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sECEDER PREACHERS IN 4 BOOK
Centennial Volume to Contain Sk etch.
es of Ministers and Churches-Notes
About oliver johnson, q Gifted and
DnnnIar paefnr

es of Ministers and Churches-NOteh
About oliver johnson, Gifted and
Popular Pastor.
The Synod of the Associate Reformed Pres
byterian. Church, at the meeting held las
wear in Charlotte, N. g., determined 10 com
mem crate the year 1903. the centennial orthe
organization q the Synod. by the bullying Sg Z, o
bia, s. c., the capital. of the State In which
the SYNOD was organized, and also by the
publication OF q centennial volume tnat snal
contain sketches ofsll the ministers ana COZ
tee was appointed to prepare and publish the
volume, and one Of the directions, by the way
to the committee WAS that the book shoulc
contain pictures .of the ministers, g. wives, al a.
A member OF the committee who asked fol
some facts about the ....
- REV. OLIVER JOHNSON,
pastor of the Associate Reformed Presby
terian Church at Leslie IN York County: Soott
V Diver Johnson was born at Bordeaux in Alb
beville County. South Carolina, July 80, 1855
being, on the side of bis mother, Of the Hngne
not stock which settled that part of Abbevhie
County in 1864. ,'-a -...
June q, 1888, and from the Princeton Theolog
ical Seminary May 8, 1884. His course -
=. ,t-.. : Il IN COLLEGE : T.. = -
was interrupted In the Sophomore year II
1884 and he did not resume his college studies
until October, 1885. While In college ne wa
Society TO the. best deciaimer in the Fresh
man class aud also the medal offered by tn,
Society TO the best essayistin In the Juptorclass
In the essay contest, had during the com
mencement week between members pl In
Junior class CHOSEN by the two literary Boate
ties, Mr.. johnson represented the .Ep1Re
mian Society, and, was. declared the
He was ALSO in his Junior yea[tf
phem Ian Society to. the graduating naAsfS
OF the senior class. and In his Senior year b
was the spokesman chosen TO respond for M
class on receiving the Society diplomas. iron
year he was also the orator selected from M
class by the Euphemian Society for It's semi
annual celebration held In February OF ina
year. He also made the 'Senior Farewell, II
/, In August, 1883. he took charge OF the schoo
at Rich6urg In Chester County, South Caro-
lima, and taught for three years.
Mr. johnson was -.
r LICENSED TO PREACH
May 49, 1893, at called meeting Of the Secoit
/ a, r. P. Presbytery held at Due West. 9. G
He had then completed two years OF the theo
logical course al Princeton and desired TO re
turn In the fall for the third year cnurse.' HI
was thereupop placed by the Board OF Home
Missions in charge OF the work in Atlanta fo
the summer OF 1888. In the summer OF lS9
he preached at the First Ar p. Church o
leeuIar % pastor M r. who had Been granted by tht
congregation leave OF absence TO torecuPerate
In health. ..$z,. i.F
..,. CALLED AS PASTOR,
Mr.. johnson was offered the charge OF con
gregations TO which he had preached IN both
Pen nnsylvania and Massachusetts, but ne pre-
ferred 10 remain with his own people In the
South. On October 1884, ct meeting OF the
First A. r. p. Presbytery then In session al
the old Hopewell Church in Cheator County
In York County. 8. O.. was placed th bis hands
and accepted. He was formally installed as
pastor OF the Oh urch at Leslie October ls. 1884
The 'churcha at Leslie is one ofthe Oldest and
largest In the denomination, having been or:
ganized In 1881 In q region OF country origl,
nally settled by ~Scoteh-Irish emigran9 and
In which Presby tsrians of the Scotch, or
psalm;singing, type has largely prevailed
Mr.. Johnson is q member of the board Of
directors of the ErRkine Theological Seminary
at Due West, s. @, having been electea 10
membership by the synod OF me "a Assoc,ase aSa,nn
held In Tennessee In 1897; was Moderator OF
the First A. r. P. Presbytery from Septem-
Der 2l, 1896, TO Septem ber q, 1897; is Superin.
tendent Of Missions In the Presbytery y,s,i OF
November l, 1899, at the meeting Of the Pres.
bytery held at Lancaster. 8. O.
Mr.! johnson, as fraternal delegate, bore the
greetings Of the Associate Reformed Presby'
terian Synod Of the South 10 the General Az
sembly OF the United Presbyterian Church
which met In Chicago In May, 1900, having
been selected for that mission By the SYNOD
at the meeting held at Charlotte, N. q, IN
November, 1899.
! y !. AT WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Johnson, rs q visiting clergyman. has
been in vited TO serve as chaplain In both the
Senate and House OF Representatives OF the
United States Congress.
In his speech, vigor OF thought, strength
and simplicity in expression, are mark ed
characteristics. He has the rare gifts, pleasing
alike to the learned and the uDlearned, OF
to attract and Interest even the little chill
dren. -