The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-18

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have the means to meet the duty in the southern church goes without saying. There is no doubt of this fact. l sug- gest as a wise and intelligent plan some fixed ratio of gross income for religious uses. It is accurate in a sense to say that I am the Lords and all that l have is His,' but there is too much vague vaporing on this subject It is indefinite and unavaling, and does not meet the requirement. The Lord wants cash! am speaking to you-whether poor, Of average means or rich. The tithe in general use it is submitted, would meet the requirements What is 10 per cent of gross income, less business expenses only?
 ''The tithe is the only system of relig- ious finances by divine command and God-appointed It is the only system of religious finances which bears the stamp of Gods approval It is d1Vinely or dained. The Israelte deducted the Lord s one-tenth of his income before he took any for himself This was assigned to the Levites for their living, not for civil uses. In Israel there were three kinds of offerings, tithes, aims and free-will offerings. The tenth shall be holy unto the Lord 'Ye have robbed me- said God to Israel. Wherein have we robbed TheeY Tn tithes and offerings
 
 is a debt contributed to the worship of God, and not a charity. The 1.-the was once obligatory. No repeal of the law can be found in the New Testament If the tithe has been repealed 1t has been re- moved to make way for something larger. The Jew gave a tenth and he only Knew Christ through the obscurities of symbol and prophecy. We know the undylng love and tender sympathies of the Son of Man. a DQ a tenth to the WOr- ship of an OK, the Greeks and Romans to their unclean deities, the Mormons to their infamous religion. As an express sion of our gratitude and love and sym bol of our liberty, shan we give less than the heather does? The tithe is expedient whether obligatory or not I am not say ing give more than one-tenth, but make that definite amount"
 Morning Session.
 The first speaker at the morning session was Or. W. R. Dobyns af St. Joseph. Mo, who talked on the subject of "The Biblical Idea of Missions
 7This question of missions Is not a scheme to bring God and man on good terms" he said, but plan to place man on the same terms as if he had never fallen.
 We accept the proposition that all men are lost The trouble with men is that they don't believe it. This is the work of the Holy Ghost. If you are not of Christ you are lost.
 "This Is not question of reforma- tons It Is a question of giving to the world our knowledge of Jesus Christ. Tne church Is not ordered to go out and save the world. but to give the whole world the gospel of Christ x&Ii ia. of mi testi,.lony of Jesus Christ. We must begin at home, but must not stop un- til we reach into the uttermost parts of the earth.
 Do we as pastors, love mems souls? We tabor to get men into the chuf ch but do we love mems souls? Christ saved mems souls. He told the wom- an whc committed t;,- sin punish3otc tc tv death 10 go ani sin no more. Chris. was not afraid to touch the leper. ..Thc treat Master aays that he whn would save his life must lose it, ald he who wruld lose nis life should se,N | if. Your life Nill count most if you give it to Jesus Christ"
 Hunter On "The Tithe." The Rev. T. M Hunter of Baton Rouge l La, spoke for a few minutes on The Tithe" He said that the Christian should 1 do just as lnucn as uld lHe JcW. TIC ih' sisted that the church which expects fts pastor to look after the spiritual anc i the financial work Is not going to do it' share in the movement. This is an Tn vestment in the kingdom of God, whicf will return your full dividends, provided you fulfil your part. You can embrace al the difficulties in the way of giving witt the one word, 'covetousness.' You mus be overcome with asvlsion of the good II the missionary work. The church is no 1 asking an aims but for what belongs, tt i it. You can't evangelize the world witi I your tears and your bazars.'
 i The Rev Robert Hill of Dallas, Tex. said ''Ten years ago the church of whicl ! am pastor knew nothing of Gods pial | for keeping up his work. Now 80 per cen 1 of my membership practice the tithe. ant l our offerings have been increased sever l times.
 ''The spiritual growth of the church ha l been wonderful and my men have learne' to take an active part in prayer ant work During that time my salary ha | been raised five times and is now tw' l and one-half times what 1t was then Spier Is Introduced. Robert E. Sper of New York city spok | of the tithe with an inspirational force