A Beautiful Tithing Story, by Elder Glen L. Rudd
Elder Marion G. Romney shared this story with Elder Glen L. Rudd while they were on a stake conference assignment together
Brother Romney was born and raised in Mexico until he was 14 years old. Then came the Mexican Revolution, which forced his family to move out of Mexico. His father, mother, and eight siblings went by horseback into El Paso, Texas. The father returned back to the Mexican colonies, but within a week or two all of the men were forced out of Mexico. The family moved on to Idaho, where his father began to teach school for $90 per month at Ricks College in Rexburg. He said there were now nine children in the family, and they were surviving on this small salary. His father and his father’s brother had made a deal that they would live near each other during those trying times so they could help each other financially. If one of them became unemployed, it was agreed that the salary of the other would be divided equally between the two families. There were eleven in his family, and nine in the other family.
During one winter, his uncle, who was a carpenter, was out of work for several months. Therefore, the $90 had to be divided among the twenty members of the two families. Then the question arose, “Would the Lord expect us to pay tithing on this meager amount with so many mouths to feed?” Brother Romney said it was then that his father taught him one of the great lessons of his life. His father called him in and said, “Marion, take this $9, get on the horse, and go and give it to the bishop for our tithing payment. Get a receipt for $4.50 for me, and another $4.50 receipt for your uncle and tell the Bishop that his is a full tithing payment.
Brother Romney recalls this incident vividly. He says that throughout his life, whenever there is any question about paying his tithing, he remembers that particular day and the faith of his father and his uncle. Then he testified that the Lord blessed the two families and prospered them, and kept His promises in regards to the law of tithing.
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