Show APOSTLE SNOWS ADDRESS synopsis of remarks made eif sunday last it had been reported about town and was y given out in the sunday schools Sch loli io in eugun aun vay 1887 that apostle lorenzo snow would tie lie present et at the in tho the at two 0 clock the in ii crest centered in the fact that be he bad had been absent lor for nearly a year and also that perhaps something oine thi 0 would be eam said cou cernin the efe election caused large numbers of people le to flock to the large atone stone tabernacle bernacle ra and long laug before two the house was crowded with people ager to bear the veteran apostle precisely at two U ic clec luckA ICA p pestle ostle snow appeared on the a band as hale and sad hearty libarty as when he lie left a year ago lie quietly greeted the brethren who were preat n acan d took liis aei sea k the choir choi r rendered a beautiful bong and after prayer and another choir APOSTLE LORENZO LOR EtZO SNOW addressed the congregation he the feeling of gratitude in having the tuny ot of ape breaking tu tit bis his heareas utter after eu so long an absence le especially w hB cr cir cu mst ancee luf ihie he had been engaged in promulgating this gospel uyer oyer fifty e a rd and bad had testified leali tied to the truth ut of its e to manyu auona of the e earth arth to including eglau dj d france switzerland e rl U od gerlan germany i and also to jerusalem and palistine Palis titie these pi sciples are those fur for which he has been incarcerated in a 0 on a narrow plateau lake like city he fiat knew that he be bun him self must be thoroughly familiar with the things he be taught to do this he be examined the scriptures ip ture and he be found tha th atthe 1 principles ini vie 8 which be he espoused were the bame u as these twe promulgated by the sivier savior fie me learned this to beso be so in these ann caples were the germs of salvation not only fio 0 himself himself huta all the fattori of the earth iveas therefore absolutely nece necessary sary that be should have baye a know knowledge ledie of these things and sod having learned and obeyed them be he could not expect anni any other treatment than that which ara biven given to all who believed formerly broughall brug hall all the tudes audes ot of his life lire be he never can forget the knowledge which has been revealed to him wherein the heaven were bened and be he knew fur for himself it it was not opinion after a time h he e received auth arity to announce these facts to the world he received a knowledge that it lt was his hii duly ditty thavee that besh afi do so he had doneso done boldly for t 0 y A r 9 t ar was ancar in the utah penitentiary penitent ialy without cause in part the supreme sup reme court has said that this wa was so and the ile word has gone f fo rah to the ends of the earth if this c co auit urt had hwi not shunned he responsibility of entirely investigating bis his case it would have appeared that he was incarcerated entirely without I 1 cause I 1 kut but as paul says can cu t fel 2 L separate us from froni the love of god can cin imprisonment change our convictions let the hundreds hun dreda who are and who have been in the penitentiary flary answer unanimously they will say no the testimony they have is strong ia in them and anti will be im more grounded because of persecution and imprisonment in the prison lie he bad had much up op of doing good many labors being there performed by him hini that could I 1 d have been done nowhere else he thanked god for it and believed god would accept of his labors he saw n no one gloomy while be he was there uncle sam is not such a bad maar man he has di given ven us many good things if be takes some of cherif away away why wh we can only say uncle sam and arid uncle san sam away but bis his giving g or taking is i not going to ed binder e the work oJ God hewak he was li ing jube wife fe B s ikid aid curse god and die he was not going to cune curse uncle sam let us wake the beet best uee bee of the circum stances surrounding us like tic tle irishman when our lee lez is broken let us thank god that it was not our neck we are on the train that a wilt will lead lea us ui to the tte destination W which bi c h god ha has designed let us stay w wath I 1 ith it what matters into w what hat a traits we are cast I 1 god will 1 eee that weare in the end if faith ful stationed in the city of eternal life where the crown of tho the faithful awaits the saints of god gave a verv very humorous acco unit odthe life in the penitentiary he ne spoke of the thi advantaged advantages fer for there were addan although he bad hall oever seen any one who was anxious to re ra turn after once getting out while le was there Jie bedad bad many m ani pleasant nin t with kith prominent ma men of cidh ahe he was always pointed out ou t probably because the marshal considered hin tha the most spotted animal in th abo 0 he wit with 1 this be cause it g gave rie lim cities to lay heleve before them and iod to explain the stand of ta the e latter day saints he had 10 with chief justice waite and fifty other prominent men of the nation such as ai aduca tors form lawyers ministers mini stera politicians and statesmen he paid a it very flattery flat nattering terl ag compliment manc to captain greenman whom be considered a perfect pearleman pe alleman ebeo apostle snow jepthe Jef the he like li keall the other othea was ou ered a suit of clothes and so but wt ve told the government agent that ilia ho proposed to reverse the he arrangement and land donate that amount to the governa governments entas menta they wa would uld need it before the abey y got through with the mormon question apostle visited the governor whom ho he considered not n ot fuch such a bad roan man notwithstanding be chehad had done some things that might havo have been done differently in all our walks in life it is necessary that we should take no that will afterward place us in in conflict with the works of G god od let all so direct their lavea li ves th that atno ao act of theirs khall place them under condemnation he bad had seen beeri men 1 high places fall and no man can eay say bis his standing anding et is ie secure unless be is true to every com commandment mand and is careful of e every ve ry inep be he take that thi nt it shall not di fv him for future usefulness or labor in of god he understood that on blon monday day an lection election would he be held he here re in regard to this matter be he bad had poth nothing to eay say further than thai that every man should do aa mehmeth proper and good to himself relying upon the holy spirit to direct him aright the jews aws were deceived in the lord jesus christ so is the world to today day they do not anuw that be he has appeared but wo we cay say he has and no amount of persecution can can change chance our knowledge to dis dib belief let us be true to t the he lord who has revealed these things to us the world look in astonishment upon the latter day saints and consider it r that we should go to prison when we might eay say yes and und be released things will change by and by he wished to say that bo be tinder understood stood he bad had bo no wives now he saw around b him in here the mothers to some of his children he was satisfied and could bide his time and if be he wea wes cent sent to jo prison again it would be for the same reason that he was bent sent before viz for preaching the truo true gospel of jesus christ he closed by blessing the latter day Siti saints tim exhorting them to faithfulness promising them glory and joy O 0 in the eternities tow kotome come and desired 1 aired that they might prove prove faithful that behind the rail vail we could all meet cc conscious of the approval of god upon all our labors in life |