Show FOREIGN sandwich islands HONOLULU OAHU june dear brethren ol of we the As we the mail starts for the states tomorrow to morrow i blakc adlie tile the biily io 10 write that you may know ol 01 the lite prosperity ol of lue lite work ol of the lite lord on uiese these Isid islands lids on oil island d now how over aou baines aud and tile the number increasing daily we learn from iroil maui that i tile work there is reviving and the elders aud and broth brethren rea tire are rejoicing in III tile the prospect of a in aati g eater cuter work wark being behig done on that thal island iro I 1 ro cannon has made a tour ol of late around the islands with good success and is now did diligently gently amplo employed in completing the translation of tiie lite book ol 01 mormon mornion the berthren bic bir thren there wiio have given themselves entirely to the native language arp are making progress the elders on mui maui as well as 0 i selves have ordained some native elders and many amny priests teachers and deacons dea wiio who are disappointing our most buoyant buoy tat anticipations by tit e i usefulness usel ulness bro JM 1 I tanner alwer and T karron lell felt here some lour four weeks since toy tor the isle ot of hawaii they took wi h them a young native eider eide 1 I who speaks a little english we liucc austre a letter irom froin thim thi m alllen aate lour days clys that they had met with a warm reception among the ua nu tives had baptized baptie d one district judge one chief and expected to oi organize guize two branches branc nes before they had been beell on snore otic one week they loudly fondly called lor for help as do br bros sinn shin and alid kice on oil the other side of tile the island they are elders raised up and ordained here and promise usefulness their letters tell of flattering I 1 prospect before them I 1 I 1 A ai district strict judge from the island of kauai came to this city and joined the church and seemed so full of zeal that we ordained him an elder and sent him home prophesying good upon his head he writes for some botne oi us to come and assist him he has baptized t 39 iud many more believing he lias has written au ail a article r bicle on our faith and sent i it to be published we are arc made to rejoice in tho pro spec of much help from the native brethren bro W wm in farrar is master of the native language and he fie takes charge of the native branch here and bro henry W bigler is preach preaching big on the other side of the Isi isline aid we it advisable that bro johnson remain here for the I 1 present to see what can be done among tile the foreign population and act as a watchman in the english lang lage as this is the capital of tale me kingdom and I 1 the head of all civil and religious liberties he takes charge of the foreign branch here composed of 15 or 20 members we are in hopes buiere will be some opening to arc cure a printing press as one seems much needed here I 1 expect to start for kauai in a few days to remain for a season where I 1 lean can mingle more with the natives and acquire more properly the use of the language bros johnson farrar and myself have been occupied almost entirely for the last ten days striving to alleviate the sufferings of scores of these poor natives who are now being swept off by I 1 i hundreds by that loathsome disease the small pox which made its appearance here some four weeks since such scenes of wretchedness and misery roy my I 1 I 1 eyes never before beheld we have sought diligently to administer to tile the brel br ehren brea thron through gli the power of our priesthood and our administration has almost I 1 universally been blessed to those who have taken our council some who were doing well have been induced to take medicine or bathe in ill cold water and are now dead tho condition of many places is truly heart rend ill ing g one which we were called lo 10 cibit contained 16 who were suffering ag with the disease and the mats or floor was nearly covered with seemingly living pu trance from our success in teaching and administering I 1 to the sick the doctors and priests are getting I 1 mad and we were threatened and commanded not of to go again among the sick br farrar and myself were together purs pursuing ning our culling and about to lay 0 our ur hands on a sister who had j just list sent for us when we were assailed knocked down bruised considerably and our clothes literacy lile lite rully rAly torn off bo B o johnson proceeded to tile the marshal to deina demand iid his interposition and soon lear learned tied that he had given tin this s instruction himself as while lie attempted to exonerate a sef the party whom lie ho had seit to do it came up tip and made his report to him of what lie had done this government is as na the priesthood by which it was established and by which it is upheld we may look for some change in the times here ere long our hearts are all made to rejoice to heat bear of the prospects at home tile the progress of tile the house of the lord ac ers Johi johnson ison and farrar wish to be remembered to you may tile the god of heaven bless and prosper you and preserve you from all harm is the friyer of your 0 ai unworthy servant in the gospel of christ PHILIP B LI lilg W as we received elder B F johnsons letter of may 26 but insert this being more than a month later date ED |