EVANGELICAL

GUARDIAN & REVIEW.

"PROVE ALL THINGS: HOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD.”

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1818.

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EVANGELICAL GUARDIAN

AND REVIEW.

VOL. II.

MAY, 1818.

NO. 1.

BRIEF MEMOIRS OF MRS. MARGARET formance of duty, among all who

LIVINGSTON.

THE lives and even the names of many, who occupied important stations in the Church of God, in our land, and fulfilled the duties of those stations with distinguished reputation and usefulness, are rapidly passing into oblivion. We feel it to be both a duty and privilege, so far as we shall be enabled, to furnish our readers, from time to time, with biographical sketches of a few, whom we

desire to be "followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."

The subject of the present memoir, in the words of one who was not merely related to her, but knew her well, was "a distinguished character, and one of the best of women. She may justly be enrolled among the faithful witnesses for God, and remembered as a signal trophy of the power and prevalence of grace."

Mrs. Margaret Livingston was

either personally knew, or whose the only child of Colonel Henry memory we have been taught to revere from our earliest years. These sketches will necessarily be imperfect, from the scantiness of trust and honour, and died with an unblemished character, at the ' advanced age of nearly ninety years.

Beekman, a very respectable and who sustained many public offices opulent gentleman of this state,

standing, is pleasantly situated on Hudson's river, opposite to the Kingston landing-place.

of materials to form them; for the subjects have left little, some nothing, in writing; of their sorShe was born in the year 1724, rowing companions, but few are at Rhinebeck Flatts, in Dutchess left, and they, in the wane of years, find it difficult to recollect county, the place of her father's residence. The house, which is more than a few leading facts in their history. On their characs ter, however, they can dilate with sufficient minuteness to enable At an early period* she was us, to whom they have communicated their information, to un-bert R. Livingston, Esq. who was connected in marriage with Rofold the bright examples of their friends to the encouragement of also an only child. As his ances

faith in the promises of God, and * Somewhere about the 20th or 21st year the instruction for the right per- of her age.

try was in the best sense of the judge of the supreme court; in term noble, we feel it to be our which high and responsible office duty to enter into a minute, though he continued, with much reputabrief, detail of the same. The tion and universal esteem, until first of the family, the parent his death, in December, 1775. stock from whom all the Living- From her father's and her husstones in this country descended, band's standing in society, Mrs. was Robert, the son of the cele- Livingston moved in the highest brated John Livingstone, a minis- circles of the polite, the great and ter of the Church of Scotland, gay world, which she graced by whose name is still precious in her personal endowments and acthe Churches, and peculiarly re- quired accomplishments. Posmembered for the memorable sessing a high relish for the ensermon which he preached at the joyments which this world af Kirk of Shots, in Scotland, in the forded her, she partook of them year 1630, when above 500 souls with great satisfaction, until she were converted unto God. This was made the subject of redeemtruly great and good man, under ing love, and the recipient of the shameless and profligate per-heavenly blessings.

secution of Charles II. was ba- In the year 1764 the Rev. Dr. nished from Great Britain, and A. Laidlie came to minister in the went over to Rotterdam, in Hol-Reformed Dutch Church in the land, where he died. After his city of New-York. His preachdeath, his son, just mentioned, ing from the first was highly hoemigrated to this state, in what noured and blessed to many, and year, however, we are not able to among the rest to Mrs. Livingstate. He had here three sons. ston. What were her earliest To Philip, the eldest, he be- exercises of mind; in what partiqueathed what is called the Upper cular manner her attention was Manor of Livingston. To Robert, first awakened to her own state; his second son, the Lower Manor. at what time she was made a Gilbert, his third son, the grand-willing subject of the Prince of father of the Rev. Dr. Livingston, Peace; or when she made a pubwas a lawyer, and had no part of lic profession of Christ in the orthe Manor. Robert, the second dinance of the Lord's Supper, son, had only one child, the be- cannot now be ascertained. In her fore-mentioned Robert R. Living- diary she does not appear to have ston, the husband of Col Beek-been so anxious to note the date man's only child. By this.mar. of these events, as to describe the riage of a sole heir and. heiress. state of her mind after she had great wealth, respectability, and entered on the Christian course. political influence were concen-...From her conversion unto God trated in one family. family....: she walked in newness of life; Miss Beekman's husband was for, in the words of a dear friend, polite and accomplished in his" she now saw that she had a manners, fond of study, and al-new Master to serve, new friends though he never professed the with whom to associate, and new law, he was known to be so deep-duties to perform. In these purly versed in it, and of such strict suits, her pleasure increased in integrity, that he was made al proportion to her attainments."