| Show tr THE GIAND GRAND DESTINY OF MAN MANOH County House Salt BaIt IVe OH at Mill 11 Creek Ward Want Meeting 1 1 Iii h Utah on Sunday lumly IT LORENZO SNOW BY iY PRESIDENT PRESIDENT of 0 tho the Prophet of His Fits Early Eary incidents mony ol of th the Josoph into tho the Attempt Holy Missionary of Man n Grand Orand Destiny to Speak in Public and Husbands Admonished to be I Tour Your Bishop brethren and slaters wishes me to Address 1 you U for tor n a 1 short shott time nid ul I 1 havo have cI pleasure In answering nn his lila wishes Over Ocr sixty years ago I saw laW for Cor the Smith the tho Prophet t of first fut time Joseph Joeph tho lie Lord LOII Ho no was wal holding a I In the tho town of ot Hiram Ho He 10 was about three threE miles mies from where I was born bornand hor Ho was woe standing by a adoor adoor adoor and Out brought up 10 l door and all talking to an CUI audience l of oe about aboul persons under a n bowery bower I J Iwas Iwas was WaB about eighteen years nars of age I 1 lied hud heard something about the Mor Mormon mon muon Prophet I felt some sonic tc to tee see him him and Ind Judge for myself ai a ho hue was generally believed to be bo a false two sis ate sisters sisters prophet t My mother and my tore ne no of whom who was wal J It H Snow received the principles of at and Ind were baptized At the time line I re refer reen fer teI en to Joseph Smith was WIS not what would be b called caled a speaker He lie simply bore lore his hula testimony to what the Lord had manifested to him hll to o the die dis dispensation Ils had been becu of the Gospel which ha committed to him and an to the lie author authol authority fly ity Iy that t he lie possessed As I looked Upon pon him hll and listened I 1 thought to myself 1 sel that it n milan man bearing LOllIng sub Uh 1 a j wonderful testimony an ns he hI did and auth having such Buch a 1 countenance as a ha lie Poe poo OD ODes leased es ed could hardly harly be a I false talo prophet He lie 10 certainly could not have hav been do iii I it I seemed seamed to me rae and If he lie waa tUa Wid Wida a a deceiver he lie was Wl deceiving the tue people knowingly for tOI when he lie testified that he ho lied had a I conversation with wih Jesus the Son of God and had talked with Him personally ns liS Moses lo el Is U said to have talked with wih Owl God upon Mount SI SInal SInal nal nl auth that ho he hI haI also ulso heard the voice of if t th the he Father l ther he was taa nl telling something that ho either ller knew to bo be 10 false or positively true I 1 was not at that time tIhIt 11 What hat hal might be called a are re religious boy ho but lut I was Interested In what I saw and heard ther then However being bus busy In other directions It passed measurably out of ot my m mind Some two years ears anti and a n halt half later hater business called me to My two sisters hall hiatt been llen there thelo for some time line and ane I 1 made moie my nil home mome ole with them thor There I became perfectly acquainted with wih Joseph I seph Smith the tho Prophet I 1 at lt his table bible and Ind had hada hadIt a It 1 number of ot conversations with him himI I also became somewhat Intimate with wih hIs bis amer Tho Thin first time I 1 saw sass sa Fa Fit 1 1 tIter thAI Smith he was holding hoMing n a patriarchal blessing nt at which there were twelve or fifteen persons person present pe ent I was WM then starching searchIng to know whether there theme was wits any iY truth In I Ihal had bad hal never experienced ai thing super supernatural supernatural natural with wih one slight exception and end andI endI I did not know kno that anything supernatural tural hud hod ever been exhibited tho the children of ot men I had heard Methodists to and anI others otherl relate their experience t f 11 i nought tough I could couii c attribute t te nil n lt for me tu o r such T 1 p HU c H V E cx ns as I saw ex cx In visiting the he temple and lie lis s to tl the testimonies of oC persons timid and hearing the extraordinary accounts of ot what the Lord had manifested to them Talking with wih President Joseph JOeph Smith and anti being with wih him him and with wih his father I 1 could not nt help but believe that there war waa WI something more than common In what was W called Mormon lm lam HOW KB II BECAME CAIE CONVERTED At this meeting that Father Smith held I J listened with wih astonishment to him telling the brethren rind ad sisters their parentage their lineage Inea and arll oth other other othor er or things which I could olid not help but believe beleve he knew nothing about save rare lre as ns the Spirit manifested td them unto him After he got through with this meeting I 1 was Introduced to him and In the course COUrso of ot the conversation he re no remarked marked Why h Brother he called me nIl Brother Snow although I had hal not been beel baptized and ld did ld riot rot know that hunt 1 I ever would be do not nol wor won worry ry 1 5 I discover that you OU are arc trying to understand under the principles pies ples tle of ot I J replied d that that was al the tho object I 1 had In view Well Weil said aId he do the not worry but hUl pray pm to t the Lord amI ant satisfy yourself study stud he tha matter flintIer over oyer compare cOlaro the scriptures with wih what we w are ato lre teaching