Article December 13, 1924 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Wallace Thompson, Robertson Orr, H. Emilie Cady, Florence Nightingale

[From "Men Who Tithe," in the World's Work, Garden City, New York, July, 1924]

There are many men in business in America to-day who are consistent tithers; you find them among both Jews and Gentiles. ... These men will tell you unashamedly that it pays to tithe. "If it paid only in a financial way," one of these men explained to me, "tithing might not be so important. Almost any one can make money who makes up his mind to do it, and is willing to sacrifice for it. But it pays in a hundred other ways, in the feeling you get, for instance, that you're doing right, and that you've got right on your side." American business life is dotted with the romantic successes of men who believe in tithing.

In the Southwest there is a string of ... stores which form a great monument to a business-man who, throughout his business career, followed the practice of tithing. He explained once, to friends, why he tithed. "Why, you and I tithe each other," he said. "We would not lend a neighbor money with which to run his business without interest. Neither would we expect him to lend us money without paying interest. I found I was using God's money and the business talents He had given me, without paying Him interest. That's all I've done in tithing,—just met my interest obligations."

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