| Show 4 TITHING C As the tue year ear is drawing to a close time the members of ot tho the Church arc urO reminded I that that ono one of o their duties is to see se that I the tue divine law of ot tithing Is complied with wih by them in a mannel that leaves i their consciences clear For It is a matter between them and tho time Lord Lard Ho Imas lIs given sen the law for fOI good and suf sufficient detent reasons oven even if It these are arc not fully Culy understood by hy oil all al of oC His HI child children m ren It I is Js for us to render obedience I In order that we may my approach Him with wih clear consciences and receive the benefits promised upon compliance with divine laws lawsl l The Time Lord has imas blessed bieRs cd the nation naton with temporal prosperity beyond tho the measure i of ot any an previous year and this ought I to be lie hI evident also in 11 the contributions contribution I of ot Church members toward the time ad advancement t I nt of ot tho tue cause of oC God on We Vo have hae no doubt that the time Al AI Almighty mighty might might have hae made ole some other otherL L arrangement for meeting the financial needs of Ilia Iii church He HII might have havel l made it Independent of the contributions contributions tons of anyone lInt But He IIa Ht was not pleased to do that that It I was His pleasure to make the Church ChUch dependent upon Its IlS i members and friends for tor the means 4 needed for COI buildings and halls hals for Cor I schools and gymnasiums mrm na lu tI for tor mission missionary missionary ary nr and benevolent purposes and since this Is the divine order older established It Is indisputable that it Is for time the benefit of In whom the confidence has hn 0 been heen placed to roll the time work along alons to do doso dof f so M to the tho utmost of their ability i I The Tile law of or tl Cg has ha been ben In force Corce throughout all al the tile dispensations It I was an established custom at aL the time time I of Abraham who gave gac a tenth of ot time the 1 spoils of oC war to Jacob when desirous desirus of ot special blessings blessing I vowed O d to comply with that law It I WU incorporated In the Mosaic law The he at the time of oC our Lord were wera 1 very er cry scrupulous in paying tithes but butI they the neglected the weightier matters I of ot the th law Its and for this Iho I t they hey were verc re ro reproved I r proved But the very cr censure re of oC our Lord contains an endorsement of their 4 punctiliousness In II the thc matter maHel of tithing tog ing For He FO ways says These hee ought ye yeto yeI I to have havo done Ione mend not to leave tho the other othor I undone It I is I lather strange that tho tue m force toreo of 01 this Scripture has ha not appealed I to t t alt all al Christians iid ald particularly to toni nil ni church leaders leadens eader It I Is L very ver significant that tIle tho term rj I tithe In the Old Testament is derived from a 3 word wor which means mean both t n nand and to be b rich The number ten in inthe Inthe inthe the Scriptures Is often significant of oC completeness and abundance It I IB is II hc end of tho tile lessor 1 er numbers and und the bo boo boj j ginning of ot greater The very rely word is isAn Isn inn An n Indication ot of tho time blessings the time Lord has in store for Cor tho so who comply com pI with time the principles for tr which It stands K It I may indeed he be e true he that many malY faithful tithe payers do not become rich as n the world work counts count wealth But I the most Important consideration Is I to have a I treasure ha uro laid up where neither fraud nor tho the destructive forces fores of ot na us nature nature ture can reach it I And the way wy hl o nn an an insurance that reaches be ha beyond b yond tho the grave and Ind Into Inlo Y is in II to comply with wih laws of ot God Clod Every dollar dolar given gen lot for to I the tho cause of ot God which Is Irs the cause of mankind shall return with interest here hore or here hereafter hereafter after acel It I Is perfectly safe to enter n r among tho time assets every dollar so spent The Time Bishops of wards will wi soon loon an announce a 1 days dRs tor what IK the hn t et of ot o tithing It I is expected that everyone who has paid tithing during luring the year ear will go to the place assigned by the tho Bishop and examine the books and see to It that proper credit has Ims ha been given slen This Is the mule Ille of the Church But during the past years yeats Ca In la Inmany Inmany many wards a a very small percentage ot of the members have taken time fo cx the Ule books for Cor themselves They rho have havo full fUl confidence in the tho bishopric That Is very eQ welK welI wel But they owe it to themselves and also to the time Bishop to tn respond to the tho invitation and conic come comb and l see that no mistake is made mado In their thelt accounts and It Is to be hoped hope that hat this thiis rule will wi be complIed compiled with wih gen ien generally cr I Y i We need nee not say sa that tithing funds are ar administered with the thc greatest economy and care caC They The are ale not ud for salaries Every Ever cent Is spent for tor educational missionary and benevolent purposes The books book arc are audited by b competent men chosen choen for fot that purpose We re need ned not say sy this this for or the tho men mon to fo whom the time administration of the funds of oC the Church has ha been ben entrusted en enJoy enjoy enjoy Joy the tho full tui confidence of the Latter day Saints as they the richly deserve |
