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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
12/19/16
The Lord said in September 1831, “Now it is called today until the
coming of the Son of Man, and verily it
is a day of sacrifice … of my people” (D&C
64:23; italics added).
The Prophet Joseph Smith prepared this remarkable statement on the
principle of sacrifice for the Lectures on Faith:
“Let us here observe, that a religion that does not require the
sacrifice of all things never has power sufficient to produce the
faith necessary unto life and salvation” (Lectures on Faith, 6:7). –
Ezra Taft Benson, “This
is a Day of Sacrifice,” Ensign (CR) May 1979