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     One of my favorite prayers is this: "From the cowardice that shrinks from new truths, From the laziness that is content with half truths, From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, 0 God of Truth, deliver us"...It was Martin Luther who said, "I am more afraid of my own heart, than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope--self"...I think you would like to know that more than a third of the available copies of our new book, One Great Chapter, have already been sold. This lovely volume contains every issue of MISSION MESSENGER for 1971, embracing all of the articles written about Romans 8. The cost is only $2.95 per copy...Do you recall the statement by Napoleon, who said, "Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and myself founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ alone founded His empire upon love; and at this hour, millions would die for Him"...Edward Rogers once commented, "The change to a new way of life is an act of faith, and most of us prefer the devil we know to the devil we don't know"...We are certain you would like my newest book called The Parable of Telstar and Other Talks. It bridges the generation gap, and it is the kind of present granddads can make to their grandchildren, and vice versa. You will want to purchase other copies for gifts after you read your own. It is only $2.95, and is ready for mailing...It was Charles F. Kettering, the noted engineer-inventor who observed, "You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere...Calvin Coolidge once said, "I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm"...We invite you to send for our latest book lists which are absolutely free upon request. There are three of them. If you are interested in a list of great paperbacks ask for 71-E; if you want a list of helpful reference and study volumes, ask for 71-F; if you want inspirational and devotional help, ask for 72-A. You might as well get all three. Just write for them and Nell will mail them to you at once...Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around you own"...And Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free"...There has been a notable upturn in sales of my book, The Royal Priesthood. There will be some disagreement, but most readers think it is the best volume I have ever turned out in my life. It sells for $3.50 per copy...Thomas Jefferson, who said a lot of truth, wrote that, "There is no truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world"...Confucius in his Analects declared, "Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love if"...Have you read Thoughts on Unity, edited by Stanley Paregien? It is a volume which presents the thinking of brethren from all segments of the restoration movement. It knows no favorites and has no bias. It is honest and fair and it needs to be read and studied. We will send you one for $5.95...In a work called The Authority of the Scriptures in Philosophical Controversies, Galileo wrote, "Since the Holy Writ is true, and all truth agrees with truth, the truth of Holy Writ cannot be contrary to the truth obtained by reason and experiment." The Inquisition condemned the work and ordered it to be burnt...That's about all for now, except we hope that this issue of our paper is not condemned to being burnt at your house!