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our good! I have mentioned before how Moses made an appeal to all
God's people of that ancient day, for liberal offerings for the
tabernacle and the ark. This appeal was commanded by God. Read of
it starting Exodus 35:4, on thru chapter 36, verse 7. "Take ye
from among you an offering unto the ETERNAL," Moses said to the
people, "whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an
offering of the Eternal, gold, and silver and brass, ...And all the
congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence
of Moses. And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and
every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the
ETERNAL'S OFFERING to the work of the tabernacle ...and they came,
both men and women, as many as were willing hearted ...And they
spake unto Moses saying, 'The people bring MUCH MORE THAN ENOUGH
for the service of the work, which the Eternal commanded to make,'
and Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed
throughout the camp, saying, 'Let neither man nor woman make any
more work for the offering of the sanctuary.' So the people were
restrained from bringing."
THINK OF IT! There actually was a time when the people's
hearts were so stirred by God's appeal for their offerings and
free-will gifts, that Moses actually had to send out a proclamation
restraining them from sending more!
CO-WORKERS, I know that some of you, today, are just as
stirred up and willing---but why are others of you so lukewarm to
the work of God? Why are not all of you as willing to yield to
God, and put yourself, and what you may have, at HIS DISPOSAL for
His work? Oh, dear Co-Workers, will you PRAY with me, earnestly,
believingly, that God will STIR UP the hearts of more and more of
our Co-Workers, that there may be enough to carry on the precious
all-important WORK OF GOD?
I want to make this situation absolutely clear and plain,
so you all understand it. Some have the idea that money for God's
work has fallen off alarmingly. That is not the case. Instead,
what has happened is this: When God opened the door for the first
time, last fall, for HIS LAST MESSAGE TO THE WORLD to go out over
one of the great major radio net-works, I knew we had to go ahead
where God had led. It was as much a direct command of God as His
command to Moses to send out the appeal for extra contributions to
build the ancient tabernacle.
This, together with the opportunity to go on other mighty
super-power stations carrying the program around the world and an
increased enrollment in Ambassador College, meant an increased
expense of a few thousand dollars per week. I had to move ahead,
where God led and opened the way, ON FAITH. I had to start sending
out appeals for more money for this increased expense for this
greatly enlarged work, just as God commanded Moses to do in the
case of building that tabernacle. And what has happened? Just
this, dear Co-Workers---we have been receiving ALMOST enough
additional money to pay these additional expenses. Yes ALMOST!
And that has put us in a terrible dilemma! Our faith has been
strenuously tried! We have had to weather this TIGHT SQUEEZE---and
we shall have to keep on ENDURING thru this trial and test a few
more months, until thousands of NEW Co-Workers from sections of the