Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-07-27 | Page 6 | Tithing Requisitions

TITHING REQUISITIONS, It is an interesting circular letter thai we have before us, signed by the presidency of the Juab stake of Zion and the bishopric of the SeCOnd ward of Nephi, Utah It has to do with the matter of tithing "We have far ten many non-tithe payers and part-tithe payers," Bays tin-. circular. It urges the people to pay their tithing as they receive their income. in-come. If a man receives his wages weekly he is admonished to pay his tithing weekly; if his check comes to him monthly, he is urged that it is his duly to pay his tenth "to the Lord" (1) monthly As to paving "in kind." h- is told that when his chick ens Jay eggs (he Lord (VOuld like, to have them fresh; and that butler is much more agreeable to the heavenly palate when not rank that, the tenth pound should bo turned in as soon as churned. And so it; goes on down the entire gamut of productiveness, always, you must understand, "With an eye single to the glorv of the Lord.'' 1-im there i one thine eonf-nincel ill that circular letter that seems to contradict con-tradict frequent outgivings of the Mor mon leaders, pulpiteers and publicists Por instam e, in an interview printed in the Pittsburg Times, President Joseph P Smith said of tithing: "11; is not exacted from the church, it, is a vol untary offering " But this circular which WO have before us declare-: I" When we wait until the 'end of the year it very often occurs that we are unable to settle fullj the OBLIGATION TO PAN ONE-TENTH OP OUR INTEREST, IN-TEREST, WHICH WE HAVE COVE NANTED WITH THE LORD TO DO." Could it be more plainly stated that the payment of tithing is compulsory 1 Besides, it ought to be apparent to in telligent. persons that the tithe gatherers gather-ers care nothing about the welfare of the tithe pavers. If a man at the, end of the year would be unable to pay to the church one tenth of all that he had earned, it would be because he had been obliged to use the money in the sustenance suste-nance of himself and family in dc cency. Tin request that he pay weekly or monthly secures the tithe grabber-in grabber-in "theirs,'' although the contributor, may by tins means be obliged to deprive de-prive himself and his family. But, look you, the deprivation is not so much felt when spread out over tlu entire twelve mouth as when it comes all iu a lump. Therefore perpetual near-star vation, if if shall procure a full tenth of the earnings of a Latter-day Saint lo the hierarch, is preferable lo inabil ity to settle at the end of the vear because be-cause the contributor hail kept food in his children's Btomacos, clothing upon tlnnr backs and shoes upou their feet. However, the tone of the circular re ferred to indicates that the Mormon people are becoming a bit eharj of paying pay-ing money into unaccounting hands; and that is to be taken as an indication, indica-tion, that they are becoming more reasonable rea-sonable and are less liable to fall ic-tims ic-tims to the hierarchical gold brick game.