Jamestown tributes and toasts . , surrounded by their Council of State, worshipped thecolonial governors, wearing the insignia of their authority asthe representatives of old Englands Kings and Queens. As the Church at Jamestown ministered to the men whofirst established Civilization in America, so Bruton ministeredto those who through the State Constitution and the Declara-tion of Independence by Congress, helped to establish upon afirm and lasting foundation the government of the FederalRepublic. Shadowing and sheltering the tombs of the ancient andhonored dead, the Old Church, enriched by h
Jamestown tributes and toasts . , surrounded by their Council of State, worshipped thecolonial governors, wearing the insignia of their authority asthe representatives of old Englands Kings and Queens. As the Church at Jamestown ministered to the men whofirst established Civilization in America, so Bruton ministeredto those who through the State Constitution and the Declara-tion of Independence by Congress, helped to establish upon afirm and lasting foundation the government of the FederalRepublic. Shadowing and sheltering the tombs of the ancient andhonored dead, the Old Church, enriched by hallowed associa-tions, has stood. A link among the days, to knitThe generations each to each. Preserved and restored, it is commended to the loving careof Virginia and to the patriotic interest of the Nation whosefoundations it helped to lay by invoking upon the endeavorsof the warriors and statesmen of the past the blessings of theGod of Battles, who is the author of Liberty and Peace. W. A. R. Goodwin, 87. 88 ST. JOHNS CHURCH Outside ? Gods Acre and its peaceful dead; Inside? The tumult and the throb of life; Without ? Springs air, and Gods blue sky oerhead;Within ? Forebodings of a nations strife. And now is peace: God keep their memories green—Amidst these graves we say, with bated breath, Those men of action, these, unseeing, he who cried for Liberty or Death!! Nora L. C. Scott. Radford, Virginia. 89 HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY SoMBBB sepulchre of the fallen oak and holly leaves,Pleasant playground of the wantoning Virginia creeper,Calm couch of those whose sleep so long will be boldest in thy restful, rounded bosomThousands whom we pray to see again. Thou hast wrung our yearning hearts and laved thy moundedsod with tears, and yet we know thee for a gentle motherwhose lullaby is a requiem that bespeaketh a joyous awaken-ing. Truly thou levelest all ranks and bringest all to the dust,welcoming alike babe and warrior in thy enfolding em
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