Brethren & Co-Workers Letter - January 01, 1970 - Herbert W Armstrong - January 01, 1970

Herbert W Armstrong

VERY FEW MEN in this world know personally as many heads of governments as I. Yet I am absolutely AMAZED at how short a period of time most of them last. Many have a tenure in office—if they stay healthy—of only four to six years. Many die in office. Some are assassinated—others shot down in a military coup or violent overthrow of government. Some are forced to resign. I think over, in my mind, about many I have known, some closely and intimately—now GONE! One was Prime Minister Eisaku Sato of Japan. He and I had a personal agreement we would throw away a year annually—become one year younger each year. And also, as he said to me, "One of us must live into the 21st century, so to have lived into THREE CENTURIES—and that must be you, Mr. Armstrong, because I was born in this century." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library