Show PEOPLE I 1 LE 1 I DY BT A RESIDENT OF UTAH 1 alfare 30 for si it few months ater after ti tue ne establishment of tile the tithing system ob roid its advocates made inside it serve every ordinary purpose vt hout resorting sol atif W eXtra extraneous neatis means current expenses were economized and paid out of tile the tithing but it soon became appi appa to church financiers that too much beatis were iv ere being absorbed abR orbed and that to supply the church chili ell coders with will the portion demanded fur ur ahir i retrench ench tient or of expenses was necessary ces sary the authority before given to the lucal local m ini bistry for tile the disbursement ut of tithing was revoked and tilt 11 ci to dictate expenditures vested in the wile rant presidency which in its him furn wits was controlled by those in the pastoral office the pastors by toe pr presidency ot of the mission the presidency or of the mission by the great dictator brig ham young who b by y bio hi agen agents ts an dwell systematized plans is almost aline 4 ubiquitous and yet whatever evi evil 11 may result from his devices is able to prove an alibi in case of trial the primary and grand object of the tithing system was to make provisions tor for the neelly needy and destitute to assist tile the suffering and deserving deservi ncr i poor this object had bad been attained itt by the establishment of the system in european Kur inis minions mi ions was fraught t with too great expense eapen e to suit tho the cl cupidity I 1 of the avaricious Impo impostors mors wh who 0 had da a regard for the poor mere ly its as a covert to hide the deforne detor deformity mity ity of their inordinate lust for wealth and to nuke make the adoption of tithing more feasible fd t othe the massas from whose joint hard ard earni earnings mys tai imey CY C Y anticipated leaping I 1 a rich harat harvest bof ill gotten gain with which to subjugate s utterly demoralize and I 1 min wai tile the p producing i 1 Ulic illIg thousands of their deceived votaries vot aries und and aag randie themselves further donati donations ont to tho the poor tile the tithing were forbidden 5 the noble 11 object loli which ig was first instituted s tit tiled discarded the poor compelled tn support slip port the vey very institution that was W originally ori 7 ind ally designed desiano to support hem the th V fund diverted dive arted from its legitimate at e colianni l and mcade solely a feeder oi of the already overflowing jovn flowing 11 over liver ol 01 we alth ot of which all church bunds lunds donations pub lie works and public p opt i ty are to it a greater realer rv aler or lesa efti nt mere tri tributa binaries ries i of a an I 1 emptying ng themselves at lost into the g pat eit re or of fir t ahw ah w young who 1 as trustee in to nw i ii the ind iid pampered pimp ered in ol of untold arlin wrung 1 tilt the gioana and labor othis of his too co conni ll filling ling 1 I supporters sill the U veto pat upon ohp administering ol 01 lulling for the hie benefit of the poor tind ti I 1 4 ih the buur bring requited to pay one tenth of ill cuttle however vcr into tilt the church TeTi dered them thein objects tl ol the I 1 III deepa st t i frequently fi goichi 11 them to bicek tellef leoin ham tilt the JAW re they baided ie aided su so ary were ruine ot thu thi L t ott tell ts of different iii tor chiat thiat individuals old people libs diug tn entirely aiu on the fit sorry pittance ol of p tapers iii pers mere ivere required to pay and nn i PAY ay iy aze one tenth income int to the ihu halis 0 ot 1 he of tie the I 1 murmon church chur cli thi thise these se and humble people with hundreds of others who 1 hu sold or planed their clothing and ted fell their children on breid bread and water atone alone in order to meet the echol bit ailt allut chuich ell demands made upon them api ceif e it at times compelled to either withold ill their e ir tithing ng obtain relief relict beg or suffer tile gnawing 0 sol ol 01 hunger tithing was no if but of tilt poor 4 J yet acm banding the ihu I 1 vigorous op ples iv eLless of 0 F chinch chin ch discipline there were we gedvi genelous ous heined hearted men iu it the church into whose eurs ears jhb lamentAtion the aers never entered iu ill vain and who did all viat lay in their power to miti mit gale their s distress and to re lieve their aunis but ant the amount of 0 suffer ibe chub ought upon thu the poor froin I 1 rom the n of disburse ments was lot loica eaden een it at the tiac the decree if was contemplated A sho show v was accordingly 0 Lenie dying C t this his difficulty by resuscitating tile the poor fund for which collections were here made every sabbath afternoon but having buvina once 1 paid aid lieving for the itle benefit yf thedoor the poor many relt felt unable to meet this new call upon lence the measure mease re proved p roved ace to the purpose puri piri i i the ve re establishment of the P poor aar mind fund was the retrogressive movement others naturally matui a lly fol owed idita wake the general tundy displaced or superseded by tithing IR were rein stated some new appl lations lit ions hat bt to the ine same ends Ps aa before by these moans meang tilt the tit harz was nearly ull ill retained retain ud in ill the hands band of tile the president Prem delit of the mission st abject to the 0 order ot of the achl chief executive of the church the expenditures al lowed from it being not dot barely to cover the expenses empens es of tile the itinerant ministry in their th e ir travels to collect it if however the president Pr ident of arthe the mission cattie came alona alongo orally rany gnip 0 tant taht missionary missi onay from brighams Brig hams zion 1 scrub ranging if doin oin 0 one ae to twenty pounds nd ste ilina were demanded irom it to pay their expenses at every e verv Confer atice at head quadra cut th throats and drunk ard ards from utah milt could have their pockets literally lined with gold but humble chumbl e it ind and more worthy men me n were deprived of even lifes common ne feces ces 8 saidea 1111 es under tinder tife th u false plea that the ing was all needed for the building of the temple then said to be rapidly progressing in utah once collected it L was placed in the bank or of england where both principle and interest are constantly accumulating credited to and controlled contro oled ted by the head ot of the utah church imperi eum in impens alio abo has received irom foreign missions alone by hn his ti gents sufficient to elevate him financil illy to that almost regal state of spiritual and temporal temp orul dt by which lie he yet hopes to reign reig n in some isolated country the dominant ind and dictator of a body politic c whose individuality is already too visibly here with the adio idiosyncrasies of its pampered and s calai d head bead |