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Show ! CONFERENCES IN SAMOA. ! ' - - I APlo'n,,aou,H Iii,i1"iii--.l)iii'n'y.i to ami J 1 Viom ilio M cot in a. I Tlie ncmi-ii'innal conference (or the SiinM on the is1nil of Suvnir mm held i'salrmila. October I Jlh mid l;th iM,.y The l'lilrrs in nilcml.ii.ee Itom Zmn John W. llrck. prc-nlcnt ol the s,m,nniison; lame. U. H..un, o. A. Kashan.l, Hurnlum, Wm. 0 Scar'. J"" C- Kn"'lt"' Wm. r. i .Silver St plicn M. Walker, Chmtian jtn.tn jr.. Win. A. Moody and George 1 S liiinilwm. A lew Saint from Kocululi, ' .mleUvalu and Tua-ivi were aljo rc j it, whose nimiher ill corn-tion with the Sil-.," Saint and non niemlicrs romlered the Bsrc-aie aliout ninety ju!. On the i Jlh, one meeting and a Sabbath Sab-bath cliool review wi re held and a pro--.ram cnnnnlmx of instrumental music, f,ij,, nelccl rendinci and recitations :, well rarcicil out In the eviniiic. 1 ive nieelini: "ere held on the i.;lh, cneol them heitiR o niinon..rv scs-nni here the Klder. rc.civc.1 iiitri.cii..ii ami iippointmrnn Irniii i-.Mer JohnW. Neck, nnd nl ntprevM-'l lluir lei hnm Breicardin): U'Cir Int-urn. Iln.ther U'n p luiriiiium retain the uiliin ol 1 mc'itlm l.lder on Savaii, to lalior at Silelavalu with KMcr Wm. A Mnn.lv an Mttint; Hr.ithir Christian Jensrn Jr.. 1 continues to b-! l-resul.tli: l-.lder at bileaula. wilh Klder Janna -. km... ..mi m m.i.in'; I li'er Wm. I'.MIvr will l ike charge ol 1'oc.atnh district, mnl be d ited lv l.lder (.corce S. I.urilliam; vhile ICitter Stephen M. Walker will labor at Satalti ami endeavor to organize J a brain h. O,..ipo, a native I. der, wan " apiMiinlrd to lalHir (under the super-I super-I vision ol Killer Lewis I'. Iluriiham who Is stationed near by) at Malaga, a new ilintrirt, where a lew have U-t received the Gospel. I I.IMHB conference the usual advice nnd em ourni;emei,t were Riven to the people, the unii'l ol Reueral and local oilit-i-n ot tl : I liuicli T?ienuil and ; Mistamed without a di-icininu vole, tlie (.uspel explain..!, ami ilncerc. le.li tmiine borne bv the l.lder. Nothing uiituibed the peace nnd tnelnesa nl the icca.non and tvrruhint; p.used oil lile.iMnnly- Kiijlit of Ilio Saint weic .' ordained to ditlerent olliccs III the Priesthood, Priest-hood, and on the morning ol the lath of liclotier Feven otheia weie bapt veu and rcnlirtned membeis ot the Chtircli. The report Riven ol the ilitlerent - tranche lor the past six moiilh,showeU f Ihat much prcachiui! had been done I unit hut lair nucccs. owitin to Hie ) l.arriers o( Samoati law and custcmi. A united appeal i constantly asremliUK that our Heavenly 1-uthcr will apeedny remove this obstacle ami hasten the day when all the riKhieoua limy have the opportunity of embracing the lulncs ol Ui Gospel. That we are sainine prrtli;e ainoun tins people wa mamleted on the afternoon after-noon ol lhe 141I1 when the people ol ba eaula beloiiKUUT to the dillcrent de-r..anuiatioha de-r..anuiatioha biouKbt ua food ill abundance. abun-dance. Our Saint 100. hail, 011 the lath presented to us two hundred and thirty I'liu lalo, ei!;ht pig, tx chickens, lorty-li lorty-li it huncne ol lish and twenty-lao ; bum he ol bananas, so wa were well lupplu-d wilh temporal a well as spirit till lood, l'Oilowillt; both the presetlla-j presetlla-j li. us the natives gave tlitir dances winch I a. tc Kiacchllly executed. Tally ou the nii'iuin ol ojtol.er 15th, iildcrs and Smims separated and started lor their several piacesol abode. The semi-annual conference for the I'P'ilu Saints was nppuuued to be held si Saleaauuuia on October loth and aolh but wilh the exception ol a lea members irom the Lepa dtstth t none ol Pie Saints came. 