The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . s Historic, to have been in Kent, was doubt-less the Vicar of Reculver, whose; ai)i)ointnient to that cure was datedJan. 18, 1594, and whose resignation of tin- same took place in 1(102,at which lime he appears associated with Gosnold, Smith, and Wing- Smiths (icn. llisL, I., p. IMI, Uirlinioiul ccl. : Ibid. Wingficlda Discourse of Viii,iiii:i, in Arclurold^io Auuiiiunii, iv., p. 102. * A(iverlisciiuiits for the UiuviHTicnceil Pliuitcrs, p. X\. THE FOrNDATIOXS OF CHURCH AXD STATE IX VIKCilNIA. 4:5 tiold, ill plans Ior tlie scttloiiuiit
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . s Historic, to have been in Kent, was doubt-less the Vicar of Reculver, whose; ai)i)ointnient to that cure was datedJan. 18, 1594, and whose resignation of tin- same took place in 1(102,at which lime he appears associated with Gosnold, Smith, and Wing- Smiths (icn. llisL, I., p. IMI, Uirlinioiul ccl. : Ibid. Wingficlda Discourse of Viii,iiii:i, in Arclurold^io Auuiiiunii, iv., p. 102. * A(iverlisciiuiits for the UiuviHTicnceil Pliuitcrs, p. X\. THE FOrNDATIOXS OF CHURCH AXD STATE IX VIKCilNIA. 4:5 tiold, ill plans Ior tlie scttloiiuiit of \iri;iiii;i. AVcll may (lio historianof tlie Fnitid States record his oi>iiiion of this cxcciknt man as aclergyman ot persoveriiiii fortitude and modest Iliere wasneed of every Christian virtue in the spiritual guide of so disorderlyand ill-assorted a eompanv as the little fleet of Newport horo to the Vir-ginian shores. Tiiev were emhaiUed on an expedition to found an em-pire ill the West: luit the eoniposition of the colony was such that. CAllAlN JOHN SMITH. gentlemen were largely in excess of artificers, and, unlike the Colon}of Roanoke, there were no women to ))ind in families, and cement inheart and home-loves, these founders of a eommonwealth. The longand tedious voyage was productive of discontent and dissensions, and itwas not till Sunday, the third after Easter, April 2i!, that the voyagersentered the magnificent bay of the Chesapeake. Several weeks werespent in selecting a site for the settlement, but at length, on Wednes- * Vide Andersons Histoiy of the Colo-nial Chnirh, 2il cd., I., pp. 169,l70. Bauciofts United States, I., p. 118. 44 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. day, the 13th day of May, the peninsula of Jamestown, about fiftymiles al)Ove the mouth of the river, already named in honor of the king,was deterniined U|)()n. Thisdecision made, the uicml)ers of the Coun-cil designated in tlie sealed orders, whieh were opened immediatelyon the f
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