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Ambassador Auditorium
When we reccived our new
Plain Truth.
1
was really surprised at the pictures.
1
had
no idea the bui lding was so beautiful! rm
very pleased that 1 cou ld have a smaU part
in maki ng that building a reality. Surely
God must be pleased.
Roben C.,
Wrensha ll , Minnesota
Having read the recent
Plain Truth
magazine,
1
a m moved Lo write a few words
of comment. The sect ion telling about the
new Ambassador Auditorium was great.
From the pictures it is c lear that the audito–
rium is
very
beau tiful , and a lot of work.
skill and pride went into the building of it.
There just isn't sufficient words to describe
the pleasure one gets from seeing these pic–
tures of the auditori um. Thank you very
much for sharing it wi th the readers of the
Plain Truth.
Donald B..
Poyen. Arkansas
have just completed the article in Lhe
Plain Trulh
magazine conceming the new
Ambassador Auditorium. and
1
wish to ex–
press my most si ncere congratula tions Lo
Ambassador College for this magnificent
a rchitcctural achievement.
Having completed high school this year.
1
endeavor an architectural career, my even–
tual goal being community and city plan–
ning sorne time in the fu ture. And so. the
Ambassador Auditorium was of special in–
terest to me.
Stephen
L..
San Diego. California
While going through this issue. your Au–
gust
1974
issue.
1
couldn't help but notice
the
covcr
story on 'The Magnificent New
Ambassador Auditonum."
1
must com–
pliment the archi tectural and engineering
fi rm who designed this building. Daniel.
Mann. Johnson and MendenhaU.
As
Mr.
Mann stated in his leller.
1
am su re that the
materials used to build it "are Lhe finest
a vai lable."
l'm surc God looks down on this monu–
ment to his honor and is very impressed
with man's engineering ability and willing–
ness to spcnd money on him.
1
have just
one ques tion, which
1
wish to ask. not ou t
of rudeness. but out of sincere curiosity as
to what you r answer will be. Don't you
think that God wou ld have bcen much
more irnpressed if you'd used all that
money - and l'm certain the amount is up
in the mulli-rnillions - to help the poor.
homeless and s tarving people right here in
our own country. instead of building a
beautiful auditorium that. chances are. Lhe
poor people will never get a chance to see.
much less
ever
enter?
1
sincerely hope you' re not a ngered by
my question. and
1
want you to know that
1
would like to continue receiving your
maguine.
Kath leen
J..
Seattle. Washington
•
The Ambassador A uditorium was made
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possible by the freewi/1 ojferings and contri–
butions of thousands of people of modest
means who preferred to hove a direct part in
helping ll'ith rhe building. Over the last
decade. co-ll'orkers tmd members of the
Worldll"ide Churc/1 of God set aside just
ji
ve
or ten dallars per month in a
special~r
labeled
'"Building Fund" for
thi~·
purpose.
Gil•ing
w
the poor is right (l!ld honorable
and is a duty of eve1y Christian But helping
ro build
(t
fine (llldiroritlln dedicated to God.
used by ltundreds every week for religious
worship, is also honorable. Sltould we do one
and neglect tire other?
There is a statement in this month of the
Plain Truth
that shou ld be corrected. On
page
14
at the bouom of thc second column
it s tated. ' 'This auditorium has been made
possible by special gifts from members of
the Worldwidc Chu rch of God .' '
Aren't you forgetting the co-workers?
Don't tell me that
1
am the only one that
gave a donation for the auditorium? 1t
wasn't much but it was all
1
could a lfo rd at
thc time.
Lief
w ..
Baltimore. Maryland
•
You 're absolutely riglu our apologies to
the hundreds of dedicated and generous co–
workers who helped make tire construction of
A
mbassador lluditoriwn possible.
Other Early Readers
This le tter to the editor "Ea rliest
Reader?" in the May
1974
Plain Tnah
magazine gave me a thrill and l've been
meaning to share that ex perience with you
and Mrs. Dean
C.
ever since!
