Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-01
MORNING LEADER.
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB,Y 1, 1859
Cot1aae ChapeI on Sd. Clair srreet. !

TUESDAY mORNING1 FEBY Il 1889
Cottage Chapel ON st. clair Street. :
On St Clair street, some little distance be
low Erie, an unPretending structure has recent
ly sprung up in the midst of that populous por
ton of the cisy, which must please the eye o
every citizen, and especially of the Christian
It is Cottage Chapel, a model house of WORSHIP
for cities, and especially for country towns an,
villages. The Chapel is of wood, in rura
style of architecture. battened, painted brown
and for good taste, commodiousness for its size
homelike sttractiveness inside and out, cheap
ness, and durability, we have never seen it
equal. Plan of main building Sc by 60 feet
and ls feet in hight from principal floor tc
caves line; entrance Porch II by IL feet pro
Jecting on the front of the main building; Bel
Turret on the front gable of main building BY
feet, and elevated above the roof IA feet, max
ing the hight Of turret from main floor of build.
ing about 3s feet. Audience Room IS by 5g
feet; "a slips with 346 full sittings. The win.
dows are long, lighted with plain glass; the
slips, doors, dc. oak grained, as well as the
speakers neat stand on the slightly raised plat,
form. The backs of one half the slips are made
to turn over, for the especial accommodation Of
Sunday Schools
Col. PORTER was the Architect of Cottage
Chapel; Mr.. KIDNEY, Mas:er-builder; and
Messrs. B. ROUSE, H. z. REYNOLDS, and -
DELAND, the Building Committee. 1t was COM
menced about the middle of last September, and
the entire cost of Chapel, filling lot, well.
WoOdshed, fence, and front pavement, stove,
necessary carpets, &C., has been 50 $50; and
what is best of all, not dollar of Indebtedness
has been incurred! The necessary funds 10
begin and complete the Chapel have been sub
scribed and paid by the liberal members of the
old Baptist Church in this city-the mother
swarm from which SO many new ones have
gone out to work in, and gather sheaves of re-
jOicing, from the ripe harvest field of Cleveland.
We should be glad to give list of the princi-
pal donors, but we have been requested to with
hold names. The lot, large, eligible, and vau-
able, worth some $4,000, is the joint gift of a
gentleman Of Cleveland, whose good deeds have
record in the hearts of many, and liberal cit.
izen of Hartford, Conn.,, who is interested in all
that pertains to the prosperity and healthy
growth of the Forest City
Sunday afternoon last, Cottage Chapel was
dedicated to the Sabbath School-whieh for
seven years past had met regularly in the ricke-
ty, tumble down building in the rear, removed
aoort that period from Bank street where now
Is Jobbers Block-and to Bible Preaching,
without money and without price But before
noticing the dedication services, which were as
unpretending and warm-hearted as the Chapel
is cosy, brief history of the Sunday School
may not be out of place.
Clevelanders will recoIlect that about the
time Railroads were commenced here. St cl-;-
street and those adiacsI,t--Eslssv Erie. boszn to
MI up rapidly with small houses usually, and
Gn Industrious population. They were working
men and women, mostly of foreign birth. The
stumps were not out of the newer streets, and
the forest frowned just beyond were Cottage
Chapel now stands. In the fall of 1851, one of
the benevolent donors of the lot suggested to
the patriarch of Cleveland Sabbath Schools,
Deacon RousE, this new field of labor, and Of
fered the use of the lot and building referred to
for the school. May 27th. 1882, the Sabbath
School was opened by Deacon B. with some
80 scholars, rude, but capital materials for
master workman. Deacon B. continued Su-
d.,,t t5I s.,,, a;-bEaar, y-,o,fI,a since
when he resigned and was succeeded by Mr.
B. F. ROUSE, ''chip of the old block" in good
works. The School now numbers 220 pupils,
intelligent, neatly clad, attentive, well be-
havsd children as any school in the city can ex-
hibit. Such was the small beginning, such the
work. such the progress, and such is the result
of diligent, faithful, selfdenying, and kind mis-
siOnary labors.
The dedication services partook largely of the
Sabbath School character, for it is to the child
rem and their successors Cottage Chapel is deed
ed and dedicated forever. Superintendent
RoUsE's family of over two hundred, and his
twenty-five Assistants. male and female, of all
ages from opening man and wOmanhood to the
grandfatherandg dgrandmotherOf of nearly four score,
occupied the body of the Chapel, The friends
and parents stood in the aisles along the walls
on either side, at the entrance end, and filed
the seats and chairs around the desk The
grouping, the scene, were joyous and impressive.
The eye of childhood and old age frightened
with admiration of the New House in such
pleasant contrast with the Old Tabernacle, and
the buzz of words and isps only died away
when the gentle tinkle of the Superintendent
bell from the desk called to silence, and he in
vited all the young hearts and voices to unite in
the familiar song of "The Sunday School" It
was sung with spirit and fine effect, for the Su-
perintendent leads with an animation aud skill
which allow no dragging in the young congre-
cation. The Rev. Mr.. Adams then read por-
ton of the l32d Psalm, and after another Hymn
by the School, delivered brief, pertinent ad-
dress. He referred to the fact that some twelve
years ago, about bis first visit to Cottage Cha
pei part of st. Clair street, IN company with
friend, in passing this lot, then contiguous to
the forest, the friend observed that it was re-.
served for a house of worship; and lad in the
carriage had since become man, had given
literally, and is teacher in the Sunday School
Mr.. A. spoke of the prosperity which had at.
tended the school, congratulated the teachers
and children on their beautiful new sanctuary,
and Trusted thair rnotto Svou1d oyer ha onvv.rd