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amounted to $563,000. But this is only slightly more than the
smaller amounts of those under $10 each and those between $90 and
$100 each -- who totalled $407,420.
While I was at it I thought I would see if ANY were able to
contribute up to $10,000 for such a great Work as the living Christ
has built for His Gospel Message. The computer had the record of
21 people in that category during the six months period. They
contributed $210,000. Just 21 people -- a small handful -- and did
it HELP? Yes, THANK GOD for that help -- but still those of you
who could give only from 1 cent to $10 contributed MORE, BECAUSE
THERE ARE MORE OF YOU! In NUMBERS there is STRENGTH! So, you see,
if you can only put $1 or $2 into God's Work, THAT IS IMPORTANT --
it helps! If God has made you able to contribute $1,000 or more,
that helps MUCH MORE, and that, too, is extremely IMPORTANT! Yet
it is where the many of small ability do THEIR PART, those of
medium ability do THEIRS and those of large ability give THEIRS --
ALL WORKING TOGETHER -- ALL PRAYING TOGETHER FOR THIS WORK -- that
is where there is strength and power -- and the WORK OF GOD GROWS
GREAT!
And let me add again, those who do have large amounts they
are simply not, at least at this time, free to give outright, THE
LOAN of those amounts HELPS VERY GREATLY. Better this money is put
where the living JESUS CHRIST is directing its use -- where it is
WORKING where HE works, with HIS BLESSING, than lying idle in a
bank.
I know there are many wealthy people in the world who would
be ABLE to contribute from one to several million dollars for this
greatest activity on earth -- BUT NOT ONE HAS SO FAR BEEN WILLING!
No, this Work was not built by great corporations or wealthy people
backing it -- but by THOSE OF LESSER MEANS, WHOSE HEARTS WERE IN
GOD'S WORK -- WHO WANTED TO HAVE A PART IN CHANGING THE WORLD,
paving the way for THE HAPPY, PEACEFUL, PROSPEROUS WORLD TOMORROW
-- WHEN WE SHALL HAVE HAD A PART IN SAVING THE WORLD!
This, dear Co-Workers, is the MOST IMPORTANT thing in our
lives! Please pray earnestly for me, and for the whole Work!
THANK YOU!
With love, in Jesus' name,
Herbert W. Armstrong