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Show ELDER JONES' IN- , H TERESTING TAIX fe Three Years' Experience in the 'South IH Sea Islands. fl liNCOUNTFKS HfiAYY CYCLONIi AT SUA. H Character nnd Food of tho Natives Catholic Religion tho Pre- dominant Creed. A very interesting feature of the af- H teruoon services Inst Sunday was the H account that Elder James Jones gave TH of his Into mission to the Society nud H Marquesas Islands. Elder Jones loft. H Utah on this mission about three years' since, in company with Elder Orange H W, Earl of llunkcrvllle, Nevada. Dur- H ing the voyage from Snn Francisco to H Tahiti tho vessel in which the two el- H dors took passage encountered a cyclone H which enmo very nearly overturning it,, H but through the blessing ot the Lord H they were enabled to reach their destl- H nation in safety. Tho voyage was a. H long one, requiring HI days to make It. ' During most if not nil of the time, El- J dcr Jones wns a victim of that common' H affliction of many landsmen when at H sea, know ns sea-sickness. Arriving'.. H at Tahiti thoy remained u short time -B and then took passage for the Marques- H as group of Islands, distant eight hun- H drcd miles on the back trace. H Upon their arrival they were met by , Elder Holden who was in charge of the ' ""1 mission, ltro. Jones lost no timo be- fore getting out among the unlives and 'H beginning the study of the language, Al It being a recognized fact that this ii ) Tl I the best way of lcarniug such Ian- ''H Igunges. It took him about twelve ,,'H I months before he could use the imUV5W- Ll JumiuuhuflteleuUy well t p" reach, aT-'- ' "JBB Ulilohli'hU beenw i 'ao chnrgo .of l ineo'tlnpa after rarea Month's study. Vl I The Catholfo leliglon Is thu prevail- J Cl Ing faith there, and from that sect tho -j "! elders meet with considerable opposl- 1 tlon. The Marquesas Islands are uu- V-iiM der the French government, which Is ' Ijm not tho best government in the world, 1 and which has not done much for thu civilization of the natives, except ft may be to learn them to look to (he 1 white man as a superior being whose l example it is right to follow on all oa- , ensions as far ns possible. The result jTI Is that the standard of morality is very n low, for the class of whites that set the H examplu in this respect aro generally not of the best. To such a people thu H restraints of the gospel nro anything H but inviting, and consequently they are H slow to give heed to its principles. El- H dcr Jones did not add a single member Jl to tho church during his entire? mission. "H Tho natives of whom there aro about H three thousand ou the twelve Islands H which compose this grouri, live most,- ly on cocoa nut and bread fruit, aud . H many of them nre occupied in fishing. -H This mission is reputed to bo the mnU lonesome one on earth, and it is certainly a place that Is very much out of tho way. M Elder Jones made his return trip in H twelve days on board the steamer Marl- posa, n vessel of over three thousand H tons enpacity. H |