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cal material that astonishes-in a
nonreligious-sounding manner–
giving the surprising, eye-opening,
practical and authoritative answers
to the many increasingly disturbing
questions, problems, and happen–
ings of our day. In this way, we
open people' s eyes to the real
ANSWERS to the
otherwise unan–
swerable problems that plague gov–
ernments, science, and people gen–
erally.
People are ASTONISHED to learn
that such answers are
in
the Bible.
They are being told by educators
that "there are no answers. T here
are NO SOLUTIONS." Then they
hear the ANSWERS on our pro–
gram- answers that MAKE SENSE.
Jt
SURPRISES peopie to learn that
the Bible is up-tó-date, dealing
with TODAy's conditions,
news, problems.
Then there's a lot in
HOW it is done.
Tt
is done
in the professional MAN–
NER of a network news
analyst, ora network doc–
umentary.
So, if you want to
ind uce more and more
people to listen to the
broadcast, tell them it is
an exciting NEWS, HU–
MAN-INTEREST, EDUCA–
TIONAL program.
The Plain T ruth
You might do many of your friends a
great service by letting them see
your copy of
The Plain Truth.
Don't
URGE them to read it. Don't ARGUE
about it or try to talk them into read–
ing it.
lf
it doesn't grab their inter–
est, FORGET tT!
If
it does, tell them
they may have a free subscription,
already paid-No cosT to them–
and show them on the inside front
cover the mailing address, so they
may write in for it.
We must Jet our light shine by
our GOOD ACTIONS.
J
learoed this
lesson about letting.people see your
good deeds
rather than your good
ARGUMENTS many years ago.
Don't YOU Ma k e THIS Mis t ake!
The year
1927
was a very eventful
year in my life.
As soon as
J
swallowed my bitter–
est pill of rebellion, surrendered to
obey
the Mighty God through faith
40
in Jesus Christ, this new Christian
w
A
Y
became the most happy, joyful
experience of my life. Studying the
Bible became a passion.
l
plunged
into it with a fierce zeal.
The all-day sessions at the Port–
land, Oregon, public library did not
stop with my capitulation to the
truth following the six months'
anger-inspired study to end my
wife's "fanaticism."
No longer was it an intensive
study driven by anger and determi–
nation to have my own way. Now it
was an enthusiastic study of eager
anticipation, literally
thri/ling
to
every new discovery of spiritual
"light" and biblical truth.
Now a passion swept over me.
With the best intentions in the
world,
J
set out on a vigorous cam-
''
We must let our light
shine by our
good actions . . . let people
see your good deeds
rather than your good
arguments.
''
paign. To me, it was the loving and
intense desire to
share
the wonders
and glories of salvation and Bible
knowledge with those we felt we
loved most. But to most of them, it
was an unwanted effort to "cram
my religion down their throats."
l
did succeed, apparently, in
talking one sister-in-law into a cer–
tain start. I had to learn later it was
a false start. As too often happens
when a h igh-pressure salesman
talks one into something he doesn't
really want, she turned against it all
shortly afterward.
1
had to learn, however, that,
even thongh l had believed
1
was a
pretty good salesman in my earlier
business experience, 1 was utterly
unable to "cram my religion down
my relatives' throats." My efforts
only aroused hostility.
This is a near universal mistake
committed by the newly converted.
Especially is this true where a hus–
band or wife yields to God's truth
without the other.
Jt
nearly broke up our marriage
-even though my wife Loma did
NOT attempt to inject her new reli–
gious belief into me. In our case the
marriage was saved only because 1
accepted the challenge to study into
it myself, confident 1 could prove
she was wrong. But most mates will
not study into it. Most unconverted
mates, especially if the converted
one tries to talk the other into his
or her religion, will break up the
home.
In the more than fifty years since
my conversion, I have known of
dozens and scores of marriages that
have ended in divorce
because the
newly converted mate tried to talk
the unconverted one into
accepting his or her reli–
gion.
In very few, if any,
instances has the uncon–
verted mate been talked
into accepting it.
Of all things evil and
harmful a newly con–
verted Christian can do,
the very WORST is to try
to talk your husband or
wife into your religion.
WHATEVER else you do,
Jet me
plead
with every
such reader,
NEVER
commit this tragic mis–
take.
If
you !ove your
husband or wife,
don't do it!!
If
you love your Savior who died for
you, and now lives for you,
DON'T
DOIT!
Remember these scriptures:
"No man can come to me," said
Jesus, "except the FatheF which
hath sent me draw him" (John
6:44) .
Again, Jesus said: "Think
not that 1 am come to send peace
on earth: I carne
not
to send
peace, but a sword. For I am
come to set a man at variance
against his father, and the daugh–
ter against her mother. ... And a
man's foes shall be they of his
own household. He that loveth
father or mother [or wife or hus–
band] more than me is not worthy
of me.... And he that taketh not
bis cross, and followeth after me,
is not worthy of me" (Matt.
10:34-38;
cf. Luke
12:51-53).
God made every human a fre.e
The
PLAIN TRUTH