| Show THE WORK IN NEW ZEALAND hawkes bay conference N Z october 11 1897 early in september I 1 set out accompanied compa com panted nied by elder H B jensen t to make a tour of this district and complete arrangements for our quarterly quart erIT conference which was to be held at Ti kokino on the 2nd and and 3rd ard of oct acu during which tour we had the pleasure of holding eleven meetings anft performing five baptisms blessing five children setting apart a counselor to a branch and performing one on marria geWe also were under the painful necessity of making one excommunication ni on september I 1 reached to te hawke having parted with elder jensen who was going through to the south end of the district to meet some expected elders the following day a large crowd of people gathered to receive a noted chief Ta mahan ant and the maori soldiers the latter party having recently returned from a tota to england to attend the queens juall lee the greater part of the night wao spent giving animated speeches bak bj denizens denizen 3 welcoming the visitors an and replies by them in which they reported having had a very cordial reception by the quean queen in person two or kf them being saints had had the pleasure of the acquaintance of a number of the elders and attending some lat lait ter day saints meetings in england on the morning of the alt while at the station in company with a multitude gathered to see the company take the train in continuance of ahw journey where a number of ent hoaf aftic parting hakas were given T r had the pleasure of meeting eilden E F richards accompanied by J N lambert president of the mcf hia district who were both in average condition of health and spirits later in the day we proceeded to the tha place of destination on the dinst a number of elders and saints aadal had already gathered at 10 a m on the 2nd and dinst we tor for our two days conf confere ereaM oceh present from zion were E F r richard Rieb arft mission president david lendsay conference president H L br As B jensen R S mckinnon and 0 0 16 andrus and a good representation of local priesthood saints and friends eight bight meetings were held including elders and priesthood were addressed by the zion elders and A number of native bretherd ethem br the report showed twenty nine additions and six marriages since april conference much valuable instruction was given we were blessed with a great outpouring of the spirit and a general time of rejoicing we performed one baptism and blessed one child on the ath dinst the people dispersed to their various homes and the elders set out for tamaki forty miles distant the following morning elders dimond penton bradford ellis mckinnon and andrus proceeded to their fields of labor president richards and elder lambert remained to attend to some very important co and other business besides which three inee meetings tings were held and one addition made and they continued their journey this afternoon to visit the conference we have had a week of almost continuous rain and the people are beginning to fear that their seeds will rot in the ground your brother in the gospel DAVID LINDSAY rome home address bennington idaho |
