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terrible blows that have hit us with such crushing force bring us
GOOD? Is that POSSIBLE? I confess I could not see how, at first
---but NOW I see it so very plainly.
Listen! 1) this emergency reconstruction we were forced
to rush thru so suddenly, while it cost $26,000, has actually
increased the value of the property by perhaps a quarter million
dollars! Before, there was perhaps question among real-estate and
insurance people as to whether this property was worth $100,000---
although $400,000 was actually spent in building and landscaping it
originally. But now it has blossomed out into a place of such
breath-taking beauty, it is freely admitted by all that it is worth
today not less than $350,000! It is now one of the most beautiful
places in Southern California or anywhere in the world! And don't
forget, THIS MONEY WE HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SPEND IN RECONSTRUCTION
IS NOT THROWN AWAY---we still have it, and this greatly increased
value of the property with it in the property itself! It has,
then, been a most profitable investment forced upon us.
And, 2) being forced to meet this overwhelming test of
faith has STRENGTHENED US---everyone who has helped, and had a part
in it---it has added to the development of our character, and our
faith, an amount that can't be measured in money.
And, 3) it has greatly reassured hundreds of thousands in
our vast listening audience---strengthened THEIR faith---shown them
that God IS able to deliver His people and His work from such
sudden predicaments, proved again that this IS God's true work!
Yes, it has worked together for the GOOD of THOUSANDS, and of all
concerned! GOD'S WORD IS TRUE! Even God's work itself is a living
testimony to God's power, and illustration of how God works!
True, this terrible emergency did force us to hold up
publication of the college catalog, and delay accepting enrollments
of students until about the time other colleges began. And this
cut down student enrollment to a bare handful. But is this so
tragic? NOT AT ALL! For ALL THINGS started of God thru human
agencies must start SMALL---always the SMALLEST of all at the
beginning. Always like the grain of mustard seed---the SMALLEST of
all herbs, but it grows and grows until it becomes the GREATEST!
God started the entire human race with ONE MAN. God started His
nations ISRAEL, now a multitude of nations, with ONE MAN, Abraham.
God started this present work the SMALLEST of all---out in a one-
room country school house, without a dime of money---just on FAITH
ALONE. He started the radio broadcasts the same way, on the
SMALLEST station (100-watts), at a cost of $2.50 per week. But it
has grown and grown, these fourteen years, until now it reaches
FIVE MILLION precious souls a week, in THREE NATIONS---and plans
are now being laid to carry it, later, into EVERY NATION as a
witness, before the END comes!
Ambassador College has had to start smaller than any
college I know. But our professors tell me they know of NONE which
ever started off SO FINE---with such fine buildings and campus. I
know none ever started with a finer faculty, or better students.
We are AMAZED at the aptitude of our handful of students. They are
superior students---young men and women of ABILITY, personality,