
The Autobiography of
Herbert W Armstrong
Volume 1
by Herbert W. Armstrong
1979 Hardbound Edition
“…the story of what the living God can do – and has done – through a very average human instrument, called and chosen by Him…”
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Chapter 1 | Boyhood |
| Chapter 2 | Learning Important Lessons |
| Chapter 3 | Learning to Write Effective Advertisements |
| Chapter 4 | “Idea Man” for a National Magazine |
| Chapter 5 | Pioneering in Public Opinion Polls |
| Chapter 6 | Discovering Rules of Success |
| Chapter 7 | How to Put Resourcefulness into Practice |
| Chapter 8 | Becoming a Publishers’ Representative |
| Chapter 9 | How I Met My Wife |
| Chapter 10 | Marriage Plans Complicated By War |
| Chapter 11 | Our First Child |
| Chapter 12 | Depression Strikes! |
| Chapter 13 | Business Disintegrates |
| Chapter 14 | College Competition and “Oregon or Bust” |
| Chapter 15 | Launching a New Business |
| Chapter 16 | Researching the Bible and Darwin |
| Chapter 17 | At the Crossroads – and a Momentous Decision |
| Chapter 18 | Learning Whether God Answers Prayers |
| Chapter 19 | Trying to Convert Relatives |
| Chapter 20 | The First Sermon |
| Chapter 21 | The “Million Dollar” Clay Business |
| Chapter 22 | Astounding Answers to Prayer |
| Chapter 23 | Prelude to Ministry |
| Chapter 24 | Ordained to Christ’s Ministry |
| Chapter 25 | Evangelistic Campaigns in Full Swing |
| Chapter 26 | Caught in Newspaper Business Trap |
| Chapter 27 | Stuck in Astoria |
| Chapter 28 | Back into the Ministry |
| Chapter 29 | The Real Beginning of Present Work |
| Chapter 30 | The World Tomorrow Broadcast Begins |
| Chapter 31 | The Plain Truth Is Published |
| Chapter 32 | Campaign Gets Under Way – Despite Opposition |
| Chapter 33 | Early Evangelistic Campaigns – the Trials and Tests |
| Chapter 34 | Steady Growth of Work at Eugene |
| Chapter 35 | Uphill All the Way |
| Chapter 36 | Broadcast Work Expands |
| Chapter 37 | A Costly Lesson Pays Off! |
| Chapter 38 | Work Grows – Despite Hardships and Persecution |
| Chapter 39 | The Plain Truth Revived! |






