Show NEW HEW ZEALAND MISSION MISSIONS The Dedication of a New Meeting House ouse al t I of Hi the ill I In iii II the die liny Huty 11 II l t Con I Ii CC nt 11 II I T II rut mu pm Cider lider Iller Win Wm Wi II n Irkson sends this re ro report ro port lort from Ian Kawa Kawa New Zealand Jan Jun 22 The he Maori MacrI Saints of o Bay lay of Islands having completed their meet meetIng lug Ing III house desired to have it I dedicated d President J 3 R I 1 Magleby of o the New Zealand mission Elders I l ers It H K Brown 11 I C NIcol of or the tIme con comm conference 1 ference and und Elders D M 1 Haun Iun W WB WH B H 1 and amid H It I S Newman of or this the th Hay of If Islands conference held a n meeting with the Saints for that pur purpose I pose loose JOH on the evening of or Jan The Tho building was sas painted t and ammil varnished outside oath In and Ind great cred credit it Il on those who ho have labored so ener crier energetically for tor Its completion About representatives from To Hero 1010 a n village forty miles 1101 distant and ten len from canoe came to 10 attend tho the dedicatory services and also nilo to ac ae accompany company n us to our conference which commenced at Waihou Jon Jan Jai On time the Ile morning of the we ve start started ed oil on on our horses over oer time the hills his sixteen miles to the conference Time The people of or time the place were greatly delighted blIghted to KW see IP so no many visitors from rein distant VII vil villages 1 logos lages lall It I was Indeed a n grand grant sight to 10 see It nearly seventy Maoris dressed In Inthir thir gayest aul colors and riding rill In their liveliest horses enter time the village viage to together gether gother and those who load hall prepared for fil time tho conference greeting the tho visitors In their enthusiastic manner No So sooner were ere our horses turned out and time the people comfortably sheltered In the spacious HI which was M heavily healy matted for or the occasion than the rain rIn descended In torrents How However HowIt ever it such soon settled down to 10 a I steady stent ruin rain which continued all al night and next day tny The Time attendance from the Immediate vicinity was wal small on the day II BY However on Sunday Sunda time lint Insl the weather was flume flue and the people ople came rame to tu hear henr MS us A Four persons persona applied for or baptism and mind ider I Li D M 31 Haun administered that Iha holy ordinance to thorn thom An tn n unusual feature of title this conference conference was the absence of at the noisy horns hOMA and loud talking of If those who prepare tIme the food foot etc pt The visiting Maoris appreciated dated cia led tube this and wore re profuse In their praises pral e of Mr Ir who had hul charge of or the that I work On Monday tho Iho the peo teo people 1 I 11 11 left heft lef for their homes homel I The lie hl lay Hay ln of Islands conference a 1 few rew years ago ngo was van one Ol of time tho wildest mind i harden districts dIstrict of or this mission The he N Maoris Manris who live hive Ive home hell on al ac nc account count of or their and ant warlike deposition wore were the tiu last la t to 10 yield obe to time the English government and alto also alf to IQ the tIme Gospel message but It Is II quite time the reverse now no our Increase last year ear being more moe than double that of ot any other conference Maoris Ia with the tue very ory wildest natures have hlo accepted the time Gospel Guel and obeyed oli It end and the time change In their lives 1111 has hM been beell so 0 sudden and extraordinary that this the Means Maoris ns as well wel as who MI them have hae been astonished AN M I POnT Riders D I E t Davis mind William U n s send nd nt this report from Auck A uck land N f 7 Feb And nd hath bath made mado of ot one blood alt all na nn tion ton of men for to 10 dwell on all nl ni time the Ihl face fUce of the Mirth earth and hath bath l the times limes before beor appointed and the lime bound bounds of their habitation that they I he should seek time the Lord It if Ir imply haply they might tnt feel el after him hll though he h be l not noi no fur far fa from roam every one of us for In him hIm we live Ile 1 and move and hove buve our 01 being beia bin Acts Acl IT 1 1648 1 Man Ian Many of the Ihl people of New ew Zealand show how by b their work that they desire de lre to 10 take flke advantage of or the tim thy they hove hoe of feelIng after Hire Him This fact was 18 clearly I rl Illustrated In a conference which convened at al from corn reb Ib to nth 1111 Inclusive In In which hl h many man not only Mormons but those thole who nn on not of 01 u end ami wore were INt fed Ced ly Iy Those ThO a R assembled l were vere Europeans HUlf n nan am an and Maori and though thu h they the differ in iii color 0 or they are ar advancing the same eime Ile cause caul and art ore one blood blod Some of o the Elders us lS a well aa as Saints rodo role over oer three tho limo hundred conference mies miles on horseback to attend It ld This The conference wow 11 presided over oer by