Show PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CMRON We hsve had a most Interesting discourse dis-course this alternoon to the truth ol which I can bear testimony IliU principle of tithing that has been alluded allud-ed 10 I one that should be thoroughly unde stood by tlw Latter day Saints I I Is n law of God to His I Church We have proved by personal expjilence the ttuth of the testimony of Malacbl concerning cerning the prosperity which God bestows upon those who nbry that Uw Our experience In this respect Is I unique There are no people thai I know of on the face of thaw rlh who htve tested this principle as we have 11 Is I a fjcl that has liten demonstrated In our OIHIIC that the men who strictly pay their tithing are the men who are the mol proswred among us The experience ol nany ears hu proved this s that anmng those who have had expetlence there exists no doubt upon this subject Therefore I say we have verified Ihe truth of the words of Mvla chi where be nays Prove me now herewith filth the Lord nf basts if I will not open you tha windows of heaven and pour cm out a blessing that there shall not be rom enough to receive It We have proved the Lard nlso in many other directions For instance I have only to refer to our going out without purse and scrip and preaching the Gospel We have tested the promises promis-es of God and have proved them to be true Thousands of miles have been traveled by the tlders ot this Church In preaching the Gospel without Ire anil scrip and they have proved that 11 o Is I a God who hearetli and answerelh prayer and 1 who watches over His servants and I Us people and who provide for thtlr want In this way faith Is I being developed de-veloped In the minds of those who obey these laws of God and a people are being raised up In these mauntilni that have this faith the faith that once existed In ancient diys Respecting tithing and the Priesthood It I true that In the das of Moses n single tribe was selected out of the tribes of lira rl to bear lie Priesthood of the Son nf God Hut It was the design of lad to have inudt Ihem all a kingdom of priests 4 holy nation if they had received His laws They did not however how-ever and a lesser law was guen to Ihem a law which Paul characterises asa as-a law nf carnal commandments Hut In our dav we live in I different dispensation The 11 thing Is not for tlie u of n class or n trlle and Ihe Priesthood Priest-hood Is I not confined to a tulie The Lord has promised unto His people in these d 1lhallhy should be a king dom of kings and Inl pi lests and among the Latter day Saints almost Ia ever man who Is I considered worthy of a standing In the Church has received the Priesthood Priest-hood Il is l not Ihe I Ilrst Presidency alone Hot tlie Twelie jll nnt the r Priests not the Seventies and the Hitlers alone who have leceived the Priesthood but almost everv mile member of this Church who has reached Ihe ear sol accountability and is I filth I fill beirs sum pjrliim of the Pne < l hood there Is no tribe therefore nor any class among tlie Litter day Saints < II that has been lg selected lur bear tlie Priesthood and tu be sustained out nl the litlilngs III Is true that Clod has designed de-signed that tlie 1 tilhings shall I be use I nmomr other 111llt the support of the Priesthood Hut I should deplore I he day u hen Hie pi iesldood of llw Son ul Gnd 1 would depend upon the Hillings ol this pcoplifor their support It would be something I that iII I tiI dread I alwujs admired the pollcv of President Young m tliU f flr his i lifetime life-time he never would allow nny man to I lee frA t ntI711 dawnfi < ed amount from tlie tithing for his support but I he allowed tlie tun direction of hlmsell And counselors tu Ihe brethren as they might need so U Hi it no thought should r enter into Ihe minds of u certain class tlut because 1 c they held ollicial iwutlon in I tha Church they would thrrelore hive 11 light to live upon the Hillings of Hie Church I Is I Incumbent upon all who hold the Priesthood ur any portion of it to labor 1 WIa othlidlA offices to which they are ordained Lven Deacons I eachers nnd 1 Priests do tills In all Hie ward and branches of the Church The Ire and the Teachers when they nngnily llielr callings consume considerable I time In Msiting the families la the Siints they do this I at what miny would call much personal sacrifice and w iihotii pecuniary compensation A portion ol Hie time of mm other InC m the Church Is I devoted without pay In money In the snme I way lor Ihe public C r Tlie practice I ar been iiniver I 1 from the orianl < iitloii nf the Church that these labors should be rendered to the Chunh without money or without I Ib ltt ellr This lias been the obligation I that every right minded officer in the Churcli has felt to be resting upon bun These labors hive been wok of love to him and to the credit of those who her thu Priesthood it can b said th it they 1 have been performed with alicrity and le Hut suppose a portion of the Utilcrs of IUIUlpoe Ihe Church were In receive n salary or a fixed amount for their services can ou not see the effect this would have upon other officers WnuH they not feel Hint they too should receive compensation com-pensation In some form fur the portion uf time which they soend in performing Ihe duties of their others And thus by degrees a > sleni of Hung would be Introduced Into nnd prevail in the Churcli which would be In opposition to al I past practices and teachings and re 11 lure us In the level o the nun made systems which prev ill In the world Let anyone Iw with Ihe Itrst Pmlilrnry In heir dally duties and he will notice how this tendency has lo be constantly cheeked It deed It Is nnt nere < ssry icrhaps for one to be with us to t pre civB this Inclination for If he lie a careful care-ful observer he ol Is aw ire of Its 1 existence I I always have admired Ihe position hat Alma occupied In Ins labors In the ministry among the Nephltes 1 will read whit he said upon one occasion when he was upn man named Korihor with I cl taking advantage ol his noilllon nslhe High I Priest dlnl