Show I 1 FROM FR 0 MN NEW EW ZEALAND A hii iiii try ali 4 axa advel oica lie an aa interesting Acco tont of the latter i i day work borle among tho the natives IN Z nov nor 7 1489 IT ir 11 park utah BROTHER desiring Dc Biring to hm Thoin you tia ti A thinking inking li thit a 1 1 jorj I ord from this side of tile the earth I 1 nil might I 1 I 1 I 1 t be of interest I 1 now write you 3 01 with Is ith alie hope betl ic or of eliciting a reply I 1 I 1 have hare greally rp aily desir cil to write I 1 before but my at time has been so occupied cui d in the stilly of the langri langum gc and tic the performance of my illy duties Int iOB that I 1 hi havo ivo 1 very 00 little opportunity fqy a gadam io R F tort aning kind having a lei it kno ki ledge or 1110 language anan ajr to ell able ni to understand ril that its is said and a lill 0 to o ohp ces lalys if ibell I 1 feel that I 1 im austill justified cc I 1 in increasing my lay correspondence at first it that it wo would lc be almost for die to adapt aly elf to 0 o the circumstances circo int aces ind and become accustomed to lo the tc alval way a of if hit therin tives etwas into a new world the lie people I 1 country climate vc eairon eai ion cw cm 8 tul lations above cv everything crathin vas avis strange etron rt range gr and to IKC a well worn I 1 felt like a cat in a but now I 1 it tin am completely plemely can cancle cat most any ahing that is ia ilac cl before tile me aal bongi 11 hy ive noses to much thai ill at I 1 expect to have corns on 11 ny 1113 nose before I 1 return you know knor the he alaon is cotol for poking hii ili nose ritu other oilier peoples bulj business 11 I 1 have enjoyed the best of ban benith th ever fince frinc c 1 I 1 I 1 bacq wit wilh Is the e of about when I 1 IVES troubled leil with rheumatism I 1 WAS first III POinted to the M dietrict ilir 1 tt I hero here I 1 taught school for seven month I 1 lien jim went to the lo coverty verty lay isabore I 1 laim dorcil as 48 traveling ng older for two montte and aej fit at our annual correr crice hold on oil april ajril gill I 1 ivan v aa alloin I ollita fail president of this taits th tb kalo 01 Dig iriel ethere I 1 ahre it bince la l lio red alicie ait ato nearly thic thousand tho epand I 1 irion mints on the mand i orgin icil into bran clity under ll 11 native a L I 1 rits in VIVA district i there lire fire 39 saints all ilij seven branches in ili six BIX of the brunches bral lelles we have organized dunlay alico ali oo u ellioh 1 are all wll ur info 1 V d jaa I 1 t 1 1 a C concilion con dilion t ion D kohold a old 11 a meeting in each ach e branch once in two months anil its as it takes that length of time to make a trip trill round the dish jet wo we are arc trav traveling ling all of the tune little holding meetings with wilh arid and preaching to the outsiders whenever we have lave tile hc I 1 to As it a iulo those ubo have erat embraced raced the gospel jel are arc full of faith anti and are arc etione in their alic ir weak way to keep tle the of god oil but the moral status of tile tho maori people is low loss tind find miny many fall into transgression gres sion and are arc excommunicated but there la is one thin remarkable about them they seldom become land and lose their testimony but in nearly evory avory instance are glad IV when hen they car can mile dinke restitution and regain their standing andins et in the church adultery is the principal c val I 1 evil thit that the elders j I 1 ave to deal is with etli there have hare licen been so many cabs in this his district hint we ive are arc tired of dealing with nith them but I 1 suppose that m wo 0 will have t to CO continue ai iong ion is as we stay in ihori dull duin many of tile the saints are arc very dirom de irons to uni migrate grate arid and aro are sint couely awaiting the they they will be permitted hairo ke kc ilione gilioli r U daily we are arc hospitably entertained ta ancil by the natives in our oar travel travels I 1 8 amon thern bill eoln etin cj we are nola iota hobold meetings anti and can call get loil lodging aging 0 il r on ats that I 1 c e keep silent on in euch i n ba their indu IS rn 11 apts thin the in to ask ua its some pome questions and 1 by pro coding cauti oaly we gut to tal to them as much a we desire ile laoris maoris allbeck inclined destroyed def der troyed by the conduct of un scrupulous 11 to lave 1 labored a among them hem so FO that they have withdrawn from the churches and do not profess religion at all or have returned to the old moan mean ingles