New Zealand Temple
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It was if the temple couldn’t be built fast enough,
but who was observed running with loaded wheelbarrows at the construction of
the New Zealand Temple?
a.
The regular proselyting
missionaries
b.
The labor
missionaries
c.
The contractor
d.
Young men and
women from local wards
Yesterday’s
answer:
C Hawaii
The first Latter-day Saint missionaries arrived in Hawai’i
on December 12, 1850. These missionaries preached the gospel until 1858, when
Brigham Young called them home to Utah because of the impending Utah War. Seven
years later in 1865, Young sought to revive the Church in Hawai’i. As part of
his efforts, he wrote to King Kamehameha V requesting permission to establish a
colony in La’ie to teach Hawaiians “the arts of industry and
self-preservation,” so they could “be benefited morally and physically.” In response,
John Dominis, secretary to King Kamehameha V, wrote: “His Majesty . . . hopes
that no effort will be made to found a ‘colony’ on His shores—and to gather his
people for instruction in the principles professed by Your Church.” Although
polygamy had hindered the Church’s efforts for a decade, I contend that the
King’s objection to Brigham Young’s 1865 request arose not from opposition to
this religious doctrine, but from the kingdom of Hawai’i’s fear that the
Latter-day Saints would use the colony as a foothold from which to take over
the islands.
Voyages of
Faith-Explorations in Mormon Pacific History, Grant Underwood, (Brigham Young University Press, Provo, Utah: 2000),
49-50.
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