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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02
A Weeks Thought-Calendar

NJ. c. A., and J. Campbell White, who
was one of the original hundred stu
dent volunteers and had been for ten
years general secretary of the Y. III.
c. A. in India. At the Nashville con.
ference more students reported ready
to go to the foreign fields than tho
mission boards could finance. Then
they began the Laymen's Movement
which Is putting up to the men Of
seventy-five cities the financing Of
missions as "a mans job" and 20
successful has been the campaign
that in city after city. such ~ To-
ronto. Buffalo. Cleveland and Rich
mond. the gifts OF the churches have
been largely increased, sometimes
doubled and trebied. Business me-
have taken hold OF this az thAir 3oA
One Pennsylvania an said that -
had made money enough, and AL hu
made hereafter would be devoted 70
missions. The vice-chairman OF ~
movement. Alfred e. Marltng. who =
alro ,tCe-chairman OF the IntarnH.
tional Committee OF the Y. NJ. c. A,
thus challenged the Rochester dele.
gates: III we business men supply
the money, will you supply the lives.
until death do us part 2" The assoctA-
tons are joining In with the Lag
mems Movement in pushing these
campaigns. Half its field force ara
men who have worked as association
al secretaries or are now ui leave oS
absence from foreign posts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02
Preacher in Cap and Bells

Our preachers are especially liable
to fall into the peril of buffoonery.
We have swung so far from the dig
nifty of Journalism that we sometimes
fall into the other extreme OF Demo-
cratic hilarity. We have seen the
service in churches utterly ruined by
the bungling jokes or the preacher
who thought he was funny when he
was only rude and coarse. For on,
part. whether IL be orthodox or not,
we enjoy a~church service conducted
with becoming dignity. We do pot
like preacher To dress like a drum
mer or talk like one. A froek coat
for the pulpit is the proper thing and
a reVerent manner throughout the
service Is always impressive. Suppose
you take Christs . sermon on the
Mount and compare II, with sorrss
vulgar diatribe agains. the sins of the
community. We are quite sure ir
SOME OF our church services were con-
Quoted with little more dignity and
the preacher would deliver his mes-
sage In quiet tones and not shou.
as u he though, everybody in the
house was stone deaf. there would he
iess demand for an "enriched SER
vice" that we hear abou. every nov
anu thon Some people confound
dignity with dryness. The two are
YER different To many of us. now
ever. the dignified preacher even.
though q little dry. II pFeferabaa to
the man who shouts 2Ild teams at
the mouth like counfx& SWyer Try
~ ~ cas& hefcr6 ~ Z fset5
4Yexytht ~ done d ~ Al
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02

