Dr. Wierwille was a wonderful man, a "man of God" in the truest and fullest sense. I saw him give his utmost for God's highest day after day in his life and finally in his death. And, I should know. I lived; I worked; I took care of the man and his heart for years.

Points for Consideration QUESTION: Did Dr. Wierwille really say all the things that you say he said?

ANSWER: Why else would Dr. Wierwille have journeyed all the way to Scotland? He was very weak before he left. He had already delivered his farewell message to the Household at International Headquarters. He had told his earthly family at Headquarters that he was going to die very soon. There is no logical reason for a dying man to journey like he did, except to accomplish some very specific goal in the last days of his life.

QUESTION: What makes you think that Dr. Wierwille was still sane?

ANSWER: He was the same Dr. Wierwille that I had known for so many years. Barbara also lived with him for a long time, and had he been mentally incompetent either she or I could have spotted it as quickly as anyone living. There have been other times when he seemed a lot less "with it" than he did during the period recorded here.

Down to deciding what day to leave for the U.S.A., details about packing suitcases and travel arrangements, he showed absolutely no signs of mental breakdown. Physically the signs were abundant but not mentally. Mrs. Wierwille would have seen it; I would have, and so would any number of others who were around Doctor the last days that we were at Gartmore.

The occasion of his last teaching is a fine example of the clarity of his mind. As he first started teaching, he held an impromptu conversation with Phyllis (Warren) Murdock. Even in front of all the people who were present, he carried himself with obvious mental capability. There were comments made about his physical condition, but none were ever brought to my attention about his mental condition.

No one who traveled on the coach back from Boston nor anyone who saw him at Dr. Winegarner's or soon after his return to International Headquarters thought him insane. As I said, there was a point that we thought him past lucidity, but that was not until the very last few days of his life.

Dr. Wierwille was not insane, but he was deeply hurt emotionally. He was a very strong man mentally, but if there were one phrase that I could use to describe his demeanor it would be "broken-hearted". He carried it very well and to the best of his ability kept it from view to all; he even tried to hide it from me. He was crushed and very lonely and alone. He was hurt deeply. He felt that before his days were over what he had stood for was basically lost.

QUESTION: Did you take the historical occurrences of the last days of Dr. Wierwille's life and weave into them your own tale?

ANSWER: I wish that I had. The historical occurrences are as accurate as I can recall them. So are the conversations. There is probably no other man living who knows the ramifications of what he said to me better than I do. I would like nothing better than to be able to admit to myself (and to you, too) that it was all a fabrication. It is not. The historical evidence as well as the Biblical precedents do not stand in favour of it being a fabrication.

QUESTION: Why did you write it all out?

ANSWER: I wrote by no means all of it out. What is contained here is no more than 60 per cent, if it is that much, of the conversations that Dr. Wierwille and I had during those twenty-two days, as well as relevant conversations and background information from the years involved. As I stated, much was left out entirely. Some is not pertinent; the rest is only of value as decisions are made in the days to come. There are things that will have no meaning until men make up their minds where they stand with God and His Word.