Show U t 41 ot travel 11 n c ceon con cou I 1 evence t by the queen visit to the aluff t LAIE lale dap PAP hawaiian islands april loth 1877 F eur eui I 1 i 1 dear brother I 1 fae fat matthis take this this opportunity eunity to write you a few lines that you may know in brief where I 1 am I 1 have haver been doing since my arrival upon these lands I 1 found the foreign brethren sisters and children all celii including my nephew samuel P who upon my arrival was released relea ged Qed from his labors with liberty to return home As ai his bis field included the islands of nhu and kauai I 1 was appointed to look after the I 1 interests ite rests of the church upon islands until our next semiannual benitz semi annual conference I 1 accordingly sailed feb eeb on p jc ei cal alli nika for raual kauai where I 1 arrived after ing one hours hour tie tle die isa jarge jarga Intelli intelligent kent jent native rind and a it member of the church while on our dur usage down I 1 succeeded in converting his wife and I 1 baptized her when wo we arrived at kaloa while I 1 was upon the Is kanuf land or kabat I 1 visited nil all the br branches ucles of the church upon ubon that island and held a native confer ence elico at it koloa on the and of february march loth I 1 on tha kamaile for honolulu a and arrived there on the started next day on a tour around this island accompanied by bro J S woodbury who with bro jacob gates jun had arrived from utah while I 1 was furon kauai we made a circuit of oahn visiting all the branches holding meetings teaching the saints in re regard gard to their duties so far as we could gather them together to listen to us until sunday april when vr tyll tyli eld eid our native conference at honolulu for the island of oahu bahu soon after 11 a m when the principal part of the business of thu thy conference had been concluded and ana while bile I 1 vas a na dived in I 1 livery with sabre by his 8 side id e 1 l e entered i ante r i edIt the ilc lic room coming dir directly estly to the front of the stand where bro koli was sitting and hommed horned him that hec her Majesty queen Kap lolani had arrived I 1 in fon foe the purpose of attend ing our meeting bros koll and eack pack met her via vla majesty Sla jesty at the dodi and escorted her up the aisie aisle to a seat peat just to the left but nearly of thio thic stand tha congregation in the meantime rising g I 1 to their fret I 1 ceased speaking until sile alle silence dice fice was vas resto restored i red when V I 1 continued continued my are Pre marks remarks bearing the tle truths of the ever lattiny gospel showing that b by ildeni obedience thereunto it would have al tendency to check the bf and the fi now edw rapid decrease of this nation pack followed follow pd with many mariy I 1 re marks remarks which gave hew her something to reflect upon for some gome time at the close T E was j formally introduced to the queen L by brother Koil who as you are no dofa doft doubt A aware siire ia ii an eminent lawyer layer and a me member aber of the kings r household the native saints having surmised edth that atthe ahe queen purposed visit daft r conference built a bowery of pur meetinghouse meeting house and bacilli bailli had hau prepared aled a feast in genuine na tive live style for the occasion alepa roh roa rate place having been beert prepared on a mat under the bowery for her s ila tia IIa majesty jesty the foreign elders koli koji i kaal kaai and his wife nahinu we gathered around and freely partook of ta tl collation prepared red for us ushe the tho seemingly enjoyed it as well ofa us while we were eat inythe Ing the choir discoursed t bleet musie music and some of the na tive live sisters decorated the queen and the foreign brethren with beis seis of faw flowers gr and sand evergreens ever greens at one the queen said she would have to 0 o return aishe as bhe she had bad pu an appointment to fill else els where the natives pries 0 her hi many kissing klasing her ha hand a and ma manifesting great love jove for ah their r queen As tas it had not been convenient for Bf nother brother pack and me to meet in honolulu together until flo fio now r the books which you benl sent by me to tile the king were still in ila my po possession we accord accordingly angly took the opportunity to seek an interview with his hla majesty kalakaua when we were informed that he be would receive us at 10 a m the following day at the time timo appointed brother and dud I 1 to the tile M hous hour where we found koil roii and as he was about conducting a suit in court he lie requested kaai kaal to take us to his majesty we found him at his hia makai makal residence super intending of a fish I 1 pond he received us very ery cordially and invited us its into his hia house after a few minutes conversation I 1 informed his majesty majest Y that I 1 had lately arrived from utah and was the bearer of some books portraying the principles of our faith which you had sent him in accordance with a conversation you had with him previous to your return home I 1 placed the books in i his own hands consisting of the book boob of mormon book of doctrine and covenants voice of barning Var ning logi and icey key to theology at the same time I 1 requested him hina to read them and took the opportunity in iri a few words to bear my testimony to ha him im that they contained contal ned hed the words of life and salvation to all who would read and obey the king replied that he recollected the conversation referred to and that he would read them and wished me to thank you for the same and give you his kind regard bro broback pack Tack took the opportunity to call his hia attention to a libit petition tion that had been sent to him some tome time since asking that our elders eiders might have licenses granted them to solemnize marriages the same as were accorded to denominations fhe king said that the administration empower in im power previous to his hia ascending the throne was very much prejudiced against us but be he felt perfectly willing that we should receive and enjoy all the privileges possessed by other religious denominations in his