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groceries and the necessities and like. We can all shop more
carefully. We can cut down a little here and there.
I do not ask that any one of you send in to God's Work
beyond your means. I do not ask that you deprive yourself of
necessities so that you suffer. I just ask that you all be very
CAREFUL in handling your own incomes, cut down on spending what you
don't really need, and BE SURE that what you send in for the
BUILDING FUND be a SPECIAL and an ADDITIONAL offering over and
above your tithes, and the offerings you ought to make beside
tithes, for the Gospel Work.
We here at Headquarters are practicing what we preach.
I wanted to add 16 more pages to The PLAIN TRUTH in the next few
months. I decided this morning to forego--or at least POSTPONE
that. We had also planned to start construction on two other BADLY
NEEDED buildings this year--a Science Hall, and a Fine Arts
Building for additional classrooms. Both have been put off.
I wonder, too, if some of you have neglected to MARK or
DESIGNATE your special offerings for the BUILDING FUND. Be sure to
designate how much of any check is for this purpose--BUT DO NOT
designate part of your TITHES or regular offerings for the Gospel
Work as Building Fund money.
Now I hope we can yet start this dormitory building by
the coming December--SO AS TO HOLD OUR BIG LOAN. NO SUCH LOANS
HAVE EVER BEFORE BEEN GRANTED TO ANY COLLEGE OR CHURCH. It sets a
new record!
Now, Brethren, I ask all, who are able, and who did not
send in a Statement of Intention card earlier this year, to do so
BY RETURN MAIL. By the way--I, personally, did not have time to
finish writing the letter sent asking for these statements early
this year. I was leaving Pasadena, and had to ask my son, Garner
Ted Armstrong, to finish the letter for me. He made the mistake of
calling it a "PLEDGE" card. He did not realize this was not
intended to be a pledge.
If you can INCREASE your SPECIAL offerings each month
for this BUILDING FUND, by all means do so. AND PLEASE PRAY for
this SERIOUS NEED!
With love, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong