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The WORLD TOMORROW
A WORLDWIDE BROADCAST
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
Proclaims to the World the
GOOD NEWS OF THE WORLD TOMORROW
BOX 111, Pasadena, Calif. 91109
Publishing:
The PLAIN TRUTH
a Magazine of UNDERSTANDING
August 23, 1961
Dear Brethren of God's Church:
GREETINGS, again, in the name of Jesus Christ! Mrs.
Armstrong and I have just returned to Pasadena from the college in
England. I have to write you, immediately, this letter about the
approaching Feast of Tabernacles. This is vitally important--be
sure you read carefully every word.
Here is BIG NEWS! Many of you already have heard it--we
are going to have to hold the great Festival this year in two
different locations within the United States.
So first of all, I want to explain to you WHY this has
become necessary--and HOW we know that God has set His name for
holding this Festival at Squaw Valley, California, as well as near
Big Sandy, Texas.
I'm sure you realize that God does not allow us,
ourselves, to decide where to hold this great Festival. It MUST be
at the place He selects, and where He "places His name", for this
purpose.
Most of you brethren will remember the tremendous
decision confronting us at the close of the Festival last year.
Through the years, attendance at the Feast of Tabernacles has been
increasing at the rate of 30% a each year. It doubles in less than
three years--multiplies eight times in eight years! Large as our
present Tabernacle is, it seats about a maximum of 7,500. Seven
thousand attended last year. We anticipate more than 9,000 at this
coming Feast. We expected attendance to swell to nearly 12,000
next year--1962. You will remember we were actually faced with
having to consider construction of the largest indoor auditorium
ever built by man on this earth! By 1970 there probably will be
100,000 or more attending!
To take care of 9,000 or more this 1961 Festival, we
simply were going to be forced to add another $165,000 addition to
the big Tabernacle--beside a new dining hall and kitchen
facilities, the addition of from $150,000 to $200,000 additional
housing, and sanitary facilities. All this was going to have to be
built before this coming Festival, just a few weeks from now. It
meant an expenditure of $450,000 to $600,000 or more--all to be
paid inside of some 10 months--or, payments of $45,000 to $60,000