'I he billowinc, Thiers fr.im .ion were in nituniancc: John W. hri k, presulcnl ol the Samoan mission, I. Miles li, ilalton, Joseph A. Uasliand, ilium 1j. Sears, bilas liulchiiiKS, Akx A. l.eiucn r, Duncan Kinpeu, jatiez V. ItaiiKrrheid, William jeppson and Joseph ouinuey Jr. Ane bamboo niecliii house, ciijli-tretl ciijli-tretl by lorty teet, lloolcd, nicely pamt-ei, pamt-ei, and cuvered with cotniKated sheet-Iron sheet-Iron ronfinfr, hna iust been elected main iy by Thiers lames II. llartou, Alex. A. 1-entun Jr., Silas Hutching., Wllhatn Jcjipsun, Joseph Quinuey Jr., ami llro ilicr llopo It eclipses all our other huitsesof worship here and reflects great I treiht upon the builders, brother John II. Kosenquist has also assisted liberally tilth his means and Itrother (lopodou.it ed the landa beautiful nput on a prominent pro-minent knoll between two large villages. Owing to the work on the building our tir-t meeting was held on the muiniiig ol Hie aoth, when the house was dedicated tu tlie Lord by l.lder John W. lleck.and iibuut sixty natives were instructed pertaining per-taining to lite ami aalvation. In the aitcinuon a like number assembled and at seven p. m. the house was packed to ovtrllowiug, upwards of one hundred being unable to gam admittance. Am.lher largo meeting was held at a p. !'., Octuher 31st, which brought the con htence to a close. Then tlie natives gave tiicir dancta while seated on mats outside, and wo carried out an iui ptonipu program with a select crowd in-Coors. in-Coors. Wo lormed a pleasing acfunin-tauce acfunin-tauce with several half-casies and natives 01 this part of the countiy which contributed con-tributed largely in making our gathering an enjoyable one. i'lus is a new field and bids fair to become one ol the best in the mission, l lilcrs Alex. A. Lemon and Wm. Jepp. i"m have been appointed to labor here mid will soon commence school, lor winch there has already been numerous Bl'plirtlioiis. Tin: other appointments Llilcrs Silas Hutching ami Joseph ; ijuuiney r,, at Lepa; liidcr.s James II. hartiai, .de W. Uaugerlicld and Sal-ansa Sal-ansa at Mumu; I.ldeia usvph A. Ki.s-l Ki.s-l and and William W. Wim g.iral Salovl, and Killers John W. Heck, Duncan T1.1lK.11 and William G. Scars at ! again. Our uilvirc from i'uluda reganling heir gathering havu nut yet readied us ' t we have icasoti to believe that T'.lers Orlando llatrils, Gharles A. Aileinan. Allnd Jensen, Henry 1.. lliirne, Toslcr dull and Ahiuadi Olsen "et III conlereuie on October afull and a7ih, witn the Saints ol 1 utuila and !-iiiiuu, at Alao, T'uluila. l-Ulcr Jonn 1. Cuuley, wliu had recently joined u.s, tiaa received his .ippointiuellt to labor -"i that island ami has ulicady departed lor there. , During tho time that lilder Andrew uiaun was with us, the islands were 1ivitrl nil into (titruts, "o that tlie KMem t tlie iJillcTt-nt AUtioiit know iint uh.it vilt.ik'f- tliry nre cti'?ctrd to v i -it- Thus a more nyMrmatii- nirlluHi ot nrovrlvti'ijj; lini Item in.niKurtfl and wi'l rnal'le uttubrt cr acrornplisli our (trtijnK to prctif li the t impel to ail, th.it rnTiu may he led witlmtit m uv. Wi brlir vr, h do r-ur Suuth Sn co-lahort-rs rt'Kjrdinx tlirir (luck, lh.it so limg & tlx SiintK re Mirmundrd with idKne!t nnd oilier j!ricvutH mils thnr prourT-rm will be Kfiitly retrclpil. We rt! pjitud tu report that in.my who have rtiti-rjijcd the truth in thii t.tiid have flK.iiti l illen intj byways forhiddi'ti by tlie lawn ol H raven, while (ilhcn are lukr wrtn in thrir frcliiiK-.. litit hope nuiniit tu im the near fuiurt- wht-n lhe pfrmiirl prom j.tri ol niu icut ami inoilrrn prophets will be re tired hy thi now benighted r.icu. The onco hapiy lot of their pro Kt-nitoni brluie (nid'a holy Lwi wrre viol.itcd by Ihcin compared with I heir now di'radcd itrtta rU!tri tu to ex-rl.iim: ex-rl.iim: 'iod will not bo morked," ami should be An incentive to nil who h ive entered into tv r") iiKirrmt-ntii tu faith lulticis and unnhuketi intj nt y. Iojim V. Muck, 1'ieldenl Wii i.tAM ii. SivAKS, Clcik o .Satnojn MisMun. Wrlttta lor tiHi Vtiwr. 