Show I TITHING I I Some Bom Individuals Are r rl now nB now manifest manifestIng In Ing H s sudden Jn and assumedly ly rr it noil soi I spuds the HIP payment and II uw uee nt M f Uth a by the dey If 11 Users I la Is merit In their objections to such Hitch payment nl and u uie up It II t to be bea belIy a sully lIy Il nuci i and end find favor with any honest mm men who would do good goal to 10 hi hid hie fellows If It there thore I la IA no merit meritt t In It ouch sueh RI III to justify their recent reent u then their own knowledge of at I v facts mint write them down a ee II guilty 0 of tat t w Ve We will not lest tut them fi tf by the Ibe of oC the p yer or orn n of or th Ih the non but buthy h by hy their own antl e end and their kno know l ledge d ot of commonly t I They Jh declare that the n nn tae aH aHn taen n olaM olau ire are ar l h by the ther r of lithe and ami that they are ii fin l v Hl b by the Hid of oC the tit hit ss tend fund of which there I If IA no accounting Ne They hut said Mid ninny many other things but hut th the word words quoted the cub lub Manee of ot their complaint th they cover rf the vital Ital comic VII vh lf 1 I Virtual rob robb r b ry of ot the thu through their t nf tat tithe i 8 Ih the tr a Mormons Mormon h by the tine nee the that U M made m de of ot a th the tithes end and 3 2 that thai thero thern In Is no 4 m made d of fit the tithe fund i j Wo will take the let lait Ii art Of OC courts when they tilt ask for ani all an i of nt any fund they Ihy ar are nott not notto t to Ignorant M ae to 10 ln l t that the tho HC ae no i cu should bp hI made to any MY but buthe butt t t the he the owner or owners of or the Ihl fund for tor J If Ie 1110 anyone else l IR e 1 inch curb r I a 1 thing to 10 an uninterested led party Irl ln Ing of or actual It would 1 IP btu lJ I R a piece at of unwarranted Impudence nce that t no Intelligent person peron per ion would be hi guilty of or f q Their therefore I U he that no rt f W er I lee III made to the owner or rt owner of or tile the tithe lithe fund In making f r l heir thell claim they are arp fully tully til ut that tir t t i which lies hall been common knowledge ii 1 t t hr lul for tor mote more than thun heir half u II contu century y ry namely unI that HUlt the Mormon p M Mi i t t sIt h hie hi tithe AH III I u 11 louM duty dUly which h hOwen he heft e ei ft owes Owen to God Gal and which the law mw nf of the tho i t 4 R J 1 land permits him to do and and protects 1 l 1 hint him In doln doing They Ihl know Imol as se well ell u es s r they can call know mow anything regarding the Ule I ci s that when hen tithing I Is once t IJ l tl It 11 I U Is no longer the tune property of It the t even eln III In the r remotest mot t Hell Home Ie I l a l I but hilt It in la Gods tenth leuth to 10 be III handled 1 by IW curtain with a n t wholly to Ih owner to whom the prop gt t ll t art arty eity has hu b been en donal Lord I The 1111 hn I donor donoti gave Ioe It Il to Him and nil there thero are no noc c J nn on the Mormons gift aft Iet of oC tithing J J Jt ing Frequently there lire Iv t yr t l Ing Information the I k jI I s sl f t lure tors of oC portions of ot the fund and anil th hero r rI I t l 0 to SI general 8 enral knowledge In tn the l harsh a ato ae aeto I Ito to Ih the I of tit the whole of lit It II but hul there ther never nver hall nan bern beau u n ac acCounting Counting to th the I Church they are re not th the tho Owners The situation Ii I perfectly clear to anyone who ho will willI I t I look with u It moderate modI degree of ot Ire care Yet Tel there I In is boo no to th the owner of ot the hind fund ny ray you IIO How Ilow ClIme came you fOU 11 by thle Information Jr lava Have you ot been so o lately to tn the Ihl heavenly man men and looked over ner the office I Did God come to rth or tend send nd mIH r to 10 communicate to you ou theN tho the N l Information that thet the tho dallied balance haet heet ha bite not net arrived You Vou admit 1111 my nay i more mor you ou protest I that hll you OU era are not on cu 11 peaking with Him that you L