1605.—Cases of Tithing.
By Editor
1. A Christian woman owned a $1,000 equity in a little home, which she deeded to an unbelieving daughter, that the daughter might try to own a home after the death of the mother. There is a mortgage of $1,300 on the property. The place is rented for $21.50 per month. After paying interest on the mortgage and a water bill there remains $13.00 toward lessening the mortgage. Should this sister in the Lord pay a tithe from the $13.00? 2. Another sister has an unbelieving husband and children. They find it very hard to make a living, lacking many of the necessaries of life. They rent a house large enough for the wife and mother to let rooms. The income from these pay a part of their rent. The husband earns about the amount that his wife makes from rooms. Would it be according to the Scripture for this sister to pay tithes, either from an unbelieving husband's earnings, or from the amount she makes from rooms in a landlord's house? 1. The tithe is paid on the income. The income of the house amounts to $21.50 a month; but prior claims upon the house hold $8.50 of that, which does not belong to the Christian woman. Her tithe is on the balance, the $13.00, or $1.30 a month. 2. The wife has no right to tithe her husband's earnings without his permission. If any part of the rent belongs to her, as it doubtless does because of her labor, she has the right to tithe that. We can not believe that it makes any one any poorer by rendering to the Lord His own. He can make the nine-tenths go farther than ten-tenths would with His curse upon our robbery. Responding with all our heart to this test of our loyalty to Him will bring us His blessing, and give us peace which can come in no other way.