| Show Tithes and Offerings II I I Discourses Delivered by Eltler Orson F 1 Whitney And roIl 1 dent Coorgo Q Cannon In tha Tab rl1nolo Snit Lake Altornoon November 12 1803 City Sunday II = = = = moT BY ARTHUR WINTIK ELDER ORSON P WHITNEY Atl I < I I t r Ifr 1 Chpr An < llh 1 2nd4t Slh amI 61 rseo d Ihe roullh Chpler or Mjlachl They read as follow Dh i d I vtill send mr messenger ti tn tt prepare l he wa before me and the Lord i in ve leV ilull suddenly come lo hit ir nli le e en Ihe rneeeenier of Din eaverunl old he shall come t i n e ilrltght in behold Hi Until of In its 11 In mar nl I d < the dsv ol his coming 1 ind when he for he a I 10 l > > all l eppearelM I ke a ret nf r > fire and III liillr r > Ir Vi t h 1 ill lt I i a refiner and puntvst or mlheOallpiilllr Hie ion oliI l and I r il h tin < golil nnil 1 sllrer that tHou 1 nujr u tHo-u the I Ion ofTwinic In tlghleousneu I oi llie oTerlnx ot JuiUh Mid Jen I I < u nine Urd as IB MM dafs i In 1 roiiituiiir vetv bare robbed Ihl y ruy Wherein have we robbed t I ithft anil orTeitngt txl w ih i enne at re I ll obI I ob-I h bul 110 II lIlh IIhI1O IhI hoI Ib Ih no b nr 10 mine hoI m n hhh ullh Ihe Urd of I I will tml open you Ihe window ol I n nd pant > oii out blessing tint Uiere I th 11 01 h room b 10 Nal I i r Ixli > it lln day camelh llul shall burn in orn nl nil the proud res and alt thai d w 10111 slnll be MtlbM end Ih dar that n h lull I urn them up stlui the li I > td urI ur-I I II II h it il llull len e Diets neither toot nor Lrh II lot unto you th il I Iwr I nnme shall ill Sun or 110 imii ii 1 n w III healing In III wlrifs an l yi iluil RU lorili and grow up u calfts wf 11 11 I II n embrr yo Hi I iw nf Mom my servant l d mninilril iimu 1lm I In I llorelifof all I r itti III litiiln anil ludinvfMi lklio1 tli lilwml I > ou Kltih I the lrophst l I re Hie coimni of Hie Srcud dicadfu dol y 0 l Hi LoiJ I Ami lie shall turn ihebFirl oj Iht f4lhcn IIi I-Ii < hllirn inl the hrarl of the cKlldtcn llrlr litheit Inllcutrie and nolle Ibe wflh I I h I ell II Time vvnrds wore uttered byn Im helllr God about four hundred years I before the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ In Ilic flesh They vvete spoken to the Jew by Malachl tlie bit of the Old Testament IrophcU after whose time the voice of prophecy was hushed and remained Hill until Ihe adventol John the Iljptlil heralding the cumin I of one mightier even the Lord our Savior I presume that many Christian rcholars perhaps moil of them would tilo the Kound that Iheto Ire < llellonl luc been fulfilled tint they ueteful Illicit when Chrlxt came Ih1 that wn the rlilng of tho Sun ol rlRhteomncM of which lliolroilKl ppak I Hut the Latterday SainU lue been UUKht iHlleve and we hold that these pie dlclloM I are applicable toimrown da und that they have nut ct been fulfilltil i to the uttermost In some paillculan iloubllcH llicyhnc been but tho grcut fuinilmrnt Is yet to come It will pctlnpj be well for us to Inquire In-quire a little Into the circumstances under JUlre der which thcue uouU wera spoken bu hundred jrirs before the birth of our SIVIOT mere came Nanoin iTopneu apcaLlne to the Inhabitants I of JeruiAlem I m n51 w telling tlicm tint that tcai cily was about to be ilestrojed Jcremiali the Irophet spoke tliui He told hit coun ttymcn that because of their transgieM lon because of the profmlng of the htlbitli and the neglect b tha people II 8i II uf tho law ol MOICH I Ucxl would destroy des-troy the city of Jeiusalem and carry Hwaycaplhelu Inhabitinglhat 1 He I had raised upncfuit man ramtd Ncbu chadnctur Unr of 1111 lOll Into whose hands He had comnilllcd nil the mlloni of llm caitli Jeremiah counseled counsel-ed his nrnple to bend their necks to the > ol > eol Jieburhndiieizar I and el promised I them tint If they did solt should be IfllIII III I well 11 with them