Show NEWS OF ST JOHN STJOHN ST JOHN january ests 1897 st john kansas is still the scene of lively interest in gospel matters A good work is is being done here on friday nights our elders conduct a mutual improvement association composed of both sexes where at least one hundred participate our exercises are taken from our mutual improvement manual at present we are handling the subjects of the gospel the new testament subjects church history and civil government in our program for tonight the hon T W mosley ol of the firm of mosley and dixon attorneys is toli andle the last named subject st johns stationery store keeper keepin mr lamor lamoreux sunsets u ux is editor of our golden sunset monthly journal to be read tonight and we anticipate an able paper our sunday school with an average of fo forty r ty is what might ae be called a success in every particular and our sunday evening meetings entertain and instruct from twenty five to one hundred I 1 wish to say this constitutes the best element of the community our choir directed by elder samuel kirkman far exceeds anything else in this place and even the surrounding country at 12 last night various church bells including ours tolled forth and announced the glad new year ANDREW |