Show tt 1 1 MN I 1 Z 1 r 1 IN THE SOUTH SEA pro ress of the lie gospel work on the sandwich islands one of the most flourishing missions of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints is on oil the islands of the south sea cheerful evidence of the progress of the gospel work in that part of the vineyard is given give n b by a communication from elder edward dward partridge PI president of the sandwich islands mission published in the dereld aws of october we learn from that very interesting letter that on october gab 1883 the new church building of the saints at laie babu oahu hawaiian islands was dedicated in presence of the king the corner stones of that edifice devoted to the worship of t the it e almighty had been laid on april 6 1882 in presence of his majesty 1 the king 0 kalakaua the tile following description of the structure is given in elder partridges account the building 3 a frame one with substantial rock foundations fact feet 10 19 feet beilin ceiling with three center pieces turned from winch which doland chandeliers there are BIS six largo Y w ill dowa dows on each side 11 feet in in aej height from the ground to the top of belfry and a 14 feet lag z polo 10 above e that two tw 0 of stairs lead to tho the singers gallery the tile bell weighs 0 tp pounds tho the inside of the bui building fili ng is is tastefully finished and fainted painted and provided with comfortable le seats to accommodate people or more the dedication ceremonies of october ath appear to have been very impressive even solemn and the presence of the king lent it additional dit ional effect and form it also appears from tho the report that not only the natives are on the best of terms with the elder of the church from utah but that the king is paying considerable attention and what we might call deference to the management of the mission a very encouraging feature notwithstanding 9 tho th a opposition op si of the honolulu Garette is is generally adverse to tho the royal government and consequently to clery everything thing and everybody in the reach of royal benignity from the report of tho the sandwich islands semiannual semi annual conference ap ended to the first named r port wo glean the following remarks of his majesty Alo jesty tit tho king who res responded a I 1 ded to loan an invitation by prest P partridge he Ile responded expressing himself as highly plen pleased sed with again meeting vuth with the latter day saints he ile said lie was here at the laying of the cor ner stone in april 1882 at which time tinie lie enjoyed blin himself self exceedingly well but now his pleasure leasure was tenfold greater ourt our house 0 use was splendid and did us credit was fa far beyond his expectations he ile was pleased to sec see our oneness and urged us to L continue our good works sai said d the saints were his best subjects in in fulfilling the laws and keeping tho tile peace of the kingdom ho ile could not speak long iong nor yet vet remain ion long ai pressing pr essin engagements railed called him else w litre her majesty ahe queen very much regretted that she could not accompany him being detained by the serious illness of her sister the governess of hawaii she had sent a letter of regrets but because of tile shortness of the tune time ha lie would not read it ho ile gave it to president partridge on the eth three more meetings mec tiu were held at winch the following statistic i were presented showing ft a roost most nourishing flourishing condition of the tile sandwich islands inis mission sion old members new baptisms during luring this term terin of six months usg removed 99 90 deaths 77 excommunicated 53 number vf children under eight years carf of age of whom 77 have boon boen blessed this term ter u t total otal cuili number er of boul souls at the present time financial mission missionary arv fund amount in lit aaril cull 1883 M SC received disbursed 20 10 amount in treasury number of relief societies 15 number nu aber of in members embers number of mutual improve emont associations 8 members 2132 number of sabbath schools 9 pupils |