kingdom he seid said he had of late instructed the minister of the tho interior in regard to the license question he advised bro pack to write to the minister of the interior suggesting such names as he would like to have receive license ac he flo spoke ot of his regret in not being able to visit salt sait Lake bake while on his eastern tour and enquired concerning the natives living there before we ret retired lied the queen en une toe room aud and shook bands with us remarking that she enjoyed heiselt herself much at our meeting the day previous and hoped it would not riot be thet the last time we remained about three I 1 tera of an hour when we bid vid their Majest majesties les ies kala Rala kalakaua kaua and Kaplo laul adieu feeling that the time had bad been very profitably and agreeably spent by us all we have just adjourned our semiannual conference here at laie lale having been iq sension session three day days s the natives at this place generally feel well as you doubtless are aware they are tha best ones ories that thai have gathered here according t to 0 the instructions of the servants of god who are laboring among them according to my observations whilo while I 1 have been traveling upon the islands wands of kauai and oahu bahu I 1 find but little if any change for the better with the natives from what they were twenty two years ago when I 1 used to labor among them many of them are in better circum stance stances sl financially and many are indifferent and careless in regard to their religion the moral status of the people generally is truly deplorable and it is n no 0 wonder that the nation is so rapidly decreasing at our conference just closed rother brother B woodbury and I 1 were appointed to labor on the island of hawaii for the next six months fi rother brother keeler on the islands of kauai and oahu bahu brothers molan and gates upon the thela theia islands lands of maul maui molokai und lanai lanni brothers woolley and lambert will remain for the present upon this ibis island the brethren sisters and ehi ebi children laren from utah are all well please remember me to all inquiring I 1 friends your brother in the gospel H P RICHARDS P S apri april ll 11 6 his his royal highness heir apparent to the throne died on the loth insl and mrs afra dominis sister to the kang ha been appointed heir apparent P arent to oli fill his bis place H P R ir I 1 L preaching preach inc prop kop rop prospects 1 u LEHI lehl may esth 1877 editor deseret news at 10 this morning apostles ties john taylor and lorenzo borenzo Jj orenzo bishop harrington and some gome few other brethren whose iia lia names m I 1 do not know arrived here to eil wil fill an tin appointment at walso h time our meeting house was well filled after singing and prayer elder lorenzo Lorenz snow spoke kindly of the hospitality of the saints to their company in tra velling to and from stgeorge st george he feill felt pleased in having the privilege of renewing rene his acquaintance with the saints sainta in lehi and spoke at some length upon the united order the time had batt come for the latter day saints to unite themselves together for upon this our salvation depended he advised ad the saints to prepare to sustain themselves when our resources from babylon were cut olt olo and combine our labor in making our own clothing etc he referred to the institutions ot bigham brigham city their order of doing business organization of their mechanics etc elder taylor followed foil loll owed reviewing the tha operations of the church from the time the angel appeared to joseph smith in the elders going to the the gospel ga gathering the poor ac he spoke of the order showing the importance of the sainta saints being united in temporal as well as spiritual things and said qaid the saints must come to a unity jesus sald eald except ye are one ye are none of mine we must be one in and in works etc the health of the people is improved to what it was during the winter our agricultural prospects were never more encouraging than at present quite a large scope of now new land has been sown this spring bothin nothing g fir fil intervening 1 our prospects are fair for r a large harvest of small grain respectfully yours WM boum Soum wiCK i he aud and their perse Z 1 I cafori i i fairview ulab utah may ath 1877 editor deseret news dear sir annexed I 1 send sena send bend you yau an extract from a letter with privilege to publish if you wish omitting names tc brother george ader lder dear sir these mormons cormons area aroa are a peculiar people they have always contended with adversity and yet they thrive they claim to be the people of godana god and it strikes the impartial observer that they possess r a claim to the appellation the leaders lenders have prophesied and their people have bave looked forward with full faith to the fulfillment of the pre predictions and no one can say they have looked in vain tir mr smith once said something like the following with all its boasted freedm of thought and religion the thisted united State states will swill yet persecute this people for their religion religions sake it has been so the mormons INform ens ons have ever been the persecuted 01 of this country their houses house and sand lands have been bees confiscated they driven from place t to 0 place lace and their peo cap pie patriarch and prophet murdered anra kni this in a country the very foundation of which is rai reli judge story baya saya the government is free I 1 allow this ith the press ia Is free allowed religion is free 1 I diner dider the annals of the mormons ard brand nd the statement with falsehood in them are recitals of confiscations robberies and murders for religion sake and these too with the sanction tio or at east least without the hindrance of the authorities they believe that they are yet to fave the constitution of the united L states if this prediction of their prophets bo be as literally fulfill fulfilled led as the last mentioned ed and map mal many UY others it would uld babut be but bub the jentof ment of prophecies a part of which have already been transferred to history s AN anallen ALiEN allen |