Il came to see IL you knew how to
knit" said Patty.
"Oh. yes, l do" cried Cora eagerly.
Then would you knit me some
things--comforters and garters, and
perhaps a pair of nittenS, for the In
dian sales?" said Patty. II win bring
the wool, and pay you for the work,
too"
Little Cora's eyes were very bright.
'oh, that Is too good to be true!"
she said. II can earn money for the
lily after ALL"
Throughout that Lent--which was
very mild and sunny one as to
weather-Patty went often to see Cora,
All her own earnings were turned over
to the little knitter. When Easter eve
came, she had paid Cora $2.S5. You
viii see how much Cora had If you
remember what she started out with.
Poor. little crippled Cora could not
go out to choose the lily. That pleas
ure was Patty's. And in her many Wis.,
it's she had grown SO fond of the little
girl who could not run about that it
was with scarcely any heartache that
she saw Cora write the name OF the
church and the clergyman on the card
which was tied to the lily.
Oh. how beautiful that lily was!
How white it's blossoms, how shining
its green leaves. how sweet it's fra
grancei
1T win look lovely on the altar
steps said Cora. a great Joy In her
eyes. Suppose nobody had given me
any work."
Then you would have offered your
disappointment 10 God, and he would
Dave taken that as Easter Offering"
lN0h Aunt Helen. But am glad you
knd the lily
Aunt Helen said Patty. as they
walked home from the early Easter
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The work of restoration inaugu-
rated on May 10, 1905, by a sermon
preached by Rev. Beverly d. Tucker,
d. D.. since consecrated bishop-co-
adjutor OF the diocese OF Southern
Virginia, has been planned and exc
cuted with absolute fidelity to colo
NAL type and historic verify, wiz
the endeayor to reproduce the form
and feeling of the past. over $27. 600
has been spent for structural preser-
walton and restoration of the building
The foundations and roof timpers
have been renewed; a shingle tile roof
covers the building and an iron an0
concrete floor safeguards 1t from
dampness and fire. The tower wooa-
work, together with the clock origi-
nally in the House of Burgesses. have
been restored. and the bell, engraved
The Gift of James Tarpley to Bru-
ton Parish, 1884," against rings out
the passing hours. The high pulpit
with overhangtng sounding boards,
stands again at the southeast corner,
and Is q memorial to the Rev. Com
mlssary James Blair, D. D. and the
other clergy of the colonial period.
The chancei has regained its place
in the east, and with the aisies is
paved with white marble, in which
are set tombstones appropriately In
scribed to mark the graves discover
ed during the process of excavation.
OF the twenty-eight graves found in
the aisles nine were identified by let
tiers and dates made by driving brass
tacks in the wood of the coffin. Among
the graves thus marked with marble
slabs are those of Governor Francis
E'auquier, Governor Edmund Jen-
nings, and DIR. William Cooke, secre-
tary of State. and recently the BODY
of the Hon. Judge Edmund Pendle-
to be inferred In the north aisle of
the church. The pews restored In
colonial style are all to be made
memorial those in the transepts to
II of the patriots of the Revolution,
those in the choir to the surveyors
general and the presidents of the
College of William and Mary and
those in the nave to the vestrymen
of the parish during the colonial
period. Each pew has upon the door
bronze tablet inscribed with the
name OF the person memoriaiized.
over the governors pew has been
placed a silken canopy. emblazoned
with the name of Governor Alexander
Spotswood. and affixed to the wal,
lis bronze tablet with the names of
the colonial governors who worship
ped here.
The Bible given by King Edward
VII. and the lectern presented by the
president Of the United States are in
memory of the three hundredth an
niversary of the English church and
English civilization in America
Preserved and restored In the old
church is typical Of the strong and
simple architectural designs of tn.
colonial period. and witness of the
faith and devotion OF the nation
builders Rising from amid the
sculptured tombs of the honored
dead who lie beneath the shadows Oh
it's walls, old Bruton stands, as the
bishop of Southern Virginia has said,
THE noblest monument Of religion
in America"
"A link among the days to knit,
The generations each to each"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02
A SOUTHERN PROBLEM

