Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-18
THE SOUTH PACIFIC SEAS.
Preaching The Gospel 10 Inhabitants OF
Scattered Lands.
Missionary Inbors on the society ard
Tuamotu Observation-Disclosures
Notes. Etc


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TErAMANN' fAKARAVA, iUANoio
ISLANDS, South Pacific Sens, jan
uarv ihtb Isqa-In nv missive 10
o.,.,,.. la, A waa init.
sOu ua'e' :" oV'o'o' -e,..,.
mattel that uurlng M susopoo Va wy
years without foreign missionaries the
branch M the Church OF Jesus Christ Of
r.,,. A.. c.,,,. ,ha, was blished
u'' ''',' .,,,,t,
on these islands h'u oe'o"o o"'i.''
nnnihilated. This | desire 70 rectiiyi
nv giving the following account OF our
-, ,o.tanc. I'm IN. 18th o.,
ia'es' ,ea' ,e,,.,, -. .
September ioV-' iies''ou' '"
Brown accompanied ny Eluer W. A.
seegmiller left Tahiti for the Tupuai
,,i.nds Aner n disagt,eable voyag.
1L, ,..,. d..,,.
OF nve uAys 'ney fe'cneu '"e" 'e''
nation only TO learn thet All ChuIon
n,embers-(sAve one i7.year.old girD
o,,,,,land. Ind r,centlv been mis-.
Ia i'm IN. true Church Nv re-.
n,a.nt,sd n,a.e,vtsr- For two
49,. IN. alder. w,f, treated
,,,,h s,.ai Ind,ii.rence and were
IN mead ~ friendly hand
a. n,ayiIs fooJ suf,ici.nt TO appensr
,ha,, .nne,,tc. Meeting houses WEI.
ciosad ag.inst them. and the layers Of
satan raced s,aIpst their every effort.
Vet a(;od moves I'm n m yst.ri1,,s way,
H. wonasra IN na,f ,rm.1 Alter .ndut.
80. n.,s.v.ysnc. and nray.r m.
,.hiss ,,,sneJ' S,yrraI natives who had
h.sn acou.inted with Pf.,t, brown
whii. IN his former mission 10 these
,.iands' cam. 10 him and exprcssed
rat DANTE NJ In, reoryanixei faith.
sna a,tsr belny conyIncsd Of their
.,yo, Nv him who brought them the
trnth oy.r 10 vsrrs ago. they demapd.
a., h.n,isn, This oprned the doors Tor
o,h.,s and IN n sbort tim. the Elders
ban,i,.d s,xty. va p.rsons. which In.
clndoI The msIorlty OF proper subjects
o. n.n,i.n Manv wer, r,luse1 The
atv,,aa.. a., accnunt nj moi baying mrs.
p.,sd ,,,.m..lv.s Tor the r.p,ptlon of
,hs Gosncl.
a., n .oiourn nj tvo montbs ON
ahIs. y, a.. ,sn.w.J hyanrh Pres,
p,os n ,s,urnsd 10 Tshiti. AueJ nnu
.,,n",.a ~ n. 4. bia oulv chnn,e for
m
,.haaa., Ioad.I heavily with cocoa.
nnts In n spaee Of era feat
hs an, In n eramprd condition
~, ..y., davs an, nIgbts I'm supshine
and min 'fhe snray of IN, briny
acsan would linen envelope hIs form
frnu, over The eocoanuts that were
h.an.J nm on cither aid, of MIN. In
sieht of land thew wer, Ave DAYS and
ni,b,s in ALTERNATING alofms and
cIo,,Js nat,,ntIv wailIoy f,r the wi, a
70 wal, them onward 10 the desir,d
land. Tahiti.
Wnil, PRESIDENT Brown vas visit.
inc Tnnua,. Eld.rrJ w. Damron and
TIonss ms, Win n Mr.. MapubI from
m. rnamo,u islands. IA, beIup Inc
ovn.r M ~ v.raI schouu.rs. offered free
nasssgs 10 those Islands. His kindness
and hospitaiItv were thanh fully ac-
c.,n,.J in N1vsmber Ist the Elder
Iar,..d an IN. isIsnd nj ruk sron ana
were escorted by Mapubi 10 his own
neatly Arranged home. where tbsy re-.
ceiv.d avery Attention uossIpIe for
tbeIr comfoSt. ON thi, island we
f,und n brnn,b of over 100 church
m.mbsrs who. altar n consul,ntion.
conclud.d m rsceiv, ,,s an misaionnrl,.
syom IN. correct Church Of Christ. we
bsvan our l.bors An earnest and bar
tl,.d mir v.thre, nav members on the
i,Isna ~ fussros
Lssrn,nu that there wer, branches
nj IN. Chureh ON eoyeral difierent
i.,anas and on nndinr that oonfer.
.nes mad been supoinIed 10 convene
Jsnuarv an ON III, islaud of Fate.
PresId.nt lanes 4. Browp and son
Elsndo' w.r, notified by letter ami
soeedily Joined tbs brethren at Tuks.
rps II started Tor ths oonfereno, 20.
gather and landed on Faile Dec.mb,
sisi. 1892. The numoer OF boats an.
cbosed An the lagoon was proof tin,
many had gathered before We arrived.
Not many minutes after landing We