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Show TUS OOSFEL TO THE MiOKIS. II DterMei Sarratlri Inrrirtlon In ' Intel ol Ul'relo lb Mliileu. i fni aikiio, Idaho, April J4H1, iK.,6 lolll' I Jiioti During Hie past thirteen jeirs I have read inlhe Deserel Ni: and other Church publications letleis, and reports ul returned missionaries, ntiout the ', work among Ilia natives uf Hi.it far ell r Iniid, New calami. Many time 1 have i Ihou'icltt I wuulil ,wle ,cu in connec tion with Ihe opening u( that mission, and noticing another error in your Semi-Weekly ol March 'nil, I have (ell I that 1 would correct the error by send- ins; the correct dstss of the opening ol !that minion. II you think they arc worthv ul publication ur any part ol them, please do so. The work among the naiivea com menccd with success, in the town ol Cambridge, Waikato.une hundred mile luulh ol Auckland on December iBHi (and not In iNSi at stnled) by Elder William M. Bromley, president ol the I : Australasian mission. William 1. Me- Donnel who wai a reaiilent ol Auck- Jland, and Thomas 1- Cos, ol Cambridge, Cam-bridge, the place where the work commenced. com-menced. Theie two brethren had come In pay me a visit. I. birr llrotnley by special request, Klder McDonnel being impressed to pay met a viit, cire up early on the morning ol Ihe Mill. Alter hrcaklast, we nil spent the lorrnoon among the native, and arranged lor a meeting with them In the evening, which ii held at the homo ol a chiel named i Mate Teimaua. A large number ol natives hail been notified uf the meeting mid Ihe home waa crowded, anil a they appeared lobe inteiested, Ihe nieeling wa continued until a late hour; o much ' so that my wile beigan to think some. thing waa wrong al we had not relumed home. , llrlore leaving, we arranged for j another nieeling to be held on the even t ing ol the i.s'h; then bidding the native good bye turned our lace homeward. llelort we had got far we were called back by tut duel, who told u he had a ' child ick nuh unto death. She svhs given up by all the doctor in town who J hd declared il as linpos.llile lor her to recover, and the native had gathered around Ihe young maiden to aitness her t.ike her hut breath, which w a pliable light lor one to witne, a she lay traigiilened out on the Hour in the north eat comer ol the loom, l-.lder ilronilev told the chiel that the gift and power ol the Guapel were In t lie Churi h, IjuM a we bad laid belore them that night, and il he desired wo hould lay our Hands upon the maiden we would do o but whatever the remit, to give llod the glory and praise. Not having cil at our command we were only able ' to attend to one-half Ihe ordinance. '. Immediately after we raised up our bodies it wa seen by all present that tne girl wa much unproved. We ai:ain bid lliein good nliiht and went on our 1 way rejoicing. Airiving home, the president told Suiter Co of the girl' suknisi, and how the l ord had blessed the laying on hand ol Ilia ervanl, and as we md not go to bed until cany in the morning, she aroe at an early hour, provided auine little nourishment and went oil to the little Invalid. Ily her ' i care and attention and the help ol Ihe i 1-ord, within three day ahe walked to my house, whu.h wa lully three-lourth ol a mile away, where the remained lor several deys. Decem.ier isth. we filled the appointment appoint-ment lietore mentioned which lasted I aii un to a late hour. Hut we were well paid for our labors by the r-onlcsst..n tint they were (inner, ol Chiel Mare Teimaua. In wile fare Teimaua, and Hanu Takere, who demanded baptism ut our hands, believing we were servant ol the Lord, and had power to baptize them lor the remission ol their sins, and ! to conler upon them the Holy Ghost. rider William ). McDonnel baptized them in the Wiakalo river, the t l 1 mer being conliimed by l-.lder William M. Bromley and the latter by mysell. When this was accomplished it waa nearly midnight. ' 1 Sunday. December .list, at a meeting held at my house m Cambridge, l-.idet I William M. Itr.miley presiding, it was unanimously ogieed to sulaiu l.lder Thomas 1-. Cos a president ol tne ' Waikato district. Klder Cox was then ,rt apart under the bands , o l.lder William M. Ilromley and William J. ' j McDonnel. ' ) lanuary tt, six more soul were " 1 added to the Church in the usual man- I ner the above brethren olhnallng. -j le ncIt day l.ulers Ilromley and ! Mi lionnel lift lor Auckland, leaving me " alone in the work. My wile and lamuy ! rendered me valuable assistance. - Up to r-ebrllary J,lh iSK.i, some slsty- live natives were baptucd and seventeen children blessed. At a meeting held ut my house In Cambridge, Waikato, February Jjth livSt, Aiexatera T e I'uni wa unanimou. ly sustained and ordained to the olhce ol a I'riest. T hi was Ihe first native to t receive the priesthood. He wa ordain- ' ed by mysell, assisted by Klder J. C. William. The lirst native brnnch ol the Church ol Jcsu Christ ol Latter-day Latter-day Saint wasoiianied with Arekalera Tc I'uni as president at sa.tte place .-Mid date, by the above named b'ellren. " The branch wa named To )" , wa oiganued with a me-ibcr ip ol twenty-seven baptized, and one clnid blessed. . A correct record wa kept of nil items nl importance from the commencement nl the work until 1 wan released by ; President Stewart in iHS4. The records 'i were then bunded over to my successor : Klder William Gardner, now president ' of the Australasian mission, and if the records ol Ihe Waikato district are as correct now as they were then, tlicy will tell of all the items before mentioned. men-tioned. Up to this date many time the power of God had been made munilest in various wav among Ihe people. In conc lusion I will give a copy ol n few words that l-.lder William M. Brumley was inspired to write. They are as lullows: on December a.lb. K'ders William M. Ilromley, Thomas 1.. Cos and William John McDonnel presented the Gospel in Ihe Maoris near Cambridge, Cam-bridge, New Zealand, and on the Inlawing Inlaw-ing day December aslll ll.ire I'eiin.iuil, niso his wile I'are Tcinliiiia andil.inu 'lalicra were baptized by Klder William . McDoimt-l in the Wtikato river. I lie two former were conlirmcd by Lulcr it William M Ilromley and the latter bv j Klder Thomas L- Cox, the loregoing l.hlcrs'being privileged lobe ihehisi . under the blessings ul Gud to present " the Gospel to the Maorie on the Waikato river, New aland. Sister 1 I Hannah Cox nursed a Maori girl named Mary Teimaua who was veiy ill, und through her kindneaa made an inipre-I inipre-I slon upon the Mauris which will be lasting. She truly has proved herself lo be an angel of mercy and her nam will be remembered in connection with hose who under the providence ol Gr-d lirst presrnled the Gostel lo the natives on the Waikato. William M. Ilromley mesiilenl ol the Austrnl.ision mission, ol the Church of lesus Christ nl Latter day Saints, lieeemlier loth itKi. I remain one interested in the above Thomas L. Co. |