[Godzilla]

EBENEEZER: There is no mention made of the poor in this revelation, and being personally acquainted with the circumstances under which it was given, we never could feel that the Lord ever gave it for the good of his people, neither can we believe it after seeing its practical workings for fifty years. We verily believe, if the Lord had anything to do with it, it was upon the principle set forth in the 14th chapter of Ezekiel; they evidently had “set up an idol in their hearts,” and the Lord answered them “according to their idols.”
We feel sure that had the High Council at Far West, carried out the resolution, and paid Joseph Smith, jr. and Sidney Rigdon, the salary they asked for, of eleven hundred dollars each per year, we would never have seen this tithing revelation. The church had been in existence over eight years, and had seen its purest, happiest days before that was given.

Joseph Smith - prophet of convenient revelations. Remarkable information, I'm going to have to read more on this.

[FastCoyote]

Read the whole Ebenezer Robinson tract, quite damning from a Mormon-in-good-standing! He printed the Third edition of the BOM himself.

http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/RigWrit/M&A/Return1.htm