Show FROM NEW ZEALAND FROU FROM missionary COOK or OF GARDEN ganden CITY editor UP it is some time since bines I 1 wrote to our valuable county piper and thinking a few lines from this part pait of tile lords vineyard would be read with interest by bv its many litany readers I 1 will nill give five the outline of our labors since iny my last letter which was written aug an 7 I 1 continued my labors alone distributing utin tracts an ani and I holding fidei tinah whenever opportunity offered antil the ot october r on which day I 1 was joined by elder jedediah G caspar Ci spar of bluff dale salt lake county since that timo tima we have bave made extra efforts to spread the gospel we went to kannick a small town in wairau kairau valloy valley on oi the of sov m ber and began work there wo we rented the odd fellows hall anil and distributed tracts through the to town w n our first meeting was fairly well attended and we felt quite encouraged thinking we were going tj 0 got at leant a he bearin arini gr but our next meeting was a vital failure as only three persons rain came out to hear us we put out the lumps and invited those three to the house where we were eta staying ying and talked to t them bein for about three hours they promised nisel us that they would investigate the pes of tho the gospel as taught by the lat ter day saints we then gave thern a set of elder john morgans tracts when they left they gave us a hearty shake of the hand vil wishing shing us success in our labors on oil dec we returned to our headquarter heid quarters silca that time I 1 have lieen libin unable to travel until the last week on account of an attack of erysipelas caused by being oer overheated heated by walking I 1 am not entirely well nell yet but think by care and the blessings of the lard I 1 will soon br bp sound again the lust list week neek my companion and I 1 made a trip through kainuma kaituma valley a distance of about CO miles going boint arm house to house leaving tracts etith ith all who would accept them when opportunity eunity offered we conversed upon the gaipl we found a number of our fri edg who were very pleased to se s e us dmn azain a number are now dinv inv 6 i gating gt ting anti and wo nie feel as thou sh the time is not far distant when we will begin to seo see the fruits of our labors though our enemies are working hard to aej 1 eju u dice tie people against us its we nc ara gain inz ins ground round and beginning to see the truth truth of tile the words of f the savior wl en ell speaking of I 1 he true slice sheen as follows A stranger will they riot not fo folios allow but I 1 w ill flee from him tor for they know not tile the voice of strangers we readied reached home hoine just iu ill time for the rain begin to fall heavily the same eaino cloning and is still falling failing the streams have greatly increased the pelorus river hos his raised about 14 feet in ili the last 12 hours over flying ing its babits if tho the rain keeps up tip lone it will do great damage all the of zion a hippy happy new year I 1 remain your brother in the gospel of christ HYRUM COOK havelock new zealand jan |