Background
Johnston, Hugh was born on January 5, 1840 in County of Elgin, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Mary Ann (Teetzel) Johnston.
Johnston, Hugh was born on January 5, 1840 in County of Elgin, Ontario, Canada. Son of John and Mary Ann (Teetzel) Johnston.
Bachelor of Arts, Victoria University, valedictorian, 1865, Master of Arts, 1869, Bachelor of Divinity, 1874, Doctor of Divinity, 1889.
Ordained Methodist ministry, 1865. Pastor Centenary Church, Hamilton, 1873-1876, Saint James’, Montreal, 1878-1882, Carleton Saint, Trinity, Queen Saint and Metropolitan churches, Toronto, 1882-1893, Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington (attended by President McKinley), 1893-1898, First Church, Baltimore, Maryland., 1898-1904, associate pastor, since 1904. Acting chaplain of the United States Senate, 1897.
Author: Toward the Sunrise (sketches of travel in Europe and Holy Land).
Beyond Death (work on Eschatology), 1903. Travel Films, 1913; also biographies of William Morley Punshon and Senator John Macdonald and of collections of sermons and addresses.
Home: Baltimore, Maryland.
Married Eliza Holland, June 18, 1867.