[Footnote 165: Doctrine and Covenants, 24:3.]
"If ye desire the mysteries of the kingdom, provide for Him [Smith] food and raiment and whatsoever he needeth to accomplish the work."[166]
[Footnote 166: Doctrine and Covenants, 43:13.]
"He who feeds you, or clothes you, or gives you money shall in no wise lose his reward."[167]
[Footnote 167: Doctrine and Covenants, 84:90.]
"He that sendeth up treasures unto the land of Zion shall receive an inheritance in this world."[168]
[Footnote 168: Doctrine and Covenants, 64:48.]
"I command that thou shall not covet thine own property."[169]
[Footnote 169: Doctrine and Covenants, 19:26.]
"Your money or your damnation" has about as much ethical sanction as the less pretentious demand of the highwayman who says, "Your money or your life." But we have not yet reached the end. The "Prophet's" father, who, prior to the discovery of the alleged divine mission of his son, eked out only a scanty living as a dispenser of cake and root beer,[170] now became the dispenser of patriarchal blessings at ten dollars per week and expenses,[171] and later at three dollars per bless.[172]