Elsie Inglis: The Woman with the Torch

but the Strength of Divinity which we h

and "a smile like sunshine"; and on either side and behind this central figure the stage is crowded with men and women

, hailing from Inverness-shire. He was a loyal supporter of Prince Charlie, and

structions from the Government, and he refused to give it up till they reached him-a gesture not without a parallel in the later years of the life of his descendant. Alexander Inglis, leaving Inverness-shire, emigrated to South Carolina, and was there k

t, is Elsie's grandmother. All three married, and their descendants in the second generation numbered well over a hundred! Harriet Fendall married George Powney Thompson, whose father was at one time

group of women. These are the three sisters of Elsie's grandfather, David Inglis, son

therine, painted by Raeburn; Mary, gentle and quiet; and Elizabeth-we linger longest near Elizabeth. She never married, and was an outstanding personality in the l

-shire, giving him stirring advice, and demanding from him an uncompromising, high standard. She tells him to "unfurl his banner"; she knows "he will

ve assailed David. We read that when Elsie's grandfather had returned from the East to England he used to give missionary addresses, not, one would think,

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s, or a Money, is the pervading note of strong religious faith. They not only refer to rel

House of his vessel bringing in the Dutch ships. Later, he was Consul-General at Venice and the north of Italy, where he died, in 1834, in his gondola! He had strong religious convictions, and would never infringe the sacredness of the Sabbath-day by any "secular work." In a short biography of him, written in 1835, the weight of his religious beliefs, which made themselves felt both in Parliament and when Consul, is dwelt on at length. A son of David and Martha Inglis, John Forbes David Inglis, was Elsie's father. John

ia when she was seventeen to her father, George P

r father of the white muslin dress, with large purple flowers all over it, worn by her that evening, and how he

parents on their routine of Indian official life." In 1858, when John Inglis was coming home on his one short furlough, she trekked down from Lahore to Calcutta with the six children in country conveya

to India, on the outbreak of the Mutiny. His wife stayed at home with the children, unti

their spirit mingling with hers. As we run our eye over the crowded stage, we see the dim outline of the rock from which she was hewn, we feel

tters little whether they can trace their descent or not; the peculiar spirit of that race which is theirs fashions them for pa

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