He told them that If they trusted In the power of Kcjnt for II 1 rI there was an Ictptian piny in Jerusalem Jerusa-lem who IhouKnt It more advantageous that thu Jews should lorni an alliance with that nation they would lean upon nbroktn reed and that It would be J belter for them I i to submit to t Ncbuclinl I ne ur He J predated that they would teivo him for seventy jenrs imlll the land le which I they had desecrated by their 1 IraiKgresftlons by refusing to let It rest every seventh jcar shouhl liaeenjoicd Its Sabbaths and then they would be permilled return Another Irophet who had preceded Jenmiah the creit Isihh also referred to this cat > tTiiy and he named the mm w horn Coil I would rle up to proclaim d vcranccto Ilii Pile that they might I reoccupy their after the evenly > eais wereac i omplltlud The Lori lliroucli Isaiah rilled this man Cyrus Ills Shepherd I hs Anointed whose light hand I hue holclcn lo subdue nations before him I and r said that He ul hid commanded him to rebuild the lempleat leiuaslem 31 l JtveS We er told tint there I were divers 1ro Jiheli who predicted these or kinulir lb 1I I i things 11 to that disobedient and Mill necked people Among hem WAS a Irophet iihincdLehi who wasncatem potirj of Jeremiah He was named u dram ot UK tlusltucllcm nl Jerusalem and told to take his fimlly and deoiut Into the wil Jcnicsi ami God would lead him unto A choicn lind He did so tulinn the records of hit ftliern or lio uas a descendant of Joseph through Manisitli with tents mid provisions for Ills fimlly and n feu others and they Kt > oiirncd for some rirs in Ihe KlIdinifM of Arabia On the shores of the Iersliin Gulf they ron < trucled ships by commandment ol God crossed tha Indian and 1acific Oce tns and landed on the com of the countrj now called Cl Hi I In South I laIroC Hook of lor oIlSi Is n hiMoiy < if the descendants Lehl Thi Irophctlived at thu time when Jeremiah predicted Ihe destitution nf Jerusalem A lew yeun liter this terriile prediction eli ru fti I tion uas fulfilled Nrbuchadnesurcame I I iigaln t the city brslrgetl ami cnpturetl 11 It He denoted the land for the Je J had formed an alliance with the Ling ol Liu pt and had not hearkened to Jere I muhs words And they were carried uwiy Into captlvlly and served the king of llabylon seventy years After thai Jo = ptilwl nrcoinpllshed God Inspired I Jirus the conqueror of llahtloii who = ie1J i now tore s n over the world i the I lenil of th Medo eIa l ti ompin ti > iiruclalm dfllvirsnce to HIE ere s and i I i III In all who dId it the pnvilw I n > iDK ut to the 1lId l nf Jiule to rebuild ilx wMlr plcs of Jrruuem It i uldthst fotlyiwo thointnd umltr tin leadership ort two great men named Zeiubbiinel onrl Jnihiu took < lv > lila0 of this otter and iMutneil to their country coun-try mid began lo rebuild and rclnliabit the places which I had been iltsolale for I so el long i Hut Ihr work languished I I lor they were surroundetl by peoplonhu lee foreign lo them In spltlt In I motlvr In laus and ciutomi The men of Klom were there the descrndants of 1 > u They had tn criMchrd during the years nl lira cap 11 vit i upon I mils fornmlv occupied by Ihe Jews anil relurd rvluctanlly even at tni command of Lyrti In give plito to thn reluming captives Olhfr nstions une nlw there to sow the seeds nf dissviutlon ol jiilousy And flilie among the mi mlirr uf this colony which hiJ pone up I full ol at 1 and enthusiasm II r lnlwl their Hiicient I mil to rebuild the Kmplr of God and renew Ihu worship of tehovah Hven Inthediys nfLyrus wno 1 a friend lo the Jews the neighboring nalloiH Inciteil the Persian governor tn repi it to tlul lon nrcii mat It would lie Impolitic anil ilnngtrous to permit these people who I hal created so much lioublu In former tears for Hie kings of As > riu and lUbvlon lo rebuild Ihr city and temple of their