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million souls are now reached every Sunday. Thru these years our
faith has been sorely tried and tested. We pay AS WE GO, day by
day, week by week, running no bills. I leave a check for each
broadcast at the time we go on the air. If the money were not on
hand by then, this great work would have to be stopped! Time after
time we have come right down to Saturday night or Sunday morning
without the money for the Sunday broadcasts. But always, at the
last moment, the necessary amount has come. God says "Owe no man
anything," and I have found that if we OBEY Him, conduct His work
His way, and TRUST Him, He never will leave or forsake us, no
matter how discouraging things may appear. We never beg for money
over the air. We do not ask for it in The PLAIN TRUTH. The Gospel
must go FREE---not sold for a price like merchandise. To beg for
money over the air is NOT a work of faith---but only to hold the
Gospel up to ridicule before the unconverted whom we wish most to
reach. We have put God's promises to the acid TEST, and we have
learned He is always faithful.
For years we have carried on this work from a very small
office in Eugene. It is an inside office, without windows or fresh
air, and without ventilation. We can only work in it an hour or
two at a time without going out for a bit of fresh air. It is not
a healthful place to work, but it has kept our expenses down.
Here, without modern office equipment, with only some old tables
and shelves---without even filing cabinets---Mrs. Armstrong and I
have been carrying on this work almost wholly by ourselves. Twice,
for a brief space of time, we had a woman to help in the office,
but neither could take shorthand or operate a typewriter. For
years we have mimeographed and printed The PLAIN TRUTH ourselves in
this office, with only the occasional help of some volunteers for
folding, addressing, stamping, and mailing. We have sacrificed and
worked hard. We have had to get behind in answering letters, but
the work has kept going---AND GROWING!
Hundreds have been converted---even atheists brought to
Christ thru this work. The true GOSPEL, and the last WARNING
Message has continued going out in power to the hundreds of
thousands. Yes, we know the sacrifice, the hardship, the test of
faith, HAS BEEN WORTH WHILE!
But now it has outgrown our ability to handle it longer
alone. With hundreds of letters coming in now from each broadcast
---with The PLAIN TRUTH circulation now at 5,000 copies and still
growing rapidly---with the Los Angeles broadcast now ready to be
launched---we have come to the place where we are FORCED to move to
a larger office, and have more help in the office.
Yesterday a splendid opportunity was opened to us for a
larger office in another building. There is ample room, large
windows, sunlight and fresh-air ventilation. Adjoining rooms are
available later, as the work expands and requires. This splendid
and larger office is offered to us for only $5 an month more than
we have paid where we are---which is about one-third what such an
office ordinarily would cost.
We must add now, without further delay, some office
equipment, filing cabinets, desks, another typewriter.