Presl t Jr i r of Ihe Church of Christ In that d4 V Aad he Koritierl did risn op la Kit well ag wonts brlare Alms and did r 11 inlrili awl Machsi oemlne ihem or adme < y lirp Manic alter Ihe Silly Irailllloii if thir Mheis I fee ike sake of Inning la tht Ubiti or ihe people No Alms said unto him Than knowest that we do not slut ourselTesspon ihe labon of this people ot liehoM I h s labored even fiom the tominenuinent n the reign of the Ju fi tntil I now with mln owa bands for my PIr n < i > rliliiuin < lingmy many troth uun1 1 ilout UK I load la ilrclors 1 Uw on olO unlo my 3 t pie And nonrlihiltndlOf Ihe miny hlxni wh li I nan htloimM In the Church t lute nenr cri h n 0 n lr n Ulxir nrltli r ha > nnyol my brethren t it vrert in UY fudctiu nl seat and 1 itMti wti have nwlt I only nccot lm toUw lor our nAnd n-And mi if we do njt rverite anylhmf I our Ubon In I ihe el HKI what doUi I pIt 0 Ib In h dh I w 10 dl I lrt thol e m I b J ur Or brethren rcjll Then why liyrt 111001 Hut wepttach unl > lull people la g t giln whc Ibo of thyiell kaowssi lhal e receive n gain 1 1 was u very general practice In the Church of Christ on this hemisphere 1 I In those days for those who bore the Priesthood tn do as Alma did And It hu been the course taken In these davs to n very great extent among the Gldcra of this Church rhote 1 who have labored as Presidents anil Hlsltops and Apostles and others have done 1 for year and have ol > pled themselves by the labor of their hands They have not ben a burden lo this people mid they have not lived upon Ihe tithing of this iwople U r has been the ambition of numbers of men In this Church to bestow their I labors in the Church entirely Ire and then piy Hieir Hilling n well 0 that they might not be a burden tu the letter let-ter da balms and that they might not 1n be accused ol living olf the tubings of the T Ins people is a principle that should be I cherished among u We should seek to Income l Independent In this rt srvect We should rely upon the promises nf God llhlle will sustain His people and I He will sustain Ills senmils it Is I better for thenl to Iw H > or and labor In Ihe ministry as many hundreds have done for Ihe good ol the 1 > ople living by their own Industry than lor nny to Imagine tlul they can live entirely off the tunings of Hie people and a class Ulhlll 1110 ca thereby gro v up that will be supported In this manner 1 know III Is not of God that this should be At Ihe same lime ihe principle ol tithing and ollerinrs that our beloved brother has spoken upon Is I correct Hut I want 1 distinction to be created In the minds of the Latter day Saints upon this principle 1 that while lltlilng Is among oilier things for the ol helping to support Hie I ruiKMe 1 J It Is not for the Priesthood to depend upon the tithing for their supiHitt It would lie n wrong condition of things If Hint were to prevail In IIi Church Ihe 1 Lord Is I determined to have n Priesthood tint will I nut Iw a snlined Prlesihood Hecause a man gets an nlbce in the Church for Instance one of Hie Seven Presidents of Seventies oran or-an Ap I iille I should I II not imagine lliut mimed itel he is I ordained to that ami e he will have a fined salar or lhal he can depend upon the Hlhmg lor his support III port ur lwcau e he is I a Ilishop I that he will think well Ibis olhce of Dlshop j has a fined I sdiry and I will depend upon I that to suntaln me This would reduce tlie Priesthood to Ihe level of political olhce his I not the design of f Go that such a condition should e ist In His Church When mm me or dallied to oUice t In Hie Priesthood they ij elhl should seek tu 1 honor Hie olhce reitard r lest nf pay If the Idea of Hie emoluments emolu-ments which might he III IIIt to an ulhce were In their minds they would show themselves unworthy of Hie olhce Jut when men lire devoted to the work ofthemlnlstr and their vv hole llmu Is I oc cupiedand Hiey aie likely to need assistance assist-ance shall I t they I not be helped Certain i for the Lord has given authority for the tithing tu be used in sucli caltI that and fur fixed extent na more not n amount lo be attached tu an once but for help tu lie rendered according In tlie needs of the Individual I Thin if Klders are in u ant belli them but I they can sustain themselves let them do It by their own labor and then pay their tithing just ns other folks do That is Hie true law of the lord in regard to this people We are taught differently from other people Our mining I dllferent in every respect I know men among us tlut cm testily that when they labored continuously in the ministry the Lord opened their way In a marvelous manner man-ner and Ihuy were able to supply the wants of themselves and rnll les without with-out being dependent upon Hie Church lo help them They lpn proved Hie Lord In this way lust n KUIers du who go nut pleaching l among Hie people carrying the Gospel 1 r salvation I Iliey go I onl without gives them putse food and and scripand raiment and the mean with o do the work assigned I to them lvcry man that has ever dime this Irom the beginning III litho li-tho present tune has been blessed nf l oil Suit mat hOle In working In tin lllshnpit ole m the olhce of President Presi-dent of Stake o us counselors or Hhth Councilors Thelo I arc men here who devote a large portion of their time to the uork of the minUtry in Hits manner and they deiivtt nothing from the Church far tnelr support but God opens their way and Ihy live just as their brethren live and prosper too In doing I I say again I should deplore exceedingly loevcr see In this Uiurch n disposition Hint because n man holds an ollicc In Hie Church therefore he hole h-ole special chim upon the tithings uf the Church I would hu a reeling 1111 I knoA would result In injury to the people 1 lelt as though 1 wanted to make these few remirks nnd I give my If rki views J upon thin point I 1 pray lt to bless all of us and to bless Hie words Hint have been spoken in our hearing and tlie testimony that h is been borne 1lrl Ie irn tl bbI which I bear testimony to as being true I ask this In Hie nanru of Jesus Amen |