The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-25

made their church lovely with furo- Z
cent adoruMeut. she cher.sl.z forms
.t wursl'us .a the beauty Cf holiness
Bishop Randolph then introduced
the orator or the occasion. Rev. Er. n
ID. Ng.\im. of Washington. who Je!.y-
cred au admirable and scholarly his
tnric address. which was listened To-
with the --eIt.~t interest. he said .u
part.
Right rev. Fathers AMI brethren -
We come as V.i Erims today rn sacred
shrine This desert spot. with uausht
to marA DO save yun ruined. iyy-clsL
tower and those mCss-CuyUrat tomb
stones. -. or ought to toe. -o every
Christian and to every American. holy
ground. For ON this spot. -sl wears
ago. was planted by the right hand of
the Lord our God a vine OF civilization
and liberty and religion which has
spread over this whole land. II Yen
seek the beginning o. Au-lo-SaNon
dominion ON This Western Continent
they are here. DO You would find the
seed plot OF representative. free gov
eminent i'm America. i- Is here. II Won
would discover the earliest spring AMI
source OF American Christianity. 60 Is
here. But To Us ChurChmCn this desert
spot Is cunSeCrated by yet another as
sOCiacion-beCause 10 was the cradle
OF the American Church. which Is the
daughter OF the AnElo-SaNon Church.
and the mother 81 IL all. who have
come hither - pilgrims this day. This
is not. / need scarcely remind You. 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. 20 the bay where the daring and
heroic Drake thrust in his ship and
bid his hardy seadoCs 10 prayer and
praise. Nor does yCn1er venerable
tower mark the place where the earl
lest attempt waS made 20 plant an
English Colony and the English
Church. Roanoke Island claims that
distinction. But here was established
the first permanent English settlement
i'm America. Here first AnElO-S3Nou
civilization took root in the soil of
the New World. Here first the AnE.O-
. saxon Church was firmly planted in
the Western Hemisphere.
In undertaking the task az giving q
slight historic sketch OF the James
town Church and Colony. we are i'm
pressed wi establishment OF the
Colony had n very distinct religious
element. The language OF the several
royal charters. the character of most
i'm the Colony. all bear witness To- the
fact that this enterprise had 4 mis-
siOnary impulse and = clear Christian
complexion. One Of the four men to
whom King James granted the first
charter. April 10. 1906. was the same
Richard Hackluyt. then prependary Of
Westminster. and the colOnists we've
directed therein TO use all diligence
that the true Word and service OF God
and Christian faith be preached. plant
ed. and used
In the second charter. May -. 1903
We lind the names Of James Mon que.
the Lord Bishop OF Bath and Wells.
and seven other clergymen. In the
third charter. March Il. 1911. occur the
names of the Archbishop OF CantCT-
bury and three other bishops. besides
the dean OF Westminster and seven
other clergymen.
Thus the prelates and other digni-
taTies Of the Church OF England were
the patrons and FRIENDS OF this Colon
jal enterprise. Not only so. The pull
pits Of the Church of England from
time to time during those early years
resCuEded with appeals on behalf Of
the jamestown settlement.
OF the clergy who served the infant
Colony, DR.. Mckim said: The first
NdS &l4t Kew hOuflI ltUUL. NlU=s
name ought To- be remembered for all
time as a true hero and soldier Ct the
Cross. Capt. John Smith describes
him rs an honest. religious. courage
Gus divine. His successor was the
Rev. Richard Buck, a graduate Of OK
ford sent out by the Bishop OF London.
and commenced by Crashaw as "an
abe faithful preacher" He came cut
with Yates. Other ministers OF the
Colony, whose names have come down
20 Us. were Poole, Glover. Alex. Whit
aker and William Wickham. Am-ng
the early pioneers OF the church. the
name OF the Rev. Alexander Whit
Gker shines conspicuous. He came
with Sir Thomas Dale. landing in May.
1911. and continued 10 serve the Col
Ony with unflagging zeal and conspic-
nous ability until 1917, when he was
drowned in the James river.
The first act OF the weather-beaten
cOlonistS who came in the Susan Cen
slant. the GOdspeed, and the Discovery
was to worship God according 10 the
rites Of the Church OF England. There
was no church. but they hang an old
sail to three or four trees 20 shadow
them from the sun. and there they
gathered. 1Oj souls in all. and gave
thanks 10 God for their escape from
the perlls OF their weary voyage the
Rev. Robert Hunt conducting the ser
vice. That was the first Protestant
church on American soil. The orator
then spoke OF the first celebration Of
the holy communion in the infant col
Ony on June q, 1907. five weeks after
the landing OF the cOlOnists. and the
day after Capt. John Smith had been
admitted 10 the Council. II was not
long before the church OF the torn sail
was replaced by "A structure wh 'Ch
Smith described as "a homely thing
like a barne. set upon Crotchets. COW
cred with RATS. sedge and earth" Of
such workmanship 'as could neither
well defend from wind nor rain" In
this rude but sacred building. created
by Capt. Smith. IL was the rule 20
have daily common prayer. morning
and evening; every Sunday two ser