Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-16

the mysterious vastness OF the ocean be.
tween them and the absolutisms. the au-
tocracies, the weights, the fixed tradi-
lions and forms Of the old world they had
left behind them. The conviction would
come to them at once that God had led
them out here into the wilderness that
they might think for themselves, and tLat
the ideas Of justice that His providential
hand had planted in them, might after
I long delay come to the birth. That Is
the philosophy, as you will see from the
story OF the movement of political ideas
from the day our forefathers landed az
jamestown to the formation OF our State
and Federal constitution. and our glorious
achievement Of our national independ-
ence.
THE SPIRIT OF TOLERANCE.
I'm this Church." Bishop Randolph con-
tinued, "dwelt the spirit OF tolerance. She
did not then. and does not nov, return
railing for railing She did not punish
religious dissenters as criminals. The law
OK conduct. not emotion. she holds to be
the great power Of human life. There
fore, she Is an educating church. She be-
lieyes in the power Of beauty as a force
In spiritual life. Those who landed here
made their church lovely with innocent,
adornment. She cherishes forms Of wor-
ships in the beauty of holiness"
Bishop Randolph then introduced the
orator or the occasion, Rev. DR.. r. II.
Mckim, OF Washington, who delivered
an admirable and scholarly historic adj
dress, which was listened to With the
greatest interest. He said In part:
Right Rev Fathers and Brethren.-We
come as pilgrims to-day TO sacred
Arb
mark IL save yon ruined, ivy-clad tower
and those moss-covered tombstones. is. or
ought 20 be. to every Christian and TO
every American, holy ground. For on
this spot, 29l years ago. was planted by
The right hand Of the Lord our God a
vine Of civilization and liberty and reli-
gion which has spread over this whole
land. III you seek the beginning OF Anglo
Saxon dominion on this Western CONT
nent, they are here; If you would find the
seed plot OF representative free govern
ment in America, II is here; If you would
discover the earliest spring and source
or American Christianity, it Is here. But
TO us churchmen this desert spot is con-
secrated by yet another association-be-
cause 1t was the cradle of the 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, need scarcely re-
mind you, the first spot where the Eng
llsh Prayer-Book was used on the Cont
nent OF North America. For that we must
look strangely enough to the Pacific coast,
TO the bay where the daring and heroic
Drake thrust in his ship and bid his hardy
seadogs to prayer and praise. Nor does
yonder venerable tower mark the place
where the earliest attempt was made to
Dl1nt EnO1i-b
Church. Roanoke Island claims that dis
tinction. But here was established the
frst permanent English settlement in
America. Here first Anglo-Saxon civil
llzation took root in the soil of the Now
World. Here first the Anglo-Saxon
Church was firmly planted in the West
ern Hemisphere.
A MISSIONARY IMPULSE.
In undertaking the task of giving n
Slight historic sketch of the jamestown
Church and Colony, we are impressed with