talk with wih the brethren that you OU Are Ae acquainted nut after a n time OU will be lie lh 1111 you wl con coil In vinced that Is II of God and you will I be baptized and you OU will wi will become as great as 1 a ou u will wl Want to be lIels hien ns great rent ns as lS ted God 0 Himself and you Ob cannot wish to be iii greater Of course such tuch expressions lon as those thol I could not understand I thought It I was model ful that a I man mal what he hill dill should milk In ii that IliaC way WiY Anyone lyone see Ing old oll Father Fattier Smith ns as he then thee lee ap and nd having hating read reaul of old Father Abraham in III the scriptures would be apt to t think that tal Father Smith looked lok a n good heal deal like Ik Abraham did at least leut that thu list IK I 1 what whal I thought I do not know that any unman among thought the he Saint wag W more mire loved Inn than han Father Smith and when an anyone one was seriously sick Father Smith would be called for lor or whether It I was wal night or day dl He lie was W as al noble and generous a man as I 1 have etem seen on BAPTIZED D INTO J TO TIlE THE Tl CHURCH One Sunday the Prophet Joseph JOeph aro Bose arose e In the tue th pulpit Ju just t before rore the tho meeting closed and said sid A oung oun man by b the name of ot Lorenzo Lorenar Snow wishes to be baptized and Brother John Boynton who was then one of ot the tho Twelve Apos ties will wi baptize him I was baptized in Iii the stream that II ran through KIn Ir land and hands hand were laid 1111 upon pon me Ine by b Hyrum SmIth and some me others other othen 1 I me Ie e 11 no special manifestation at nt that bitt time tl but hut I J was wag wa perfectly satisfied that hunt I had done don what was al wisdom for tor me to ta do dl under the circumstances I had haci hal studied the lie scriptures and waa wa con slaved vinced that the tue th as a a preached by li the Saints Saint SinI was wal In accord ance anre with wih that taught by b the Son Hon on of ot God Cloth Gol arid by It Ills His Is tP sties In former days I A ji od spirit came Caine camel upon l n me that tha t I had hid nev never ner r experienced before and fluh I felt at the seen flee fice I hall hail snide made Since SIne then I have been ashamed to call el It I a tC flee out nt at It that time tl It was al n it sacrifice 11 10 me b I 1 could MO see that It would han my m hol ho future and perhaps 1 deIY all I my m in worldly prospects and besides b being bing a great ills appointment to my In relatives rUts and TESTIMONY T Y OF TUB Till TJ HOLT GHOST About Atut two to w k after aCer that Elder Sherwood S fro at that time one ono of the right hand men nion m n f t the Prophet said Iid to me m Brother Snow now have hav you Ou received this the Holy 11 OhO since lin ou were W baptized ba That question muck me mae In almost with consternation The n fart fact was U while I had ha received all al oh I J needed n Med perhaps I b d r ln huaI t which i 1 hud feud an t tel and ad after Brother Sherwood Sherwod put to me m m 1 I felt hi what whal I had done but butil lied fled not t with dOle il wih With that thal teeming fooling I re me retired with myself Wih rei I where h r place I tired In tho lie evening to a I tred do o had been accustomed to offer or my to the this Lord Jord I knelt down o 1 un tin under 11 thor der the shade shalo of ot a tree tre and 11 Immediate 01 late I like over oer nii mY Iko n a lell I ly y 1 leall Jollo silken garments 11 of hue u rl the n and r of t I hod n n lr be power po lun itS f my as I long rein mentor ry rues I it came upon me and whole system anti and 1 I re me d my co a 1 perfect know Imo edge U 10 that there Si Ive God 0 G that hint Jesus who shio died dl d upon wile a IS 1 I Ills His Son oral and I that I at Joseph Joeph as was Calvary nt t wal had l received the I th t y thue Im hat II Th which whelm le II Ie professed to have h The tw that limit ma faction action anti and the gloy glor R 01 of 0 ut T lotion no ro language can express I 1 re no returned CUl n lodgings 1 I con could iJ d no n now s turned to my testify to the 1 whole ho would worl that I Iby I knew e eI by liy positive l knowledge that the lie Gos y I sll of God Od had birth been restored t el of the nn heel I 01 of f ml that Joseph J ph was u Prophet mp Ie God Gail I orl 1 to speak in Ills His 11 just as lS Noah was UI In hits his hil da daI JI day dayI remember ever having re no related c I 1 do not Inlet these hese th incidents before belore in 11 a n pubu Ju II alt I now tell tel them to you 0 hut but h from nl the lie remarks made mado by I 1 re t felt It that It would W too be a I Winter good opportunity for me to a testify te lt something in lii regard to my lay first trl ex cx In connection conned co with wih this hoi h holy U I received these truths with 1 Go determined an nn open op n heart and ald I 1 was not to rest reat there I 1 us then lien attending a high school In iii the temple at lt 1 and preparing for tor some eastern college or university A professor by bythe ly bythe cole the name of Haws was teaching us UI and ami President Woodruff and other brethren attended this school I 1 began begun to It be bo n a b blite little worried In lut my may mind whether af nt after ator lite ter or having received 1 this thil wonderful knowledge It was waa