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Show THE StNliWUII ISLANDS. A Geograplilral Sketch The lUnallau (onfcrrtirfa anl the I'roctcdlnj Iberrat. tOorreiroadcncaotthalmiracT Nawi.J Probably It will not bo ami for me tonfer bth-ily ton ftw of the chief wonders In the Hawaiian kingdom. Upon four of the lubibl tulle Islands ot the Bandwlch gtoup can be aeen tome ot nature's productions which compare favorably with, and In a few Inataucra lurpaia, many of tho great sight of modem tlmn. At Afaua, In the weatern part of Kauai, there la a curious heuomenon generally known as thn "Harking Hands." When these aaud banks aro prcbaod upon they glvo out n stnnge sound, and when lha grains are examined ex-amined with the mlcreicopo they are found to contain small cavltle. It la cw nee Jed that tbvae minute apertures aro the cauutt of tho resonance, Hale.aLf.la, on Maul, Is tho largest extinct volcano In the world. The tint of the crater la noarly twenty-five miles In circumference. Its depth Is 2700 feet below the hlgheit point. Through two gaps, known rts pectlvely a Koolau and Kaupo, tho laa In times past rau to thesea. The active volcano Kllauea, on Hawaii, la pethape the moat remarkable volcano lu the world. One experienced tourUt lu describing It salJi "Vemvlua looks like a little tuCre alongside of It, for its ellwand lire. The Ksers in the Yellowstone Tark aro luslgniriraut lu couiparlaon. Tho actual burning lako la one-half mile aoroxa." Where la thero n country In the world with au area of not more Ihou 11740 vimsre tnlUslhat Istler-aed with greater and mere natural attraction than thoBdud- wlch ItImJT Presidents Gto, Q. Caunon and Joa. V, Hmlthalomr ullh ethers, sptnt many years ut on thuhaudwlculaltiud making roieljte. They have til rid, traveled, J (tut bed the Uonfal, endured hardtblra, ovtrccme diniculiUi, uud labored lu various calamine with the natives. Hluce 1830 thousands of hound aouta who embneert the truth In thla laud are nowklumUrlug lu their gravta, awaltlngthe reward of ajuat Uod. TheJlawalUns lu tbeie duya vtho have i uttrcd Into the fold ate lu many itapecta dlirvront from thtlr ia-rente ia-rente fifty euis ago. They work by file and ataru; dQults conrrnlng the autllentlLlty of (lod'a work frequent fre-quent their minds. Uf late ears acv. eralaugar llantallous havu bieu ea. tabllshcd, and, na a natural consequence, conse-quence, many forelgoers haye emigrated emi-grated here. Hrraue of OvnUIulii llueucea.thalJawullaus have left, to h limited degree, that Intetut wtwch abould be tit relied fur tho work 01 the Lord. Kor three tuoutha during the paL term tUv ground at i-a.o was mUleu- ed ahnoit dally by the rainfall. The (ami Mar words, "Thlr-ly cane and parched land" had nearly been forgotten forgot-ten but are beginning U l-e re-echoed agnlu. The traveling I'.lders fmm the dtfTir ont UUnds arrived at Church heaJ. ijuartetsat Late In tlmeUt jiartlrlpile IntliM grand Jubilee, on the 17(h or Mtrch, gotten up by IrioaHter In com memoratn tbe clay the Itelluf Society wa organised. Our two hundred tdttrr, wiJtrlnf tbelr badses, paraded from Laulhull tu tint meetinghouse fur the morning aervice, which tiuts'stel of a varl ty of exercliea After w hi eh a reitlval was given hy the sitters to all present, llolh the foreign and nntlvu slaters deserve credit for what they ill i. the Hawaiian Conferenco of the Kandwlch le'anda convened on thi nrd,4th,5th audtlth of April, at Laic, President Matthew Noall prnldlng. On the stand wtre edghteen forelttn Liter. A koM reprcwentutlon of the different branche were pn-eent. I n Urn gem ral inietlcgMof the Halnta thechlortplca dwelt ujou were the Hacrament, when and how to bo kej t, correct form of admluhteflng It, proper word tu uo whereby It might he aucttfled, how it wa obierved among tht- NvpUlte. the sin nttached in est-Ingor est-Ingor drinking It unworlhllr, great btendugs promlfed hy the Lord by partaking ofllfteiuently; tho habit n( committing slu and ictlllng re bap-tiled bap-tiled po often; biographical sketch uf Al raham, promlfea made lo hlu ctu-mnlog ctu-mnlog the aealterlng or Israel among all