truthfully. Actually, this theory pro poses what is a form of totalitarian ism in the Church. Men and women are being asked to give up their lib erty and right to give as the Lord leads them. No one can hand over this right, delegating it lock, stock, and barrel to others. We shall be held accountable; every man shall give an account in this matter to God Him self. Fifthly, the very reason given for the proposal of this practice, the building up of individual institutions, is not Scriptural, neither in basis, nor in ultimate intent. And, finally, if the storehouse tithers had their way, there would be no independent testi monies w h a tso ev e r, no Salvation Army, no Gideons, no Christian Business Men’s Committee, no Ameri can Council of Christian Churches, no National Association of Evangelicals, no interdenominational Bible Insti tutes or Colleges, or Seminaries, no faith missionary societies, no Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago where Billy Sunday was saved, no Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles, where many are being saved daily, no Jerry McAuley’s Water Street Mis sion in New York, no International Child 4Evangelism, no Y ou th for C h rist, and many other worthy works and causes for Christ. Some of the very advocates of his recent store house tithing theory were themselves trained originally in institutions sup ported by the free-will offerings of God’s people, from all branches of the Church of the living God. May God keep up in the Scriptural path of Christian giving, and from the error of this storehouse tithing, so-called, which is not found in the Bible at all for this age. It is not there for you and me. May we give ourselves, as the Macedonian believers did, first unto the Lord, and then for every worthy cause the Lord lays upon our hearts. We shall be so grateful when Go Mr. and Mrs. Dick Anthony (loft), well known.for their Christian recordings, were featured at a re cent Biela Alumni meeting. At the right is Dr. Milton C. Gould, Alumni President and Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Downey, California. from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set His name there, when the Lord thy God shall bless thee; then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.” Do you see what that pas sage states? The man actually ate his own tithe. He bought with it what ever he wanted, just so he ate it be fore the Lord. Would these advocates of this erroneous theory indicate that the tithe should be used for wine? Would they hold that it should be used for strong drink, or whatever the of ferer wished; or is that too much to swallow? Fourthly, let us speak plainly and
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