The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-06

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Eand thirdly tic Celtic mission from
Iona, headed by 81. Ait1an in Gs5.
which penetrated Ultimately oven to-
the Thames. The bishops own diocese
4was composed OF Essex and ITcrtford-i
ss!iife. both Christinnized from Eorth-
nunbrla. and 1t wa. In gratitude for
this that the great abbey 0f ST. lAlbans
founded Il priorS III yryncmouth. AMI
tile priors lived in tho summer at
I'onWell Tower, ncnr Newcastle, now
iitbcf residenaG of tho bishops OF New
castle. and from which the bishop him-
self came tliaving been Bishop OF New-
castle 1SgG-1903)s to undertake. the
charge Of st. Adams Diocese.
The Celtic mission contributed that
element of ferycnt fnitl which was Q
fundamental element lii English Chris
i5tinnity. The fcrvOt. of fnitli that
penetrated from tho Tweed to the
Thames had never been exceeded. The
Roman mission contributed the cls-
melit OF law and order. Roman law
was the basis OF the law OF every civ-
ilized state. 1t was q. great Arch
bishop nf Canterbury. Theodore, sent
direct from Rofnc. who fused into ons
the three strenma---British, Roman,
Iceltic---whicl went to make the Eng
1.-THE church that led to the unity OF the
tile church allied to the unity OF the
state The state, in forming ParliA-s
t8mcnt. was copying the connclls OF the
church and held, Its first Parliament in
the chnpter-housc lent by the Abbot
of Westmnster.
But bcsidesstliesc two elements there
was n third that was neither Celtic
nor Roman, hut characteristic of the
Anglo Saxons--reasoned liberty. 1t was
20 characteristicsl That even Archbishop
Theodore. sent by Rome, caught the
spirit. refusing to confoym to an order
from Rome which he thought insult
able to England II came out In the
Magma charta. which An Archbishop
tIof Canterbury and the barons extortcd
from King John. II came out in vari-
l4ous statutes and protests even In the
tmidtiie ages when the rule of Rome
was tightening. II came out mt last
lin the demand for an English Bible,
tnnd To this day II seemed8a as IL to tho
Anglo Saxon race WAS specially intrust-
ted tns In IA different way TO the Jews)
the orncles OF God. for II WAS due to
this race.{espccially to the British and
Foreign Bible Society, that tho Bible
was now trnnslate1 into more than 400
languages Of the world. 1t came out
I In that demand for the right Of per-
tsonai access fof every Christian to God
/ In Christ. which Masfat the root Of tho
Information. 1T had characterized tho
ipcoplelo of Virginia these 500 years, and
these Observation-Disclosures faith, law
and order and personal liberty, In duo
harmony and proportion--characte rized
| the Christianity that came to James
town three centuries ago.
nut a word of warming oughtHto be
uttered. The history OF the Church of
/ Antioch showed three stages through
(which n church must pass--Esgsonai
faith, corporate life and missionary
zeal. To remain In the first to
! imperIl 1t and turn IL into an agrid.
narrow belief To remain In the second
Is TO imperil II and convert it--as Is
tory has shown--into ecclesiastical
Termination Th. one safeguard is Ito
expand. to be prepared to give OF tte
/ best-as at Antioch. st. !3arnabaa. aAd
st. Pau1-for giving to others What G4d
EIins made known tOt them. And TIC
/ one safeguard for England and
! America, the safeguard of personal
faith and incorporate life, was the rf-
solve to go on extending the kinedoan
Eof God. He came as one OF delegf
ton from England to express wh&t
/ was so well expressed in the 4
scription to the Kings Bible present.
/ ed that day--thc cordta! affection aItt
good win of England and sympati n
with America in this notable celebr'S-
i5tton and to appeal To them that thea
might be united action in mnkinS;
1 known to the. world this Word OF Gios
and In extending the Masters king
dom.
Bishop of London Speaks.
/ After the opcn-air services were At
an end, the impromptu gathering LEFT
Itheir seats or grassy mounds and tmossf-
covered COMMISSIONERS and gathered abotE
| the open windows of the church. WFet
I the singing of the doxolOGy came. II
| was taken un In one grand sonf
Through the length and breadth OF TIM
crowded graveyard. Then everybody
/ waited for the recessl0nal and th(
looming out OF the bishops and clergyi
I Kodak iends mounted the highest
points available, and the lnonotonoui
lclick of the picture-tak!ng instrument
WAS heard between the 3strainsEof thsd
hymn. The Lord Bishop of London}
icame in for an especially terrific fusil4
ilade.
/ Everybody wanted to hear DR.. In.t
| gram, and lie mounted the little plat
form which had Just been vacated by!t
lDr. Jacob, to say a few words to thes
Iassemblagc. All gathered close to hear
Thin. though he spoke for just a few
minutes. He referred simply, as the
others had done, To the historic slgnir-
s cance of the urcasion.g of llowit cele-s
sbrated the founding OF the8>Anglican5
Church on these shores three centuries
ago, n I'D then asked them always to bcs
ssioyattto that church and to tho spirit
which had prompted and Bnurtured Its
growth.
NJ Al 1.-THE distinguished visitors were
sontert;,incd at informal lunch by tho
Il Rev. Mr. Goodwin and Mrs. Goodwills
lin the rectory. where Dr. Ingram made
himself nsSperfectly at home as In his
London palace. He went down to the
room from where the girls and young
inatrons OF the town We're sending up
thssMell-hlled plates, saying: 81 came
down to see how II was done and who
WI sdoing 1t. III laug he'd gand talked
tssSsS;f tconJinued on Fourth Pagc.)