In
4
more months.
1
too shall be
84.
and
1
a lso received onc of those
1934
first
issue mimeographed "Oyers.' ' Someth ing
prompted me to kecp it and some
15
years
later to send for the magazine. enrol l in
your Corrcspondence Cour e and become a
dedicatcd readcr of an outstanding maga–
zine.
The art iclc in the last issue about lreland
is the best l've cvc r read!
Mrs. N.
J..
Yuma, Arizona
T he
Plain Trwh
-
1
have enjoyed it for
many years. 1 receivcd the lirst copy T be–
licve in
1934.
Just two linle
sheeL~.
1
eo–
joyed it then and l still do.
1
am going blind
slowly but
1
can sti ll read the
Plain Trurh.
Your father and
1
are about the same age.
T
get you on TV Sunday night a nd
1
enjoy
your talk
very
much.
God bies you and the
Plain Truth.
France~
J ..
Banning. California
From Overseas
Very many thanks for sending me your
excellent magazine.
1
read with great inter–
cst in every issue.
As you mentioned before. the human ;o–
ciety is now dcterioratiog in some respect.
but
1
think there is room for improvemen t.
for our bcttcr life.
Ma n
ha~
great creativity ancl wisdom.
1
think. to make the world peaceful ancl
happy, we have tO know. unclerstand and
believe each other.
l'm going to realize the current situation
all over the world through your publication.
l'm looking forward to receiving your
maga1ine. And many thanks to the editor
and staffs concerned.
Shigeru Y..
Osaka. Japan
Gen era l Comments
1
consider your magazine. the
Plain
Truth,
to be one of the most outstanding in
the world. lt is too bad that its thoughts.
opinions and projcctions. although couched
in rclat ivcly simple and clean language.
docs not reach into the hearts and
mi nd~
of
enough people of the world to make it
count as a decisive force for good - for
humanity - for the future of the world as
we know it.
To me it appears that.
as
a nation. we
have already passed
a
"peak" and. like the
Roman Empire. havc started on the road to
decline. Forgive me for being pessimistic.
Kcep up thc good work.
Henry K..
Tucson. Arizona
As you say in your letter "why has my
daughter's subscription been prepaid?"
1
have wondered about this for a long time:
knowing my dauglner.
1
doubted she would
take the effort to subscribe
to
any maga–
zine. However.
1
did note that she would
read it on occasion.
1
was curious about the
type of materia l she was reading and
1
chcckcd it out. to my amazement. il was
oppositc to what
1
cxpccted.
As
a
scicntist. economic geologist and
vertebrate paleontologist.
1
recognized Lhe
high quality of many of your
a
nicles. and
l
now read cach issue while much of my
scienti fi c li tcrature is still not read. Al–
though wc are not of your faith. we ap–
plaud your efforts at trying to reach the
young in this sad age of permissiveness.
John S..
Casper. Wyoming
You may cancel my copy of Lhe
Plain
Tmth
magaLine.
1
have two reasons for this request. The
first is your "grin and bare it till Christ gcts
here" attitude and your "women io Lheir
place and that's anyplace but where men
are" ideas.
1
realize you believe in your preaching. l
also realize you don't have a solution either.
Mr. H. W. Armstrong can trace his fam–
ily to David .
1
suppose that endows bim
with some sort of enlightcnment. Too bad
1
can't trace mine any further than G rand–
pop. Of course. that really doesn't matter.
After all, l'm just a woman. created second,
and so doomed to scconds for etemity.
1
won't say thank you since
1
wasn't
aware of all this until
1
read it in the
Plain
Tnuh.
Betty Ann
L..
Hopwood. Pennsylvania
Correct i on
The quotation taken from a speech by
the German Chancellor. Herr Helmut
Schmidt. should end wit h thc words
' 'international stability poliC)." and not at
the conclu:,ion of the article. The final two
paragraphs are those of the author. Our
apologics to Chancellor Schmidt.
PLAIN TRUTH December 1974