Standing on the Promises

This book is inspired by and written about the character of a man, yet is not biographical in the ordinary sense. Ashley S. Johnson gave his marvelous powers of brain and spirit to the affirmation of a glorious truth; he desired to be remembered as a man of prayer. Therefore, the facts that are herein presented relative to him personally are scarcely more than a means to an end: the clarifying of the testimony to which his life bears witness. 

The author has endeavored to introduce the spirit of President Johnson into these pages. He has quoted at length; furthermore, every conviction he holds concerning faith, prayer, and kindred themes, is largely the impression of Ashley S. Johnson’s devoted life. He has aimed to stress the things he believes President Johnson would have stressed had he written. It is fortunate that most of the material herein presented was brought together before the untimely passing of Mrs. Johnson and carries her approval.