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 art, and reverence for antiquity, declining any recompense save the appreciation of his beautiful work.

We are grateful for the generous contributions from friends in the North, especially in the city of New York, without which the restoration of the Church could not have been accomplished. Their ready response suggests the vitality of the instinct of love for our common country, and reverence for the origin of our religious life as represented by the Protestant Church of England, which guided and fostered the infancy of this nation.

As the Chairman of the Advisory Committee upon the restoration of Bruton Parish Church, I feel it our duty to express to the Rev. Mr. Goodwin our appreciation of the energy and ability and unstinted sacrifice of time and labor which, for more than three years, he has expended in collecting the means and in supervising and directing this work from the beginning to its completion.

, Bishop of Southern Virginia.