Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-24
PRESIDENT LORENZO SNOW.

the hands Of the Bishop OF Ny church
In Zion
For the building Of Mine house. aud
for the laying u the foundation of
Zion, and for the Priesthood. and for
The debts Of the Presidency of My
Church.
And this shall be- the beginning Of the
tlthlug OF Ny people.
And after that. those who have thus
been tlthcd shall pay ouo-tcuth
NJ an their interest annually; and this
shall be- a standing law unto them for
Lord.
Verify 1 WY unto you. It shall come
60 pass. that AN thuro who gather unto
the land nf Zion shall De- uthod ~
their surplus properties, and shall OBJ
serve this law. orr they shall not bc
found worthy 90 abide among you.
And ! say unto you, u my people oh.
serve not this law 90 keen 10 holy, and
by this law muCtify the land Of Zion
unto me. that my statutes and my
judgments may be- kept thereon. that
Il may be most holy behold, verify
say unto you, 70 shall not be a land Of
And this shall be au on1amplc unto
an the Stakes of Zion Even no.
Amen. tsectlon ti9D
There never was law given more
strict ana the consequences more clear
ly pointed out Than this law. undrr
which you ana ] now are. 4 am told,
ana the books show, that flr many
years past not onc-hnlf OF the tlthing
has been paid. This very year that Or
Just past. N the Latter-duy sulfNa had
houofcd this law ns the Lord requires,
ana paid "a full tithinis We wuuld have
nearly N not quite, one million dole
lars more than We now have Well.
neither this church nor any other
church or body of people can carry on
business without means. There arc
two things 90 take into consideration
IN reference to this matter. one a.. %
requires means 10 establish ana carry
on the interests OF this Church. The
obtaining OF means for this purpose o.,
no doubt. one of the objects N this
law. There are hundreds OF thousands
" dollars needed every year 10 carry
ON the interests OF the church. The
Presidency OF the church. before /
came TO my present position, had to
borrow from strangers hundreds OF
thousands nf dollars. loo order 60 carry
on the business VI the Church u God.
Now, 10 seems 90 me TINT II was the
Inttrr-dny Saints who were owing this
means Had they observed what the
law OF the Lord requires ln reference to
tithirg we would be- in "a vastly dlner-
cut position today from what we are.
Hut the most important feature NJ this
~ NNNN NNNNAEN our NINNA NHNI aNNNN NA
this principle we have mo- promise but
that we shall be driven from here as
were tho people in Jackson county. We
cannot claim an Inheritance IN Zion.
nor that the land has been Hauctined
ns the Lord required. II u only
through the wonderful morclca u the
Lord that we have been protected and
blessed with food. raimont ana shelter
nH We have been Tor many years past;
n n not because We have proved our
selves worthy ~ these blessings by do
ing what the Lord has commanded.
hut NOW | tell you, In the name of the
Lord. the time has come when u VIII
not do Tor you and me 90 neglect sur
duties any longer IN this respect
We went 90 -. George, ana We raised
our voices there IN regard 20 the matter
of tithlng. The Spirit ~ the lord fell
upon the people, and they rciuiccd cN-
ccedingly, and In their hearts they de-
creed that they would observe this
principle To the very letter and In the
spirit % H. A. we passed over the
country south. where there has been no
rain or snow Tor months, We noticed
the cattle reduced almost 10 skin and
bone for the want N feed. and there
was scarcely any vegetation 60 be seen;
and I wondered Ia myself how that
was. The Lord has been very pnrticu-
lar iu describing how he would bless
the people u they observed His laws, as
VIII be- read TO you today from the
book N Deuteronomy and lln also de-
tailed the curses that should follow the
israolltea n they ala not observe His
laws.
Now. 1 do not know how we can be
Justified In admitting people into our
temples when they neglect this law
Of tlthinr, OF course, this has been
done. and There have been hundreds,
probably thousands, that have gone in
To our temples without paying one cent
Of tithluE, ana thousands have gone In
there that have not paid o. fun tithing-
and part Of "a tIthing D. no uthInE at
an. no more than immcrslnE only half
q persons body ~ baptism ! do not
know how Bishops can Justify them
selves ln giving recommends 90 such
pnrsouH-thcy cannot after they hear
what we have 10 ray TO them. When per-
SONS do not conform 90 the law To that
extent that they can annctify the land
and thus become unworthy 10 stand
among the people OF God, how can we
be- Justified In comforting upon them the
highest blessings that God ever be-
slowed upon man since the world be-
gam
Brethren. | want you 10 think Of
these things; Tor the Lord has mani
Tested 10 us most clearly that these
things cannot 80 along In this way