem and f requently refe rred

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th an anyo ne e lse I h ad heard . I soonco ncluded, "N o man ever s pokel iketh is man! "T he f ir st t im e we a t t e nde d

ch u rch service s with Mr . A rms t ro ng w as inAu gust ofth at ye a r inPort lan d , O re. He w as visiting thePortland ch urch, an d peop le fromnear a nd f ar attended , which do ub led th e atte ndance. Th e re wereabout 40 o f us! I had never heard asermon l ike th at before, a nd I hadatten ded ch urch since i nfanc y.

A t Am bas sador Co llege in t hela te ' 50s, Mr. A rm stro ng t au gh tone o f ou r weekly clas ses . Muc h ofth e time was spe nt on h is favo ritesubjec t r ath e r tha n th e s ub ject ofth e cl ass. H is favo rite subjec t w as

te r 's degree from Am bassador College , I went to Europe wi th my wifeto conduct a baptizing to ur - th efirst baptizi ng to ur in the Fre nchspeak ing co untries.

A t tha t time M r. A rmstro ng

was o n the Bri cket Wood ca mpu sof A mb assa dor Co llege, and h easke d my w ife and m e to stay wit hth em in th eir home fo r a few days.Th e firs t coupl e of days we repleasant, but suddenly on Frid aymorning the Arm str ong s becamequ iet a nd di stant. Had we doneanything wro ng?

In the afte rnoon of th e same day,j us t t wo days beforewe were sc heduled to leave fo r the Cont inent, Mr.Arm strong tol d m y wife : "Shi rle y, Ican ' t keep it a sec ret any longerbut don 't tell you r hu sb and . I amgoing to o rd ai n h im tomorrow ."

Th at was the re ason he and Mrs .Arm stro ng ha d nothing to say.They were afraid the y would bl urtout the sec ret.

A sec ret? Yes, i ndeed , a ll three ofthem ke pt it well, alt hough I wishthey h adn't , bec ause it was s uch anemotio na l shoc k tome . I ha d not expecte d it.

H ow muc h I wishe d D ic k A rmst ro ng co uld h ave been t he re f or

Evangelis t Leroy Ne f is treasurer of the Worldwide Chu rchof God .

TRAVELING APOSTLE - Above photo : Evange list Leroy Neff (right) ,treasurer of the Worldw ide Church of God , greets Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong as he returns from a tr ip. Evange list Joseph Tkach ,now pastor general of the Church , looks on . Right photo : Mr . an d Mrs.Armstrong take a commerc ial flight from New York, N .Y. , to London ,

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A t fi rst my w ife, Maxi ne, and Ithought h e was a news com mentator. H e ex plained why we we re no tgoi ng to go to wa r wi th R ussi a t hatyea r, t hough m ost people expec tedwe pr ob abl y wo u ld. I th ought hekn ew far mor e a bo ut h is s ubj ec t

By Leroy N effM y life was a f fecte d for goo d

from th e fi rs t t ime I heard PastorGe ner al H erb ert W . Ar m str ong o nthe r ad io i n J anu ar y, 1951 . As t heyea rs p assed it was affe cted moreprofo undly .

W here co u ld I w ai t f or h im ? Ilooked a round an d saw t he h otel bara few steps away. I walked in.

S hortly a f te r wa rd , M r. A rmstr ong fo und me t here , and sai djokingly , "I h ave been looking a ll over

for Dibar , and I found h im i n th ebar!" He nev er forgot th a t jo ke .Eve ry ti m e h e h ad a c h a nce h ewould repeat i t with a c huckle.

M r. Arm st r ongex pressed th e desire t o be presen t a t the inauguration o f th e Paris c hurch in 1 966 . W ewe re to fly toge ther on Th anksgiving Day . U nfortunately, at th e lastm inut e, so mething imp ort ant preve nted h im from making t he trip .

" You' ll h ave to go wit hout m e,"he sa id. " Bu t don ' t wo rr y a bou tyour wife . Sh e won't be alo ne forT hanksgiving . M rs . Armstro ng andI will spend i t wit h he r. "A s it happe ned , my wife, S hirle y,

had a lready invite d a g roup to ourhou se , so Mr. A rm s trong bec ameth e host in o ur home in my stead.

I have so ma ny wonder ful mem ories , so m any th ings to say abo utMr . Arm stro ng - a man w hose pat ience a nd ki ndnes s h e lp ed me tosec G od ' s way of life. But I wo uldlik e to mention j ust one m ore eve nt.

