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I think as the years would roll by, all those days would become pretty
much alike. They might have some vague recollections about important
moments in their lives -- the birth of a child, the death of a loved
one, graduation, a birthday, a promotion, a termination. But basically,
it would be one day after another merging with every other day.
But for me, and I would hope most of you, we can look back and we
can see how much has been accomplished in the Work of God -- how much
of the Great Commission has been, and is being, fulfilled every day.
And then, of course, we have something to look forward to as well.
It will be in the Kingdom of God that there will be an end to all
pain, all suffering, and all death. There will be abundance for all
and the eternal peace and the reconciliation that we're all looking
for. So I know it has made a substantial difference in my life. It
naturally has affected my wife. My children have turned out differently,
I'm certain. As I said, these are the things I generally think about
on Saturday. And much of what I would have said about the world
tomorrow and what it means to me and my understanding of faith and
hope, perhaps one day will be relevant enough to share with you••••
I am certain that all of you have been inspired of recent time by
Mr. Armstrong's total rededication to all of the true values that we
had learn�d over the past 20 years. I for one cannot believe what he
has accomplished in the last 120 days. And to see him working 14,
15, and 16 hours a day is just absolutely beyond one's comprehension,
because most men would not be able to work, parttcularly to create,
as he has so much for so many hours, for so many days. And although
he will kid and say he's really 38 or 39, he knows that isn't true
and he has recovered from a very major illness. So I know he needs
your prayers. He needs your support. I know he has both.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
AROUND THE WORLD: RIOTS AND INSURRECTIONS Years ago the opening of
a popular U.S. folk song began: "They're rioting in Africa, there's
strife in Iran." I don't recall if the lyrics mentioned Nicaragua,
but nevertheless, the song was most prophetic of today's headlines.
In Africa, Rhodesia's situation becomes more desperate by the day.
About a month ago, Prime Minister Ian Smith held a secret meeting in
Zambia with Joshua Nkomo, one of the two guerrilla leaders attempting
to wrest control of Rhodesia (or Zimbabwe as it will be called in
the future) away from the new black-white interim government.
The Smith-Nkomo talks broke down, however, and shortly afterward
Nkomo's guerrillas, using a Communist made ground-to-air heat-
seeking missile, shot down a civilian Air Rhodesia airliner over
guerrilla-infested territory. Thirty eight people perished. Another
ten survivors of the crash were massacred by guerrillas on the ground,
who mowed them down point blank with Russian AK-47 automatic rifles.
Prime Minister Smith, in an emotional television address to his nation,
has vowed to intensify the anti-guerrilla struggle. He has again
warned neighboring Zambia and Mozambique about harboring the guerrilla
"freedom fighters." The U.N., the U.S. and Britain have urged Rhodesia
to "show restraint" in raids on guerrilla bases in the two countries.