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125 years ago
Many Church leaders attended a surprise meeting to honor "Zion's Poetess," Eliza R. Snow, it was reported in the Jan. 24, 1872, Deseret News. The Relief Society and Retrenchment Association organized the celebration of Sister Snow's 69th birthday, held on Monday, Jan. 22, 1872, in the 14th Ward Assembly Rooms.
The newspaper article listed as invited guests President George A. Smith of the First Presidency, and Elders Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Brigham Young Jr. of the Quorum of the Twelve.
Sarah Kimball read a tribute to Sister Snow, general president of the Relief Society at the time, that said in part, "Your life has been rich with incidents and experiences that cannot be written outside the tablets of the human heart."
There were other tributes, and some of Sister Snow's poetry was read. She was presented with a birthday cake.
Sister Snow responded, according to the article, "Had I the language of angels, and were my tongue as the pen of a ready writer, it would be utterly impossible for me to express my feelings on this occasion."
Quote from the past
"We are a blessed people in having received a knowledge of the plan of salvation; for we are in a position to improve our condition, day by day, by the instruction we receive, inasmuch as we are desirous to be found obedient to all the requirements of God concerning us." Elder Charles C. Rich of the Quorum of the Twelve, from an address given in the tabernacle in Salt Lake City on June 30, 1878.
