up into the pulpit, and took a seat o n
each side of him. When he closed his
discourse, he asked me what hour we
would like to speak; I told him at
five; he gave out our appointment,
and invited us to his house. I asked
him how many school houses were on
the Island; he said four, and gave me
their names. I asked him if they
were free for any one to preach in; he
answered in the affirmative. I took
out my Bible, Book of Mormon, and
Doctrine and covenants, and laid them
all upon his stand; he promised to
read them. The hour of meeting arri-
ved, and I preached to a full house
upon the first principles of the Gospel,
and bore testimony that the Lord had
raised up a prophet, and had com-
menced to establish his church and
Kingdom again upon the earth, in
fulfilment of his word, as spoken
through the ancient Prophets and
Apostles. This was the first discourse
ever delivered by any Latter-day
Saint upon this chain of islands;
Elder Hale bore testimony. I gave
out appointments for preaching in
the four school houses. The people
came out in masses to investigate the
principles which we taught. In four-
teen days we preached nineteen dis-
courses. Capt. Justice Ames and
wife were baptized by Elder Hale.
Elder Newton, the Baptist minister,
with his family attended twelve of our
meetings, read the books, and was
convinced by the spirit of the Lord
that our doctrine was true, and he
had a hard struggle in his mind to
know which to do, receive or reject it;
he finally resolved to reject it, and
commenced preaching against us. He
sent for Mr. Douglass, Methodist
minister, on the South Island, to come
and help him; he had been long at
variance with Mr. Douglass, but they
became very friendly and united in a
war against us. We continued preach-
ing daily, until we baptized most of
the members of Mr. Newton's church,
and those who owned the meeting
house.

(To be continued.)

up into the pulpit, and took a seat o n each side of him. When he closed his discourse, he asked me what hour we would like to speak; I told him at five; he gave out our appointment, and invited us to his house. I asked him how many school houses were on the Island; he said four, and gave me their names. I asked him if they were free for any one to preach in; he answered in the affirmative. I took out my Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and covenants, and laid them all upon his stand; he promised to read them. The hour of meeting arrived, and I preached to a full house upon the first principles of the Gospel, and bore testimony that the Lord had raised up a prophet, and had commenced to establish his church and Kingdom again upon the earth, in fulfilment of his word, as spoken through the ancient Prophets and Apostles. This was the first discourse ever delivered by any Latter-day Saint upon this chain of islands; Elder Hale bore testimony. I gave out appointments for preaching in the four school houses. The people came out in masses to investigate the principles which we taught. In fourteen days we preached nineteen discourses. Capt. Justice Ames and wife were baptized by Elder Hale. Elder Newton, the Baptist minister, with his family attended twelve of our meetings, read the books, and was convinced by the spirit of the Lord that our doctrine was true, and he had a hard struggle in his mind to know which to do, receive or reject it; he finally resolved to reject it, and commenced preaching against us. He sent for Mr. Douglass, Methodist minister, on the South Island, to come and help him; he had been long at variance with Mr. Douglass, but they became very friendly and united in a war against us. We continued preaching daily, until we baptized most of the members of Mr. Newton's church, and those who owned the meeting house.

(To be continued.)