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Elder Marion G. Romney told of a personal experience related to this idea of attitude:

"About a quarter of a century ago Sister Romney and I moved into a ward in which they were just beginning to build a meetinghouse. The size of the contribution the bishop thought I ought to contribute rather staggered me. I thought it was at least twice as much as he should have asked. However, I had just been called to a rather high Church position, so I couldn't very well tell him where to go. Therefore, I said, 'Well, I will pay it, Bishop, but I will have to pay it in installments because I don't have the money.' And so I began to pay. And I paid and paid until I was down to about the last three payments when, as is my habit, I was reading The Book of Mormon, and came to the scripture which said: "…if a man…giveth a gift…grudgingly; wherefore it is counted unto the same as if he had retained the gift; wherefore he is counted evil before God.' (Moroni 7:8.) Book of Mormon Manual p.516 "This shocked me because I was out about a thousand dollars. Well, I went on and paid the three installments I had promised to pay, and then I paid several more installments to convince the Lord that I had done it with the right attitude."

(Relief Society Magazine, Feb. 1968, pp. 84-85.)


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