God 1 These conspirators SIR indrdsowtllthnt Cyius forbade I Ihe Jews lo continue and for the lat teven rarsoflns reign the wpik of rebuilding rebuild-ing Jerusalem ceased wr kI reign I of Ills suecesior Cambjrses I they were not wi milted to resume II but yr Ihe djys of another king Darius Hyttatnes who WM a second Cyius to the Jews tin temple was lidthed and iltuicilid lull was nnt until two oilier great men ErA ami Nehemlsh had come from lUbylon by pernmslon of Its king that the woik upon the walls of iliu city uas entirely I accomplished II Nehimiali uas tho cupbearer I I uf Ariaxrrxes Long manui anil r If uas under him and due mostly to bis heroic elToiu that the labor wan finally I I completed I laving instituted Ihe I liw oCr Mines I again null established that custom nhtcli pre died I in Ihe d lys of our slur of reading the law In public he returned to llibylun Hut Ihe Jews were n backsliding people They needed 111 lie constantly reminded of the duties thcyimed tolhdr God and iiotuUhitamllng the punishments they ludrccelted for their neglect nnd transgressions they fell away again The worship of Jehovah languished Ihe M > ing of tithing ceased amilhe Illnt hoodnot being supported any longer by the people could not continue to m e in Ihe temple bit were compelled go nut into Ihe lields and ear their bread Idling the uork of the liml take care of Itself It wis Ihli state of Ihlrgs with other cUU tint brought forth the Isst I of the Old Testament Piopliels 1 he tins which he denounced so strenuomly weru prevalent when he camr fuur hundred years before Ihe birth of the Slur You will olscixe that Malachl laid gre it stress upon the principle ol tithing and UK > n Ihe principle ol oir ringi for Ihe supiwrt ol 1 the Priesthood r while the nfhclated In the temple and doubtless doubt-less for the expenses ol Ihe temple and for Ihe rebuilding of tho city nilhsps II i r e Is behexed lo have f cottmporaty I uith Nrliemliti who uas directing that Important labor So urgent was he In showing the people the necestlty for observing these things In orderthit heaven might continue to smile upon I them that tlalr enemies might not again COla upon Hum and carry them Into captivity In order lint Jerusilem might stand upon her feet aid remain tree unto the coming of her King for whose 1 earlhly advent Abraham nnd his posterity I pos-terity hal btcn chosen as n peculiar people a select lineage and commanded lo remain distinct and not allow them sclvis to be seduced from their alltgi anco la Jehovah or to neclect In any pirllcular Ihe bw s which Ho had given IhI6 urgent uas Mitachl so much In earnest that he pleaded with t I Ihe people 1 III these i Vllle t11 a man rob God Probably tluto were ole nmong them who said No not nnlOl1 Uous It Nut If hekneu he was stealing from the Almighty Al-mighty would any Jew dare do such a thing Yet je lute robbed me Mid the Irophet sneaking In the name ore Ihe Lord Hut > or-e say Wherein have we robbed I Ihcer Doubtless they ueio thunderstruck when he told Hum that It uas In uithholdlnz the tithes and offerings of-ferings I which should be paid Into tho I clrIW elh rlh storehouse of the Lord Hint there might I be mett In IIU houif and means to carry on the I work 4JIIrcc He hail ial In stlluted I After seventy > iari of exile sorrow and sullcrlng I II He had 14 permitted 1 1 them lo return for Ibis purpose anil 1 now to neglect It again and cause tho worship of Jehovah I in His 1 holy temple IIIII lr I to cease became His servants not 1 he InK supported according to the law which Ht hid given were compelled togo to-go Into the fields and dig for themselves and Ingl slight Ihe sacrtd ilines of their call hlilThulw Iliuliw of lilhltig uas no new thing to tho Jewish people As uarly ai the times of Abralnm he the henl ol the house I oflsrailpildlllhcstoMclchlwdek