Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-04

shortly alter t O'Clock. He Was , avg,
Christian man and IL faithful minister ~ IT wy
gospel, and he was prepared TO lax n,ido i Hi
earthly cares. NY
HIS FAMILY.
Bishop Marvin leaves a wife and five c,u
dren--four daughters and IL son. Fic,d; n,'.
Marvin, a promising young LAWYER. U c lug
had eight children in all; three are de nG>
A brother Of the Bishop died iust ni %''
weeks ago from like disease. His mn,hnn
died fifteen Years ago, and he was the Iast .,
his family. u
1t is mouninIIy significant TACT thattho
Bishop was engaged TO preach the THANK.
giving sermon ut the Centenary church .,
that same hour on Thursday, and on r..
day on which ne died he was engaged r.
preach in the First Methodist church.
BISHOP NAEvIN's CAREER.
The deceased Bishop was descended from,
an old eastern family, his father and mother
being born ii; Massachusetts. lie himscI,
was born in Warren county, Mo-. june -
1923. AT an early age he wac >ubicc, r.
deep religious convictions. aid in Ancu,t
1889, he Joined the church at BcthIrbr,
Camp-Ground, in st. Charles county, md
in December, 1910, he dates his cOnvcr,jon
in Warren county. In 1871. when opl,
eighteen years OF age. lie entered the itins.
rent ministry in the Missouri Conference a
the Southern Methodist Church. His fir,
appointment was to Grundy mission: hi,
second to Oregon mission; his third n
Liberty circuit: and his fourth t. :,
Louis, as the colleague OF the Rev. Wn,.
ley Browning. His subsequent fields &,
labor in Missouri were in the Weston
circuit. then ut Hannibal station, thon
at Monticello and Palmyra stations, tl9,
respectively in st. Charles circuit and :
Charles district Afterwards he Was AZ.
pointed agent for Fayctte and st. Charts
College. He was pastor OF the Centenary
church, corner OF Fifth and Pine >t.cn,,
now Whcdon & Tylcr's auction-holi>c). ior
four years. and afterwards he ot!iciltcd .,
the Eighth-Strcct Methodist church. OF
and on Bishop Marvin has been in St. Loui>
since 1855. He was 4 SympathiZcr wiihthr
southern cause, and in 1861 or 1862 h. Wen,
South from s.. Louis. O<1cn>ibly hr went
to join the General Conference. which wa,
to assemble in May, 1862 but The
General Conference never assembled.
For nearly two years he served in
Texas, AS chaplain, with General Price.
army, remaining principally at TIE
Marshall station. some OF the time
he spent in Arkansas. On di>conncctn.
himself from his ar!ny-chaplain duties hr
took charge OF the church at Marshall. At
the General Conference in New Orleans in
1865 he was elected TO the Episcopacv. with
Drs. ". VI. Wightnian. ID. 5. D0"gctt and
II. y. McTycrr. Both he and DR.. Wight
man were elected on the first ballot. H. r..
ccirin% ScyciItv-lhrcr votes and DR.. Wight.
man Scycmtv-iivc, the whole number en-,
being one hundred and fortv-iolr. Sine
then. or duringal lit lie more than eleven years.
he exercised the function OF the Ept>coparv
in the various Conferences Of the Church.
lie WAS The youngest but one OF the mos;
earnest and successful bishops OF the con.
nection. His ability and fitness for Church
work were recognized by his brother hi>n.
ops by his being sent on a missionary tour
OF the world, from which he returned on
the 10Th OF August last, after IN absence Of
exactly one year.
BISHOP MARVIN - AN AUTHOR.
The Bishop WAS not what might be called
4 literary man. His time and energies Were
almost monopolizcd in active evangelical
work. To those outside OF his dcnomiNH
ton he was most intimately known in cor.
nection with the annual camp meetings.
However, he has written few works. In
1860 he wrote Il book on TranSubstantiT.
ton. being his view Of that question arising
ont Of public controversy with the R"y.
Father SmariIIs. Subsequently hr wrot"
4 work on "ChrSt'S Atonnment. con>id.
cred in its influence upon the intelligent
universe" The reverend gentleman.
aspect OF religion was cmncntlv evan.
@e!ical One sentence, and the cOnr!udin.
one, OF The work on the Aioncmrnt will
give good idea OF his religious c"nyin.
tons. Speaking OF the .itoncmcnt. be- >ar,:
g This satisfies me. Ny heart and reason
lrc satisfied Nv faith and hope are an"
lied. The Bible is true, and God Is love"
In 1870 he wrote Il biography OF the Rev.
W. &. Caplcs, Il prominent minister oi tn"
Missouri Conference. Two wears a-o
I" Marvin's Sermons" were issued and
they have Il large circulation. Several year.
ago he was a pretty regular contributor 10
the dcnominaiional paper, the Il. LOUIS
Christian -4dr0c0'c. There is nj pr">rn'
in the press his most Important prodTr.
ton, "Io the East, by Way OF the West.
containing the account Of his trip around
the world, with graphic descriptions ii
what he saw in Japan, China, Egypt, lnd3.
Turkey, the Holy Land. England. ireland,
France. etc. Bryan Brand d Co.. OF tn
city, are the publishers. 1t was expected
by the LIST OF December, but In" uninr'r.
nate death OF Bishop Marvin will probably
delay its appearance Il couple OF weeks.
In this connection il is proper 10 .ia'
hat Bishop Marvin stood high in the "
sonic order, and was Grand Chaplain "
the Grand Lodge oi Missouri durlngi.r
years 1851 to 1861, inclusive.