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

which almost from the infant days OF
the mission have been held In April and
October Of each YEAR AT those general
conference which for many years have
been held al ale on the island OF Oahu,
all important business pertaining to the
mission Is attended to and a good
and ENJOYABLE time Is almost in
variably had by both Elders and ma.
tives. The eouicrauces are continued
tor several DAYS. and are generally held
on the same dates as the general con
ierances vi the Church in Zion. Those
occasions are also made times Of general
reunions Tor the missionaries, who as a
rule have been separated for five or six
months at a time, and occasionally a
concert or two s given in addition to the
numerous meet nEs held
The experience vi the Elders In these
islands are In many ways different TO
that obtained by our missionaries In any
other country, where the Gospel Is being
preached by the Latter day SAINT Elders
at the present time.
The FIRST great difficulty which con-
fronts an Elder ON his arrival here IS
the language There is a similarity be-
tween all so.calld civilized languages,
at least an Eng.lsh.spcaking person will
find many words that he IS acquainted
with in his study OF the German, French,
Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Italian, aud
many other tongues. the ElRlsh being
a compound OF all their languages, and
number OF others not mentioned
Hence, any OF our Elders possessing or.
binary intelligence aud some grammatical
| knoNlcdge VINO may be sent to any oil.
the countries OF Europe, where the Ian.
guages referred 10 are spoken, would
soon Catch on" to many words familiar
10 him, aud this would enable him 10
icgl somewhat at home at once aud
quickly add TO bis stock Of words But
u Is not ~ with the Hawaiian language.
To learn that means tle breaking OF neW
[ ground entirely. Not hardly a sound. Or
even gfunt seems familiar, at first
/ everything Is new and strange, excepting
I the natural expressions Ut the ACE cNhiJ.
I Ting 10y OF sorrow, or to De more plain,
the Weeping aud laughing OF the
[ Hawaiian people seems 10 be done on
the same principle aud requires about
/ the same effort as that OF other moftais.
/ But many OF our Elders are doing and
| have always done very well in acquiring
the peculiar language spoken here.
though It necessarily takes time. No
other class Of people who have ifeq cnt.
/ ed these Islands, or who have even DC.
come permanent residents lg e, nave
made such n record iof learning the
| language as has our Elders. TINS can
| be accounted Tor IN several ways. First
/ aud foremost our Elders II IN the line OF
/ their duty have the Spirit Of God 20
quicken their understanding, brighten
tnelr intellect and improve Their memory.
Then they are as q rule, men Of great
/ determination and Wlll.power and Is
/ their hopes Tor reward arc based upon the
sure promises ui the savior, and not
| upon the uncertain and pcushable things
/ Of tins world, they arc willing to work
| hatde-, and consequently make letter
PROCESS than those who continually
sop to consider whether 1T will pay or
not In my own experience rs an FL
| Ter / have often done things IN the inter.
| est Of tue Church OF Christ which money
/ could not have hired me to do; and on
| the same principle our Elders as rule
/ will exert themselves more when they
/ are working tor that great boon saliva.
/ ton, when the children OF the world
/ call working for notnng," than they
! would do II they were Uc ng paid Tor
| their laboB ~ cold coin or is cquve.
I LEM
But while the language is a grea, delri.
ment to the Elder Tor the FIRST year or 50