Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-27
IN THE MISSIONARY FIELD.
Items Of Recent Experience by the
Elders IN NtW 4 alaud.

Items of Recent Experience by the
Elders In N,W 4 alaud
Ihaye received an interesting letter
from Elder Thomas l.. Cox, now labor
ing in lhc European part OF the New
Zealand Mission, from which make
the following excerpts. believing they
will be- of interest To the vast number Of
readers OF the DEsfgtr Ntws. The
letter s iated Lawrence, Ongo, Sept
tt. 1906 After some preliminiues
Elder Cox says. 81 have been stopping
Tor couple OF months at Ogaka, during
the w5mcst part OF the New Zealand
winter We have O. small number Of
Saints lhcre,and a branch Of the Church
is organized at that place. Il Is not a
desirable place, however In which to
spend the winter, as tits a very scat
tered district.
"rnc roads are very bad. Il Is prin.
cipally Bush country, and here and
there a house can be seen In a small
clearing, made by the AZ OF the sturdy
Blshman. The bush is very dense. and
% stranger ventures FAR from the house
hc Is ia danger Of being lost In the
forest
"Owaka Is within five miles OF the
ocean and III roar OF the breakers can
be heard as they roll In upon the sea
beach 10 this vicinity there IS more
rainfall than elsewhere, on account Of
the great amount OF BIsh.' have
known 10 10 ram there for nine or ten
days without ccasiug. thus making the
ground 30 muddy that Il Is almost i'm.
possible TO move around still the
people there are quite satisfied. as they
have not been used TO anything else.
Each 'Bushlrmer, as they are called,
will seed bis land with grass. on which
they feed cattle, sheep. etc. The gov.
eminent is now making q railroad
through this section OF the country.
This makes work plentiful and furnishes
employment tor a great number Of
people.
81 took my leave Of OWaka about a
month ago, IN company with Elder
Charles Peterson, who Is also labunng
IN this district, and came to Lawrence
TO perform some missionary work. Il Is
about 65 miles from Owaka. Lawrence
IS me looking town. Il has pros.
porous appearance, and indeed Il IS a
prosperous place. Surrounding Il are
several school di,incis, composed Of q
farming community ln those pllces
We have the scnoui houses TO preach IN.
We hold well attended meetings In each
place, and we are looked upon and
treated with great respect by the PEG.
pie. who seems 10 view the Gospel
iavordhly There are great numbers OF
Cinnamon employed In gold digging and
20 washing.
I'VE nave made several attempts to
hold meetings IN Lawrence; but az first
we were unsuccessful TIE cheapest
house rent was ten shiIlings per night,
which was beyond our reach. There IS
a salvation Army barracks IN this town,
which Is used only one night a week.
made application Tor the use of It to
hold our meetings In. Those who we're
in cha ge referred me to NJ ior' Robi
son, al Dunedin applied To him. aud
the following IS copy OF bis ansVcr.-
MI. I l. Cox Dear Sir: We cannot
accedc TO your request for the use Of
our barracks at Ltwrence, as Il Is con.
lfary TO the constitution Of the Army
for our halls 10 b. used Tor other than
salvation purposes God bess YOU.
iaiihlu ly yours, &. Robinson.
However. the Lord opened our way to
preach to the people Of thi, town. Il
came about ~ this manner The editor
Of a. ncwspa or ~ this ace published a
KIND OF nariyplrcc about ms. We M ,de
q reply TO Dc, aud asked HIM to publish
II, which he did THIS led to several
other communications with the editor.
Tic. became very much interested M US,
and had so great "a desire to hear rs,
That he with some Others hired large
hall iur as 10 preach On Tor one night
lie advertised the meeting free. We
held the meeting, and as we believe
with good results. ! sent home the
paper containing the report Of the ser
vices, which you will secure.
MY health is good at present. / ex.
pect TO leave mere some time this month
Tor Auckland, 20 remain there until the
ist Of December, at which time | hope
10 take steamer for ZION"
The following IS the article in The
IAafctl IiWrl, a scmi.weekly Journal
nublished At lawrence, the capital Of
Tuapcka. II d. an ably conducted. fair
sud LIBERAL newspaper The issue Is
dated Sept Ist 1894: