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Show A VOICi: I HUM Mitt KIMM), WHliavv been permitted to ruw a letter recently received from Uder J. II. llurtou, of the rilxth Ward, thl city, whu I nuw laboring 111 a inlulou-aay inlulou-aay In New Zland. Tho communl onion la nddresardbi Ilrother Arnold niauipir. tliipl. of the 8 uiday (JJiool of Iho ward named, nnd Islu reionse to asubitautUltoken of esteem received from that Inatltutlon. The Introductory part of tho correspondence corres-pondence Is ileeoted to an exhortation to the ) outh of thu Church at houiu to prciaro theniNelrcs, by appropriate study, for future ml-louiry work among thu ualluua, If time U not In thl riu)et taken by the forelock, thcto who thu negteet golden opiottunltlei will, when ealled lathe mliilstry, he oceuilou to ngret tin Ir lareleasneu. Thu writer alaoglvra some dmcrlp tlou of riuuday school among the Maoris. They couatlliile an agency for the attainment of much gond. The llllil-, ltook of Mormon and aillelrsof fallli aro Iho leading liioma of In-ItructlDn. In-ItructlDn. There aro no iatj In those schools, It Wing a cuitomof tho native na-tive to aquit upon thu Moor on mala. At a recent quarterly conference held In the dlstrkt (Walrarapa) lu which i:i ler Ilurlon labors, scalaweru provided. Instead of tho nillvc regarding re-garding Ibis feature In the light of a luxury, many of Iheni during service forwok the Ipcnchc and took tip Ignition Igni-tion on tho iloor. After going Into some dculla of Maori cooking, a deacrlptlon of which haa heretofore apjartil In tlirao columns, the writer of Iho letter atalra that their prlmlllvepracllceslnthalrigarddonot seem to haveau ImpnltlugeUVct upon the health of these pvoile, they being, as a rule, finely developed specimen of phyalclal manhood. A nil Instance of the attainment of luminal proportion propor-tion Cider Hurton cite the fact that he had recently attended Iho funeral of a chief who ha I llrpcd tho I am at Iwrnty-ali stone (iVIIpounds) aud who had lived to the ncvancod ngu of 107 years. This centenarian leave n aon of almost equilly mammoth proor-lions, proor-lions, a ho turns the scale at twenty-live twenty-live stone (.TV) pounds.) Klder Ilurlon incloses In hi letter the following clipping from the Walrantin Slainlrml, a par which la evidently conducted by a level-headed editor. "MOrtMOIISM AMOIO TIIR MAOHts. "II I well known the! Mormon missionaries mis-sionaries halo Iteen laboring among the Maoris for a considerable time v. Ith great succsks. The government natlie agent hi reimrted to tho governinsnt tbnt Mor-inonUni Mor-inonUni U almost Iho only retlglou pn-feed pn-feed by t'i luvtvn of the Walkatoand Khu Cuunty,and from what wo know of the Walrarapa It liny b add tbsttlio same prevails here. These uil-Monarloa hal e Ih e.1 a life of self-denial among tho natlvo They have xeslously taught und oxpotuiilol the H. rlptures; they take up uiit-jlertlousvnwbstl given eolun-turllyt eolun-turllyt they purehA-e no Isnd; tbey do not iiul. lie with politic or oilier nir ttoas, but eon lino Ihemseli e solely to tho preaching of the (leapt I. romo of the luleetonarlc aro men who warn well-to. do In Salt Ijtke City, but who hlo Or ken all to carry on the w ork of el nnel. Itatkm among the Maoris. Tliey liave bt-ru working for a goo.1 purM)se, whllo other ihurclics have lieen eluiiiberlug and leaving Iho Maoris to drift whhher they woidd.M |