Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-21

In her youth Miss Snow became an en-
pert uoedlewoman. She also eNcelied IN
straw work. which was then IN great
demand. Two years In succession, she
drew the prize awarded by the com
mite on manufactures at the county
fair, for the best manufactured Leg
horn.
When quite young she commenced
writing for publication In several Jour
nails. which she continued to do TOT
several years. over assumed sls .u Va
Wishing to be useful as writer eio
vet unknown except by intimate
friends During the contest between
Creecp aud Turkey ghc said she watcn-
ed with deep interest the events OF tha
war. and after the terrible destruction
OF Missolonghi by the Turks. she wrote
an article entitled The Fail OF MIS-
soIonghi soon after Its publication,
the deaths of two of the patriot fnthers'
eY- Presidents John Adams and THOMAS
Jefferson, occurred on the same memoir
obIa day. the Fourth OF July. 1895. ana
she was requested through the press
to write their requiem, 10 whlch shc
responded and found herself ushered IN
To couspicuity subsequently she was
awarded eight volumes OF Cooley
I.ady's Book" for a prize poem pun
llshed In one of the journals.
"The writing OF the requiem on inc
death OF Jefferson and Adams AFFORDED
a theme well suited to the lotty ana
patriotic spirit which always chhrac-
terzed Miss SHOWS muse WIN ths
appearance of the poem answering the
request In the publications of the day,
the Young authoress suddenly found
herself becoming famous, which she
would far rather have avoided. ter
nature was TO shun notoriety rather
than seek II, which can readily he ul-
derstood nv all who have read her
When /
Die" and the one on retirement.
Miss Snow was ushered into the So
oiety OF learned and distinguished peo-
ple. among whom were Alexander
Campbell, the noted scholar and theo-
loglan. the founder of the Campbellite
sect: Sidney Rigdon and other rehned
students In 1886 Miss SHOWS mother
and her elder sister, Leonora having
previously Joined the Church of Jesus
Christ OF Lattertday Saints, visited the
saints at Kirkland. on their return
home they bore testimony OF the truth
of Joseph Smiths divine mission ana
the truths taught by him. which caused
Eliza to investigate the new religion.
She found Il true and became member
OF the Church, being baptized April .,
1875. The following December she re-
moved from Mantua Portage county,
o. wher., her fathers family had re-
sided for many years. TO Kirkland OIL
gathering place of the saints. she
boarded with the family of the prophet
ana taught select school FOR young
ladies' II can e understood what tho
struggle must have been, In leaving
her childhood's home Ga place most ten
derby and beautifully described In her
poem entitled My own Home with It's
cherished inmates, giving up all her
worldly prospects and the glowing ann
billions which her successes would nat
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devoting her life thenceforth to the
service of the Lord, with despised and
prosecuted people. She pictures better
perhaps or at least as well as 1t is pos
sible for human tongue TO tell or pen
to portray, i'm her immortal poem, Eve
ming Thoughts. or What 1t Is To BE
Saint" From that time forth her every
thought and effort We're for the interest
and building up the kingdom OF God.
She was the first secretary of the Re-
lief society organized March ~ 1872
and was the second president OF the So
ciety in all the world.
She embraced every principle re-
vealed from heaven. During the per-
secutions and exodus OF the saints, sne
comforted and consoled them and en-
couraged all by her cheering WORDS
Many OF her poems were written while
shc was travelling over the plains or In
other words, the great American des-
| efl. Ene ALSO pleslueu over Ntic tohhB
| Ladies' Retrenchment association for
| years. In company with her brother
| Lorenzo and others, she left Salt Lake
| city In October, 1872, visited Palestine
| and the holy land. She worked
| many years IN the Endowment House
| and blessed hundreds of her sisters;
| and also worked in the st. George,
| Logan and Manl temples, blessing the
living and redeeming her dead She
aided in organizing the first Primary
association in Pennington, Davis co"
Sept T. 1875, and was foremost in
| every measure or enterprise for the
good OF the people, untiring and ener-
! getio in her efforts to assist I'm build
| Ing up the kingdom of God, and pro-
| noting the interests OF Zion,
"She died on Dec. g. 1887, after lin
| gerlng sickness, brought on by an ac-
| cident nearly two years before her de-
| mise. She bore her AFFECTIONS with
| patience and great fortitude to the
| last moment OF her life. and almost
| her last words on earth We're bless
ing TO her friends. Although believing
we should always try by our faith
| and works 10 prolong our lives for
| usefulness, she was glad when the end
! came. Patriarch John Smith and her
| brother Apostle Lorenzo Snow, visited
| her a few days before her death. and
| told her her work was done and her
| mission was full, ana she was ready
| To go. She was greatly beloved by all
who had the privilege OF her acquaint-
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