The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-16
Church Of
England

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EEPIsc ALlkls pARTic sIlo AT
/ K THE JAMESTOWN EXPO stTloe
4 ROYAL FAiaIt. las MADE
A TWO PREsESTs
IN 1907 The year Of the Jalles;
town Tereentenntal the General Con;
.lsention d the Episcopal Church YIN
he held IT Riehrnond. ylrginia,
jamestown was q Grown colony,
4 creatsd under q charter b toyI
4 line King to d commercial body called
1.-The London Company, and the reh;i
4 gfon q Jamestown was the estab lished
Icreed Of England
When tie Convention met some
years ago IA Washington d pilgrimage
Twas made to Jam stown and 9 marble
4 cross was then erected e comnneE 40
Irate the visit.
(. 1897 was the three huhdreth amir
4 veEsaf Of Tie jamestown settlement
A and that d great exposition was to be
held at, that time at Hampton Roads
Tor tie purpose Of commemorative
this event, that Richmond the capital
ii Virginia, was selected as the site
i Of the gathering ..
At JamestoHn the first Protestant
IChurch in America was erected and
1.-The nrst regular service conducted IN
English on the western continent was
Icontemporaneous with the landing, at
(which time the Rev. Robert Hunt
Eoficiateti under a sail cloth suspended
from trees.
The first recorded English wedding
I'm America occurred in December,
1905. when Ann Bnrras was married
Ito John Layton In the jamestown
church. The first known baptism
Iof. an Indian in the United States was
witnessed at the same church where
IaIso was tirst celebrated the first law.
Iful marriage between white man and
an Indian.
It Is very probable that the Episco.
nal church will take a prominent part
Hin the celebration Of the Tercenten-
|nial aside from the mere convention at
Richmond.
The original settlers were I'M
loubtedly a rather rough lot, but they
were never without church, and 1t is
ratber singular that the first structure
Itbey erected was a place for religious
services and the only yestlge Of any
|.bnilding to remain after the lapse o.
centuries Is the church tower.
The Jamestown Parish Church as \
was known until the closing decade o.
1.-The 18th century. enjoys the distlnc
lion of being the only church in Amer
lea which has had two sets Of Com
Imunfon silver given to it by England''
Royal Family. One Of these wa
|. presented through Queen Anne AM
yIthe other, a gift from William ant
!. Mary. This silver is now kept in thu
i yestry of Bruten's Parish Church a
J. Williamsburg the town which sue
Q ceeded Jamestown as capital of thu
i Colony.
Il Bruten Parish will soon have ano
d Their Gift from England's ruling family
g for when M. Harry st. George Tucker
i IPresident Of The jamestown Exposi
s tion Company was in England, Kint
i Edward gave him for Br1ten Parish
d a handsome Bible and 1t Is interest
e ing to know that President Roosevelt
q added handsome Lecturn to th,
u gift.
it Old jamestown is a short ride from
IS the site Of the jamestown Exposition
y and It win certainty be a mecca foI
1 patriotic visitors to the great celebra
/. ton
II Several plans have been suggested
!. both by historical and religious assc
y citations for taking advantage Of thu
Exposition, in order to draw the ut
tention Of the American people more
/. couyincipgly to the lessons to b
learned from the pioneers. In thu
effort the Episcopal Church vii
probably do its full share, since there
are few things more certain abQui
/ the earliest days Of Virginia than The
record Of that church.
When the Bishops of the Episcopal
g Church made their pilgrimage t.
Jamestown In 1898, they established
I an association called "The Order Of
Jamestown in l6O7;" which has for its
i aim the restoration Of, old English
/ churches in America.
The church tower now standing al
|. Jamestown IS q relic Of the third
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