Show n tr n nL I L FROM hE COOK ISLANDS J U u To 70 tile Editor The Society Islands blanell million WI was reo n ent made mad to 0 comprise t the Cook lii 11 and In the atter part ot of the year ar arUN UN two to were appointed to In tn the Gospel Into this group crouP It was not hot until unU the of at lia May vr ever that w we who were thus thul appointed departed from Tahiti on tb the steamer teamer W We were tour four days at 1 sea and nd arrived at In the even evenIng Ing ot of the lyd ot of H Nay On the he tol loWing morning We retired to a ed slat t In the w we dedi caled the Island for tor the of the Gospel and Ind humbly besought our Father to us UI In our II labors bon p b natives of the h Cook Islands are In belief A tw few years ago when the h Protestant ruled almost ll no other ries were permitted to land landU U n the islands Now tilt Islands are bd i der t tJI the protection of o Gnat rea t Britain The power of the missionary 11 has great greatly I ly diminished On our landing on the island liland there were miD many who kindly 1111 till us We were comfortably set t tiM tied It des a abort hort time pel In answer to our rt and In fulfillment ot of the b ll p promised U us we 0 found the theNY NY prepared for tor Ut us upon the island was for tor W some pome time restricted to 10 a study ot of tilt the Maori Vort language whIch w we found to be much like the Tahitian In 11 a fw few weeks we went fer able to labor quite quill t tI free freely I ly amongst the people l and aDd In the earl early part ot of August we made mad a tour or of the island W We visited It its five ve native 11 lager conversed with the people and preached to them a as but best we could In extended extend conversations We WEre well ell rec at al every village The natives listened eagerly to our message and Inon many willingly discussed the principles ot of the Gospel We were favorably im impressed pressed and encouraged by the he kind reC Wt we received from the people Your Four months after our arrival at ae I had made mad good lood progress In the language We had bad visited from time to 10 lime the various villages and held wIth the he people peoNe We found that most of th the natives are Ig Ignorant Ignorant ot of the of the Gospel They have been taught a few passages of Scripture and nd a few Protestant doe O trines and at age h has made sacred to toU U this traveled road ot of their fathers In 1 we prepared I a tract on em the Apostasy and the which In compliance wIth the request or of Iree dent Chamberlin we forwarded to Lo for printing From that time on we continued the villages an and t with the people ople as 81 offered In f December Wf we pre prepared raNd pared I another not her tract on tb the First Pu n which we had a printed at t Iara tongs an and t Imm immediately latel distributed amongst the natives Tit The doctrines tN mn many favorable comments comment W We commenced holding meeting on SU IS and many natives came to T JOUETT v r rI rIk ft I Ik J 5 Ne r t tA t A j 4 t C n 1 41 11 M 1 j i f 0 Jo J y 11 J ti 4 o i iI iH iI H i ti a I Y i I p to a remarkable revival of baseball and the greatest Interest la Is being evinced In the national ram game One or of the lest Pitchers ot of the Notional National League II I Jouett whose WhOM picture Is II here shown lie Ile oom amen from New Albany Indiana and Will this year ar twirl the sphere phere far tor the N York Tork nine 1 He has haa played with this team for tor years year but for tor the litter latter part ot of last reason be WI was lent to the Boston Doston club hear us 1111 preach But the news wan reached the Protestant missionary ml 11 lie sent lint for mine line of our tracts sod short ly Iy afterwards afterward th the people were forbid den by the queen to attend our meet ings There Were many other however that thai helped to draw forth this at as will appear from what follows tollow Christianity and tome some ot of th the nivan lager tage or of lion were carrl carried d to h the tho islands of th the South by p ot of the London so 0 lety The Tho missionaries sailed eastward to the h Islands they crossed the lIt meridian they neglected to 0 make the IIII necessary change In their time and InU IndU on tb these lands lalanda the h days or of the we k u I they are re In th the Eastern Hence lund Sunday on these corresponded to Saturday In other places In the Western Hemisphere In Inmany n many of the groups of Islands where this error w was nude made It wu was ed soon after U It was wal discovered In n thus Group th the error continued to obtain It was not until the last session Iun of th the Cook Islands parliament In August I that a law wu enacted which provided the of the dy days of the week with those ho of other countries Such a law was o opposed to the dI desires and tb the religious principles of the he Sev Bev nth Day a Adventists They at once heron bern to oppose the measure They distributed tracts among th the nUvel advocating the observance of the rev lev day Sabbath and 1 urged the people to repress tb the la law The Th Beth activity It ot of the with the whims whim and of 0 the naU native won lOon created much opposition Very few ot of the naU natives favored the h change The