The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-13

RICHMOND, VA, sUND.
OF tho dead but sceptrcd sovcreisns wht'
still ruini Dur spirits from their urns the
orly slirlbient expression of GRATITUDE t3
tin WHO guided US ~, ,es os dest.
MES the test and the measure or OUT Wortll
ness TO ihhprlt their name and their tame.
the only protection against ar,ana ae.sn !.
ittUs c0ars0noss and folly), the saivat!oh OF
ou- real and sperheneiit grentncss Is 20 ~.
crease tho number OF those who share our
| benefits. to eflarge TIN. bounds as well as
| ada to tho deuth and Height OF the Kingdom
of our Blessed Rtdcener.
\ Tin tllIs every organized agency rs or the
highest Importance II It manifests o'r graft
tudo to C'od for country, church and home
witl, pence and prosperity: by our S'tts thht
orable others to do for us what we cannot
q. Tor ourselves rcss there ~ ah,o ',, VS. ".
carry the everlasting gospel TO the chas Oh
| tho earth"
DIR. ,TIilm Speaks.
Rev. Or. Randolph Harrison McKiin,
iof Washington, president Of the House
of Deputies, was tie last speaker. He
said:
feathers and brethren, when re-
fleet upon ltiles tremendous Significance
or the events that TRANSFERRED upon this
! spot 800 years ago I am awed into
! silence rather than kindled into speech.
! Here were planted the seeds OF eng
| 1ish civilization, English law and Eng
| lisll liberty. .1ere the English Blue
and may remind you that 1t was not
the Kings Bible, but the oisf1ops
Bible--was first given peach on Amer
| lean shores. Here the Book OF Com
i ~ trpt xcyt,
manent use to klndle the devotion OF
| American men from generation to gem
GRAFTON. Here were planted the seeds
| OF that English Church with It's rlcll
heritage OF primitive faith, primitive
| order and primitive worship, which is
! the mother Of us all to-day. say
when ponder these things am nloyeG q
] rather TO a feeling OF awe than am !
moved to speech. and yet " happens
| to me as happened to the fsal.n's.'
i While i was musing the IRE
Then spake. with my tongue
.sWhat visions rise before ouf 49,,
eye as we starfd upon TINS sp ,'..,s si,I,, .
| 4 see in yonder river three iittie sn.ps
cominr TO anchor on the 18th OF May
1sOT commanded by stout old captain
rthrIstnn,ier Newport--and mark that
,rora .christopter,' Christ bearer. "
is no, n roodly or gallant expedition
~ looI. upon. Little there of the pomp
md spIcntor5 OF empire little 10 pe-
token power or to foretoken sloIy.
But to the eye of history these n.t,e
cockleshells carried the future OF 'h
Anglo saxon race on the continent OF
America, They brought with them the
seed Of English civilization and OF Eng
lish free institutions for new sowing.
| whose harvest was destined to be. IN
the providence of God. thu unfted
states OF America. They brought also
| the seed of that ancient British and
AngIo-Saxon church. which was TO Dc
tho mother of this great church, pro
testant and catholic at once. wlich we
all of us to-day recosnize as our
mother, whom we serve and for whom
we stand.
my brethren. whence came the
inspiration to- that expedition Of which
have spoken, and the vision Of which
rises before my eyes as 1 stand on
| this holy spot to-day?
I'VE must go back of the Rev. Nich-
ard Hackluyt, Prebendary OF West
minister and Dean of Westminster, and
the Archbishop of Canterbury and 9th
err Englishmen of the reign OF James
l., who were active in sending out
this colonyt back to the reign OF Queen
| EsliZabetlr:s ITO! that great Englshnlan.
Y SlF Wy d1tSIiA WIZ t'stGatu -tHE
Inflated Roanoke colony, which WAS
|, the forerurner of the jamestown
coionya and to SIR Philip. Sidney seer
and prophet. who urged the planting
| Of colonies IN shmerica, which he be-
!, lieved would stretch from ocean to
| ocean. and would be a check upon
1.-The growing power of the church. a.
Roms iii tRfJ new iand.
1E you ask what were the motives
| Witch sent these ErgilShnen on their
Hong five months journey, to the shores
of virginia, answer doubtless there
was commercial motive. DOUBTLESS
There was also a national motive, bu.
i In addition to this, just as clear, jus
as definite, was the religious motive
and the missionary impulse. Be. ~ re-
membercd that this was a church nj
the English colony organized bv
I churchmen and sustained by church
4 men. succored in time OF peril by
churchmen. The last word of counsel
which these colonists heard ere they
set sail from England in December
1905. was this. You go to Virginia for
the destruction of the devils Kingdom.
Another Vision.
Look again at the men who have
disembarked from these three tiny
ships. They are gathered under torr
4 sail for the celebration of the Holy
i Communion of the body and blood OF
i Christ.
!. What is the liturgy which they are
4 using? PINOT the Roman Catholic, but the
I. Anglican liturgy. Thus that old ivy.
clad tower that stands yonder links
i US. with the primitive British Church
which had been established in Britain
lar least fou1 centuries hafore the mis-
i sionaries sent out by Pope Gregory
the Great landed in Kent at the Close
1 of the sixth century. AS early as y
i D. 31i that church had sent three
bishops to the great Council of Aries
i and look for a moment at the couragt
i and devotion of these men. They hav.
braved the perils of the sea, thesperil:
!. of the untrO6den wilderness. the peril:
Of the cruel savage and Il peril create
4 than ALL the peril of the Spaniard
q. Can we, my brethren, fail toslift 7.
81 TIE Deum' to Gods glory to-day tina
I, English not Spanish civilization. ha.
4 become dominant on this continent
aEhad Spain continued mistress in THU
tWestern hemisphere?
u '.Another vision arises before my eye
ALI. how different. Three Years ;hav,
passed away since these men LANDED
Il on this shore IT is the month of Nav