Eliza Roxcy Snow

“ AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 325
church would deliver a series of lectures in said building, the first to be given that evening; the subject, "Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of His Saints, go ye out to meet Him." Curiosity prompted me to go to the lecture. The self- styled apostle, on entering the speaker's stand, immediately commenced praying very fervently, and in a particularly forcible strain, that the Lord would shed His Spirit abroad in the room and remove the terrible influence that prevailed in consequence of the Mormons having held meetings in that house. ”

“ We also ascended the hill known as King Arthur's Seat, supposed to have derived its name from the fact of the king- having set it apart as a place of resort. It affords a magnifi- cent view of Edinburgh and surroundings ; I think the most enchanting scenic view I ever beheld. ”

“ On October 13, 1873, I married Mary B., daughter of Eli Harvey and Susannah Neff Peirce the former, first Bishop of Brigham City, also one of the Pioneers to the valleys of the mountains.
At the October Conference of 1875, I was called on a mis- sion to the States, and in connection with my missionary labors, had the privilege of visiting my relatives, and holding many public meetings among them; they according me every courtesy. ”

“ I learned that many families lived at least one week ahead of their means, the year round : many being under the necessity of pawning their Sunday clothes at the broker's on Monday morning, for means for their families to subsist on during the week, and at the end of the week, take their week's wages and redeem said clothing to wear on Sunday ”

“ On the twenty-fifth of May we embarked on the beautiful steamer Minnesota, and after an uneventful voyage of eleven days, landed in Liverpool, where we were met and cordially greeted by President A. Carrington, at Islington, for many years the headquarters of the European mission. I soon received an appointment as traveling Elder in the Manchester Conference, with President David Brinton. Being an entire stranger, entirely ignorant of the locations of branches and ”

“ Home again. Ordained member of High Council. Marries. Mission to the States. Visits Oberlin. Ludicrous incident. Visits his grandmother. Preaches her funeral sermon. At home appointed President of Box Elder Stake.
WAS born on the twentieth of February, 1849, in Salt Lake City. When quite young, my father having been called to preside over the then crude settlement known as the Old Fort, where now Brigham City is located, after erect- ing a commodious dwelling, with a view of increasing a feeling of brotherhood among the Saints, opened his house for public entertainments. ”