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"The WORLD TOMORROW"
A WORLDWIDE BROADCAST
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
Proclaims to the World the
GOOD NEWS OF THE WORLD TOMORROW
BOX 111, Pasadena, California
Publishing:
The PLAIN TRUTH
a Magazine of UNDERSTANDING
July 31, 1955
Dear Co-Workers with Christ:
We are now ON TELEVISION! The start has been made. But the
result still hangs in the balance.
There are now indications that TV is the ANSWER to our
problem---the solution to this tight financial squeeze in God's
work---the ultimate medium to really HIT this entire nation with
terrific IMPACT with Christ's Gospel and God's last warning.
But, even if so, WE ARE NOW ENTERING THE VERY NARROWEST,
TIGHTEST PART OF THE FINAL BOTTLENECK thru which we must squeeze
before victory is finally won.
Many of you who were unable to see the first program on TV
have written to ask how it came out. Before I tell you, I have to
say, first, that we came out $12,000 short of our necessary regular
expenses of this great work for the month of July.
Today is our 38th wedding anniversary, but Mrs. Armstrong
and I have had to devote most of the day to reading letters, and
preparing for the next telecast filming, and I'm having to leave
her now while I write to tell you how DISCOURAGING it is---what a
TEST OF FAITH---when receipts for the conduct of the work drop off
so frighteningly the last part of each month. We have ended the
month today. The situation is SO DESPERATE we have had to open
mail today, Sunday, to see if there might be some large amounts, as
a miracle, to bring up our monthly quota. There were none. We
came out $12,000 short for the month.
Co-Workers, it seems that when I send out one of these
letters the response lasts for about seven to ten days, and then it
stops, and thereafter it seems most of our Co-Workers have
forgotten all about God's precious and all-important work. Will
you not get under this burden WITH ME, and pray earnestly,
passionately, for God to move on more and more Co-Workers to keep
enough coming in, especially during the last two weeks of each
month, so this wonderful work may survive?
Even if Television does, as we now hope and pray, prove to
be God's solution, it will not help us FINANCIALLY---but will only
add heavy EXPENSE---for six months or more. Over 97% of all the
letters received from last Sunday's FIRST program on TV have been