1 he ttip liu'tt I'ncabi, Upolu, to S.ileani.i. SavAd a, diatanca of eveni.livo hi' ei by the route tact 11, w.t m.i ie by Kldrn I olin W. Iir k, lamrid. barhri, )ocpii "A Kuttlmnd, Wtliiani A. Moody nnd Wdhsitn Ci. Seats, in Iho unntton boat I a.i,ij.:.i. Were it not lorlho fm t thit it Iias been dedicated to the Lord th.it it may be n a.tte earner of Hii servant i lro:n viil.ij;e to vtllnve, and it need he from ifil.inj to ixUmi, it would not b looked upon oh MiiythmK. but u pru c.inous conveyanie lor tutii nil occasion Hut nereifiity reimired us to Uke tl tl wc would b! at toii(rretie. a we Imd been dc-.tppointeil at tlit" eleventh hour in protuim; a better one, tind lie wh. ruli-4 aluiVsj neenied to approve ol it and tntilc era, iouiy upon u-. e lett h aliuaitera one hour before noon on the morning (-1 (J tuljcr loth nnd were waited by n -ttit In rii- .ilon the western co.tst ol Lpolu, i, too, lell in torrcnt-t lut theie is utile pi lerunee, ll .my. to a siorrlmin nun while vuiiKtn on .Saiutua. We reached ilie Island ol M.i mum m tin- rvenitu;. having hav-ing traveled ahoiu tliirtylive mi leu, mostly iiViiUe the rcf. Alter a t,'ood mulit'rt rei we comtucncfd pullitiK over to tho weitern coast o( Savan. Soon alter starling a favorable wind came up and we were borne alonjj over the deep blue&ea nt a lively rnte. We lud hoped to ti ml l.ldtrv and Saint at Saleiavalu whom wo could accompany up to Sile-aula, Sile-aula, but on our arrival at lhat place we learned lhat they had preceded us a lew bom. So, alter eatmj brcakt.isl, we tiKJin set out. 1 lie sun beat down upon u. iuitu heavily, the dy bemn in Mrik-inj; Mrik-inj; coutiast with yeMeid.iy and during the ten milt-n we used our oars, perspua tion (lowed liecly. Just before reaihlitu the place where we iuu!.t again ki outulc the reef, a good wind commenced to blow, but the fsi-a presented an angry iipprarunce. However, wu were bound for Saleaula llut day, tto we secured the services ol a native to lead u throut;h the dangerous danger-ous pasnae of Ulumalania. Hu went immediately beiore li in bin canoe while we thd our be si lo follow him. When J wo had fairly ku1 (darted tlirough the j opening, the laii;c breaker ull uiound I us navc bim the mipreaiiou that it would be impOMiiblu to rt through; but we could nut now n treat. To abuw one ol those momtrous hroakern to hit us broadMdu meant that we would be swam pud, u lie was told to pnceed. ioMfUsly we milled and puh'd, our boat being tossed about a Rre-t dial and only fanning tho air nt uine tna:e-; but gradually wa made some headway and uiler a long us pen so we wne Haicly through the reel und out among the white caps. Wu now partly howled tail and were blown ulong over tlie resiles ocean. Our failh was centeied ubovc, not iiKn our own expertneas at sea nun, otherwise such a ride would have bten a perilous one. by degrees the wind subsided, until we lelt tiale to travel uudtr lull sad und towards even ing we were opiosite our destinntun. Wu had no t'.ithculty in tiuding the pass age which leads mlo quiet waters so we wcrd ftocii al our journey's end. being welcomed by S tvaii 1-ldeis und Samis wno nuo nneaoy 'crco "oui uieir Heverul places ol labor and abode und htoud waiting on thd beach to receive us. On our return trip the crew consuted of KhkrH lle- k, barton, Husband and Sears; also Mosrs I ted and tieorgc Kiniaun, ns tur as Tuasivl, Savail. Irom theru on, the Kldera continued alone. We departed from Saleaula at 1:50 o'clock on the motiiing ol IMoher 15111, and upon getting oulhide the reef were helped aloiiR by n lurid breeze. The ocean was calm, much to our satisfaction and comlort; these two points in our favor made rowing quite easy. Owing to this lavorahle condition (lie way through the dilk-rcnt passages was found easily. Wu had traveled about twenty live miles by 9 a. m., find now rested uhout an hour with brother David Keui-sou Keui-sou )r. at