J after whom Ihe High PrlctthooJ was named Abraham returning from the daughter I of tho kings ive him tithes uf ail he pos < tssuil rif order that he might be sanctified by that law and receive In return a spiritual Wetting from Mcchlsedek who was his superior for as Paul reasons It Is the lesser who Is I bletsed of the renter ami consider sajs he how great this nun wjs unto whom the Patriarch Abraham give the ttnlh I otll the 11 7i We arc slioun In reiillm the I kcilrlures haw Gad Instituted Insti-tuted Ihli law while I ills people I ueie wandering In the wilderness In the days nf Moses Atler Ho had called him up Into Ihe Mount and given him the Doa logue the ten commandment IU instructed in-structed him as to how he should off in lie the Prlenthuod I seems that II Imd been the original design to take the I Ami born c the limisa nf Israel I who uer spared ati tlw nIl ht whui the r lh angel of dcitli ixised oer Ibe children of Israel And 1 stew Ihe lint horn of the Kuymlans and make of them A Priest SII tn minister i for Ihe lt ol the tribes but owing to a treat sin which was committed while Motes was In the Mount when Aaron made the gohlen tail and the people Ixwed down and wonhpet It one of the ftlse goJi of Fgypllhe Almighty changed Mil purpose PKYIIe AlnllhlY chnld lIIr pose il we may sy so und chose the trlhe f Ievi to which Moses i himwlf belonged be-longed and M 1 them npirt A His trient I hoot I vtitli Aol And his suns as Iritsts nnd Musiv > as Prophet and tnouthplere unto llirm I wn nl this time ftliccn hundred eirs before Ihe coming of the I Sivior tint Ihe law I of tithing was re instituted fne Ixivltei were to have Ihe special I care f III I Ubcrnscle and I Its appurlenaiices the Priests were to bear I the ssrred r k upon their boulders llrr mid lo officiate at the altar and no man was to have this right I except lie was a Priest called I r of God lo as wsj Aaron Men were smitten with death because they el presumed lo c In Ihe Priests tilliie uitlibiu having been ordamid hrrto IKcnuse these iplrllual labors eiigrussed their lime and because it would have icndered them unworthy lo bear tin sacred vessels 1 and ofTicUte a a Iricsllio I if they had III engaged ton much in secular I pursuits the law of tithing was instituted All the oilier 111lnl Iler tribes of Irae l were Itlhed for the stis tetMilce nf this one tnl > e In order that GIH Pritslhiiod might b properly Mipiwrtrd wlule they ofllcUted before Him Ihisvtasilie purpose of the law Illp in that di The law prevailed all ilju 1 the centuries and tnough It was ofien ncglertcd and had lo b re established estab-lished with many warnings and admonl lions jet It continued lo be a statute and when Mslachl came be spuke slronil ul1 thin point telling Ihe iieople thil if they did not observe the ww they would rob Ihe Almighty of whit was Hit due In the IJtli and 1411 verses ol Hie hrst chapter 0 me prophecy proph-ecy he denounces also the practices of those whn vainly sought In deceive the I IMH by bringing lhal which was torn and lame and lkln other words those who I paid l their I tithing with tlie wonilmit I Instead of Ihe firstlings ol their lucks One reason doubtless why the Jews were neglerthil In retard to this principle prin-ciple was because ol the sneers and ridicule heaped upon them by those around them who were not of them who did not understand the purposes ol Jehovah probably tried lo nuke the Jews J believe they wee being opPressed I and Imposed upon that these Pressed II JI I III riests and Levites were laiy dignities digni-ties Indolent tvranncMl I Hist they should I work like Hie rest of II llielr fellows fel-lows nnd otiBht not to be supported I have no doiiht lhit such arguments were used and because of these seducing seduc-ing spirits many Icll away neglected Ihe law nnd came under the condemnation