Show correspondence FROM A MAORI CON VERT april 28 1886 editor deseret news is a letter from a maori in new zealand I 1 have translated it at the request of some of the brethren here and ask you if convenient to publish it in the NEWS as it might interest your readers to see a letter from one of our maori brethren it is written by an intelligent and very zealous man whom I 1 ordained and set apart as president of a branch of the church at a place called puke humin num in the bay of plenty district and from where I 1 have lately returned it is gratifying to me and doubtless to all of us to see that thel labors of the elders in new zealand are so richly blessed and crowned with success of course it will be understood that this letter refers entirely to the maoris laoris your brother in the truth CHAS ANDERSON THE MAORI LETTER TE PUKE bay of plenty new zealand march 1886 speed away my letter of love to the far distant shore of the great waters that shat the sentiments ments of my heart may be e mown known to my truly beloved brother in the faith and true gospel of our lord jesus christ amen to charles anderson of ms me truly beloved as a brother and teacher in the sacred work of love which proceeds from our lord in heaven unto al all I 1 who gather aathar together unto him in faith in tae the gospel of his son jesus christ amen greetings to thee 0 charley our father in the gospel I 1 greetings to your father mother sisters and brothers and allwoo all who abide in your house greetings also to all the saints and servants of god who dwell in your regions in oneness of love and meaning in the lord like unto the word of the apostle paul to the Ephe ephesians stans fourth chapter fifth and seventh verses 0 brother charles our affection for you has not diminished since you leftus left us great has been M my longing abr you and at also so of the w whole ole church here in all these months since you departed from us I 1 will tell you of our beloved brethren H wright and james slater they have been steadily with us a at 11 te ae puke as has also your brother patara 11 our hearts are yet firm in the practice of those great things which you taught asfor we love the gospel three of us went to the great meeting CoD conference ference of the saints at pu puketapu Puke tapu it lasted two days the ath and ath of february at that meeting I 1 was made an elder of the church by william gardner patara has gone to attend the meeting of stewart and all the saints at tu ranga 11 our dear broth erwe ask you to write a letter of good words to us the saints of that we may know that we are still living in your memory also tell us concerning the people eo ae yonder give our greetings of love love ato to all the saints in your region and see in I 1 thes ad and ath verses and also in philemon ad ath and ath verses that the saints may know that our sentiments and prayers are like unto yours 0 brethren enough of these words but this is also my word to vou DU the alie saints where you dwell ahe the number of people who have embraced the church of goe in the island of new zealand has now become great and it is our faith that this is the church which will prevail in this island for the elders have great power in preaching and many people are continually entering the ch church this is my prayer to tile the eternal god shed forth of thy blessings and abundantly of the influence of thy holy spirit upon thy servants in america in the name of thy son jesus christ amen from your affectionate brother I |