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I have quoted this letter, because it shows you the very
heart laid bare---the true spirit of this newly-begotten sister in
Christ, which is exactly what we saw in SO MANY of these dear
people in England, Scotland and Ireland. You will notice this
letter came from a humble heart, one yielded and surrendered to
God, HUNGRY for the TRUTH of God, obeying it and LIVING it when
found.
Co-Workers, it was money received from YOU, which made it
possible to carry this truth not only to this woman, but THOUSANDS
of others scattered all over Britain, besides MILLIONS in America!
We now send The PLAIN TRUTH every month to more than 5,500 homes in
the British Isles. That and other literature now goes to many
points in Africa, India, Malaya, the British East Indies, even the
Philippines, Japan, Hawaii.
Yet so far we have reached only a small fraction of the
people, or the territory, that Christ has said must be reached. We
have not yet gotten the Message to more than a small portion of
Asia or Africa, or even Europe. We have not reached South America
yet at all, or Australia, or British South Africa. We have not
even gotten the Message effectively, as yet, into Canada. IN FACT
WE HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN! Our work is FAR FROM FINISHED!
Now once again we are entering into the DANGEROUS Christmas
shopping season. ONCE AGAIN THE RECEIPT OF MONEY IS BEGINNING TO
DROP OFF ALARMINGLY!
This is the season when so many forget all about CHRIST and
HIS work, and CEASE giving gifts to HIM, in order to EXCHANGE GIFTS
among their relatives and friends! Every year at this time MANY
withhold their gifts from CHRIST, in order to TRADE gifts back and
forth with fellow-humans!
THINK! Consider carefully! People buy presents lavishly
at Christmas time, SUPPOSING they are following the example of the
wise men in giving gifts to Christ YET WITHOUT REALIZING IT, THEY
ARE DOING JUST THE OPPOSITE! Notice this carefully:
Here is THE PLAIN TRUTH!
From the Bibliotheca Sacra, Vol. 12, pages 153-155, I
quote: "The interchange of presents between friends ... must have
been adopted by Christians from the PAGANS." The fact is, the
custom of exchanging gifts at Christmas time has not a single trace
of Christianity about it! Did you ever attend a birthday party,
where all the guests spent lavishly for BIRTHDAY PRESENTS, and then
traded all their gifts among themselves, GIVING NOTHING TO THE ONE
WHOSE BIRTHDAY THEY WERE HONORING? Wouldn't that be silly? Yet
that's what nearly everybody is doing! And Christmas does NOT
honor Christ's birthday, because JESUS WAS NOT BORN DECEMBER 25, OR
EVEN IN THAT TIME OF THE YEAR! Nowhere does the Bible tell us to
celebrate Christ's birthday. If you want THE TRUTH about
Christmas, write for our free booklet "The PLAIN TRUTH about
CHRISTMAS."