The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . r. The Rev. Andrew Rudman was th(i iireaeher on thisinteresting occasion, and the text was from the Psalms c.\.xvi. o. The Lord had 246 HISTOKY OF THE AMEKICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. done great things for thein, whereof tbey were glad. It was not toll another yearhad passed that the chui-ch at Wicaco was built, and on the first Sunday after Trinity,1700, the Gloria Dei was dedicated to Gods service, the sermon being preachedfrom 2 Sam. vii. 29. At the church on the Christiana Andrew Hesselius, sent out by King CharlesXn., in 1712, succeeded
The history of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883 . r. The Rev. Andrew Rudman was th(i iireaeher on thisinteresting occasion, and the text was from the Psalms c.\.xvi. o. The Lord had 246 HISTOKY OF THE AMEKICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. done great things for thein, whereof tbey were glad. It was not toll another yearhad passed that the chui-ch at Wicaco was built, and on the first Sunday after Trinity,1700, the Gloria Dei was dedicated to Gods service, the sermon being preachedfrom 2 Sam. vii. 29. At the church on the Christiana Andrew Hesselius, sent out by King CharlesXn., in 1712, succeeded the faithful Biorck. He was followed by his brotherSamuel, in 1723, who gave place to John Eneburg, in 1731. Long before this timethere had been frequent exchanges of pulpits and parishes by the clergy of thechurches of England and Sweden respectively, and when at length the Swedishlanguage had ceased to be intelligible to the hearers, Trinity at VVOmington, andGloria Dei at Wicaco, long since absorbed by Philadelphia, became part of theAmerican ^•^»fc» OLI> .ST. DAVID S CHURCH, RADNOR. One of the most notable of the old Pennsylvania cluinhes is St. Davids, atliadnor, built in 1714, and famous, if for no other reason, lioni being the subjectof the beautiful poem by Longfellow, from which the following stanzas areijuoted: — What an image of peace and rest Is thin little church anions its griivts!.\11 is 80 quiet; the tr<)»l)kil lireast,The wounded spirit, the heart opjjressed,Here may find the repoBc it craves. See how the ivy clin)l)s and expands Over this humble liermita^o,Andseema to caress with its liltlo liandsThe rouf,h, gray stones, as a child that stands Caressing thu wrinkhil clKoks of age ! Were I a pilgrim in search of peace,Were I pastor of Holy Church. More tlian a hishops diocuse .Should 1 prize this placi of rest, and releaseFrom farther longing and farther search. Here would I stay, and lot the world With its distant thunder roar and roll;St
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