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brought on themselves al! the world's
EVILS.
1 might mention now that 1 did not
finish this "Personal" section in New
Delhi, and 1 am writing now as we By
over the Bay of Bengal, or perhaps by
now into the Indian Ocean, toward
Singapore.
In New Delhi I asked our driver a
few things about the Hindu religion. 1
asked why there are so many religions
in the world. He replied that they are
not al! so different - all have come
from the same beginning. That's true!
The world's religions originatcd with
Nimrod's wife. 1 asked if he and
Hindus believe in the one supreme
Creator, Goo. He replied, "Yes, of
course, but no man has ever seen Him,
and we can't know anything about
Him, so we have to have lesser gods.
We bave to worship what we can see–
so we have to have imagcs (idolsJ."
Yes, how true! When the first par–
ents rejected their Maker and revealed
knowledge from Him, they cut them–
selves off from contact with Him. So
sorne worship idols their hands have
made. And through vanity of intellect
those in higher education reject or
ignore the existence of God altogether.
They are blind to the CAUSE of the
world's EVILS.
Also when we saw cows and oxen
wandering at random in streets, we
asked about who owned them, and how
each owner knew which were his.
"Oh," our driver answered, "The
owners probably don't know which are
theirs. But that makes no difference.
Each cow knows which is her owner."
How true! I had to think of where
God is quoted by Isaiah: "The ox
knoweth his owner, and the ass his
master's crib, but Israel doth not know,
my people ... (areJ a seed of evildoers,
[they] ... have forsaken the Eterna!
... they are gone away backward."
All humanity has "gone away back–
ward." They have elected to produce for
themselves the knowledge of what is
good and what is evil. And so very
much of what has uemed good has
caused only EVILS! And they have
become a "seed of evildoers."
If the invisible and inexorable spiri–
tual Law of God, summed overall in
principie by the Ten Commandments, is
The PLAIN TRUTH
THE CAUSE of all good, then the viola–
tion of that \Y/AY is THE CAUSE of all
the world's evils. Man will not believe
that. He rejects THAT WAY, and decides
for himself what he calls RJGHT, and
never can seem to understand why it
brings an evil result.
So sorne of this world's masses have
neglected their minds, and "gone away
backward" in ignorance and illiteracy
and poverty. Others have USED their
minds, sought to produce their own
fund of knowledge while rejecting reve–
lation of basic truth. And they have
produced a store of knowledge that has
not brought peace or happiness. In the
Jast decade KNOWLEDGE DOUBLEO -
especially in the .fields of technology, sci–
ence and medicine. Yet in the same ten
years the world's EVILS DOUBLEO!!
A Meeting with President Giri
But now back to my visit in India. lt
is now Sunday night, as we near
Singapore. This morning we flew, as
arranged by Dr. Singh, south across
India to Bangalore, landing on an
Indian Air Force runway. Aides of the
President were there to meet us, with
two cars bearing the Presidential flag.
Mr. Rader, Mr. Gotoh and 1 were driven
to the official residence of the Governor
of that particular state. Attendants and
servants saluted as we werc whisked
clown corridors to a large office.
His Excellency President V. V. Giri
was seated on a sofa. He arose with a
warm and friendly smile, extending a
big hand first to me, then the others. He
motioned for me to sit on the sofa
beside him, the others in chairs. 1
presented him with the gift we had
brought for him. Also 1 gave him a
copy of the latest college yearbook,
The ENVOY, and the condensed booklet,
This ls AmbaJJado,. College.
"lt was good of you to come so far
out of your way for our conference," he
said.
After a few of the usual pleasantries,
the President gave us a brief sketch of
bis life experiences. He did not waste
time with ceremonial aspects, but in a
few minutes be revealed to me the real
man behind the office of President.
Most people see a man in such high
office on television, but that seldom
October-November 1970
reveals the real man. In a half hour 1
got to know the real man!
Sorne of the outstanding high points
were these:
As a young man, he bad cbosen to
study at Dublin instead of England,
because the Irish were struggling, like
India, for independence. He exhibited
such leadership, and spoke out so
strongly for his convictions that the
British deported him. Then he planned
to continue his studies at the Univer–
sity of Penosylvania. But the British
brought such pressure on tbat university
against him that they would not receive
him.
lt became apparent to me, as he
talked, that here was a roan of principie
and strong convictions, who fought for
and was willing to eveo spend ten years
in prison, not as a criminal, but as a
politically persecuted prisoner, rather
than surrcnder the principies be believed
in. Later he even resigned as Minister
of Labor over a matter of principie.
Again, later, he resigned from the
leading Congress política! Party for the
same reasoo. Then he ran for President
as an independent - and won!
"And now, after all these struggles,
l'm President of India!" he exclaimed,
not boastingly, but in a voice of humil–
ity, with a smile. He is a very large, and
very vigorous man, alert, positive,
intellectual, yet warm and friendly and
kindly.
Before we left, he said, "And now I
have a little something 1 want to give
yott !" One of his aides brought a Bat
package, neatly gift-wrapped. He asked
me to open it. Tt was a large (9" by
12") autographed photograph of him–
self, in a silver frame, with an official
presidential emblem engraved in tbe top
of the frame.
Impulsively 1 said, "Mr. President,
that's the finest thing you could have
given me."
I invited the president to visit Ambas–
sador College in Pasadena on his next
visit to the United States. He promised
that he would. And he said he was
looking forward to our next visit to
India in December, when he will prob–
ably receive us in New Delhi. His part–
ing handshake was firm and warm. Our
visit was only 35 minutes, but we got to