Show A elder jones tells of his mission customs of he people two legislators Sn president partridge presided at the sunday afternoon services in the stake after the opening exercises elder albert S jobos who had recently returned from a mission on the friendly islands made his report he had enjoyed his mission for he felt that he had an authoritative call the lord had protected him during his three yeara absence though the inhabitants of the islands are dusky and have not long had western civilization they are a progressive people their government is patterned affer the british government and there ia maintained a splendid system af schools the people are very kind and hospitable but priest ridden they have all bean converted to christianity since civilization baa reached them they are rapidly there are only about now whole villages and islands being de populated ahey are a very peaceful people only two murders being committed during the three years that elder jones was there not much attention was paid to the teachings of the aldere the natives would pay to the elders when talking but the government church had them so well under control that it was hard to set a foothold the government church is mercenary working the beope up to a high stats of excitement in missionary where the natives would give all they possess fora line their ci went to enrich the yan missionaries but ol 01 late tha money is more used among the people in the erection of worship by the free church the natives are 0 the house of jacob speaker felt convinced irom their traditions dit ions which are similar to the biblical or jewish narrations their language contains many words similar to hebrew words speaker felt much strengthened by his misson and admonished the young men to seek now to prepare themselves for missionary work 1 in conclusion at request of president partridge elder jones saoko the ho had learned while abroad which our reporter failed to record it sounds like the kanaka elder 0 F allred a of the legislature from county was the nest speaker he was for existence in this important age aheu god is accomplishing a groat work he was glad to live among the latter day saints and partake of their good spirit he bore a testimony to the truth of the gospel and desired that the church in dilutions be sustained and specially the schools of the latter day jainle elder ira N hinckley jr another legislator county said bo had BO schooled himself that when he did not church on the sabbath aday he felt a loss he recalled pleas ant recollections of life in proy and thought tha city blessed with the location here of the bangham young academy it was there he to love the gospel the more he learned of it the greater aa his love of it take away bis testimony and he said he would he moist miserable the principle of prayer was then dwelt on children should be taught to pray in tho homo circle president aeed smoot who had recently returned a trip to the cast spoke briefly he was delighted with the report of elder jones the young men of zion ought to go early on missions for there they learn the gospel and gain a testimony of its truth speaker had found in eastern centers a great feeling of enrest men had very little regard it seemed for their existence under present conditions the condition of the laboring men has been worse it seems that a revolution is even now at hand we talk of the issue af pf 1900 but the world it rapidly rollin onward and the question may be the life of a nation at that time who can allt but latter day saints have warnings of impending crises in the affairs of the carld they should so live that gods spirit might dwell with them ahe choir caca an anthem and benediction was offered by elder M L pratt |