Tuasivi, then net sail lor l.'polu. The wind blew us across the Hi rails and by plying the oars along the Upolu coast we managed to reach Vaia lua a point twetuy miles weat of i ..g:ilii before the hetting of the sun. We retvd in a house unbl two o'clock a. 111 , then as tlio tide was tavoruhle we pulled lor home, being assisted by a and breee whicli enabled in 'o reach our destination at 7:30 o'clock on the iiioriiiug ol October iuUi. Elders John W. Heck, Jamei Harton, Joseph A. Kashand, labe W. langer-lield, langer-lield, Duncan Kippen und William Ci. Sears, accompanied by one native, lelt l agalu, m the riiusiun boat I aaahga at f,:a o'clock on the evening of October '1 7 in, and ut once went outside the reel and rowed towards the east end ol Upolu. The ae was as calm as a mill pond, so no one had that loud desire to supply the li-ih wilh looil which u so earnestly manifested on oilier occasions when the bout is tossed about by huge waves. We were assisted some by a light laud hrcc.ee but tho oars were kept m couiuu; uw all thd distance (.tinny nidrfti to Saleanumua and we anlved there at t a. m., en the imh of Octob-r. We had "but Might dit'scultv in the dark in finding the opening into shahow water and again Innded tafcly. At trn p. m.t (Vtobcr aitli, I.. den lolm W. Itn-k, lmes II. Harton, William ii. S.-ars, lltothcrs Itinoand lacaloa, leit .ah aaumua for '1 utiula, thiriy five-mile five-mile east, in Mr. 1-rnser's twenty-five toot open I -tut. It wai equipped with three ; aiK six oars, und tilucn huudn d pounds ol iiand f.r ballast. We lelt much salcr in tins than we could have done In the I .uali.i, as it is rather Mn.il I and therefore more susceptible of bung toised about. We had waited two days 111 ho, e of getting a favorable wind and now concluded we must start ll we would be at conference appointed to be held at Alao, at the eastern! ol Tututla, on October a th nnd 17th. The moon lit up the country until we bad salt I y rowed out of the parage, then slit sank and the starry heavens furnished us with light. We now raised sails agninst tho wind and hoped to nuke headway bv tacking. We ir.lders slept while Ho tat nt the rudder. We wire aroused at daylight by our helmsman with the joyful news that Tutuila was in sight, so imagine our diappoiutmenl to liml, when the clouds ol night's darkness dark-ness had entirely Down away, that he had mistaken some ol them for land and that we had been carried back hltren miles dow n the northern mast of t'polu, .1 long distance out Irom land. As the hcid-wind continued blowing it required all day to reacli five miles beyond the starting point. The sun was very hot .md the I'acitic was anything but peace hit; result, lood taken sparingly, some ol which was quickly elected, no explanation explana-tion given other than conditions put ui'-niioued- I luring l rlt!ay i.-nht, October JSth, we nude lair progress and Saturday worn-m worn-m we were in plum eight ol our pro nosed d'stmation. We tiie I rowing and cutting closer to tho wind but did not advance much as we soon disc-m tinned. It was apparent lh.it we would be unable to attend the lirtt day ol co i lerence, $0 our hopes wer to reah there tor t.e S iMmiii, I hiring morning hours we gradually gatin d im-l at two p. in, v.c were within ugi't imlrs ol 1.1-one, which is situated on liie Wv.s;eru coast Tutuila. Hut a (icice north wind s.rucic up and sinu:t i'ir..uiy l'ie srar.re'V leuriully roug.i cl:aracitr--tic of tins prnticul ir wiiul. Actul t.ilioti w.n held, which v.asne -srurily bncf, rnd w cicci led it uli d (e im poisihle; to proceed birther. Wc were anxious to be in atten Unceat culrence liul it was evidnit that we cmi d not strung e against such a si-a, winch at this tnni was very unileserving of its litio. lowing tu its commoiiuti, we ex-pcrtrncnl ex-pcrtrncnl dithculty intutiung the boat townrds lpo;u, I ut om c in th. it