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PRECIOUS STONES. That building was SO COSTLY that even the United
States GOVERNMENT could not afford to build such a building today!
It cost the equivalent, in today's dollar value, of more than TEN
THOUSAND MILLION dollars! It cost more than St. Peter's at the
Vatican!
Now we have no intention of trying to build anything like
THAT! God would not want anything too costly under present
conditions, in Pasadena. We know that. But it must be of
relatively GOOD quality, as buildings generally are built today.
This is the building, to rise up seven stories high, with giant
72-foot fluted pillars rising up all around out of an artificial
lake. The lake will be a block long, and over half a block wide.
It will not be overcostly at all--but it MUST BE A FINE BUILDING,
in keeping with proper economy. We expect it to take about a year
and a half to complete architectural design and plans. We have
already shown you--about three years or more ago--a rough
architectural drawing of it. We hope to begin construction in
about a year and a half.
On the English campus, they have come to DIRE need, and are
now starting construction of the new girls' dormitory. Unless that
is completed, or at least one of the two units of it, by September,
we cannot accept additional girls there for the next school year.
They, too, are just about as hard pressed for an Administration
Building--in British terminology called the "Faculty Building"--as
we here in Pasadena. So plans are being rushed to completion.
On the Texas campus, we recently finished the new Dining
Hall--built INSIDE the shell of the big "Tabernacle" building.
This saved a great deal of money, and still provided a beautiful
Dining Hall. They are still using temporary portable classroom
buildings--each building being just one single classroom. Four
additional smaller dormitory buildings--housing 36 students
each--were completed last September. No more building is
immediately projected for that campus--although they will soon NEED
a new Administration Building, and the new three-level class-room
building, and the Fine Arts classroom building. Those will have to
be delayed for the present.
Now Brethren, GOD'S WORK MUST LEAP FORWARD!
We must have these buildings! We MUST have a spiritual
AWAKENING! We MUST every one of us either SPEND MORE TIME ON OUR
KNEES with God in PRAYER, or stagnate, and be in danger of GEHENNA
FIRE!
FINALLY, as I wrote you over a year ago, we realize some of
our members are UNABLE to make an additional SPECIAL and EXTRA
offering each month for this PROPERTY FUND. I do not expect such
people to return the enclosed card! God bless you--WE UNDERSTAND!
And all others--IF for any reason your income stops or is
reduced, and you are PREVENTED from continuing this amount
indicated on the card, YOU ARE NOT BOUND! It is NOT an all-binding
PLEDGE! It is NOT a vow! We don't want you to make vows!