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opening announcements, ending by the Chorale skipping to their
positions on stage, and a lively number with the band. Then Mr.
Bauer introduced Garner Ted, who at this time gave merely a
preliminary short talk of two or three minutes -- mostly
announcements -- concluding with the introduction of Mr. Dan
Truhitte, now a senior student -- who sang "Sixteen Going on
Seventeen" in the motion picture "The Sound of Music." With both
the band and chorale in the background, Mr. Truhitte sang "I
Believe" in a very moving manner. Then Ted came out for the
sermon. He was in dead earnest, and that audience was MOVED!
Brethren, these meetings are going to have a tremendous
impact on cities all over the United States and Canada. Together
with DAILY television, DAILY radio, and The PLAIN TRUTH, with the
Bible Correspondence Course, the booklets, etc., God Almighty is
empowering His Work to have the greatest impact on this world in
18 1/2 centuries!
These powerful PERSONAL APPEARANCES will continue. We will
keep you informed. KEEP PRAYING FOR THEM. Pray earnestly for
those who attend, that God will OPEN THEIR MINDS to HIS TRUTH.
So now, once again, as back in 1934, the THREE-POINT
CAMPAIGN is ON! Only it is going out with 100,000 times the POWER
it did in 1934! This is the NEW START that is destined to SHAKE
THIS WORLD TO ITS FOUNDATIONS!
Truly, Brethren, this Gospel OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD is now
being preached and published in all the world, as a witness unto
ALL NATIONS, and that means that the END of this evil world is at
hand -- and the coming of CHRIST, the KINGDOM OF GOD, and the happy
WORLD TOMORROW is about to dawn!
In order that we might fulfill this GREAT COMMISSION,
getting Christ's very Gospel of the Kingdom to all the world, we
have all been called on to make sacrifices. Most of us have gladly,
willingly, given up many material things we might have had, that
radio and television time might be purchased -- that The PLAIN
TRUTH, the Correspondence Course, and millions upon millions of
copies of booklets and other literature might reach increasing
MILLIONS of people on all continents worldwide.
One of the things we have had to sacrifice for this great
purpose has been local church buildings in each city or town.
Nearly all the local assemblies of this world's churches have
their own church buildings. In this world of Satan's, the very
word "church" has come to mean a building with a steeple or a
cross on top, pointing to heaven. The people go to CHURCH -- to
their meeting house. But in God's Word -- the Bible -- the word
"church" means the PEOPLE OF GOD. The "church" is not a building,
but God's PEOPLE, collectively. The CHURCH goes to -- assembles
in -- a building or house. In New Testament times, local churches
often assembled in the house of a member.
It is not wrong for each local church to have its own church
building. But, as did many of the churches of the first century
apostles, we have so far had to MAKE THAT SACRIFICE, and meet in