position with jut the lore and jib sails up w e went buundiug over the waves, tiiir.itively speukuig over niount.uu au-a v.ile, nt railroad speed. All hell seemed conspired con-spired to destroy us, for, in addition to the dangers already described, a heavy rain storm set in w hich obscured Upolu from our cac Wc were obliged to steer our boat at random and alter uumentous ride ol twenty miles, during wh;ch time the huge waves continually dashed over our boat, thereby assisting the rain in keeping us drenched, and helping raise the water mark in the boat, weagainc-tughuightof L polu. Through it all we felt secure but our Samoan brethren doubted their safety. As they were huy bailing and one ol those monstrous waves wouid sweep over us thev would timidly exclaim: "One more wave like that and down we go " He- water had been baited out and thus we I escaped. We ascertained as soon as Upolu was viable, that we were Inring ! blown too Car south, and endeavored in I vain to change our course. As the shades of evening came on we could nei another night ut sea staring us in tr.e lace nnd by lhe tune that darkness had I rncucli-d us we bad lowered I ho wet sails wiapped them around Us. and 1 stteiiiicd ourselves out tu wait until morning wueu wc hoped to again be -tb.e lo know what tuuise wu were tr.tv-liug. T 01 tunalniy the sea had canned ..m?, still wc were tossed abaut sulhcit ntly to ruiiHid us that the body ot wa-er uudtr us was appropriately styled tins "re.itlei:-, ocean." That uight will live in meaiory, fo. the winds blew hard, rain drscended, lightning frequently flashed and the thunder pealed torih. Our teeth chattered chat-tered and our limbs shook with cold as we waited with anxiety lor daybreak. To our watciilul minds it seuitrd to have delayed its coming but tiualiy the dawn ol the Sabbaiti revealed to us our pobitiou und we hoisted sans nnd steered for me nearest poin ol Upolu. louring the mghl we had drifted along the southern south-ern co.ibt so it took us until noon to reach close to land and then another obstacle presented itself. We wero opposite op-posite an iron bound coast and in order to reach 1- alcalili about a mile distant we were under the necessity of rowing against tlie wind. ' 'wing to its velocity and our weakness we were not gaming one rod a minute. I .igln duels ot the above named village, who bad been watching our movements, came out to our assistance, they camo In pairs und white one would return with tho canoe the other got in our boat and handled on oar. 1 mis we were taken to and through the reef, teeling grateful for this uohle act of k inducts. Wo presented an odd appearance lor Sunday to lhe natives na-tives who a-isemnied in groups on tho shore in order lo learn of our trip, but soon bathed and downed our Saubuth We were still twenty miles from S.ileuuumuu lhe starling point and after wailing around lor two days for the wind to abate, we began tu row in that direction- We concluded to again go ushore alter traveling two miles, lor me wind increased in ceu rity and we lound it ueiea to pull against it. The next day wo mado arrangements to leave the Uoat wilh a responsible party and determined tu walk tu hug 4 hi by wayof Siurnu, a distance of tiiuty live miles. Tins journey was not w ithout incidents, for upon the lop of the mountain, moun-tain, midway between Siumu mid 1' again, ag-ain, l.lder Heck's shots guve out and he discarded them. Uarkuesb came 011 jiut as this puint was reached and he went grouping along hareluoted over the roots and rocks which adorn the trail, l.ldt-r Harton hastened on to l-.ij;ahi ano hail brethren atari out with shoes und meet Klder Heck a lew miles Irom home. Tins act on the purt ot tho Klders was appreciated by tho former; those shoes ' were not to be purchased tor any mean sum at that particular hour which was taken tu complete the walk to head ! 41m lem, A Lib a. |