The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-25
THE LOCAL
MORMONDOM
Latter Day Saints
Report Many
Converts.
ELDERS ON KAUAI
ARE WELL PLEASED
Missionaries Letters to Utah Are
Filled With Glowing Accounts
OF Field Here.


the Mormons as they appear in the
Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake.
Utah). throw an interesting sidelight
upon the doings of a religious sect here
OF which little is heard The following
two tell OF the work being done on
Kauai:
Elder David H. Madsen, writing from
Makaweli, Kauai, H. T., March IL. re-
ports as follows:
A very interesting and instructive
gathering was held at Makaweli, Ka-
uai, on Saturday and Sunday. March
s and 9. There were present as mis-
sionaries Elder A. H. Belliston, Mas.
Frank Woolley, Samuel Kali (native)
and myself. Saturday morning was de-
voted to the Relief society workers Of
the four branches included in the dis
trict. viz: Kekaha, Makaweli, Wahia-
wa and Koloa. Our meeting house was
filed with the good sisters who are in
terested in the work of relieving the
poor and sick and extending charity to
the needy. The exercises given were
instructive and the good reports of the
societies showed the great interest
taken in the work.
A meeting for TIE priesthood was held
In the afternoon. a goodly number of
the local priesthood were present. Cues
tons concerning their duties were
asked and answered. and some timely
advice given. NJ. l.. q. meeting con-
vened at $50 p. IN. Every seat in the
house was taken and there were many
present who could not gain admittance.
The exercises given by the associations
were splendid.
SUNDAY hrnlxa c1aar and
beautiful. and we were we'll aware that
IL would be impossible for the crowd
that would be in attendance to gain adj
nittance into the meeting house. so we
decided to hold forth under a bowery
prepared in the shade Of a large "ohaf'
tree, where tables and seats had been
prepared to accommodate visiting saints
and their friends who would partake Of
the 'luau' or Hawaiian feast We
were not disappointed in the number
present, and at 10 n. m. large congre-
CATION OF natives were quietly seated In
the cool shade OF the bowery, prepared
to listen to the exercises of the Sunday
school, All were we'll repaid for COM
ing. The beautiful singing was an in
teresting feature OF the meeting. Mas
ter Frank Woolley sang "A Mormon
Boy" Some instructions were given
the Sunday school teachers, and the
meeting closed at II:Io p. m. After an
intermission OF Is minutes we convened !
in general meeting. The general church
authorities and the missionaries in Ha- |
wall were presented, and sustained, af- |
ter which the tin-e was given to preach ,
ing the Gospel. The same good spirit |,
that had attended our former meetings
was present with us, and the elders
spoke words of life and salvation. !
@f tod a~eaG
extensively dwelt upon. After meeting !
we all enjoyed the feast which had
been prepared by the saints of Maka-
we'll branch, and the visiting saints be-
gan to leave for their homes.
similar gathering will be held on
the opposite side of the island next
and SUNDAY. March is and is,
after which about sixty saints and ell
ders will leave this island to attend our
annual conference at Laie.
The work Is prospecting nicely
throughout this mission. The saints
generally are endeavoring to obey the
teachings of the Gospel. and many new
members are being added to the fold
each year.
1 have spent thirteen months In the
Kauai conference. during which time
there have been seventy-five baptisms
There are twelve organized
branches in the conference. the MAORI
ity of which have a Sunday school and
NJ. 1. A. There are also six Relief So
cieties among them. Nearly all of the
are In a wide awake con-
dition and are factors for good.
There is great joy in the performance
OF mission and I rejoice in being one
with my co-laborers and working for
the cause of the truth, which must pre-
vail.
The News" is an active missionary
and is a power for good among saints
and friends.
Elder David H Madsen, in a private