Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-16
7HE POLYNESlAN MISSION.
s.,a by Elder Andrew Jensen at the Poy7esan
ts'r''' oa,,ion at cader's Park July T. 1898

f'snh4A' q, the church beoainy
a'ply , ~ approach them at once WI" ".
tsef'd y ,niums. which gave not on. on.
~ scr, i.'..,,y of their forefathers' but
b d, mn M the fullness OF the Cos
c''l,n y, lord Jesus christ Conss'
ri o. u. NV months after the or
ta'hl!. a, the church In 1850. We
pl'i ,D.. ., the first ordained s'der,
a. Jour " ,,,ts OF New York ana
ti'.l a., '" westward about thirteen ''an
iri1,.hs ~. 10 commence that m's-
tiii,' 'ors among the Laman'.es
~ s,s been continued 70 .',l t't rom
e'.. ,,,,n, by our missionaries '''
iAi' all y - rolled On. the inspiration
h~ - on the Prophet Joseph
VIZ .,,,,d him to look beyond the
s''i. I, ihs great American con-
san'',, I'd nsboli some Of the ISLANDS
il''s /, me Pacific ocean Inhabited
Af 90 ~ u ,ho belonged TO the same
By 10 who came from Jerusa'
az :, sgsdrsd years before the plr'n
w ~ me strange sayings Of the
y $50 .- hr,orians became clear ana
~ m, thought that the ships
~ u,soth and othem on the
pl. w.. w ,sore. Of the American con
49, - .,,s no, necessarily lostthoush
~ q, "a more BY the Ncphlies' inc
..,. ,,,d, winds. assisted by the cur,
a, me dep may haze wii''u
- ,,ry naylgators WESTWARD.
1 ~. hsd PERHAPS months, p''.gu
W. AIDING which nothing but sea
..S 4, r's,ed the anxious gaze OF
r. .s.r, We can imagine their
u- IA anguish. and finally th, ,,
a..,.I,'u by when the mountain W,
',l ", ,-stl1nai iiawalikn' 20 WI
y ~, y, p5iynoslhn song ana traul-
49, u.,.,r,d On the western nor lAph'
w. wv ~, Il EASILY imagined. The pes ,,l'
s IN tftIis ISLANDS Of tho fAoluo
w. 49, ~ nov home n the host haNl-
49,. VI thsir descendants. brhcia-
si,rfd generation, ana IN JUG
49, IN limo that particular ntaheh
~. hurtn family known To-Day y.
y. p,i,pssitn nice. spread from iAlahu
t'i,,t ,nd from group 10 gioup'
-. ~ ana that Hawaii, Samoa, ron
IN. Ns-uufras the Tuamotua, the
isi,ris the Austral group
80 Islands and numerous othet "
49,. t.,g.n bv separate names, not 10
- M ,hs ihrsrr Islands oonsutullhk
u g.tisnA. are lac0tding 10 the hrm
Iiii.fe nj mo iattr.day silnul lnhap.
U,t by nun remnant Of the House OF
n vas these people the prophe, JOS
an had ln view whfn. In 1855 al Nau-
~ tuin6Is. h. directed hughaih
. Young thfn president ~ me IM,lNe
4 Ar's'Iat t1 tflfct some faithful Elders
1tA tsrA thtm AZ the nrHt missionaries
I llaHns ,hf restored Gospel 20 w. "a
n rar lsianis. Addison Pratt Noah
4 VoFsn. Bsniamin y. ofouhrd ana
t,nowIlsn . Hanks were the Eld'f.
chosen Afier heinr ordained, blessed
and I'D apart By the Apostles ai ihe
hsadauaftsrs NJ tNe church. these TOUT
Whose namn wW never b. tnrE1Nrn
IN Israel. bId their families and trignd'
an anset0natf farewell and started ~
ihe nut mission appointed ny ~
church t1 q people who knew not 10
English language. Their departure wa
witnessed by the Saints ~ Nnuvoo
June I. tNiI After q tedious iournel
they reached thr coast NJ New Eng
Hand and there assisted by Kind friends
thsy were enabled 90 secure passage 0n
No shin Tlmoie0n From New Bedford
Mas. 0n october .. ist1 they CONE
marffd . voyage ~ many months, and
O. one ~ their unmher 10 proved The
last voyage indeed Elder kn1Wli1n
N Uankt who was sick with o1usumps
tda before he l,ft h.s native land, sue.
