Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-29

such thing "a fair uthlng." part of
tithing." "two-thirds sf ~ uthing
that such terms ought never Go Dc used
by Latter-day Saints. that uihinE De-
tenth OF your increase. and nothing
less IS "a tithinv. and thcre Dr. rp utH
OF using the word 'ful' uihluE hy
and by those toruH will not lH urHl.
because we shall understand fully what
uthing H. Tho Lord ln this reN"lt-
tion gives MS the law that we are now
under. n ia not tho law of cons.ett'
ton, and yet " la step ln thht dlrae-
tion. especially the hrt part OF Co.
"RcveiatIon given through Joseph.
the Prophet. nt Far West Missouri,
July sth 1855 On answer io the quo' you.
o Lord. show unto thy servants hos
much thou requlfost OF the prupsflDH
Of the people fuf o. tthIuEI
Verify. thus saith the Lord. 7 require
ali their surplus property t1 Doc put lut"
the hands uf The bishop ut my church
OF Zion" Section no. ID
That Is oioar when brigham Young
and his brethren came into those val
ieys they bowed themselves before The
Lord on the ground, and through thglr
prayers they aaucunod utd blessed the
land. They aid that before they put De-
pillow into the soil or planted potato,
When the people build meeting house.
what IL the first thing they should DO
AINNN NnNN ENN TT N'NNNN|AH NJ" NN N'N N.' 900
and preach thcre7 n I were tu gifU Zoe
structlon on that point never
would advise the holding OF any
meeting iu that house, nor
voice 10 be raised in relation tn Che
Gospel OF the Son of God. until That
house was dedicated To- The Lord. Whom
We erect n temple we never rn ln in
perform amy ordinance until we nut
dedicate " ana present % 90 the Lord.
After that u l1 no longer ours,
We viii not call u ours but
II fhnll De the Lords. we
ask Him 10 accept u. una say. it
shall be- Thine. Thy statutes and Thy
judgments shall be kept IN this house,
aud nothing shall be- taught here, u
Thou wilt accept A. only that which
ahai be- FOR Thino interest" when
man builds himself q house, nH soon as
he has finished a.. he should take hls
wife and his children tCallinr IN an
Elder n he wlshea) and with them be
should dedicate that house 10 the Lord
While he vas building he called the
material his, but after the last finishing
stroke N put upon q be- dcdicntoH the
house TO the Lord, Just aa We dedicate
a meeting house or n temple, rpl De
tells the Lord In his prayer that he Will
teach therein the law u God to hln
children. lie commences 20 do no, ana
everything In that house ~ sacred
holiness 10 the Lord; nt least. u should
be. From the moment you and re-
celve this Gospel and have hands laid
upon ~ for the reception OF the Holy
Ghost. everything We do should be huli-
ness TO tho Lord. A. 1 remarked. when
President Young nnd the pioneers came
horc. they dedicated the land, the water,
and everything they had to do with
That was a very good practice. Then
whom the ihtter-day Saints cmigrntcd
md established Themselves here, We
dedicated our property and all We had
10 the Lord. But 1 will read on:
For tho building OF mine house. and
for the laying VI the foundation OF
Zion and for the Priesthood. and for
the debs VI tho Presidency OF my
Church.
And This shah be the beginning OF
the tlthing Of my people"
This law was given to apply 10 All tho
Stakes OF Zion then organized. and an
the stnkes that should b. organized
thereafter, do not Know how u ia
with some parties who have come into
these Stakoa OF Zion from different por-
tons Of the country. whether they paid
their surplus when they came In or not.
II they did not. certainly that was "A
fault. which may have arisen, however.
from the ignorance OF the individual, or
because he was not taught his duty In
that connection This IL the inst
thing they should have done. before
they were fesbaptized. they should have
gone TO the Bishop and had an under
standing With him aa 20 their surplus
property. In tho early days proper
arrangements were made for this, The
Prophet Joseph explained that whore
the Bishop and the person wishing 20
consecrate met together there should
be a mutual understanding between the
two IN reference 10 u. The Bishop
should not be hard upon the Individual,
but the matter should be talked over.
II they could not agree, u was then
90 be left 10 twelve hlgh Priests 20 say
what should be the surplus property
Justice would certainly boz done under
those circumstance. ] would be- Will
ing for twelve High Priests, ur hair "a
dozen. TO say what should be my SUR
plus property. II the bishop and I
could not agree. yes. 1 would be willing
60 leave II to two or three High
Priests.
"And after that. those who have thus
been tithod. shall pay one-tonth OF an
their Interest annually; and this shall
be- a standing law unto them FOR ever.
for my holy Priesthood, saith the
LORD" (sec. iis: -
We are under this law now. what
ever we ind In II applies TO ua. IL is
n sncred law, Just as sacred as the law
Of conservation; and l have no doubt
but that We can claim Just the same
blessings az were offered 20 the Saints
IN the early days OF the Church.
verify / say unto you. II shall come
20 pass, that all those who gather unto
the land Of Zion shall be tithcd ~ their
surplus properties, and shall observe
this law"
Here comes what shall follow DISC
bedienee TO Il:
"Or they shall not be found worthy 20
abide among you" lSec, iig; o.
That Is. thoro shall follow them
what have read 90 you from
the s5th dcotlon-tholr names shall not
be found upon tho records Of the
Church.
Now, this law has not been regarded
IN the past uH Il should have been.
The Lord has been kind to the Latter
day Saints, because OF our Ignorance, or
perhaps because this was not Fo pnrti-
culurly explained 20 Ne; yet this law
has been talked about a. great deal
The presidency OF this Stake have
talked about H. and they say the Late
ter-dRy Saints here are doing pretty
well. I believe they are doing pretty
well In consideration that we huyo 400
got n little loose OF course, there are
exceptions; there nre "a Few that have
paid tithing strictly. Hut you may cul-
iect one thousand Latter dny Saints i1
n meeting like this. and ask such 40
have paid tithinr 10 arise perhaps an
may arise but about onc-fourth Then
ask those who have paid "a "full' nth
a.. e.