Show LAIE LLIE SANDWICH ISLANDS conference the semiannual semi annual conference held at laie lale oahu bahu hawaiian islands was held friday saturday and bunday sunday october fth fth and jtb 1882 1883 convened oct octo ath at 10 a in present on the stand president edward partridge and fourteen utah eiders elders after the usual opening excer aises alses president partridge addressed the confers nce nee for a short time jn in the native language sayings saying that it had been over 3 years bince since he b bad ad had the privilege ot of meeting with the saints sainta of the sandwich iba Ifa lands in conference therefore he was very vez pleased eased to do so at that time T the from utah who had been traveling upon the different islands then gave an account ot of their labors as also did some of the native E ders dens who had been nc with them meeting was then adjourned until 2 p m 2 p in after the usual opening exeria exercises ses the time waa wah taken up by the native elders adjourned until saturday 10 a m saturday 10 a m meeting having opened the statistical tia thi reports of tha the several islands were read showing sho vying no of saints bool booi new baptism in the last 6 months 82 children blessed making a total no of sauls belonging to the church chuich of jesus christ chrisi of ija LA ter day saints balits up on the anawich Band S islands prest partridge with others of the foreign elders occupied the remainder of tl the 18 forenoon exhorting the people to work with their their might mind and strength in helping to build up jooa Gods kingdom upon earth I 1 adjourned until 2 p m 2 p m the president and jils his counselors from kuia kula a branch on the island of maul a priest with one counselor ar from the island of hawaii an elder from the island of molokai Molo moio hai haf another from lanai and presidents and elders from the different branches upon this IslandO ahu all re reported t ed their branches to be in a nourishing fir ashing condition A letter written by our ex dent H H cluff claff to a native was then read and the news contained therein was waa received with many do demonstrations rations of thanks from the natives as well as the elders adjourned till sunday at 10 am sunday 10 a in after opening exercises prest partridge explained some of the prin caples of the gospel to the native saints the clerk then read the report of the new meeting house bouse that is being erected at liale lale showing estimated cost coat of material materials amount received amount expended amount on hand ls amount still needed to complete the house 1550 1550 1650 aiso alao the re port of the missionary fund fond established in the year 1879 to defray the expenses of the traveling elders showing the amount on hand at the time to be the rest of the time until 12 wag wai taken up by three na tives from branches upon this island who reported revor ted all well adjourned until 2 p m 2 rpm p in meeting opened by singing by the utah elders up awake ye yo defenders of zion ss by a native elder singing weep weep riot for me zion s the authorities of the church of jesus chirst of latter day saints were then presented and unanimously sustained as also was president partridge together with the elders from utah and all officers of the various branches upon these islands after which the elders were vere appointed to their several fields of jabor labor aa so follows 8 A corny and M E pack to one side bida of the island otha ofHa wali wall samuel gentry and a native elder to the other side F W marchant with a i native elder elders to the island of t af x i T Y n and wm G farrell baell to the island of kauai and carl Ander anderson bod SoD taw tam ind and and two native at lv E eiders elders 1 ders upon the island of oshu owing to sickness at home elder 0 D alien allen according to a letter from the first presidency was honorably released to return home after an absence of two years leaving to look after the interests of the church upon this plantation president edward part fart aldge ond elders john meldrum H A ad and B S E wooley Vo oley james H gardener E 31 hanson and W C partridge the elders that were called to travel arose and ex presed their willingness willin lin eness guess to respond to the calls president partridge then stated tha that t this conference would be adjourned until AprI april singing by utah elders the spirit of god like a fire Is burning etc benediction by elder james H gardener immediately after the adjournment of the conference the relief belief society met and reported ten organized relief societies upon these islands slater partridge was waa elected president with bister sister cari carl anderson and two native sisters slaters as coun belots the relief societies are in good running order the day jay previous loua oua to conference tb the a Y br and Y I 1 M L I 1 association met in conference having previously arranged the pro gramme it was very creditably carried out when elder james HG ardener was elected reelected re president Preal dent of these ses aes associations ocla ocia upon this with two native brethren as his bis counselors the reports were nead read showing that the young of these verdant isles are taking a great interest in mutual improvement aa as well as those in zion the sabbath th under the of elder C anderson are doing their part in preparing the youth for future useful usefulness ness nets take all la in all the mission is in a prosperous condition yours respectfully WM 0 earrell FARRELL clerk |