San Antonio Daily Light. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 85, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1894 Page: 10 of 12
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DR. HERRICK JOHNSON.
One of the Great Men in the
Presbyterian Church.
Actlva In Many Social and Relixiou. Re-
forms—What He Ilas Hone to Win
the Respect of His Associates
and the Public.
Rev. Herrick Johnson D. D. profes-
sor of sacred rhetoric and pastoral the-
ology in the McCormick seminary Chi-
cago is one of the great men in the
Presbyterian church. He is at once a
close student an able teacher and a
successful public speaker. For years he
has been prominently identified with
the educational work of the church
and is to-day recognized as one of the
foremost Biblical scholars in the land.
Having devoted his entire life to the
cause of education and the interpreta-
tion of the Scriptures Dr. Johnson has
held many high and honored positions '
under the religious denomination with |
which he is connected. He has been
president of the Presbyterian board of [
aid for colleges and academies since
its foundation and in that capacity '
has been of invaluable service to the
organization. Before selecting Chi- 1
cago as his field of labor the divine
was for years a director of the Union
Theological seminary of New York 1
city. Previous to that he was presi-
dent of the Presbyterian board of min- 1
isterial education and a member of the
Presbyterian boards of publication and
of ministerial relief in Philadelphia
General public attention however
was first directed to Dr. Johnson dur- 1
Ing the session of the general assem-
bly of the Presbyterian church of the
United States of America in 1882 when
he acted as moderator. The following
year he accepted a chair in the faculty
of the McCormick seminarywith which
he has been connected ever since and
his life in Chicago has been closely
identified with the rapid growth of
that institution.
Public spirited and energetic Dr.
Johnson- yet finds time to devote to
REV. HERRICK JOHNSON D. D.
other channels of labor. He is a trus-
tee of the Lake Forest university a
member of the American Tract Bible
and National Temperance societies of
the Sunday School and American Sab-
bath unions and during last summer
was connected with several of the
world's fair congresses held in Chicago.
Besides numerous sermons that are
widely read he is the author of “Chris-
tianity’s Challenge” “Revivals” and
“Talks About the Theaters” works of
unquestioned merit and various other
writings not so well known in the re-
ligious literary world. In appearance
Dr. Johnson is one of those finely built
men who would attract attention any-
where. His graj' iiair heavy gray
eyebrows and clear piercing eyes are
apt to suggest severity. The contrary
is true of the divine who is a pleasant
man to meet. Possessed of strength of
mind and body he is peculiarly fitted
to occupy the position he holds in the
church. Determination is written on
every line of Dr. Johnson's face and is
apparent in his every act. As an illus-
tration of this trait of his character it.
is only necessary to refer to the cele-
brated fight he made last year against
bpening the world's fair on Sunday.
Dr. Johnson was born at Kanghne-
waga. Montgomery county N. Y.. Sep
tember 12. 1832. He was educated at
Jamestown academy. N. Y.; Hudson
grammar school 0.; Hamilton college
and the Auburn theological seminary.
How to Prevent Wrinkles.
If you would avoid wrinkles care not
only for your skin but your nerves.
Control your temper and do not try to
have a too expressive and vivacious
countenance. Sleep nine hours a night
and an hour a day. Decline to worryj
Wear smoked glasses instead of scowl-
ing fiercely at the sunlight and the
water. Refuse to try to distinguish
things afar off. Wash your face in
warm water with pure soap once a day
and rub it softly with flannel after
washing. Feed it with pure cold
cream. Don't be afraid of occasional
sunburn. It smooths the face wonder-
fully. IJut above all be emotionless.
Senator Ve»t‘» Lugubrious Tale.
Senator Vest tells good stories all
of them entertaining and many of
them apocryphal. He listened one
evening recently at Chamberlain's to
a marvelous story by Amos Cummings
concerning the luckiest man on earth.
Cummings really exceeded the story of
Monte Christo.
“Speaking of luck” said Senator
Vest “I will tell you a story to which
another man in this company can bear
witness. One day while I was in
Richmond as a member of the confed-
erate congress I lost a roll of money
my pay for the month somewhere in
the street op my way thp war
BY READING THE
DaIIY LIGHT
umcc vo uno • ~
in the Scripture who lost a piece of sil-
ver ‘called together her neighbors and
friends and sought diligently until she
found it;' so I called a few fellows to-
gether and went on what seemed to be
a hopeless quest through the dimly-
lighted and snow-covered streets
The chances were a thousand to one
against success; but we hadn’t been
out fifteen minutes before a young
lieutenant who was in our party
stooped down and picked up the mon-
ey. We all talked about our friend's
good luck—but see how quickly for-
tune can turn another face. I was in
high glee and wanted to treat. The
searching party now went in search of
a place of refreshment but it was after
midnight and it was a good while be-
fore we found a place open. At length
however we were piloted to a saloon
to which pending some repairs ac-
cess was had from the street only by a
ladder of about a dozen rungs. We
CLIMBING VP THE LADDER.
all climbed up considering it a lark
(I was a good deal younger in those
days) and after having some refresh-
ment climbed out again. Would you
believe it? The lucky fellow who had
found my money missing his footing
fell and in that fall of ten or twelve
feet broke his neck and was instantly
killed.”
Coequal Pay and Coequal Labor.
The senate is not only more digni-
fied more awe-inspiring and more pre-
tentious than the house but it is also
more extravagant. The employes of
the senate recyiye better salaries than
Changeless.
tne employes or me nouae. tne sen-
ate has proportionately a great many
more employes than are allotted to the
house. The eighty-eight senators em-
ploye forty-five messengers and the
three hundred and flftv-six reoresenta-
nvesomy mty-one. rhe ratio is fully as
great as to other employes. The duties
of the house employes are therefore
far more more arduous than those of
the employes in the senate. They
work six days a week while the senate
employes work only four and get near-
ly twenty-five per cent more salary.
The sergeant-at-arms of the house cer-
tainly has more work to keep the ac-
counts of the three hundred and fifty-
six members than the sergeant-at-arms
of the senate to keep the accounts of
the eighty-eight senators. And still he
gets far less pay. The senate usually
adjourns on Thursday over to Monday.
The house remains in session through-
out the week
Figure* from the Pay Roll®.
Messengers in the house receive from
SIOOO to 51200 a year. Messengers of
the senate receive 81440 a year. The
stationery clerk in the house getsSLBoo
a year: in the senate this clerk receives
82100. The chief engineer of the house
wing gets 81700 a year; in the senate
wing the engineer gets 82100. An as-
sistant engineer in the house gets
81200 a year; in the senate these as-
sistants receive 81440 a year. Firemen
in the house get $9OO. and in the senate
$1095. To go still higher the clerk of
the house receives onlj' 84500 a year
while the secretrry of the senate re-
ceives $0090 a year. The sergeant-at-
arms of the house has 84000 a year
while the sergeant of the senate re-
ceives 84.920.
Where Age lx Sensitive.
A young girl sprang forward impul-
sively one evening to help an elderly
caller get into his overcoat. He reject-
ed her assistance rather curtly. After
he had gone away her mother shrewd-
ly remarked: “If you want to taunt a
man no longer young with his age of-
fer to hold his overcoat for him.”
Births and Death®.
It is computed that the death rate of
the world is sixty-seven a minute and
the birth rate seventy a minute and
this seemingly light percentage of
gains is sufficient to give a net in-
crease of population each year of al-
most 1200000 souls.
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fortieth 25c.
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J. B. SARSOM President.
Apply to Local Agents for Tickets
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