proper for tor or me inc to re me remain main mall without lt I le In to lo loIt It Young roun men muon who hud had hl been sent edit out ou upon missions w we returning anti testifying lying of ot the lie blessings that hail hat attend attended ed ell eu them fu fui I their thel traveling without purse lurRe and scrip sell In Ohio and other places and I 1 began to think that in instead instead I Istead stead of t preparing myself for tor an eastern easter college or university I 1 ought to start out and Ind bear testimony te to what the tue Lord had so 80 fully tuly given me le a it 1 knowl knowledge 1 I did not edge of At the same mme time dil like hike elge to of give up my 1 prospects of oC an tin 11 edu education etu education cation because I had h d had It In la mind for tor foru forit u it cuton long time line anti and I then thien had the 1 and the means to accomplish It ItI ItI itI I concluded to go tot for advice to President dent Hgdon who was then lien President Joseph Jose h Smiths SmIthis first counselor anu aim with whom I J had hail been ben acquainted be before beCom before fore Com wih ho he Joined the Mormons when he lie was am u a Cam l and used ulel to preach In my may neighborhood I told toll him lY what I wanted and he lie h said Sn w I 1 would woul not nol give gho anyone else elso such counsel as I feel teel to give you un under under der tIer the circumstances If I I 1 were In your our place I would go KO on with my 1 Intentions and get get an In education That ThIll wait just the tue very r thing I wanted d him lm tay and It It pleased t Ilea e me 1 I was c these so ti testify of their suc sue success success cess In preaching the tho Gospel Goppel I began henn to think about It I still more Inure The L rd had given mo me a n knowledge that hint He lie was coming upon Illon the earth earh and that there was a 1 preparation necessary to be le made He lie had bad hd given glon me all 11 that I had asked nAked for Cor and more for tor the baptism which I received of ot the lie Holy Ghost and the perfect knowledge then given to m in was more mor real meal and convincing than my 1 Immersion In the lie cold col water and I felt ta t there theme was wan a 1 responsibility resting upon me ml So lb I shut hul up UI my I books book laid laidlY my lY Latin and ali Greek GIe aside amid ald I have never seen ten them since I started out without purse lurle ume anti and ald scrip and under the circumstances that Was t IS s about as ns great a I as I J have over ever made I had hal not been b en accustomed to depend male upon anybody for tor food or shelter sheller If I 1 I 1 were going oft of any distance my father would make sure lure that I 1 started Starlet out with wih plenty of money mone for tor my lY ex expenses eXpenses And now to go co out Olt ou and oak ask Ik askor for tor or to eat cat and anti for ler a I place to lay hay la my may lY head was very ver trying to me It I being so different to lo my training EARLY EAlLY MISSIONARY EXPERIENCE I 1 remember my nl experience eX Olence the lie first frat night otter after I started out About ty l 1 miles from I stopped at nt my may aunts She was a 1 Presbyterian a avery I aery very ery wealthy wealth woman and a woman of ot experience I was telling her that I 1 expected to be treated like other oilier Eldr turned out tut of ot doors etc und tumid she sue said Lorenzo I dont dOIt believe n a word of that that They will tout wi know you ou are arl nn an honest lian mann man and you ou will wi not be turned out out Well Wel I replied I lf do donot donot donot not expect to be he treated any nn belief beler bette than my fly brethren and I was 08 not After rr leaving my I aunt that lint night I walked several miles and us as the sun emma was wal going lowe down I thought It was waa about aboul time line to tomae moke mae nn tin In experiment and oak ak Ik for some ome someplace someplace place In II which to stop tor l I did so timid I never shall forget torget the house where I It stood Its Is distance dl from the road rod the picket fence tenN and the gate that I J went through I J walked up to the houe house knocked and was WIS bidden to conic come 11 In II A gentleman and nd his hil wife VIe were ero there anti nM I told them thien thel I was a C Mormon orlon El m den der del traveling without purse antI and scrip and Ind would be very er much luch obliged If It I could get gt a n nights lodging They fliey The made some wie kind of an nn excuse cua I told lold them 1 I was ties WI not particular tho the privilege to lie le down on 01 the tho th hoer door 1001 with a blanket would suit me But no mie 10 they did not want to keep me nie le Well Iveli Wel I 1 had hail a u little littlemore littlemore more lore courage when I came to the next house hou e but was met let with wih the same ob oh jeton So It I went vent on until I got to the ninth house hu e where chere I got go a nights lodging but had hal to leave without breakfast Tho The next day da or two I ar nr arrived rived at one on of ot my aunts and anti preached there for the first time In Iii II my 1 life le I Iwas Iwas was 08 quite quie bashful then and amid not having spoken In public uble before leCore H It I was as u a very veny lr difficult thing thine for me to 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