| Show ON OH THE SOCIETY ISLANDS New Fields Up lip the PoUt Pait Three Years The Story of ci a I Shipwreck t it II i 1 Sloth the Iro amid limo 1110 Skit to 10 Labor in III Deat te 90 1900 To Editor When I Elder lder Wm p McGregor and the left tb the Ito let Islands MI MIs Ion August 3rd It w wits In a fairly The were wre Work lug anti gathing many also making a fl few cOnverts The moeL of the work fur for tile the past pul three years ear h been among the gen III tiles In opening up new Our now covers a vast extent and many moore Inore Elders are needed to prop erl erly work it II The force torce was waa to fourteen n when we loft for hOll It seems lima that the young oun mn men of Zion are Bre lather mather averse to rolt to those far off tales Of course oune We freely admit that It I is a hard the hardest cd bet best mil Ion in the world wurl And J I believe belleI there I is no better on the earth arth for fOl the vf of hu manit aRti antt the tho of There you meet all cIA classes and nation bad aid alid In Iii deed It II Is 18 e a great greal school chool of the world orld aa a well as vf tile the Gospel el Tire The mlton I is getting better all cli the Ibl t The groups roup are arv all being worked null now the unpleasantness of opening up nw new floida will soon lOOn be e a athing thing ot of the pat past It takes takee much longer to 10 let get time tho people to un the Gospel titan It does doe UI the themore more civilized classes they ate are a good people at al heart and naturally ally Ot Of course e man many of them at ver very tin Im moral which seems but bill natural to 10 all ull peoples that inhabit the tropics let el theIr wIth I has made them worse orae ot of be better r bloat of the tbt whit whites that hive have found theIr way Inlo int those I island Jandt are re uC of the thecia cia class ot of those the who live only for tor the gratification ot of their carnal natures III I I it II a wonder then Ihen that such luch Lion has 1188 had a degrading effect on the simpleminded natives The There I is In deed great room tb there for tor the true mind sincere of our Jord and ant MUll bLue who labor riot for filthy lu lucre ore cre but for the works sake ke and for tor forthe th the pure love loe of humanity For Por the put past six months the pla plague ue scare has bal caused much inconvenience t to trade und and travel as nearly nil all yes Vel eels 1111 from tr especially from Sin Ian ro have been lipid held In inLine causing much needless delay And too the fumigating of ci goods h baa caused great losses and much fluch Under the yellow lIow flag In a French land is III tar far from pleasant Ot Of course caullIe It is II a good to have had Speaking of me to 1 say a few WoOls orlI about our shipwreck On July the City of Will was needy to set Mt sell 11 for San an Si we bad adieu to all that Tahiti dear to lii III and went wen wenton I Ion on botti The vessel venel was lUll aUll In antin in 10 set were In It too U soon oon as 81 we rot un on At p m in we unfurled out our sills anti allt rot u der wy way The pilot would not corn Ott 01 the vessel cuel on OD account ot of the hut hp he took a line on time thO POrt side WI LYe had a light breeze and were sailing smoothly out the grand l rae when to our great l consternation the ship ran on 01 the reef end grounded In about twelve feet ot of water waler It came am so 10 suddenly that thI no 10 une knew it II till she had bumped twIce Then the pilot who ho was alongside sung out Vou ou are on the reef Cast Calt your anchor and down with Ih the estle BOlin help came from asbo but bitt all e efforts rt I It tu t tea her ber oft orr acre In vain In oUt tb ti boat eva va on and the steamer tame Crl Crix I Said hd target tunI away It at b her fo for I 1 Iol ol only succeeded In breaking nl 1114 11 L the 1 sea w was uncommonly smooth but bUI at times during th the night ri else Wi wits terrible Ant AM i loe for tor the miStS II tu hl be torn lorn lt ii r b lipi at ay any avid ld tn n t to ta the dl deck t I 1 n tim th C Cuse use IU I we i L fOJt 1 14 am all were Il ci 1 it i tiri Dat anti II 1 II Si Il the I fuse 11 keel I W w IU caused the vu 11 to foat float clear ot of the Iho ret reef cN The 1 hn toned liar back to 10 anchorage Shortly we werl Were taken on board again kept UI till the day witt h II a w ii were allowed to go 0 ashore on that is II w We had to 10 rO 1 I it II Ut time each morning for twelve telve day 8 So thus thul we Came aRl i of If shipwreck hl s hat might have been I I me dbl loll r weeks later Iter we took by the c and again at set sail 11 fur for hum home This time we Wi Were successful tint but It lok took u us days daYI to Iu make the th voyage And we did nOt escape un Unscathed scathed fur the sixth day da out our maintop mt mast all and three 11 were carried away The Tite inconvenience Ir it travel wili soon be greatly raty rere as the Oceanic Steamship company will 11 loon soon hav a steamer plying San and Tal Tahiti I I Plum timi trip will b be made In from ten len 10 twelve nicer titan than from thirty tl to fifty Your Tour brother la in Christ ChristE Jo E LAFAYETTE |
