Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
PRESIDENT LORENZO SNOW.

srn,o snow. The venerable leader o'
the Church Of Jesus christ OF i',t'cr-
DAY saints h 10 be congratulated on
reaching fouf.scotc aud Ave years on
M fo,,rney u his evcn,fui NE. II u
urusiiy reserved until mans dcccaHe
10 rubbish particulars u his career. but
mere Il no good reason why this should
h, Inc rule. and We therefore EiNe
brlef ana hurried sketch of few prom
Inent incidents 10 his history
foferxo snow was born ~ Mahtuh.
, portare county. Ohio, April ., ISL, ana
lvaa he ,on of Oiiver and L. Petubone
Isnow. who we're u the genuine Puritan
xfock' the father from MassachnsrtlH.
ithr mother from Connecticut. and were
Iamons the earliest movers 10 the West,
being the eleventh family settlnn W
4 thnt part Of ohlo--ihe extreme POM o.
i penetration westward NJ inst vino.
\ Hc was educated al Oberlln College. a
p,e.lyfsfian Institution, and lcft u
Win The expression ~ there y noth.
inx better than Il 10 be found here IN
oheriin college, good bye TO all re-
lIrions." -.
ing r.hool al Kirkland when he lett
Obcflln. and at her Invitation he went
10 Kirkland 10 attend a Hebrew class.
a. .he knew Of his desire 10 obtain a
thorourh knowledge Of that language.
Thefe be- learned the principles u the
Oospsi. A. revealed through Joseph
Smith the Prophet. and received them
with riadnsFH. lie was baptized by
John Doynion, then one OF The Twelve
Apostles. In Juue. 1895. and was con-
Armed msmhtf OF me Chufch. ~, dld
not receive the knowledge and teatimo-
ny he expected until some weeks later.
when. In answer TO secret prayer In n
grove. he received glorious mani.
fs<tation u the Spirit Of God that filled
his ertirp being and revealed 10 him
perfect knowledge Of the existence %
Gcd. the Chrinshood of Jesus. and the
restoration Of the everlasting Gospel
In the present are. This fnanifestation
was subsequently, several times re-
pesfsd.
~ became Intimately acquainted
With the Prophet loscnh, was present
II the dedication Of the Kirkland Tenn
ple and witnessed the great manifestn-
lions there. was soon after ordained nm
Elder. and In the spring % iss1 went
scfir." iatofinx IN the State OF Ohio
ard bsriirirg a number Of converts.
In the latter part OF April. is1s. the
Snow family mov-. = ~. West. Mis-.
sSuri. whers they arrived In July. and
In ottoref tofsnro started again on a
missionary tour. with Elder Abel Hut.
tsfr<id. floating down the Missouri
river on a singular kind o. skin amid
many dangers. After laborlng for
awhile In the State of Missouri unsuc-
cs~sfuIly. they went into Illinois and
thence 10 kentucky, iaborinv there I'M
February. 's-s when he returned TO
nhlo. vhsrc h. ssnrht school In ~, AMI
lso with great success until he left
Tor Nau,oe about May !, Of IN, latter
rear. On the 10Th ~ May he started
On . rn'ssien 10 England. crossing tho
80 In the stesraee of sailing vessel,
the voyage lasting fortv-two days. A..
Ter preaching successfully IN Liverpool.
Manchester and birmingham. he waa
cent 70 london. where he arrived Feb.
u. itr. and presided over the branche.
u the Church. IN fhnt vicinity.
~ The conference held NJ Manchester
IN Arnf, 1850. the LONDON conference
vas represented by Elder LORENZO
snow, consisting ~ ten branchra, with
20 members IL had baptized a mum
hsr " people and during his stay In
London presented 10 Queen Victoria
and ftince Albert two nneiy bound
copies u the Book 81 Mormon. ths
rifi 81 President brigham Young. In
January, 1854 nruiher Snow .mharked
On The ship swanton, with 20 Saints.
~ ths way 10 Sauvoo. whore they az.
nve1 IN Apfil, lie wAa Fladiy received
~ the Prophet Joseph Smith. who
subsequently, explained 20 him per-
riafe. "-
While on mission 10 Kirkland he
learned o. the assassination N the
frvnhst and Patriarch and rcturned
70 NAuvoo. lie received his endow.
merits With his wives In the Nnuyoo
Temple and left that city IN the exo-
Nv And vas appointed captain OF
ten when the camp was Organized for
travelling by President nrieham Young
IN The rprlnH Of ISIS he organized a
company 70 Join President Young and
move 70 The mountains. lie was 40.
pointed captain u one Of the hun.
Lake VALLEY, :" Wv 'N'
On February 18th he was ordained a
mrnssf " the Quorum % the Twelve
apostles AZ the October conference he
VA svpolnltd on mission 10 ltaI,
ana ltit on the 18th of that month for
~. s,.t lie started from New York
~ liverpool March %. lssl After
".uhk LONDON and Paris he arrived
.sheA June 18th. sen, Elders Into
ny ils'moni valley. and Issued pub.
Under bis direction tho ilook M no,
mon war translated into the Italian
language The Gospel WAS nlao intro.
aueed into Switzerland, and ano,he,
pshpnlct was published. The Aneien,
s~i,i RESTORED" a number Of pe1pi-
WI. oaplifei and the tract well known
among me f-inis entitled, "The Oni,
mH 70 " hayed," was Issued. After
nnunE the Church In Wales Iid.,
nhe" returned TO Switzerland ana Iial,
INC proceeded 10 Malta, spending a ~
asp N Gibraltar and returned home
" way Of Portsmouth, London ana
ia,v s'fool; arriving In Salt Lake city,
u The far o. sts he was elected a
n nsmp.l o. ne legislature Of Uiah and
S a.. e 'hat position until 1883 m
~. SNOW was directed by Prrsident
nFHham Young 20 locate 10 fan'iltss
10 BOX Elder county and vas ann.,in,'.a
president OF that Stake OF Zion ,rhsr.
" u,kAhized the brigham CIV Mo-
sshne and Manufacturing associatien
rnN furnlshed employment m y
xsn 49,. .anher u people and for ninny
ysan was very ruccenfui In tset
e. VEN Win other brethren IA IN,
,h ~. lhl.nds. and on March 9ist
, ~. ,"a, " which they Mere endesyer'
~ fsarh the shore was eapsls.I
ha, hlnsr Snow was partly drowned
c',,, 80 'r.useia'ed with great aim
ps,n ~ ". elqrclse u much falth.
fornIrn "'ns 70 nrlfham City after per.
Har"li., w, Necessary work In the
Won TO the building ~ ~ sat Auel-
uls ana manufacturing lnsii,,, ' '',,
W., p,aee, called The ilnitsa o,S y,
sc,,asm wy. Capital stock waa suh
,s rssn = store estabilshea snp.
ssn,nsy' MOTT and shoe shop $3.50 se
ssc,e,y sh.'p herd, cattle herd ch pa
r,lis h.i factory, shlnris mini .