Tithes and Offerings in Every Land

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 17, 1916

Tithes and Offerings in Every Land

BROTHER E. D. THOMAS, himself a Tamil, in charge of the mission at Nazareth, South India, says that he observes a great change going on in the hearts of the people. “Those who used to be very timid,” he says, “in paying tithes and offerings, now give very liberally. One young girl has even paid tithe on a little present given her by her heathen brother. These things encourage us greatly.” And it is in the loyalty of these things, often apparently small in themselves, that believers everywhere manifest their truest interest in God’s cause. “It makes no difference how small the income may be,” Brother Thomas continues, “the principle is the same. A man, be he an Indian or a European, is interested in what he helps to support, and I believe the payment of tithes and offerings is God’s divine plan to that end. It applies to all peoples in all ages and in all lands.”