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record, observed those engaged in the first service "with great respect and reverence."
The address was designed to emphasize the fact that the religion of Christ was present as a strong regulative and constructive force in the Virginia Colony. The offering was taken for the Rev. Robert Hunt Memorial to be placed at Jamestown and for the Missionary Thank Offering.
Although three centuries have passed since the service was held which this service commemorated, Jamestown Island is almost as deserted, and its silence was as unbroken as when the voice of Rev Robert Hunt fell upon the stillness of the forest wilderness.
