Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow: One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSnow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey)
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Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow: One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Snow, Eliza R. (Eliza Roxey)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Snow family; Snow, Lorenzo, 1814-1901
A change--Great Apostacy.--Disaffection creeps into every
Quorum.--Pride and speculation.--Apostates claim the Temple.--Warren
Parrish a ringleader.--A fearful, terrible scene in the Temple.--The
scene described.--What occurred the next Day.--Very interesting
Court scene.--John Boynton portrayed.--Joseph and Sidney flee for
their lives.--Father Smith served with State's Warrant.--How he
escaped.--Luke Johnson befriends him.--Luke's death.
CHAPTER V.
Leave Kirtland.--Grand Entertainment.--A noble Woman.--Lorenzo drives
one Team.--He is very Sick.--Arrive in Far West, Missouri.--Elder
Rigdon's Kindness.--Dr. Avord's Meanness.--His Nurse, Nightwatcher
and Doctor.--An Incident.--Arrive in Adam-ondi-Ahman.--Lorenzo takes
his Gun and goes out to Hunt.--A new Train of Reflections.--Hunting
for Sport.--The old Settlers.--Their Antagonism.--Preparation for
Defense.--False Alarm explained.
CHAPTER VI.
Wants to go on Mission.--Elder Butterfield wishes to accompany
him.--They go.--Arrive in Far West on the second day.--Father
Smith blesses Lorenzo.--Blindness of Thomas B. Marsh.--Leave Far
West.--Meet a camp of Brethren at the Missouri River.--Construct a
craft.--Started in snow storm down the river.--Perilous times.--Narrow
escapes.--A savage band.--Make their escape.--Find camping place in
peace.--Leave the boat and travel on foot.--Get lodging at the house
of a Mobocrat.--Mobocratic narrative.--A Campbellite Preacher's
Politeness.--Courtesy of a Methodist Preacher.--A crowded house.--A
Donation just in time.--Saved from a Mob by his pocket Bible.--Other
Mobocrats foiled.
CHAPTER VII.
Leaves Kentucky.--Travels on foot five hundred miles.--Reaches his
friends in Ohio.--Through fatigue and exposure, is very sick.--Receives
kind attention.--Traveled and preached.--Taught school.--Great effort,
and great success.--A thrilling narrative.--Arrives in Nauvoo.--The
Father and Family in LaHarpe.
CHAPTER VIII.
In Di-Ahman.--Our father's purchases.--Friendliness of the "old
settlers."--A spirit of hostility prevalent.--Millers would not grind
our wheat.--Grating corn for our bread.--How we cooked the grated
meal.--A strange move; the old settlers abscond.--Their reports in the
surrounding country.--The Military quells the uprising.--A horse mill
in operation.--Mobs arouse with increased force.--Government sends
Militia.--They are set to guard the Saints, who are ordered to leave
the county within ten days.--The halfway house.--Food frozen.--How we
ate supper.--Sleepless and jolly.--Arrive in Far West.--Seven miles
out.--Move to Illinois.--To Warren County.--To LaHarpe.--To Nauvoo.
CHAPTER IX.
Called on mission to England.--Extraordinary communication.--Calls
on families of the Twelve.--In Ohio.--Borrows money.--On board
a sailing vessel.--In Liverpool.--Writes to his aunt.--Why he
is there.--How he came there.--Crossing the ocean.--Terrific
storms.--An ocean storm scene.--The calm.--Gratitude.--Arrives in
Liverpool.--Manchester.--Birmingham.
CHAPTER X.
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