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December 31, 1947
Box 111, Pasadena, California
Dear Co-worker for God:
I have just returned to Pasadena from a five-day's trip
back to Eugene, Oregon, and my heart has sunk as near the depths of
despair as is possible for one of FAITH, at what I have found on
returning.
It seems that due to the biggest Christmas-shopping spree
in history, most of our co-workers and listeners have FORGOTTEN
both gifts and obligations to CHRIST! And the financial condition
of God's precious work has taken a nose-dive straight down toward
a CRASH that will mean the END OF IT in five days' time unless by
faith in God and enough of our faithful co-workers coming to the
rescue immediately, the crash can be averted and the most important
work on this earth SAVED.
I had been forced, in order to keep the work alive, to
assume heavy obligations for the next five months---heavy ADDED
obligations. The first of these three heavy installments comes due
January 1st,---TOMORROW. We MUST meet obligations of $7,000, or WE
MAY BE THROWN OFF THE AIR, AND THE COLLEGE CLOSED UP!
It is precisely that serious! As I wrote in the last
BULLETIN, during the crisis of the reconstruction work on the main
college building, we were forced to get considerably behind with
our two larger radio stations. On them---one the MOST POWERFUL
station in all North America, we have the very BEST, most-
listened-to, and costly time at 8 o'clock (Central time) every
night, and 5:30 every morning. This is the MOST VALUABLE TIME that
could possibly be purchased by any religious broadcast. It reaches
ALL AMERICA, and much of Canada. It reaches MILLIONS of precious
souls---12 times every week! It is the MOST IMPORTANT, MOST
VALUABLE radio opportunity that has ever come to ANY ONE for broad-
casting the Gospel, and is it any wonder that the Almighty God has
given that most precious time to HIS OWN WORK? It is very costly
time--it costs thousands of dollars a month. BUT IT REACHES SO
MANY PEOPLE ALL OVER THREE NATIONS, THAT IT ENABLES US TO CARRY THE
TRUE GOSPEL MESSAGE AND GOD'S LAST SOLEMN WARNING WITH GREAT POWER
TO TWO THOUSAND PRECIOUS SOULS FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF COST! In terms
of what it accomplishes, it is the most economical, the cheapest
possible way to thunder God's Message!
When we got behind by force of circumstances out of my
control, the management of these stations "cracked down". To save
the broadcast, I was forced to sign notes obligating us to five
very heavy monthly payments of several thousand dollars each month,
IN ADDITION, of course, to keeping current broadcasts paid up.
Professors' salaries, the payment on the college property---all
come due at the first of the month.
I didn't worry about it, because even a normal return from
the recent BULLETIN would have taken care of it. When I left for
Oregon, six days ago, the return had not begun to come in from the
BULLETIN, and already was several days overdue, but we thought this