, 1924-03-28
tied States Press Representatives Visit To ST. CrOih Virgin
Islands, u. S.
THURSDAY February 21St 1924.
AS REVIEWED B UMB BEE EN- ROUTE
Continued from y0sterday's A0js.)
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Arriving in town so late did not give time to view Federkaed as we had in such
bright sunshine seen Chrdanded, nevertheless threw vase pportunty to make a nasty
circuit of the own which ourf friend of old has spoken SO particularly of in hsr record OF
his VISIT ST. CrMx.
The SAM reigious bodies as we're noticed in Chrstanted are here ALSO The
Lutheran Church on the hill aback of the town a buldngo Of quite some 9e well quilt
adc carefully preserved; the Anglican Church. St Paus, was butm 1917 during the
British occupation and for many years was the most largely attended church, there
being so many English and North of Ireland resident planters in the community who
we're of this persuasion andw who icontdhuted SO literally otis support The Moravan
Church, Fredensborg. permd upon the Hill suchan airy situation for both church
and residence of the minister selected in the early daysO the sttenent of tet0 towns
eidenc of the foresight of those intrepid missionaries
Under the hill in the eastern part OF the town ST. aC1cks Roman Cathohc lnurh
a rather imposing edfcew with tits large Presbytery, school buildings and yard winch
occupy large block. Of tBc church Mr. Weed already quoted writes IN oneo those
interesting letters of his from Santa Cruz under date of January TO- 1845:
There is a Catholic Church here of which the Rev Mr. Ryh, a very eX-
whom are free and others saves. This congregation. though of course, poor lac Ue
foundation in 49,, If neat massive and sufficiently large stone edfce which, by
their monthly contributions, judcOusy expended, is now reeQuart finished Its
progress however is necea@iy.S slow. Service is held il aar mhs temporarily in.
closed An EFFORT was made last week to obtain funds enough to puta permanent roof
upn that portion of the church in which hec congregation ASSEMBLIES, when a large
number of the Coored people (mst of whom were femaes)E laid their contributions,
amounting to from. one dollar to five dollars EACH, upont the altar. These rNr people,
who paid thusHb literally for the building of place of worship, cannot earn, by their
labor more than meh hundred or one hundred and fifty donarsa year. Their more for
tunae and wealthy brethren in America could not do more acceptable servne Ethan to
raise fifteen hundred or two thousand dolals fOrt he completion OF tsc hucn. |.
This appeal seems to have been answered. funds madeaWiabe, aNd the church
completed shortly afer as an inscription upon the building over the main entrance
record:
Dedicated on 2h June, 1914, by RI Rev. D. Smith,
Bishop of Olympus"
"On the 26h Of June 1916 erected principally
by the parshOners undert the dreGono of
Rev. T. A Organ, Parish Priest"
The town has an excellent and we'll equipped hospital lin charge Of two naval doctors
also nurses with an efficient native personnel trained by them as in ChIsIansNd With
modern facilities and erem major surgical operations ep performed with great sUccess.
Other public Institutions as schools post office, etc. are the as described 10
hIsdansed
ITO be cnddd)