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WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG
PRESIDENT and PASTOR
January 12, 1972
Dear Brethren of God's Church:
I'm sorry to say I have been quite ill, since Friday,
December 31. Had temperature just slightly under 104, which is
very serious at my age. God has been with me, and each day the
temperature has subsided, until this morning it is normal. However
the feeling of influenza is still in my body and head, and I'm not
yet back to normal.
But I simply MUST tell you the GOOD news of the fact that
on last Friday, January 7, the 38th anniversary of the start of
God's Work on the air, GOD SUDDENLY, UNEXPECTEDLY, OPENED THE MOST
POWERFUL DOOR FOR GETTING OUT HIS MESSAGE EVER OPENED IN THE
HISTORY OF THIS WORK!
We had been working toward this for several years, but had
no reason to expect the definite positive decision at all -- and
certainly no reason to expect it on that day!
Friday, January 7, at about 11:30 a.m., word came from
Reader's Digest that they had OPENED THEIR ADVERTISING COLUMNS
IN THEIR GIANT MASS-CIRCULATION UNITED STATES EDITION -- 17,750,000
copies -- a readership of 55-65 MILLION people -- to us. And not
merely to Ambassador College for non-religious messages, but also
to Worldwide Church of God. And, while we will not use a straight
religious message at first -- but will advertise The PLAIN TRUTH
-- there seems to be the probability that, later on, they will
accept "Message ads" and also advertising for subscribers to
TOMORROW'S WORLD.
On that same day, later in the afternoon, came the signed,
sealed and delivered documents for the financing of the superfine
AUDITORIUM -- to us, GOD'S HOUSE here at His present world Head-
quarters in Pasadena!
On that day, God showed us unmistakably:
1) That He wants His Work to go on, now with GREATER
POWER THAN EVER, and
2) that He wills that we NOW, at last, build this superb
House for Him at these temporary Headquarters. We know that in
God's time, His Headquarters will be re-established at Jerusalem.
But apparently He is showing us that He is allowing us enough time
to get His Message MORE INTENSIVELY to the world -- TO A LARGER
NUMBER IN THE WORLD -- than we have done so far.
It is significant that by the end of 1971 we were able to