They are employed as workmen in various occupations; but we think they should be in
communities where they can receive better advantages and be able to pay some at-
tention to the cultivation of the soil. We shall keep this matter before us, be-
cause it is one that we are already questioned upon by Brother Joseph H. Dean, who
has attained some success in preaching to the natives of the Samoan Islands, where
he and his wife have gone from the Sandwich Islands. The prospects there for con-
versions are very encouraging, and the steamer that carries this letter will con-
vey three Elders and the wife of one of them to the Samoan group, they having been
sent for by Brother Dean to assist him in his labors there.
In line with this counsel, we think it would not be a wise movement
for Brother Marriott to bring the young Maori sister of whom you speak, as it might
unsettle the people and make them desirous also of emigrating.
They are employed as workmen in various occupations; but we think they should be in
communities where they can receive better advantages and be able to pay some attention to the cultivation of the soil. We shall keep this matter before us, because it is one that we are already questioned upon by Brother Joseph H. Dean, who
has attained some success in preaching to the natives of the Samoan Islands, where
he and his wife have gone from the Sandwich Islands. The prospects there for conversions are very encouraging, and the steamer that carries this letter will convey three Elders and the wife of one of them to the Samoan group, they having been
sent for by Brother Dean to assist him in his labors there.
In line with this counsel, we think it would not be a wise movement
for Brother Marriott to bring the young Maori sister of whom you speak, as it might
unsettle the people and make them desirous also of emigrating.