Show ON BOARD THE OGDEN may 11 1897 on the steamship blowers in the toft of honolulu hawaiian island four returning missionaries elders elder farrell hatch H most myself with daughter sixteen Rawa lions and hundreds hund rede of other passengers wengen were eta sta tiding on dock deck Ba toning to sweet of music by the excellent brats band of honolulu vessel veel one oae of the mail te amera of grest great britain the band closed obed its 1111 serenade with god save the queen while the band was playing hundreds reds of native latter day saints gathered fathered at the he docks alongside the be kalp hip and ami am a soon as AN the playing eaber the he choir struck up their lovely native aloha with the c horus in we all meet meat again all the passengers thronged thron ged the dock deok on oa ate ade side of the vessel next the arera and hundreds of spectators from the town filled the dock yard to 1 ita ft full fall capacity apparently spellbound while bey listened with breath ja jem attention to the sweet songs and ie brilling harmony harmany rendered by this most moat excellent choir chelf As AB soon boon as aa aloha was waa angshed the natives on leok deck gang bang a nice response and the he loging alternately continued by the two we choirs until the ship began to move mave T then hen the choir on en shore were tender render tug teg a most moat charming place piece and an aa we drifted out towards toward the ocean we cast V lingering look behind and listened to the sweet strains that floated in the air lr and we gazed intently upon the lovely island of bahu oahu until it was hobt to co view mad and we could see eee nothing but the urging waves of the boundless pacific ocean soon boon the honolulu Muren Ne engers gera were ass aea sick alck and imitated sach ach other in leading over the side aide ot of the ghe vessel to give their suppers luppen to the aeries fl ahei sunday day may and 2nd the day was fine at 10 a 0 m the bell rang to call we to religious services or of we church of england conducted by apala captain ap aln charles william hay the elders aldera were present prea ent cap ulu tala hay rt r quested requested that we bold service at 8 p in and offered to 10 have hare the me WI rung rang to announce the meeting AM at the ringing of the bell we repaired to the social ball and found it crowded with the first ant class many of whom were wealthy and highly educated ted A lady very to in music bayed we the piano for us an and some ot 01 the officers and passengers assisted in abe be singing elder eider mendenhall or of fend the opening prayer and after singing again elder william W burton burcon addressed the audience for about an hour la in response to a rf request quest that we would woula speak on the revelations revelation given alven to the latter day saints the apostasy po stasy from the faith ot the church was clearly shown also aso that the condition of the religious world was waa much the same when the savior came in person to sn minister Inister among the children of men as when god raised railed up the prophet joseph smith to open this abia last diepen bation their prophets prophet and seers bad been cursed the angels had ceased tu to minister to man the heavens had bad been closed and all that was wa left them were the writings tinge of moses and the beta and revelation to them was neither known nor believed in ID the ho homilius milies of the church of england and nd john bealey d sermon were in which it la Is stated that thai all the religious religions world men women and children clergy clerey and laity were on en in idolatry for years yc rei paul pauls s third chapter of hll big boond second epistle to timothy was waa referred to set ting forth that a falling away would come when men man would be lovers lover ol of pleasure more than lovers lovera of god having only a form of godliness god liner but the he thereof and all christian denominations laving having rejected revelation and aad no man according to scripture being authorized to preach or administer to in the ordinance of the gospel coipel bod as an was waa aaron it was waa therefore evident that no man in all the earth had ad authority to act in the be name of we lord until some rome one should be called of goj god as aa was Aaron The first vision of she prophet J ph was waa related quotation were read fr from isaiah chapter 29 and ezekiel chapter foretelling the coming forth of the book of mormon the testimony tei of the she three witnesses was read elder william 0 farrell follo folio wed bearing testimony to what elder bur ton on bad said bald and testified that god had bad spoken from the heavens in this thie jay day and aad that men again had bad been called by direct revelation to adminis ter to the be children ol of men in the name game of the lord when brother farrell closed his re marks mark a gentleman gen ileman role roie to him feet io in an excited manner and said that we were very uncharitable in claiming lost all the christiaa aeota of tile aay were acting without authority he know knew of good men who are minla minING era rB in different christian denominations that have bave done a great deal of good he had bad heard board a great many very bad reports about our people and one in stance canoe he be would relate some very vary particular friends of hla his moth mother or joined the be latter day church and althou although gu his kittier pledged with them bem against leaving their good home and emigrating with the people so ao much spoken against they w went 6 on with the eldera eider who got all their money from them eider burton then stated that bat tie be had an uncle in tile town own of bradford t yorkshire england that owned the house that thai he lived in and a good took of dime and the tore store that he be was waa doing ou business siness in he 9 11 1 J cuts out emigrated tu to nauvoo sad invested love eted in lands land there and nude made him a comfortable home and ana toen etien lost loat ail but the elders eiders did not take lake his property but of our enemies en emlea drove iff eff bli big took stock robbed him ot ol hta bin means meana and corn com felled him to leave his house home and lands lande without compensation the per petro toH of buon deeds deeda have been in erea tore teci sed lu biking and circulating doriea like abe one the gentleman bai J juat related here the captain arose to hia big feeland feet and said aid that hat he thought wat that the gentle man had oo no reason to take exceptions to anything that bat had been said raid and if be did not feel satisfied BaUa fied the gentlemen would no doubt meet him on the morrow and explain further here a mr knowles took the floor door and asked permission to speak which was wae granted him he then said aard 1 I think that the gentleman who has interrupted the meeting had no reason to take exception to anything that has ha been vaid eaid these gentlemen oame came here by invitation and gave you what you asked for and if doo dont it like it take it home with you and say ay nothing about it the main difference between these theme gentlemen and other ministers la Is that after preaching to us u they dian didn it ask k us ui fur for a shilling billing we then doled closed the meeting by singing in which the he congregation heartily joined benediction by elder moss moia the following day the saloon pas pa mangers engere appe appease atel 1 more friendly with us UK than before we the meeting and some borne of them informed us that bat the congre gation gallon did not disperse till nearly mid night they were discussing diou uin what they bad heard board and made it so 10 buncom tor for table for our oar opponent that he made an apology for having interrupted us and later came and to one of the elders elden gave we head steward ateward a card containing our articles article of faith which he put up lo in a conspicuous place soon boon many gathered around to read it after which many of the must prominent passengers Biengen pa applied to us ua for our articles Art lolea of felth feith to take home with them until our store was waa exhausted WM W BulaT 01 |