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
