| Show POETESS I Tribute to Memory of id Mrs MrM Etia l it iv by Ono Who Knew Ih I If pf f d the tho birthday an anniversary ani I t i nl of o tho the lato late R n Snow I It was WiD perhaps of or all 11 women who wrote her deepest and most moAt In if Indelibly InI I delby In the annals or 01 1 But jt ut had hlll she oLe never have bavo become an nd 04 horent ot of that faith her hor fame fanic would i r doubtless have shone with lustre In the tha thon tho the world atlon n ton If It not throughout Few writers ot of the tho gentle sex Rex In this thie country were possessed of oC tho the genius of at poetry In Iii richer degree While her su superb endowment e was its more moru or long less lell ob nb elred from mm general recognition by b tho the fact that she idie he cLone chone h hii her r abode among u it h people yet yot lomo of or her pen found favor tavor tar far fil and wide The poem focal that hilt t Is Ill considered her hor ler master masterpiece masterpiece piece O 0 My h Father Is II sounded by b phonographs In II many n a I home at ot tho the tholand tholand theland land us ito IH well velI wel an nit lB being flung lung more Ine than any other production among Imong her own people rho Tho following tribute to her hm memory Is 18 ii written by b nn an In Intimate friend Airs hs Elizabeth J D ID Roundy r 1 foxy Snow nov Smith was Wil hoi H Tun 21 1 1804 In II Berkshire coun coon county count ty Mass Her ler parents were wem Oliver Olver and 1111 t UX They wore were wo O ot of h descent deceu de cent Their ances ancestors ancestors bottlers of or orew tors t rl worn among tho the earliest to New ew Her er father Oliver Snow although n It farmer by occupation performed I nu h public Ung In Ill responsible position be Jo IOn 10 tho the heritor of ot her hor brother aH soon Boon an 11 she he was competent WilD WhO employed 11 nfl O In her hor fath fathers Ii ers 1 J At olce this thit time tho the whole faintly be ho belonged hoJ tle J longed to tl the tho Baptist t with her brothers und and were vere j i carefully lh trained In habits of Industry I economy anti 11 strict morality they ohio ulvo received the tho best bIl of education education tion Ion that tho the country countr then thell afforded n her youth Miss MIM Snow nn nh 11 ex CX Bho Ihie Rh also ahio excelled In II straw work which Wil wa then III In great rout demand Two years In she Iho hn drew the Iho prize awarded d by the tho com eom the county on un manufactures at It fair for IH tho best beet manufactured I lg Leg B horn horl When young Ih bi writing for tor publication In several Jour Journals nals nali which Iho hin continued to do for Cor several years over oler signatures and wishing to tt be bo as 83 15 a n writer II yet el unknown by b Intimate During the tM contest between Greece and Turkey she fhe hie said she ho watch watched tho M th tho of or Interest events ed NI with wih deep war and utter after the till terrible destruction of or t lter by the tho Turks she sho ho wrote nn fin article Io entitled The Tho Fall Fal of ot Mis la Soon after Its I publication the deaths of oC two of or tho the patriot fathers father John Adams and antI Thomas Jefferson occurred on tho the same memorable OI and able day tho the Fourth F of or July 1826 dI aha idio was requested through the tho press pre vre preto to write writ WAI their requiem to which sho sh responded and found herself ushered In Into 11 Int to t Subsequently she he ho wa WI cOI eight volumes of Ladys Book for tara a prize poem pem pub published 1111 In II one of or tho the Journals The writing of or the on tho the Ien th nf oC Jefferson and Adams afforded Il a theli o wj w suited to lo the tho loft lofty patriotic spirit 1 which always Snows muse With lith the Did ts appearance of or the poem answering tIle tho In the publications nf of the day clay II found round the tho young authoress 8 suddenly herself tlE becoming famous which she Ihl would far rather have Hf avoided Tier HIT leI nature was to I shun shim ity rather WIS than seek Ick II hi I which can readily be un understood 11 by hy all who hAe have rend read her Dury nUr ni I When J S JDie I Die and tho ho one OlO on retirement Miss Snow was ushered I nto tho so ao society cloty clety of learned and