Excerpt from Washington's Church: An Historical Sketch of Old Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, Together With a Brief Description of the Centenary Services Therein, November 20 and 21st, 1873 N offering the following pages to the public it is proper to give a brief outline of the character of the religious services which celebrated the Centennial Anniversary of our Church. At an early hour on the evening of Thursday, the 20th of Nov ember, 1873, a large congregation had assembled eager to witness the interesting ceremonies. Many may indeed have been drawn by no higher motive than curiosity; but the hearts even of these must have been solemnized by the chaste, beautiful and suggestive decoration which decked those venerable walls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.