Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-18
Conferences in New Zealand.
TAMAKt, New Il aauj,
Apuil-, 1895.

Apdil-i ls'l'
E,h,or DcssTst AsgH
Win pleasure embraces this oppot'
unity Of writing u few lines hoping
that they may he Of Interest 10 the
many readers VI tue NEws.
The Saints aui Elders In this mis-
sion hNd looked forward with pleasure
able suticlpauons 10 the time When
the annual conference for the northern
cud of the mision would DO hold
at Kawa ISawa. 1. came, macy
saint, met, II hiss passed aui It, iniii'
encs has been iolt TOT goji. II was 10
be- followed by other conferences In the
south, and to these tho Saints now
also looked forward with much anxiety,
ME ffst OF these was to bc held at Tie
Nufiwai, In the rurAnga MI
district. Ou tho 9th Of Marco, Eldets
| Palmer aud johnson sailed from
| Auckland, ON board the Atcamshlp
| MonowAi, for Osborne AMI Napier. IL
wss an imposing ana interesting scene
a. the stately vessel moved slowly
away from the wharf, amid the way'
ipY OF haudkefcbieis aud cheering
fafrwells " the vast cOnclurar OF po0-
ple on shotr. The huge boat was soon
la mid.Ouean aud was glldins smoolh'
ly over the bfiny deep AT tho ratio o
nttson knots an hour. In less than
twsnty-lour hOuts We reached Gle
unrnr, having sailed more thnt aJJ
miles. Here we were met by Eldof'
FISHER and rseplrs, who kindly con
Quoted US 10 tbs Maori Pan haiti'
There We met many u the gOod Saints
amongst whom Brother Palmer hai
, formerly laboIed. The customary hong
was freely and anscuonately indulged
10, and toars of Joy flowed freely.
liaiti 10 n Ma ri village located ABOUT
one aud half milea from tue city VI
Osborne. Here We aunouue ID Eu'
. ropvan service, rented hall ani IN
viiOd the people. The evening upon
. gbirh the meeting was 10 DO held
. President Gardner arrived from Auck
, land. Al 1880 p.m. a company vi
! Elders went 10 OIL tue appointment
, | Immediately before that hour, = fn'a'
. alarm o! "fifen was given, aud all Ia,
h people on tue street rushed u tn
'ernr. Tnusall werb attracted anl NJ
q a result but one man uamn 10 Oul
3 meutuy. No services we're held
70 Whether this scheme had been pre-
u arranged We do not know.
. The time for the To Mutiwal cou
ference was nov near az hsnd
ID Accordingly W. TIIo on hJfnebacI
2 a distance Of twenty ullrs 20 the pla
To- uf meeting. Ga the evening OF "a
10 arrival there We helI a meeting VIII
Il sUus outside natives. fury Above
q Us 10 use tuuIr church aud nearly ~
70 II them came o. huNf NJ. Aitrr a.
{. usual opening exercises Elder HArint
70 aIdfrs,sl au attentive o3ugTvBluo
r. for nu hour aud halt on the prime
q, ples Of the Gospel, His testimony WI
accompanied ny Ihe spirit Of Coz, an
N he teslitiui by ila power that u
~ tiIspel ha4 Derl restored Ia latter Day
Al and that Jssrph Saith was called
10 God q suI up His hngdom,
4, On tue following morning, Mate
lU.h, the Conference began. but 10
10 | saints hal yet arrived, consequent
o. tt, urst mestiug was tut Biimiy d
.c. tented. But the promise maic
n, NJ tthpw IS; 20 was illly Tea lac
,g fr though tuofe we're but lew ptrsv
nd IN, SpiTit Of GOd filled tue rO1l
80 and inc servants dpI spoke uui
~ its Influence 20 tue eiilioAuJu aud
d r.ufaprmsnt Uf all psgtsut r
saints iTom all paris u' the dlstJ
ed kspt coming during the whole ia
we untu there WAa splendid represent
nd uuu from each branch, La cAcn OF q
10 .urcerJIng meeliugs the spirit " e.
burned Ia lAo bosom Of THOSE preset
yh. aud tho testimonies hDrlu 10y hAii
tue and Elders were convincing, bel
dA dictated by the SPIRIT OF Jehov.
Dit Tine Saoghmeut meeting on sunl
cry Afternoons was especially ap,rilcl' I
va. L.rd's supper was administered 10
err ,nu Rainir, each one pafiaEing, q
lu. Indicating tnN. the spirit OF OTllhr
hal aul rIs.crly love existed IA u
midst Elder Gardiner gave ul
OF. v.Iuaule INSTRUCTIONS whieh We u
pu the Salu Will all remember aa4 !
auI into NIHuIac.
ul- Alter Q meeting theirs wrg0 t
jau aaund9I,r for bApu m. ,Ho,r "
~. ,rrumpA % Nu "atnPs y4gs, d
,Ul- f. der &. n, Emulty ulliHlairl, 40
w.Iu conn med mrmUur OF
10 guuIcn ol JrslH ChHst % Latter
We saints, auN received tur laying uu
met hauIs tor Ih1 refr. ZION OF the III
au, Glusl. Iuus two mD.c wste uruu
W. .ulO the lglI OF Chus, ADD We lei
our rsnE God ~ Aia IA tul'u5tat.Jn
npp.uvH,
sret IA me evening We Al mot in ca
Bey CITY u leslmluy meeting, which 3
8 DO uI uu.ll nearly uiIuighL III
i /. eafuust 0ud faithful tr.llml leo N
db. Wru8 by cur luaEy b e'hF,n Gud
DGu. tore, uhCl ly8lllylng tU tlH oIaur.
God anu the tgulntuluo' tua Ga
.pIl, OF tue LOtI Jo,us. 4 u, ulag4
tntb UtAer successful Maori conference,