Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-05

day looked TO God FOR my bread, /
had enough To spare; now ! have to
look to my ample income, and | am all
the time haunted with the fear Of losing
II and coming to want | had the
guinea heart when ! had the shilling
means; now ! have the guinea means
and the shilling heart II Is a fearful
risk to heart and soul to become sud
denly rich, This is one of the rea-
sons why God lets many OF his best
children acquire wealth so slowly, so
that it may not be snare to them,
may not chill their benevolence. that,
when wealth comes. the fever Of ann
bilious gUsplng may be cooled, and
that benevolence may Oyertake aVHr-
Ice"
Now. the only way 20 avoid thls
peri is to cultivate two habits and
let them grow side by side-the habit
Of economy and the habit Of charity.
II ones economy grows steadily and
alone II viii tend Ia dry ny his char
tty; II ones charity grows steadily, n
VIII dry up his means, unless balanced
by the other virtue Of economy. There
fore let both grow together then our
giving will increase just I'm proportion
to our getting
But let US Introduce another nlustra-
tion furnished from pastors obserya-
ton:
"a parshIonor who was dear
friend, read his pastor page from
lite's history ~ this effect When u
small boy. he gave his heart Ia Christ
lie was engaged IN q brlgkyard 10 carry
clay. often on his head Tor twenty-five
cents q day, Then ne vowed that One
tenth of his Income hp would give 10 his
God, This he Consciantiously did. and
prosperity followed until his income
vas $4,000. and then the trial Of his
life came, en- which he went down I'm
hnanCinl disaster lie would not give
ouc-tenth Of $4,000 Here his faith
bnlked he said, After disaster had
swept MI away | learned what / had
not known bofore-thnt II ~ easier to
rive one-tenth OF sac than OF $4,000. 4
man is truer to God who works for
twenty-five cents a day. and has less
temptations ana more strength 10 meet
them, whose income Is S6 % month,
than SS33ia.' He regained wealth. but
Il WIS in strict compliance with the
vow NJ his youth which his disaster
enabled him To fulfil until his death"
Here rs an instance Of negative proof.
VIZ that there is that withholdeth
more than is meet and II tendeth 10
poverty Tho positive proof would no
doubt tll volumes. we're II written out
There Is q Christian league In this
country banded together TO promote
systematic giylng. It brings every
member into covenant to keep n strict
account with the Lord and to render
him one-tenth Of the income. An an
nual report Is made by each member,
giving a statement Of HIS business and
spiritual prosperity Tho secretary re-
comfy told Va that the results have
been surprising even to the most SAN
gulne advocates Of the tlthing system
that not only has the income of the
missionary societies receiving the funds
been greatly Increased, but that, out Of
thousands entering into this league
all but two or three have reported
greatly Increased business prosperity.
Arc there not some things 10 be proved
which We have not yet dreamed Of
either IN Our philosophy or our matho-
matlcs7
We give another instance from n
well known life We ind the statement
IN print. and believe from what we
have heard, that II Is substantially cor
rect
Many years ago lad Of sixteen
years left home TO seek his fortune,