them condemna-tion which Malachl pronounced upon Hut Malacbl pak of another principle prin-ciple that of oHrings He win Ve have robbed me Hut ve say U herein N have we robbed thee In tithes and olfeilngs What are we lo understand under-stand nr tarings i Something distinct dis-tinct It wo seem from tithing Now suppose we come down to our nundav upIre principle of tithing has been 1 revealed lo this Church We are Ullerda Israel We are the descendants descend-ants nf that Abraham who gave tithes to Melchisedek We are a peculiar people chosen that we might Introduce these laws anew In the lhl latter diys A fen vears after the Church was organised the principle of tithing was revealetl to the Irophet Joseph I could read lo you If 1 chose Ihe Iw I of lite Liird upon this subject given In July iNjtt In r < spouse to llieinintloii as to how much 110 I required of Ills people as a tltlilng He said llhllo I run ru-n to put I olhle surplus property into the hand I I of the Hishon rr of the Church and that should be the beginning begin-ning of Ihe tithing of His I people alter that He required a tenth of llielr Increase In-crease annually llmie who observed this Uw I would I sanctity Ihe land under 1rI feet nnd make it a land rU Xion and unto those who did 1 not da so It should not be a land of Zion Tlie purpose pur-pose lor which the tithing wis to be 11 I pointed out It was for the support of the Priesthood who should Rive their time lu tho work of Ihe lord to the preaching of the Gospel to the admin Ittratlon of sacred onllninces and who did not hOe time to cngige In temporal pursuits whereby to support their families or tu amass riches ulpor fur the laving of the foundations of ZIOII ami the general furtherance of the work of Hie Lord Hut them is I no mention there of ollcrlnt Uo know however that we are required li give oirvrlngs as well as lo piy tithes 111 is u principle as nld ns tho davs ol Malachl an J older Why are ollermgs necessary W as well as Illume I It Is I because to I use the words cf the bailor the poor > e hive nhvavs 1 with jou Every f I op In this Church knows what that men Ivery man of God knows what It lUinlies Fliu poor vo have alwavs wlli juu And fast davs are Instituted upon which tlie people are required to eon together and bestow their offerings for the benefit of the poor I iinder Unil the ptlnclple of lasting to be tills Thai w o abst nn from fund upon the fast diy tliereuy permitting per-mitting our spirits tu gain the ascen dency over the llnh We can Hunk belter wo can seo more clearly I nur minds I are brighter anil our bodies acluilly stronger afterwards ns tlie result re-sult of denvjng them food at such times And we arc laid to take the cost of the support of ourselves and our families on that daJIIIII1 we would expend to sustain our househ lid for one day in each monthand liy It before the UMiop A an oIKring that he may have means wliercw Hi to support Ihe poor to provide them with coal Hour meat nr whatever is I necessary to keep them from ruflcring llul what Is the siuntion todny > I heard it said In this stand onl n short lime ago that 1 fir ns fast ol ni ferlngs were concerned the I average sum raid b ench member of this Stake nf Turn for Ihe past six months was thirteen and onehalf rents Will such an ollering be acctplible tu Him who lias said that If we withhold llie0 tilings we roll Him And whit Is I Ihe cause of hI Is It because ue are narrow stingy IIIY und men I do not think so My experience ex-perience with the Latteriliy Saints has < taught me that they are a wurmheartid people that they love tn glvu to tlie poor and the mule they lave la bestow Ihe better they are pleased Out one reason Is I that many do not think ilo ot stop to reason and miny are Irnormt of Hi c mater We have our fast meetings omo a month The r fiat Thundny to rcrT