Show I r- r 1 e Hundred T T 1 1 y Ye 7 I e ears rs or f O T E r is op I v il I In iii those victories i of which 1 a great poet has said ai are an e 1 ie ie- 0 those of war Wal the thi- foun foundIng found found- Ing of a great church may be set I down as perhaps the he most signal Ignal of all triumphs for the worlds world's good hood The Episcopal church of or the United States mindful of thi this fact tact Is going to celebrate appropriately and with all duo due ceremony the three anniversary of its birth in a a. great convention con con- to be ie itel held in Richmond Va very shortly The most noted ell dignitaries of the Church Chuich of or England the tho parent body from which the tho American episcopacy is 16 an offshoot are coming to the United States for the ceremonies the party part Including the night Right Rev Henry Montgomery secretary of ot the Society for Cor the Propagation of time Gospel tho the thoRo Rev Ret Dr A. A 1 F. F W W. Ingram tho he new bl bishop hop of London and amid the Right Hc Rev Dr Edgar Jacob the bishop of St St. Albans As most niost t of oC the time early religious work in the lie colonies which resulted in giving giving In ing the faith of oC England such a strong start In the new world was performed under the direction of or dioceses of London an and amid St. St Albans Albun there Is a genuine sentiment about the tile visit of these noted churchmen who are aro the time direct descendants of or the tho early eaily Episcopalians Episco Episco- who aided the time colonists in their earliest devotions Date Dalo TIme The Church of England in iii the United States an and the settlement of Jamestown are synonymous dates for that expedition sent out by hy the London London Lon Lou don company compan that consisted of three vessels vessel the Susan Constant tons the 40 tons and the Discover Discovery Discovery Dis Dis- cover covery 40 tons commanded respectively respectively by Christopher Newport Bartholomew Bartholomew Bar Bar- Bal Gosnold and amid John carried carrle lor men muon almost all nn of whom were more or lc less s devout followers of the ho established Church Chinch of England When hen after many days of search what Is now known as Jamestown was finall finally picked lucked eel for tho the site of or tie the colony almost the first act was the establishment of the first regular service service service ser ser- vice of or the Prote Protestant tant religion in Iii America t I re I f Ii itt That Thai particular denomination which now lio boasts thou thousands ands of beautiful throughout hout tho length and blea breadth th of or the United States an and Isnow is isnow now hOW building u. u magnificent cathedral In Now Ne' York had no building In which to worship at this first service A sail cloth spread between two trees was vas the sacre sacred t In which the blessing blessing of Not or tho tIme giver gJ of all things good gooI was invoked to lend his shelterIng sheltering shelter shelter- In Ing arm to the tIme colonists ts an and the pulpit pulpit pul pul- pit lilt was isas a piece of wood fastened astene between between between be be- tween two saplings Ih t The rector whose privilege It was wasI I to to- celebrate colu this service was lh th time Rev I Robert Hobert Hunt But the church dl lid did not long bug content content content con con- tent itself with this primitive build build- ing lug In a year car women were sent to Jamestown n to join the lie colony colon an and link their Interests with sith those of the thc pioneers In Jim 1608 Ann Barras came cameto to and unel In tho time little frame church roughly thrown together she was wedded to John this being boIng be bo- ing lug the first HIst wedding celebrated celebrate by the tho Church of England Englan ceremony In tho time history of or America On the tho Bile site of or tho the ancient church whose ruins form Corm ono one of the lie most striking features of the of the now almost abandoned Island of Jamestown n has been found foun evidence that lint two churches of some sortie pretensions preceded ed It Tho The ground a adjacent jacent to the time tower on the time east cast has line been excavated disclosing disclosing dis ells closing the foun foundations of or two churches the smaller inside tho lar larger cr Tho The larger measures feet an and shows shows' the tho bases n es of four buttresses on each sI side e. e This discovery of two churches preceding pre pro ceding the more pretentious structure are aie of spi-ilal spi interest because they show that the zeal of the colonists for I nth led let th h. h n carl carlto to the thc erecting of a suitable place for I prayer raer and worship Church Built In Jim lG 1031 1631 U. U The venerable church whoso whose tower alone stands s1 high the soft most soil of or the lie island was built In 1639 only 32 years ears after tho the arrival of th the colonists yet in the lie com comparatively comparatively para para- short time three churches had hael been greeted and find two of them outgrown outgrown out out- grown or 01 perhaps destroyed by lIy the Indians who after the tite death of or Pocahontas Pocahontas Poca- Poca hontas and her all powerful father the tho In Indian lan chieftain Powhatan developed developed de de- de- de a n. ferocious hatred of the lie whiles that led to many horrible massacres