Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-03
PRECEDENT LORENZO SNOW.

This Il the birthday 81 President To-
rcnSc Snow. The venerable leader OF
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints ~ to be- congratulated on
reachlnR four-scorc and I'VE years on
the Journey ~ his ovontful life. II ~
Usually reserved until mans dcccase
10 publish particulars oi his career Hut
there y no good reason why this should
be the ruiz. and We therefore give a
brief and hurried sketch Of a few prom
inent Incidents In his history.
Lorenzo snow was born IN Mantun.
Portage county. Ohio. April .. 1914. ana
was the aon OF oilvcr aud l.. peitlbone
Snow. WIN were 81 the genuine Puritan
stock, tho father from aasaaohusrtts
the mother from Connecticut. ana were
among the earliest movers to the West.
being the eleventh family settling IN
that part Of Ohio the extreme point OF
penetration westward nj that time.
Ito was educated NJ obcrlln College. n
Presbyterian Institution. and ieft II
with the expression ~ there Il moth.
ing better than IL 10 ne found herc In
uberlin College. good bye 10 all re-.
ilRionn.'
Ills sister ELIZA u. SNOW. was teaoh.
inR school nj Kirkland when he Icf,
oberlin. and at her Invitation he went
TO Kirkland 10 attend Hebrew class.
~ she knew of his desire 10 obtain n
thorough knowledge NJ that language.
There he learned the principles ~ the
GOSPEL NJ revealed through Joseph
smith tho Prophet. and received them
with rladncrH. he was baptized by
John hoyntdn. then one Of the Twelve.
Apostles, In June, 1886. ana was con-
hImei = member m tho church. but ana
not receive tho knowledge and tertimo.
ny he expected until some weeks later.
when IN answer 10 secret prayer In n
grove. he received glorious mani.
fesiauon u the Spirit ~ God that niieJ
ma entire being and revealed To him
perfec' k'owledRc Of the existence Of
God the ChIisthood NJ Jesus. ana the
restoration ~ The everlasting gosp.l
IN The present aEc. This mnnifcstatlon
Wa subsequently several tines re-
pcst-d.
lin became intimately acquainted
with tho Prophet Ioaonh. wns pr,..nt
- The dedication Of tho iirunnd 1,m.
pie ana Witnessed tho great niinlfcsta.
Tons there was soon after ordained an
Elder ana In The spring of 1871 went
forth 10 travel without urrne and
scrip" lnhorlng IN the state uf ohio
and haptizinF IL number ~ converts.
IN The later part NJ Aprli. igs. the
Snow family moved 10 Far West. Mia.
tonfl' whore they arrived In Iuly, ana
In October Loonzo started again ON a
mlssionnry tour with Elder Ahci iiut.
terlrld. inaimg down tho allssouri
riNfr ON n singular lund og ridn amid
many dawerr, Mar mborinr for
awhile ~ ihp state ~ Missouri unsuc.
resffuliy. lhcy went Into Illinois md
thence 10 Kentucky. iahprlnE there Am
February, 1852. whom DO returned 10
ohio, whore he taught school In 1883 and
1870 with rfcnt success until h. lon
Tor NauToo about May l. ~ the latter
Year on tne eoth of Stay he started
on n mlrsion % 'lslonl. crossing the
tra M inc r.cfrlgo OF "a snlllnr vessel.
tho yoyagc laHuls forty-tw1 DAYS. AZ |
tor preachinr successfully m Liver pool.
Manchester and birmingham. no was
sent to IondoH, where he arrived Feb.
il, ISM ana presided ovcr tho bmnohcs |
OF tho ohuroh 40 that vlolaty.
~ The conference hold at Manchester
~ April, 1879, tho London conference |
was rrpFoHeutri hy Eldor Lorenzo |
Snow, cunflrtlng OF ton brnnrhe. Win |