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Poroonal
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(Commued from
p11~t.'
1)
bccame a hvong soul." To thos ' 'soul"
God said he would " surely doe" if he
dosobeyed, takong the forbidden fruit
11
was Satan who said,
"Y
e shall
NOT
surely die ." Today those who profess
Christ believe what Satan said But they
do not believe what God saidl
And what about modem
scoence
and
hogher educatoon? Like our forst parents.
they rejeet revelation (what God says) as
a
basic source of knowledge. Do they
believe there was a
flood
in Noah's day?
God 5ays there was, but they do not
beloeve what he saysl What about
higher educauon? God says the waters
olthe Red Sea paned, and the Israelitas
walked across on the dry floor of the
sea. In his Word, God says the walls of
water retumed, covering and drowning
Pharaoh and hos army. But can
you
find
that. in tha ancoent history toxts? They
don't
believe what God
saidl
God shows us the way to world peace
- peace between individuals. between
groups, between nations But mon do
not believe
wlult
God
sa~.
and
so
we
have no peace.
God shows us the
way
to peoce, hap–
piness, prosperity in abundance and
eterna! lile
as
hls gift. But men, except
for the
.-ery
few, don't believe what God
saysllnstead. humanity sulfers onl
o
TenGreatPeople
Discuss
One
Great Book
Although the authority and authenucity of
the Bible is beons questioned by some. there
wcre many important and
hig.hly
rcsfkcted
personages in che past who. thoug.h not in
the mini$1ry. respec1ed 1he book. read, stud–
rcd. and betieved it. and based their
~ves
uponit.
Gtorge Wcuh11ttt01t
-
'"h
as
1mposs1ble lO
nghtly govem wuhout God and the Bible."
Nopoleqn
-
'1'he
Oible is a living crCalure
with the power that
c:ooqucrs
all thal oppo:se
11"
QuUII
Y1tuma
"'Th.at
Book
accouots
for
the supremacy of Englaod."
Charles Dickeru
-
"The Brble " the best
book ever
known or
evet will be.''
lmmanu.d Kant
-
"Evc:ry
auempt
to
be:·
hule thc Biblc
IS
a crimc agairut humanil)·."
LIJrd
T~nn)'HII
-
"'Biblc
rcadan&
is
10
educa
!.ion
an
1tselr
••
Andr~Joduon -
"Tbe Brble
11
lhe Rack
on which our repubhc rests:•
Patrick
Henry
- "The Bible is worth all
lhe olher books that havc ever bee-n writ–
ten ..
Danr<i
Websur
- "lf tbere be anything
lD
my style lo oommend. credit
as
due to an
early !ove of S<:riptures. lf we neglect its
' authority, no one knows how sudden a c-atas·
<rophe
will
ovcrwhelm America and bury its
glory in profound obscurity."
Tlr<odtlre Roosu<it
-
"A thorough k.nowl–
edge of 1he Brble is betler than a coUege
edueation.••
-
lone Wade
12
The Power ol a
Good
Examole
by
Norman
Cousins
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Ploin
Truth
Edllor·in–
Ch~ef.
Herbtrt W Armstrong.
has
long
.flrused the fmportnntt
of qua/ily
(n o/1 as·
p<etsofhuman IIft. Tht characrtr ofthe
<OM·
puses of Amb<usador
Colltgt
nftcu
úols
~~~poinL
But don stri•ingfor qualltypay cff
for an indlvülilo/ andfor
Uto~
.. ·lto
co~
into
conttiCI wllh h1mt
Not~d
outltor
Norman
Cousins
tak~s
o /ook ot tltis
quttslfon
The mom<nt
1
stepped into tbe cab
1
real·
aud it
w~
dift"ercnt
rrom
any othcr
taxi
1
had evcr
b«n.
1n
The 8oor was CO\·cred witb
a
hghl-<:olored mohair rug. Bn&htly colonod
rall Jeavcs
wc:re carc:ruuy
strewn around thc
edges. Small reproductions of paintings by
Van Gogh and Gauguin were fi•ed
to
th<
innrr part.ition.an the plac:e u.su&Jly oc:cupie:d
by
advutisin¡ c:ards. The 'Windows we:re
spodess.