The first problem ment on be-
longs peculiarly to the South. II Is
the grea. problem Of Southern Hit
eracy. For our figures In this ques-
ton we are still dependent on the
census of 1900. This showed in ale
the South 1872 per cent. OF white IL
literates ten years of age and over.
That means. in round numbers, H.
100000 people. The figures for all
the other States showed only rs per
cent. illiterates- But the bare abil-
fty TO write ones name Is an Insult
fcient teEt OF literacy: hence the fig
nres above must be largely increased
to represent the real facts The
schools we have are poor. and q large
part of the chiidren--more than half
the negroes and rs per cent. OF the
whites are note In school at ali. The
average or schoo. atendanee sas only
three ysars Tor tho enttro South. III
ApApeg pfSsshtsd ~ ne Copese3nf
kssz 4! - thA 1pu11 r. A9NlAl
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Mr.. l.. F. Reynolds presented figures
from fifteen prominent counties in
Alabama showing a white school pop
ulation of 10000, with an actual at
tendance of only 81 per cent. That
is. of these children. 60 per cent, on
an average. are out OF school. The
cS.use OF this oackwardness In edu-
caticnal facilities Is the poverty al
ready aluoed to. For each child of
school age New York viii show five
timer the amount Of taxable prop
erty that Tennessee can show. Hence
ire same rate nf tsSa,is sir Y
IS per child In New York to 81 per
child IN Tennessee. 1hs heroisin -.
the fight the South Is making IL
shown in the steady Improvement
that has been made since 1879. re-
ducing white iilsteratys from ~ per.
0cnf. to III IscT GENT. and negro II
tlt1f9cy fri nearly. ~ pr cent 20
Is ~ q lll essstr xssults vii
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throw of disease. But the faltn ~
Jairus could not raise his daughter
from the dead, nor could the faifh
OF the Diind men give them sight, IL
way Jesus who ola II and their faith
was only the condition on which ne
did il He did not need the fan
of the sick TO help him make them
well as physician does; he simply
required IL OF them.
lSut why should jesus require faith
of those whom he would help: Some
OF us have "a grudge against him Le-
cauAe We imagine that ii Is an arbi-
trary requirement But IL Is not AN
arbitrary requirement. Imagine Ii
you can a home in winch some secret
enemy has poisoned the minds of the
children against their father unIi
they no longer have any confidence III
him. 1t would not-he Il home, IL
would be o horrible wreck. suppose
the father should undertake to bring
order out of chaos--how would ne
IL about IL -Thera Is no nhedien2e.
no love, no service rendered. nothing
: ia1at -4lassss~--lA Would -4Fst-Eeaaira-e
his children their service? How could
he get them to do anything worth
while if they did not trust him?
I Would he require their love" How
could he get them TO love one in who II
, they had no confidence? Yet he must
require something or right relations
between his children and himself will
never be restored and the home will,
/ not be recovered. What can tie re-
quire of him but faith? What
change is there that order will coma
out of the wreck II his children do
not learn to trust him?
! So God comes into this wrecked
world=-wrecked because man was Led
to doubt him--and undertakes TO
bring his children into right relations
with himself. There Is no love, no
| obedience. no service. nothing but
chaos, What can he do? Eow can
the children be brought. togo. ner
around the Father in loving obedi-
enee to him II they do not :rns. him
What can God require of them but
faith =? What can he rslpiro iess
than faith? What chance Is thet g
that order will come out of the wreck
If his children do not learn 10 trust
him
Am / helping him to bring order
out of the wreck by trusting him?
i Two Illustrations.
/. | may be pardonei for using
here an illustration which have used
elsewhere In these lessons: Do you
not remember when you were IL child
and you were visiting at "a ac.ghbor g.
AMI great storm arose. and night
came on, how you stood at the Windo w
with your little face pressed againEt
the pane and watched the light In
your home over the way and shud-
dered at the thought of having to &c
through the dark and :oi1. ara rain
to get there? And how. when S.,l.
heart had almost failed within you
there was a loud zap at thu aour, anu
fssf h.Ar artr.A In y1rt ftti N,
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ject to the order, that we men sit
pom the North side of the Church and
ye Women on the left" Later on 1t is
ordered that "Ye Gallery be assigned
for the use of the College Youth of
William and Mary, to which Gallery
there is to be put door, with lock
and key, the sexton to keep the key"
Here the students sat and carved their
names, which may be seen o-day, and
doubtless INDUCED in incipient reason
ing relative to religious liberty,
Thomas Jefferson was among them.
"
The old brick building Of 1874 soon
became inadequate TO the needs of
the situation. and in ITO. during the
rectorship of the Reverend Commits
sary James Blair. ID. D., it was deter
mined that a new church should be
built. Plans were furnished by Gov
crnor Alexander Spotswood. who pro-
posed that the vestry should bu;fd
the two ends OF the church and prom
| Used that the government would take
care OF the wings and intervening
part The House OF Burgesses, in
addition, was pleased to state that they
would appropriate a Sufficient Sum
| of Money for building pews for the
Governor, Council and the House of
Burgesses." and appointed r. John Hol-
loAMay. Mr.. Nicholas Meriwether and
Nh. Robert Boiling committee to Co
operate with the vestry IN the under
iahirg
This building, which was completed
In 1715, has remained continuously in
use and has well wthstood the rough
usages of war and the Devastating
| touch of time. Its ministers. as shown
from contemporaneous records were,
| without a single exception. men of SUI
perior culture and godly piety. Most
of them were Masters of Arts from the
| Universities OF oxford and Cambridge
or full graduates of the College of Will
| liam and Mary. and that they served
the cause OF Christ with devotion and
fidelity is attested in every instance
by resolutions of the vestry.
The old prayer book, which bears
the inscription, "Bruton Parish. 1885,"
bears witness through erasures and
marginal insertions to answered pray
ers. The prayer for the president is
pasted over the prayer for King
| George III. while the prejudice en-
gendered by the passions of men is
evidenced by line run through the
words King of kings and the mar
ginal insertion, Ruler of the Uni
verse; The Bible OF this period is
also preserved, together with the old
parish register, containing the name
of George Washington eleven times,
and telling OF the baptisms of lie
negro servants within period OF
twenty-five years. with many pages
of the record of this period missing
Besides these. the church is the In
heritor and custodian of other sacred
memorials of the past. The old
jamestown baptismal font and Com
munion silver are still In use at
Bruton Parish church, together with
set OF Communion silver made in
1886, given by Lady Gooch to King
George III These memorials will be
preserved in the future in the fire.
proof crypt built beneath the chan
Gel of the church.
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-. <x..,,p. -r,o xr,~s,,tan viii nr,nt
:.
Vh SATURDAY the SUNDAY SCHOOL ieS-
e0n fer the next day.
one day. while Jesus was In Gamer.
GruYn. a prominent Jew--a chief Off
ar of the ssuarogte----cane 10 him.
ana prostratiax himself at his feet,
ssr2ea. Lord. my Irtie daughter is s I
me point of death-she is aying--she
- 6e.d. t,s, ,s,,ir,a ana Law my hand
tsvun her. and she snail live" Moved
h Wits, COMMISSION. Jesus went wj.n
the ru4sr. but stopped ON the way
x0 s5easS 10 81 woman VINO had tpEt
screrf a.n behind him and touched ;i,a
hem pf his garment and in ,nusa-
x4uencu had l.aen healed of her dis
ease. Nnile he was taking with her
messed GERS came from IN. rulers
Ilaasa... n, atv,sne 1air,s that his dauyh-
s7er Vas s,t,;te dsa1 aud fhaf ~ US
sassea.ss Il, ,ronhIn the Master s,,rtt.r
1900 averhaartng them ,,,rn.s IN
ti.a ruler ANA said. .rNSevar mind, opfI
Ss.sIIssx.- s,,d she7shau he ,naTe yvb ~. -
Ethen they rearhad tha ha,sn ~ ..
,,s.rana ,innx Tor h,,r,ai 80 ,I-o.,.s,.
M 100000 an,s ,ha hfrca ,,o,,r,,.-t,
ssswtth tbetr rnusieaI instrnmen,s usro
Y xsslsy,r ~ ,gr ,.-i,b ,ba htaa,,,s, 49,.
i 49, ~. u,,.et ncra vinns TaLt,,, 80,
/ Esv,s Isa,er Ia,a. ~ T,h, go 50,
4 ~ --xs..S~ - = = :, -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02
pstty's Easter OFFERING.

