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These words came to my mind as I was overwhelmed with God's
Auditorium. I've seen the Dome of the Rock, the Great Alabaster
Mosque of Cairo, St. Peter's in Rome, Schonbrunn Palace of Vienna,
Versailles, Potsdam, and other such wonders of man. But never
before have I felt the joy and wonder at beholding the awesome
beauty of the Ambassador Auditorium. It exceeds all that I had
heard! And furthermore, it is dedicated to honor the GREAT GOD!
He deserves that honor! Our God IS THE GOD of light, happiness,
beauty, character, and quality, as Mr. Armstrong has said numerous
times. And these characteristics are prevalent in the Auditorium.
So, I want to say THANK YOU -- thank you to all the construction
crew, to the workmen, planners, designers, to all the men involved
in building the Auditorium, thank you to all the membership who
have given to the Building Fund, thank you to Mr. Armstrong, whose
initiative and perseverance paid off, and THANK YOU to the Great
God, who made all of this possible!"
And, to those who have contributed to the Building Fund,
I have to say, a good part of this fine Auditorium was financed
on long-term insurance-company loans -- enough, added to our own
fund on hand, to make it 100% financed, and at an interest rate
LOWER than the current prime rate. But we must CONTINUE the
payments, WHILE we enjoy using it, and the Building Fund income
has been way down. I know that none of us would want to just quit
paying for it, and have it taken away from us. We should get the
Building Fund back up where it was one and two years ago.
I wrote you before that the attempted overthrow of GOD'S
WORK a few weeks ago, would undoubtedly cause a temporary slump
in the income for this MOST IMPORTANT WORK ON EARTH. It has, and
I need to ask all loyal Brethren and Co-Workers to make an EXTRA
sacrifice right now, to tide us over, and make it possible for me
to get back out there on the firing line, getting Christ's GOSPEL
in power to thousands in these many world capitals.
With much love, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong