The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 16, 1902, Page 6

@m%m@cenoflb@%w%e A lriend fil%lfl B Here Is a emory | Test That Cannot Fail to Interest. | | - = /=~ AN you describe your pastor correctly? There are few people whose {{ picture should be more stroag’ =7 his ngs of their careers. ha sad words of farewell to those we L mpressed upon your memory than In the spiritual and temporal lives of most people their cleir- an is indissolubly connected with many of the most important hap- He it is who at the altar performed the rites ade two people happy, and ke it is also who speaks for us the last ove. Surely the mind and memory should always be able to'recall a pe:fect image of his personality. Take our pencil end sit down article below and find how w Paptist Church describe their pastor, the Rev. J. George Gibson. people giving these impressions smong the mi the Rev. Mr. Gibson’s guidance for Land in this observation test, and t accuracy that older people would dot art. The women are good hands gar leaders, probably because they see church-goers, and the ladies of the exception to the rule. Strang e one particular feature on v the eye directness of glance, -particularl Rev. J. George Gibson write out your tion test tallies with the description those of his friends who are sure irey and see how many personal charac- tics and features of your Pasior you can recall correctly. Then read the congregation of the Emmanuel The were selected from young and old nister’s acquaintances end friends, many being compara- new comers to the congregation, while others have been under r years. The children, too, have a he observations show a degree of cir observations show a degree. of i\any at describing their spiritual them so much oftener than the men Emmanuel Baptist congregation are s it may seem in describing a per- ich the elect seem to be dubious is Therein is conveyed a suggestion to every one to cultivate a v in conversation. Amother stick g point seems to be the apparel of the party described. To mark these details more fully is good practic« for the observer. If you know the cwn description of him before read- g this article and then see how neariy the result cf your own observa- of him as he really could describe is, and wit him perfectly. You will be surprised at the composite picture secured. L& is John George Gibson. | inches tall and weighs 1 was a very dark 1 h white now. He over the temples. his throat, but his hanc Hunc His d the majority in that the Iry that he wears is n. a tiny King’ Hi is at w ead plain gold ring. g I'he peculiarity ice is his Eng He is a Scotchma thick lens. +he Rev. J. G. Gibson as He Keally Is. ere are mnoticeable scars which extend almost forehead medium, heavy eyebrows and a slig He wears a white pique four-in-hand tie erect. and h accent, HE Rev. Mr. Gibson’s full name and correctly spelled He is 45 years old, 5 feet 72 | 80 pounds. His eyes are blue. | brown, but is slightly sprinkled ; 1s not bald, but his hair is getting thin He 1 very heavy sandy Is are-free from them. His face tly re- - | ess is that of a clergyman, but different frock coat is much longer than | The | Leld in place s Daughter cross, and a watch by occa- | | s hands are quite small. tak he takes short, quick uld be noticed by a casual 1 his glasses have a very g : n, but was reared in England. urch way bac Mr and you would find 1d he has nose od sized and head re walks cet for a man im wear any his little wears that the in WAYS Wears a cape over- rt coat on the ink he's English. He has a g voice. He's what you'd call ed man; he goes along and ver think that he noticed any- he takes it all in.” n but J. D. THOMPSON, President Board of Trustees. a description of Mr. Gibson? e name I know him by is the George son. I couldn’t tell you at color his eyes are, though I have looked into them many times is beginning to leave it, but he is not you would call bald. His com- s rather florid, and his hair has ack, but is now sprinkled with gray. He wears a mustache. One hun- dred and eighty-five pounds is what I wuold write down as his weight. He has & round face, decorated with a mu tache. He must be about 5 feet inches in height, and about 45 years old. He has several noticeable scars on his neck, on the left side. “Abbut his dress? Well, he wears spec- tacles, and I have seen him wear a goid ring occasionally. He has a gold watch &nd chain, but he never displays it. When he is at home he generally wears a short coat or jac and on the street a Prince Albert coat with a soft hat. “He has hands a little below medium size. They are not big hands, and his feet are small also. He uses them well in a rather stately walk. He walks as though he thought himself as good as the Prince of Wales or any one else. “He 1s a Scotchman by birth, though I think he was raised in London. A strong, resonant voice, of which he does not use the full strength in conversation, is one of his marked characteristics, or physical features. “Your first impression of the man meet in ng him would be that he is distant &nd reserved in manner, but after know- him you do not find him so. He's a £00d man all around.” A. B. VOGEL, Trustee Emmanuel Baptist Church. Mr. Vogel hed the assistance of his wife in describing Mr. Gibson, but these are the conclusions he finally arrived at: “The Rev. J. George Gibson is straight, and he has what you might @ marching walk. He's stout too. “Yes,” broke in Mrs. .Vogel, ‘he must weigh 1% pounds. He has a great way of running his_hand through his hair,” sh very went on.— “Well, his hair's auburn or re dish brown” said Mr. Vogel, “‘and he's but you wouldn’t take him etting bal Z»r bald; it’s just a little place about the eize of a siiver dollar, “I should take him for 40 years old, and t.. F gh 1orehead throat aad ses once in a while,” , clo; 1t singer and When him in the 0 b church. I ough, S cape, d a description as we call fuu le has cies. His hair ing a little bald. what 1 should I think s Gibson a musta Rev. M n must be about 15 old, and 1 should think his weight bout 180 pounds. His height? I think he w »out 5 feet 8 inches, of his neck the shight otaer yle and and a believe he was born in Scotland and d in England. His m: F 1 one in meeti rather dignified and r. JOSEPH STEVENS. My wife and daughters attend Emman- uel Baptist Church mxq frequently than 1, and if they were here could give you good description of the Rev. George J. Gibson. 1 should say myself, that he weighs 16 pou: about 40 years of age, and 5 feet Ches tall. “His eyes are not black nor blue— say gray. He air complexion, brown hair with no gr not bald. He Has with 2 high forehe wear glasses there is a scar. and he has a good la mouth. He is a very good singer, and hen it comes to & funeral sermon I think he is as fine a preach 1 ever heard. “You will alw ee him in black clothes and generally a frock coat, with a kind of a cloak overcoat. I don't think he wears any jewelry except perhaps small watch chain. He is an English: and I think he studied with Spu Mr. Gibson would gtrike any one as a pleasant, jovial kind of a man.” FRED BERGSTROM, Organ-Builder. “Yes, I built the organ in the Emm Baptist Church, and 1 have ajtenied moet Vices there for many years. I belleve the full name. of the minister is George J. Gibson. He is 45 years old, to guess at it, and must weigh about ' 170 ~pounds. His height, I should judge, is 5 feet § inches. “rlls eycs are light gray, and his hair black, with no gray in it. ~He is not bald, except the little spot on top that most of us have, He wears spectacles, He has a round fdve, light complexion, & high fore: head and has a scar on the left side of e neck. “He wears a black coat and sometimes a ring. He has a watch and chain, but he never shows it. He's a Scotchman, but he has no brogue at all. His walk is & quick one, and his hands are small. As :s:ngelr he has a fine barytone voice, and e is always very pleasant whenev - body meets hlm.y' o e MES. EDWARD KENNEDY. Mrs. Edward Kennedy looked somewhat aghast when asked to give a description of her pastor. Then she sat down and thought a moment. “Let me see, he must weigh 1% pounds, if not more; he's pretty stout. And I've slways noticed that for a man of his size he has a very small foot. I should not judge that he wore more than a 6 or (i shoe. He always writes his name °J° George Gibson.” His brown hair s a very little gray. He's not bald, but he's get. ting there. “His age must be somewhere about 49 or 42 years, and he's all of § feet 10 inches in height. He has a very nice, fair com- plexion. Like his feet, he has small hands. e has the blue eyes of Scotland, where he was born. He wears a mustache, and once in a while he wears eyeglasses, His Iac(e) inhl;ound l2m‘l full, “On his neck there are three s one on the left side and two on the m A clerical coat, with a turn-down collar is glways part of his dress. He wears one little ring and a watch and chain.. His voice is clear and distinct and you can always hear him when he speaks. He hag a quick walk and no mannerisms that in it, and he is AN open countenance, d, and he does not t cheek or neck is a fine one NeeWwoulld R LN A SEWELL PHOTO . The Rev- John GeorGe Gibson. T know of except that he is very re- served. When he calls here, which he does not do very often, conversation often languishes after the first remarks, for I am a rather quiet person myself.” MRS. M. L. WORTH. “I have been going to Mr. Gibson's church for nearly twenty years, and as to hig name, I am sure that he signs him- self J. George Gibson; what the J. is for I cannot say. “His age? Well, now, that is a hard thing to judge about a man, but I should think he was between 40 and 50 years old, but I can't tell just where to ‘draw the line. I should call him rather robust than tall, but he must be 6 feet 7 inches in height. I have no idea as to his weight, but he is pretty solid. I believe he is of English birth. “He has dark blue eyes, and his hair is quite a dark _brown, with no gray as yet, or at least I have never noticed any. Baldness is still awalting him. He has a round face with 8 medium high forehead, and a very small mouth. In fact, all his features are small. He has no scars that I know of. “For a man of his size he has very small hands and feet. His voice is a most agreeable one, and his bearing is very ereet and dignified. His dress is strictly clerical always, and the only jevlelrg I ever saw him wear is one plain ring. ne of his most striking characteristics is that he is quite reserved in manner. I think he rather unbends though when he is with his class of younfi ‘men, who are all very fond of him. is reticence may have been cultivated, but he is certainly quite reserved.” W. 8. BARNES, ATTORNEY, “I have not seen the Rev. Mr. Gibson for some time, but as I remember him he is a man weighing about 170 pounds, and about 6 feet 10 inches In height. His name as he writes it 1 believe 1s J. George Gibson. ‘‘His eyes are of a bluish gray, while his hair'is dark brown, curly, and worn a little long at the ends. He has a mus- tache, which is worn trimmed short. He has a round face with a pleasant expres- sion, and he smiles a great deal. I never noticed any scars on his face or neck. “In his voice, which is of the middle register In tore, is the suggestion of a Scotch accent, and I think he was edu- cated at St. Andrew’s in Edinburgh. He has no suggestion of baldness yet. His hands are rather large and bony. I never noticed that he wore any jewelry, but his clothes are always strictly cierical in cut, which struck me as being rather unusual among Baptist clergymen.’ RAYMOND HENRY. Mr. Gibson has a penchant for boys, One of his boys {s Raymond Henry. Ray- mond is in the pastor’s class at Sunday- school, he pumps the organ, goes with Mr. Gibson on long walks and to the baths; in fact, they are close friends for boy and man. “1 ghould think that he was about mid- dle size,” says this boy, ‘“about b feet 11 and pretty stout for his size. He has a short mustache of a kind of reddish brown. He is kind o’ bald on top of his head and around the edges his halr is thick and kind o’ black. “He don't wear any jewelry except a gold ring and a plain watch, which he generally keeps hidden by having his coat buttoned. ‘“His eyes are—I don’t believe I know the color, -but they're medium size. He has some scars on the right hand lower part of the face. “He has pretty nice hands for a man, and his feet are about the size they ought to be for one of his build. He is a Scotchman, and he always wears black clothes that fit him pretty good—s lon coat, I don’t know what you call it; an wheh he's out he generally wears an overcoat with a cape on it, and the cape is always thrown back over his should- ers.’ MISS LOTTIE J. UNDERHILL, Organist at Emmanuel Church. ‘‘Well, I should say he is not so very tall and pretty stout,” said the young ‘woman who plays the organ at Emmanuel Church. Mr. Gibson has made his home with the Underhills for several years, having formerly boarded with Mrs. Un- derhill's mother, to whose house he came immediately on his arrival in California. ‘“We have known him so long,” she continued, ‘“that I ought to be able to describe him, yet 1 don't believe I know the color of his eyes. They are rather large and he wears glasses, sometimes nose glasses and sometimes spectacles, _ “I should say he is rather stout in the face. His mustache is light and kind of heavr. and his hair black on the sides ?t his head, and he's a little bald on op. “Yes, I've noticed his hands, small and shapely, and he wears a heavy gold band ring on the third finger of— no, I don’t know which hand it is; but the ring was his mother's. His feet I should call ordinary for a man of his size, but you ought to see him walk. He is straight as an arrow and quick in his movements, like a man that means business. “He doesn't wear any. other jewelry but the ring. He carries a silver watch with a black bead chain that looks like a rosary. - ““He always dresses the same, and he's very particular, too. He wears a cleri- cal tle—a white four-in-hand and a standing collar. “I believe that's everything I know about his looks, and as for his nams all They are 1 know is that he’s the Rev.! J. George Gibson—oh, yes, and be sure to say he's an Englishma MES. J. A. MEADE. “He's not handsome, but he's nice looking,” sald this entHusiastic admirer, who felt that her years justified frank- ness. “He is stout. I should think he’d weigh 180 pounds. “He's erect and he just walks Ilke this”"—and Mrs. Meade straightened the shoulders that are rounding some with age, and stepped across the room with a quick, firm tread. “I've heard geople say, ‘Just look at Mr. Gibson, what a walk he's got,’ and 1 always say, ‘Yes, he walks just like Mr. Gibson." “His face is round and a little florid I can’t tell you much about his mouth because he wears a mustache. I think he has what 1'd call a gray-blue eye. “He's very plain looking. You = don’t see him with any gew-gaws or anything like that. If he wears any jewelry you never see it. He wears a long coat, be- low the knee; and on the platform he generally wears it buttoned clear up, showing only & collar with little turn- down ends, and a little of the necktie always the same necktle, made of Mar- seflles, tied with a knot and the ends hanging down. At evening meetings o generally shows a little more of the whits necktie, but I like him best when his coat’s hunonefl - . “His name is J. George Gibson, b whether it's John or James or Jacob u% don’t know. I think he's English, and do you want to know what else I tHinik? Well, I think he’s just lovely; and he's & happy, good man.’” EDITH STONE. She was a shy little miss, but sh to Sunday-school and she nk:| ;4: E’if: Try a Description 1 and See How Near | Right You Come. — | what he pretty, as she and he s & man ay, 1 think; has & and dark hair, a he LILLIE BENNETT, Sunday-School Scholar. nd her sister, Ruby, manuel Sunday-sci Gibson often, but they to his looks. et 8, I guess,” sald Lil- te weighs about “He’s about 5 ite ut; sted Ruby, “not that >mplected and bald-head- I think they are dark y corrected. he has,” irse he Yes, ventured the older s ster. “‘He ‘wears glasses.” je has a round face.” isn’t pointed, but it's ce always looks pleasant.” agre.d, and t came a f *opinion as to is his the third or fourth, with a final decision on the third finger, the ring The two girls agreed on his watch with its black-beaded chain; also on his hav- ing a medium-sized foot, rather nice- ped h and his abliity to play the g well. e always wears the regular costume er, with long coat buttoned up nt and always a white four- in-hand pique tie. “As to his name,” said Lillls, “I only know it's George, and I think that's ail he's got.” “And he’s English to was the smaller one’s la: the backbone,’ ftem. ALFRED E. WOLFF. In the same house with Mr. Gibson a his s Altred apartments Gibso: cribes his i about 5 6 and welghs 175. He has a round face and strong chin, rather square, I think. His neck is thick in fact, he's kset all over. His is not prom: not very 1 eyebrows his eyes are blue a glasses. I brown, t d stubby. rown and gray mix often once unless yc all a MISS GRACE FELKER, Leader Intermediate Society. though ' 1 don’t as much as I do he's short and stout, give it In P a thing y jewelry at all ex- I think on the lefy : takes It off when he a waich too, but it as a general oat fastened. thing, for’ how like a same, with a and he scft_hat gene ““He walks y independently, and I think he's Scotch, though he iived most of his time in England. His name is John George Gibson, but he always signs him- selt 'J. George Gibson.’ “That's about all, except his hands. I have always admired his hands. He has quite a pretty hand, not very big. It exactly a woman's hand; it Is strong and capable, but quite as And his feet are rather shapely, think.” MRS. R. W. MOORE. Fourteen years ago J. George Gibsen went to board with Mrs. Moore at Chico, and he has been in the family almost con- tinuously since that time. Mrs. Moore is the most prominent member of Em- manuel Church, is president of the Ladles’ Ald Soclety and from long assoclation with the pastor in his home life and church work she is able to give & very accurate description of the man. “Why, I always call him one of m boys,” sald this venerable parishioner, “and I ought to know what he looks like, “I should say he's flve feet something, perbaps eight or nine, and weighs 175. 1 don’t believe anybody knows his age for sure, but I tI he is about 45. “He has a etty round face and his eyes are kind o’ gray and middlin’ large and keen. It's a kind eye, I tell you, and he wears glasses. I know he has a nose, but it isn't a nose that would be any articular attraction. It's just a nice- ooking face, nose and all There's a mark on his neck that most everybody fces. P ifie mustache 1s & kind o' light color and his hair's dark. Let's see ain’t bald. I wouldn’t say he's bal there is a little spot there that you ¢ hardly see. He parts his hair mostl the middle just a little to one side “He has small feet and small hand: pretty hands, too, they are. I know feet are small because he always gi me his old shoes to give away to poor folks and they are small for them. “He wears a clerical coat and on Sun- day he always rs it buttoned up nothing shows but a little of his coll and cufts. He wears a standing coll “He wears just a common soft hat plugs and no Stiff hats. On the street he Wears a cape overcoat and the cape is always thrown back “He wears oné ring. Yes, and he carries a watch chain he brought from the ¢ ountry. The watch is a gold one the church peo- ple gave him. We gave him a gold watch and chain, but he said he couldn’t wear the chain, for he's very modest, but he's.pmy ot it all the same. g“His name is John George Gibson. Amer- fcan? Oh, no; he’s Bcotch.” hapel too, a plain gold band. a black