The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-10-08
GREAT DAY At BRUT0N
slb's From English king And Presidents Iecteru
Presented

The hands upon the dial OF time turned
backward Saturday to the Colonial peri.
Oh oil NirRiDia's history when a vast and
reverent multitude knelt devoutlv upon
the stone hagstOnes of Bruton Church.
at Williamsburg. and prayed iervently
Tor the English King Fully $500 per.
sons united in a pilgrimage TO Brutou
parish, where the President OF the United
states and the King OF England sent.
through formal ecclesiastical emmisaries
each a gift-President Roosevelt a sup
ero lectern for the upholding o. tue hoi.
scriptures and King Edward VII a
goid-ciasped and iewel-studded Bible.
which Is to rest upon the lectern.
Bishop Satterlee, of Washington. prp-
sented the lectern, which was received
by Bishop Randolph. of Virginia. Bish.
op Ingram of London presented the
Bible, which was received by Bishop
Tuttle, OF Missouri
The Bishop OF London sprung a sur-
prise by presenting to Bruton Church a
beautiful prayer book, the gift OF Bruton
parish in SOmersetshire, England.
The service was beautiful and impress
! sive
Bishop Ingram made touching ad-
dress beneath the grand old trees that
shade the edifice, and he asked permis-
sion TO pronounce the benediction. both
upon the assembled living and the his
toric dead, long buried there. who yeAks
ago owed allegiance To the British GOV
erigu,
Several other distinguished cler1vmsn
assisted In the service, including the re-.
Tor. Rev. DIR: Goodwin, through whose
Efforts the old church-the Oldest Anvh.
can church in point Of continuous service
IN the United States-has recently been
restored 10 It's original simplicity of
architecture and furnishing.
Governor and Mrs. Swanson oecnniad
tne velvet eanopied pew. bearing In
golden letters the name Alexander S5ots,
wood, and adorned with the golden
coet-of- arms Of that Colonial Governor
of Virginia.
Bishop Ingram. in presenting the Bible
rom King Edward. said King Edward
y the peacemaker of Europe, as Presi-
dent Roosevelt is the maker OF peace ia
thie country. lt was meant that the Bible
OF the one should rest upon the lectern
OF the other and that the two great
English-speaking nations should come
together upon this hellowe ground on
an occasion concentrating the thnee
hundredth anniversary of the establish
ment of English civilization and the
English Church upon the shores OF the
new world.
Bishop Satterlee, in presenting the
lectern. said that two things are dear
to the American heart-the Bible and
the Sabbath.
Bishop Gibson read the creed and
prayer. The rector of Bruton
Church touched on the historic signi6.
canoe OF the occasion. This " as follow
ed by the presentation OF the lectern and
the Bible
Services We're held in the afternoon for
the church officials and delegates. the
following dignitaries officiating. among
Others: Bishop Cleveland K. Nelson. OF
Georgia; Bishop James b. Funston Of
Idaho; Bishop Peterkin. of West Virginia.
and Bishop Arthur s. Lloyd.
The bronze bas relief memorial given
by the American Episcopal Church in
memory OF the life and service of Rev.
Robert Hunt, minister of the colony
which landed at jamestown on Nav ~
1907, was installed in the tower OF the
church and was on exhibition for the
first time.
The Lord Bishop OF London preached
to a great throng in the open air In the
Capitol square at Richmond Sunday.