Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-07-02
CONSECRATE CHURCH

At tie Plains, Va. Friday. Bishop
Gibson Prcsides-Sermon by Rev.
! Dr.. Green - New Edifce Cost
SI0,O0G.
An event Of more than usual inter
est occurred At The Plains, Fauquier
county. Friday at II O'Clock, when the
new Grace Protestant Episcopa!
church was cOnsecrated by the RI.
Rev. Robert A. Gibson, u. n, bishop
of the Episcopal diocese OF Virginia.
Besides Bishop Gibson, there were
ipresent Bishop Coajiutator Brown, q
Virginia; the Rev. Edmund Lee Wood
ward, NJ. D., rector of Grace church:
the Rev Bergman Green, D. d.. dean
Gs the Episcopal Seminary. near this
city: the -.ey. DR.. S. 4. Wallis, pro-
feSSor at tie same seminary. and the
Revs. William G.. Pendleton, of War
renton; William Meade, Of Leeds
church, Fauquier Conrad Goodwin, o.
!.eesburg; Robert 4. Goodwin, OF Mid
dleburg and Aldie, Fauquer county;
f; A.. Stuart Gibson, of Manassas; f. B
3Grwcl, o. Upperville; B. d. Cham
bers. of Millwocd, Clarke county: VIII
fred f. Roach, of Marshall, Fauquier
county, and Archdeacon Neve, Of Ivy
and the Blue Ridge Episcopal Missions
in Albermarle and Green counties.
The service commenced with a pro-
cesSion of the bishops and clergy in
their vCstments from the veStry room
through the churchyard to the front
door OF the church. the bishops going
first When the church door was
| reached Bishop Gibson knocked upon
it three times. Il was opened by the
junior warden O. the parish. Mr.. Ed
| ward c. Turner. who was waiting or
Ike inside with the rest Of the vcstf>.
.As the procession went up the aisle
cho - Psalm was read by the
bishop and clergy alternately. after
which al took their appointed places
in the charcel and choir. The instru-
mcnt Of donation was then read by Mr. |
A. Walton Fleming. registrar Of the
vestry. and handed 10 Bishop Gibson |
by Mr.. James X. Foster. the senior |
warden. The bishop then laid the +,
paper cn the communi0n table as "A /,
part Of the service The conservation |
service proper WAS then read by him
and al It's close he delegated tn" rec
tor of inc church. shc Rev. ~. L. 6. !,
Woodward To read the sentence OF con
sccratian. The usual morning service !
Gi tie Episcopal church o!lowed b. |
the h0'- communion was then read |
by the bishops and clergy present The |
chGr.'' was ii'itc to overlooking by !
tie regular congregation with man. |
visitors from the neehborirg
churches in the counties Of Fauquicr.
Clarke Loudoun and Prince William |
and some from Alexandria and Rich |
m.nd An eloquent and appropriate
sermon was preached by the Rev.
Bergman Green. D. D.. dean Of the |
Alexandria Seminary. The choir of |
the church was supplemented by the |
choirs Of St. James church, Warren
ton: st. James church. Leesburg. and
st. paul's church. Haymarket. with |!
Mrs. Charlotte Nelson Holt. organist !
. st. James church. Warrenton, pre-
siding At the crgan.
The y%!,oic service including the
musical part. was most Solemn and
impressive and will never be forgot
ten by the congregation in attendance !
The one regret was that the venerable |
Rev. John McGill. y. D., q former rec
tor Of the parish. and whc lives IN the
nc;ghhcrhooj. could not be present at
the .crvica owing to i'll health. He,
howcvcr. had scnt word tn Dr. Wood
wnrd cx0rcssing his pleasure that the
ncY ahurch was so happily completed,
/ The present church was commenced
two years ago under the inspiring
/ lea :arship Of the rcctcr, Dr. Wood
ward. supported by a loyal vestry with
"a people ha"ing mind 70 accomplish
the work II is y noble cdi!ice Of ma
tive stone, taking the place Of Il
frame church. c2nsecrated by Bishop
! Meade in 1885. Il is massive in cor
struc.ion and has a fine tower sur
mounted hy tsurcatcd splre from
which rises beautiful! celtic cross
made Of copper. The interior is bead
tifully finished il oak patterned after
the style of an old English church OF
the thirteenth century.
Attached to the church Is large
I. - "a l11tprill