| Show correspondence coe COB ISLANDS from elder eker john juhn II 11 toting to his tather father bis bit bishop hop L D toung ira IfA ULUA HILO nilo HAWAII 1 koy kov 1 SO 0 1855 1835 i I 1 my health Is 1 still good for which I 1 cannot cann ut be too gra e rul ful ul to mr my heavenly father rather antl anti ani I 1 am in fine floe spirits i 1 I have caude uwe to rejoice more and more every day of 0 my life tor for or the many blessings which I 1 am constantly receiving and I 1 try to walk ja that way which will be pleasing pl easing eating la in my icy fathers sights sight BO so that I 1 may have lave a claim upon hig his b protect protection in care dm dui in my sojourn among strange stranger ra on thee distant lands I 1 feel to do all that I 1 am gm told to do and a great deal more if it I 1 can cany towards rolling on the glorious work of the latter days 1 I have considerable walking to perform as the branches over which I 1 have hive charge chirpe are some pittance dia dit tance apart but I 1 feel cheerful while in the discharge of biose duties devolving upon ille llie ms I 1 sometimes inies lau iau laugh h a littlee little when thinking of the tae differ difference enoe between the travels of the elders of israel and those of the sectarian divines in this country nere here if the hey hev mr A wishes to visit any part of his church a horse and anil two natives nat lvere are procured mr A mounts the animal while one of sho eha iha poor natives native shoulders i d a back londot eatables enables and the other picks up a mule load of blankets and pillows tims thus furni hed bed he be sets out or on a TOUR toun ml e to visit hig his church bere bers ersing as he goese goes alanl alms to help the in minister but a por poor mormon generally shoulders his bundle if it he happens tu to be lucky enough to have one and rant wrt like gets his bis lat here he can nind find it I 1 have been trying Danl dani daniels elys elPs plan of hel hei ling bing for some oma time past for this simple reason tha th taints saints in this Cn conference ference are so poor that they have hase nothing to live on but poi pol and salt gait however jI I 1 get along well by changing and eating ait alt salt and poi pol yest Yost yesterday erday I 1 pried inta a calvinistic church to see what was going on atter after the ministers a natives native had finished ills his sermon he be very politely fril iria invited cited me ta to preach ae chance of bearin bearing my testimony was too good to be lost although althou fh I 1 sm am not a native yet in talking the language I 1 felt teil that the lord would assist ins I 1 accordingly addressed them on the coming forth of the book boole of mormon what it alte ite igi isi and liow how they could know for themselves of the truth truthe of rit fit it the lord blessed bl eel me with a good portion of his spirit and the people kept the tiie best or of omer orter after meeting they came and hook shook hands with me saying gayln g they had never heard anything of f the thee kind before I 1 think I 1 hall shall get to preach therea zain rain aln and hep heps that m my labors will n 0 t b e it has been five live weeks since I 1 have seen a white while man to converse cin verse with my home is all sll together with the natives I 1 have lately received letters from bro brof john T calne caine molen bolens and IT P r they are a all ail 11 1 in n r rood tood god health and by the tone of their letters I 1 would say that they are in fine floe spirits br dr caine tays taya that our cur vessel Is afloat and has made on ona trip from oahu bahu to maul haul and backy backi back and Is now selling out her czir cargo 0 o of potato potatoes eB to the wh wb alers alera she sall sails well there are ten or twelve whaler I 1 aa atia in in imo lilio bay having put in for want winter er I 1 think hey they have met with poor success during the past seas season as a general thug our foreign meetings at honolulu are well attended by the saints and soma sono strangers cr Br Calne write gil 1 I have lately baptized an indian who nho bids fair to be a useful member moe roe aber molen I 1 learn that tie toe work Is maving moring moving steadily rori fori ferard ard on maul MAUI br dr lit ichards the prest of or this labor labors at hilo aty B bly ay iy and that being beins the hardest pirt of the field while I 1 am watching over the few branches at this place gy y labors are mostly I 1 confined to teaching the saints more morel perfectly concerning conc ernins the principles of the gospel in every day atna af fr Irs it being bela beia thought best to take care of the sheep already jn the fold than seek new convert though there are a few added now and ani then showing that there are stil hearts to be gathered I 1 think if we are prospered that we thail shail bi ba abla able after next conferences conference to devote a little time to preaching the 9 igl IWI to un believers madam madam pel pei the vole volcano I 1 believe lit 1 quiet at pre presents though very near liuo and anil nearer to the th popie believe that there is a god wh ralpth all athinis this co school chool Is teaching me ine many inacy things that I 1 neter never of before am amon n r other thing I 1 am ain happy to say sy that la Is A little I 1 I 1 upon the sick antl and had the jay antl anti an I 1 salier of or seeing them theta leap from their sick beds and go at once about their every day labors remember one and all that JOHN ders dc deer dr an interest In I 1 in your pAy payers pr ayere ers erp coupled with thoe ahoe of nil rill of the faithful al ints jbf abe he can ir infirm firm all things at lio lis his Ito hands but without them his labors labon are as naught |
