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Show .EW ZKAI-ANU (0hKUKME. fbii Conditio 1 of Mlnlonarj lHrL lu that I .r (Ifl Uud. Tli.IulTu"or.nnu.l contemner, of tb. Au.tr.l..l.n Mia.tnn wu held t fa Iti'iul, noar tli. K.tt Cap. , New Z.aland.on Ilia 8U1, Oth .nd 10th of April, 1892 Tbere w.a a largo gathering of Halnl. Irom .11 iwrl. n( tho Ul.ud, and com. title .rr.iigtm.ul. had heeu mad. for th. euUrUlniuent aud atootnmod.tlou of .11 nmerp, 1'mlJent V. T, Ht.w.rt, I'ruldent ol th. Au.lr.lul.n Mlailon, called th. merilug to crJrr ou Friday, the 8II1 In.l , and all the. l'.Um l.twrlng lu IL.mla.bii, iiieittho.o In Au. trail., w.reprttout, namely, i.WertJihH. ' armUH.k, l", I", I'uoin.., 0. C. Dun- ford, W.UIbrnn, John O, Kdmn, W. HoujIm.JoIiuII, Hurt 111, Udw.rd At-klo, At-klo, J, M. lllxeon, (J. Humuea.n, U. Andru., (J. V. Taylor, 11 Milkle, I, Hawke,, llau. Ma lieu, II. ILinbllii. KHt.ururJ.M. Ilniilon,0eorgi Hale., J. M. Hendry, JohuH. (lriHlck, II. Q ddard, (J. Chlj ruin, 15. J. 1'uliu.r ndj.l.iuii.r, Tb. tnretlog hou.o w.i well llllej wl'li alteutlvo ll.loucn, nil ae.ttd on ' flr In tru. M.orl atylo. l.ld.r 1). wt Taylor w.i apnolutul Uork of tho can ereuiw. Con'erncwiuoii.d wlth.lnglng hjm I hj t1M ojurpgjtioii. I'rayer by JM'lhH. Oronb.ok, 1're.ld.nt W.T. Ht.w.rt grrnl.d all th. Halnti auu vl.ttor. who h.l n;reil to .ttend tho "Hul T.u." I tlwj el of Chrl.t Im. been n atore) .l .,"'' H"J "' I rogrte, of the ;.., '.V.'.ai cou olered lu till. rtotlll.ylncy.rd. rilruebl. return 10 M talaud h h.l vl.lleJ all Ihe dl.trku.nd wai lea.ed to meet .0 many who h.J remain. 1 falthlul to tbeir ooTon.nlt II oxborled nil the Balnli to nulal 11 Ihe 1 Ider, by tbelr faith .nd prayera, forlhey bad left home, mid famine to mlul.ierunlol.ra.l In Itil. laud, .nd were the tnie arnrtul. of Uod. II. leatlrl.dlb.t nil who obeyed the com. mandtmnli ol Ood wotillrecelTe III. tiplrll to enable Ibom to overoomo tbi Ir wt.kne.ae,. II. Mrtber roun.eled the Hnlntt torelnlu from Kambllng.nl otbtt kindred alua. that tb. Hpirlt uf Ood might . I Id. with them. Klder Jcatph H Uroettck, prtal. dent of the Manaw.tu dl.lrlci, re. torted hi. i.bora lu tb. KiutU part ol the I. land, riicra.re II tu brauohc. lu tho dl.trlit, an I moat of the. Halnti are faithful and Ulllgellt III keenllig th. commaudnienta nf (lod. He bad traveled nmong.t tho Maori i! for the 1 i.tlbriHiyeartaul watgratlrlel with th. incur, m tint waa la-liir mad", and It mm nlwayaaplea.iirntotneit th. 1 ooplo whin Ibt y wtro atiltlug to do rlglil, l'.lder 11. (lod lard .ddr.xed th. coun.allou, refi rrlng to tli. ti.IU In eorne nr tho br.ucbia and lib lo.ura to.,uchal.rg. atteudjne. at tou, fcrence; taught the ImporUnre of attending to every duly .u I i.ichlb ob.etvlugtlieln.iru(illonalmiar(.d by lb. Hlant. of Ood, that th. roul might Iw red with thebnaluf llf; romuiehtetl oil the pitab o of III. leu virgin., aud urged tb. Halutati re. par. tbelr he.ri. loniilvo th. bleac In?, of heav.n. Meelliig wua udlournod tilt 2 i. m , and waa clo.eJ with tinging h) uiu , I. I'rayer by Hcnarl Ituru. Tho afternoon i.rvlcwrr. opened with aluglnx by in u :i. I'rayer I y r. Wnleunlluka. J.lder John II. llurtou, irrtldentnl th. Muhla il strict, cjiii,ruiU'e 1 the dalula oil the Koodaplrlt that prevailed; .Uted that tbern were eoveu lirnlicbei lu tb. Mahlatlhtrlct, aud very many iariit.1 worker.. The 1 rt.Uleula of tho brauchu wer. all.tFintlary rntn, noneoftliem u.liig tobacco, hut all atrlvln to mignlty their talllugi. rrleilhood meeting, w.r. held regit, tnrly, which wero well attended. A Cliuruh acliot I w.a oranlael I11 th. ifl.tilct, with i:i ler Jamr. llli.on aa ti.cber, aud It waa well atlen led by the Maori cnlldren, aud great good waa Ulng don. by It. l.lder Hurtou Hated that he had at. tended four annual conference. In New .aland, aud al.ay. prolllet by lh. lu.tructloua, given. 