| Show THE SANDWICH int ini andt IN our article upon elder geo nebs kers arrival in this city we stated that he left here for the sandwich islands on may loth 1866 this should have read may 1865 he has been absent from the city upwards of four years at the present time there are three elders with their families from this territory on the plantation of laie lale who have been laboring in conjunction with bro ITe ire beker beder anch andi who are ate now also engaged there their names are benjamin ciufi cluff ell bell and caleb world th they ey have ha ve families with them elder cluff left here for the islands five years ago last spring and ed continuously there ever since elders bell and world left here in company w with ith elder four years ago last spring they have filled long missions and have been faithful in the discharge of the duties entrusted to them when a man has been away from home homo as long as they the idea of returning is very sweet to him our first absence from the valley was for five years nhoi and we know something about the feeling when we returned home and enjoyed once more the peace and sweet intercourse of friends and home the wonder with us was how we hab had had managed to endure so long an absence with patience of course however a man in the discharge of duty has delight in its performance but when he has been absent four or five years there is a yearning for home and its delightful associations which is difficult to repress these elders are willing to stay as long as they shall be required but they will hail hall the day of their release with v ith great pleasure the fal fai families nilles are com comfortable fordable for table tabie and are doing tolerably well but they feel the great lack of a suitable bitable school there is not a sufficient number of families to sustain a good school and many of the children are of an age now when they should have the advantages of such an institution their case will doubtless receive consideration before bro returns |