I 1 ites of their forefathers many bay that our doctrines are arc good anil and had bad w we c conic come before the other lione ions they would hai c accepted the gospel but now dow they are arc afraid that we will prove to be impost impostors org as others liard lave they say gay that t they cy were taught to look up lip to 1 heaven aven anil and pray and while thus engaged e their land lana lias bills been stolen from under their feet doubtless there is much truth in ili it what hat they pay ay we meet more opposition from the ministers and members of the church of england than frona from of tiny other denomination it v its by them that ellers ila mag liby and johnson johnon were tied lied up an ind d that wo of the native saints of tl 11 11 ar apu lu mere treated tre atel aliey are r very belica ing in witchcraft etc having many erroneous traditions aud delight in relating extravagant tales concerning the ilia doings of their ances tore torb they all agree that it n pun bunas as for tf athera chillme from the sandwich islands in ill canoes anti and I 1 there is riot not a doubt in my iny nind I 1 that h ii ile they are of if those tho jalio I 1 ilkay nailed 1 I from the wot mint coat of vol N billi fit Anic america rica in il the ship built b aill by I 1 I 1 I 1 aagoth la g goth ct the natives of tile the north isi island 1 number about forty thou eiband rand I 1 am not ot very favori favorably blyn impressed i i pis etith th t the I 1 io country the hie el climate 1 ie acing acini ab about 0 u t ili the only thins thing I 1 admire A ire if U utah t 1 had nd ft a similar lar ea climate i the ho saints saint s iv would soon make inako a paradise of her this hits hiis licen been an unusually cold rold a and kid rainy win winter ter but summer has now dow come th the e early potatoes are nearly large ell enough to oat cat while ile ho lute late crops arc ap juat heing planted strawberries ries irr art just gettins ripe the greater part of to the country tiiu that I 1 have tra trailed oled over is very broken tile the soil boll seem 8 to bo be of datile P poor quality alm ailcy I 1 that larini ing ug does not pay very well sheep raising acol I 1 is to be the most runia industry in ili ra fact t it ah N ingLI il 11 ll yoi i ini der ig egiy plentiful there re being baingi wac go forests in all parts of thu the islami there is no native grass fit ro feed therefore all of the grazin aj ad lias has ty to bo be sonn somi to grass will dear brother brot lor philipps pel poi hops lipps this 1 I I 1 not bj D 0 of A any interest io you is ai I 1 sup bup poso yon von do da not conic an in 1 1 to coining LZ lo 10 thi this 3 jand to lo sll se As for lor me file I 1 would not t Arli elia inac little place lili coin in zion xion fr for ehli 14 w oyolo ae island La lanil it and nil b iw ciolll e I 1 led to I imkin ill 1 1 lark liota ter c the work of tile the lord i u i po progressing gressing 1 os favorably t the h 1 mission there arc ae t cut y s avii ell el L ellers elders lers la boring burin on oil th this I 1 I 1 I 1 d and three or four in australi brother A T IV V right of 0 avith dilola you perhaps lire are is areri dent 0 f ahe I 1 sion ire has been hero here ti tao 0 years a dijer I 1 II 11 8 ci tildes of areef V I 1 ii making fair pro sects arc as 1 in I t ame I 1 guage and will so eoon oil be 1 liny I 17 1 efficient vior ker at cron t lio lie sla a 1 boring birin in poverty furcron fr 3 ay i avith ih rider L J 0 taft of salt nit lae city I 1 nin ani rejoicing in my abos etue my morly it STOW lowi inar stronger or alty diy by diy daiy and aid a id af 1 feel 7 tb think ill the loia that ali it iving I 1 nai At counted worthy to receive ibis holy prie priesthood and to beat bear tile hie nies knes saKe sage or of lifo life aid aia salvation to a fallai world tia true there are anro many hardships hardi hiB hips to be endured but these things are deco necessary ssi a r to brin bring C nica us its nearer to the lord and a cabiac tise us its to realize our dependence upon him tito the more I 1 soo sef of the world the more thankful I 1 fiel feel that th it I 1 diac liac e been becil reared in zion xion alli aanons olig tile faint althe mot moil high ibish ind and under tile gUl dUnce or of iii inspired men bo be diligent and prepare for eventt event to 10 come as the ho fig g tree is ia fiet fast putting forth its leave A den I 1 F r 0 Park 2 I 1 TIar it I 1 tuf g the triumph or of truth find I with love to yourself and family I 1 am ever your brother in christ J S 8 bi cai r |