I DID BLOW UPON IT

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 14, 1878

“I DID BLOW UPON IT.”

A SISTER writes from Olivet, Mich.:—

Seeing an article in the REVIEW asking for the experience of those who had paid tithes faithfully, and of those who had not done so, I give my experience as that of one who has not. I embraced the truth nearly two years ago, through reading. My husband embraced the Sabbath, but has not come out strong in the truth. Especially does he lack faith in God in regard to temporal affairs. We had just bought a farm of forty acres, mortgaging it for $1000. My husband put in four acres of wheat, and I had strong faith to believe the Lord would prosper us. We were not paying any s. B. that year. We had just nineteen bushels of wheat. I was forcibly reminded of these words: “Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste.” Haggai 1:9.

The present year I pledged five dollars for the cause. We had a good crop of wheat; enough, as we supposed, to pay all outstanding debts besides the interest on the mortgage. I was anxious to pay my s. B. first, but my husband thought we should pay other debts first. What is the result? We are in arrears about $55. (We became involved in debt before becoming Seventh-day Adventists.)

I firmly believe that we should pay our tithes out of the first-fruits, and that we shall not be prospered if we do not.