Show David John of Presidency of Utah Stake Mormomsm attracted the attention atten-tion of Divid John while he IIS eta et-a mere bo but Ins parents who were devout baptists took effectu 1 steps to prei cnt their son from fill mg into the heresy as they sin cerel believed it to be To this end ami 1 with the view of making him a minister they sent him to the Hiptst college Havcrforl New South Wales Here he remained f or nearly four cirs when jut before be-fore his stml 1 < s were complete 1 hew he-w is converted to the new filth without with-out the agenT of in man God give the earnest student an open VISDI in which he san and heird what convinced him ol the truth ol Mormonism and I true to his convictions convic-tions he immediately cast m his lot with the Lalterday I Sunts being bijtizedon February 6 1836 For 1 a number ol cars thereafter he triveleel is i Mormon missio lary 1le d W m Wales and it length on the 6th of Icbruir iSi set sid m the ship M minuter bound for New York He reiched Silt Iake I City m September ol the s line veir md shortl iltei i ird move 1 to Provo where he ha since reside Divi I John Ins been vcr closely identified with the grovth aid de vilopncntof Provo 1 city mj Utah ICY S lcitry Stike I He begin by teichng school then entered busuiC3 > in connection con-nection with the Co aperitive Institution Insti-tution the Woolen Mills an < 1 the lumber Minulicturmg md Building I Build-ing company of which he was one of the incorporator For 1 liltecn cirs he serve < l on the board of ed ication of Provo cit and l is now a member of the boirel ol the Brigh im oung Ac idem lie I has during all this tune been vcr j ronu nenl m ecclesiastic affairs being for rears first counselor m the llithop ric of the Third wmJ md l aflerwlld 1 counselor to the resident 1 of the I Stake l position which he now holds Hen is alsoStakesupermten dent of Sunday schools for over twenty ers I President John is i now a man of 6 v uirs of agoe He 13 of a strongly I m irked intellectual and spiritual tcmperiment and one his oily to look over the books m his library to know that his tncs are scholarly When in his presence one is impressed im-pressed with spirit of culture md refinement and the pressure of his hand and tones ot Ins voce assure one ol a kindliness and innate courtesy cour-tesy w S makes one wish lo Call him friend 1 He has taken great puns to educite his children and they arc among the most t promising of Irovo young population |