In 1962, afte r I r eceived my m as-

By Dib ar ApartianWh at can a nyo ne sa y or w rite

abo ut a man t o wh om a ll of u s, inGo d 's Church today, o we ou r under standing of the Bible ? J ust likethe apo st le Paul , He rbert W . Arm

str ong p lanted the seed in eac h oneof us - h is c hil dren in Ch r ist.

Eva ngeli st Diba r Apartian isregional dir ect or fo r th e Churchin French- speaking areas.

T o per sona ll y k now M r. A rmst rong wa s a n ho nor; to wo rk direc tly und er him was th e most inspir ing pr ivilege. Loya lty is w hat heexpected of all o f us. An d he himsel fshowe d tha tsa me l oyalty towa rd us.

Care for French brethr en

T he F ren ch-spea king churcheswere p articularly blesse d with thekeen a nd pe rsona l in tere s t M r.Arm st r ong took in th em . H e himself cho se the Ge neva, Sw itzerla nd,O ffice in July , 1963, wh ich we s tillocc upy t oday. I was with hi m whenhe designed th e rooms an d selected,wit h hi s superb taste , each piece offurniture .

A few ye ars la ter, in Fe b ruary,1968, he visited the c hurch in M artin ique, i n th e Wes t Ind ies, a smallbut s trong ch urch .

Whe n M r. A rmstrong sa w th eme eting hall t he br eth ren bu ilt, heturn ed to me a nd sa id, " Te ll th ebreth ren I find thi s build ing to beAmbassad or q uality!"

W hat gre ate r comp liment co uldth ey have expected fr om him? AndI r emember vividly t he B ible stu dyM r. A rm st ron g cond u c t ed t ha tsame e venin g . The que stions wereaske d of him in F rench, an d I di dthe t ran slation both ways .

La t er th at evening, as Mr. Armstrong a nd I went to ou r hotel, heto ld me : " You know , I liked th eq ue sti on s th e b re thre n in M artinique as ked. T hose were simplebut good qu esti ons, all pe rt a ining t oCh risti a n gr owth . T hat's how aBibl e stu dy sho u ld b e!"

In 1970 he made a specia l d et ourfro m London , England , to Pr az -surA rly, F rance, to be wit h t he Frenchspeaki ng br ethr en i n Europe on th eopening n ight of th e Feas t of T abernacles. Th ose o f us in France w eredeeply moved th at a manof hi s age,w ith his bu sy sc hedule , wo uld endu r e th e fa tigue and t ake th e t ime totr avel so fa r for suc h a small g ro up

of people .Dur ing t he course o f yea rs, M r.A rmst rong vi si te d t he Frenc hspeak ing b rethren in Par is, Fra nce ;Ge neva ; Br usse l s, Belgi um ; andMon tre al, Q ue .: in ad dition to th eWest In d i e s . Ye s i ndeed , th eFre nch ch urche s were particula rlyble sse d with Mr. Armstrong' s co nce rn and love for them!

Mr. Arm str ong di d not dem andres pect; he inspired respect a nd embodied a utho rity . H e knew h ow toco r rect u s - an d he ofte n d id . H isco rrec tion s, however , eve n t houghso metime s seve re , we re up liftingand encour aging .

Personal memories

Th ose wh o did not kn ow Mr .

A rmst rong p ersonally cannot realize wh at kind o f person he rea llywas . W e hav e see n him c ry a ndlaugh; be so lemn and t ease . Occasio na lly he wo u ld t ell us jo kes , butnot o nce did I h ear him utt er a jo keth at was o ut of place .

Du ring one o f the tr ip s I madewi t h h im over seas, we made a nove rnight s top in Lisbon, Portu gal.Afte r we arrived a t the ho tel, ratherlate a t ni ght , he tol d me to w ai t fo rhim i n the d ining room, becau s e hefi rst wanted to go up to h is room.

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come r eality a nd h is overw helmingdesire t o se rve Go d, m any pri vileged to have a part in G od's work

would be t hat mu ch poorer.Th oseo f us in th e C hurch t odayare all in comparably richer for having a part in M r. Arm strong'svis ionand reali ty o f th e futur e.

He was loved. He willb e missed.

Sa lesmen from m anufacturers andwholesalers overloaded th em withth e wrong goo ds. Th ey d idn't knowhow to figure markups. Th ey didn'tknow h ow to meet th e publ ic, o r se llgoo ds . Th ey didn't kn ow how to ____________manage c lerks, if th ey hir ed a ny. ""'Th e y we re misfi ts e n ti r e ly -square p egs in r ound holes ."

M r. A rmstrong added : "M ostpeople - men and w omen a likeprobably do not th ink o f, or apply as ingle o ne o f the s e sev en l aws.T hese are of such imp ortance ."

Following are 10publi cations byM r. A rmstrong th at have been requ ested by mor e th an o ne m illionpeopl e. T he United S ta tes a ndBri ta in i n P r oph ecy. 5.4 m illion;The Seve n La ws o f S uccess, 2 .8m illion; Why Were }ou Born? 2.6m illion; T he Book of RevelationUnvei led a t L astl, 2.3 milli on; Th eWo nde r f ul World To morro .... What It Will Be Like, 2.2 million;ThePl ain T ruth Abo ut Christmas.two million ; Does Go d Ex ist? twomillion ; Neve r Before U nderstood- Why Hum an ity C anno t S olveIt s Ev ils . 1 .4 mil l ion; Wha t I s

Fai th?, 1.2 milli on ; a nd Did Go dCre ate a D evil? one milli on.

TRIP TO ENGLAND - Pastor General Herbert W. Armstrong and evangel is t F rank Brown . reg ional d irec to r o f the Br it ish Reg iona l Office .rev iew a copy of The Worldwide News at the regional office in Borehamwood. England. March 15. 1983.

man's vision a nd d yn am ic leadership . Mr. Ar mstrong a lways saidth at he h ad built n othing, th at Go d

had done i t al l. Wekn ow th at's t rue,but at th e sa me tim e w e k now th atGod works th rough hum an i nstruments.

With out his c larity of vision, determin ation to s ee th at v i sion b e-

APOSTLE'S LEGACY - Left photo shows the 10most requested booksand booklet s wr itten by Her ber t W . Armstrong ; above. Mr . Armstrongrev iews one of the f ir st cop ies of the 50th ann iversa ry edi tion of ThePlain Truth at the R.R. Donnelley & Sons plant in Glasgow. Ky ., Dec. 21.1983. w ith Chuck Johnson (left) . a Donnelley account executive . and RayWright, director of the Church's Publishing Services Department.

co nditio ns," he co ntinued. "O newould succeed in buildin g a th rivingand pr ofitable bu siness, w hile th eot he r w ould 'go to th e wa l l. ' Th eMerchants T r ade J ournal wantedto know WHY !" I had qu estioned lit erally hun

dr ed s of bu sinessmen, as to th eirideas o r opinions on th is qu estion.Th e majority gav e th e sa me answer- lack of ab ility."

Oth ers i nsisted that the m ain reaso n for failure in bu siness was " alack o f sufficient ca pital."

"O f co u rse b oth of th ese wer efact ors," M r. Arm st r ong wr ote."But, based o n observation, ge ttingat the FACTS t hat l ed e ithert o succe ss o r fa ilure in hundred s of bu sine sses, I fo und a thi rd imp ortantca use of failures was t he fitting ofth e pr overbial s q ua re p eg i n th ero und hol e - in other wo rds, somany men a re mi splaced - in thewr ong line o f bu siness, fo r th em ;this, coupled w ith the fact th at th eseve n laws ofs uccess are not knownor followed by most people."

M an y, sa id M r. A rm st r ong,"we re untr a ined a nd un skilled in

mer chandising, adv ertising, se lling,cos t ac counting, s h rewd bu ying .

ca mpus . In h is mind ' s eye he loca ted and virtually d esigned eve rybuildin g o n it.

F ro m m y point o f v iew - aworldly 2 4-year-old - it wasa n im

possible d ream! W he re w ould th emoney co me f rom? Wh at a bout ast udent body? Faculty? But aboveall,wh at a bout building per mits andco uncil approval? Bri cket Wood islocated in th e G ree n B elt a roundLo ndon and as s uch was inviolate .M r. A rmstrong's pl ans I thought

we re o ut of t hequ estion. But I waswr ong! Bricket Wood dev elopeda long th e lines he had e nvisionedfrom th e beginning. It was a n outstandingly b eauti ful pl ace d eveloped t o serve th e g reat God and H iswork!Today th e int ernational pa rt of

Go d 's w ork is founded o n formerBr icket Wood s tudents . Five of th eregional d irectors g raduated fr omth ere , a nd at least two others we repr ofoundly influ enced by th at cam

pu s. In additi on , th e maj orit y ofpersonnel holding key positions i nthe C hurch's ove rseas of fices weretr ained th ere.Th ose peop le a re th e e nduring

livin g fruit of th e fulfillment of one

ne ss Cr umbles ," ex p la ined th edates of th e cru cifixion, the resurrection a nd the Sa bbath.

