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AVoice Cries Out:
AnOpenLetter
to
President Reagan
AHeartfelt Message of Encouragement
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R. PRESIDENT: You've
assumed the most
important office in the
world on a landslide vote
a virtual mandate.
I know something of the
stupendous problems with
which you now must grapple.
I have discussed world and nation
al difficulties with heads of state
on all continents. I know some
thing of how difficult, knotty and
often impossible of human solu
tion are the conditions you now
face-greater than those confront
ing any other head of state.
In late December the question blared
forth in the media whether, on inaugu.
ration, you should declare an economic
emergency. But, as you know, we are
now deep
in much
more
than an
economic@mergen.
cy. We're in a social
emergency, a moral and spiritual emer.
gency, foreign and international emer
gencies and the frightening LIFE·AND
DEATH emergency of human extinction.
Never before since rnankind inhabited
the earth have weapons of mass
destrurtion e.1isted that can
erase
humanity from this planet. You have
taken over the helm at a time wh�n
problems and troubles exceed in ditfi
rulty and complexity those faced by any
President before you.
1f ever a President needed the help of
this great �pie he leads, it is now.
Some are asking, can you turn the
United States around" They look to
problems of inflation, unemployment,
energy, t.a:,es, buda;et, business, defense.
But those are materialistic problems. In
the materialistic area we have fared
better than we realize. This nation has
led the world in materialistic advance
ment. !n fields of S<'ience and technolo
gy,
business and industry, knowledge
production (our educational �yst.em ha§
be<'ome almost wholly m.arerii!listic),
our
progress
has
been awesome. We
have sent men to
the moon and .safelv
returned them. We've sent unroanned
spacecraft to send back mind-bo�gling
clm�e-up photographs of Jupiter, Saturn
and the Martian surface. We'\'e pro
duted
computers
and the mo�t marvel
ous instruments.
But we can't seem to s olve troubles
between husbands and wives, parents
and children, groups and
factions,
nation and nation. Our nation is in
trouble. The whole world is. In trouble
1
.
And those troubles and e.. . ·i ls. however
we may characterize them, are spiritual
in nature, In ever, · case,
it
seerns, the
indi1,,·idual. the grOup, the
faction,
the
nation,
is seeking onJy seJf-interest.
/(s
all in the wav u:e live.'
I've said �epeated\y in these page
messages there is an unseen spiritual
LAW in relentless motion-the law I
simplify by the term "G!\'E."' It's as
ine"lorable as the law of 11:ravfty. Break
it,
and it breaks vou' This nation has
been breaking thal law, and our beloved
country is being broken by it� That law
is
A.
WAV OP
LIFE-that
of
Cooperating,
he\ping, seNing, sharing-of outtlowlng
LOVE� But our people. and the whole
world, are living the diametric opposite
way transgressing that invisible spiri-
tual law--the way l term "GET." We'1Jtt
been actua1ed by self-centerednes�.
\'anity, covetousnes.ci.
, envy, competition.
hostilitv, violence, w.ar
The" nther day I had a personal
meeting with Prime �1inister Zenko
Suzuki
of Japan. in Tokyo. He recently
called on the .lapan,e .
se peop\e to
continue working hard, and to remain
united to protect the peace and the
democracy of ,Japan. Loyalty to country
and faithful hard work on the job are
spiritual values that are paying otf in
. Japan.
It is vital that our beloved co1.
.rntry
remain \o�al ii.ND l:�rnm! Not divided
in
the home, ln the facton·. in the othce. It
took a war for F'rankli� D. Roosevelt to
unite us in one common
accord.
We
nE."ed desperately now to be united in
PtACE-in what we can do for our
countrv. not what it can do for us
1
"You� �r. President, cannot nf your·
self solve this nation's prohlerns and rid
it of its evils. That can be done only if
wF., THE PEOPU'.. STA.
ND BEH(�D \-'OC nor
onlv. but l"HA.NGE m·R W"):' Of UH. PRO�
"cET" to "Gwt-:."
During the campaign you mentioned
that we are a nation founded under God.
God ts LOVE manifested' He set ln
relentless motion the spiritual LAW that
will
CAUSE::
peace. happiness. abundant
well-being for all-if we. the people, will
turn to it! T«4T's HOW 'tHIS COVNTR\'
NEEDS TO DE Tt"RN[D .4R0('/'il0. Lead us in
that way, Mr. Reagan. and God help us
to follow vou
in
it. l. with rountless
others, sha-11 be praying for you in that.
HERRF.RT W. ARMSTRO!'IIG
Pastor General
Worldwide Church of God
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