New-York tribune., 1901-12-01
SUNDAY IN THE SOUTH

There is an idea prevalent that the strict OBJ
e.ryance of the Sabbath almost wholly con-
ed 10 tho North Nothing could be more err
roneous- THE Blue Laws of Connecticut SUI
vivins a provero for hardness nave lfnpresseu ~
the popular mind and fixed an idea which was
however not absolutely accurate. AS severe d9
those enactments were, they We're scarcely more
rigorous wherever the opserN rNdiloe oi -, 80 a.
WAS concerned than those UNDER "llcl 1ite
Colony Of Virginia was established ana oe-
veloped- Attendance on divine service NAS 'iS
strictly enforced, and abstinence Hoii an Seou
lar employment as rigidly enJ0ined- Ii was d
churchgoing time Religion ensrossed the ehei-
.,i..s of the people Participation in worship was
1be law and whoever failed in it was law
breaker and was dealt with accordingly Later
on that is. prior to the Revolution, came d c'i-
tain laxness-tha reflex Of the taut-strung DOW
when the fox hunting. cockightinS parsons were
indicted into the livings: but as the causes were
temporary, the main cause beli'S the poil'i' az
appointment by an absentee fntiloI"Il'aIl.
the effect was not permanent 1t was out OF
th.se conditions that the Hanover PreshNterN
sfrang, under the influence OF falilck tfthlS >
model. the eloquent "PaTson Davies. later the
president OF Princeton College Indeed While
some of the English parsons who have made the
time notorious were Gicing and dflhhlilS aH
fighting the laity were standing stanchly ioI
the old customs. and Were making lht SduulIIl9
upon them Of such riscreants one OF the ciltf -
in their Indictment against the government AT
hcme" They withstood innovation 1htE KEEP
the faith They built churches Whlch sun s.tLH
to-day as memorials OF their plet} ana 'hUIth-
rnauship Among the finest architectural rell'S
of the Colonial period are the MASSIVE hrlch
churches throughout TideNater virginia SoiiIs
of rborr nov towering IN a wilderness, like that
or Carriers Greek. near the Rappahannoek- 1t
= r0ssible that pride too. entered INTO the
motive al times. for il is related that old Mrs
Carter Of Corotomon whose family built the
church on Carter's Creek. when she came TO die.
directed that she should be buried under the
aisle on the side where the poor sat. that they
might walk Cve- her in her death who had car
ried herself loftily in her life
president" Nelson, Of the Kings Council,
who owned the land in Hanover on which the
mansion described in this paper was built TWO
generations later. always spread a table on
Sunday. at his home in York. to entertain the
c, aggregation that attended the church there
M Madison said that the clergy having so
largely taken the English side had made the
Church so unpopular that the churchmen fe.t
il necessary to disestablish il to save 1t Ihelr
feeling illustrated by the story told by Blshop
Made Of the old gentleman in his cooked nat
and rufies who during the fight over the dls-
eeta blishnent measure, was approached by =
lobbyist With an inquiry as to how he Wotld
He said ne should vote for the bill; for he
was Of opinion that every man should have the
right TO choose ms road to heaven: but he
WAS very sure that gentleman would always
ta;e the Episcopal v-ay.-tThoInas Nelson Page,
in Scribners.