Show NEW EW ZEALAND MISSION p Maoris Macus Formerly Unfriendly Welcome ms the Elders I II I loud W url ork rU of ci the Ibo Elder KIder Andrew In a n letter eltar da daled dated ted led To ro Arolia Arohn N Z Nov Nor No D n reports aH nit Having learned some seine two months HBO ago by b letter from ruin Elder Inder J T K E Magleby that ho he was coining overland front from tho the theu u lJ uth und and un would bo be able abe to pay an another another other uther visit to this district on HI his way to headquarters we Saints and und Elders I availed II Cl ourselves of or the opportunity and JOlI after obtaining his approval for tor the work worl of or preparation for tOI a It two days daysOn On Saturday October 19 I 1 met him hImat nt at III In our neighboring district which bears the tho same name 1111 e After spending Sunday with the Saints we proceeded to In company with two of o the tho Elders from ruin dis district district Our aliI first night nigh I out we wo stayed at lit a U large sheep and un stock ranch con consisting c on of about al out ates situated In Inthe Inthe the th tops top of or the mountains west veat from the tho town of or The LIe day duy fol following followIng lowing wo WI leached valley about noon our going on to toTo toTo To Ic Arolia Aroha Elder Magleby nutS and I r crossed tho the river near Mata Mala station by b a toad road leading through the valley west vest of or the riser Our OUI object in hn going that way a was to visIt the tics Maoris of lIf Matamala who hall hail for tor a Ion loni time rejected looted eted the I and refused to entertain their friends It U having beets been morn more than a IL year since they tile the hail had been visited by hy Elders 1 l and thinking there was wan a possible chance hanco of ot doing oine sone good KOU and arid no harm nt at least thought though perchance w Wl would have havo to III U Itt It the th Star hotel we wo act set out outto outto to see them Very Vezy V rr rlue do turn strangers frOm f their homes home at the Ihl near approach of ut night and amid w made out nUl way into their village with tb tic netting settIng of the sun lUll To ro our happy happ surprise we 1 found tho tM place fairly alive with Maoris ninny of ot them having comfy come front from other Trine were between HO no and anI WO of ot them there In a It hang halll or th tic service over the lend dull hod body of o a little boy hoy ho In n whom they hart hai s seen een n a ft grout gr at character even a n agod agod god god 01 Hut But for or m amne me reason renson they the scUd said perhaps onu Kin Mm which they th had hind committed the Lord had taken him from them At our first village they the scented kindly eat fn In v raid disposed d tepees toward us UI and aad Ell i with his kno 11 r f the I and Ine IMn of the th Mart Maori mc nce ceo and hit his esy sy way WIY of at them w Willi wI not long lone In winning fur for us a warm I fe the b bell ll hind had ta tl ringing for tor evenIng th ih bg hence houKe used uBell for fol wa was tilled filled to Its utmost A Maori Meorl minister of ot the English church took upon him hunt himself self elt the liberty ot or conducting condoLing the s ten ler r vice And without tic all ny t tX x JI he hi ue arose arol sold M his hll little piece piPe aud anSI white tics echoes et hoet rf if th thiS the amens yet ret lingered In the th calling o othe 01 the old house honet hou he hl dl i are 41 l through the door as ti If afraid to 10 prolong hIS hi star Itar Uy Ur It request of the people we sang n a hyum and arni after i to 10 them Matt Matti 7 i tl tI Elder Magleby kf very nr Inter litter e upon the And A w we closed CI our Icy hr They w WI were r not yet 11 anti and Ane him to continue Itle sermon ermon rmon which ho he did Mid And nd again a all a third time by hy their ur urgent nt request he truce and un til t Ills his hi voice vot became very vry hoar He lie closed by hy Riving giving them a short account ot of the th Book Bl of f Mention to which they with wih real ireat atten then tion and were we only too to anxious to aten hear hr more mor Not wishing to wear out oot ou our welcome W we S lef left them h m ft pah early Ml morning Dil awl and am rode ro on to 10 Te Fe Aroha where we O remained until l Friday when we train r fur for ur KIn i Kin arriving WI at that Lol IM nt St I r a I t 1 p in m Th TIt RInt had haI already alread Bather ga ther d and lud everything wag hlll t In readi tiM 11 H lot lor conference The rIce h evening eV h wit as U spent In tn I R th the Ww dr an and pDt J hn and amid on w tn the October ber 28 26 at all t L 10 Ii 1 ii m itt I conference ol opened without u a 1 aV Mn V ant I t cent Ma nt t in I ii our Itlo I I I t Ic church thu mit t tI il II I over lver by Icy ly Elder KIder 1 