#sfsI mean 10 gave the most beautiful
lily, In a pot. for Easter" said Patty.
II have forty seven cents now, and
can save lip enough for three dollars
by Easter eve"
Patty, / want you 10 come with me
see a very sick girl" said her aunt
lsN1ers. .She was in my Sunday school
Aaass. but / fear she will never be in
Il again"
N Patty had never seen anyone look
~ white and frail as little Cora did.
She was lying on IA tiny bed, clean and
meat, Ia a tiny room. also clean end
saAat. shabby though the fnrnitue
Mas.
While Pattys aunt talked to Cara's
! mother the two little girls looked shyly
NH each other
n hope youll be better by Easter"
j raid Patty.
Nj n hope so.s said Cora, her dark eyes
fIiitng with tears. Il wanted TO buy a
heantifni lily for the altar. but / have
\ only twenty two cents. and now--now
4 + can't so messages or do anything
n e0 earn money
Patty was very silent rs she walked
Nkpnae
EAx Aunt Helen she said at length, II
mink I'll buy my lily and give II TO
ssera. 70 that she can send II TO the
Sxhnfrhs
III VT viii not be Cora's gift unless she
6ns Ii. replied Aunt Helen. Il don't
Mink that win make her any happier"
g What else can ! do?" Patty was
&aaed..
The kest Eay to help others L. not
~ rive Them things, but to put them
Y {Ite way Of earning" answered Aunt
13tx xhought the matter over, bat
14 sci Ase what To do Then she
M Il tu5k with mother. Oh. how
<E kssnnles we're straixhtened out
II taax With sn<sthers
= AM Putty went alone Il
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02
AN EASTER SONG.
tBy 4. Irvine fnnes.l

They feel him guide and strengthen
That Jesus lived. that Jesus died.
The ancient stories tell:
With words of wisdom. love and truth,
That he could =r~0- 40 well:
Ard all so great his WIS., Cor man.
s hail him. brave and free.
The highest Of heroic souls
AAlao lived and died fer me.
That Jesus rose, that Jesus reigns,
The hearts that love him know;
They f-Sl him guide and strengthen
them.
Az on through life they GO.
Reyoicing IN his leadership.
The feavenward way / see,
And shall not stray II ! can say,
He rose and reigns in me.
Christian Register.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02

