The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-29

but He was taking to the PharlSees
and hence not applicable to the Chris
tians.' But nearly all His teachings
were to the Jews and from that
standpoint you might as we'll say that
the Golden Rule has no application
to us, or that Love God with the
whole heart, soul and mind does not
apply to us, since the question which
is the great commandment in the
law? on which the answer was based
was asked by a Pharisee lawyer"
"These words in Matthew 1923
We're spoken at Jerusalem at the time
of His last visit there. But in Luke
Hap, He gives another endorsement
to the tithing system in the following
words, But woe unto you Pharisees!
for ye tthe mint and rue and every
herb and pass over judgment and
the love of God: but these ye ought
to have done, and not to leave the
other undone.' This teaching was Civ
en- by the Lord at a time when He
was dining with a Pharisee in Judea.
1t took place fully six months pre-
vious TO His teaching concerning tith-
es as recorded in Matthew. We then
have at least two unmistakable en-
dorsements of the tithes by the Say
ior, on two different occasions and at
two different times and places. How
many do we want? He gave the
Golden Rule but twice. His com
mandment to love one another as He
loved us was given but twice. If we
have these two important ones but
twice, why should we expect the one
one tithing more times?
"In Matthew 22:21 the Lord said,
Render unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars and unto God the things
that are Gods This was His an
swer to the Pharisees and Herodians
as to whether or not it was lawful to
pay tribute to Caesar. 1t primarily
means, pay taxes to Caesar and pay
tithes to God. They knew perfectly
well that the 'tithe was the Lords.
And yet, there is a fuller meaning
in render unto God the things that
are Gods as everyone recognized
that He meant for them to pay the
tenth part unto the Lord
"In the text, Paul says, DO you not
know that they which minister about
holy things live of the things of the
temple? And they which wait at the
altar are partakers with the altar.
Therefore those that waited at the
altar and those that ministered about
holy things were to have the tithe
according to Paul. He was alluding
to the fact contained in Numbers 49,:
q, which says, And unto the children
of Levi behold | have given all the
1.-THE of Israel for an Inheritance, in
return for the service which they
serve and also Numbers 1924 which
says, For the tithe of the children OF
Israel, | have given to the Levites
for an inheritance So, Paul declares
that to be the plan ~ paying those
who serve the altars. He further says
the Lord ordains this Where?
When He said, this ye ought to have
done and render unto God the things
that are Gods He intended that this
was to be an observance as much so
as baptism and the Lords Supper.
The 1.-THE recognizes our obligation
to Him and the latter two our recog-
milton of what He has done for us.
Il Cor. 1872, Upon the first day
of the week let each one Of you lay
by him in store as he may prosper,
that no collections be made when
come is a very much misused text.
The expression, as he may prosper is
taken to mean that one may give as
much as he may please, or as his con
science may dictate. But this was
not spoken by Paul as a financial
plan for the church. He was speak
ing of a collection for the poor saints
at Jerusalem, a collection from the
Gentle church as a thank Offering
for the Jewish Christians in Judea
who were in need. The instruction
had nothing whatever to do with a
plan for financing the church of
Christ. 1t is unfortunate that Pauls
statement should have been so badly
misconstrued. Surely the church has
paid the price for this overlook, by
a penalty of a depleted treasury, re
curing deficits and the constant need
of helpers, etc.
"The author of Hebrews in Chapter
7, verses from l to 10, argues for the
tithe. His argument is briefly this:
Abraham is the type of the Christian
and Melchizedek is the type of Christ.
If Abraham paid tithes to Melchize-
dek, the Christian should give tithes
to Christ.
Nov we do not say that the tithe
is the maximum but the minimum of