Show conference of the be of jesus jemis christ on llie sandwisch fland sand witch lalanda islands lalu LAIK OAHU hawaiian islands lands rs april 8 1887 editor deseret N news aws sunday morning april ad the time appointed lor for the annual erenee was ushered in by the rays of a bright and genial sun A large number of saints had arrived from other branches some of them from the other islands and all were awaiting the exercises of our four days meetings i each morning at the ringing of our meetinghouse meeting house bell and music by the band all gathered up to Lani huli hull and proceeded two b two to the meetinghouse following the band on the stand was president enoch farr together with fourteen elders irom from utah and seven of their wives the building budding was well filled with the bright eyed nicely dressed native saints and a few of their friends the choir of about 25 voices accompanied by the organ orean reA rendered dered appropriate hymns and anthems during the whole reports were first given by our white brethren who have been out laboring on the ther other 0 islands island they gave very encouraging deports generally from the saints spoke also of the wickedness of the people their desire for pleasure and the difficulty of turning them from the false christianity Christi adit to which the greater part of them lve have become wedded these reports accompanied compa nied by timely instruction to the people assembled were continued dur ng the morning and afternoon meet ng monday the ath was occupied in listening to the remainder of our brethren after which the native presidents of branches or their substitutes were i beard from relating the condi tion of the their respective irrespective branches each one brought broue ht the aloha or love of the saints to the conference and received in response the aloha from the assembly A curious feature of these greetings and one productive of intense good feeling among the natives is that which some adopt of carrying the love in a handkerchief the person representing the branch brings forth his bis handkerchief tied in a knot perhaps he therefore unties the knot waves the love con that the precious sentiment may be disbursed to the congregation then at the close of his bis remarks he ap spreads reads out his handkerchief and requests the aloha of the saints to take back to those ot of his branch who were unable to attend the conference they re respond ond with a unanimous aloha 19 te he then folds up his handkerchief stows it away in his ais pocket to be again unfolded or untied in the presence of the saints of his bis br anchon his return to them 1 on monday night an extra ine meeting eting was heia that all ot of the representatives of branches might be heard beard from after all had bad reported report bd td several of the old native residents spoke la in d a very spirited manner exhorting all church members to come and live permanently here at the gathering place that they might thereby live their religion more strictly and eventually be prepared to 91 gather ither up ap to zion tuesday the oth was devoted to the M X 1 I Association sand relief belief societies reports re ports from the various brandies bran clies showed that a goodly degree of interest is taken in them and that they are gradually bringing forth the good re suits that were anticipated in the organization of them in the evening a social entertainment was given in the schoolhouse school boase the members of the late laie band and chorus us as well as some of the white brethren and sisters took part in it making a very enjoyable occasion and displaying the musical talents of the young hawaiians Hawaii ans wednesday the closing daywan day was spent in listening to words of instruction encourage encouragement and praise from our presiding officers the presentation of the ox of church and the reading of the follow inz list of appointments for the ensuing term president of laie branch jacob F sates gates general president ol 01 of M 1 I associations eliby barrell general superintendent of sunday schools J JF F gates general dent of belief societies sister libbie noall storekeeper and bookkeeper E barrell teacher of english school choir and sugar boiler J F gates sugar dryer jas oswald missionaries to the island of hawaii robert taylor and hyrum S harris to maui maliand and molokai A almerrill AJ J merrill to oahu bahu and tl Kauai aasi matthew indall and enoch farr A number of the native elders were also called to assist in the missionary work the aggregate of means that have been donated toward building a new meetinghouse meeting house at honolulu was by the financial report to have reached the sum of this bouse is an am urgent necessity to aid us in our ear labors labor at the capital city for at the present time we find and the Calvi calvinet nUt sad i churches churched ad aalthe the church of england also well established among the people and other religions as for instance the seventh day Adventist sare seeking to gala gain a foothold therefore etore missionaries narRes to these islands find the prevailing false doctrines to combat as well as a language to learn however the total number of new baptisms performed during the last halt half year is lie while the total number of church chorea mem members beril Is we are happy to state that good health prevails here at present FREDERICK BRICK clerk |