Introduction

Biography

Johnson was the hus­band of Ma­ry An­na Ly­on.

He was edu­cat­ed at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ro­ches­ter (BA in Phi­lo­so­phy and Let­ters, 1862), then stu­died part time at the Ro­ches­ter Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry (1862–64).

He served as an Am­eri­can na­val of­fi­cer (1864–66), then en­tered the Bap­tist min­is­try in 1866. He served a pas­tor­ate in Le Sueur, Min­ne­so­ta (1866–68), then re­turned to Ro­ches­ter Theo­lo­gic­al Se­mi­na­ry, where he gra­du­at­ed in 1871.

He spent two years tra­vel­ing in Eur­ope, the Ho­ly Land and Egypt, af­ter which he pas­tored in Ball­ston, New York (1875–83).

From 1883 un­til his death he was pro­fess­or of sys­te­ma­tic theo­lo­gy at Cro­zer Theo­lo­gic­al Sem­in­ary, Ches­ter, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Works

• The Bap­tist Hym­nal, for Use in the Church and Home, with How­ard Doane (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1883)
• Select Sun­day-School Songs (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1885)
• The Re­li­gious Use of Ima­gi­na­tion (New York: Sil­ver, Bur­dett, 1901)