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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91123
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
President and Pastor
May 18, 1981
Dear PLAIN TRUTH Subscriber:
Semiannually I send a personal letter to our more than two
million subscribers. At this time I want to offer again a most
important and eye-opening book--not a pamphlet or a small booklet,
but a full-sized book--GRATIS to you as a subscriber, and no
request for contributions.
This may seem strange. I don't know of anyone else who gives
in this manner. But I learned, 54 years ago, that there are only
two ways or philosophies of life, broadly speaking. One is the way
I simplify by the word "GIVE" and the opposite way is "GET." The
world travels the way of "GET." But I started living the way of
"GIVE," and I have found that truly it is more blessed to give than
to receive.
In this letter I want to tell you how I discovered that
truth--and how The PLAIN TRUTH came to be published, without
subscription price or commercial advertising.
I'm sure you have noticed that The PLAIN TRUTH IS AN UTTERLY
UNIQUE MAGAZINE. It gives you the MEANING behind the important
world news. It brings you UNDERSTANDING of life itself--and CAUSES
of troubles and evils--the purpose and meaning of life--the way to
peace, happiness and abundance. How did such a magazine ever come
to be? None has ever been like it.
We are watching closely the fast-moving world scene right
now. Momentous events are in the making. Not only the Iraq-Iran
war, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Syria-Lebanon-Israel
disturbance--the Northern Ireland strife. But there could be
significance in the recent assassination attempt on the Pope at
Vatican Square in Rome. This followed shortly the attempted
assassination of President Reagan in Washington. Such
assassinations have triggered world war. Such a war now could
threaten human extinction on this earth. For the first time in
human history, the weapons exist that can erase human life from
this planet. These world events are of tremendous concern right now
to all of us. The PLAIN TRUTH keeps you informed--and especially in
the light of Bible prophecy.
These prophecies, direct from the Creator of all, have never
before been understood. There is a vital reason. That reason
concerns my personal experience and the answer to the question of
HOW The PLAIN TRUTH magazine came to be published. To explain I'll
give you a glimpse into my personal life.
As few men are today, I was self-educated following high
school. From age 18 I was in the publishing business--newspapers,
trade journals, magazines. That was before the days of radio and