Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-03
PRESIDENT SHOWS BIRTHDAY,


Today President Lorenzo SNOW
reached the advanced age OF eighty
seyen years. He was born at Mantua,
Portage county, Ohio, April g. 1914 lie
is Of Puritan descent. He received an
academic education at Ravenna' Ohio
and when twenty.one years OF age
entered oberlln college and was intend
ing TO obtain the further advantages Of
fered in an eastern college, when he
became acquainted with the Prophet
Joseph Smith at Kirkland, in 1885, and
embracing the Gospel entered upon the
ministry. In which he has been actively
engaged ever since
This meeting with the Prophet OF the
Nineteenth century was crisis In his
earthly career. His tastes were mill
tary. He was commissioned by the
Governor Of Ohio as a Lieutenant in the
State militia. He doubtless would have
figured prominently IN his country's
history as a military leader, II Provl-
dence had not turned the tide OF his APP
pirations and eminent abilities in a more
peaceful and sacred direction. He was
predestined for the apostolic life and
marked for a leader In the theological
field, and on the practical lines Of
religion that enters into all the duties
Of man whether temporal or spiritual,
AS an Elder In the Church Of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints he Travelled
without purse or scrip" enduring the
hrdships and viclssitudes attending
that arduous work, and passed through
all the prosecutions and drivngs OF the
Saints In early times. Visitors who COM
pllment him on his well-preserved
appearance, express the opinion
that he must have taken great
care OF himself during all these
years Of his earthly existence.
They little know the tolls and
travels and pHvatlons he endured In
those early times, and the trying ex-
periences through which he has passed
until a very recent period.
In 1870 Bider Snow went on a mission
to England, and aided In the establish
ment Of the Church in that country. He
presided over the London conference,
was counselor TO the President Of the
Mission, and published bis well known
pamphlet, THE Only Way TO be
Saved which has been the means Of
bringing many people into the Church,
having been translated into several
languages He returned to this country
reaching NauyoO In the spring Of 1S43.
In charge Of company Of about $50
emlgrating Saints.
He was active in ministerial and edu-
catlonal work at Nauyoo, and a captain
In the Nauvoo Legion. He was in the
vanguard Of the companies that left
Nauvoo after the martyrdom Of the
Prophet Joseph and the Patriarch Hy.
rum he came 10 Utah In lsis. leading
train OF hundred wagons. He was
ordained an Apostle Feb. y. 1912. and
In October Of that year went on a mis-.
zion TO Italy, where he published the
Book Of Mormon and other works in the
l'allan language, and sent missionaries
70 other lands, lie was prominent IN
building up this Territory, was elected
. The Legislature IN 1859. and served at
every session Until 1859 being for many
years The President Of the Council
In 1885 he founded Brigham CITY
where he built Up a most successful Coz
operative system which employed
large number OF people who prospered
greatly tn many branches ~ Industry.
III 1913 ne went on a mission 10 the
sandwich Islands, and vas drowned
"nile approaching the island OF Maui in
oOa' which was upset. but was re.
,N'l through the faith and efforts Of
u's friends In lsi2 he made his famous
NIP TO Palestine With President George
a smith and others. particulars OF