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how great was the good doctor's regard for him, and his 

 confidence that he would "come out all right." 



Mr. WILLIAM P. ANDREWS then spoke of Mr. Johnson's 

 great moral earnestness, and his devotion to the loftiest 

 ideals. He had been called an iconoclast, and while it 

 was true that he was an image breaker, and did not al- 

 ways allow for the reverential feeling of his hearers for 

 the cherished forms and creeds, he never attacked them 

 wilfully, nor from other than the noblest motives. When 

 he did so, it was in the lofty spirit of the Puritan : he 

 strove to destroy the idol, that the God behind and above 

 all outward forms might stand revealed. Mr. Johnson 

 was, Mr. Andrews said, a Puritan in the best sense of the 

 word, pure, high-minded, .and devoted to every noble % 

 cause. He alluded to the very high. estimate placed on 

 the value of his volumes on Oriental Religions by persons 

 most conversant with the subject in England and the East, 

 and to the published recognition of his services in this di- 

 rection. He then spoke of the warm sympathy and kindly 

 aid and encouragement extended by Mr. Johnson to 

 younger men, and in conclusion offered the following 

 Resolutions which were seconded by Rev. Mr. Willson, and 

 being submitted to the meeting by the President, were 

 unanimousjy adopted : 



Resolved, That in the death of Rev. Samuel Johnson 

 of North Andover, the community has lost an accom- 

 plished scholar, a singularly conscientious clergyman and 

 noble friend. 



Resolved, That this Society acknowledges with just 

 pride Mr. Johnson's contributions to literature, and to the 



