Show HAWAIIAN MISSION lale laie babu oahu H I 1 oct 8 1897 conference of the semiannual annual A the semi emi hawaiian mission has just been con where elders and at late laie eluded here b have been permitted to join instructions and seeking seeker ig fe once nce more in hand conr comfort from a divine arence commenced on sunday oct 3 a good attendance chere ere was present i of saints saini ts from late lale and surrounding branches besides a fair representation i islands of thes the group on atom awn other following elders the the B stand were zion samuel E wool and aid bisters from ley president of the hawaiian mission H birdno F edwin win 10 dibble george leate AIs R jenkins jenkens john D hooper jok garff wili H brinton george P ham D hill edwin W fifield samuel S whitaker chas W paget J james 1 hancock john A ahlstrom chas C bush buah thomas A abraham vernandez ernandez william A williams wilf llam B davis joseph G maughn par ley p musser robert R sant ella C birdno tryphena B garff elizabeth C williams and jennie musser the first session was devoted to general conference during which the sacrament was administered followed by arop appropriate instructions from elder Wa Wb olley several sessions were then by different church 9 eions the sunday schools of late lale kahana Kalu anul anut and waikiki pre exercises as aa a review of their studies during the last six months the mutual improvement associations of late laie waikiki and kahana gave similar exercises and devoted some time to the hearing of reports from associations in the adjacent islands the general relief societies occupied one session during which instructions were given pertaining to that branch of missionary work and reports were given of as many societies as practicable during the remaining sessions instructions were listened to from the traveling elders who also gave an account of their recent labors among the people altogether twelve meetings were held and the spirit of the lord was abundantly poured out upon all both foreign and native elders seemed led to bear strong testimonies concerning the divinity of the latter day work on the closing day oct 6 the general and local church authorities were presented and unanimously sustained together with the island appointments for the ensuing half year the latter being as follows temporal samuel E woolley manager of late laie plantation jos H brinton assistant manager geo P garff school teacher and bookkeeper jennie musser assistant alsista I 1 nt school teacher ella C burdno store keeper sisters woolley garff and williams to attend to their respective domestic labors wro wm A williams and wm B davis to engage in erecting buildings and machinery and assist in other labors on the plantation ecclesiastical lewis leals R jenkins and abraham fernandez to labor in honolulu branch E W fifield and Ke kealoha aloba john D hooper and john A ahlstrom kanai geo H Pird no parley P musser and S W Kahoe North hawaii thomas awad douds samuel paget and ah pat fat south hawaii chas C bush and rob art R sant hilo wm D hill jos 0 maughn and N K Hia Hta paole west anut and molokai jos S whitaker chas W hancock east maul P pleases 1 ases edwin C dibble was re to return to his home in zion edwin W fifield was sustained as clerk of the mission the hilo conference comprising the districts of hilo and puna was created last april thus making three conferences feren ces of the island of hawaii maut maul has now ben divided into two conferences ferencek feren ces east and west and it is hoped that thereby more effective work can be done in stimulating the saints to activity and spreading the gospel among non members one hundred and fifty seven persons have been added to the fold during the past six months which makes us feel that we labor not in vain the singing which was furnished by late laie choir was excellent and showed diligent work on the part of the leader sam lua and members many were the expressions of good will toward one another and a feeling of contentment exists generally among the people the late laie saints opened their homes to those in attendance from other places while they also did much toward making the visitors comfortable the fact that a feeling of hospitality toward the elders continues to be shown among the people with a desire among non mem bers to investigate and observe the requirements quire ments of the gospel gives evidence that there to is yet room for the accomplishment of a great work in the future notwithstanding the gospel has been preached n this mission for many years an abundance of rain has generously descended much to the improvement of growing crops with thanks to him in whose cause we labor the members of our little colony feel more determined than ever to prove ourselves diligent servants in the masters vineyard the latest mission missionary axy arrival iq in our midst is a little stranger from another world born bom on september alth to brother and sister woolley a son joseph tor for such he has been christened is pleased with missionary life and seems well fitted for a long sojourn in mortality sister woolley was thus prevented from taking part n the conference proceedings may the news continue to defend the principles of Mormon mormonism sm EDWIN C DIBBLE clerk of mission |