Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-10-08
Bruton Church.


continuous use than any Episcopal
church IN America. Here the tower bell.
engraved as ''ti,e gift of James Tarpley
to Bru,on Parish in 1851" has tolled
the death Of the old year and rung in the
new for more than century. and the
ancient clock. with nerveless hands and
pulseless pendulum. like some centena-
RAN who has uutliyed his facilities. an
mindful of the passing hour. stares
blaukiiv into space. The building. dc
signed by Governor SpCttswood. j. cru
ciform. the interior being exactly the
/ 50 me today a. II was when Virginia
Save allegiance 10 George Ill. aud the
church WAS within the jurisdiction ofthe
Lord Bishop OF London. In $40, bow
| aver. 70 meet transient Conditions, an
inner wall. sagainst which the chanoel
was placed. was built. cutting OF the
upper portion OF the cross aud changing
the interior into T.
| A plan has BOW been formed. to mate
| riaIize as soon az the requisite funds are
| obtained. 10 remove tins wall. restore
The pulpit 10 IT. original position and
replace sae CRIMSON draperios emoroiOer-
| ed m eolu with The name 81 Alexander
| Soottsouod about the oval governors
pew, y here they nuug within the mem-
orv OF a living ms locs of The cOnsrega-
ton.
The vestry, with the rector. the Rev.
W. A. K. Goodwin. a nephew OF the Rev.
Robert Goodwin. the pastor OF old st.
Johns. has associated with them an ad-
: visorv committe consisting of Bishop
kandolph. OF the diocese OF Southern Nir-
einia: The Rev. DR.. William huntington.
OF New York, the Rev. DT. Randolph Nc
d Kim, OF Washington. the Kew J. J. era
!. watt. OF Richmond. and the Kew. DR.
Beverly Tucker, OF Norfolk. 1t Is hoped
chat the work VIII be completed beior,
tbe celebration OF 1907 oi the tercenteI
: arv of the LANDING at Jamestown, whel
u the church Will wear the same aspec
'e that Il did when the royal governor
il and members OF the house OF burgcsse
D, gathered there, and Washington, JeiieI
Is son, Monroe. Madison. Tyler, prs
ID | dents Of the United States, and Benja
ei min Harrison. George Wythe, Edmun
] Pevton and Sir John Randolph. Wilso
Barv. Chief Justice Marshall, Patric
Henry aud q host OF Others were anon
the worshipcTs. The south gallery Wa
OF assigned TO the students OF William an
"a Mary College. the north 10 the negr
Of. servants. and II Is significant tact, q
ID "a eI as an abiding testimonial &c Il
iaithfuluess OF Southern slaveholder
,er that IN 1880 a large number of uegr
-. baptisms were entered on the Brute
~ church register than occurred in Il
no same length OF tune ia the entire tiooe
Of Southern Virginia. as reported 90 q
counsel OF 1903.
During Ii, Civil war the rector Of &
church, the Rev Thomas Amber. *
- living in williamsburg refusing 90 la
ga the prayer for the president OF the Unit
'ei States. and its use being insisted upo
cd by the FEDERAL authorities, the sacr
gan edihce was convertd into Coniedera
hat hospital and the congregation asse
had bled az the rectory for worship:
II PRICELESS COMMUNION SETS.
.Yer The three priceless communion 5
der were carried by AR. Amber 20 SCI
tiers Calliua. where they were cared for "
soc after the war. OF these the most inl
estiug. from an American standpoint
p the "Iamestown service used by
first settlers. and transferred 70 Bru
mis- church when the house of burges~es
nteo moved 10 Williamsburg. Neat in auti'
lily " IS the Queen Anne scryice.' y
'ern gold-lined vessels and tao handled c
AZ presented by herself While the third.
10 a fac si.nile Ct the one ac old Tri'
sun church. New York was the siit OF Gee
yeas III So highly are ihesr relics esteei
com that hreproof sale mas beeu Prov
tne for the two not 60 use. the third b.
'ne intrusted first 10 one vestryman
- OF then 20 another. that uncertainty a.
locatiog may contribute 70 Us sat
eoe'- Tourists standing outside the cha
ny rail zee their heirloom from dista
:. ~ let the passage through so many h'
''ent' should chace the Inscriptions
g ans Another heirloom % iuestimable '
: TIC also from the Iamesto - o church. is
front IN which Pocahontas was ia
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