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s a man truiy educated unleu he
k.nows WHAT
HE
JS?
And unless he
k.nows
WHY
he
is,
whelher there
is
any purpose
or
meaning
10
life. and
wbat lhat
is?
And unless he k.nows
whtre
he is going in lhe end? And unless he
knows the
true
values from lhe false and
THJ! WAY !O SUch desired conditiOnJ as
peace, happiness, prosperity, and the en–
joyable, pleasant, and
int<resting
tife?
Right now many high school scniors
are facing the problem of whether to go
on to college - and if so,
which
college.
lf
1
were a young man or young
woman facing lhat question, l'm very
su re- k.nowing what
1
k.now now- lhat
1
would want
10
koow
which
coUege or
university teaches lhese lhings. l'm sure
l'd waot to auend lhe scllool of bigber
leaming which -..'Ould teacb me not
merely how
10
eam
a living - pardon
me~
1
mean an
existen«
-
but tbe one
whicb would teach me now
ro
L/
VE/
Wbat JsUfe?
Did you ever wonder
why
it is that
nearly everybody wants to live a life that
is
pleasing, enjoyable, interesting -
without horedorn, aches, pains. sulfer–
ing, or unpleasant environments or cir–
cumstances? And yet, nearly everyone
experiences a HVNOn for somelhing
lhat wiU really
s..nsFY;
and yet, some–
how, he never
finds
it except at brief
intetvals that never seem
10
wt.
When Ibis Worlc of
God
was only
about two years under way - or lhrce -
in Eugene, Oregon. and l was, most of
the time, preaching in evangelistic cam–
paigns about six nights a week, broad–
casting every Sunday. editing and
mimeographing
Plaln
Truth,
and coun–
selling witb scores of people,
.1
found the
need of something
relaxíng -
something
to get my mind for a little while olf of
these serious problems and this drivin.g
activity. Mrs. Armstrong and
1
found a
total change, mentally, in attending
oc–
casional basketball games at lhe Univer–
sity of Oregon basketball pavihon,
Mac:Arthur Court. At lhat time the Un•–
versity of Oregon had a team of soph·
omores and one senior which looked like
a ucomer."
And sure enough. in lheir senior year
these boys we.nt on to
win
the flrst na–
tional championship - late winter of
1939.
That was the fU'St year the NCAA
had
a
national playolf leading to a na–
t.ional championship.
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FEBRUARY 1976
Even today we can !ind an oocasional
~cbange
of paceM by attending a game.
Tbere we will see tbousands being
lhnlled by scintiUating play.
Are
lhese
basketball "fans" enjoying life? lf you
ask them. at the moment, the answer
might
be ')'<>u
Mt!"
Are
they bored7
Not during the excitement of the game!
Do they feel a son ofmental, emotional.
or spiritual hunger? Not during the thrill
ofthegame.
But afler the game - then what?
Why, afler the game
is
over
and the
Mfans" have gone borne, do lhey
e~peri
ence a letdown - untillhe next game, or
the next experienceofsorne pleasure?
1
got to wondering. After the game,
1
don't
e~perience
any letdown.
1
don't
have
10
suft'er !he experience of
EMPTI·
I<ESS,
boredom, or
this
sorf of soul bun–
ger - wbatever it is - until the ne.xt
exciting entenainment.
As
a mauer of
fact,
1
!ind my life interesting. in–
vigorating. stimulating, satistying, and
abundan!
ar allrimesllt
is trcmendously
exciting at times. But it
is
never
boring,
never
dull, neverdisconteoted!
WHY?
What's the dift'erence?
1
know what's the dift'erence.
1
want to
tell you what
it
is.
Tbe answer -is bound up in these ques–
tions
1
asked at !he beginning of tbis
PlrSlJnal
talk with my readers.
1
bave leamed WBAT
man
/SI
1
have leamed that
man was
put on
this earth
for a
PURPOSE. aod
1
bave
leamed what that purpose
/SI
1
have
leamed HOW to fulfill iL
1
have leamed
WHAT the
1n1e
values are, aod what are
lhe false. And
1
have leamed the secret
of
a
full, abuodant, interesting, enjoy–
able life! Nor merely during a basket–
ball game or sorne occasiona l
entertainment!