Rider J K H Mn Thero here twel I present In oil all ni there thero were about present of t which number half were not rep lOp representatives 1 of or tho the Saints 1 though they respect us and more ar favor favorable favorable able alile toward our people The lime he Saints who had imad the time work of at preparing for tor tho time gath gathering gathering nth ering did dl themselves honor They Thoy Tile load had erected a 0 spacious building tot for the th tour pur purpose Ul pose poso of accommodating all ni and every ev ry thing was carried out In lii a n systematic way ay The Tho T ho principles of o tho the Gospel sero very ery plainly laid haiti before berolo tho time conference and the tho necessity of or abiding by thom them and continuing faithful to the same name InlO wan al very WI forcibly presented At the III close cose of or tho the conference a nIce lec lecture ture 1115 Utah Her leI People was given Riven In n tho time opera oper house by toy h Elder Euler E K P Illustrated Ilu with wih thu the unto lime light rays anti U It I was Wil listened to by un on ap op appreciative audience the house being beinG crowded crowd 11 to its utmost capacity Tho Time Is report very favorably and aro united They The seem to hove have the tho love loo loveto for tor to each other oilier which should exist be Le between tween them the tho spirit of or union titian IB iii II clear ly Iy seen and the vast amount of at work woric such a I booty body can cnn perform In the tho way woy of or disseminating tho the principles of or truth can cnn only be conjectured Several changed were sero made among the time Elders time tho most niost Important one being tho time change e In the tho Inasmuch as aR time the Auckland conference home has lately lly been heen enlarged ami fud thou the labor therein has tins boon been greatly extended Killer Elder K It KP EP P Drown Brown Irown who has bun hUl been ben fill 11 imir In the of or president of or that conference snot and of or the New Zealand mission WM honorably released train from frol tho time latter latel In lb order that h hl might aught devote his entire time to the 1 work ark W v D ii him as us score secre secretary tary lacy The ho took tool their departure for lor their fields of or labor on 0 the thiC of or I January Tho Tue omission mission Is I In a n prosperous condi condition tion ton and souls ouis have havo of at late hate en cu entered the time waters of or baptism I Thu Tue Maoris lorl ns IOu IS a n people are superstitious toU rind have havo great faith tutu In sorcery und miami healing by enchantment and alII moos Inas Inasmuch much as tie this belief Is I on mimi obstacle which has hal prevented many II from obeying the tho time Elders the toast past two years have huc fasted tasted und inn prayed two days that the tho works of at tIme the adversary may be bo rooted out from among the time Maori people that their faith In their old traditions and sor sorcerers SOl sorcerers may be e eradicated and their minds left lef free IreI for tor the tho purifying care enle of oC the Gospel of or Christ Hereto Heretofore Heretofore heretofore fore those who Iho claimed to possess this power of at witchcraft have Ine had hall great In with time the tle people eop and hence have been beel hindrances to 10 time the progress of civilization and ond purity purll among them Therefore It Is with pleasure ue WI note nolI it tt t time the present time limo tho rapid decline of or this belief bell t among them Some of the tue most JOlt I mill tInt tab un gas II sorcerers among theta them thor have hae of ot their evil el doings renounced their former r practices yielded obedience to 10 the tire principles of ot the Gospel ant tire are arenow now nol setting rotting u to worthy example which mutiny many mun of ot their former converts convers are fol rol following lowing towIng And An this Is la not oil all al that tins has hH been betH accomplished through thorough the faith of or the time Elders Ehlers The Tue ho New Healand par liar parliament guided by the overruling iran hand of Providence Irold nc hiss has recently passed laws favorable tu to tl the time of or truth and alt civilization and nn special laws larK of ot the tue most stringent nature have been passed against the Ihl practice of or witchcraft among the time Maori people The Tire taken from frol the Auckland Star shows hows how the this urt mimi with Maori A native woman Is before the police court Napier charged that she did dill unlawfully kill kIl one on taint on November lust last The Tire case Is I one of ot alleged It was vaa alleged that deceased hind had been be n treated by toy Dr 11 Hughes for tor ty hd when accused came Caine along and amid guaranteed to cure Him Ilm In Ill n a couple of at days Her treatment was Immersion In Iii the surf on the twitch beach He lie 1 was IUM left leftIn lot leftIn In a tent the nights hoeing being cold coll anti wet et He lie was given occasional drinks of hex water waler dieted dl ted on 01 shark and amid o He lie le died In Iii two to days The case CaSO Is iii II proceeding i |