| Show tin AiitiiH noiifii Jlullllar lo 1 0 hlel It is I 1us air IIY ulII a 11191101r IAIALI Uwlu Semoa August seth ITo I-To uu tAitm I was aware ere coming 10 Samoa that the mouth was a very useful organ but I now find that I was entirely ignorant In retard to many ol the uses to which I It can be applied Slxirlly alter arriving here I was greatly amuicd upon observing I a maid ed filling a lamp with I her mouth t pIn p-In to the kerosene can she filled her mouth with oil until her cheek almost concealed her car then applying her mouth lo the nozzle of the lamp all ejected lu contents therein Now n to whether Ibo Samoan tifl has a large lacul aperture than has eat sister ar I I am not prepaieil lo l lay but till I I I did obserxe that alter two or thrci repetition I Oil Ihe process describe above the I lamp I was brimming I oer Late on I observed a mother etnploy Ing the same method In aislitini her balietoa inrel Here however I the babe assumed the part ol the lamp then too there Is the mouth of the avachcwer concerning whom nil > predecessors prede-cessors have written how that sue tlta by her bowl I wagging her paws with I her la daf13fo r t Fc 111 k cheeks distended like sonic grctt blacksmith black-smith bellows how that when the ova it I all masticated Jand thrown In the bowl water is added the dregs wrung out nlel this pipe I of l peace drink served 1 to the guests the moil honored of the occasion netting the Tint bawl Av I i contain u narcotic I el principle I and like other I narcotic creates an appeiile fur in use arf t have been ova drinker who drink galbni each day and let Urge bowls of ava by their bed to drInk at Interval during the night IIIIlif Even I while fishing the good housewife make use of her mouth and especially tier lectil for upon catching one of Ihe tlenimi ol the deep she place Its head 1 In her mouth and tends l her Incisor crashing crash-ing into 111 brain producing Instant death Ihe narration ol a few Incident that recently transpired Ire may prove of Interest tu our filend A short time since likltr lemon and I jonrnejeit along down ihe coast finally urilvmg at I aeia where we havp time Irleudi while others of tile village manliest a very unfrlei cling towards us a L I M > minister csiwinlly ranking himself I among tue 1 Utter clt s After holding I ionic I mecllngs I I Ihu vlIoKao I cuntm i u d I our I i unity bul wcte loon over Ukm bv a men er who Informed us I in mmiilcr had l sent him alii r us it l > r iiieitlliit WL return We dial si wai in ly plea11 1 with i prrpcct of I f m unMli rcvcir hnnse i We were II 1 A ell 10 li I me local aft r ate In A I mime I I i i y fang the I bell I whet I iv i the 1 CHILIS I suit suites I of the village t ame lit it UK in uu II Ihe liou4m A4 allied lir I informed f his people that 11 hJ he wool going lo reveal rf folly l and prove from the Scripture that we had 1 been preaching ratio doctrine among A them themVe had Mends present however and were not to be executed without a Was therefore term 01 debate were agreed I upon and we were given 1 nur hrst > ay T ro = 1Ile ellifilitAl I The prnper mode ol baptism wo the lint subject they wished dlicusscd lo after leading a few oflhe Macy alleges ol Scripture proving that true baptisms were performed by Immersion and not by sprinkling he was given an uppor tuaity to urn wer but after talking 1i random far awm time timing which I he called r us tome very vile name ha u as called to lime Ihe object of baptism and l the Godhead God-head were iliscuasecl in a similar minter min-ter during which discussion Iheangcred minister raved much like a madman Ills anger resulted Irom his being unable lo defend Ills man made doctrines lor In flu place In the Scripture could he find l anything concerning a baptism per formed by iprlnUInz for an outward sign of an Inward I grace much less I about a God without body part or pal lions He quoted not n word Irom the Bible lo prove the correctness of Ml I doctrine but depended almost entirely on Ihe store of vile epithets that seemed ever gurgling I tin and inrlnglng I forth for his defense Under his supervision the debate was opened by prayer but he tal r ritrr rr became so badly confuted later on that he furltollbe t dumbnal prayer entirely Alter nil was over wo retired proof numbers lollowlni us In Ihe tottlwa complimenting I Ul on our successlul pre I sensation ol Ihe I truth Soon alter our departure from Ibl I place her village chief convened a council where the decided to banish their mlulster who Is however a nun of considerable polUh he having taken an eight iyeAral course In Iho high school and impost a minister minis-ter I who could luccessfully defend their religion This action on their part towards to-wards their minister I considered very unfair for as is I well known by every honest reader of the Bible sectarianism cannot be lucceofully defended from the page of this holy book The work seems progrnslag fairly here ten baptism having been performed per-formed last month Elder William li honorably re leased to rum home anti will let tail September loth Hit I mission has been n very successful one he having acquired ac-quired the at Jgal al In a Short period of lime m that he could Speak with gieal pit Cy Much as we dislike lo sen our urotner like nil uepariure wo know that he has labored assiduously for upward up-ward ol three year lowing leaping and binding sheaves therefore we cnn but uy God Speed l you on your homeward home-ward way OHLAMKI HAHUI |
