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294 W_itings of 7irginia.
against the Seneca Indians. It was described
to me by one who remembers it well, as one of
"Those churchesold and gray,
In whichourfathersused to stand,
In years gone by, to pray."
Its walls were of English brick5 as were the
pillars which supported its groined vaulted
ceiling. Around the sides were the proud
monuments of the Washingtons and the Lees
and the BeveHys and the Carters; while on the
wall was inscribed, on marble ,tablets, " The
Law, the Prayer, and the Creed." The pulpit
was small, and nearly in the centre of the
church; the sides of the pews were so high
that " new bonnets " could not divert the atten-
tion of the fair hearers ; the floors were paved
with quaint tiles, and at the altar-railing was
the baptismal font. One " christening" there
was thus recorded in the mother's family Bible,
which still exists, covered with homespun cloth
from her own loom:--
"George Washington son to Augustine &
Mary his Wife was Born ye i i th Day of Febru-