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more of them are becoming regular Co-Workers---just as I've been
telling you they would ever since we went on the Network. BUT, on
the other hand, the total amount of tithes and offerings coming in
for the work has dropped down until it is now actually LESS than at
these same weeks a year ago!
WHY IS THIS? Dear Co-Workers, it can mean only one thing.
Many of YOU who have been Co-Workers of long standing are now
growing luke-warm toward GOD and HIS WORK! And Jesus Christ says
that if we become lukewarm, and lose our ZEAL for His work and His
way of life, He will spue us out of His mouth---we shall lose our
salvation for eternity!
And THAT heart-sickening realization, dear Co-Workers, even
more than the present indication we shall have to go off the
Network and perhaps even the super-power stations broadcasting the
program every night, makes my heart heavy as lead!
Oh, LISTEN! You, who have been my Co-Workers in the
glorious, mighty, all-important work of CHRIST---I have always felt
lifted up and inspired thru every trial and test in the faith that
YOU---our great family of self-sacrificing, willing, zealous
Co-Workers---would remain loyal and faithful, and go on into the
glorified Kingdom of God with me---that we shall continue there, in
The KINGDOM OF GOD, for all eternity, as kings and priests in the
joyous service of God!
But I realize that this work of God is not only a matchless
PRIVILEGE---it is also the very testing ground of FAITH, to try us,
and make us WHITE in the righteousness of God! It's a prime means
of developing us for HIS KINGDOM. Either we endure in the joy of
our glorious Mission---or we lose salvation! Eternity is at stake!
Now here's the situation we face: TELEVISION is proving
more and more of a magnet, capturing the interest and the TIME of
the American people. They are being DRUGGED by it! Most sponsors
are the tobacco manufacturers, the liquor industry, the cosmetics
producers. Most shows are crime, murder mysteries, insane slap-
stick comedy, variety vaudeville programs, or panel shows that do
not really educate as we like to think they do---mere AMUSEMENT,
passing away---WASTING---precious TIME God gave us to develop
CHARACTER and His Righteousness! TV is becoming a national CURSE!
Co-Workers, if God's work is to survive, we have to face
the Television situation! As of last year RADIO was receiving only
about 40% as many listening hours as formerly. This year TV is
cutting in on RADIO listening even more. Today, not much more than
A THIRD as many people are listening to RADIO at any given hour, as
four years ago.
It's a life-and-death DILEMMA? Co-Workers, do you realize
that if we had not gone on the Network about 16 months ago---and
since, on more and more of the top-flight, basic 50,000-watt NBC
and CBS stations---this work would probably have DIED before now!
OUR REAL PROBLEM IS TELEVISION!