Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-17

warm-hearted 'alohamui" much loyel,
TO which soon learned to respond in
their tongue. The open frank counte.
nances and the honest expressions OF
the eyes which looked into mine when
they greeted me, made a deep impress.
sion upon me, and at once made me
feel tenderheartcd towards race
which was once highly favored Of the
Almighty, but who became dark
skinned and degraded through sin. May
the promises made concerning the rem.
nant Of the house of Israel speedily be
ulhIled upon this branch thereof In
the afternoon ! listened to the natives
bearing testimony OF the truths they
had heard On the forenoon. The speak.
cfs were l.alclale who during his dis
course grew quite warm and eloquent.
HapOols, home missionary known
locally as the native orator, and Muki
N3snaan, the l.aie Sunday School
superintendent and one of the most In.
ielllgent natives on the Islands, and the
lattcrs vile kekncWa, quite a refined
sister was The fourth and last apeakcr.
In the evening addressed the mission
aries on the Importance Of keeping pub
lie and private records.
Alter a preliminary perusal Of s,atisti.
cal reports aud other documents yester-
day, ] learn that the Hawaiian Mission
embraces all the Hawaiian Islands,
and that according to the statistical re-.
port OF Dec. 3Ist, 1891, u comprises 1--WE
regularly organized conferences Of the
Church and two large branches ,Llic
and Honolulul reporting direct TO the
| president OF the mission. The five con.
| iercnces contain seventy nine branches
which together with the two already
l mentioned make total Of eighty one
! organized branches OF the Church In
| the Hawaiian mission az the present
[ time. The total membership at the bee
ginning OF the present year was IplS, of
/ which 40 were Elders, tli Press, il7
Teachers, I2s DeacOus and glsO lay
members, I3y7 males aud 1915 females ].
( Adding So children under eight years
| OF age belonging to families IN the
1 Church, We have 4SgJ as a total number
ol souls divided into i475 families. This
represents fully one eignt Of the whole
native population OF the Hawaiian Is.
lands. as the official census of 1890
/ showed only SI,A5b natives and o, 1856 half.
CASTS m the whole kingdom, or 4o,627
altogether. In 10 Of The 81 branches oi
the Church Ia the Hawaiian Islands.
there are meeting houses Of which two
Those Of l.aie and HOnoluluI are fine
and CommOdlous structures, and the res,
are small lumber OF frame houses cN.
cepting one or two which are mere ma.
live huts with matched roofs, but they
we're also built and Nre now used for
houses OF worship. There are DO Sunday
Schools IN the mission, 50 Relief Soci.
cites aud 10 Mutual Improvement A..
sOciauuns Tor both sexes At the pres,
en-, time there are 10 Elders and SIX
missionary sisters from Zion labofing IN
the mission. OF these all the sisters and
four OF the brethren spend most OF thril
time ON the Laic plantation. The rc
naming Elders are distributed upon the
different Islands Of the group rs follows
Two are laboring as missionaries on l..
ISLAND OF Kauai, two ON the island u
oahu outside Of Honolulu and lait.
one at Honolulu, three on the islands
VI Mani, Mullkli and Lanai and four on
Hawai-. The Elders Uu the missionary
field are visiting from branch
to branch, generally remaining
a week at tine IN each branch
and spending their time holding
meetings with Saints aud strangers, VS.
iting from house to house and studying
tue language. Their fields OF labor arc
generally changed every SIX months, OF
at the general louiefanUcs Of the ms slor