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"After reading it I immediately put it on to the ninety-nine
nuns who reside here who every Sunday watch him on TV and also
listen to his radio programs every morning. It certainly was a
blow to us all -- for we all love Ted -- and, is he not our
'BROTHER'??? When one member of the family suffers -- the rest
of the family suffers with him.
"For your consolation and his, let me tell you, that we too
are with you in prayer and in pain for the loved one.
"Every day, we too gather in our little chapel, on our knees
in the presence of our 'Merciful God,' storming heaven with our
prayers, so that he might repent and come back to where he began
-- Satan is indeed dealing his last card, and how competent he is
in his dealing? I often say what others have done we can do the
same, without the help and grace of the Almighty -- therefore who
are we to throw stones?
"God being a 'Merciful Father,' knows our weaknesses. Was
it not He who formed and fashioned the clay? He knew the feeble
things we were when He gave us the light of day. One thing is
consoling to know is that when 'God forgives -- He forgets' the
past.
"Dear Mr. Armstrong, would it be possible to tell him on
our behalf, that we are praying for him, longing and anxious for
the day we see him once again on TV.
"For you, dear Mr. Armstrong, keep up the good Work which
you have been doing for so many years. Serving your God and
country, by preaching 'His Word' to thousands and thousands of
people, teaching them to love God and bringing souls back to the
fold.
"Let us then put our trust and confidence in He who has
conquered the world."
What organization, church, college or important enterprise
is there which does not have a few -- possibly former members or
employees, or those who have had some former contact -- who are
dissidents, hostile and bitter or prejudiced?
It seems those who, for a sensational story or broadcast,
attack this Work, seek out only those very few dissident and bitter
enemies of the Work, and are willing to broadcast or print every
defaming thing these enemies will say against us without checking
the facts. They never seem interested in checking with the 75,000
members and many thousand other Co-Workers. They imply false
motives employ clever and deceptive innuendos, and give false and
misleading impressions.
Did you ever notice that our persecutors attack us from two
inconsistent angles? 1) They accuse us of embracing doctrines, so
difficult to observe that nobody would ever want to become one of
our followers -- so unpopular we would never attract members (and
in most cases they entirely misrepresent these doctrines). And
yet, 2) they imply we are so very successful, and that we are