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(1/02/03)
"In tithing is strongly exemplified the eternal law that what is given as God
directs increases the substance of the giver. When men exert the intellectual
talents with which they are endowed in imparting knowledge to others, their own
knowledge does not decrease but is enhanced, while the active intellect grows
strongly and the talents are more quickly developed and increased. When our
young Elders go forth and preach the Gospel as they are moved upon by the Holy
Ghost, the Spirit they employ does not grow less nor the gifts thereof diminish
because they are constantly imparting to others, but these increase abundantly.
It is just as easy for the Lord to increase physical substance as to add to
spiritual blessings and powers. When we sow the grain upon the earth, it would
seem thrown away, but by the law of the Great Creator, the seed germinates in it
and produces again, sometimes thirty and forty fold. So it is with tithing. We
may not understand fully the process, but the result is plain. God increases the
faith and substance of him who freely pays his tithing."
— Matthias F. Cowley, "Cowley's Talks on
Doctrine," [Chattanooga: Ben. E. Rich, 1902], p. 154
(1/03/03)
"Let it not be forgotten that the present is a day of sacrifice, and a day
for the tithing of all who profess to be members of the Church of Jesus
Christ, to whom the promise is given that they shall be preserved in the day
of burning incident to the second advent of the Christ."
— James E. Talmage, "The Lord's Tenth"
(1/04/03)
"Tithing is a part of the celestial law referred to in this revelation.
Obedience to it is a prerequisite to being quickened in the resurrection by
the fulness of the celestial glory. Without such fulness one coming into the
presence of the Lord would be consumed, for God dwells in 'eternal
burnings.'" — Marion G. Romney, "Look to
God and Live," [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1971], p. 153
(1/05/03)
"We shall not be blessed for the amount of money, nor for the number of
acres we have left behind us, but we shall be blessed and rewarded for that
which we have given for the upbuilding of God's kingdom, and the advancement
of righteousness in the earth. Is tithing a sacrifice? No, not in one sense
of the word. It is the best investment we can make, for it is a treasure
laid up in heaven. The tithing that we pay will make us rich, but the means
that we leave behind us will not be to our advantage when we go to the
spirit world to be judged according to the deeds done in the body."
— Charles A. Callis, "Conference
Report," April 1911, p. 81
(1/06/03)
"President Taylor treated this forenoon upon the law of tithing. Perhaps the
Latter-day Saints do not want to hear much more upon this subject, but I
have felt a long time that we as a people were somewhat ignorant of that
law. We have looked upon it as a matter of little consequence; we have
looked upon it with a great deal of indifference whether we pay tithing or
not. But the subject was clearly set forth this forenoon by President
Taylor. He has no power to change this law, nor has any other man; and if we
do not obey it, we can lay no claim to the promises made to those who obey
it. These things are very plain and pointed. The principle of tithing has
been a principle of sacrifice in almost every age of the world; in fact, it
was peculiarly so among the people in ancient days, and among even the
heathen nations of the earth." — Wilford
Woodruff, "The Discourses of Wilford Woodruff," edited by G. Homer Durham
[Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969], p. 177
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