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I have just gone to the bank---the First National of
Eugene. I asked if I had borrowed a thousand dollars on April 25th
payable 50 days from date, WHEN I would be expected to pay it. I
asked, "Which day do you count as number one, the day you figure
from, that is April 25th, or the day following?" "Why," answered
the banker, "your note would not be one day old the day it is made.
It is not one day old until the day following. You number 'ONE'
the day AFTER you borrow the money. You are not a year old the day
you are born. You are not a year old until one year AFTER you are
born. We have people coming in here almost every day confused on
that point," he added, "but when I asked them how they count how
old they are, they usually see it. But come back here. We figure
when notes are due on our Meilicke Calculating machine. See, I set
it here at Sunday, April 25th. Now I set it over here at 50 days.
And right here the machine tells you which is the 50th day---see,
it is June 14th. That machine can't figure it wrong." And, if
YOU, dear brethren, are confused or in doubt as to how to count 50
days FROM SUNDAY April 25th, go into the bank and ask them to let
you see the calculating machine figure it for you. That ought to
settle the matter and convince all who are willing to receive the
TRUTH!
In conclusion, let me apologize for not having been able
to get this News-LETTER out sooner. We are overloaded with work at
the office. I have to be away most of the time. Study this
carefully if you are in doubt. And let us all ASSEMBLE with one
accord on next Monday, June 14th, the 50th day, PENTECOST, as we
are commanded, and God bless you all. With love,
Your pastor, Herbert W. Armstrong