.umh.d 90 that dreadful disease. and on
November p. ist1. be- hreathed hls last
b. Iha arms ~ his brethren, ana thus
u became me nrst ~ our missionaries
.l1lsff who aga and was buried nt sea.
n three surviving missionaries con.
HaHl lhH voyage. After doubling the
|lapF " Good Hope, aud passing the
4 FiIntnt u New Holland 0r Austria.
4 ana llfo New Zealand. they found |
hfmt5N6t one beautiful morning in
sUl iAN approaching the little L..
lari u Tuhlal. ono Of the AuHtr1l |
Juun situated about di0 miles south |
4 Tahiti Here hoy landed. not with |
fhe In'elion of remaining. but f1r IN /
u nilpso o' ftpl1nlshIng their stock NJ
\ PROVISIONS The Lord. however /
~ Y llio ne hearts NJ The natives NJ
fhAi l.'lle Island 20 plead. and that too
N Ffgii earnest that one or more Of
~ While Missionaries who had como
Epn iaf'on America Fhluld remain
iiil 'htmI ana teach tham the glsBei
.ht SAVIOR " the world. IN whom
~ pfsllolsly hld heard l.tiie
H lsh Protestant mIssl0DlrI.s Nh,
~ r.ited them TheIr rsuu.s, ma
tf.hai' Elder Pratt r9mliu.I ',
I lllli while h.s two missionary. cam
,li'ii continued the ybyarG ~,
4 Atl thus Tubual b.s,m. ~
IA, AlImohsm' 90 ths Poly. |
n is.'.. AMY Tor here Il was natl
.5i, ~ ~ continuation hy divine
4 r.g,,,, vas lfst Performed IN mia
,ntf-ts IN ~. Pacific ttlnnds
r., M, pie. sunday June ION. istt
r. A ''' ~. fflii baptized ana CON.
r., "A ''lll,.' Alexander. "a whit.
H., ~ i9g iher with white e,mn,n
fytg,, 'nsaged in building a IN,
I.1i, About "a month iat'r s.r
4, a hlO, Elder pr.u b,nti,''nn
M, ~. among WhIm were f,u+
I'D p.',.'}i NHhI1 and hIs vIf"
~ ' Ri and Hlmlr. wb, tbns
=, We hat olnyarfs t,'th. mus
J an. "" gospel among ne pniy- /.
b Iiv q. 'll.f natives lIl1w,J
J ~ sgt. ~ EIlIr Pratt. bvart,yn5
b. b 'II, i,'' and uIl of th1nkspsgivyu
!. i,gr. y, W llVIne Mister. M
y a. chs, tsAnlslng iha nrst br,nn.
irhv sHGII.h W Jesus ChfIrt - 1i",h
SAINTS 10 ihe Islands " tbe 81 ~
\ ~ 'T s., allotted Pee on mi. o,,,.,,.
lhof p,,i im.i me- 20 narrhts oau nS o
I h.,olllh 's most Important NY de-
J. IN g.,{ " wh.ah. WIN mission,
b n,.r'".g,ii,.a historians. Viii 'p rnl,l
p SIM sung reading 10 h. i ,Hahe
b. M" r, ana others SUM- iI ~ ,t'r-
ia IA. 'l.f Pratt aftsrw,,,,,' To
Y Island, d, ln..'.1n on ths Tu,'
y riiIyss -, Hh-rr nearly tW5 %, ~
b t15ri,.N rtr baptized. dnrinU.ll nous US,
" TiiIBg 'll' Elder RSgs ~
2 st.ty number of isasa1keiH'
W. itinfg W. lirryey COR Cook,s
: b., W Horn, nnd nus u is'o by
lfIgi.l j, our Ellfrs yyb nN'Alne