 An excellent book for the topic of tithing. Christ Our Creditor "How Much Owest Thou?" or The Tithe Terumoth Its Philosophy, History and Perpetuity by N.L. Rigby. This edition was published in 1912 but the copyright is dated 1895-1899. Now available online to download and read for free: Internet archive scanned version here. PDF updated text version here: 
Nicholas Linden Rigby. Not much is known about the author. Born April 21, 1840 in England. According to online sources Rigby may have attended Shurtleff College (Baptist liberal arts school) in Alton, Illinois circa 1865-1869. Rigby was a "missionary for the Home Society" in the Kansas area from 1872-1877. “Rev. Mr. Rigby has accepted a call from the Baptist congregation of Winfield.” [Lawrence Daily Journal 13 Jul 1873, Sun · Page 2]. "Rev. Rigby is with us again looking fat and happy." Winfield Courier, January 4, 1877. Apparently the Rev. Rigby was also an inventor. "Rev. Rigby has invented and constructed a coal oil lamp that will make him a fortune. The patent is about to be issued." Winfield Courier, January 18, 1877 [not verified]. Patent records show that he also invented a lawn sprinkler holder. Patent information here: Lamp: http://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/scientific-american-1878-07-06-v39-n01.pdf (search "Rigby") Lawn sprinkler holder: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/08/1b/0b/ca3e43592ca1e9/US542029.pdf By the early 1890s Rigby is recorded as living in the Los Angeles area. This makes sense since "Los Angeles" is listed as his location on page 6 of the book preface. He would have been 72 years old when the 1912 edition was published. Rev. Rigby married Jennie Ida Rigby (formerly Sprague) in 1894. Since Jennie Ida Sprague was born on May 18, 1873 then Rev. Rigby was approximately 54 years old and his wife was only 21 at the time of the wedding. The only known child was Linden Gordon Rigby and was "born on 7 August 1895, in Palms, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, Reverend Nicholas Linden Rigby, was 56 and his mother, Jennie I Sprague, was 22. He died on 11 July 1975, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 79.” His book "Christ our Creditor" appears to have also been published earlier with a different title: "Ten cents on the dollar, or, The tithe terumoth : God owns the dollar, man owes the dime" https://search.worldcat.org/title/23895392 Date of death and burial place are unknown. (If anyone has any further information for Nicholas Linden Rigby please contact me using the contact form. )
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