law Jaw went Dt Into effect on Decem her ber 1 1919 Christina day was Wat made hours long The fol following lowing Saturday which to the o faction wu was still Sunday Sunda the natives nUvel held their meetings and worshiped as Usual A naU native pastor pallor conducted the he services Th The nut next da day Will was the Sunday under the h nw new law Church were wre held but they were at attended tended 1 by tb the queen and a tw few of her associates in Ih affairs cral rt only The ThO Theto great of 0 th a pl the to the day aday da as hl SAbbath They feared to do an any labor or otherwise break brek the h Sabbath th they would not attend services on that day clay Th The next week the church h hwa wa was on Saturday by order of the queen but the natives still deter determined mined to observe t their lr own Sabbath hold held meetings In the district assembly rooms After two or three weeks the queen called a meeting of the people poo l and forbade them Ulem to 10 hold meetings In Inthe inthe the districts or to 0 attend aUnd any Iny reeling on the h old Sabbath She threatened to punish them It if the they continued to ob obIe observe Ie serve Saturday Jill as II a day of rest 1 The Ih mth natives were wert lOOn goon made mAd to realise that tile the queen and government were wert In earn earnest The native pastor was AI of his This how however ever did not Dot cau cause him to 0 cea cease ing to the lie was wa then fined 11 dve pounds pound and ami the h six Ix deacons who followed him Were re fined tour four pounds pound each Several ot of the members ot of this h church were e fined tn ten shillings each for tor violating the law Iw b by fishing In the sea seaon on 00 Sunday hada For FOt several weeks week the people UN to observe their old Sabbath Th They could hold no but they ob served the th d f I iiI II The lall eral hem h for the I y aa Was Wall u using ln his iii seism clear t tha 1 h to la comp I the th with h t the I 1 to 10 hi his H III e to 10 lit Th I ud uI r not hOt It inspired b by their tJ th spirit lie of ot that truth truth I i t hi his chunh Many Mall filth In bill hir of them 1 Investigate for b faiths deny 1 to Join of ether 1 I t to church desire lum eeme r the order ot of Ih the quern IUn was eU I tY her subjects I to Jolt She Sh II Under any 1111 oRt r her h h col W Were re rOI eel to th ts I tw few atlen p women l Ih t 1 a the nw new Sabbath Th I by b other women and then Ihn f hll t tr follow r their n r f by degrees they ther have hale T Ih the th I urn ri I hat has g r lt It u t former sire 1 Many near y f ythan lend Ind the flIk lit through f than ur through d al r h r tore fore the nII arse 1 fl Re II a oJ d the caU for e n services lI but ourol by th the village ViliaCe flow It is II dune Ve Se hardly n 1 to the queens th Ih t t has hal hl OUr labors labor W v are i I nt hold hUt but the II r I l bidden to q it 1 r at tn them 1111 1st ii h to the unI 1111 U same thu r h tn r holding i f tinge and ur of a II has Ii doctrines is IH lit of lit little 1 In Ise I u oh 1 11 people are afraid to tl be s en hr log the creels rf ls ur or Ig From I L I a human I int of el Ie w ti t I III at a ar are lg able for tor the r r the III I Th The government r I t i aim t 1111 Its Ii monarchy a 1111 l l of th the u r I I p She t may h o n my rr U I 1 r im Offense of It th lIall q I 1 trial and th then a r 1 a I t no defense h a lr f i I of sy let land tenure of InA Ion long to QU Queen II fk rr t I u I i three or four foul Tt Th t l apportioned th the 11 U people I Ig H the but for IU i n the 4 t t ni they ma may all th their lr tl right lt I nd 1110 t i an r t lot severely vere The Th therefore free 1 or r In er r h heel a lion Uon Though they Ihry belh I II a thy they dare not I declare It I t they nr cal h 1 offend the he queen jun Yet Yel we are t hopeful tul The I k r y 1 is some tint yield U I it h 0 though the k is III cab I present The t I t mil v n Ii b flexed to f N J r t mother a as a dl t There will III I hn bl be gr ur r r l g 1 and poll 1 libel y 1 n 1 the th truth or of Mr M I b tor tl and by continued I effort rn n thO ih j r r the Elders Elder may h made mati to b tt t r easily U ot of obeying It To Tn u tho th t to are friendly kind and I once have hap we 11 b en Inh t il ray I calved We lve have hal I if e 1 thus thu far and God for tor th liege Uee ot of bearing QUI our h t th h world t A nw new Elder h his Ju Just t 1 lem r n Tahiti One ot of us UI nisi III Ii g I t a neighboring bland to h there and we e hope hop th them rr rn may n t I demand for tor more Eiders Eldr tn in 11 1 I j i MaY the he blessing ot of 10 I I Church at t home and air I Your our labors r rO O I OHNE J J I W bv n i J BENJ NJ A JUlis ON Oi Feb 27 trot l CROSS I I r I 1 I 1 a y 1 1 r l H r 11 I 1 t tj ti j i i i i r ir I t r 4 t t r i f r nl today most meet enthusiastic flyer the h I f I f a rl vi viar val ar ot of th their lr favorite game gam as the season S Mere i 1 I f I lo Cross Croll who le Ie one of oC the bt best t basemen In tho rho field neld For some om till Un i I I 1 J 1 IJ the Philadelphia team Ile I li Ii now I a member of the St Louis Loul cab 1 will be seen Ien with that team on th the dla month mond this summer ummer y I |