Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-16

! from the headquarters Of the Church
! FOR forty years. the re-opening of the
I mission In 1899 By our esteemed veto.
/ ran, Elder James $. Brown twhp per-
| formed an important mission to the
! goriotv Islands from 1850 10 1881 aid "a
bv young missionaries. and their late
| cxperience with the present French of
I nciais. who In 1895 made another at
! irmpt al closing the mission by ban.
1 lshing our Elders, cannot be- told In
/ n few minutes. but In due course of
| time II will be read by US and our chill
| dren as interesting history.
Nearly seven years after the frrt call
for missionaries TO the Pacific Islands
was made. another group " the Islands
| included In modern Polynesia became
the scene OF missionary operation by
Iatter.day Saint Elders. The 18th 1t
December 1850. witnessed the arrival
at Honolulu. the capital Of the Hawaii
an kingdom. OF the little WANING N'a-
| sci lmnum OF MuEcat, which had on
board ten Mormon misalonarlcs Their
names were Hiram Clark. Thomas
white. Henry W. Bglcr. Thomas
Morris. John Dixon. VIM Fafrcr. Jam
Hawkins. Hiram Blackwell, james
Keller and George q. Cannon. Aftci
dedicatinF themselves and the Hawaii
an group 10 the service Of the Lord.
these Elders separated, and In pairs
commenced missionary work on the
four principal iElands Of the group. Re.
iccted by the few white Inhabitants.
who resided In Hawaii. Hiram Clark
and four Of the other Elders became
discouraged and left the Islands. while
the I'VE remaining missionaries. name
~. Geo. q, Cannon, Jamca Keller.
WILLIAM Farrcr. James Hawkins and
Henry W. Blgler turned their attcn.
ton 20 the natives by studying and
learning their language and preaching
the Gospel "a them. The glorious sue
cess which attended the labora Of Ell
der George q. Cannon on the island Of
Maui. where he commenced 10 baptize
June 22nd. 1851. and where he or.
ganlzcd the first branch OF the Church
In Hawaii August 9th. 1851.
Is something that every Latcr-day
Saint takes delight In speaking about,
and something too that has encouraged
thousands u other young Elders who
like Elder Cannon. have gone forth on
their nrst missions. Elder Cannon'H
Lahore encouraged the other Elders. and
hence the success Of the Hawaiian mis-
sion.
As other missionaries arrived. the
Gospel aa revealed through the Pro-
phot Joseph Smith was preached In
nearly every village throughout the
Hawaiian kingdom. and numerous
branches raised up by the Elders from
Zion. assisted by many excellent and
faithful native missionaries, were
grouped Into conferences. the natives
were Instructed In the order OF the
Church and the Holy Priesthood. gath
crlng places were appointed ana every
thing possible done for the advancement
gencc ana good morals
Since 1850 nearly four hundred Ameri-
can missionaries. Among whom about
fifty missionary sister,. have labored
In the interest or their Masters cause
In Hawaii, most Of them very SUCCESS
fully. and many and interesting are the
experiences which these our missionary
brethren aud sisters con relate In re.
gard 10 their work and associations
with the natives OF those beautiful H.
lands Among the Elders whose first
| missionary experience was gained In
| Hawaii arr many who subsequently
became prominent In the Church. Thus
two members of the First Presidency.
tGtorFc q. Cannon aud Joseph T..
smith, four presidents Of stakes. CWm.
W Clun Francis A. Hammond, Ed.
ward Partridge and SllaH =. smith, two
" UhhH delegates 10 Congress. Geo. |
@ Cannon and John 7. CaineD and
| many other mon or note In the Church !
| hIed missions 20 Hawaii In their |
younger days. Tho Kindness. hospital |
liy. confidence and love which the Ha- |
Wlllnn Saints, as well as their knHf0lkH |
on the other groug OF Islands. have ever |
exhibited towards the missionaries and |
ne cause " truth, " OF such nature |
mat lt Il always held In fond rcmom-
uthnge ny those who have enjoyed ~
In New Zealand our Elders have |
preached the Gospel since the fall Of |
lHi but FOR many wears their attention |
was not drawn 10 the Mnoris or the ma |
ilyes N that country, The first /
Maori who, ever became mcm-
Der 81 the Church was hap |
tied by ELDER Richard q. Lambert.
al an early day. the Maori being on
visit 10 the Hawaiian Islands when |
Elder Lambert and others we're labor
lng there. This first Maori member
was met In New Zealand several years
Afterwards by Elder John Kaullcnamo-
ku. u was not until october H. 1851.
however, that the first baptism of
native took place In Now Zealand. This
was done Mt Auckland. Elder VIM
John Mcdonald officiating Toward
The close Of the year 1889 ana the be-
ginning o. 1854. a number Of natives
were baptized In the wailtato district.
about a hundred miles south Of Auck.
and. under the directian OF President
William NJ. bromley; and on Feb. 70.
's3, those newly baptized natives were
organized into the first Maori branch
" the Church In New Zealand.
nut a more successful opening was
made In the beautiful Walrarapa Val.
ey' on the south end ~ the North
ISLAND. Here Elders Alma Greenwood
md Ira N. HIiucigley Jr., gained the
iearts OF many intelligent natives who
EMBRACED the Gospel and the first ~
many branches OF the Church In thnt
art OF the country was organized M
'apawal August 20. 1883, From tho
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