T H E S I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
LETTER FROM DR. BOB JONES, INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN EVANGELIST AND FOUNDER OF BOB JONES COLLEGE, CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE
My dear Friends:
A few weeks ago, former Governor Luren D. Dickinson of Michigan, a member of the Board of Trustees of Bob Jones College and a great Christian statesman, departed to be with the Lord. Because ' Bob Jones College “insures its students against surroundings which lead to questionable indulgences harmful to Christian, youth, character, and life,” Governor Dickinson left the institution $2,000 out of an estate valued at $20,000. A few weeks before Governor Dickinson’s death, a Christian f r i e n d in Georgia who had heard me preach over the radio but whom I had never met, died leaving Bob Jones College a $3,000 bequest which represented a large percentage of her estate. The members of the Board of Trustees of Bob Jones College at their recent annual meeting Voted unanimously to put into a building fund the amounts received from these two bequests. They also voted to proceed immediately with plans to raise during these war times a minimum building fund of $300,000. I am, therefore, calling your attention to the following very interesting facts and I am earnestly and prayerfully appealing to you for your co-operation. First, Bob Jones College, as far as we know, is the only regular liberal arts college in America that had this past year a twenty per cent increase in enrollment. The institution has the brightest prospects for next school year it has ever had in its history. \ Second, it is not possible for us to do' our best educationally and spiritually for our students unless they live in our dormitories. In order to make provisions to take care of, comfortably, one thou sand dormitory students we must raise a building fund of $300,000. We should raise $400,000. If the- Lord should tarry we must begin erecting buildings just as soon as the war is over and we w ill start before the war is over if we should find it possible to get building material. Plans for the buildings are now being drawn. Third, we are asking our orthodox, Christian friends to contribute as. liberally as possible. If you wish, you may contribute government bonds. By buying bonds you can help your government. By contributing the bonds to Bob Jones College you can help this Christian institution train Christian leaders. Christian leaders will be needed in this.country more than ever when this .war is over. If you tithe, and we hope you do, you, of course, can charge the price of your bonds contributed against your tithe.-When you pay your income tax you can charge your gift to Bob Jones College against the ex emptions to which you are entitled undej the law. You can make a pledge toward our building fund and pay it by the month or make it payable in one year, two years, or even three years. Fourth, the increase of twenty per cent in the enrollment in this aggressive, orthodox, Christian college, when most other colleges had a large decrease in attendance, has given great weight to the testimony of the institution. It would be a wonderful testimony to the cause of the Lord Jesus Ghrist and evangelical orthodoxy if on June 1, 1944, we could announce to the world that orthodox Chris tian people had created a large building fund in order to accommodate the increasing enrollment in Bob Jones College, which stands without apology for the "old time religion" and the absolute author ity of the Bible. We believe that every one who reads this letter can contribute some amount and some could, no doubt, contribute large amounts and thus help this college in its effort to give its ortho dox Christian testimony to the whole wide world. Fifth, if you have not already put Bob Jones College in your will, w ill you not prayerfully con sider doing so? Some of you are depending upon your investments for your living. If you do not feel that you can make an “ outright” gift and you wish to invest in the building program of the college, the institution w ill be glad to issue you an annuity bond and pay ygu a reasonable rate of interest as long as you live. We shall be glad to request Mr. C. W. Harle, president of the Merchants Bank of Cleveland, Tennessee, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Bob Jones College, to furnish you a financial statement if you are interested in an annuity.
Please pray for us and please help us to the limit of your ability in raising a building fund of a minimum of $300,000. Thank you and God bless you,
Sincerely yours,
BOB JONES
Founder
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