The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-01
From the ST. Louis Times, 27th. |

OF HIS CAREER-THE FATAL ILLNESS
FUNERAL PREPARATIONS
From the ST. Louis Times. 27th.l
Bishop Enoch NJ. Marvin, OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South. died at 4:15
Yesterday morning, at his residence, No
21l9 Lucas avenue. lie was sick but few
DAYS. and the news OF his death will be a
surprise TO even nany OF his friends. 4
week ago last Sunday he preached two ser
mons-the first in the forenoon at the Cen
tcnary church. corner Sixteenth and Pine
srects, and the second in the afternoon Mt
hirkwood, dedicating new church there.
He appcared TO DE in the best of health that
dav and also ttr' next, but on the Tuesday
following (la>t Tuesday, he had aehilI The
chill was followed by an attack Of pleuriSy,
and this gradually changed TO
.1sErRAI PNEUMONIA,
Of which he died yesterday morning, DR..
5. r. Newhan attending hiE during bis
sickness. D1.. j. =. Johnson ard two or three
other phys icians being called in from time
to time us consulting physicians. The pa
tient suffered Il great deal, but complained
very littlr, and was perfectly conscious up
to the heur of his death. All the members
OF his jaIGily-wifC, son, and four daugh-
ters-were at his bedsile'when he died.
The funeral sermon WIFI be preached By
Bishop II. n. McTreirs, of the Southern
Methodist Church.
Bishop Marvin WAS SJsl old resident OF st,
Louis and pioneer 3Teacher OF the State.
He was also Il native OF Missouri, and was
born June II, 1893, in Warren county, 4;
that time called Montgomery county. HIS
father was farmer from the New England
States. where his grandfather and great-
grandfather also ilived. Young Marin
ioined the alcthpsist Church when a boy,
and was an itinTpant preacher before the
'cloSe OF
HIS EIGHTEENTH YEAR.
He was ordained minister in Paisiyra,
Mo-, and his first preaching was done III the
Grand River country. A couple OF gears
afterwards he was transferred TO st. Louis
county. but ut the division of the Stare into
two Conference.-The Missouri and the st.
Louis Conference, separated from each other
by the Missouri river-he was asslsEed TO
the Missouri Conference, north Of the Mis-
souri, river This was in the fall OF 1854,
and in the ncan time (September q, 1S45)
he was married to Miss Harriet Brotherton
Clark. of St.:Iouis county. The same year
that be left s.. Louis he was appointed
financial agent Of the st. Charles College, at
st. Charles. He succeeded in raising an en-
in 1866 he was transferred TO the 81. Louis
Conference, and returned to the city of st.
Louis. He took charge OF the Centenary
church. at that time on the corner Of Fifth
and Pine streets. lie remained in St. Louis
until The fall OF 1861, when he west South
and Joined the Confederate army, serving as
chaplain in Il Texas regiment. He was i'll
the South until near the close OF the war,
being in the army part Of the time, and re-
siding in Marshall, Texas, and In New Or
leans part Of the time. He was now men,
Der Of the Methodist Episcopal:Church,
South, and at the General Conference at
New Orleans in 1866 he was Ordained Il
bishop Of the Church. He had returned to
St. Louis some time before bis elevation to
the bishopnc, and from this time on made
st. Louis his home. A couple Of years ago
he was delegated by the Bench of Bishops
of the Church to make 4 visit TO China for
the special purpose Of ordalning 4 number
OF ministers OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, in that country. He was
alSoto visit Japan, Ceylon, India, turkey,
and other Asiatic countries in which the
Church has established missions. Bishop
Marvin started on his trip
AROUND THE WORLD
in August Of last year, having for d travel
ling companion the Rev. L. Hendricks, OF
Glasgow, Missouri. The travellers went to
San Francisco bv rail and took steamer
there for China. Visiting the several estab-
lishcd missions OF the Church Ill China and
Japan, and ,oNtainln@ number or native
preachers, Bishop Marvin continued his
journey around the world, stopping on the
island OF Ceylou, and also ut several points
i'll India. In Turkey number OF haltS
Were madc, and the holy Land was visited
hy the travellers. Egypt was the next OBJ
iectiye point Of the Bishop and his com
J,anion, and after spending few weeks
here they proceeded on to Greece, and then
10 Italy, and then to Switzerland, stopplng
n short time In each country. The travel
iers also got q glimpse OF France and Ger.
many, and crossed the British channel IN
the month OF June, just in time TO attend
tie British Conference OF the Wesleyan
Church, held at Bristol, England. Bishop
laTyio delivered an address before the Ccsn-
ference on the progress OF
AETHl DIsM IN AMERICA
and Asia On his return home the Bishop
was given a reception by the members OF et.
Johns church, corner of Locust street and
Ewing avenue. Nearly all the Southern
Aethodists in the city and good many be-
longing TO the Missouri Conference were at
the reception, the ocsasion being also the
opening of the annual meeting OF the st.
Louis Conference.
Bishop Marvin was tireless worker, and
during the thifty-aix years OF his life as a
Methodist preacher he had had only two
weeks recreation. His "trip around the
", orld was made in the Interest of the
Cb, lrch, and although the Bishop enjoyed it
very much, the Journey was business one.
tn Bishop was regular contributor to
severa. magazines, and was also the author
OF two ,or three religious works, the princi-
pal one }. eing "The Work Of Christ" He
was also
A GREAT DEBATER
on religious subjects. One OF his longest
discussions was with Elder Wilkes, q min
lister Of the Carn,.' .'beliite Church, at Lexing-.l
ton, Mo. in 1871. The debate was on the |
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