3889-Tithe Paying by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 22, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 41.

3889—Tithe Paying

By Editor

I am a canvasser. I occasionally have to make special orders by express. I order a book, and it costs me twenty-five cents to get it out of the express office. In the payment of tithes, what should I do? Should I pay tithes on my profit less the express, or pay tithes on the profit including the express—that is, paying on the twenty-five cents also?

It seems clear to us that the twenty-five cents should be deducted. That is necessary expense in the carrying on of the business, just the same as the freight would be deducted if the book came by freight. The Lord does not ask us to pay a tithe on that which we do not use, and which does not belong to us. Twenty-five cents of the book belongs to the express company in the carriage of the book. It is the duty of the express people to pay tithe upon that. It was the duty of the canvasser to pay what he received less the necessary expense in the securing of the book.