Thou wei et er 11 KO o prevent J K 11 f m II fl Mm hI hi district V 1 1 0 O r p 1 I Waller I k t a tnt P H 14 t I ii son ln of ot 1 Tui 11 j jEN 1 EN ugh A s 1 F and 1111 it h Ihian i Wil VIP V i mall inan or of al a to 10 l I 1 1 Young from Auckland t U ml hilt In I t nit 1 I IM H M Newman front tho thu wi wiand I and ra I L U I nots fit i ancl d It I lm ini luon I I after I a ftc ex ell exir 1 i iH H It 1 district 41 report WItS watt ot or II c nik II k done ci l tuto Jan arm I 1 I 1101 I 1401 oh o eight I und thirteen Hul nih 1111 blessed hl ell rh records show how a R toll roll of lt if five 1 leaving baying IIII an tnt ul oh II which gives 1101 u ti I a present total of or 2 saute In II tho the ilis dil It I will wi lur im seen 1011 by hy the report f that the tho growth of o this the Church U Is not very I x In II this portion of ut the tue thc field The rho harvest Juts been Ol the tho gleaning now nots no Is Ild a n tow few honest Bouts at nr being picked ed up UI lucre hero and tint there thure anti added ad lied to the lit fold foul The Ihie majority of or if those tholo who hI have hl no 0 lIce tha lle luBel flie nl trying tl to tn be bo Lat HUl there then tire al hort ns us n nII ushi In hi II moil t ill nomo 10 Mormons otis lly I Ii thit I r fi fiul te you 01 shall Khali know l It nou ow thom thOI I und attil the tho law In W of oC tithing IH Is II n a 1 most e I l lent test tent After tho the report was 11 given Ivun occupied tho the tho lie forenoon to meet I of ot t mooting tig Wo Vo 1111 t here hll In lii II 11 I lal I the B ule C Cond ouch ond In II I mu order lt I f t seven U I tel olot lot t now 10 In II thus the th Now New Nol ted mission our Jill organization wits UM by I h Elder ldar while hove Imre at lt our on Ott Oi the tho Oth of 4 it Juno last hat hunt have done doneall tho the Since that time alt all l In power to keep tho the work vork on the tha move mo The afternoon was vas wal given to thorn thum and alil at n t 2 I p I m tn II their meeting opened pre presided 1111 presided sided over by hy ii al Tor lor tho the benefit of Elders who have labored hate I will the ot or the tho theothor theother holo 1 othor other counselor second Mata Iata secretary To re Aue Au ue A general report of ot their work wan wal as 11 gIven n alio LLIN a 11 financial report showing nearly ao O cash on hand tome of or which has hUR been cash donated by 1 of ot the th society tile tho balance they tile the collected by h making anti ami wiling native These tile are made nat from im hia and alit la which Is hI hIrut rut cut trimmed or with wih a ii I knife aunt and titlE ci then thel dyed lyrl with wih different colors to suit the tl tate tante tn tc And when braided or woven together answer well wel the til purpose of or a ii 1 The rhe has hUll an nn enrolment enrollment of lt twenty A general meetIng 1 l held once a month usually attended by hy all the members Apart from this thil tho ni having been boen chosen from front the several branches A are cue carrying on tw tho hue work vork to 10 the hue bert beat bet of o ot t the thur th places they RH closet closed the tho t day Ilcy tl of ot out our conference Sunday morning the conference con continued tl with ll a 1 Priesthood meeting be beginning 10 gluttIng ginning at itt lt 7 n it I m iii mAt 11 At 10 a m iii met let again In general meet meeting ing 11 Elicit l I I A S 5 ami III F Ir 0 C Mar Marchant chant being the thc principal speakers According to 10 the of or the lie European working Elders 1 of title this district a it Euro Buro noan service was held heM for fop tho the spatial benefit of at some of or their friends anti and UIl In Iti Investigators II beginning at 1 o clock In lii II tilt tho meeting the lie Church Elder Authorities s were sustained and l J 3 fi It IL Taylor laylor spoke Jokl on 01 thur tho restoration of tho the nod and all tIme the th persecutions ot ottha lt the tha Saints An Interesting feature of ot tho tha Sunday 1 evening which was WUI taken tal Cn up lp in t of ot short hort tuI the sweet tones tonell of ot the tho Kind Words lords ni nl mu heart by Icy four tour little to Mooch Maori girls who won sott the tho compliments of or ull nil present WOI Mummy morning at lit 7 our olin Ki m tiers dern meeting convened lasting live five V It being too late lata for tor the lie Elders l lleR lo to leave heave Ion I for their ther several 1 folds fields of o 0 labor labom it I itaR was aR decided to close cOIO our conference with a n concert And AmI at nt tho the appointed hour wih the Church Chuch was wall filled to tho ito brim blim and und nn an Impromptu program consisting of short speeches fitting for tho oc Ot occasion o casion caslon songs on s und anti recitations was ns car cur carried nod ried out IUt |