1I0 urgi-d th. HalnUlocontlnuo faithful, aud wnruxd them.galu.t thu aeductlv. lullutnci of Hatin. lllJer. 1'. 1. Thomaa, James Hit. on and T. Hlra I'aea bjr. tbelr teallmou-lea teallmou-lea lath, truth, of th. (Impel and th. lileMlng. eno).d by Ibo tjaluta uf (lod. To Hlra I'aea la pre.l leut of th. Caw. branch, aud referred to l.eh. .ddrer. to J.amau and Imuel aud the le.aona t. b. learned from It. Ho poke fluently aud Intenper.ed hi. remark, with eeveral beautiful mtta phera. A te.tlmouy mealing wat held In tlj.evculngaud tho u.ual good .tlrlt rir.vallcd. Hevcral houra were .pent l.leiiliit? to le.llmonlra of the Halnti, aud.ll.eemid tobuantlniia to .peak of tho gpodui. of Uod to HU people. tl.CONII tlA. Couf.reor. waa callod to order at 10 a. 111. by rre.ldentH(.warl and 0entil with ainglng liyiun 8D, I'rayer ly kldtrNuku. l.lder O. C. Duntord waa tb. flnt apeaker, and h. rertel Walrarapa ill.trlrt aud etat.J that It waa a great .att.raclton to lilm to b. abl. toglv.a good recrt. Th. preaidenla and tb. majority of the meinb.r. of tli. flv. hr.nchrt lu that dl.lrlrt are faithful In llitlrilutleaand tailing.. They liavo great fallhlu tli. ordiu.oce. of tli. (Jotpeluud 111 oa.e, of alckne.a rely Ufiou th. twerof til. l'tltatbooil and th. admlnl.tratlou of oil, tillovliig that "the prajer of faith will lual Ibu alck." UlderJoarph H. Urooiboctt readier.. (era of loving grrellng from l'rt'ldent Will. l'.Ituall aud t're.ld.ot W. H. Illiigbam, which wer. very euoourag. lug arid gratifying to all th. rialnta auimbled. Huch l tilled e l.tha from ZI011 hav. a great Inlluenc. for good, and at. highly apir.clated by tb. member, and tho l.lder,. Klden W. UlUon an I K. Atkln tmro their t.atliuoule. aud referred to their labora and thoblculngaenjoud by the Halnta lu tli. latter day,. l.lder John Q. Kelaoo, I'realdent of the Hawkia lliy dl.lrlct, Haled that he had labored Iher. for elghtrvn montha and I. Move I that tho majority oftbo tinlnt. In that dl.lrlct wer. rejoicing re-joicing 111 the bleuluga of Uod through their fallhfuluri.. fb. Maorla are rutject to many teniputiou,,ana aim. have lallen Into tin, but all wbo ll.len toth. coiin.el of tlioaervanta ofUod, remain tlrm and .Icadfaat. rh.Hnlt.la lu Hawk..' lliy dl.lrlct cin te.tlfy to raanlfeilatlona of th. power of (lod In tbi healing ufth.alok. Llder Kel.on rrolcrd lu th. kuowledg. of tho luu of .alvallon rrvtnled throui,b tho frophet JoaefhHnlllli lutbladl.peti.a tlou, aud ttlllrlid,to the truth or tho 1 rtuilple. 1 roclalmeU by tho l.lder.. Ngawaca, a Maori Hlnt from th. Malila dl.lrlct, addrexed th. con. rrreuco on tho org.iiUatlon uf the Church pf Chrl.t, Th. tru. Uo.ul waa preached lu lh. Maori iplo for the tlr.t lime In lblt, and inaiiy had recelvtHl It gladly anil remained .lei. I. la.lalur.lliey wero tint bapllaed, Ho bote a falthlul teetlinony to the Hook of Mormon at tho word of Uod and the hl.tory of tho nncotora of the Maori people, lie trace I their hl.tory from Abraham, referred to tho prom!... inado In the aeed of Joaefli, and 1 roved