1
complimented lhe driver.
a
block man
who wore a tie and
jac:ket.
chen told him 1
had oever
riddcn in a
cleancr or more
aura~
tivec.ab.
"llike 10 heat my passcn¡e11 soy that.- he
replied.
1
asked about the brightly eolonod fall
leaves. He said
that his wife had
collected
Íhem in Central
Park
at the height of the fall
scason.
Then 1'a.Sk.cd the dñvcr about thc an re-.
productions.
"We bouglit
thc
prctures
at
the Meuopolioan
M
useum/' he
sa1d.
"NOt
very expcnsive.
M
y
passcngers commcnc on the paintings too."
"How
long have you bcen dcoorating your
cab lik.elhis'"
...-Jt•s not m
y
ab... he said...h's
1
company
eab.
1
got 1he rdea abou1
20
yea11 ago. Al
thal 1ime,
1
was ¡ust a k.id of
18. 1
had a job
u a cleanup man for the cab eompany. Each
c:ab chat came '" at the
end
of lhe day
wa.s
likc a garbage pit. Cigarenes and matches aU
over tbe fioor. Strc:ky •tulf like peanut buuer
on lhe seats
or door handJcs. Some.times.
bclic:ve
it
or not. chewed·U:p
pork
chops werc:
stufl'ed be1wecn the seat and the side of tbe
cor. Some pcople would go lhrough their
mail in the cab, teM-up the Jeuen thcydidn•t
want
and drop lhc:m
on the
8oor.
"1
got
to
tbinlung about rt and fisured tba1
rf the <ab company and tbe dnvert would
grve people a car worth' keeprng clean !bey
might be
more c:ons1derate. MO$t cabs are
so
bansed up huide and out that people just
accept thc: mess
and
add to
it.
"1
explained my thcory
to
the
boss.
who
said J'd have
to
wa11
until
1was old
c:noup
10 drivc:
if
l wtnted
t0
try
out my 1dea$. Well.
as soon as
1
got my hacl: license.
1
did just
that. 1 puta lot
or
extra spit and poHsh into
the cab they gave me
to
drive. 1 got a nlce
h¡ht rug and sorne ftowen. Afler each pas–
se.nger got
ou~
1 checked the cab to makc
sure
tbat everylhin&
was
in
order for the
ncxt
roder. When 1 brought the cab on thar fint
ni¡¡h•. there was hardly anything ror the
cleonup squad todo.
"AO.er about a mooth of bnntJn,g in a
spotlcss ca.b.
the:
boss
reservcd tbc: sarnc: car
forme eaeh day That was when 1put up tbe
rc:produtlioos ofgreat paintings.
·~r
started driving in 1957 and J've never
been disappointed by people in all that time.
l've never had
to
piel: up a single cigareue
bun or m1tcb
5ticks.
No pea..nut
buttc:r
or
ends of ioe..:ream eones. No &ari>age. AU
l've had
is
pleasanl oalks witb my passengers.
"Like 1 ny. mister. people appnociare
beautiful things. lf we planted more nowers
WhyNOT?
by
David Jon Hill
Be Different!
The rut worn by the rat race grows cver decper. Sameness and routine
strangely domínate in an era of dynamic changc unprecedented
in
lhe b.istory of
manldnd. Standardizatioo, the a.ssembly hne, and moduhsm are paradoxrcally
thc bywords rn an era when the capacity for variety has reached an apex for even
the commonest ofmeo.
W11
y not be
dlffereflf?
l'm not tallóng about being dilferent by putting on the uniform of sorne
tumed-olf rebel. lnstead, be differem in a positive, e><hilaratmg and personally
Utisfying manner, producllve both to yourself aod society around you.
For starters:
·
• Put the TV in lhc garage and get
rcacqu~inted
with your family.
Try
it for
a
whole week. Yoo
CAN
do it!
· •
• Read
a
book,
any
book,
a1l
lhe way through. lf you want to really be
diffcrent, make that book lhe Biblc.
• Break.
a habit,
any
habiL You've beco telling yourself you can quit
smoking anytimc you want.
Do
it for a month. Then shed the habit permanently.
• Make this week
a
be-nice-to-your·wife week. Bring her home sorne ftow–
ers, buy her a smaU
gifl,
takc hcr outto dinncr.