inndnsthe i I I appointed fust diy ll IV Ionv iit lend these meetings ti I h l trmw than I a n re > ear ago vihui perhaps 1 per-haps eight or ten ltd sinters 0111 I i > u > ir three brethren would eonle c t ur and go through Ihe form nf holu ng 11 isl meeting and the Bishofl would lecuve about one fifth of whit he I I tot sustain the twor that wire nn I r bis alehcaw Today It U belter hut 11 not good enough yet The 1 I s da not receive half whit the npure for Ihe poor and the reayll la that 1 tin Presiding Pre-siding I Ilifhop and thegeniril authorities authori-ties are tailed upon for Churrh tunds whlih have been gathered and lore needed fur other purpjses to k i i the in bgent from sullerlng Pur ng the pnl il Ix mmilhs over twent > thnuand dolhn were illsburMtl lo the mr In tint Stiki ol I Xion but onlv four or five thounnd dollars of It npresmt I the astorTmngs an avwiigflof it1 tents per caiill i I And why uo not ile p nple come to the fast meetings Some ol Ihem cannot They are In bondage as It were They wok for thov who will not release Ihem oil that d IIY Hut Ihiru is i no employer b will or can prevent in cmpio > h Is I a Lam rdi > iilntdom sendiax his uflirmg 10 the Slnl leng oelldlnl t cannot tiki II himself I him-self M my dn not came w re they I d tl = on be iaunt these things Hundreds I l Utter y Saints who won d I willingly willing-ly give these offerings If 1 irnimdnl ol ln Ihem do not attend thtlr wird meetings You never see the there I In y maybe may-be ullover hor a the Tsibeinacle but Iliry do not come to their Sunday evening meetIngs meet-Ings where their Bishops cm talk to them and not being reminded of these things they forget them Y ou meet streets ami till him such a one ml the artl AIII 11 that lie has nol Riven anilhmg to Ihe poor l fur i Oar nnd be will iav Hut Is I true but I will give sonn I thing call around and let il Then I lhit sets the IIMiop lo thinking a lo lion muih time he has to go around u a collmor He has hit own family lo look slier his own living to earn and I he did nothing but cAl around once it month on nil these people 1 to gather up their don it Ions It would consume all Ills time and his own family would suffer 10 I would b one nl the poor himself I u I the duty of Latierilay I Saints who cannot come to fast meiilngs u 1ow are bound In I someway some-way Iliat prevents them I > renumber that I on the eef llhursli I ol every month mi offering I due to lh pour and they should send It to llu > ll hop I who Is I lh disbursing ivmt and not ask him lo call for It He lias about all he cal do as i h l ISut 1 Hunk that many of the lltshops I w ould be glad lo call for It r they thought they i could gel It even in that manner Hrethren and sisters I learn from the teachings of the Prophet Mulai hi that tochlnK two tilings which ue hive no right 10 cal out ow ntilliet mid oiler Ings they belong lo the loid and Irk ue withhold them cither by uillul neg IIIW lect or II by forgelfulness and i in Inference we arc rubbing the Creator u lioni u e oue all things There I a prlnlple and I will vet b observed by this people peo-ple that will require of them not only n I x > or tenth I of their increase but all tint I they havi the dearest most precious Ihlius Hint the hive I here Is I R day commit when this people will consecrate unto tlie Lord not merely tenth not merely n leu I dollars each month but all I I that they I po ess They will lay Ih Ir very souls upon the nltsr and si lo the rnn ll Ih Almighty I bather use me and all that I have as secmelh a unto Ihce There hal be 1 no w > r In 7 thenforall al hal lie equal from Hie leant unto the greatest great-est That diy will come and I will purify the I sou of Lev 1 and purge them as gold and ilvir I until I lt t oiler unto the Lord an olklng in righteousness Thallay 1 will cumeind 11 will burn as an oven