The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-05
brought to Virginia when 200 Cava-
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brought to Virginia when zoo Cava-
liers sought refuge within her bor-
ders
TN conclusion, 1 will say have
brought you down to the end practi-
cally. or the middle rather, of the
eighteenth century, and I have shown
you that at every step 1t was religion
at the back of the settlement of Vir-
gina. and religion according to the
Church Of England
/ What ] have tried to prove so far.
and what l set out to prove. is that
re>gion was behind the colonization
! OF this settlement. that Its power and
success was derived from the Church
OF england, and 1T was first in ex-
cellence In the United States"
Bishop Randolph Speaks.
following the address OF the Lord
bishop OF London, which traced the
historical line Of development down
to 1850. the Rt. Rev. Alfred Marlll
nanoolph, ID. D.. Ii. D.. Bishop Of
oouthefn Virginia, took up the theme
una discussed the record of the next
century with characteristic exact
ness and ease which showed the Bishop
Q! southern Virginia to be a master
or American church history
- ms, olsilop randolph paid
.itpute 10 those societies and libraries
which have done a valuable work n
preserving and reprinting the k.stori-
cal data which is becoming more and
more Important as the years pass on.
After sketching briefly the events
or the earlier period of the American
solonles and the events In church his
worry winch showed the development of
mo church In each Of the original Colo
h!es, 6lshop Randolph said in part:
Ihese were the beginnings, the
headWaters Of state and church, which
~ their development and widening In
luence over mankind are without pre-
ceaent In modern history. From these
beginnings to the achievement az
American independence, we have a. an :
terval Of J so years. During this time
states We're born and organized into
|se4l-governing communities. after the
model Of the older Colonies from the
coast Of New England to the far
south. and from the Atlantic coast to
ene beginning OF the great West.''
Owes It to Washington.
The Revolutionary period was brief
~ Sketched, and Its influence on both
church and State pointed out, the
bishop claiming that England owes as
MUCH 70 Washington as America does,
since It was he who taught England
the iolly OF treating her struggling
colonies on purely money-ma king
basis. e ri -
lie taught both nations lessons Of
christian statcsmanship.a policy which
has made England to-day the great Z
est empire in the world" the bishop
declared.
The church in America emerged
from the Revolution stripped of her
endoWments. and without training In
seat -su li but her bishops and her
Struggling clergy and laymen opened
q new era which was better and warm
erin life than the old.
W hen we contemplated the rise from
the beginnings of nations like our own,
when we sec them gathering strength
TO resist the forces that hold them
pack, and opening the pathway for
WORKING out their4own destiny, periods
OF activity succeeded BY times Of re-
action and moral relaxation, we tend
to Vibrate between Christian hope aud
pessimlsm We are told that the allen
alton In families which aresthe units
or nations are wider spread and more
numerous than ever before Nations
are still found hating each other, not
IN the realm Of heathenism. Europe
Is armed to the teeth, little differing
f ~ n 7, coyetlng their neighbors'
property, regarding prosperity In a
ne!ghbor nation as an Insult to them-
selves. Al OF them arc rivalling each
other trying to break down their
neighbors' commerce and keep out
their productions, except our old moth-
err England,
Another Side, S.
but there Is another side to these
charges ~ regard to the modern world
suggested by the Christian churches
snu ~ the nope OF the world In Christ.