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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
September 26, 1971
Dear Brethren in God's Church:
GREETINGS! I hope I may reach you with this letter before
you depart for the Feast. God is opening important new doors for
His Work -- but to walk through them does require every possible
sacrifice on the part of His people. And not only financial
sacrifice, but the sacrifice of intensive, fervent and believing
PRAYERS for the financial needs of this great Work.
But more than the financial needs -- we need your very
prevailing prayers for the ministry, and especially for Garner
Ted and myself.
World conditions are moving rapidly toward the END of this
age -- yet the end of this age will come WHEN -- and only when
"this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached (and published --
Mark 13:10) in all the world for a witness unto all nations: and
then shall the end come" -- so said Jesus (Mat. 24:14). You see,
SO MUCH depends upon US -- and our part in God's Work!
Satan is increasing the persecution and effort to destroy
God's Work. One local group in a Pacific Northwest city meets
every Sabbath to plot ways to knock out and stop this Work. That
seems their only purpose -- and they are energetic about it. A
writer for the Sunday magazine inserted into the Sunday edition
of a major city newspaper visited the college, was much impressed
with the high character and quality of things here, and especially
the character of the students -- but when the story came out in
the magazine we feel it could not have been more derogatory --
putting us in the same class with others to make us look bad.
Satan comes as an angel of light, flattering yet giving injury,
seeking to destroy. A man is now writing a book against this Work
of God.
On the other hand, God is empowering His Work, and giving
us great favor in many of the highest places in the world. I know
that the White House has been very favorably and much impressed
with The PLAIN TRUTH recently, and I have reason to believe I may
be called to either the White House at Washington, or President
Nixon's west coast "White House" soon for a private meeting with
the President. I am invited to a three or four day visit to both
Yugoslavia and Romania next month, as guest of the governments,
and meetings with President Tito and the Chief Executive of
Romania. It will be my first visit inside the "iron curtain."
The PLAIN TRUTH is now on the newsstands in Britain. A
special strip is put around each copy, with the words: "YOUR FREE
COPY to take with you." We pay each news dealer an amount to