Robert Louis Stevenson
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Novelist, Robert Louis Stevenson [Treasure Island], had
contact with the Mormon Church. He was from Scotland and received the Book of
Mormon, where?
a.
Canada
b.
United States
c.
Scotland
d.
Samoa
Yesterday’s answer:
B Hawaii
On August 20, 1851, three more missionaries arrived [Hawaii],
accompanied by their wives. One of them, Phillip B. Lewis, had been sent to
succeed Clark as president of the mission. With him were Francis A. Hammond and
Joseph Woodbury. The arrival of these men, along with the others who joined
them, gave fresh momentum to the work. By 1853 branches were functioning on all
of the inhabited islands with others being organized into conferences, one on
each of the smaller islands and more on the larger ones.
It was then deemed advisable to establish a gathering place for
the Hawaiian saints on one of the islands, rather than encouraging them to
migrate to Utah. Therefore, a tract of land was purchased on the island of
Lanai to which agricultural implements, building materials, seeds, etc. were
transported by small boats, and then carried from shore to village on the
shoulders of natives. Ephraim Green was placed in charge of the settlement
called “Palawai,” and cattle were transported in scows (flat-bottomed boats) to
the amazement of the natives.
Lesson Committee, Museum Memories-Daughters of Utah Pioneers, (Salt
Lake City, Talon Printing, 2010), 2: 195.
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