The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-02

rector. a restoration took place, and
once more the church was given the
former colonial appearance. The cost
was $27, 900, the work being. done with
absolute fidelity to the original con-
struction. and to-day the beautiful
edifice graces williamsburg with the
lines and design Of ITO. The red vel
vet canopied pew of the Governors Is
a memorial to Alexander Spottswood,
under whose administration the church
was built, and whose name Is em-
broidered in gold upon. the canopy top;
the chair in the pew 8 memory Of
Lord Botetourt. On Christmas and
Easter Day the old communion service
of the first Jamestown Church is used
while once every month that presented
by George ". The silver-gold service
given by Queen Anne Is also still at
Bruton. The font is that taken from
Jamestown, from which Pocahontas Isl
said to have been baptized. The grave
yard is much larger than the majority,
the tombs the oldest in the country,
while the wall surrounding all Is won
derfully well preserved, though built
in 1T54.
Vauter's.
Next in age to Bruton is quaint
vauter's Church. in Essex. On a
branch Of Blackburn's Creek, the brick
been twice repaired, is In good state
| yet, for while the walls are somewhat
| cracked over doors and windows, with
proper care the edifice VIII serve many
generations. The church stands on the
Garrett estate, and but for Mrs. Mus
coe Garrett who, when she heard that
bricks and stones were being carried
away. threatened to prosecute the next
offender, Vauter's would probably have
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churches.
Christ Church, Lancaster.
i Christ Church. Lancaster county.
which was built in 1882 by Robert
known as King" Carter, at his own
4 expense, deserves particular mention
4 owing to the past history and present
4 condition. Since 1892 but few repairs
have been made. ard the staunch walls
| of three foot thickness, are YET
sound, while the majority OF the glas.
J in the large windows is that original
) ~ placed there. The bui' ding Is O
!, cruciform shape, the whole nortl
) cross, with the large pew near thu
altar being reserved for the Carter
tor ell time. The freestone faggin,
Z is smooth and solid; the old high
8 back pews are still to be seen, AM
8 the walnut communion table show
3 few Of the scars OF time. Not roun'
3 from the chancel rail has disappeared
: the very beautiful font and old ceda
dial post belonging to the first church
and inscribed with the name and dat
9 John Carter, 1902" are in their old
time places. Christ Church Is situate
> in the customary grove o. trees; th
!, brick we'll, which unfortunately show
; signs OF ruin, as well as the tomb
= stones, the largest, richest and heav
. lest in the country being placed her
. over King" Carter and his two wive!
s The perfect material, faultless work
. manship and beautiful design. mus
!, shame the modern architects and caus
!. just pride to those who count anon
= their ancestors the man who had bot
the wealth and the desire to eree
such a temNle OF God.
p,i Blandford.
ri Blandford needs but passing mer
n rtion, its ivy-crowned walls and RUNE
J. graveyard Of 1897 being only too we
10 known to native and alien alike
3 the lines written upon the interior b
= some unknown poet in 1841:
" Thou art crumbling to the dust. o
l. pile, etc.
IN D.andford is no longer in use sa,
IL for an occasional funeral service, ar
l. but for the visits Of the casual touri
re Tor stranger guest its doors would r
le main unopened, itself a monument
il. an irrevocable past.
a; st. Paulss, Norfolk.
sd Built in 1889, serving as refuI
ut for women and children when Du
W more's fleet stormed Norfolk; batter