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'when I walked into the building /Wednesday morning, Jan. 37 they were
already there. And they summarily told me -- in fact -- one of the
first things they hit me with was "Mr. Herbert Armstrong is removed
from his position in this organization." Now that's what they told me,
unequivocally, and I lie not. I would state that under oath if need
be, or affirm it, for that is what they said. And that was even re
affirmed at a later time. And the Attorney pointed to ex-Judge Wiesman,
and said, "He is now in charge of everything." So, to the best of my
recollection, that is the way it was.
Now I could relate many, many other things to you, but the important
thing at this particular time is that we understand where we are now.
We feel like we are in a very good position now because the main thing
we did not want to see, and of course Mr. Herbert Armstrong
d not
want to see, was himself removed /by the state of California7 as the
Apostle of this Church because God placed him there and he knows that
and we know that.
Another point: The Receiver will only be collecting data from our
records and documents. And the only reason the Receiver will be here
at this point in time is to make certain that this is done. So they
will only be collecting data from our records and documents.
And the final point here: We, the Church, were always willing to open
our records and we believe our records will vindicate us. Mr. Herbert
Armstrong has said that and we have no reason to believe otherwise.
If something is presented to the contrary, Mr. Armstrong has said that
he will, of course, do whatever is required to remedy the situation.
So we can be content with that and we can depend upon that.
So yesterday's hearing, I think was very essential. It was essential
to clarify the authority in this organization because that was what was
at stake! Because whether we realize it or not, or whether we under--�
stand it or not, we had to preserve our rights as a Church and that meant
to preserve the rights of the individual who is the human head of this
Church that God has appointed. And this other individual, the Receiver,
was in charge indeed. And theoretically, he could have been permanently
in charge. Now I am not saying that would have happened. But he could
have been in charge as long as the court action or the State allowed
him to be in charge. Now that could have been weeks, or days, or
months, or years or whatever. Sure that's theoretical, I understand
that. But should it happen for one minute? Or one hour or one day or
whatever? No it shouldn't. That was what was at stake. And it was
a classic Church vs. State situation.
Well, I think that it is very important that we had this clarified /In
yesterday's hearin�/ and now we can go forth with the regular conduct
of our activities, thankfully. Now of course there no doubt will be
some impediments where we have records that we are going to have to work
around the auditors and people who are combing through these, and
filtering through them. That is true. But at least we're in our normal
conduct of routine business. And that's going to be good. So I hope
all of you can rejoice in that.
MR. MEREDITH'S SERMON
Greetings everyone! I know a lot of people have been drawn many different