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 The Consecration of Bruton Parish Church

On Sunday morning, May 12th, 1907, Bruton Parish Church was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. A. M. Randolph, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, assisted by Rev. Lyman B Wharton, D. D, former rector of the Church, Rev. Robert Saunders Coupland, rector of Ascension Church, Baltimore, and by the rector of Bruton Parish Church. The Bishop was met at the tower door by the Vestry; Dr Van F. Garrett, H. S. Bird, H. D. Cole, W. H. Macon, John L. Mercer, Dr. L. S. Foster, Capt. L. W. Lane, Z. G. Durfey, Dr. J. Blair Spencer, W. A. Montgomery, James S. Wilson, and by Mr. John D. Wing, acting as Clerk.

The Sentence of Consecration

was read by the Rector as follows:—

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost—Amen

"Whereas, this Church building was erected in the Century when Virginia was a colony of England, when the Church in America was under the ecclesiastical authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury, having no Bishops in America to perform ecclesiastical functions assigned to the Episcopate; and therefore has never been formerly consecrated, as required by the law of the Church; and, whereas, through the efforts of the Rector, and the Congregation, and the generosity of friends throughout the country, the canonical conditions with reference to the consecration of Churches have been complied with, in connection with the discharge