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It's all tested by California Testing Laboratories.
For fire protection: asbestos and silicon is being sprayed
l-inch to l 1/2-inches in thickness on all steel and steel beams.
Our inspector says it will be a bomb shelter.
But the FINISH throughout will be just as superb -- the
FINEST ON EARTH. Everything about the construction of this House
for God is progressing just as if, in a miraculous way, God Himself
is watching, and causing everything to come out JUST RIGHT!
The onyx that will line the walls of the entrance lobby is
simply the MOST BEAUTIFUL I have ever seen. The black-green
polished granite is now being put on the outside of the building.
It is exceedingly beautiful! The two Steinway Concert-Grand pianos
are simply the finest in action, response, and tone that our
pianists have ever put their fingers on. The rich carpeting, being
specially woven in Hong Kong, in bright blue, gold, purple and
scarlet -- the colors God Himself selected for the Tabernacle and
for the Temple -- are absolutely the most BEAUTIFUL I have ever
seen. A few samples already have arrived from the Hong Kong
factory. The big front curtain over the stage is in three shades
of gold, bright and striking, and of silk velour, with a striking
sheen. The entire construction, of steel and concrete, is the most
sound, substantial and solid possible. God is being HONORED -- and
He is PLEASED!
Of course the workmen are from outside the Church -- just
as Solomon had to go outside Israel for much, if not most of the
fine craftsmen -- but these men put their hearts into their work,
until it seems they know this is to be GOD'S building, and feel
that it must in every way be the BEST.
Of the Temple, David said: "I have prepared with all my
might for the House of my God...because I have set my affection to
the House of my God....Then the people REJOICED, for that they
offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered
willingly to the ETERNAL: and David the King also rejoiced with
great joy. Wherefore David blessed the Eternal before all the
congregation: and David said, ...But who am I, and what is my
people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this
sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given
thee." (I Chronicles 29:2,3,9-10,14.)
Brethren, God put His approval on our building this
comparatively small auditorium (seating 1250), and it is now quite
a little more than half finished. Fine as it is, the cost is
infinitesimal compared with Solomon's great Temple. But it will
stand as a fitting and beautiful and superb monument to our GREAT
GOD. He is now prospering His Work more than ever. What we have
has come from God, and it therefore is OF HIS OWN that we
contribute WILLINGLY, as David's people did.
Remember, our GOD has LAVISHED every spiritual blessing on
us. He has also given us the wonderful PRIVILEGE of having each
his own important PART in getting HIS GOSPEL to the world in these
closing days of this age. All we have in material goods or money