"TITHING-SONG. _Air._ The King of the Cannibal Islands.] "Come, Mormons all, attention pay, Whilst 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 which with 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 the 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 who come within their reach.' This makes me now entreat of you To follow counsel; right pursue; And whilst all evil you eschew, 'Come forward, and pay up your tithing.' _Chorus._ "Then if to prosper, etc. "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, With pigs and poultry, ducks and geese: A tenth, indeed, of all your toil, Likewise the produce of the soil; And if you've any wine or oil, 'Come forward, and pay up your tithing.' _Chorus._ "Then if to prosper, etc. "HENRY MAIBEN. "GREAT S. L. CITY, 1855." Not only the extent of this exaction, but the penalty for non-payment, is fully set forth in this song, to wit, exclusion from the church, and deprivation of all spiritual blessings. What greater penalty can be placed before a true Mormon? The administration of the law of tithing has been excessively cruel in Europe. Many of the saints in England, who, from infirmity, age, or incapacity to labor, have been supported by the parish, receiving one, two, or three shillings per week, have been anathematized and cut off from the church, because they could not pay their tithing out of their parish allowance, and support life from the remainder! From the European Mission alone, over $500,000 of British gold has found its way into the pockets of Brigham Young. No account has ever been made of this vast amount, nor is there any public work or project requiring expenditure of church-money, which has not been more than provided for by the home tithing-fund.