This archive contains all the remaining known Plain Truth magazines published from 1934 to 1960 as
well as all the known articles authored by Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong for the Bible Advocate magazine
in 1928.

In the late 1850's a Church of God paper was published under the name "The Messenger of Truth"
The successor to this paper was "The Hope of Israel", first published August 10, 1863, this was later
changed to "Sabbath Advocate" and later to "The Bible Advocate". "The Bible Advocate" is one of the
oldest religious magazines in America

During the period of 1934 - 1960, records indicate 136 issues of the Plain Truth were published. The
issues that have survived, being preserved by the AC Library, total 133, or about 98 percent of the
issues published. All 133 of the surviving issues are contained on this CD. The missing three issues
are: 

	March 1934, April 1934, and June 1939 

In addition, only partial editions survived of the following issues:

	May 1934, January 1938, March 1940, and April-May 1940

In gathering these issues from the AC Library, one of the staff members mentioned that in the early
1950's the Library attempted to find the missing issues by contacting some of the earliest members in
the Church. The missing issues were never located. Therefore, they are probably lost to the history of
the Church of God.