| Show NEW ZEALAND MISSION I 1 send you a brief report rt of the first conference of the bay or of T islands lands district held at taumarere bay of islands new zealand february and 1889 1 I ww win state however that according to announcement we held a europe european meeting at kawa kawa on the evening of february we w rented a hall at this place and at the hour given for the meeting to t commence the building was fil led in the european meeting at 7 oil p in the co congregation n r ea gation was called to liae order r and after after the usual opening exercises elder william president of the australasian mi sion delivered a powerful discourse upon the first principles of the goa pel i kt elder geo romney jr president of the bayba islands dis district tAct tbell abea spoke in a spirited manner upon 0 n w the awo of divine authenticity of the book ok mormon he concluded his reinard by bearing a strong testimony berning the work of god as wag established in these the last days the best of order prevailed durw the entire services and at the close all left in peace and quietness and an apparently ap bently with the best of feelings feeling r on the the weather was beautiful and the natives commenced W w of gather from the different branches branchek w the district to attend confer conference euce nearly all of them riding on horseback bridging with them their theft blankets etc the conference house where WO we stopped in connection with the ne natives assembled wa was many fo r seemingly used many years 10 a hotel but at the present time B vacant and much the worse ir for wear seven elders occupied room five on the second floor it wa woo very small about 10 feet and like all the rest un furnished furnis bed which we noticed most when we re r tired to rest on the floor each on ore rolled himself up in a single blankd the using his coat for a pillow after W W we e fashion of the natives thus sleep most of the nights in 1 SO I zealand the meeting house which JB owned by the native saints Is ia a ba 20 38 feet it frame building x eight double windows and is finished t throughout h rougeou in the most bya 8 style ty le this was greatly r enjoy th the e iders elders after holding the the in the maori b house auses sj tu latter generally generally only having bava n bu is g small hole ole or entrance w v used as door window and chwen wall at 1030 am the confer eVIL called to order b by president geora romney jr there there were assets asae I 1 bled about one hundred bundred native few europeans and the foiw n elders from utah win WD 3 PK president of of 10 geo romney jr president 01 of islands district JO john 11 i E wae by who is now on his wa wy ano a 3 atter after having fined filled a faith faithful yeso honorable mission of reo eala i nd I 1 and nine months in new zea va ids geo W davis walter 8 heber obbo D RO maw ajr president george rona amney greeted the saints assem in we 4 aboe U stated the object of the the P re reports ports were then given of the otteen C different ferent lif brand branches il es by the presidents fourteen of w whom hom were Bv esThey all w a being in a prosperous and flourish king ga condition and the saints sainte as ng well and desirous of living ither ST religion lion and proving them wives dolves worthy of the blessings the wd has in store for the faithful sider elder john X magleby being a fluent and able speaker in the ig language greatly edified the atts ta upon upon the restoration of the pel he quoted scripture to s awe that it has been restored in its and showed that the gifts ld aw blessings are enjoyed by the stets ts today as they were ancient this concluded the first days ces before sunday morning services ve 8 bad ad the privilege of adding three oe souls soule to the church at t 1030 am conference again wn after the usual opening we attended to the con aarion aa tion of the baptized members 44 the administration of the sacra Arl milt indent ij dent william then delivered delile vereda red a spirited discourse upon furious fa principles of the gospel div trite excellent cellena cel lent exhort exhortation atou to the te in general and impressing jett ll 11 their minds the necessity of bj i 49 n theu their religion he also proved by jv scriptural evidence that the com or of the savior is near at hand i tat that the judgments of god are tia be poured out ou upon this genera w ir sl they do not repent 1 A andrewes Ad drewes were also made by the rowing bovi U 9 elders geo W davis reid heber J L wagstaff fad 0 D bodney the former two I 1 I 1 6 in ill the native tongue while e latter two spoke through an in acter elder magleby acting in i opacity capacity all gave excellent to the saints and bore gg testimonies to the work of god 1 T ba w names of the general an and authorities of the church were Daou sly sustained by the ti the following elders were be eted to labor in the dis B george romney jr as a et and george W davis 8 reid heber J wagstaff H ot u D romney as traveling el the statistical report was read u ia snowed showed W a most pleasing result acte U re having been added during the gr 01 ft months souls making a ad r of baptized since the da als yaw waa as organized in october 1887 qed total number of members in CU gag at the present time is sc L ef were seven meetings held t conference Gon ference five general an ani I 1 meetings all were aoh untended and excellent instruct h hil sa 48 given by all the elders tie liest beat of order was observed krati sa 8 of god prevailed th at the axman made the remark singing surpassed any that VA 00 heard among the nawt Q bt b t of this island much more ele be said with regard to the 0 and the districts but not permit as the mail 9 w place in about three min I 1 remain as ever your sincere brother in the gospel of christ 0 D bodney taumarere bay of islands new zealand february 1889 |
