Mormon Pacific Historical Society
Keywords
Waikapu, Cannon, descendants of Abraham
Abstract
It was also at Waikapu, that the LDS doctrine that the island peoples are descendants of Abraham through Lehi and are heirs to all the blessings of Abraham and his posterity was revealed through Cannon. This doctrine has been accepted by Latter-day Saints ever since, but the fact that had its pronouncement through him was not known until Cannon explained this to the Saints at Waikapu on December 28, 1900. President Samuel Woolley wrote that President Cannon “told them they were of the seed of Abraham and he knew it because the Lord told him so at Lahaina.”1 Waikapu is the home of the Enoses and many missionary diaries speak of staying there with them.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
(2012)
"Waikapu,"
Mormon Pacific Historical Society: Vol. 33, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mphs/vol33/iss1/9
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