A favorite patriotic song of yesteryear, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," is not sung much anymore, especially in our public schools. I assume this is because the last verse is a prayer, directed to "Our fathers' God . . . Author of liberty . . . Great God our King." As we all know, our Supreme Court decided several years ago that it is unconstitutional to pray in school.

These past many months we have rehearsed ICR's past and explained its present make-up and operations. We now look forward to the future. Last month we looked at future research, discovering new truth about creation, and this month at future ways to communicate that truth.

A truly amazing, as well as enigmatic, phenomenon of hidden word pairings in the Masoretic text of the Book of Genesis has recently been reported by a team of Israeli scientists.

These past 9 issues of Acts & Facts have rehearsed ICR's beginning and history, and described its present ministry. For twenty-five years ICR has championed the Biblical truth of creation, primarily by showing the scientific support for the doctrines of Creation, the Fall, the Flood, and the young earth.

PART IX: PASSING THE MANTLE