tiailim; Jamaulto. how their Akin should tu thautd, how thry would Malat lu building up SClon In the Iat days: Holy I'rliathmd; govern-mont govern-mont ot Old upon tbe earth, dlflerent brandies and their oer, mode of emulating, when entitled to It, con iit mil at iou brought abaut It nut under-alofidj under-alofidj balliui, law of God, how the ordinance wa performed by holy men Indlereuratlona pMt, roir euljecia, I Ufa tit btptUtu, neccMnry Lrmula to be ticd at laid down In tbe Oiotrlne and Ovtnanta, when and where lo bap-tlr". bap-tlr". intitlier of harlot, who they are. tudlgnatlonor the Lord lo be poured out UKtn them. The Y. M. M. I. A. Conference waa calk I to order by Joseph M. Home. Moke Nakuaati read the repor. of the Impovfuient mettlns for the pail term, after which a prrpited programme pro-gramme waa rarrlcd out, inemiters of the leading societies having parts assigned as-signed them. Delegate reported the succ-ts met with a mlerately uood durlug the past six months, rruitdent Horun InvokiaJ the bloalDgs cf the Ijord upon all the mmbera of the or-gatilsatlou. or-gatilsatlou. Tbe oil leers suUlned fur the ensuing term are: Jm. M. Hnrne, president; B. H. Hammond and A J, Jhtvl, counselor; Moke Nakilaau, seffretar;H. N. Ksulbouul, ssaiilant secretary. At the Hilbath Hchool Conference llrlgham Johason I reaided. The reimrt for tbe Urni was real hyMokeNn-kuaau. hyMokeNn-kuaau. 'the various olllter reurtad as to tbeHablalh schooli. Nalno.i.of Lle,luretetlmony that the organisation organisa-tion of the Hablmtli icbool at head-nuarteiM head-nuarteiM was complete and In a prosperous prosper-ous condition. President Matthew Noall villained In detail the form by which the Hilath schools are conducted con-ducted lu Utah, and strongly urged the dicers tu pattern alter It. ltrlghsm Johnaon gave sorao valuable Instructions. Instruc-tions. The cflUere rutnUed art: John T.Giles, Prrl(lent;J.J.JohusDn an! Hyrum l)e Krlea, Cuiiilor; Moke Nakuaati, sucretaryj H. N. lCnulhonut, anhtant ttcietar;; Matthew Noall, treasurer. At thn Iteltef Hoclety conference Nellie Grace calhd the mccltng Ui order, or-der, ani enonirafot all tu bo faithful and energetlo In their labors. All the foreign sisters wete listened to with much Interest. The o nicer sustained sus-tained were: Llbble Noall, president, with all the fore Ign sister as herald; JCekuewa Nakuaan aud Kahuhu counselor); Kekucwa Nakuaau, secre. tary, Tbe tiamea of the general aulhorltle of the Church were preae hied hi-ed and sustained. Appointment l Matthew Noall, preaUent of the Hawaiian Mhslen, with all the foreign Llder a his counselor; coun-selor; C. D. Harding, Church recorder and clerk of cMufereuce; Jobn Ilrown, book'heeperand storekeepert Jos. It, Thurtcr, bUckftinith; (M. Harding, ichool teacher; John Ilrown, Jr., aa-sUtaut aa-sUtaut school teauher; Jai, M. Home, hesd lunaatthe Lalo ilsntatluu; J. V, Hawks, president of the Island of Kauai. Iiaao Grace. Kekuewa (Hono lulu), aud Kallltuu, aaalsUnti; Irvln Kuber, ireeldent of tbo lilaad of Oahu, Hyrum Do Pries and Peter Makla, assistants; A. J. DavIs, president of the branch of Honolulu, N. K., Hlapoole anlstaiit: H. H. HammouU president of the Ishtnd of Mau, Hyrum Duflln, Henry Not-tludorf, Not-tludorf, Daniel Ktrkaha and David Habaullllon aaalatauta; Ilrtgbaiu John. soitruldentof the tilatrlcts of Hllo, HamarUa and Kohala, John T, Gilt a. Heseklah DuIUn, Klliuu and Kapat uailatanta, John Jus. Johnson preside presi-de nt of the district of Kona, Kaboo-iniba Kaboo-iniba aisUtant. Lale Jlranch: Matthew Noal pnsl-dent, pnsl-dent, Jaa. H. Home and Joa. H. 1 hur-ber hur-ber counselors; J. D. Hardline clerk or branch; Moke Nakuaau prtaldeut or tho H. H., L. II. Nalnoa and H.N. Kanlbouul couurelurt; H. N. ICanl honul president of the V, M. M. L A., M. K. Kou and ICahtona coumelora; Kaim president of the Itellef tfsctet;; Kal and Nawaolotoa ooumulors. Htallitical re oit for the it rm ending April 0th, 169.': Foreign Llders and Hlterste; Holding the Prltstbood,Ml; ToUl Members, ,141; Glllcers and Member, -1,08 J; New lUpUsm, 14U; lte-llaptlsra, Su; ltecelved In llrauvh, 110, Dcathi, 75. |
