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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
September 19,1957
Dear Brethren of GOD'S Church:
I am forced to begin this letter with some bad news. The big
new TABERNACLE BUILDING on our grounds near Big Sandy, Texas, has
been put off for another year!
Brethren, I was FORCED to make this decision recently, even
though we SO DESPERATELY NEED this new building! The FLOOD of
special offerings for the building fund that we so URGENTLY needed
slacked off to a small trickle, and then just a few little drops!
We simply could not meet the test in time!
As I told you in my last Co-Worker's Bulletin, the work is
leaping ahead in many ways. God is adding big, powerful, new radio
stations--opening new doors to take the truth to other continents.
It is because of the steadily-increasing GROWTH God is granting
that I COULD NOT take any more money out of the work for the
building of the tabernacle at this time!
I was faced with a vital decision. Either we would have two
unfinished SHELLS of buildings standing on the grounds, with NO
WINDOWS, DOORS OR FIXTURES in the new building--NONE of the stone
that is so vital to the appearance of the structure--or we would
continue another year with the old building. I consulted several
of our ministers. God seemed to unanimously guide the opinions of
all of us. I simply had to call Mr. Behlen and call off the
building of the new tabernacle--FOR THIS YEAR!
HERE'S WHAT THAT MEANS! We are faced with the LARGEST influx
of newly converted people ever attending the Feast of Tabernacles.
Last year, we had already begun to "flow out the seams" of the
present building. This year, it will be even MORE CROWDED than
EVER BEFORE. But there was nothing else to do. We're going to
have to "rough it" in our present building for one more year.
Maybe this will be GOOD for us. Perhaps this is God's way of
showing us we must put more ZEAL AND ENERGY INTO HIS WORK--BEGIN TO
TAKE THESE PROJECTS MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY THAN EVER BEFORE!
We are going to try every way possible to increase the feeding
and serving efficiency of the kitchen this year. We are organizing
a group of deacons and other volunteer men to handle the parking,
ushering, seating, cleaning-up work, serving, repair work and other
physical duties necessary--so we may have more real ORDER and