Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
M MISSIONARY FIELDS
|. u,,- r,ing to Learn the Language
and rrsash tho Go-pei.

AID Ifstfn wv ''-f
,..'f Nukuhlya. Sept. "a. 1899.
., Eiiior'
=, IA water 10 q thirsty soul. no
- rsWs from a far country. IL
~ been Two years and four
u, snee len my Utah home. yet
~ n anxious TO receive mall as
| :. m. News" though a month or
= ,arhlng Us, II more than "A
=. Visitor. The Church fntclli-
| - pare and that portion devoted
4, nswa u "Our State" nre of
: l,,sftsg TO Us. yet II IN all read
wsr, a letter from home. only
~ have been Isolated, as II
ma lonely Pacific isle. can real
~ comfort We derive from the
~ ,fvs from q far country"-Zlon.
- months ngn the News un-
- our advent into this Marques.
irhlpelago, and perhaps IL would
~ your raaders 10 know how we
:, nc,lyed and how We have since
vi
1 n ar last April conference. held at
er,s Tahiti, the writer and Elder
Ha,5n were assigned the to-be-
u.s. task o. opening up what II now
h. he Mafquesan conference. Why
aana "to-be-drcadcd task" ~ be-
L. ~ language Ia different here.
\ as people have not the Bible and
y lne more than heathenH. The Ro-
j. Catholics have been here FOR flfty
pr years. but do not believe they
DlnrG translated thf Bible into any
~ Po,ynesian languages.
rir Holton preceded me 10 the lsl-
y, NTlkaroa. going by boat, In COM
t,y Win the salnta Of that isle on
~ rfgfn from conference. on April
Eicf l l.. Wright aud took
rnli % Brthcr Mapuhl'a schooner
airloa, and after stopping at sew
n ktnis on the way. we Joined FL
~ sion ai Taknroa on May LIST. We
faty saioyei our four weeks stay
4 ~ Saints Of that branch: and II
= VII reluctance we left them and
" Wfisht on May 9th and boarded
cfe,t in Sud for this port.
v .Andsi here on May 30th and
: u assistance of the manager OF
= G. o." Ga German mercantile
NJ We soon found convenient
y rhigh We rented for the nominal
/. I three "rols" chile (nbout 81 10
~ mqnsyl, PET month. The United
~ mall vessel left here three days
- cur arrival II carried three new
- non Zion, one OF which was to
y, so2ped Of here, but aa We We're
~ to meet him, and he did not
shsa We would arrive, he went
iHiu. After We had become settled
~ ~ home, We tried 10 procure
.viiho.ie prayer book and n French
ti',an grammar, which the priests
tdieh out for their own use. but
~ We were unsuccessful. Finally
ssfed, BY working through the ma
pfaYef book and another con-
- ne gospels Of 81. Mathew and
.'9h and a short life OF
IL And through these and
nauNes We have been
lls Ne language for the past four
but do what we could, the
~ nave 20 Tar succeeded In keep
~ grammar out OF our hands.
"a slow work to learn "A LAM
~ Without any Bible, grammar or
10y 70 assist us. Hut we nre pro.
.is and have done as well as could
nleeied under such unfayorable
Nipns My being able 10 tpeak
r-ane lps me a great deal for quite
49, oi these people can speak "A
II -..nltian; besides there are sew
'salans and Tuamatuns here.
~, ,nhg here ! have been making
uym which ! will write u short
E., 70 assist the Elders who may
we viii also try TO compile a
nut ! trust that we will
apie 10 procure the French
~ -" grammar and have IL trans
~ SABBATH since our arrival We
Il. ~ services In the Tahltlan for
~ ,hn o. the people who UNDER
h lr- AhHunge, And | trust that
|r,,.s' ,vttn able To do much good
ks,,,,, nut this people are very In
b. N regard to religion. They
k,s..w pe different race 10 those
n. Hnpm We have hitherto lnbored.
~ seil-r part " them 90 to church
NJ uailfy their curiosity or 10
EnA new dres. or a new suit Of
y h. snSy nave little or no respect
|,tts IA "oAlh. IL ~ their day for
tsI ~ porting. This people are
~, ~ y low ehb spiritually. And II
r., en impossible TO get a re-
r. oHeni started to How through
N \, ~ ot them said TO me that he
~ "a WY they should desert their
n s,,na ana then bow down to
|ng ~ pl Mary or Peter, or Paul.
~ IA mat The priests used to nut
|eslsr ' n,h Z they were found wor-
~ h, h,,f heather gods--A Chris
~, H. e.hoi ot christianizlng hen-
L ls.ls', .vhder that the Chinese reb-
pos, "e so-oalled Christian mis-
M, .Ss made quite number Of
|th,. N.Y. ~ time We expect 10 be able
ftegr,sp -. q branch OF the Church here.
|tsih1 W have the government din
u lnl,,,l other ndyersnries 10 bat
~ hiss,s NV through the powor OF
~, hsavss,o,l, and with the blessings
II U thss',y rather we viii prevail.
II a,,.s,s people are OF Israel they
|sS1ias..,,p, US We do not derive our
Ia but ,san from our present cue
|stA NJ Ky 'ho promises " the Lord.
~ "'" must shortly be full
N i, 'o W numbers ten isltnde in MI.
|, eiFssn which are Inhabited. Thcv
|ttiuis ~ and li2 degrees west
|silse NJ and ~ degrees south
||..lsl ana nyy are All OF volcanic for
|<HAs ea.s ynhe OF lhom are surround
w." 'eef as are the volcanic