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PAG E 6
PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER 13, 1985
As you have read in the updates by Mr. Apartian and Mr. Rice in the last
•pastor General's Report,• God is certainly blessing Mr. Armstrong's
efforts on the •world Tomorrow• program as a witness and a warning to
this end -time generation. Mr. Rice explained how the •p1ain Truth About
Christmas• program set an all-time new record for a weekend response of
26,020 calls. As Mr. Apartian des c ribed it, the French-subtitled program
is having •a synergistic effect• in all French areas where it has been
airing. Mr. catherwood's future report on the Italian Work will also
show God's tremendous blessings with the Italian-subtitled program.
But God's great Work is not yet canpleted. 'ffle continued growth for 1985
should encourage us to pray more earnestly for God's continued blessings
upon Mr. Armstrong and the worldwide impact of the •world Tomorrow"
program upon the lives of people watching it.
--Larry Omasta, Media Services
ON THE WORLD SCENE
THE SON SETS DEEPER; CH ONNE[, GO-AHEAD NEAR; ULSTER--WARNINGS ftl)ONT;
SANCTUARY MOVEMENT SPREADS; TEEN PREGNANCY EPIDEMIC
'l'he
sun
Sets Deeper
During 1985, something once thought impossible
occurred:
Italy bypassed Great Britain in its standard of living. By
1995, both Spain and Communist East Germany will overtake the
u.
K., if
present trends hold.
In a recent speec h, Prince Charles warned that
Britain could end up as a fourth-rate country unless there is a dramatic
change in the public attitude toward work and wealth.
He said he
detected a deep-seated cultural refusal to face plain economic facts.
And, true to pattern, the Prince was afterwards attacked in some circles
for drawing positive attention to America's recent economic record (the
United States has created 13.3 million more jobs in the past 14 years).
But his defenders came to his side quickly. "Charles is right--and we'd
better listen,
n
headlined the Dec . 3 LONDON STANDARD.
And shortly
before, in the Nov. 27 DAILY MAIL, journalist L inda Lee-Potter wrote a
blistering column entitled •This Land of the Lax and Lazy•:
At times it seems Britain will have to be bankrupt, wrecked and
on its knees before any of us stand up and say that we are on a
collision
course
to
wrecking
our
country's
economy,
independence, strength and moralit y.
We've been brainwashed
into believing, in today's Britain, that if you're unemployed
you're always 'a victim,' if you're on strike you're always 'a
hero,' if you're black you're al ways oppressed••••
If you're an 'unmarried' mother with four illegitimate children
you get a free flat, a salary and nobod y asks, 'Don't you think
your behaviour is irresponsible?'
But if you speak the
truth•••they'll try to destroy you.
The paternalistic state
has reared � country of s croungers and the workshy who
manipulate the system while those genuinely in need and
defenceless usually get kicked in the teeth••••
In a Sunday newspaper act ress Shirley Cheriton described how
she watched her performance in [a movie theater] with her 3-
year-old son who said,
'Why are you in bed with that man