Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15


organizing branches administering the sick travelling among and visit
other Islands and those
abor claimed the greater part Of time But the work was sweet to
me and was aO Re" pages at time to get wen under way MY
residence headquarters Brother H. Narelas
Waikiki He educated intelligent Hawaiian descendant Of
the former ehes OF the island who Thoroughly understood ms own h
could the exact Of words My method In the
beginning to translate few and then explain to him their
il'a III great u"e9S ne "ouu nus se' uoous" ooI y.
the part ansatng both octrna and historical Then would
read him translation going carefully every word and sem
mind this able obscure and
secure the native dom At times also had other educated
en with him And in this and with this much from beginning
to endnot leaving single obscure phrase until had been
the 22ud Of July lSabou half years the date OF be-
gnnngbut the revision finished until AVE weeks later In De-
Kauai Nhe visit the Saints preach the people and here
had opportunity FOR the translation with Elder
Of acute intellect rd fine education called the eloquent and
the best the Hawaiian wished with these
any naccucy obury that might have escaped previous detection
We began Path December
airy following During this time. in addition other abors the
looked At the Enss yorsr - a ,ho, thr o no oo ona az
forwards Brother Kauwah
ing little acquainted with language correct the
to him that had to Brother
simplest ceares language convey
the revision to # into book this
quite finished Excepting that
Ing because Of the scarcity Of really did not need copying
tons than have circumstances
terrupion etc, under which the had been
The original idea had pub
lsh the purpose were
raised The money in Fran
cisco who purchased the
shipped around Cape Horn Honolulu
released and had returned supplies reshpped
San Francisco the Farley thinking
OF printing there He had Presidency
me appointed mission there him. had
home five and had only
again went forth this time publish the
language Elder paper
Joseph Bull and Matthew We accompanied and President
Youngs advice
we arrived but overlook him. by him
returned to San Francisco
Immediately procured began
and Wke knew nothing Of the Hawaiian
good and they they
set In type nearly
English The proofreadIng without difficulties
only one who understood the language could
My method look the slips my
English bookthus sentences
Then would the carefully any
ing spelling ndustouy
edition may say that all those
the Islands who had subscribed
advance for its publication
they had paid
have and pubca
ton Of the Book Of Mormon Hawaiian
imperfectons be- how much with all mpecons
have testify however was
genuine labor OF love with and that the days months
upon reckoned Of
The reference above Brother greatly
the revision of the translation will Justify
ally as he viii be personally
ed Utah in 1866 and remained
He long dead He was
noble in all that the implies prominence
hered and acquired has been pos
terty his daughter leading on the
islands
deeply impressed upon my mind After
determining acquire the native
IT, told mpeed among
the people and lift warning voice them could