The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-17
rariy Episcopacy i'm North Caro-
lima.

Il Salisbury EcaBthaer a sketch oil
h;s church in Rowan county. We take
n.yIa,cruor Tryon being in Salisbury,
,he 10Th day vi 1.av, 1907, went into
o.. alice of John Frohock, Clerk OF
'Gs County Court and Register, and
aTq,ainsd all the Registry books, and
t%Tr approved ofthe method they we're
kept ia. Coils. Palmer and Waddell
rere in company with the Governor.
CoI. Palmer found lying in one of the
L5oks a copy of a call to the Rev.
Richard Sankey, read it to the Gov
rrD.r. aud at his Excellency' 5 request,
took it with him to take a copy there
oc" see Registers book 6. D. 397.
TIE Clerk office was then kept in the
I.t.se Of Mr.. William Steele. [ think
tha, lhis call may have been made by "a
vr,fry of ST. Luke Parish. Elections
for t,stryInen were held every three
veaf,. And suppose the polls were
u>ut.iy opened at the proper times. 1t
j., probable. therefore, that elections
uc.e held on Easter Monday, in the
1ea.,. i1jS, lI6l, 1864, 1851 and l77O.
Nh ,auAcy seensto have been III how
an H. carly as the year 1888 for on the
9TH d.y of September, 1.5S. he marrieh
john ..siey to Sarah Currath, OF Row
All county, Registers beck :. p. 3u2 l..
lie i. laid to have been a Eirgiaiatr
AM! a Presbyterian. But | think it
probable, that he bad received Episco
"a. ordination. lean iiud out nothing
satisfactory about him. He must have
returned to Virginia before the date Of
Gov. Tryon's visit.
In those days the feeling was we'll
nigh unanimous, that the Christian re
lision must be established and main
tanned AZ the Law OF the State. Moth
in1 proves this more plainly than the
instructions given + the delegates
from Necklenburg county IN IT'S: ''i3,
You are Instructed t. assent and con
sent t. the establishments Of the Chris
tan religion a. contained IN the Scrip
ture, %! the Old and New TestamcntS,
and more briefly comprised in the 50
artc - otH the Church of England, ex
c.udIh9 The 51th article. together with
all the articles excepted and not to be
imposed Old ~dissenters 10y the act OF tel
Grafton, and clearly held forth in the
confession of faith compiled by the As
>embIy Of DivineS at We>tminster, to
be the Religion Of the State. to the ut
ter exclusion forever OF all anu every
other falsely >a-called religion, whetii-
Ell Pagan or Papal, and that the full,
free and peaceable enjoyment thereo!
be secured To all and every constituent
member of the State as their ~inalien
ane whit as freemcn, without the in
position II rites and ceremonies. Wheth-
er laiming civil or ecciesiastic power
Tor their source, and that a confession
and profession of the religion so estab
lI>hed shall be necessary in qualifying
any person for public trust in the State.
fln, should not be confirmed pro
jl~r auI TcI.uu>tFate.
ii You -.re instructed to oppose to
the utmost. any particular church or
-, Of c~.er-ymcu being invested with
poe. tJ Tree l.;cs and ceremonies,
aud to I.cl! IL in controversies Of faith
10 ge submitted to Under the influence
OF penal la"s-you are also 20 Oppose
the establishment of any mode Of wu.-
ship to be- supported to the oppo-I,i-a
Of ,ae nights Of conscience. together
win the destruction Of private proper
t. You ale moreover to oppose lii,
establishing an eccleSiastic supremacy
Ia Tie sovereign authority of the State.
ieE are II "ppoSe tie tDEerution ofth,
Pop~A il,GtiyouS tcDrShip. II this
should not be confrmed-prote,t and
remou>tratc.
Il i, somewhat remarkable that the
North taroIlna patriots OF 1916 never
protested against any evil growing out
OF Tue existing religious establishment.
lAI> Is conclusive proof, that they did
hot consider an Established Church an
evil at all and that the ecclesiastical
laws then IN the statute books must
have been very mildly and rarely en-
forced.
Nj persons holding office in the Pro
vince Of North Carolina before the Rev
o.utlou we're required, in addition to
The usual oath OF office, to take Ger ain
oath> an oIuted by Act Of Parliament,
lyr t-e qualification OF public officers,
aud {" IrI eat ami subscribe the Test
lie la Ger oath MADE the remuneration
OF the doctrine OF MISREPRESENTATION a
necessary qualification for office. This
oeclaratyn seems t have been repeat
edand subscribed every time the Court
Met. lind the following entry on one
OF the old Superior Court dockets:
North Carolina, [, \. b. do
Salisbury, towit. declare, that | do
believe IN my conscience, that there
Is not any Observation-Disclosures in the
Sacrament Of the Lords Supper, or
mthe Elements Of Bread aud Wine,
al on after the conservation thereof,
by any IersOn whatsoever, &c.
Signed Jas. Hassell, c. j.
Sept. Superior Edm. Tanning, \. j.
Court, I167. Will. Hooper,
ireland burn,
his
Michael bum"
never knew before, that Edmund
f%anurng. the Hiil>boro Tory, was an
Associate Judge Of the Superior Court.
W heeler does not mention the fact III
his Sketches" Tanning presided
over the Court at Salisbury frequently,
as the records abundantly prove.
have not teen able to locate
The exact spot where DIR. Draige's Chap
81 was, 10 the jersey settlement. Miss
C,AnssIe Beard says ''the congregation
lTank out Of Mrs. Keliy's spring"
'1t lhtnh. 1t was very near the spot
N"e'' III. Mcares now lives | have
"eAtu from several sources that there IL
: dee. ON record conveying a lot of
ana 10 certain trustees for the use of
ne Episcopal chuIch-supposed to be
.LE F.EH.