Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-20
FROM FAR OFF SAMOA.


E,iior Dcssrct NCpG
PAGOrAGj HAWuIH sam5l, Jan.
80, l504-supp1sing ,Ha.a tow words
from thispa Of the L1fds vineyard,
located iu the miIa, of Clio Pacific
Ocean, would BE- oi Interest o. the
readers Of tho NEWS, especially TO cur
friends anu relatives at home, We cub.
init tbs i1llowingi
Tao above namui hlrllf is oueuf
the Zines, In Tho world, beIuga c3nuu.
ual haven OF peace, regardless Of the
fierce stoImi that may bG raging With.
out. Il T. here that tbs mau.Di.wat
Ggd various tohoouuu tuai nJal i'm
th,au waters, hasten Cor safety in Times
OF storm. Had tho Inflated Germ
and American war vessels that won't
10 the bottom IN the terrible hurricane
that ragged hero Tea yoau ago been
Boo this hsrbor, they would have
luilefsd no loss whatcvur
We are now enjoying, or athur on.
during, the hot stlrlu iI IS tu0u, while
You are no doubt listening 10 the
llusle Of sleigh bells there. Ghero b.
very little difference brfr, however,
between summer aud winter, rKcepi
MAT Ca summer We have more rain,
a. tue moisture poufs down Ia streams
almost daily
The Llfi IL ever mindful Of Hts
people iu tuis ulft uf Ills domain, aud
ill.,. D.
gotten us, Tor be- has Induced some Of
tho chiefs OF the island To iJfblI "
holding mUUiiuEf ln their Villages, aud
even Threatened with bnuishmrnt some
OI those who pave embraced the truth.
One notable iug.guut OF this kiuu took
place A. suutasu, village ON tue west
cni Of this ISLAND. Upon the death u ,
"A chief belonging 10 our ChIfcu,
tue remaining chitis met he CYur- /
ell ana decided that no Latter. l
day saint should hold meet. /
ings In that place hereafter, aud that .
the one member remaining should !
leave their district or tho Chufru.
Bong possessed OF little faith he chose .
the latter declaring no could not tu. /
dufn tue iormut IEldot NanColt, who /.
was lab0HnF iu the district ut the time, /
lrit with tao same feeling burning .
within him tuat Paul expressed when .
he turned uulJ thg Gentllss. act, f.
XVIII,
THIS extra effort oftic evil one has
been luruud igrg ID, IN that Il has CA.
cited tue hIuuit ln nrart q investigate
the principle u the Gjspul. sIuro
tlcu they com almost daily % uur
quarters 90 CONVERSE with US uIon our
lOoIrinrs, uuI We have recently had /.
the privilege of leading into the wafrf-
VI baptism lul AMI suuga, two OF the
principal chieis OF fagOphgo AMI Iuu.
"a, one Of the puuCipni taking men
These two events nave oNoiteI tao al.
vefshty m this village, Hud some nave
ihfcalrnuI 10 Inyo tue Elders OUT oi
Tie dislricL BIt half Of those ia nu.
lhority ore iu sympalhy vita our
cause, aui we feel quite secure.
We have uulupvJfed 9 explain 90
our people iu these paris that TINS on.
preston is Chuaclefls.io feature OF
.hu true Church ui Cnrlst, anu should
here be 90 persecution, ~ Hclns anu
.CJrnH, etc, We should certainly Trims
That something was wf0ng, and should
.uar that We were not nving AZ We
ought, Tor he chat lycth "A goliy lie ia
Christ Jesus shaII sutirr persecution.
AZ present Wutug Elder HarIlul 4.
ab1Iiug on Auuuu. 10 was hero tlat
,ur LlluH tul landed, tue GospeI
iflm THIS point 10 all Inc
main lslauIs 70. thu group. Elder.
tauCU.t uuI Barton are laborluf at
iAia Oh, on 500 oas. uud 0t,hls island.
Tho Lord BE- continually Ulossinr us
with the HpIrt of uur missions aud civ.
ug a. joy Iu UIr IsUlu. A. Il were non
% II would ug most dltii ult task iof
II % become accustomed 10 samoan
d., iU0I, u.r
Ever IraymE 'ur the spread OF truth
.4d tho wuIiBfg 10 u Oh, We afu yyur.
sspoCtully
b. IL. DmJND and
%. uAGHus,