have no rello revelation from h heaven VI It If le ler I 1 r then i on your our part to 10 toay t I lay ay there U is no to tn the Owner i o ot of th the tithing fund You know nothing 1 j I or et II t tr I 1 r Next Hex l I lee the M of minute of ot I the tithing fund In a Wit way to enclave Ihli the thu i t payer thereto therlo If It there thre U II a l It must be determined In one ane of If t tuja II I Ii o oi i ways way la a UM UMe contrary to that which p I I the tile Divine Owner commands command or tb b InI In I r p th the absence of ot command commandment men I Ir a ar r ue Ule contrary to that which CUlt custom am ha hal haa haai i I shown hown to be an all acceptable wry wn KY A a to the Bret Arst there I th re I U Is no command commend direct directIng directing I I In ing the Ull uee of or tithing except In th the i 1 generd line lint of or doing good MB Me ouch HUeb tine line t f r i hall Idl be determined by the Presidency 1 of ot the Church and those that quorum ma may coil call to It Its Ita aid air therefore t I you ou will perceive that no u ue uee e Is III a mi miI mis I use uee that hut IB le In the tilt Churche In I I Rn any form whether educational 4 That l I commercial or others I tee Ise That dispose i 1 effectively of the first tint way suggested 1 lm Now for tor the remaining one What Whet hasben has hai I l been ben the custom In the u ass une of tithing The Church record I Is le very ery open upon 4 i j this point hence henro there I u le no lack leek of t d t Information Under the first President of the Ute Church the Prophet Joseph Smith the tithing wu WOl utilised for tOI everything that It Its users believed would 3 11 tic btu either t temporally 0 or e s t to a II whole or part of ot the r I Church It 11 fed the poor It h went to th the I t I 11 construction and maintenance of lit sacred S o It R cancelled debts debt Incurred by byI bythe I j ls It the Church It paid pall for or houses houle and lends land It piped Into Inta in tit tM dij of ot of pant manu t 1 I Itt I of at printing book books And newt newe newet tt h i t R i I 1 f l f t iI I I papers of tit running nf tit tale rail ral mr hit term tarm animal of ot fitting out exploring tog ing parties of oC conducting of ot layIng out and 01 settlements of oC gathering the In fact of or everything on earth Berth rth which could be reached In that thai day dy to promote the of the foundation of oC Zion In 1 a temporal or way F Taw Pow w are en o n Ignorant of ot what la Is recorded re recorded corded of the past t history of oC the Mor Mormon mon man tithe fund before the Mormons came camp to 10 Utah that th they v ran can be hp w ex PK ru cured ed for tor not recalling what ht htwe we have recited netted In a general way And at II lh the tithe fund was 8 used under the presidency of oC the Prophet Joseph so In It ha hat has hen used lined under the presidency of lit hi hit his successors Presidents Brigham Young John Taylor Wll Wl ford tord Woodruff Lorento Lorene Snow end and Jn Jo Joseph seph l K P Smith Indeed most mont o of the en In which the Church I Is a In Interested Interested today all ali of oC them Ihm by ex example example x ample are heritages from flom Ih the adminis administrations ration of ot Church Presidents President now lOW pa paId pee pas peered red Id Ray away stud and In pursuance of nC a 8 pot pol policy ot k icy that ha has hall no not changed an on iota lota It U Uan an unvarying Church custom that thai If le In II Its Iti acceptability Thu Thus Ih the charge of or misuse I Is III hown shown to 10 hn hI hea 1 n a gross ml What ob oh object have hi VI you In the deception Will 1111 WillIt It gain lIln you favor with honest honet man manAre manAre Are Me the Mormon hormone by the UM user to which the I If Is put flut Look Lonk at al the product of tit Ihl their magnificent school from the t I L I U D 8 S and Md B fl t Y University tl mid end lid the M y Y 1 College to the various Stake RIke academies a tine Ane Institution of tit their 11 das clan a ns as can cun be hI teen seen the world a ground around There are re