In the heav’ns are parents single? No, the thought makes reason stare; Truth is reason—truth eternal Tells me I’ve a mother there. When I leave this … - Eliza Roxcy Snow

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In the heav’ns are parents single?
No, the thought makes reason stare;
Truth is reason—truth eternal
Tells me I’ve a mother there. When I leave this frail existence—
When I lay this mortal by,
Father, mother, may I meet you
In your royal court on high?

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About Eliza Roxcy Snow

Eliza Roxcy Snow (21 January 1804 – 5 December 1887) was one of the most celebrated Latter Day Saint women of the nineteenth century. A renowned poet, she chronicled history, celebrated nature and relationships, and expounded scripture and doctrine. Snow was married to Joseph Smith as a plural wife and was openly a plural wife of Brigham Young after Smith's death. Snow was the second general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), which she reestablished in Utah Territory in 1866. She was also the sister of Lorenzo Snow, the church's fifth president. Called "Zion's Poetess", she authored numerous poems and multiple hymns, some of which are still sung by denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Alternative Names: Eliza R. Snow Eliza Roxey Snow Eliza Snow Eliza Roxcy Snow Smith Young Eliza Roxey Snow Smith Young
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Women had much more to do in moulding Society than men had We want to be living monuments of the character of our Heavenly Father and Mother and if we lived up to the priveliges we had we would all meet in their presence and have a good time together, if we could only get through without a spot on our Garments without speaking against the Priesthood or the principles of the Gospel Then what a Glorious thing it would be, how pure how holy and how enobled we would feel be if we could live thus.

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