The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-13
NOTABLE ADDRESSES
Bishop Nelson Of Georgia, and DR.. McKim, 9
Washington, Speak to Large Audiences
at Jamestown Island.

JAMESTOWN ISLAND, October L.
At the conclusion of the. address BY
Bishop Lawrence, the Rt. Rev. kinloch
duced by Bishop Randolph. Bishop
Nelson said:
Our country. which until recently has
been called the new land. has reached an
axe and an experience that render /, ap--
pi opriate 10 keep commemorative days ana
to found monuments OF the past.
ut Is an ignoblo and decndent race which
c'ntres all its thought upon the present, and
n nation or community which has no retro
srect cur have no great prospect
I'VE live and thrive !urgely on past
rpents and people 1t adds, therefore. TO the
glory and commentator OF our age that we
hrvc Of least begun to place credit where IT
PREF oriy belongs and to reverence our anccs-
tets. and to recall IN suitable celebrations
and enduring memorials the acts upon which
the life and growth and achievements of our
nation are established.
"1he appointment OF days. the erecting
81 statues and shafts ought TO be wen con-
s'tored. for these are symbols OF ints!li-
&ercc and OF development in civilization OF
| tokens OF ignorance and prejudice, and the
generations which come after us will judge
whether We have set mp totem poles for some
ltoal celebrity who killed bear or a dozen
walvts. whether our festival and Its at
tonGant memorial sigunlize occurrences that
touch the deepest springs OF life ana cnil iof
u
| fcf,h, in philanthropy in Christian bcnevo.
| i.Ice, whose reach clearly outpasses local
| needs or particular era ana merges INTO the
perpetual welfare of peoples yet unborn.
"Of such enduring interest anu NaiHs
are some OF the discoveries and expeditions
o, the past, OF such momentons signiiicancn
is that day In June. 1907. when three little
81 fps from the Old World came to anchor IN
the James River sixty miles from Its mouth
End the voyagers proceeded first to build
a fer, TO protect themselves from savages
and to erect there church OF the slmpiest
au,i rutest form They then performed a
feat whose echo resoundea about the. world
| and hound this continent By debt of graft
tude measured not IN money or lands IN
position or power, but In the endurance ana
extension OF the principles of the first set
tiers.
''For here. a, what came to be known as
u mestown. not only did the Old World
| first NEE, the New but here was the be-
GINNING OF that moral and spiritual force
| Which has stretched its Influence. Its free
| fcrr and its religion to the shores OF another
ocean. With the best characteristics OF An
| :,io Saxon civiliantlon-love of country. sense
| OF liberty and the culture derived from
books, they brought with them reverence
| for God and definite religion, which main
| tanned its place in the daily Affairs of men
| 80 when Robert Hunt preached under an
/ old sail for n roof and celebrated.the holy
communion the faithful kneeling at an un-
! hown log. he founded the Episcopal church
\ I'm America, md gave to the new lana Il
| benediction In the form and words OF that
! primitive liturgy, which through innumer.
! able vicisstudes OF centuries has descended
/ to ,,s from apostolic days. and by these
4 tokens set up n claim which, despite obJec-
| tons aud opposition ana Islander OF men ana
/ me thods has been maintained ever since
that the church of the Bible ana the pray en-
| beck the church with its historic orders, IT'S
| scflpturnl creed and sacraments. and ancient
| and orderly worship: that the church which
( is hoy catholic ana apostolic Is the church
OF and for A,uercan people.
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| struggles for civil and religious liberty had
! ever preserved her steadfastness to the hign,
I ISL principles and loyalty 10 the DiNine Hea'l
| was none too good to bring to this tal' OH
| wt rid. II provided The daily worship Of the
1 c,lons,s Vt was the tencher Of the govern
Ileiit,r Of the tradesmen and the servants II
1 fcrts TO extend the gospel, and Is ours to-
jseay with the Increase of years and pleil-
4 tiful harvest OF noble men and women In
I ali the walks of life.
,'rhe state sponer Than the church has
/ felt the imperative demand Of emphasizing
4 the carly events In this republic. The bat-
tlca of tho Revolution had their nlonu-
4 rlcnls, and her heroes of the past thei!
lrlausuleuIns before the church felt the thri!
! of her ancestral possessions and realized
that she could mot afford to neglect the past
/ while living In the present. But ihdiner.
ence has been found q false philosophy, and
In ecclesiastical, no less than In civil affairs
4 there arc occasions and there are men which
the church cannot wisely isnore
1 I'VE have been TO sIugSiSn III recNtllNG
tiis phonored list and IN marking the resting
piafes Of American saints. we have beer
fnt9 too cureese in preserving our antiqui'
/ ties; we have allowed the light of our herit
A age to be hidden under the bushel OF u false
modesty and excessive responsibility, unit
= the world moving by has failed to perceive
the works Of the Influence of churchmer
III councils OF the nation. and the strength
! Of our communion III the training OF c!t
z6ns. OF generals, of legislators. " is tim'
\ wr should turn over u new leaf ana recos
nixa the value OF an nrstocracy, not OF gold
ot title OF, or lineage but OF character, Fo
4. WIS tlrs and NOT any pseudo- greatness
which descended hot by veins and bloot
ttor they died and left few children Of the
npmes), but by the practice, the example
~ pIonecra to the Rnndolphs. the Pen
dlctons, the NIasons, the Carriers, tn
Nelson's, the Madisons, the Monroes, tn
: IsmGes the Custises, the Harrisons and man,
offers, whose honor and integrity no MAJ
can inipugn who honestly studies the part
PLACED in tho great drama al Colonial lia
Men are wont to speak OF an established
religion though II meant religion au
! thcrized aud sustained By the ciril powers
this aud this only.
There is another ana entirely dinoren
: Wow which commend to Your attention.
/, va u religion established by priority o
eyaneeli1atiSn With continuity OF system am
order
In this sense tho religion Of the Pro
= testAnt Episcopal Church, as the daushte
/. o. the Church Of England, " the entablishe
religion OF America, and Is worthy 10 be =
retarded,
''lhe men VITO landed frem the three ship
ana sol I'M Il WORSHIP aid not establis
[ 4 Buddhism or confuclnnism hui Chrstanit.
and the form Of Christianits WAS not Ana
4 ! hn ptism or Calpsn,su OF Methodism or \.
menism, but Catholicism OF the Angelica
lt.pe and 'nndcl, Asa!n. they did not nm