no brighter happier freer or more Intelligent ent student bodies bodice In all 1111 Ih the eaith earth You know knoll that no enslavement I It la there here you cannot live In Ihl this state data and avoid that knowledge such take Uke a very I r large larK share nh re of or the tithe fund furd Another considerable part of that thet fund goes goe to 10 Temple expenses expense and buying of oC pile aisles and the erection tion of ot houses house of ot worship here and In other lands take soli another extensive share the bringing home from rein ml mis mission Ion don fields of of oC Elders who ho serve at et their o own n expense n ne or without purse puree or while In III the work requires 1 a n large lare sum stun out of oC the fund Cund annually the Ihl siding Hiding of ot distant colonies colonl lommon commands I another goodly pot POI lion and ami still dill moie a comparatively limited sum lum nowadays yet tt one that I Is le necessary undo under tho Iho condition and per permanent manent policy loUr of It the Church so s to help the starting of nC beneficial Industrial Indus trial enterprise ell without which the peo people eo pie would he be held In herk in their material prosperity That rhe conduct of ot three departments 1 Is in In It II a IL satisfactory accounting to every person parson All 11 oC or thin this I U Ic the theer very er a of ot and you are ere tull fully aware of ot It know thyself I In Is a good maxim How flow you sou Oll mum feel B as 1111 n a Christian when you ou awaken awalen to that In III the light of ot th thus those le facU 1111 Are ro you not nut bearing hearing till false witness lIn HK ln t your neighbor We might yet yel puss Over the sinfulness we have p pointed out In you however It IH la if It you YOl were slatIng slat ln In Ing facts fact when you OU say eay the Mormons AS ru a class clan are teeing being Impoverished by hy bythe time the exaction of or tithes lint Hut you ou Imn know that when th the Mormons Mormon an ate n lull class were drat tip lip to In the ex fiX exaction action of ot tithes tithe II as 11 II religious require requirement requirement ment on the their temporal possessions they were financially a B very ery poor peo peu people Pie 1 this In is th the cn case In later ye yell 1 M UM as asin In earlier tI 8 If It your our knowledge topped stopped there we WI might excuse 6 you on the ground of lC Ignorance Just HH lea we 1 excuse the untutored mind that Observing the Ihl farmer fanner sowing his bin grain yet not comprehending the of nt f many mallY fold faith II which rome In lieu of or the scattered C iced seed would declare the sowIng sow I Ing hug an act urt of ot waste Hut But you ou Oll know the time harvest l You know knew that t wide from any laying buying tip up In heaven which the paying Mormon lw hoe hns confidence In lu he U Is not but limit l I is enriched Just an IIA I Ithe U is Uthe the fanner h by H x bountiful harvest following fallowing his seed sowing and cultivation We care not Mt what Ih the my trial process by which this prosperity cornell comes to 10 the Mormons a It I discussion of nt that H is un unnecessary unnecessary necessary here The prosperity itself la tl horn her and we all know It II there tare lire no very ery 1 rich people among the Mormons you may say sity nor liar Is le there among them II a large lalle ge lardy body of oC very et poor people such smith a II ns other communities show shows hol s fact tAtt of oC which you ou Its are well You 01 Know too that there theor U Is not nol an In another enother other community on earth where all the Pol people are arl so o uniformly well I te do II where her 1 the ho wealth I Is i K so end and Just JURI Justly ly Iy divided where I her the people AS 11 a II class clan h have ve increased In their m material we wel welfare fare f rt so rapidly and t against peculiar pecullar adversities as with th the A 1 tree I Ii Ic b by It Its fruits II I The fruits of Mormon payment end and use uie of t tithing are AU good Ih the tm tre of nr that u use e and JM re remen men ment cannot be bed bail n u |