Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
m MISSIONARY FIELDS
~ THE SOCIETY ISLANDS
]. u5,r rrylpg to Learn the Language
and Preach the Gospel

II. rINFrs ITlllA w
and Preach the Gospel
..a yukuhlya, Sept q, 1892
X Biltcr'
!, ia water to a thirsty soul, 50
~ news from a far country IL
.sw been two years and four
a. ,nee / left my Utah home, yet
M, AZ anxious to receive mail as
!. M News" though month or
N reaching US, is more than a
,-s visitor. The Church lntelli.
~ ,age and that portion devoted
4, news Of "Our State are OF
!. Islerest 70 US; yet It is all read
I'M we're a letter from home. Only
!. NO have been Isolated, as II
an A lonely Pacific isle. can real
Al comfort we derive from the
4 rows from a far country"-Zion.
~ months ago the News an
el our advent into this Marques
,.hlpelago, and perhaps il would
I'd your readers 20 know how we
=, received and how We have since
si
d cur last April conference. held at
be Tahiti, the writer and Elder
Haton were assigned the to-be-
VA task Of opening up what Is now
a. ne Maruuesan conference. Why
~arna "to.be-dreaded task" is be-
IL Ne language is different here,
=, tls people have not the Bible and
n lne more than heathens. The Ro-
b. Catholics have been here for fifty
Dor years, but ! do not believe they
,nNs translated the Bible into any
Ha Po,ynesian languages.
Eig Hol;on preceded me 10 the ISL
h 4 Takaroa going by boat, in COM
rJ Win the Saints Of that isle on
N Niurn from conference. on April
y ripr l. L. Wright and / took
Iuzgs % Brother Mapuhis schooner
'aTuaoa: aud after stopping at sew
y sands on the way, We Joined FL
y Hoion at Takaroa on May lst. We
rsly enjoyed our four weeks stay
y be Saints Of that branch; and II
p With reluctance we left them and
iS Wright on May 9th and boarded
I. col1 du Sud for this port.
V landed here on May 30th and
2 he assistance Of the manager OF
s C. o." Ga German mercantile
Esl We soon found q convenient
- Ehlch We rented for the nominal
Z q three "5ols' Chile about $3.50
" money, per month. The United
~ nail vessel left here three days
IN on arrival 1t carried three new
W. from Zion, one OF which was TO
" stopped of here, but as We We're
Ae'e TO meet him, and he did not
y Vim we would arrive. he went
lial. After we had become settled
y new home, We tried 10 procure
Aholc prayer book and a French
s.esan grammar which the priests
y salen out FOR their own use. but
~ We were unsuccessful. Finally
S'.fei BY working through the ma
y prayer book and another con-
Hg ihe gospels Of st. Mathew and
'oah and a short life OF
sH And through these and
HALVES we have been
yg ne language for the past four
~ But do what We could, the
~ nave 50 FAR succeeded In keep
~ grammar out OF our hands.
"a y slow work TO learn a Ian
~ Without any Bible. grammar OF
-s4ry 70 assls, us. But we are pro-
80 and have done as well as could
apeled under such unfavorable
s.lohS Ny being able to speak
so helps me q great deal for quite
II s.Ni Of these people can speak a
ishlliani besides there are sew
'saluans and Tuamatuns here.
~ enlng here / have been making
= non which | will write a short
-ih % assist the Elders who may
NE Will also try TO compile a
10y But ! trust that we will
aDe 10 procure the French
A grammar and have II trans
l.. - sabbath since our arrival We
n. - ~ services In the Tahitlan for
H., I .s Of the people who under
n MA, language. And I trust that
|t..N Been able 10 do much good
|c.,.,, bal this people are very in
H. % regard to religion. They
oe a different race 10 those
h ,,. non We have hitherto labored.
~ ',s'.sf part Of them go 10 church
ua'lfy their curiosity or 20
No. .sW dress or a new suit OF
q, sihty have little or no respect
~ ,ssopath. II Is their day for
~ sHl Sporting. This people are
b., y low ebb spiritually. And IL
H., s sasl impossible to get re-
~ e.Hehl started 10 flow through
Mr. ~. o. Them said 10 me that he
h. ~ why they should desert their
n s,,sS' and then bow down TO
~ ~, $50, 10, Mary or Peter, or Paul.
~ i Hat the priests used 20 put
|t;xls, r'.soh u they were found wor-
NJ N s mst heather gods-A Chris
H., method Of Outstanding hea-
ls,l 80 wonder that the Chinese reb-
49, The so-called Christian mis-
|t..s,D svs made quite a number Of
|ssis ~, \, u time we expect to be able
,,sy,,.sp 4. Z branch Of the Church here.
|tsfhl ~ nave the government dn-
snl ,, ana other adversaries 10 bat
y Rs.. but through the power OF
r., h'.hood. and with the blessings
4, h ,ssSsnly Father, we win prevail
n h.. .ss !, people are Of Israel they
eaan,,...,o Us. We do not derive our
n 5, , ,at from our present sue.
IA ~ I'm s The Promises Of the Lord
IA V Know must shortly be fuI.
n y ,,'o y numbers ten Islands in all.
tls'N. Which are Inhabited. they
ssAss'''n is9 and ii2 degrees S, west "ss
|s,st S Sse Z and u degrees south
Re, AZ, my are all Of volcanic for
ss d. ~, .. none Of them are surround
coral reef as are the volcanic