| Show IN NEW ZEALAND encouraging news of the work in that land s TK TE AROHA new zealand october 9 am editor deseret neav new the annual conference of the hau raki district was held here on october ath and ath there were present wm win president ol at the australasian mission president H J burgess and elders jos JOB F waldron and thos C young Yo of this district president H J manning and elders charles johnson and jos JOB S dameff the wal wai kato district president john platt and elder bullock ef at the Ta district ancha a goodly attendance of el native saints president spoke upon many subjects of great importance to the people of god and especially pertaining to the translation of the book of mormon into the maori ing means for the payment of the same and other matters pertaining to this people he also bore a powerful testimony to the divine mission of joseph smith and of the truth of the book of mormon the local presidents reported their branches as being mostly in good condition and the saints striving to live their religion re von all of t the e elders present bore strong testimonies to the truth of the gospel and exhorted d the sain saints ts to be faithful to the end I 1 president burgess lD presented resented the general and local officers of the church for the vote voie of the saints and they were sustained unanimously through the whole of our conference the spirit of god was enjoyed abundantly by the elders and saints and all return to their homes homell and fields of la labor bor feeling renewed in their desires to keep the commandments of god the statistical report shows that there are five branches and members fifty of these have been added during dureg the past nine months with excellent prospects for the future under the direction of president a school was organized in this district about two months since with elder thos thoa C young as teacher and although we have rione none of the books and other appliances that we have at home the children are learning very fast president has since visited us and he said he never saw gaw children learn so fast as these are doing the maori children have excellent memories and they are also very anxious to learn the english language this feeling is not confined to the saints for about one half of the school do not belong to the body of the church but we hope to be able to reap what by the help of god we are now sowing for the influence of the elders is having a great effel upon this people and many of them say they believe the gospel but they are loth to leave the faith of their fathers your brother in the gospel anos C YOUNG clerk of conference |
