From: Journal and Reports of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Session of the Detroit Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1898, pp. 51-52
Mrs. Maria Jane, wife of the late Rev. Isaac Johnston, died at the residence of her son, Rev. J. Milton Johnston, of Chicago, Ill., June 3rd, 1898, within two months of her eightieth birthday. Her body lies beside that of her husband in Rose Hill Cemetery, between Evanston and Chicago.
Mrs. Johnston was converted in 1836, and by her marriage was the wife and widow of a Methodist minister some fifty years. A long personal acquaintance with her family enables me to testify to the sterling Christian integrity, devotion, faithfulness and loyalty of Sister Johnston. For years she was the subject of severe bodily affliction, but in sickness and health she constantly maintained a serene, steadfast faith in God, a sweet submission and obedience to His will, a holy consecration to His service and a perfection of love that made every state and condition of life one of peace and blessedness. Her intimate familiarity with the Word of God gave to her testimony in the home and the class room, the love feast, the prayer meeting and the social circle an unusual power to impress and hallow the hearts of those who heard her. One of her pastors says: "Her mind found the thought of God kindred and congenial. Her intuition concerning the love of God and the reality of His providence possessed the assurance of certainty."
She was a faithful helpmeet to her husband during the oft-trying experiences of a minister's life. She was a devoted mother, an earnest and successful worker in the Lord's vineyard. She was a liberal giver to the support of the church, to the cause of missions and other church benevolences, and in the provisions of her will instructed the executors to pay to the Woman's Home and the Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies, equal amounts annually in installments covering a period of seven years.
The words of one of the sons in a personal letter to me expressed tender and earnest devotion and hallowed remembrances. He says: "I -will venture to say that as to those germinal, sterling traits upon which Christian character chiefly rests, I have flattered myself that I never saw' my mother's superior." "This is the fond adulation of a son, but remember that son, during nearly fifty years of service, never saw his mother falter for an instant as an eager witness for truth, or quail in the presence of its enemies. The warp and woof of all thought, purpose and life was so identified with that of the gospel that you could not think of them as apart. I never knew her to lose heart or to talk gloomily. She never murmured. Her faith never forsook her long enough for the escape of temporary distrust or questioning."
Four sons, who with their families, were in attendance at her funeral services, are George and Alonzo Johnston, of Detroit, Michigan; J. Milton Johnston, of Chicago, and A. C. Johnston, of Joliet, Illinois.
JOHN McELDOWNEY.
Mrs. Maria Jane, wife of the late Rev. Isaac Johnston, died at the residence of her son, Rev. J. Milton Johnston, of Chicago, Ill., June 3rd, 1898, within two months of her eightieth birthday. Her body lies beside that of her husband in Rose Hill Cemetery, between Evanston and Chicago.
Mrs. Johnston was converted in 1836, and by her marriage was the wife and widow of a Methodist minister some fifty years. A long personal acquaintance with her family enables me to testify to the sterling Christian integrity, devotion, faithfulness and loyalty of Sister Johnston. For years she was the subject of severe bodily affliction, but in sickness and health she constantly maintained a serene, steadfast faith in God, a sweet submission and obedience to His will, a holy consecration to His service and a perfection of love that made every state and condition of life one of peace and blessedness. Her intimate familiarity with the Word of God gave to her testimony in the home and the class room, the love feast, the prayer meeting and the social circle an unusual power to impress and hallow the hearts of those who heard her. One of her pastors says: "Her mind found the thought of God kindred and congenial. Her intuition concerning the love of God and the reality of His providence possessed the assurance of certainty."
She was a faithful helpmeet to her husband during the oft-trying experiences of a minister's life. She was a devoted mother, an earnest and successful worker in the Lord's vineyard. She was a liberal giver to the support of the church, to the cause of missions and other church benevolences, and in the provisions of her will instructed the executors to pay to the Woman's Home and the Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies, equal amounts annually in installments covering a period of seven years.
The words of one of the sons in a personal letter to me expressed tender and earnest devotion and hallowed remembrances. He says: "I -will venture to say that as to those germinal, sterling traits upon which Christian character chiefly rests, I have flattered myself that I never saw' my mother's superior." "This is the fond adulation of a son, but remember that son, during nearly fifty years of service, never saw his mother falter for an instant as an eager witness for truth, or quail in the presence of its enemies. The warp and woof of all thought, purpose and life was so identified with that of the gospel that you could not think of them as apart. I never knew her to lose heart or to talk gloomily. She never murmured. Her faith never forsook her long enough for the escape of temporary distrust or questioning."
Four sons, who with their families, were in attendance at her funeral services, are George and Alonzo Johnston, of Detroit, Michigan; J. Milton Johnston, of Chicago, and A. C. Johnston, of Joliet, Illinois.
JOHN McELDOWNEY.
