And this stone which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee. Genesis ch. XXVII. ver. 22 : On the fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord Christ MDCCLXII. ... This foundation was laid for a Protestant Lutheran Church, named St. James's Church, established on the canonical books of the Old and New Testament, and Jesus Christ, blessed for ever, acknowledged to be the true corner-stone. ...