"I f th e resurrection was o n th eSabba th , a nd n ot o n S unday, th eon ly r eason a nyone h as fo r S undayobservance i s go ne ." Mr. Armst ro ng t old a S unday preacher inPortland, Or e., in 1927 .Mr. A rmstrong's ar t icle m et o p

positi on . " We f eel th at s tudyingint o th at kind of s ubject i s likely tobe d angerous," t he pr eacher res pon ded . " It mi ght ge t yo u a llmi xed up. B etter ge t your m ind offsuc h th ings."

Mr. A rmstrong wro te The Seve nLaws of S uccess in 1961 . He d iscove red some of th e success l aws asth e id ea man fo r t he Me rchantsTrade J ournal in 1915." One ass ignment h ad been to ob

se rve, and to qu estion bu sinessmen ,in all pa rts of th e co untry, t o t ry tolearn w hy one m an s ucceeds and anot her f ails," M r. A rmstrong wrotein hi s autobiography." Two m en mi ght s tart out in

bu siness und er a lmost identi cal

If Go d was to be se rved, only th ebest was acc eptable, and ce rtainlyth e legacy th at Mr. Arm strong leftus is th at qu a li ty i s a necessary i ngre dient in anything built to God 's

glo ry and h onor.Wh en I f irst met Mr. A rm

st rong in Eng la nd in 1 961, everyt hing t o do with Go d's C hurchth ere was minu scule - one congrega tion of a bou t 4 0 in London ; ablack a nd wh ite magazine with at iny c irculation; n o Br iti sh m inister s; a nd an enrollment of about14 st udents in th e fledgling ca m-pu s in B ricket Wood. -Yet so s t rong w as his vision and

his remarkable a bility t o co mmunica te i t th at eac h one of us fe l t in ourbones we we re a part of somethingspecial.

I was one of th ose blessed to a tt end th e seco nd year of A mbassadorCo llege in Bri cket Wood, o ne of th epioneers , so to speak. In those daysM r. Arm strongs pent at least th ree

mo nths of eve ry yea r in Englandteaching class es , t aking college assemblies andpr eaching o n th e Sabbath.

He would o fte n t alk a bout thework a nd th e development of th e

" lost " I0 t ribes of Israel.H is a rticlew as turn ed into a book

inth e ea rly 1950s, " with Mr. A rmst ro ng upd ating the b ook as th eyea rs went by," eva ngelist R oderickC. Meredith told The WorldwideNews.

M r. Ar mstrong wro te o ther articles before 1930. "F rom th e beginningo f th e new Spi rit-filled lif e, Iwr ote, in art icle f orm, th e th rillingnew truth s being un folded i n thi sco ntinuous a lmos t n ight- and-daystudy," w rote Mr. A rmstrong in hi saut obiography .

Many of th ose a rticles, h owever,were not publi shed. In Mr. A rmstrong's words: " I d id n ot write th eart icles, in th ose days , wit h th e inte nt i on o r ex pectation o f havin gth em publ ish ed . I ha d been atr ain ed a dve r t i s i ng-co py an dmagazine-article w ri t er. I t simplycame n atur ally to put int o a rticleform th es e i ntriguing, f ascinatingtruth s for my per sonal e njoymentand r ecord."

One of th ose a r t i c l es, titl ed"F o unda t ion f or S unday Sac red-

By Frank Bro wnT he late Pastor Ge neral H erbert

W . A rmstrong's greates t attribute ,apa r t fr om his desire to do Go d'swork, was his clar ity of v ision. H e

had th e rar e a bil ity t o think f ar int he future and envision n ot o nlywh atGo d was leading him to do, butit s ultim at e o utcome. Mr. A rmstrong w as a v isionary.

Eva ngelist F rank Br own isregional dir ector of th e Churchin Bri t

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