The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-15

iigious life ofSour state and country
an n be s senfs arqhwK e ehls
those who took Eart Z s The foon nd
they shall be welcomed To hold their
own Religious services from tin. 70
"Thnt arrangements. for such ser,
vices az may be had in the chapel
shall be made with the jamestown
Committee Of tho 4. T. Y, ~ s or sneh
chapel. in accordance with this state
mcnt az to it's uses.
THAT the 4. r. v. A, shall con- n
the visitors to tho church. except. Of
ferlngs tnnde at the time Of religious
services. which shall then so to the
',That any furniture. ornaments Or
memorials which. may be placed IN
said chapel shall be In accordance E, dance
Grated house Of God, but the charac,;
ter and position Of such objects shali
always be subject to the approval OF
the said A.. p. ", a. IL.
erection in the church OF q memorial
to the Rev Robert Hunt, the 1rst
Christian minis ter In virginia. subject.
however. TO tho conditions Of the pre-
Judse William W. Old, OF Norfolk,
moved that, In event OF Blshop, Randolph
not being able to consecratc the church
at Jamestown, other provision Tor LIB
conservation should DO made in the paper
before II was voted on. After some dis.
c,,ssIon, the words, ''or his successor"
were inserted after Bishop Randolph's
name in the second paragraph.
Opposed to Any Building.
Mr.. Conway Sans. OF tho Norfolk a. P.
v. Al branch, said that he was much
opposed to any building. whatever, being
placed over the ruins OF the Jamestown
church. He thought the ruins the most
valuable In America He considered that
permission. which had been given to tho
Colonial Danes at a partial, not general,
meeting Of the association, should be re-
scinded, and that whatever was done for
the protection Of the old jamestown '
church foundations should be done by
the A. P. ". A. alone. Mr.. w. g. Stan
ard stated In reply to Mr.. Sans, that tho
proposition from the Danes to erect q
building had been endorsed by both the
central committee and the general asso-
citation of the A. P. V. A., meeting In
June of 1901.
Mr.. Sans reiterated his statement. and
lively discussion seemed imminent,
when the chair ruled that Mr.. salns's
motion was out of order, and therefore
could not be considered.
Bishop Rando1ph's Views.
j At this juncture.s the
Rev. G. Braxton Bryan, of Petersburg,
stated that he wished to read a statement
from the Rt. Rev. A. M. Randolph.
bishop Of tho Southern Diocese Of Vlr-
ginia, who was prevented by arrange
ments made for his visitatlons from being
present at the meeting. FIe said that Bishop
Randolph, had Just been in Petersburg;
that the paper he held contained the
bishops exact views In regard to the
situation.
The substa lance Of the bishops views may
be stated as follows:
THE bishop. III regrettlng his absence
on account Of his Episcopal duties. said
that we had neglected our monuments for
two centuries but that the present gen.
Grafton was witnessing revival Of our
duty to restore those that have partly
survived decay and to honor those that
remain. n In foreign countries governments
are doing the work which private socie-
ties have undertaken here; that the use
OF the property taken for public purposes
may not be confined merely to material
matters, but to the preservation OF great
historical traditions: that the governing
principle in society for the preserva-
ton Of ANTIQUITIES should surely DC ha as,
ity to historic verify that to be dignitied
It must be truthful; that the final test
to all people is the criterion Of history.
Religious bodies may affect medieVa
dress, but n modern monk so-called can.
not bring back the cloistered life of the
middle ages, nor can be ignored in mo-
dern time when we build or exh,lme his
torlcal monuments, the ideas and forms
OF olden times.
The bsho;, said that the colonists OF
jamestown knew only the worship OF the
church OF England and that church gave
tho first Impression OF Christian worship
IL the Anglo Saxons In America: that.
desuite the ruin OF the church at James
town II has no non-descript or doubtful
historical association. and 1t Is hardly
possible that our brethren of the Pro-
testant churches with a knowledge OF the
history OF the church desire to diso"n
It's claim Of identity with the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
He said that from q, sense OF duty and
from loyalty to the truth of history, ne
desired to take under the care or MS
diocese the church at Jamestown anu
with the cooperation OF the Association
for the Preservation of Virginia Anti
8QultleS 10 minister ~ NO i'cSA'S sAi''1 ~
opcn its doors to sister churahes who
may from time to time express the wish
to worship and preach the gospel and tc
administer the sacraments within It's sa-
cred walls,
Proposition Accepted.
After reading the paper. Mr.. Bryan said
no would simply rest the matter there
and let the vote be put. as to whether
the PROPOSE ton OF the Southern Diocese,
as embodied In the statement from tho
Advisory Board and strengthened by the
opinion OF bishop Randolph, should be
accepted or rejected.
The Rev. Mr.. w. A, r. Goodwin. rector
of Bruton Church, williamsburg, added
a few words in support of what Mr..
Braxton Bryan had said, Then the vote
was taken and carried BY the ayes.
though members utterlng emphatic noes
made themselves heard throughout both
rooms.
On motion OF Mr.. Joseph Bryan, the
meeting adjourned.
Grant-Kelley Match.