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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
August 23, 1956
Dear Co-Workers with Christ:
GREETINGS---and once more from BACK HOME!
Things are happening faster and FASTER in the glorious work
of GOD! I wrote you from London, in June, that things had begun
happening FAST, both in world events and in God's work. I wrote
you, in July, from Mid-Atlantic, a letter sent by radio-phone to
Pasadena and printed and mailed from there to you, that God was
moving in breath-taking manner to enlarge and step up the pace of
HIS WORK.
Today that momentum is INCREASING! We have reached---and
passed---the great turning point in The Eternal's closing work for
this Age! God is hurling at you and me the greatest CHALLENGE of
our lives. CAN we keep up with this faster pace He is setting?
Well, right now, my dear fellow-workers, it certainly seems
we are laying down on this challenge! Today I am compelled to face
the frightening fact that the income for this greatest work on
earth, so far for this month of August to date, is some ten
thousand dollars SHORT of the income up to the same date last
month. THAT FACT IS POSITIVELY FRIGHTENING! I am forced to make
this letter very short, and to the point, so it may be RUSHED to
you yet today! We dare not get into another alarming financial
crisis right at this crucial moment. It would threaten the very
existence of this mighty work!
Quickly, briefly, then, LISTEN TO THIS TERRIFIC NEWS! Then
ACT!
When we were in Spain early last month, seeking to learn
HOW we could find a door open to enable us to preach Christ's
GOSPEL to the people of Spain, we found every door closed! Spain
is a totalitarian state. Franco is an iron DICTATOR. And Franco
well knows that he rules and retains his absolute dictatorship only
because the Pope at Rome backs him! Roman Catholicism is THE STATE
RELIGION in Spain. Are Protestants allowed in Spain? In a way,
yes. A few Protestant churches that already were established in
Spain before the Revolution are allowed to hold services---but not
in any regular church edifice or building. They must meet SECRETLY
in rooms in some office buildings primarily devoted to purposes
other than religion. They are not allowed to have any sign on the