(10/5/03)
"Come to a church which tithes its members. As the Prophet Joseph
said, a church that does not have the power to call upon its members
to sacrifice everything does not have the power to save them. Come and
pay your tithes and offerings; and, as the Lord has promised, he will
open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that you have
not room to receive. (Malachi
3:8-10.)" - Vaughn J. Featherstone, "Commitment," p. 103
(10/6/03)
"'Cursed is the ground for thy sake' was the Divine fiat to the first
man. In contrast, note the assurance given to Israel that by
faithfulness the seasons should be made propitious, that nurturing
rains should come, bringing such harvests that the people would lack
room to store their products. (See Malachi
3:8-10)." -- James E. Talmage, "General Conference Reports,"
April 1924, p. 50
(10/7/03)
"Let me now say to the Latter-day Saints, if you will cast in your
tithes and your offerings you will be blessed with greater abundance;
the Lord will open the windows of heaven and bestow upon you a greater
blessing. It will be with you as the Lord spoke through Malachi to the
Israel of his day; after rebuking them the Lord promised them a great
blessing." - Heber C. Kimball, "Journal of Discourses," 10:246
(10/8/03)
"Tithing has been instituted in the Church in every dispensation when
the United Order has not been established. Abraham paid tithes to
Melchizedek. In Malachi, one who neglects this law is said to rob God.
The Savior sanctions it. In our present dispensation, tithing, the
lesser law, exists in place of the United Order. (See Genesis
14:18-20; 28:16-22;
Malachi 3:8-12; Doctrine
and Covenants, Section 119.)" - John A. Widtsoe, "Priesthood and
Church Government in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,"
[Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1954], p. 60
(10/9/03)
"As long as the people faithfully complied with the law of the tithe
they prospered; and when they failed the land was no longer sanctified
to their good. Hezekiah (2
Chron. 31: 5-10) and Nehemiah (Neh.
13:10-13) reproved the people for their negligence in the matter
and awakened them to the jeopardy that threatened; and, later, Malachi
voiced the Word of Jehovah in stern rebuke, forceful admonition, and
encouraging promise, relative to the payment of the Lord's tenth..."
-- James E. Talmage, "The Vitality of Mormonism," [Boston: The Gorham
Press, 1919], p. 206
12/27/16
In this dispensation, the Lord has established the law of tithing as
the law of revenue of His Church. Without it, we could not carry out
the eternal purposes of the Lord. It is also a law by which we show
our loyalty to the Lord and prove ourselves worthy for privileges,
ordinances, and blessings. – Earl C. Tingey, “The
Law of Tithing,” Ensign (CR) May 2002