The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-09
MORE MORMON MISSIONS
MISSIONARY ACTIVITY HERE is
RENEWED.
Three Disciples of Joseph Smith and
Brigham Young Arrived by the
Moana-Faith and the Works.

The church Of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints whose missionary work in
these islands began nearly fifty years
ago and which claims a membership
here of about 5000 souls, has lately re-
newed activity in it's propaganda.
By the Moana three missionaries ar
rived to preach the faith, Mr.. and Mrs.
John b. Pendleton, and Ira L. Wilson
Just what part of the islands they will
be set to labor in has not yet been
determined and will not be until after
the quarantine is raised, so that consul-t
tation can be had with the headquar-
ters at Laie. 1t is probable however
that for time they will labor at Laie.
For the present they are residing on
Punchbowl street near the Mormon
church.
|. Mr.. Wilson came here from Dublin
In the Mexican state of Chihuahua,
where he has been for several years
among the Norman colonists of that
region. This fact brings out an in.
teresting feature of the spread of Nor
monism. Brigham Young began a sys-
tenn of colonization in 1876 planting his
first colonies in Arizona and New Mex
leo, and he predicted at that time that
Mormon colonists would spread into
Mexico and Canada. Though there were
many among his people whose faith
prophecy has already been verified
There are already extensive colonies
in the states of Sonora and Chihuahua
according to Mr.. Wilson these colonies
are not so much the result of the or
ganized effort of the church to secure
colonists to go forth into new lands to
form colonies, as the direct effect of In 2
| church's doctrine of the latter day
| gathering of Israel acting on the indi
| Vidnal mind and rororn NJ In,
converts made in different parts of the
world to separate themselves from the
unbelieVers and gather in communities
where their faith is held. The result
of this colonization is to create new
centers of missionary zeal and interest
The missionary methods of the Nor
| mons are somewhat different from
those of many other religious denomi-
| nation. The church authorities ask
this individual or that if they are
willing to undertake missionary work
in this place or that. If they are, they
are sent like the disciples of old, with.
out purse or scrip. They provide theil
own menas both for getting to theil
| field of labor and of supporting them.
| selves while in the field. In places
where the missionary does not have tC
| learn new language two or three
years is considered a term of mission.
airy labor, and having served it the
missionary is at liberty to return tC
his ordinary avocation in life, though
there is no compulsion to go as a
missionary at all, except the dictates
of the individual conscience. Where q
new language is to be learned, the or.
binary term of missionary labor is -four
or five years.
The Mormon missionaries come to the
native Hawaiians, among whom most
of their converts in these islands have
been made, with a doctrine peculiarly
attractive to some minds. It is that
the Hawaiians in common with tbs
aborignines of America are descrn.
dants of ancient Israel to whom tn,
promises given to Abraham and Isaac
and Jacob, are still vital and efficacious
Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton are from
| Coalville, Utah, and this is their frs,
foreign missionary venture Mrs. Pen.
dleton will probably become a teacher
among the Hawaiian children at Laie
As to the doctrine of polygamy, these
| missionaries say it is now neither
preached nor practiced among the Nor
| mans.