THE LORD'S TITHE by J. H. Cook

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 4, 1879

THE LORD'S TITHE.

By J. H. Cook

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house.” Mal. 3:10.

As I travel from place to place, I find many who, instead of obeying the above scripture literally, as duty would demand, when they sell their wheat, or corn, or cattle, take all the proceeds and pay their own debts, or supply their own necessities, and leave the Lord’s house empty. What right have we thus to use the Lord’s money to meet our necessities? I see no reason why we might not just as well use money belonging to our neighbors without their permission, as to thus use the Lord’s tithe. Again, it often happens that money thus used cannot be conveniently raised when needed, and thus the cause of God suffers because we have used his money to carry forward our own ends. Brethren, this is all wrong. There is but one safe way; that is, when you sell anything, separate the tithe as sacred to the Lord and put it into his treasury. Never use it for other purposes. J. H. Cook.