• Leam
10
do something basic with your hands. Take
a
coursc 10 ponery
making or basket weavmg. leam simple mechanics, do your own handyman
rcpair work around.the home.
• Strike up
a
convcrsation in
an
e levator. Next time somebody throws an
insult at-you in traffic or the cafeteria fine, throw them back a big smile and say.
"Thanlcs- 1.
needed _!)lat!"
_
_ ' _
.. _
• Just for three days, w6y not sb.are the
fa
re ofMr. and Mrs. Average World
Citiz.en. Eat justlwo small bowls of rice, sorne thin soup. and half a glass of raw
milk. Nothing else.
• Most or all, if-you want t<? reaUy be dilferent, find out if lhere !Sn't sorne
real purpose
10
all this
eh
aos we ca!llife.
Turn a.round and swtm upstream against thc current of the socrety around
you.
'
Try
it, you'lllike it.
Be dilfercnt.
WhyNot?
and trees in the cuy and made thc buildings
more auraetive,
l'd
ber
more people would
be
inclined
to use
1he
uasb baskeu
around
IOWn...
rve beca. th&nking •
yeat
dca.l •bout
du.s
1netdenl M
y
rr1c.nd
the cabdñver had bit
on
1
great truth. A sense of bc:auty comes
with
the gifl of life. Most people don't hnve 10 be
insrructed about che rragí lity and rarity of
beauty. They respond 10 i1 wheo they 6nd iL
And, u 1hey are made to fecl
a
pan or
i~
they will
try
to add to rl
My
cabdnver
was an Emersonian
-
whether he reallud it or
not.
He wasn'l
arrC~id
to
trust.
and
so
far
he
has neve.r
b.een
disillusioned. 1hope he never will be. o
Copyrigb1 1974, Norman Cou>JM.
D<•tril>–
u•ed by
Los
Angeles Tímes Syodicate.
Norman Cou<lns, whose syndreated col–
umn will appcar from time: to time in
Plain
Truth,
is a
world
rcnowned editor.
author.
and publisher. Mr. Cousins. expert on the
subject
of
world
govcmment and the prot>–
lcms arUin¡
(rom
nattonaJ sc.lf·enterest.
is
Presrdeot oftbe World Associatron ofWorld
Fcdera.lists. which
js
wort.ing ror world
.
peaoe through world law.
Mr. Cousins hns receivcd honor11ry
de~
grees
f~m
30 colleges and univettities and
severa! awards fO< h1$literary and humanita–
rian works - indudir¡g tbe EJeaoor Roosc·
velt Peaoe Award and the Ovtf$C&S Press
Club Award for 8est lnterpretation of For·
cign Aff'airs in Magazine Writing.
O
Wall Street Woes
Drive Stockbrokers
to Their Knees
New York stoekbrokel'$ ano praying - lit–
er:ally-
(ora
strOnAer
ma.rktL
Accordin& to thc dergy a1 Tnnuy Chwdl
and SL Paul's Chape! (1wo churehes in the
pttruh that serve the Wall Strect commu..
nuy).
there are now many more tndividuals
rrom
lhe
financ:iat
eommunity
sining
in pcws
medttating
ét
all
hours
of the working day.
Some
200
worstupper$ now
aucnd the weclt::.
day noon mass at Trinity Chun:b - up rroln
only about 100
a
ycarago.
Among chose
rrcquentiog
lht.SC:
tWO
hiSl~
ric
church.es
are: lhe brokers and
invcstmcnt
b:ank:ers who are facing thc •Hrect's most
serio~
profit
squeeu:s..
Profhs are down.
fimu are disappeanng and plenty of Wall
SlR-cters
are
citber wonied about
their
jobs
or looking for new cmpJoymcnl.
Membership of the New York Socie1y of
Security Anatysis is down
to
4,859.
lt
wa.s
S, lOO last year Records
show
that there
is
ovcr
S~
une-mployment amoo¡ thc soaety's
rank:s.
Buc tbe real fi¡ure
lS
much worse as
many
have taken pay cuts and somc
are
survivjog
only oo commis,ions. O
WEEK ENDlNG FEB 22. 197S