Henry Maiben: Additional Song

This post at the blog Times and Seasons alerted me to another song written by my 3rd great grandfather Henry Maiben.  The post called the title of the song "Come, Mormons, All attention pay."  So I went looking for it and found the song in a book called The Mountain Warbler.  The song begins on page 67.  The songs in the book have no music and just list the tune name.  This song is sung to the tune of "The King of the Cannibal Islands" (of which I am not familiar.)

The subject of the song is the paying of tithing.  If there was a title listed for the song, I would have guessed it would be "Come Forward, and Pay Up Your Tithing."  The words of the song are below.

TUNE—" The King of the Cannibal Islands."

Come, Mormons, all attention pay,

While I attempt to sing my say;

I've chosen for my text to-day,

Come forward and pay up your tithing.

These may not be the very words

Which ancient Holy Writ records-,

But Malachi, I think, affords

A verse with which the sense accords,

It seems that he had cause to scold

The Saints; or Israelites of old;

In fact, they needed to be told

Come forward, and pay up your tithing.

CHORUS:

Then, if to prosper you desire,

And wish to keep out of the fire

Nay, if you to be Saints aspire

Come forward, and pay up your tithing.

Just as it was in olden times,

With ancient Saints in other climes;

The call is now, bring out your dimes,

Come forward, and pay up your tithing.

Our prophet says, "when elders preach,

The law of tithing they should teach,

Pay up themselves, and then beseech

All those that come within their reach;"

This makes me now appeal to you,

To follow counsel: right pursue;

And whilst all evil you eschew,

Come forward, and pay up your tithing.

Now, male and female, rich and poor,

Who wish to keep your standing sure:

That you salvation may secure,

Come forward, and pay up your tithing.

A tenth that is, and nothing less,

Of all you do or may possess:

In flocks and herds, and their increase,

In pigs and poultry, ducks and geese;

A tenth, indeed, of all your toil,

Likewise the products of the soil;

And if you've any wine or oil,

Come forward, and pay up your tithing!

HENRY MAIBEN

Journals

I came across the blog Our Family Heritage and found some information about some of my ancestors posted there including information taken from journals from that era.

This post is about Neriah Lewis and Mary Moss, my 5th great grandparents.  The post also mentions their daughter Martha Lewis and her husband Travis Moore, my 4th great grandparents.  They were the parents of Neriah Thomas Moore, Sr. my 3rd great grandfather.

This post is about David Lewis and Ann Beason, my 6th great grandparents.  They were the parents of Neriah Lewis.

Alice Penn Maiben (1847-1920): Death Certificate

This is the death certificate of my 2nd great grandmother Alice Penn Maiben.  I obtained this from the Utah State Archives online.

 This certificate has her place of birth as Brighton, England on October 16th, 1847.  Her parents are Henry and Caroline Penn Maiben.

She passed away on May 6th, 1920 in Logan, Utah.  Cause of death appears to be pneumonia. (It is difficult to read.)

She was married to John Fell Squires.  He was the informant who signed the document.

Mormon Overland Trail Database: Part 7

Part 6 of the series is here.

This post talks about the William Mason family.  William Mason was my 3rd great grandfather.

The information on William and his wife Ann Shore (my 3rd great grandmother) is pretty limited.  But I believe that this entry in the Mormon Overland Trail Database is them.

This couple traveled in the David Wilkin Company in 1853.  This company traveled by wagon from the Iowa/Nebraska border to Salt Lake City. They left on June 1st and arrived on September 9th.  The couple had no children at the time.  (Ann Shore is listed as Mrs. William Mason)

This is the final post in this series.  No other of my ancestors would be found in this database.

Henry Maiben: Yet another song

This post from the blog Times and Seasons talks about a song written by my 3rd great grandfather Henry Maiben.

The song is about the Provo Sunday School.  Check it out!