massacres' The Thc tower of the old od church is IS feet square an and 30 36 feet high with walls three Ce feet t. t thick an and crumbled at the time top op It is three stories high Tho The first story Y is pierced b by doorways In the lie eastern and western walls The second story contains an arched alche window window window win win- dow above each uch doorway but the lie masonry is absent from the wall space pace between each ench window and at the door doom below thus merging each pair pall of openings Into one about 1 1 12 feet feel high The third story tOI Is perforated is perforate by two loop holes for Ol guns on each of the time four sides a grim glim reminder of the time dangers that lint t a attended Hendel these early carly devotees even when they knelt to commune with their Maker Makel Sacred S A Association A Adjoining the church are the re remains remains re- re mains of an aim early caily gruve graveyard ard the time tombstones of which havo have been restored Around Aroun this church cluster per perhaps pCr- pCr haps has the he most sacred associations of tho time Church of England afterwards the time Episcopal church that are aro to be found In tho time new worl world The Tho delegates dele ele- ele gates to the lie convention that will Avill be I held in Richmond will Mil hll also mako a pHS image t to tet Jamestown there thele to I pay tribute to i the thu edifice In which wInch their thell forbears founded the religion in inthe I I the new world Numerous students of or the early American history of the tho church wIll wil aiso alSO come to 10 Philadelphia for in that city are located many points of inter- inter St connected with the early days of ot the faith in the lie United States Thus Christ church yields tn n Interest Interest interest inter Inter- est to no building of the tIme many nian de devoted devoted de- de c- c voted vo to the time Episcopal faith in this countr country Here when the Quaker city sq called was the lie capital of the time theland theland land and anel its chief city in wealth and ami culture Christ church was mas the most Important Church of England an and Episcopal l e edifice on this side of the Atlantic It was started in 1695 enlarged enlarged en en- lared in 1 1695 G 98 further enlarged enlarge in 1710 Philadelphia's Iii Ph t c. c Tho The first rector tho ho Rev Hev Evans ns Evans was sent ent to PhIla Philadelphia by Bishop of London in 1700 and Queen Anne knowing the he fame of or Christ church chUlch in Philadelphia and tho ho part pait It was vas destined to pl play y In Iii the religious history of time the new world presented it with a service of church p plates Ia tee In Iii 1727 was begun the enlar enlargement ement and anti Curt further her Improvement of Christchurch Christchurch Christ Christchurch church when it was made to take tho the form in iii which Episcopalians know it toda today Tho rhe superb steeple that surmounts it was built in 1763 and barring bailing repairs I 1 h Just as It was wasat wasat wasat at that time Many Ian famous orators and scholars havo have succeeded the time Rev He Mr Ir Evans In charge of Christ church chuIch and there George Washington worshiped in Philadelphia during his residence there thoro as Pre President of the United Unite S States States- a tee Christ Christ- Christchurch church is also interesting from the fact that in it was hel held the Hist general convention of representatives tives of the time church who favored favorer bl bi caking C awa away from the Church of oC England and amid forming an entirely In Independent Independent In- In t dependent American church to b bar barthe ar the lie title Episcopal l Church of En i This movement mO had begun several years before had hael been beem ell discussed at a conference of Pennsylvania NewYork New New- NewYork York clergymen en I In mm Ne New Brunswick V N. J J. J the tho year Car before and had hael found a popular i resl espouse onse aU all over o the tho country country coun- coun try tho ho feeling being leng general that I since the tho Church Chuich of l England was part palt of ot time the government g of bt Great Britain the time official religion so to tn speak ii It would be e lilting fitting for the lie now republic having ha achieved tal I its is s political independence Inc ence to tn be also free of religious conn con con- n nUon eti on Time The general con com was held at Christ church September 27 7 1756 The deiro desho of tho the delegates while favoring separation was also strong that the essential principles of ot tho time faith alth be lie maintained anti and the time friendship friend friend- ship chili of nf the Ule English church preserved Timid Tills WUN ivas r readily secured the time Archbishop Archbishop Arch Arch- bishop of Canterbury enclosing later the act of parliament which author author- the time consecration of bishops to take charge of oC the time newly formed American church I Then In iii Philadelphia 1789 In the same hall that saw thu adoption of the constitution of or tho the United States Slates two to years before th tho Episcopal ch chinch of oC tho the United States of ot America adopted Its now laws and as as- asan an independent bOll body started on the career of power and amid blessings that th havo have been Its Us portion portion por per tion since O 4 |