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MY head," when I read the Scripture of how God made the man the
head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the Church. But
those two instances are the only ones I know of reflecting any
hostility or opposition.
Most of those attending are people who have been
listening to "The WORLD TOMORROW" over Radio Luxembourg, and are
reading The PLAIN TRUTH, and many are enrolled in the Bible
Correspondence Course. And it is surely wonderful to see the happy
glow on their faces, and to see them eagerly receiving light and
truth from God's Word that is new to them. Religion has been a
pretty stiff, and formal and cold thing here in England, and when
human hearts do not freeze up and resist it, God's TRUTH really
warms them up spiritually.
They don't seem to know any place here where the TRUTH is
believed and preached---where Christ's GOSPEL---His very MESSAGE is
preached, and where they can have fellowship with those who truly
do worship God in SPIRIT and in TRUTH. Two women, the other night
after service, said they sincerely hoped we could have a church of
our own---a Church of GOD---here in London. At this writing, it
does appear that such a Church will have to be established. We
already have two ordained ministers resident in London, taking care
of the mail, and magazine and literature requests not only from
Britain, but from Australia, South Africa, Ceylon, India, Malaya,
Formosa, and all Europe. There is no reason why they cannot pastor
a real Church of GOD in London.
But before I tell you how God is opening NEW DOORS---
giving us a new pattern for the future of the work, and of the
splendid NEWS concerning the growth and future of the work, I think
you'd like to hear just a little about our experiences on our tour,
after leaving Jerusalem.
When I last wrote you, a month ago, we had just arrived
in the Jewish side of Jerusalem---had just entered the NEW NATION
called "Israel."
It was totally different from OLD Jerusalem, which is now
part of Arab Jordan. All of the area of the Jerusalem of Bible
days is in Arab hands, and not a Jew is allowed there. I had to
issue, as Pastor of the Radio Church of God, written statements
that we were not Jewish before we could got a visa to enter the
Hashemite kingdom of Jordan. The Old city is not like any we had
ever seen, except that the narrow-street congested residence and
market-place portions were distinctly Arabic, and a great deal like
certain older sections of other Arab cities such as Cairo, Baghdad,
Amman and Damascus. They are so utterly UNlike any American city
I could not describe them to you in words. There are no lawns---no
private houses---just narrow streets, some wide enough for two cars
to pass if careful, but without side-walks, or one narrow side-walk
on one side only---some too narrow for an automobile to drive
through, and brick or stone buildings lined solidly on each side,
two or three stories high---all very old, dingy and dirty looking.
But the part of Jerusalem that is in "Israel" is all
comparatively new, much nicer looking, much more modern. Instantly