From: Journal and Reports of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Session of the Detroit Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1898, pp. 51-52
Mrs. Maria Jane, wife of the late Rev. Isaac Johnston, died at the residence of her son, Rev. J. Milton Johnston, of Chicago, Ill., June 3rd, 1898, within two months of her eightieth birthday. Her body lies beside that of her husband in Rose Hill Cemetery, between Evanston and Chicago.
Mrs. Johnston was converted in 1836, and by her marriage was the wife and widow of a Methodist minister some fifty years. A long personal acquaintance with her family enables me to testify to the sterling Christian integrity, devotion, faithfulness and loyalty of Sister Johnston. For years she was the subject of severe bodily affliction, but in sickness and health she constantly maintained a serene, steadfast faith in God, a sweet submission and obedience to His will, a holy consecration to His service and a perfection of love that made every state and condition of life one of peace and blessedness. Her intimate familiarity with the Word of God gave to her testimony in the home and the class room, the love feast, the prayer meeting and the social circle an unusual power to impress and hallow the hearts of those who heard her. One of her pastors says: "Her mind found the thought of God kindred and congenial. Her intuition concerning the love of God and the reality of His providence possessed the assurance of certainty."
She was a faithful helpmeet to her husband during the oft-trying experiences of a minister's life. She was a devoted mother, an earnest and successful worker in the Lord's vineyard. She was a liberal giver to the support of the church, to the cause of missions and other church benevolences, and in the provisions of her will instructed the executors to pay to the Woman's Home and the Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies, equal amounts annually in installments covering a period of seven years.
The words of one of the sons in a personal letter to me expressed tender and earnest devotion and hallowed remembrances. He says: "I -will venture to say that as to those germinal, sterling traits upon which Christian character chiefly rests, I have flattered myself that I never saw' my mother's superior." "This is the fond adulation of a son, but remember that son, during nearly fifty years of service, never saw his mother falter for an instant as an eager witness for truth, or quail in the presence of its enemies. The warp and woof of all thought, purpose and life was so identified with that of the gospel that you could not think of them as apart. I never knew her to lose heart or to talk gloomily. She never murmured. Her faith never forsook her long enough for the escape of temporary distrust or questioning."
Four sons, who with their families, were in attendance at her funeral services, are George and Alonzo Johnston, of Detroit, Michigan; J. Milton Johnston, of Chicago, and A. C. Johnston, of Joliet, Illinois.
JOHN McELDOWNEY.
Mrs. Maria Jane, wife of the late Rev. Isaac Johnston, died at the residence of her son, Rev. J. Milton Johnston, of Chicago, Ill., June 3rd, 1898, within two months of her eightieth birthday. Her body lies beside that of her husband in Rose Hill Cemetery, between Evanston and Chicago.
Mrs. Johnston was converted in 1836, and by her marriage was the wife and widow of a Methodist minister some fifty years. A long personal acquaintance with her family enables me to testify to the sterling Christian integrity, devotion, faithfulness and loyalty of Sister Johnston. For years she was the subject of severe bodily affliction, but in sickness and health she constantly maintained a serene, steadfast faith in God, a sweet submission and obedience to His will, a holy consecration to His service and a perfection of love that made every state and condition of life one of peace and blessedness. Her intimate familiarity with the Word of God gave to her testimony in the home and the class room, the love feast, the prayer meeting and the social circle an unusual power to impress and hallow the hearts of those who heard her. One of her pastors says: "Her mind found the thought of God kindred and congenial. Her intuition concerning the love of God and the reality of His providence possessed the assurance of certainty."
She was a faithful helpmeet to her husband during the oft-trying experiences of a minister's life. She was a devoted mother, an earnest and successful worker in the Lord's vineyard. She was a liberal giver to the support of the church, to the cause of missions and other church benevolences, and in the provisions of her will instructed the executors to pay to the Woman's Home and the Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies, equal amounts annually in installments covering a period of seven years.
The words of one of the sons in a personal letter to me expressed tender and earnest devotion and hallowed remembrances. He says: "I -will venture to say that as to those germinal, sterling traits upon which Christian character chiefly rests, I have flattered myself that I never saw' my mother's superior." "This is the fond adulation of a son, but remember that son, during nearly fifty years of service, never saw his mother falter for an instant as an eager witness for truth, or quail in the presence of its enemies. The warp and woof of all thought, purpose and life was so identified with that of the gospel that you could not think of them as apart. I never knew her to lose heart or to talk gloomily. She never murmured. Her faith never forsook her long enough for the escape of temporary distrust or questioning."
Four sons, who with their families, were in attendance at her funeral services, are George and Alonzo Johnston, of Detroit, Michigan; J. Milton Johnston, of Chicago, and A. C. Johnston, of Joliet, Illinois.
JOHN McELDOWNEY.
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