lh. fullllmeiit of tho tro. phi rln- ol the am lent I roiihet. through Ihn hl.lury of l,bl, Ncphl and hit ilccundautf. Hladl.oour.. waaiagcf ly llttelieil to and hit Umillful lllu.lra-lion, lllu.lra-lion, and elonuent apal held tho largo au llcuco .pell Inun I, and touclir 1 the liearta uf all prtuent, for I. gnwai 4 la a born orator and .peak, under tho In. tplmllon of tho Hpirlt or Uod. Meeting wanll.inluied wlth.luglng livran ltd. t'rajorby NetlaloAtu. Iho urtcrncou meeting w.a called to order nt 2 p m , and opened with .Ing. Iiighymn 100. I'rayer I y l'.lder b. U. lti.uiumen. I'he 1'overly Hay dl.trlct wu ro. rmrtcd by lllder Oicar Andru.. wbo atatedtlmtthero were four branrhea In goo I condition, and that the Huuday aolioola wero dolug a good work and wer. well attended. He compliment. odth.HalnU of tho dl.trlct for their faith In Iho ordlnanci.of theUoeicd, epokn of lh. hlluga lu .lorn lor tin. Maori eople ho wero a 1 ranch of the houeo of I.rael, their forefatbela lav. Inglelt America m recordej In th. tllrd chnttrr of Alma, rim bldera ha I great iill.f.ollon In their libon when th. I eople wer. faithful, lalt grieved wlm lli.y fell Into tin. KllerI.ewlaJ. Hawkca italeJ that be had traveled In Tauianga dl'lrlo two year, but could not glvo a very r.Torililo rcrc. Many 01 lh ol. IL.ro wire influenced arid led a.lr.y by tb. old Maori aunerilltloui and failed ti rely upon tim Hi kit of (loJ. There ara many chur lira In th. dl.lrlct and old Mauri iroiliota aul lb. Hilnl. have much loconlend wllb. Hllll Ihowolk wnt J rogrea.lng and tb. .crvanta of Uod realized that If they only aa.lal.J In th. ailvatlon of nuo toitl It waa uorlli all lh. tacrine., tb.y had made. l'irlpl T. Maarl, a native I'.ller from hn Walrarapa dl.trlct, greeted the l.ldcra who had com. troru loll to punch the (,pt nf chrl.t toth. Mauri pM It. He ru lor.nl th. worela uf theeervantaof (lod aud tr.tllled to tho mtoratlon of Ihe (Icrprl aul lh. organltatlo'i of th. Church after tho or ler .nd lall.ru rrcorJod lu Holy Writ. Tli. Uot It being preached a. a wltnr.,loall nation., nod tb. people nm urged tucomu nut of Ibu alua and Inlqultjr nf llauybn. 1 Ider 1'lilpl oke very Intelligently or lh. .caller-Ing .caller-Ing and gathering of I atari, and trail lied thai th. principle, taught ly tho bllerawoull prov. talv.tlon to tb. propl. If tb.y woull acc.pt tbtm. Meeting wat clott I by tho congrrga-tlontlnglug congrrga-tlontlnglug hymn 2D. A 1'rlr.thucNl mertlng Wat held 111 th. evening, wbrrr tb. Iri.tructlont wer. given by 1'rr.ldenl Ht.w.rt and liieetlont atitwertNj on varlout tub-Jret. tub-Jret. Th. al.len, al.o, held a tr.tlmony meeting an 1 rejoiced lit th. Hpirlt ot Uol. riilrly.lwoofour Maori alttera born le.tlmonlet an I every moment u at orcu led .peaklug of tbo goodut.a ft Uod. Tlllttl) t)A. On Hunday tnorulug, A, rll IO1I1, confereiic. wat tallel to order by l'rea IdentHlewnrt and ernd with ainglng aing-lng Hymn I in. I'rajer by l.lder Ceorgo llalr.. Die ttall.tkal rert of the Aul-trallnn Aul-trallnn ml.tloii waaruad which ahoMed a total mtraber.tilp ot 24.1 aril Dtl ehlldreu under eight ) ear-of age (miking (mik-ing lh. total nuintrr ft .out., fcflt (Jf theau LSI am buropeatit, and th. real ar. Maorlt. During tho pnat tli montbt there have tteu fill) .Ik tatl.Jia aud alaty-lwo children bleaawj. There are thirty l.ldrrt tailoring tailor-ing In th. rnlailou, I lit i.ldrra Jotepll H. Urcbeck and John H llurton hnv. Iiren honorably