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

Greed. the collect for the eighteenth Sun
day after Trinity. special collects. and
the Lords prayer. Cold indeed must
have been the heart which remained un-
moved as the words or the hymn sound
ed upon the calm air.
God Of our Fathers, he the God
or their succeeding race
A WARM WELCOME.
Bishop Randolph then delivered the ad-
dress of welcome-a characteristically elo-
qucnt and scholarly effort. His beautiful.
voice for which. far outside the limits OF
the diocese. he is motel. was vibrant with
a Teverent emotion as he proceeded.
His address was as follows:
The grateful duty assigned 10 me ~
this service OF so much significance. Is
20 say the word Of welcome 10 the rep
resentativcs Of the General Convention
who have travelled almost zoo miles 10
this. the oldest home Of our forefathars
and OF our Church in America. IN speak
ing for the Churchman's League of Wash
ington. who for weeks past have been
engaged I'm providing f1r the arrange
ments necessary f1r the pilgrimage. on
sure they are gratifcd and rewarded. by
the exception the convention has made.
In responding 10 their invitation for 50
long "a tourney. and IN the sympathy ~
that great body Of churchman for the
feelings and the sentiments which origi-
mated the idea, and carried IL into eXecu-
ZION.
IL is hardly necessary that 7 should say
FOR the Association for the Preservation
Of Virginia Antiquities who arc he own
ers Of this historic spot for our Church
people I'm Richmond and in Norfolk. who
have received us and entertained us. and
FOR myself. that our part has been done
with loving reverence for the Church anc
for the great body that governs II. and
that your presence here will help 10 teach
us the lesson that States and nations
need 90 learn with each new generation
to cherish their past for the sake of their
future. VIII help 20 revive IN our hearts
and our intelligence a Quickened sense
OF the obligation and Of the philosophy
and Of the wisdom and the blessing OF
The divine command Thou shalt rcmcm-
ber an the way the Lord Thy God hath
Ted thee. these forty years these three
hundred years. 10 prove and 10 try thee
and 20 see what was IN thy heart. wheth-
er thou wOuldst obey his commands or
no. Nou viii listen again 10 the story
briefly told Of the planting OF the seeds
OF our political life and the planting Of
the Church OF England. bearing in 81 the
seeds OF a pure and n primitive Chris
tianity upon this spot whore We stand: IL
Is an easy effort Of the historical imaci-
nation to understand that ideas Of gov
eminent. Of law OF liberty. that had been
grOwin0 in the thoughts ~ the mon of
our mother country centuries before our
forefathers crossed the sea. should feel
I'll. Hr ..aHH
their feet touched this shore They were
thousands of miles away with the myste-
rious vastness Of the ocean between them
and the absOlutism the autocracies. the
weights the fixed traditions and forms Of
the old world they had left behind them
The conviction would come 10 Thorn N
once that God had led them out here into
Inc wilderness that they might think for
themselves and that the ideas Of Justice
hat His proyidential hand had planted FL
them. might after long delay come 10 THE
birth. That is the philosophy as you W.T.
see from the story. OF tie movement Of
political ideas from the day our fore
lathers landed az jamestown 10 the for
nation Of our State and Federal constl-
tutions and our glorious achievement OF
our national irde"endcnce.
You will be told OF the missionary fer
vOr. Of members of the Church of Eng
land. who organized the migration and
the conoly planted here. You
VIII be told that not from histories manu-
featured out Of the brain Of the historian,
OF in the atmosphere of prejudgmcnt
which Is the bane OF history but from
the records many OF them recently como
to light, OF the feeling and the motive
forces Of the men who did the work. and
braved the danger. and planted the cross
upon this spot where We stand.
\ moment more and / gladly give place
10 other representatives Of our Church
from the East ard the West and the
South. who nave consented 10 speak 10
Us and whom we love 10 hear.
We represent the Protestant Eplscopa.
Church Of America, coming 10 lay our
tribute Of reverence upon he spot where
she prayed de, frst prayers ani preach
ed her lrst sermcu, enc hne.t at her first
CT the shores OF this heather
continent
As that Church was then so f. IS TO-
day. ] trust, in the great IDEAS for which
IL stands and in the conception which
has given IN It's form. and IN the Spirit
of Christ which has animated i;s life.
SPIRIT OF TOLERANCE.
IL was a church IN which dwelt The
spirit OF tolerance OF sweet reasonable
ness as II looked out upon the world, and
Of humility a. it looked back at itself
How could II be otherwise when the
prayers and the liianics that its children
are taught yearn OF The salvation Of aN
men, and appeal 10 Christ for blessing
upon al who profess and call themselves
Christians. Those people at jamestown
the first days OF their worship brought
the wondering Indians 10 worship with
them.
The Church then. and through the
struggles and the vituperat0ns OF Co
lonial times. never returned railings for
railing. When II was clothed by its con-
nection with the state with maSisterial
power. IL never said 20 the dissenter. you
are a hereto. and We viii drive you out,
but # said you must obey the law. and
the tanaticism that under the garb Of
sows the seeds or political dis
sension. " a subject for tolerance. but it
is a political crime 10 be punished. IL Is
a church that held then as 1t holds for
to-day. that the law Of conduct Is not
emotional or dogmatic, and Is ono OF the
great powers Of religion FOR the building
IN OF human life and civilization. There
fore, II Is an educating church, training
church. a unturning church. a church
that mas in its heart the conception OF