| Show THE SAMOAN MISSION Interesting History of or the f Branch Savall SavallA Sal SalA A I Mormon Said to lie II IIII In iti II re In 11 that dial Riders Elders Fred red and Don C Mo Mc Ic nude Bride send seli this lis report dated January Is In situated nt at It the time extreme west vest end of ot this thia Island Savall and watt i organized d Into u a branch about three years ago ngo when Jas u 4 t timid and Uld family who live lve a mile from frol ruin the village were baptized by Kl El JI Elder der Gee Geo W Home Hore With Wih its Js tion ton began opposition and amid persecution of tho time st nature as Methodism was wag WIS the ruling religion of at the lie village I n gl but by earnest and amid prayerful efforts and anit the ham blessings of the tho hits Lord It hums has gradually gradually ally 11 grown until today wo o e have hae a 1 Tine fine house housu located In the village taught with wih an average attendance of at twenty pupils It I Was wa In lu this thin district that we spent a most moat pleasant time tle during thu tic holidays hulda 8 not only a u temporal but also ulso a spiritual nature I There were three visiting present Elders C L 14 I Warnick Warick president dent tient of Savall anti Kil Eu I I W V Little Lite of Sa Sit Savail vail 1 and amid Elder John Juhn W Jex of ot utula making five ne of us UI In iii nil ni Christmas was spent silent at it lt whole holo we received the tho kindest hospitality front from the time Crichton brothers of that pinto one of ot whom Hobert obert Is 13 a ft member lember of ot time the Church and 1101 at nt whose place we stayed during time the whole time that we were vere there Some SOle of their boys ho have been heen our nUl school nt itt I mind they In com coin puny lInn with come Saints ac tic accompanied II companied Eider I to their home Their parents were vere highly pleased III eased with wih tho tue progress i they the are oe making nt at lt school Nt Ir Win Wi CrIchton showed his love hove by taking the tue best bUit of at care of at our Samoan Saints Mr Ir John nUll nud Sandy Sand HIlly also everything eer thoy the possibly could coull to see lee that wo we hind had hll nn till 11 elJo time which we e surely surel did Our Oum Christmas Christians dinner tims U a n feast not easily dish to 10 be le hI forgotten which was served to us U under lc their kind kital hands Christmas over pr we WI nil 11 went to Fale ale limit llma Im where whre we se enjoyed the hospitality ho of our Saints Ien 1 and Jas anti and nho aio of ot Mr Mi II Ceorge Burgess who Is Isn IsI isa n a I friend Indeed to 1 Nor or vas WIS our enjoyment limited to tho time good timings things 11 of f this life If alone Ilone ns as iK wo We held hekt n a number of meetings during the time week welk in which we had the time privilege of at explain explaining log ing Ilg our JO o honest bouls un of o baptizing eleven persons who have been beon Investigating for some time past pa t The before separating our children giue Ie nn an concert which tae Wil much by I tIme the thE na natives u tires tives tOS On time the Journey back Eldera Fred Freit Lewis and John Juhn W V Jex JI traveled up imp the lie south side stile of ot time thu Island IRland visiting vii 1 logos lagos explaining the t and amid ald dis distributing distributing tracts with good 01 success while President C S a n native and ant the school boys bOR traveled up the time north side Idl with simi shul similar lar mr motives In view and were swore reward rewarded ed with wih Rood good 1001 results In ln fact there seems Poems to In be ho s f Mormon revival es eR especially In lh district as a nil alt oI are nrc anxious anxIous ious lomis to hear hplu out OU message During the whole Journey seventeen meetings l were held anti fifty OC villages visited Sixty tracts were distributed l anti evelen bl were performed anti seven children blessed The News U is nn an ever welcome yin vis visItor Is lor to us Lii UI In these thee far away aWa Isles |
