The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-03
FOR FIVE YEARS RECTOR.
ANNITERsiRf or REV. PRESTON
Nash Ar CHRIST CHURCH.
Hard struggle OF the Church Mt the Begin
ning-Its Present Prosperous Condition
and How IL Was Brought About.

Rey. Preston Nash. the rector OF Christ
Episcopal church, on Cnurch ftlll, VIII TO
day ceieDrate the nith anniversary Oh MS
pastorate at th9t church. Speciai services
VIII be held on that occasion AZ tHc
church at IL a. NJ. and JoO r. NJ. ana
AT the chapel OF the kedeemer al night.
At fl "A. M. MIR. Nash VIII Siie cor
densed resume Of the history OK the
cnurch. and In the afternoon General
secretary Aichce, OF the Dung Slen
Christian Association, and MI /. "A.
Arthur will actress mas seuns %
the Sunday school. while captain frdin
W Cunningham WIZ assist ,c Sd, ~,
night the cnoir and congregation OF Nhiis'
church will attend the services at tue
rev Preston Nash, who, in November,
1870. took charge OF christ enuISn, y a
Master OF Arts Of Emory ana hcnry SOi-
Iege and was ordained priest ~ biSuop
" nittle in 1888, While chaplain IN the
United States army. He resigned TINS
of the late rector of st. James iEpiscopdi
church Rev Joshua Peterkin, ~. -,
where he remained until he accepted the
call from Christ church. MI Nash - d
prominent Mason and hnlSht ien'pi'li ,
ne Was chaplain and major OF thc 10
Brigade Virginia Volunteers on lnS slAiA
OF General Charles j. Anderson. lie 10
warm friend to young men anu an en-
thusiastic advocate oI an athl1,aS ea a,5
cises He Is an earnest speaker 1 lit
peculiarly happy in his address TO youns
people and children. lie has great mary
friends among all classes OF ptvplc, ",-1
has possibly secured more places icr -
working people than any one OF hiS -.
ing in this city lie has declined num- nun,
lei. OF calls 10 remain with MS peVpie'
by whom he is greatly beloved anu 60
tcemed. -, -, rox+
Tuesday tender Mr. Nash reception III
tho lecture-room OF the church from 70
10 =. NJ, when an interesting programme
will be executed.
HISTORY or THE CHURCH
Rev. DIT. Rice, well-known I'respy-
terrain minister. came TO HLcNmohd III
iSf5 and preached an admirable sermon III
n church erected for him WIN a seallls
capacity OF 90. on Grace between .oenei
teenth and Eighteenth streets. FROM Il
curious ornament, In the shape OF Il Dis
ninea mile which surm0unted IT, the
church was called Pineapple chuicn. ~
was vacated about 1879 ~ the fresD! 'e-
rlans and Rev. W. l.. Lee, a relative OF
General Fitzhugh Lee, VINO was tnyi
rector OF Old ST. Johns Episcopal church,
commonly then called HenrlcO emu
left the same with a larger part OF VIC
congregation and moved INTO lno1ppi y
church, which was then caileu Sn,il,
church" Two years later Christ church
was admitted into the diocese aS an III,
dependent parish, and was cOhsectdtei
nv Rishop Moore. who also was rector OF
Monumental church. In l6ji lJr; lee re-
Southern Churchman. being succeeied by
Rev George Woodbridge, then a., q uea e,or
at Christ church. lie remained the IeStoi
of that church for twelve years, Mnci'
after the foundation OF st. Pauls church.
ali but fourteen families, with pr. NOT
wood the rector, left Nonumeniai Situ, 81
IN form the congregation OF St Paul $.
Monumental church was donated 20
Christ church, and that cOneresa'ii ' ~,
with DR. Woodbride. at once moved INTO
the new quarters.
Pineapple church was then closed, ana
remained so for about eight years, when
In fS59 II was again occupied by an Epis-
copal congregation, with a Rev. Mr.. car
michael as rector, who year iatsr was
followed by Rev. Mr.. Webb In Aptii,
iSS Pineapple church was destroyed by
fire and the congregation became so
much disheartened that no eiloft was
made of rebuilding. TWO years later keV.
Richard Wilmer. now Bishop or Alapaha;
began to preach in an old lecture-room,i OF
the church which had remained standing.
lie continued. until the breaking out or
The war. in 1861 scattered MS congr-s -