Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1896 — AN IRISH CLERGYMAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AN IRISH CLERGYMAN.

Rev. Crawford Johnson, Who Spoke in Chicago on Wesley Day. Rev. R. Crawford Johnson, who spoke at the Wesley day celebration in Central Music Hall, Chicago, is an Irish clergyman who preaches to a charge in Belfast, yet he is neither Roman Catholic nor Episcopal. An Irish cleric who is not Anglican or Roman Catholic is a rarity, but Mr. Johnson is a Methodist. He has a fine church in Belfast and is one of the most attractive preachers in the Emerald Isle. He is native Irish, born in the County of Antrim, which is in the north-

ern end of the island. He has devoted most of his life to pastoral work in hie native land and has spent his life in Ireland, with the exception of the years he gave to culture, study and thought in Didsbury College, which is hard by Manchester. About six years ago Mr. Johnson was given charge of the city missions in Belfast in order to reach the masses, and his work there has been a fine success. He preaches in a great auditorium called Grosvenor Hall and is the leading man in the “forward movement” in Ireland. This movement aims to lift the masses by giving them libraries, reading rooms and training schools. During his stay in America Dr. Johnson will look into kindred institutions and take back with him to Belfast whatever improvements he thinks can be adopted with profit. The doctor's wife and son accompany him. Consul Read, the chairman of the Cheng-Tu commission, has succeeded in securing payment in full of the Baptist missionary claims for property losses In the Se-Chuen riots. Simon Schultmann, arrested in Los Angeles, has confessed to the burning of several store* ia Denver and otfeir cities.

REV. R. CRAWFORD JOHNSON.