nnd the proud and all that do wickedly who walk with haughty and outstretched necks glor > InK In their unalth despising Ihcpjorand neglecting neglect-ing to feed and clothe them shall be as slubble and the day of Ihe Lord uill < burn them up and leave them neither root nor bal h Wnit right hive nien lo roll in million and g u upon llielr f fw J tJ starving and Ireeiin fellow creatures None of us cm countenance anarch but ue can begin lo tee how the pro phi ciei of Joseph Smith In relation to certain things can come to piss J lime will come when men seeing their vv ives and little ones In wint and misery white others ate amiumg millions and leaving leav-ing Ilia their children lo quarrel over having no heart no feeling for the sulfcrmgs ol those around thtm the dij will come win n these elements will Ali I thi masses against the caM and there will be enacted upon this stige ort lime sm h kcenes as hUtory 1 has nev er u It newcd t Unless Ihrse evils arc repented i of unless Ihe rich feel for tlie poor open their hearlsand do as Cod has directed these calamities I will come as a judgment judg-ment as a retribution and 1 men will pull them down upon their own hAd Let us Latter diy Saints I take lime by I tl the lorelock dr us praclicu ell Ihe principles el-l Hut wil broaden our souls hlleuelmpattto the poor that which they need lo keep body and soul Iu I geiher Let us live Ihe laws 1 which God lias Institiitcd for the salvation of His people and 1 of the world and be prcpar ed against I lint diy when I everything I that can be shaken u ill be shaken lie lore God what cm we call our own If He has clven onv mm a gift l lo acquire wealth Is not that us much a gift nf God as a gift to write to preach or to play upon n muiUil Instrument Are these not all gills of Gnd And what did He bctlow them for That a man might aggrandize himself and take no Interest in any one outside ol his own narrow circle No A man who has a gil to m ike money owes the ell II exercise fl llul gilt to Ihe community In which he lives JIM as much as the mm who writes lor a neutpapur or who composes a poem or n piece ol music Th in lihorer in 7101 shall tabor for Zlol for I tiny liliorfor money they shall perish II Is given to him ns I talent lo lie used for Hie benefit of those around him tin whole community and not meiely I ir himself and his family 1 hit principle of cod bless me and my wile in son John and his wife us four and no more 11 false It Is contrary t to the spirit of Ihe Gospel and to everything true under Ihe sun God is Interested I F in 1 the I salvation I of AIF men and Ihu onl teas m He chote Ibis people peo-ple or the descendants of Abraham In any age was Hut 10 might uork through Ihem Ir Ihe salvation of the lIoUlh lit u seek In exemplify these noble and saving principles leallslng I blle ue are nothing but stewards mill trustees agents of tlie Almighty We do not own am tiling Naked came ue I Into the I world I naked will we go out of I The oily thing we cm carry away I I tha uehavo uithuslsthe e perlence gall ed I the Intelligence we have ncqilml I mid 1 the surest IC best way to acqmrt w Isdom Slid Intelligence is to Iteep the II cmntiandnients nl Gnd and prm llci the irinclples that will lead 1 lo our lnmporal mil 1 snirltu il salvation We do not own Ihe tabrlntcles In width ed me clothed 1 cloth-ed I The earth Is I Ihe Lords and Ihe fulnes Iheieof The very duit tint composes our bodies Is I a portion of Gods comp nd mir spirits are but spicks from ii eternal flame Let us s lend le-nd labor and make such a use of our lima and talents that we may b able Intender In-tender an acceptable account nf our stewardship hep belowbe prepared for the great day ol tin Loni JA Ihe glorious e ol the SIn of Righteousness Righteous-ness 1 rfllr my prayer and desire In I lie il me of Jesus J Christ I Amen |