rtlrated to return to y.iou. l.ldi r C. W, Taylor reinrted the con-dltlou con-dltlou of tb. Wal.pu dl.lrlct In which hn I ad labor-al for aom. time pa.L Tberoaretlx br.nchealu th. dl.trlct, and mo.tof them are quit, ttrong and tbo people ar. diligent In observing tb. re-julremenla of tli. Uoa-l. There haa bwti much alckneaa In the dl.trlct and It waa a uotaU. f.ct that where th. member, celled In the 1 Idem to dmlnl.lertto tli. tick, they war. healed I y thu ikiyv er offattli, but many of tho.o who had n. faith In thl. ordinance, ordin-ance, w.ro vl.lled by death. He warned the people .galu.t trrklng attar th. ilchea uf Ibo world In preference tu laying up rlcbea In heaven, and urged them to b. diligent In keej Ing til. commaudmenla of Go J. l.lder liana Ma Iron, prealdent of llaurakl dl.trlct; l.lder l HlatifurJ, prtaldrnt nf Walkalo dl.lrlct and l.lder John M. Hendry, pretidvnt or tho Hay ori.laud.illttrlit, reported tbelr ret-rectlventldtoflabor.nl ret-rectlventldtoflabor.nl tottined (0 the work of the Lord and th. rr.lora tlou orthoUjajirl lu tbo latter dayi. Meeting wa. clo.cl with tinging hymn 114. I'rayer by lllrlul Wha-a Wha-a uca. Tb.afternoon meeting wai oned wlthalrulng li)innJ3d. I'rayer by l.ruera laltuha. riiu.acrameut waa admlnl.tered by Jo.Oll H. Uroetbeck aud Jullll II. llurton. 1 IdrrO. C. Duuford protented the namrtof th. general autbortlet of th. Churcb, an I the prealdent and l.ldera laboring InthrJAuttralailan Minion all of which were un.ulmou.ly tutlalned. l.lder Miltou llennlon reported tbo Whangarel dl.trlct, I11 which there wer. uln. tranche., rlie 1 uroprau Halntaof the dl.trlct were faithful lu bearlug their tctllmonti-a and wero not a.bninedof lb. (leapt! of Chrl.t. and they otmervel tho law of tltblng. 1'ublto meitlngi havo been held at efleu at Iioum could bv secured, aud many question, wero uiually a.kMi; warned, tbo propl. against falling Into tin and abow.d th. fuinimeut of irophecy In lb. destruction of the cltlea of .Nlnlvali, Jlabylon aud Jerusalem. Tresldent W.T. Bletvart had rejoice I In ll.tonlng to th. l.ldera and all who had given Instruction and borne testimonies testi-monies during th. confc-rcnce. It Is very uucestary for all tho Halnte to study tho crl turn ao that Ih.y could te.tl.y unto their own people and t read tb. truth, of lb. Urepal. A great deal of Instruction lit I lieen glveu to tb. peoplo, and they had beeu warned airatnsl si 11 aud Ut counnpiencee referred re-ferred tu thu dtalro or mauy of tbo Haluta to gather to Xion, aud slated that they would never b. itualined to gather with tb. Haluta uf (lod uutll they refrained from adultery aud other evils aud wer. able toabld. th. laws of beaven. He thankrd the Hslnts who had mad. such ssrrlflcea to attend conference con-ference audir.yul that th. Hpirlt of Uod might ever be with thunt Mertlng wat closed Willi ainglng hymn lili l'raytr by l'nrtdont W, r. Hlenarl. A testimony meeting was liel t In th. evening mid Iho spirit of testimony rested uion tb. leojlo. Th. Halnt. simka freely, several rising together In tbelr eaKrnie.t to speak of tliegoodursa of Uod, th. sisters takluctn tiromliitut pari. Our meeting lasle I flv. houia and forty-four Haluta occupied th. lime. I nus ended a most eujoyabl. conference, and 011. long to Lu remembered remem-bered by all wbo bad tlio rlvllrg. uf being 1 resuut, Ihn neat annual conferoiir. will bo held ut Tu linuhl. I'm. mix. I'untiiUA, W.lllngtou, N . , April LOth, 1SW. |