Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-06
SUNDAY SERVICES
Addresse, by Returned Missionarles'-
other speakers Also Occupy
the Tabernacle stand.

Al The tabernacle yesterday after
noon Elder CIV. Poole was iirst oalle'
upon 10 address the congregation. H'
has just returned from a three years
mission to the Samoan Islands, wher'
b, arrived In December, 1890. H'
tnid ho soon acquired the Language Of
The natives, aud thf ugh the blessings
Of the Lor could now speak b as well
40 our own.
The mi.sion was established In the
ndnid 10 1851 under very nj ult CIR
oumstsuce.. Christianity, sU-caiied,
was iist preached there IN 1881 ht
,earin winch our Church wa organ
lied, IL was believed that the hrst
while men sent there ~ ptosalylris
were from England anu acouand'
Tuoy were sent out by the London
Missionary society. Shortly afterwards
tie Roman Catholics went there. lhc
drst thing tue Christians did was 70
trjudiee the minds OF the natives
ngainsl the Catholic. Al hrst
tho nalives would not let thu
Catholics land, hut this was soon
overcome by the Catholics land
ng on the islands in a very N arse
/, scttled place. here had tetu a
constant contention between these auu
other cfueda ever since, ex cepting when
they all unitei, a. they frequently did
iu oppositiun 10 cur Eidetr. The Eidefs
had endured great deal Of persecution
nnd aiiildid, from tue native prencuorp,
one OF whom was IN every village. The
work Of the Lord swae pro frssing
fnpidly on tine iainnde. Aittr receiving
The Gospel the natives were very de-
tirous u gathering here with The peo-
Die Ia these valleys. Tue principle 0i
gathering was not preached 10 our
people there, yet It wa Astonishing how
Quickly they obtained tue spirit Of II
on entering the Church. The greaiesl
har uouy, love anu peace prevailed
among the memhefs OF the Church.
They vied with each other Ia TIC cu-
ttrtaining Of the Elders sent among
them. There were ON the Islands
twenly.One Elders and two sisters
from Zion, also two other European
converts. A great and good Work was
being accomplished among the natives.
On receiving the truth they became
possessed OF great faith, sud M u
result many wonderful manifestations
Of the power Of God were witnessed.
The speaker concluded his REMARKS
by speaking In the MAORI language for
n few minutes.
Elder Ralph Savage was the next
speaker. lie -nid he Sas pleased to
again havethe opportunity ofoJoying !
the )iittj oftns LatteT-day Saints. lilo |
had returned rcooutly from mission /
to Great Britain. Toe spirit OF pers-.
ouuon was rife In that oountTy. 10 |
made little difference where the Elders |
Of our Church went form 10 proclaim /
the Gospel VI lie and salvation, they |
wors persceuted. Persecution existed
to-day just AZ u did In she days " the
savior. Our Elders msde great sacrl-
fices In leaving their wives, children,
fathers, m0thors, homes and all that
was near aud dear to tnem to 10 forth
anu proclaim the Gospel 20 an unbe-
lieyiug world. Wives, children, moth
err ami sisters willingly made similar
sacrifices. Where could we find n
people on the earth that maue the
ramt2 Nowhere. HectaTiau preachers
when they lett thrif homes 10 gO 10
AAaAAhA AANAN W kANAAu Nt NhNH were
paid. "Freely ye have received ffruiy
give" counted for nothing. Salary was
the FIRST anu foremost consideration
with them. IL was entirely different
with our Elders. Toe Gospel they
preached was the Gospel OF Jesus
Christ; IL was exactly tho same a.
taught by the Haviof and His A - silica.
The aame promises followed she
true believer, a. In the meridian Of
time. As Latter.day Saints we prom
ise4 the receiver OF tns Word that he
or she should receive a remisslon OF
their sins and enjoy the promised
blusslngH II they accepted the same
with honest hearts. Whenever the
Gospel had been upon the earth all the
promieed blessings accompanied it.
Elder Joseph W. MrMurrin endorsed
the rumarhs OF the previous ~, ak 10
CONCERNING the gifts Of tho Gospel. IA,
had been an EYE witness 10 very many
IA iuifeslauons VI the power Of the
Lord. Oiali the people on the face Of
the arth the Lattor.day Saints ought
TO be- the moat thankful aud grateful 10
our heavenly Father for all the bless-
iurs and mufoics they have received
aud enjoyed In these mountain wales.
Ihecr OF hard times was heard al
over our land, ana IN other lands. We
we're Affected here 10 s1mu extent, hut
viewing the condition OF Affairs from
all sides We had very little occasion
for crying hard times, especially wnen
we consider the hardships endured
by tho early settlers hefe.
There were no Tears that any one
now would perish OF starvation for
want Of ihe SEXUAL neCuHtaries OF life.
IL was uue there were a gOOd many |
people IN our midst out Of employ ment
nud had been Tor sons time pta.
winter was coming ON, anu thnse Of
ns VINO could DO 10 should sustain our
u shops b. doing what We could tor
tue support OF the needy. The SPEAKER
hhiu ne he'rd report road recently |
showing that every person IN the salt
l. X St,ks OF Zi0u mad only donated
II o.uia each Ia elk montn- for the
oeheht OF the poor. rhiuk ofiil God