Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1917 — “FIGHTING PARSON” LEAVES FOR FRANCE [ARTICLE]

“FIGHTING PARSON” LEAVES FOR FRANCE

New York. —The Rev. Mercer Green Johnston, fighting parson of the Episcopal church, who quit as rector of Trinity parish, Newark, and scored its millionaire vestry when they interfered with his plans for helping organized "labor, is on his way to France with the Paris section of the American ambulance field service. . It Is understood that he goes as chaplain, although he is trained in all the duties of the service. Those who know him would not be surprised to hear of his giving full scope to an exceedingly vigorous temperament. Mrs. Johnston, who, among other accomplishments, is a graduate nurse of Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, will accompany him. t