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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 18, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 45.

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TAHITI ITEMS.

Brother L. C. Chapman, of Papeete, Tahiti, sends the following items of interest inclosed in a private letter:—
Sunday, July 30, Elder Read spoke to quite a large company of natives who had assembled at Arue to witness the laying of the corner stone of the first Seventh-day Adventist Church of Polynesia. Their attention was called to the fact that most of the world are building on foundations that are false, and that in building on Christ we have a hope that is sure and steadfast. A good interest was manifested, and the prospect is bright that soon we will have a comfortable house of worship. The natives sang, for one piece on this occasion, No. 1396 "Hymns and Tunes," which had previously been translated into the Tahitian.
Word comes to us through natives from Rurutu that the Pitcairn stopped there for eight days. The native pastor had been informed that Rom. 1:25 applied to us, and he was not at all glad to see the ship. Many of the natives were displeased to have the pastor act so, and of course there was a division among the people. We trust it will result in further study of the word of God to see if these things be so.
A new man has arrived in this field to take charge of the work of the Mormons in this place. He is of the division of that church called "Latter-day Saints," and has, among other titles on a card, the announcement that he is a high priest, and in a sermon he recently said that he had discovered that Christ did not come to save sinners.
Brother Henry Dean is now in Tahiti and is assisting in translating a number of Bible readings and other matter.