Show 1111 iryl fa kt new mew zealand ritt biti yiti yi ti i ni I 1 71 F new zealand realand jdee 1880 isso Ss 1 r I 1 esteem tap top apt att honor tabea representative senta tive of the tho kingdom of of god to a foreign nation notwithstanding eding the many mariy r difficulties connected i therewith especially ina lna land so far off as new zealand wh where ere ero th the e cou counsel n of I 1 of the church seldom beldom come I 1 realize that the experience peri ence gained by a is more precious than gold andi will be of everlasting benefit to the faithful it is not as if there was nothing divine in this work as is manifest I 1 in all alf th the e systems of men e every esery part of the organizations orga 1 I I 1 Z il I 1 04 shows hows beauty and life ilfe and is is stamped with the grandeur grand eur of heaven this gives comfort in the midst of dobbings mob bings imprisonment false brethren and death and lights U up all c eternity with undying glory voyt pt a glashow few comparatively speaking comprehend the fact that vb fe have bavei thu the gospel of bf jesus jesu chrisi christ during the iut last afif nifty fifty ti years yearn h have haxe ave avo the elders of israel proclaimed tue the plan of salva tion ind hilj hait has haa been n the result much the s same me a as s the prophet saw it would be one of a city two of a family have llave been the fold think if the lord succeeds succeeds in getting in this dis dispensa pensa tion ong one representative of eve every eveny I 1 camly to attend to the them redeeming nu g ordinances of his housea he will dp pretty r avell ya in t this thia b is country wo behold the tho the great grit f olry the people they go to chur ebur church c h to see and be seen and allo nilo allow w othar think for them and thus respectability tyll with a strong krong hold is leading its thousands to eter nal disappointment it is a sad spectacle to behold indeed of late some bome dreadful murders hav have e been committed in lii these and the surrounding islands and guid sin generally is en the increase increase but I 1 still ive we have havi reason to 0 bo be thankful allibe all ail the tho i are rejoicing in the truth and en enjoying jotin joyin several of the gifts gift of the spirit the word of prophecy hm has been fulfilled to the letter ietter ae ater i and remarkable cases of healing havel have aken place pl ace in the mission these last few months bince Since llast I 1 jast last wrote I 1 have baptized ap ive fie nie ike more in llaga case sunad sunds sunday I 1 was at the thames about 40 miles up ur the gulf I 1 preached three times a at the odd fellows hait halt hai hal to good meeting sl t oh toti night f gave a 4 lecture 4 aw ut a h and the mor mons 11 good 11 order pre prevailed throughout all ali 11 the services some were surprised at the noble nobie principles advanced adv aneed by the tue latter latten day saints and promised to give rive it a fair investigation and albo also aiso said sald they would get t a larger hall hali when I 1 came i again I 1 baptized one T H locke and ord aifred him aim to the offic office of an elder elden and abd I 1 feel fee l confident ilfe ille ile aie will do a good work there the thames is a gold mining town lown with a population of between and at one time there were i I 1 did not see in the account of pioneer kiy day when the th gospel was as tirs tins t brought to new zealand per haps a it is not known imbt I 1 met mel a manit tile the thames i by the n name namo arde of jones who tolda e that he be took in elder win wm cook at the cItY of nelson kelson some 15 years a ago go when he came over froin from australia wilether lie he was ian the first bidi elder eider ar to arid dring oring the gospel arndt I 1 am ili ril no not t frelara prepared to say chari charl charles charies es mardy hardy who helped to send elder jeider cook from australia thinks he must have been leen the first here hene after igo I 1 gob got t away rny my tny last mail maii to utah I 1 maitla paid visit bk t pairy dalry J flat plat where ron roh ariy lives he took j nid nie me hito info tiie tile th ebush 1 I saw bawl some beautiful natine native scenery I 1 saw very large kauri knurl trees some bome 14 feet net through the tho largest I 1 ner ver tsar saw there used ad ito be many W ih al 01 of r acres acrea eb kauri trees s til anthe flie tiie auckland province but in times N of war til the e maoris laoris burnt them t thea thra europeans dig dj hurd kurd frehr tho land hand now which bays pass pays to be shipped to 0 england an dAmen raca ca one on pleasing jess jews feature stink the irb bush 8 to a hungry mana mans hat bat lle lie of good need teed of Ti kau hau 11 it has bas a pleasant taste you ou would almost fancy you pere were were eating patin g well weli N bbown wn celery eiders elders andeen and jenaii ar are ha in the Hawkes bay province shey are having rather a doyag b of I 1 I 1 t we haye have just in hi th this 8 branch a little nare fe than xa 3 for them which I 1 shill at once oneo forward to them all xii alche p br branches report favora favorably bil bly bud b greatly wishing the visit of ander abeld As A a I 1 have received no worda f other miss biss missionaries ionar lonar ies les 1 I 1 in intend lowing here in a few days for newly neoly mouth which is on the east goat of the island elder bailey 11 join elder and lind elder ensen will travel with me after we have gone through all the settlements we will meet in wellington the empire city and reopen re open the gospel there or die in the attempt many have hav 3 said wo we should not como come there but they are mistaken we lve have seen too many rotten eggs to he afraid of bf them pran pron prom fran there we will gr gor to ao the west coast of thu the south bland laland iliavi just received from dent budge liverpool a receipt for 31 for books I 1 had begun to think the money lost as there has hash been some letters lost between here and hud england this year bilt thank the luord lord that anxiety is goner gone falu and id I 1 have another box of books which we we began to need at our last general meeting all the authorities of the church were sustained asset as seb set forth in the and we pray that the father may bless them and spare their lives I 1 must emust just mention that the deno denounce ance ments made hythe bythe by the religious clown newitt dewitt de witt talmage upon our people reach most of the papers here I 1 now conclude praying paying the almighty to bless you in in your arduous labors jaborg and all israel I 1 am aim etc yours in the everl everlasting astin gospel of peace GEORGE BATT rime box elder co county u nty january I 1 if editor deseret news on new years eve our wor y bishop according to his ge al custom rustom gave a free party t to a all ali he settlers of this place and its J ur soundings roun dings at which we r recel el d a good supply of pie and cake and other oth er e r seasonable delicacies A ai I 1 on the eighth of this month onri oar i hiu kin ozi uzi day school held beld its jubilee at w v ich lich could le plainly seen the pr profesa oress oresa ess our children have beeland are laking which was gratifying t to he the parents rents and creditable to all ail t trose e that hat are assisting in the sor of the rising generation the children and paren parents ta all assembled together aud and partook of a dinner and sup tie r that was vas worthy of the lords of tie tle land cand rand again on the loth ol 01 our female relief society held a barq at which the settlement recel receive vet another feast of good things SJ you feo seo fee ee that this people bel bei eve ii in feasting if they can cau get it at which our bishop la is none behind and does a good shore of furnishing the goodies our meetings are well web attended we have a good day school running our primary and Y L ba M I 1 associations cia cla ciati eions ons are alive and up to the marh mark we are contemplating getti tig g out rock for a new schoolhouse school house or a foundation this winter rea ready ay for work in the spring vve we have had a good share of snow but now it has been raining with a south wind for two days and the enow is fast disappearing which will helbus in other ways wass as well as to obtain our rock the health beaith of the peo people diens pleas is good ard and when sickness makes its appearance pe arance arante itis it is soon dispersed by bythe the administrations of the priesthood who have bave common uncommon tin faith respectfully yours MILES BOY |