ALL
THE TIME!
1
have learned
THE
WAY to peace of
mind, to invigorating, satisfying, always
interesting living.
1
have leamed
WHY
1
am
here, WHEllE
1
am going. and
THE
WAY
lO
get there. !'m
On
my way
there
now, and lhe joumey is more interesting
than
1
can tell you! There's never a let–
down. There
used
10
be -
year¡ ago.
before
1
leamed lhese answers. But not
any more!
Yes, if 1were
a
young man graduating
from high school, l'd look for the college
or university that would teach me WHAT
1
am, WHY, and what are lhe TRUE VAL•
VES.
l'd want to learn sometbing more
than merely a profession for earning an
Personal from...
EDUCATIDI fDR
lilE! -
K
mcome. Money can't buy bappiness or
contentment, or lhe things lhat
r~lly
satisfy - COI<TINUALt.Y, wilhout evcr
a
letdown.
But
1
am no longer
a
lad of eighteen.
J'm even older tban Jack Benny's thirty–
nine. And
1
not only k.now lhese an–
swers, but
1
know also that lhere is only
01<1! Pt.ACE
Ot<
EARTH
wbere a studcnt
may leam lhese answers that are worth
more than all the money in lhe world.
But, for lhat mauer, wheo you learn
these answers and
apply
~cm.
you don't
have to
worry
about mooey - for the
very applicatioo of lhese principies
brings
economic security.
The only college or u.niversity on
earth that teacbes !bese MOST IMPOa–
TAI<T arcas of knowledge are the two
Ambassador Colleges - at Pasadena,
California, and at Big Sandy, Texas.
People remark that they never have
seco such
a
happy
atrnosphere as the
Ambassador CoUege campus.
"Why, all your studentS seem to really
tnjoy
life," they say. "They seem
aliwr,
a!trt,
full of spark and
interts/
-
and
HAPPY!"
"You're right,
n
1
reply. "They
oo -
and lhey
A RE!
•
When
1
started
writing
the 6rst para–
graph oftbis
PD$0nal
talle. what
1
bad to
mind was
10
tell you
WHAT
mao
/S.
1
intended to show you that science
doesn't really know. Wbat we call edu–
cation in tbe usual
sense,
as dissemi–
nated at colleges and univcrsities,
generally
doesn't
know.
And
they can'!
teacb wbat they themselves do not
know!
Volume XLI, No. 2
The philosophie approacb of modero
education is lhat
of
tbe ancient Greek
and Roman philosopbers. And
rhey
didn't know the answer.
But bere
1
ha
ve
rapped out four typed
pages of this talle on my office type–
writer, and
1
have been informed that
1
am already past the usual deadline for
getting this
10
the printers, so l'm afraid
1
cannot take time
10
get that answer
into this present talle.
lt
ougbt to take
ten
10
twenty typed pages to explatn it,
anyway.
So
it probably would
be
beuer
to write itas
a
full article
la
ter on.
But don't think you already know !he
answer.
You
don~!
1
thought
1
did; yet
1
did not k.now the
full answer until just recently. .When we
STOP GROWING
in k.nowledge, we're
througlt.
1
don'! propose to
be
through
yet - if keeping my mind open to
ntw
truth, when it is PROVEO to be truth, will
keep me going.
1
tbink..l can guarantee
the answer will surprise you.
Just
what A RE
you? Wbat
/S
a
human being?
Yes
WHA1?
The TRVJ; answer,
1
think.
is
not only
lhrilling and exciting. but it is also IM·
PO!ITAI<T!
By the way,
if
you
are
facing
t1us
question about
wlrether
to attend college
- or
whlch
coUege -
1
suggest you write
for the Ambassador College catalog.
Send your request for lhe catalog to:
Admissions Of!ice, Ambassador College,
300
West Grcen Street, Pasadena., Cali–
fornia
91 123.
The latest catalog will give
you
IUII
information and will be mailed
to you
as
soon as possib!e.
o
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