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come to KNOW what CHRIST has chosen and directed.
And our LIVING Head Jesus Christ did let me know in an
unmistakable manner! First, He permitted YOU BRETHREN---that is,
those of you who have become lax and indifferent---to slam SHUT THE
DOOR of this building project at Gladewater. We should have had to
start making payments of about $40,000 per month as far back as
February or March---and here it was, late May, and our business
office had not been able to make a single payment! I had to fly
back to the United States in May, to visit several of our largest
radio stations, and to be at Pasadena for the 10th Commencement of
Ambassador College. So I flew from Chicago direct to San
Francisco, where I was met by my son Garner Ted and other
executives from our Headquarters. Several of our Ministers already
had inspected Squaw Valley. Next day we flew on over there. At
first there were some hitches. It appeared they would have to
charge so much for food at the Cafeteria our people could not
afford it. I telephoned Mrs. Hammer at Gladewater---she arranges
the menu there---and asked her to send menus. This brought the
cost of food down within reach. All obstacles were ironed out.
THE DOOR SWUNG WIDE OPEN AT SQUAW VALLEY. Christ CLOSED, or
permitted to be closed, the door for going ahead at Gladewater. HE
SHOWED ME HIS DECISION, since it was the ONLY ONE POSSIBLE. This
is not my decision---it is that of JESUS CHRIST!
Now, Brethren, the only question is: ARE YOU REALLY IN
GOD'S TRUE CHURCH? If so, you will cooperate 100%, with
ENTHUSIASM, gladly. But, if you try to go around those GOD has
appointed in authority, and go to Gladewater anyway---except
in the most SERIOUS EMERGENCY---or to go around the appointed
Committee and make your own reservations independently, then, I
ask, WHY ATTEND AT ALL? If your attitude is hostile, independent,
uncooperative, you need to REPENT, deeply and from the heart, and
ask a loving living Saviour to FORGIVE YOU before it is too late.
Now God has placed it within my power to take harsh and
stern measures, if necessary. I don't want to have to do this---
PLEASE DON'T FORCE ME TO!
It appears, as of now, that HUNDREDS of you on the West
Coast or west of the designated line are determined to go on to
Gladewater. IF YOU DO, there will not be enough at Squaw Valley to
meet expenses, and we shall have to give up going there altogether
---and, in addition, there won't be ROOM for you at the Texas
Tabernacle!
This is nothing short of a mild, perhaps even unrealized,
REBELLION on the part of HUNDREDS of our members in the western
part of the United States. I have it in my power, by Christ's
authority, to see that admittance at Gladewater is REFUSED to all
in our western designated zone, unless you have special written
permission. I don't want to take such drastic steps. Instead, I
ask you to come to realize the seriousness of this, and to
cooperate AT ONCE.
Let me state, therefore, as God's minister, that NO ONE
from the designated West Coast area should travel all the way to