Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-18

lDFN'uiuN uAAN on ln' "'N"W. AN.
voyage was on the whole very pleasant
tu me. as I was fortunate In escaping
seasicknrss and got considerable time
Tor reading ana study besides taking
ln all the sights Afforded. ] also hud
the pleasure NJ lacturlng Co the passcn
gers IN the mission ] bore.
The stay nt Honolulu. Hawaii was
particularly enjoyable. after q rough
voyage uf about seven days during tho
most ~ which time It was extremely
cold. as here we found The most vcrltl
Ole paradise VI beautiful ahruhhpry
trees. flowers and fruit we had ever Doe
held space VIII not permit otherwise
brief description NJ our bicycle tide
NJ several hours Co the plantations Oi
rice. sugar cane and bananas. ana
groves ~ omuueH. orators ~ extinct
volcanoes. etc.. would uU lutUrUHtIuE
A. Luta. Fiil Islands was much a.
voftei studying the peculiar formations
VI those Islands. sometime hnlatrl uut
~ the Hpq. and the character of The
wuolly haired dark skinned natives.
once bearing the nhmc of cunnlhnIH
Some or the latter nro finely dos Hoped
specimens uhNHlCnliN. on manhood hut
their mpuufu dtoet.a usually but
hfcoch-cloth about ths loins in the unnc
~ the men. and often little more IN
cnqo NJ the women their huahy huif
extending ON every side uf the head
far enough 10 De- useful nH face.
rhndc and always more or iors impor.
fectiy dyed white. or hlHuUhnd with
lime their peculiar manner language
and customs. mode thom Che rirnnroHt
people ! had ever seen. We also saw
there numbers uf itiuduHtHurHe ur Eust
indians brought there 90 work lu the
plantations. Although FUiut 90 these
were mon uf educational attachments.
they aegm 10 Doc rather l0w grad" of
humanity.
our stay ~ Sew Zealand was hut o
few hours. me- wellington. This time
we srcut very pleasantly principally
iu visiting friends living there. There
WIS little new orr strange Co pee. ana The
best views We got NJ tho two great &c.
lands NJ New Zealand were those We
took ns we sailed along Che west coast
nud through cooks strait which sop
nfntcs the islands. ~ seemed 90 uH
the land ~ storms. and lt wuH iu thai
locality we experienced the toughest
sons I had ever seen
We arrived ln sydney on sunday.
/ This mny bo r1ld tn be- the principal
/ city OF Australia. ana " four or nyo
/ times nq large ng SAT- Ink. We
| folt relieved and happy nH ve dropped
| into little Sacrament meeting ~ tho
| t.ntter.dny Saints about q O'Clock y. in..
81 Ncwtown. nr Efsklnoyliir. 70 suburb
I ~ Sydney We folt whHt was next
nearest lik" home oH we h.run CO. nH-
rUrlutD with the little branch nf
l Saints located there. IN ihu evening
my companion aud brother a. H. FoN.
I had tho pleasure ~ nddfoHH.ur o. meet
| lur NJ Saints nud Htrnnrefa and about
[ i've days later. after spending tho iu.
! tcrvorirg time in visiting points Of I'm
] tur0Ht. We were appointed our fields NJ
] labor I was appointed Zoo come Co
/ brisbane. Queanrlnnd. and succeed
] brother william Armstrorg 1H prrrl-
dent ~ this conference I w1a accom-
] panied herr on my voyage NJ over s00
/ miles by Andrew Smith Ir president
/ ~ the mission. We had re- very rough
| voyage hut I again wholly escaped soh-
] sickness I found here n branch uf about
sixty resident Saints. and since taking
| the presidency Of the conference
have been kent very busy l1hufiur
| among both Saints ana strangers. n
| has doyolvod upon me IN addition IN
I directing tho nffnira OF tho Elders Co
have the Fcnefni direction ~ tho
branch, which IL organized and pre-
sided over by local Priesthood tpro-
siding pflrHtal, 90 Hup"rlntfHl tho
Sunday school. which has about sixty
members. preside over the Mutual linz
ptovrment association. etc. have
also been tracing good deal visit
iuE lnyvHtIrHturs, otc. Sacrament
meetings uro held In the branch every
/ Sunday also Relief Society meetings.
etc. and ovory sunday evening meet.
INK II held In % large han designed
for strangers. This ~ wen
attended by saints and by SOME
strangers brisbane iH said 60 have "a
little upward ~ 100000 inhabitants.
To ono brought 40 IN Utah Il presents
q decidedly peculiar character All tho
dwelling houses are set on posts four
/ % ton foot hIrh HffYr fha fuupuar ~
corncrlhs No home 10 got out of INC
/ WY ~ dnmpuoHH and inHccta-nnd I
/ may ndd floods. The whole handsome
here presents re- very green appearance
nH there ls much vacant space. ,HpUUs
tally in the suburbs. ana this a. always
] covered with grass, nearly nH clear ana
even ua lawn. Trees here grow 700
tho year round. and II 10 very common
90 see shrubs or trees IN blossom Will,
having both half maturOd and UuH
fruit upon them. while YOU In SAT-
Lake were having tho coolest weather
IN thirty years, ! was experiencing ihI
most Intense heat ! ever fHlt. This was
Just before a storm, which broke ur
tho summer. We are now having late
autumn. but the days nre nearly a. hHi
NJ they get thoro IN summer. Early Id
the morning n r. q little cool, though
II docs not come near freezing
The people hero think much Of Amer,
United states In the present unplous.
hutncss with Spain.
Ia reference 10 religion, however
there IN great deal Of Indifference and
occasionally some opposition.
There are now seven Elders IN thlH
conference. Twn-Eldera Hamilton AND
Robson have but recently undertake
new field, MlryborouTh, n seaport
city about 100 miles north ~ here. TIL,
have succeeded In arouHlng great
dell Of Interest or concern In that conn
munlty ana have promise Of doing n
good work They have undertake.
fov, and hold thrrc every week A.
tcmpta have been made 20 drive then
out.
We have begun holding open nlI
meetings here In brisbane. and 1 Hu
doing my utmost 90 devise means n
getting tho truth before the people nr.
90 accelerate tho progress Of the Worl
here.
| am Just now getting things In shan.
90 return 10 sydney having. on Nh.
18Th Inst, received an nppolntmtu
10 succeed Andrew Smith Ir In preaIl
ing over the Australian mission. 81,
address hereafter win he Newtown T.
o., sydney New South wales. Aus
trnlia,
some ~ tho ideas ~ professe,
Christians seem % peculiar and frlv
oloua--even sncrillgtouH H0motlmps-
that I am tempted 20 give an example
n ~ an episode In my tracing eNptrl
ence, and may Illustrate that also
Having about n week previously callr,
al n house NJ some pretentlOus appear
unCe ana lott n couple Of tracts. mRrltri
I fHs b. 10 = a