distinguished Jd peo people Ie among whom were Alexander Alexandr r Campbell the noted scholar am 11 theo then Campbel th the founder fit ot the sect Reel Sidney filch onel other refined students Sil In lUG Miss lu snows mother and lor elder ouster RIster Leonora having previously Joined tho the Church of ot Jesus Christ of ot I Saints visited the at On their return Ints home tile they bore bor testimony of or the truth I of ot Joseph Smiths Sinith divine und aud the tho truths taught by b him which caused in tn the tM new hew neI religion She i i found jo It true lUO and becOme a n member of or the thc Church being baptized April Apri 6 G 1835 Tho Ihn following December she re ro removed reo moved from Crol Mantua a nt 1 Portage county 0 O when her hel fathers fIlmIly family had re ye resided f sided for tor years to Othe Othie gathering atherh place of the tha saints Sho the hoarded boarded with tho the family tamly of or tho the prophet and taught n IL school for young I ladles It con call I e understood what tho the I must have ben bei In II leaving hor her childhoods homo hom a n plaCe most mast ten teli tenderly derly and beautifully described In her poem derl entitled My Iy Own Home with Us itH Is cherished Inmates riving up all al her bIer worldly world and tho thi tl glowing am nm ambitions which her successes would nat naturally haVe haVu fed tOIl heightened devoting her ber life thenceforth to the service of or the tho I tAr ord with wih a 1 despised and aud people Sho pictures better perhaps or ut itt lt least as OH well Ivell wel us no It Is pos possible sible for Cor human hUlln tongue to tell or oi 0 pen pento 01 Immortal Eve Ive to portray In her hol poem fling Thoughts Thought or What hat It 1 Is 11 To Bo ITo 10 a I Saint From that time forth orth her every overy owr Saint thought and nUl effort wore were for the tue Interest Inte ana building efort up Uj the tho kingdom of ot God GodSho GodSho Sho woo was the tho first secretary tit b the tho Ilo Un her ler organized March Marh 17 1812 Rod WOO was tim tho second president re of ot the s so o 0 y In lii all nil the tho wot world Id She hue embraced every evor principle re ye revealed e from tram heaven During tho tIm per pel und and exodus of ot tho the saints she comforted and consoled connoted them and alId en on encouraged all by her hor cheering words MOlly Many Any of nt liar her 11 11 poems were vero written while I sho suio woe wan traveling over the plains or Il In other words word the ireat rout American A des dee desert dC I ert erl Sho also ulso presided over the tho Young Ladles 11 Iles Retrenchment association for rOl Clr earH In company with her brother l ronzo and other she SIH loft lett Salt Snit Lake City In October 1872 visited Palestine und the hoW holy land She Bho worked years In If the Endowment House blessed hundreds of nt her liei sIsters sinters and Ind also Hla worked In the St George GIorge Logan and temples blessing the living and hor dead Sho Sh aided In tl organizing tho the first Primary association In Davis Co Sept Sopt 7 1870 1876 and was foremost In every overy ocr or enterprise for Cr tho the good of ot the people untiring and enor oner golic gote In her efforts to assist In build building ing UI up the kingdom of o God Goil and pro plO promoting the of ot Zion She Shu died diNt on omm 01 Doc Dec 5 6 1887 utter after a I lin 1111 lingering In gering sickness brought on nit by b nn tIn 11 uc ac 10 nearly two to years yeal before be tOr her hel de tie demIlio mno mIlio She born her affliction with wih Patience mJ tutu gloat groat fortitude to tin the thelast lust last moment of her life Irl und and Ild t her last words on Oi earth lIth were wro a I bless blessing ing Ilg to her Iler friends Although wo e should always try by hy our faith and works to prolong our 01 oti lives les for tor 1 Iha she ho MIH glud In when whoa tho the end Patriarch John Smith and tilt her he brother brothel Apostle Lorenzo inow visited her hur a 11 few fow ow days her hll death amid anil 1 told her liar work vork was done and amId her mission was full and She ho was wn ready read to go O Silo Sho was tul greatly beloved by h nil all 11 who 10 hud the tho th privilege of or hut her acquaint acquaintance ance Inel |
