The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-16
YdE CHURCHMEN
AT JAMESTOWN.


men and bringing Heaven nearer 70 the
earth. Those pilgrims that landed mere
made their places OF worship as lovely as
they could with innocent adornment, re-
mindlng us OF the instinct for beauty con
.necting itself with religious reverence
This church IS a church that CLAIMS
i,s inheritance. IN ell that Is pure ana
beautiful and true. In the work Oh inc
ages that are past. It's sense OF beauty
is sense OF the fitness or things
sense of reverence, and OF strength anu
of reasonableness. The chuFch Is great
impersonal artist. teaching great loeaS
of the Gospel OF what IS beautifui In
form ana gracious I'm manners and I'M
selfish In conduct, and thus lifting men TO
"a higher place OF living and OF loving one
another.
IL cherishes It's forms OF worship in the
beauty OF holiness ana In the truth OF
the Gospel IL chcrishes its orders and
its polity not IS IDOLS 10 be worshpped'
but as a heritage 10 be transmitted in
their purity to the unborn generations or
men. Blessed gift OK God.
DR. McKIMs ADDRESS.
Dr. Randolph Mckim then delivered the
historical address which his audience
unanimously declare TO have been as
fine. as true and as delightful presenta-
ton Of facts as has ever been heard In
Virginia. 1t was punctuated at short IN
tffNAlS Will tUlnl1laoAlC applause. ~
said:
Right Reverend Fathers and Brethren:
We come as pilgrims to-day 10 a sacred
shrine. This desert spot. with naught 70
mark II save yon ruined, ivy-clad tower.
and those moss-covered tombstones, Is, or
ought to be. TO every Christian. and 10
every American. "IIoly Ground" For on
this spot. two hundred and niDety-one
years ago, was planted by the right hand
es.tssf ton
and liberty and religion. which has spread
over this whole land. II you seek the
beginnings Of Anslo-Saxon dominion on
this western continent. they are here. IL
YOU would find the seed plot of represen-
iative free government in America, II Is
here. If you would discover the earliest
spring and source of American Christian
ity II is here
But to us Churchmen this desert spot
II consecrated by yet another considera-
fion and association-because 1t was the
cradle OF that American Church. which
is the daughter OF the AnglO-Saxon
Church and the mother Of us all who have
come hither as pilgrims this day.
This Is not q need scarcely remind
yoD the first spot where the English
prayer-book was used on the continent OF
North America. For that we must look,
strangely enough. to the Pacific coast, 10
The bay where the daring and heroic
Drake thrust IN his ship and bid his hardy
sea-dogs to prayer and praise Nor does
yonder venerable tower mark the place
where the earliest attempt was made to
plant an English colony and the English
Church. Roanoke Island claims that dis
tinction.
But here was established the first per-
manent English settlement in America
Here first Anglo-Saxon civilization took
root in the soil of the New World. Here
first the Anglo-Saxon church was firmly
planted In this western hemisphere. That
picturesque ruin, my fathers and breth-
rem, Is our American Glastonbury Alb
hey. Simple and unpretending 1t Is.
Poor and mean by comparison with the
ancient British pile 10 which 1 nave
compared IL. But it's story is one Of
horoic faith and constancy. in the face
Of great difficulties and great perils, and
we do well to approach 1t to-day with
reverent hearts and unsandaled foot.
(Applause).
RELIGION AT JAMESTOWN.
In undertaking the task OF giving
slight historic sketch of the jamestown
Church and Colony, we are impressed
I'm limine with the fact that the motive
that led to the establishment of the
colony had very distinct religious ele-
ment. The language OF the several royal
charters OGO6. 1909, 16lD, the character
of most of the leaders, the customs OBJ.
served in the colony, all bear witness TO
the fact that this enterprise had a mis-
sionary impulse and a clear Christian
complexion.
One OF the four men TO whom King
James granted the first royal charter
april 10. 1900 was the same Richard
Hackluyt, then q prebendary Of West
IL. F..l
therein to "use all diligence
that tho true word and service OF God
and Christian faith be preached planted
and used" P. g. In the second char
ter MAY O. 5000, we find the names Of
James Montague the Lord Bishop OF
Bath and Wells, and seven other clergy
men. In the third charter, March u,
161l occurs the names OF the Archbishop
OF Canterbury and three other bishops.
besides the Dean of Westminster and
seven other clergymen.
Thus the prelates and other dignitares
OF the Church Of England were the pa
irons and friends OF this colonial enter
prise. Not only so. The pupits OF the
Church OF England. from time 20 time
during those early years, resounded with
sppeals on behalf Of the jamestown set
tlemcat. Unquestionably the voice OF
the English clergy had potent influence
In rousing and maintaining interest in
the colony and savig 1t from destruction
thus, on February n, 1903, the
Rev. william Crashaw, preacher at the
Temple. London. preached before Lord
DE la Ware. Governour Of Virginia,
at the very crisis OF the history of the
colony In the course OF his sermon he
said: ITO you. right honorable and be-
loved, who engage your lives in
this business, who make the greatest
ventures and bear the greatest burdens
who leave your ease and pleasant homes
and commit yourselves TO the seas and
winds for the good Of the enterprise
you that desire 10 advance the Gospel Of
Jesus Christ, though II be with the hazard
of your lives. go forward in the name
OF the God OF heaven and earth, the God
that keepeth covenant and mercles for
thousands: zoe on with the blessings of
God, Gods angels and Gods Church;
cast away fear and le, nothing daunt
your spirits remembering what
you goe to doe. even 10 display the ban
ner OF Jesus Christ 10 fight with the
DEVIL and the old dragon, having
Michael and the angels on your side; TO
eternize your own names, both heere at
home and amongst the Virginians. whose
apostles you are. and TO make your
selves most happy men. whether you
live or die: If you life, by effectlng so
glorious work; II you die. by dying as
martyrs or confessors Of Gods re-
'igion."
THE EARLY CLERGY.