. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . RIA. succeeded the General in its occupancy, then his nephew, JohnA. Washington, the father of the late proprietor of MountVernon, and lastly, that proprietor himself. Christ Church, atAlexandria, was finished in 1773, and Washington paid thehighest price for a pew in it. I visited Pohick Church a few years ago, and found it fallingrapidly into decay. It stands upon an eminence north ofPohick Creek, on the border of a forest that extends almostuninterruptedly to Mount Yernon. Around it ar
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . RIA. succeeded the General in its occupancy, then his nephew, JohnA. Washington, the father of the late proprietor of MountVernon, and lastly, that proprietor himself. Christ Church, atAlexandria, was finished in 1773, and Washington paid thehighest price for a pew in it. I visited Pohick Church a few years ago, and found it fallingrapidly into decay. It stands upon an eminence north ofPohick Creek, on the border of a forest that extends almostuninterruptedly to Mount Yernon. Around it are the ancientoaks of the primeval wood, interspersed with chestnuts andpines. It was just at twilight when I reached the old fane, andafter making a sketch of it, I passed on to seek lodgings for the 92 MOUNT VERNON night. The next day was the Sabbath, and being informedthat a Methodist meeting was to be held in the church, Irepaired thither at the usual hour, and took a seat in Washing-tons pew, near the pulpit. There 1 awaited the slow gatheringof the little auditory. When all had assembled, men and. POHICK CHURCH IN 1858. women and children, white and black, the whole congre-gation numbered only twenty-one persons. I could notrefrain from drawing a parallel with the scenes of other daysunder that venerated roof, when some of the noblest of Vir-ginias aristocracy worshipped there, while clergymen, in sur-plice and gown, performed the solemn and impressive ritualof the Church of England. Now, a young man, with nothingto distinguish him from other men but a white cravat, stood as AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 93 teacher within the old chancel by the side of the ancient com-munion-table. He talked sweetlj of Christian charity : Oh, the rarityOf Christiau charity! and asked the little company to join with him in singing thehymn— Come, Holy Spirit! Heavenly Dove 1 AYhen the service was over, I made note, with pen and pencil,of all within. It was a melancholy task, for decay with itsbusy
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