Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-01

] wish 20 call the attention OF the |
brethren Go this feature for % moment |
that we may consider IL in ~ Dement'S
10 us and to our children after ua. II
Won can make % appear that you have
paid your tlthlng. and show from the
books that you have aud you can eut1ll
this benefit and blessing upon your
children. sou do not know the extent of
the benefit that may nuw unto thcm
and their generations uftog YOU thnuld
there arise questions or difficulty In tc-
gard 20 the matter your children may
Rise up and plead that you. their father,
had paid your tthing and were entitled
to certain hlelsiuEa. aud thereby
strengthen their position and claim for
blessings OF the house Of the Lofd,
which they could not do " you hnd not
paid your tithing aud Hct them proper
example We look back through the
old scripture, and we mud that the
brethren In the days OF Jesus quoted
Abraham. that they paid tthinT M
their father Abraham, bCcuurc he PAID
tithcs 20 Mclchigcdck
We want To De- true and faithful on
this subject Of uthlng and, aH fresl-
dent snow presented 20 ua yesterday
morning In such lovely terms. We want
To get up 60 this line uf paying an
honest. STRAIGHTFORWARD tithirg Ne
wants 10 see II in 900 lHrnol' you ana
want to see 10. We want 90 do u nH tho
heads NJ families, 30 that We can manu-
ID down 10 our children, and have them
know that we have attended 60 these
lnwa and ordinances. IN order that We
may mnfc Ourselves worthy To labor
IN the Temples Tor the living ana Tor
the dead. ontnillng blessings upon theln'
! DO not very often tell anything ABOUT
my own dnings but ! VIII venture 10
monitor what my habit has been for
quite n number ~ years back IN tact.
nm along since tithihg was revealed ana
1 was permitted TO commence phyluF
tthlnu In NuuYno. ] have the fccclptA
for amounts that have paid IRON my
bishop year by year from that time "
the present, and ! have an account OF
il IN "a little book which l have kept
FOR that purpose. Before Bishop Hun
Tor dlod 1 carried that book to him,
and asked him 90 look u over TO see "
n was correct and n Il was would he
please certify 90 a.. lie ala; he wrote
In that book that up 10 that time ! hna
pnid my uthing properly. faithfully ana
ncccpilhiy. ! think q great deal OF
that little motto from Bishop Hunter
1 will recommend to you, brethren,
that YOU hunt your record up ana zee
whether you have paid your tlihlhk
along! and " you have not paid " w
quite 40 much ns you think YOU might
have done, there y stlll chAho, W
strnirhton II up. No that u may go down
10 your children In good shape, II la
of more Importance 90 myself, however.
than 10 anybody else ON earth that !
pay my tithng fully, fairly ana hon-
estly with the Lord. for ] want 70 DC
conscious that / have paid my tuning
10 tho acceptance ~ the Lord and HIS
servants. 10 that / can have good
conscience toward God In my prayers
i'm my mlnistrntlona. ana IN the cXer-
| elise ~ my faith at all times ana uhuer
all circumstance,
want 10 say further: DO not put
on this subject OF uthlng from your
| children TN they get old enough TO be
married. leaving II 90 them, perhaps
/ when they are thirty or forty years OLD.
Ia wonder whether they had better be
I tithepuycrH or not. Teach thcm while
/ young. II you give them property,
] when thfy receive Il let them pay their
/ tithlng on Il, and keep an account OF
/ Il. l know Of some boys who COM
| menced as crrnnd boys In a store, where
/ the tlthing was retained out OF their
/ wages. These boys kept an account OF
/ this tlthing from the time they com
| mcnced work there. IL became habit
| with them. and when they got married
and located they could no more DO with
| out paying uthing than they could 40
! without food. They kept right straight
along; and II IL to be hoped that they
| Will keep on aa long na they live.
The force Of habit goes a long way.
| This ~ cNomplined In the cases OF
! those who get into the habit Of drinking
| Hpirltous liquors and tea and coffee, ana
! using tobacco. You do not know how
| powerful II Is until you are called TO
| stop the habit. Why not begin. there
| fore, with your boys. while they arc
young. ana accustom thcm 20 pay tith-
! Ing aud TO keep an account OF IT, that
as they grow up Il may become habit
with them7 You will Ind that II will be
| q great help 20 them.
he NJ hUlmW
difficult In because we have not been In
! the habit OF teaching II TO our children
| soon enough. They have been allowed
10 go along until they have really had
10 make i special business TO see
/ whether they could bring Themselves
into subsection 10 that law or not. Thus
the habit OF paying only "a fractional
part Of the tithing has come TO a great
many. Let us perseverc In this matter
and push II until We get our own uth-
! Ing paid promptly each year, and our
children taught early IN life how to pay
their tithng. 40 that they Will grow up
into the habit OF II. aud have all the
benefits OF the force OF habit To assist
them In doing that which ~ right md
! pleasing In the sight OF God. When
people get into the habit Of doing things
| rightly aud correctly, they are not apt
TO depart from a.
Now. what Significance has the sem
tonce to us. that all those who do not
Observe this law shall not be worthy to
abide among the people OF God Does
II not look as n the law contemplated
time when the Saints would have TO
be dealt with who refused 20 pay their
tithing, and that Il would he made a
subject OF testing their fellowship II
looks very strongly that way 10 me.
| heard IL said not long ago that there
was man found In Israel holding the
office OF a teacher who did not believe
In paying tlthiug and ala not pay hlH
tithiug, ! understand, however, that
he was relieved OF that office and It was
conferred upon somebody who believed
IN the revelation and who was In "a
position to teach II TO the people, as II
should be. l look upon tho matter OF
paying tlthing as sacred as any other
ordinance Ia the Church, In my paying
OF uthlng 1 do not reckon out what IL
has cost me to support my family; but
/ pay one-tenth ~ all that / receive,
from any and every source. That ~
the way / understand tins principle,
when correctly applied.
! 1 shall bring my remarks 20 n close
with the cNhortntion that an good
brethren and sisters take into consider
alton the careful and proper payment
OF their tithiug, Teach the people kind
ly and efficiently; ana II you have got
your lesser Priesthood I'm such working
order that they viii carry this out
properly and thoroughly In their labors.
urge and strengthen them IN doing 80
by your teachings He who viii labor
10 Keep the whole law OF God and teach
his children TO do the same, the Lord