The cradle of the republic; by Tyler Lyon Gardiner 1853-

Author:Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853- [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Richmond, Va., Whittet & Shepperson
Published: 1900-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

di'iit A\'illi;iiii Yates, of William and j\Iarv Colk'gc, and she was buried at the I'pjier L'hureh. in James City Parish, which was afterwards iienerally kno^\•n as the "Church on the Main," or "Main Chnrch."

31 r. Bland Mas a warm supporter of the Revolution, which brought him into notice. He afterwards served as minister in Norfolk, al)out I'iiU. From him is descended General Roger A. Prvor. formerly of A'irginia. iiow of New York.

Rev. James ^Madison, D. i).. ju'eached at the "'^lain Church," during most of his ministry. He was a cousin of James Madison, the eminent President of the Qnited States. Like his distinguished relative, he was a man of consummate abilitv, and as first Bisiiop of the Episcopal Claii-ch, President of the C*ollege, and professor of Natural JMiiloso[)liy and Mathematics, and afterwards of Political Economy and International Law, he was necessarily a man of influence. He was an ardent patriot of the American Revolution, and of an original and tireless genius. The story is tohl of him that in his sermons and prayers he would never speak of hea\-en a^ a kingdom, but as that "great republic, where there 'was no dislinction of class, and where all men were free and equal."

He was l)orn .Viigust 27, 1749, Avas educated at the College, and died March 6, 1812. He lies buried in the College chapel.

Long before his deatli. the congregation at the Main had almost dwindled away. Tbcre were.' two reasons for this. Population had withdrawn from the rivers, and the old plantations situated thereon had fallen into the bands of a few rich lu'oiirietors like the Amblers of Janu'stown. Tln'ii. ]nost ol' the people had abandoned the Ji]pisco]>al faith, and become members of the Baptist and Methodist denominations. The little remnant of Episcopalians soon ceased to meet at all. The church on the island had long before fallen into ruins, and gradually the ]\[ain Church fell into ruins also. Now scarcely is there enough brick left to tell the site of the building, which often echoed the voice of one of the best and purest of men—James Madison, the honored President of William and Alary College.

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