BY Rev. w. A. Il. Goodwin, d. D.,
Rector OF Bruton Parish.
Bruton Parish church bears wit
ness To the continuity of the life of
the church established at jamestown
in 1907. The history of It's begin
ming and early life lies In that period
of obscurity oceasioned by the de-
struction and loss of the written re-
cords of the church and the county
courts OF Virginia. From what re-
mains we learn that In 1892 Middle
Plantation subsequently Williams
burg) was laid out and paled in
seven miles inland from jamestown.
in the original county of James City,
ana shortly thereafter parish in
James City county, called 'Harrop,
was established, which on april l..
164S, was united with Middle Plan
tation parish, forming the parish of
Middletown In 1874 the parish of
Marston testahlished in York county
in 1850 and Mtddletown parish were
united under the name Bruton parish.
| The source from which the name is
derived Is suggested by the inscrip-
ton on the tomb of Sir Thomas Lud-
Well, which lies at the entrance of
the north transept door. which state.;
that he was born at Bruton. in the
county of Summerset, In the King
dom of England, and departed this
life in the year 1878.
There was q church building in
Williamsburg In 1865. which in 1874
had come TO be known as tie odd
Church. This fact Is established by
an entry In the vestry book of the
Middlesex parish. which directs that
church be built in that parish. "af-
ter the mode OF the one In Williams
burg How long this builuing had
been In use Is not known, but 1t had
grown old in 1874. at which time the
! new vestry book opens with the or
der under date April ye 18TH" that
new church be built with brick at,
We Middle Plantation" Land suifi-
Client for the church and churchyard
was given by Col. John Page, to-
gether with twenty pounds sterling,
to aid in erection OF the building.
The beginning of church life in this
building, the foundations of which
| were unearthed during the excava-
lions made in 1905. is noted In the
quaint entry under date Novemb Der
We goth, 1888: Whereas: ye brick
church at Middle Plantation Is now
finished, II is ordered ye all ye in
habitants of we said parish do for the
future repair hither to hear Divine
Service and ye Word of God preach
ed; and that Mr.. Rowland Jones,
Minister, do dedicate ye said church
ye sixth OF January next being ye
Epiphany"
The records of this period tell OF the
"old communion table" which is to
be removed to the minister's house
and there remain: of the purchase of
ring OF bells; OF fees paid in to-
bacco for registering officials acts. and
for digging graves In the church aisle
and chancel. and of We sum of Six
teen thousond Six Hundred and Sixty
six pounds of Tobacco and Caskle,' to
be paid annually to Mr.. Rowland Jones.
minister. Colonel John Page has &C
corded to him the privilege to sett a
pew for himself and family in the
Chancell OF the New church. while the
rest OF the congregation IL made sub
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service. with the memory of the flower
decked altar. the perfumed silence Of
the great church. fresh in their memo
ries. II meant to have offered my dis
appeintment-ahont not sending
lily---as my Easter offering. but hadn't
any disappointment to offer. ! was
Just glad--only glad"
"You had offered the disappointment
in Lent" replied her aunt. And God
had changed 1t into joy--as he does all
disappointments really offered to him"
Frances Hnrmer. In Christian Regis
fer
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order in the pulpit as well as In the
pew.
Jesus is Not Backing Cushion.
Weights.
No wonder some of them became
weary at the length OF the service.
poor things, But He Is distinctly
backinR those who bear their crosses
as He bore His. He says so. But
the "Lo. ! am with you always does
net refer to the Morris-chair: 1t re-
fers to the wolves
There is good deal Of prattle
atout comrsdeship with Jesus, about
having a sense of His presence. II
You want comradeship with Christ,
10 to the front. If you would have
a sense Of His presence, get among
the wolves: He has sent you there,
hasn't He?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02

A Divorce Worth Whiie.-Thc
American Federation of Labor. In an
nua. convention at Toronto, Can. de-
c'ared itself as emphaticaliy opposed
TO the liquor trade. In the words of
samuel Gonpers. the president OF tho
federation. Tho time has como when
the saloon and the labor movement
must be divorced" Thomas L, Lewis,
president OF the United Mine Work.
ers. expressed tho opinion that trade
Unions are doing more for temper
ance thar any other institution II the
world. IA 4
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HISTORIC CHURCHES IN VIRGINIA

euresi the
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Thursday.
never saw a moor,
/ never saw the sea:
Yet know I how the heather looks.
And what a wave must be.
] never spoke with God,
Nor visited in Heaven;
Yet certain am / OF the spot
AS II the chart were given.
Emily Dickinson.