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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
December 11, 1966
Dear Co-Workers with CHRIST:
Not only do I have to rush this emergency letter to you
AIRMAIL--but I have to do what I have never done before--enclose a
self-addressed reply envelope ALREADY STAMPED WITH AN AIRMAIL
STAMP!
I have been simply dismayed by something else I have never
seen before. Every week-end I receive from our Mail Receiving
Department a weekly statement showing the number of letters
received each day for the week, and the daily receipt of tithes and
offerings for the financial support of this great Work of God.
The report just received breaks two records--one, the
largest number of letters ever received in one week--91,743--but
the other is a REVERSE record--an ALARMING record! For the first
time in years--ever since these weekly reports have been coming to
my desk--the amount of tithes and offerings, compared to the same
days of December last year, shows a DECREASE.
For the past 33 years, just about every facet of GOD'S WORK
has increased at the rate of approximately 30% per year over the
year before. The amount of incoming letters--the number of
conversions and people baptized--the circulation of The PLAIN
TRUTH--the number of radio listeners. The increase has been so
consistent that, week by week, the income for the Work has ALWAYS
shown an increase over the same week, or number of days in the
month, of the year before. Of course, sometimes the increase may
have been 7%, while other weeks would show an increase of 53%--but
nearly always, by month's end it would be close to 30%.
This week's report, before me now, shows a -9%! A DECREASE
of 9% compared to the same number of days in December last year!
Never before do I remember seeing a DECREASE compared to the year
before!
The REASON is evident! 1) And most important, I know by
years of experience it means a LARGE PORTION of our Co-Workers have
LET DOWN IN THEIR EARNEST AND PREVAILING PRAYERS FOR THE VERY WORK
OF GOD in these most crucial days of all earth's history! And 2)
it means that in the frenzy of Christmas shopping, PEOPLE ARE
FORGETTING THE LIVING CHRIST, and the needs of HIS WORK!