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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 4, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 43.

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God First.

Here is a sentiment from Bishop Seymour, both noble and scriptural: "I advise, and I know that my advice echoes God's will, setting apart a certain proportion of your income as due to God. It ought not be less than a tenth. A tenth was enjoined under the law; it ought not to be less under the Gospel. Pay whatever you devote to God as the first, most imperative, of your debts. Never cease to pay this debt while you live." The wise man writes by inspiration: "Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase; so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine."