The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-03-04
nAsoHEr l. BISHOP THE STREET PREACHER

30 inliaHtu ny INHk'huA I'ai as W 'hN.
aside the usual reserve and arprchcn-
sions Of her sex, il at last at rest \
brief notice Of her life and cScrfions
will be acceptable 10 her colabo-crs in
thc Church Of Christ.
Margrct l.. Bishop on her fathers side
sclboro. Scotland who were chiefly en-
gagged in the mercantile pursuits On
her mothers side she wa. of the Atch-
onson family, Of Climers Wells. the
NAL. members Of which were principal
Is bsrristers or ministers of the c,tab-
lishcd church. Queen Nio,oria, in one
Of her visits TO Scotland, conferred the
honor of knighthood upon one u them
Margrct lost her mother when she
was only abon, four years old. Impa-
tcnf Of the strict discipline observed ut
the English school, and also at her
fathers house, she resolved, when very
young. 10 cinancipatc herself from those
domestic restraints. About III. age OF
seventeen, she accomplished her object,
and sailed for France the year after the
battle Of Waterloo She made rapid
progress in the acluircmen, of the
French language, aud retained IT through
life So as Ia converse with perfect ease
,"hcn IN French society Efforts were
made by certain persons IN France I" get
ner To Join the Roman Cptchollc Church,
which design seems 10 have been Pre-
vented, according to her own confession
in after life, by one circumstance only.
namely, that she could not forget that
her mother was Protestant After
spending about two years IN France. she
returned to her native land, Her faith
in the rrcci Of the church - her fathers
caused Ecr much trouble and concern Of
mind, from the idea that whether she
was one 81 the lost OF the saved, was a
decree over which she had no control
This was the reason of her hclng occa-
Sionally found seeking religious corso-
laiion IN dissenting cliarcis. In ls3',
she became a member oi the Christian
Israclites, church of that order being
established in Edinhurg She had writ
ten many roc,ical and miscellaneous
works, which she destroyed from rcii-
giuus motives ur scrapleS.
In 1885. she was left widow with
two children. and in 1886, she set out
o,, m;ssinn,ry Ton, nrr,,hi,y in the
b;,,hw,vs and bvw,ys s,n,rcs and mar.
~ ,l,cos ~ no Tin. ,nl l,,re towns
from Scotland 10 Liverpool, where. on
Princes dock and other place Of public
,.,, 49, ..1I,.s.,.l nssn,ll.J ,hou.
sands.
In Bristol. some ministers talked #
Wl'''''nt " VI" ''N'' ""''''',, ~. w. ~
,''' 'c' p'c',i,'"s Oh '''' p"..a III IT
,"'nuso n,n W., w." .,.!r,r,. 9, ~, h.,,,
ing Of this. she went to the Mayors al.
flee. and called for the act passed in the
fifty second wear Of George Ill. with the
accompauving oa.hs aud declarations
informing the gentlemen TIM, she was
ready to subscribe TO these oeths. in
order to receive a ministers credentials
One person thought the Bishop would
be- aispleascd and another TIM, 1t Paul
had something on the subject Int the
act Of rarliamcn, said any person or
persons and she gained her license.
She made her tour to the last town in
Cornwall. visited Plymoutli, Exeter, tine
iSf1hu hi f'iStN ana bNilH~tNs Nht'.t
for southampton and proceeded To bon
don where she preached in Smiihhcld
market. in the parks, at the West End,
and in d.s,tcr, assembly rooms ,hcn
she proceeded towards Yorkshire and
Lancashire. where she married second
time Travelled through, Wales and Ire
land. then sailed for New York, where
she landed on the 2lst Of June, ISL.
Here she lahorcl with her usual ardor
aud zeal until the close OF her life, Oh
the cath Of November, l>5s.
p,rhans the mos, remarkable incident
i, ,his devoted wnmau's life Il cir.
which occurred in Europe \
Young man. who had deserted the army,
himself to minister, desiring
To- lc received rs a member IL t',r
church The minister refused him. nm
less lr wonld consent To- 20 and deliver
himself MP To- his Colonel. Tho tears
flowed from his eyes, and every one was
moved ny h's "'S'f'S@' "'ih '' ".-',T
!" W, '"' ~ ~ - 49,, ~.
~. a., I'd, a,r;..l a, ,,,o
-, ,,.h,r, ,l,, ,c.,;,,c,. yeas stationed
Nar.srct requested him 10 conceal hun
sen "'"'' '"' nav, - ~ - ~.
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Nm, hor ,ns;,css ,oull only be com,n,r
,;c,,cI in ,,rs,,n and su.rcedcd iii oh