The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-05
THOUSANDS HEAR
RISH II OF. LONDON
(Continued from First Pnge.)

speak to us with special authorit
5 upon many OF those points which are J
our minds concerning the history 0
the church, and who can tell us O
things. perhaps. Of which the recor
at least has long laid buried in TIL
imminent room of the see of Fulhar
When 1t fell to the lot of the1commit
tee OF the Diocese of Virginia to de
Z ign n seal for the diocese which shoult
be n seal not of an individual bishop
but should be the seal of the doces
Il for all time, 1t was suggested that TIL,
seal, whatever 1t might contain in The
SO way of allusion, Should have the three
ships of Jamestown. and lave the cross
which represented that which after al
constituted the great motive. In many
ways the greatest motive that ever
came to this land There should bc
8 & quartered on that seal with these facts
" OF history and motives the arms of the
see OF London forming the basis of that
design, and SO youi will find that the
+ idea of the committee was carried out,
and after the three ships and the cross
the seal of tho see of London is rep
resented. as showing the connection
of this whole movement in this country
s with that portion of the visible church,
giving us our connection with the
church of God in England.
Z II have great pleasure and esteem
1t a high privileGe&to introduce to you
the Lord Bishop of London.
What DIR. Ingram Said.
The Bishop of London forgot for
minute that he was in democratic
America, for he began his address by
saying: My Lord Bishop of Virginia,
ladies and gentlemen"
Were the Lord Bishop of London to
offer himself for public office In the
gift of the people of Richmond. there
va mt Fntt- ~,
hill speak last night who would give
him their loyal support. for so bright, so
democratic and so winning was the
eminent churchman that he carried
his vast audience by storm and turned
them as he would a phrase or trick
OF rhetoric.
Not half minute had he been upon
his feet before he had won church-
man and dissenter alike. for probably
nearly half of those in the audience
were not of that faith of which his
lordship is SO eminent an example.
Winning Personality.
II ever man had all the charm Of
personality, the Bishop of London has
1t. The health and purity of his life
shines in theSsmle which is incessant-
~ upon his lirlT his eyes appeal for
comradeship: the easy movements OF
{ his body attract and hold attention,
.
picture of the man who has made so
many friends here in Virginia that
he publicly announced last night, he
felt as much at home in Richmond
AS he did in London. a dash of slang
now and then added to the attractive-
ness of the address, and the allusion
to "Old Virginia" and to the people
as being all right was met with
hearty appreciation.
In IN rrS.-cs jcfn y,
the less churchly on that account for
the Bishop of London did not fan to
Impress upon his hearers that the his
tory of the colony was the history
of the church, whose influence in all
things good was constantly exerted.
& and without whose aid tho settlement
could not have been permanent.
A "NIusty Historian.
II tell YOU" he exclaimed, ''the
church establiskNi tho State, rather
than the State established the church."
This tone ran through his entire adj
dress. and again and again he drove
the idea homo and nailed it fast with
convincing arguments.
In explaining why lie took SO great
an interest In the daughter church,
in America, the Bishop of London told
Of the antiquity Of his see, which dates
back to GOT. full thousand years be-
fore the settlement at Jamestown. He
declared that many Ignorant" peonle
were minded to say that the English
and American church dated from the
time OF Henry VIII, but, he said that
could not bel true, since his predeces-
sors, the Bishops of London, had sal
In Fulham Palace for 1900 years. ex-
cept during the turbulent and bigoted
times Of Cromwell.
am called an up-to-date bishop
= IT,, Il or1,
Tonight YOU have made RIO n musty
old historian AT home live on the
most hrotherly terms with people of
all sects, >and sometimes I'm asked why
- am not dissenter I have always
reply ready. Because I don't dissent.n
HIS Reasons.
His lordship said there were great
reasons why he belonged to the English
Church. First, because he believed in
Its ministry; second because he
thought the creeds of the church were
the grandest confessions of faith in,
+ any language: third, because he rover
enced the sacrament and fourth be-
cause he loved the grand old PRAYERS
that had come down from the early
Christians and which teemed with his
toric association.
T am often asked lie declaraa
'why I am not Roman Catholic. and
u always reply. Because I am an Eng
lish Catholic" This touch almost
brought the audience to its feet. and
cheer after cheer shook the hall.
Slowly and with master hand the
bishop sketched the days of church and
state which just preceded the foundn.
tlon of the colonies. He spoke of tha
first settlement, which was but a mem
ory. and then coming down to 1907 he
j pictured the landing at Jamestownt
II Island on that May morning three cen.
turtles ago. and told the story OF tha
church which fostered and upheld tha
i colony. AS he mentioned the name nr
II Rev. Robert Hunt. the bishop nausea
and exclaimed: II think we all should
Y give clap for Rev. Robert Hunt.n
The clap was given and not a faw
cheers We're added with hearty good
will Ne9u
again, when the name OF Nicholas
n Farrar was mentioned, the bishon
called for "a clap" In honor OF the
great good he had done for the COLONY
although he had not come out with
4 the adyenturers
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so, always In Il happy vein, with
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