The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-20

the memory q the royal c.under WIZ
be Unveiled, together with ore ia low
ING tribute to the ORIGINAL builders 81
the ancient churh
Prominent aneDg be noted divines
who ale part she anniyersary
seryice IRE Bisaop Greer, Of New
York; Bishop Courtney. formerly III
Nova Scotia Bishop aIaclay- Smith, II
philadelphia; Bishop Darlington, OF
Harrisburg, Pa Or. Manning, Of Trim
ity church, New York, and ali the rec
tors Of Episcopal churches establish
ed BY queen Anne. ii
In the elaborate programme Of cele.
bratI3n the ancient relies Of the
church viii play a conspicuous part.
Not only win communion be served
from the MASSIVE plate given to the
church BY England,s Queen 81 cen
turies ago but the silver collection to
be used were the gift Of England's
plo4s peer. Lord Holland, while Bible
and prayer books win date back ts,
the earliest days Of old st. Andrews.
The church Is almost as old as the
Episcopal establishment in this coun.
try. AS early as 1900 the people OF
Richmond county were ciamoring for
"a church Of their own, backed up By
the Rev. William vasey, one OF the.
earliest rectors Of Old Trinity.
Although the people OF Richmond
were then taxed for the maintenance
Of minister. no religious leader had
been assigned to them and the near
est house OF worship was IN New York,
ten miles away across the waters o:
the Upper Bay.
Finally DR.. vasey prevailed in his
demands in behalf Of neglected Rich.
mond and the London Society for fac
Propagation OF the Gospel in Foreign
parts sent a missionary to Staten Isl.
and. This was in 1902, and the first
missionary was the Rev, John Talbot.
He was succeeded in 1904 by the Rev.
Eneas Mackenzie and five years lqtcr
the ground was broken for St An.
drew's church.
The original structure. completed in
l1711, was a faithful reproduction Of
the small English churches Of the
time, square and unornamentel, with
high pulpit, small marble chancel, and
plain STRAIGHTFORWARD pews.
Queen Anne contributed prayer
books, pulpit cover and rich commune
ion service, consisting OF two cups and
a paten. each inscribed with her name.
One Of these treasured cups was lost
during the Revolutionary war, hut the
search was never abandoned, and half
century later tae missing vessel was
recovered.
The growth Of st. Andrews church
and parish was rapid from the start.
Godly men in turn filed the pulpit. No
blot of dtssension or of scandal ap.
pears upon It's dong and honorable rec.
ord.
Probably the most noted Of It's rec
tcas was the Rev. DIR. David Moore
born in 1887, and in charge of st. An.
drew's for forty-eight years. Under
his ministry the congregation doubled
in size, the, old church was enlarged,
and the first organ was installed.
For more than $50 years st. An.
drew's suffered no loss save in thu
fater OF steeples. The first spire was
blown down in great storm early in
the last century: its second was de.
stroyed by Bat Of lightning and its
third steeple met the same fate.
The browning disaster came in 1867.
when the old church was totally de.
stroyed by fire. At the risk Of their
lives score Of devoted partshtoners.
led by their rector, the Rev. DR.. Kings
ton Goddard, rescued the old com.
munion table, the Queen Anne service
and the ancient font, chancel chairs.
Bible and prayer books.
The passing CT old st. Andrews re,
moved q historic landmark linked with
some OF tihe most stirring chapters in
American history. British and Ameri.
can soldiers battled stubbornly at its