Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-07-19


main audience room, 5Ox37, with pitch
Of 16 feet; vestibule, 6x37. In the base
ment is the Sunday school room, in which
the congregation have worshipped until
last Sunday, which is 29x37. A neat bel
fry surmounts the building. The walls
and ceiling of the body of the church are
tastefully and handsomely frescoed; the
peWs are Of ash and walnut of elegant
finish; the aisles are covered with fine
Napier mating, and by the left Of the
pulpit stands an elegant pipe-top limlta-
tion] New England Organ, purchased
through Hunter & Co., of Staunton, which
cost $2l5, the handsome finish and general
| beauty Of which adds much to the stylish
appearance of the church. The pulpit
and altar are of some dark wood. and are
nicely carpeted. On either side of the
pulpit arises pedestal of the same ma
terial as the pulpit, on which are large
lamps. In the centre of the church is sus-
pended a fine chandelier. The seating ca
pacity of the church is about four hun
dred and fifty. A well-built wall, upon
which rests a neat fence, encloses the
grounds. portion of which have been very
prettiIy sodded. and laid off in terraces.
The brick-work of the church was done
by n. B. Shepherd; the woodwork by j.
A. Kennon, OF Charlottesville; the plaster
ing by Ferd. Lynn; the frescoing by j. II
Roop, of New Market.
The present pastor of the church is Rev.
l.. I'll. Graybill, who is assisted by Rev. j.
G. Jones. The number of communicates is
about eighty. The Stewards are Jonathan
Koiner and J. B. Roder; Supt. Sabbath
School, II. H. ShackeIford; Asst. Supt.,
DR.. w. J. Jones.
THE DEDICATION.
Despite the almost intolerable heat on
last Sunday, at an early hour people began
to pour into town for the purpose Of at
tending the dedication ceremonies of the
NJ. E. Church South, of Waynesboro, and
when the hour arrived for the services to
begin. fully five hundred persons were in
the church, the aisles and vestibule being al
so crowded, and many were unable to obtain
admission atall. There being no services
at either of the other churches. constribu-
ted largely to the numbers present.
The services began promptly at eleven
O'Clock by some excellent music from the
choir, which WAS quite large and contained
some of the best talent from home and
abroad. Rev. DR.. John S. Martin of Staun-
ton, preached the dedication sermon,
taking for his text Isaiah go, 1: "Arise,
shine for thy light is come," from
which he preached most eloquent sermon
and we can not speak of it in higher terms
than to say that DR.. M. sustained fully the
reputation he has always enjoyed as a very
able divine. At the conclusion Of the ser
mon the Rev. =. F. Ball, former pastor,
made some remarks congratulating the
congregation upon the result of their la
bors after so many years, and stated thata
small amount was still needed, which was
promptly subscribed upon the spot. The
church was then formally presented to the
congregation by the trustees in accordance
with the rules of the book of discipline.
After prayer and the singing of hymn
the benediction was pronounced by DR.. M.
and the congregation dismissed.
The singing on this occasion deserves
more than passing notice and we regret
that we have not space to enter into par
ticulars as we would like to do. Rarely
has music as good been enjoyed by our peo-
pie and Mr.. Stebbns who presided at the
organ and trained the choir, deserves
much praise. The following took part in
the music: Miss Gibson of Fishersville,
Mrs. Elvas of Washington, Misses Koiner,
Fitch, Patterson and Mrs. DR.. Jones of
Waynesboro. Messrs. Bear of Churchville,
DR.. J. S. Myers of Waynesboro.
In the evening the church was again
filed to hear Rev. Mr.. Robey, and at night
Rev. B. F. Ball preached to a crowded
church.
And now that our Methodist friends
have secured such q handsome place of
worship, we can not but speak in the high
est terms Of the interchangeable efforts of
Rev. A. Weller, with whom originated the
idea Of q new church and who devoted
IllllpC1l So olOu, W CIUCl pl1OC dlCCI
having it started. He having been re-
moved before its completion, Rev. B. F.
Ball succeeded him, and lacked neither
energy nor vim necessary to carry to a
speedy completion the unfinished struc-
ture. To the tireless efforts of the build
ing committee-one and all-is much due.
and they may well feel pride in their Sue
cess, in having secured one of the hand
soonest churches in this part of--the State.
SUMMER ExcURsIoNs.-To- morrow, at
$50 A. M. over the Chesapeake & Ohio
road, to Old Point, nine days, round ticket
only s., fish, oysters, salt water breeze and
all this is cheap as dirt. On Sunday, July
2oth, at A. M. over the Valley railroad,
to the dedication of the Catholic church,
at Winchester, only s., nice ride, pretty
scenery, and get back at 8 P. NJ. This
morning at s A. M, Lutheran Sunday
School excursion to Fort Defiance, nice
ride, shady place, only SO cents. Yester-
day the Catholic Hibernian Benevolent
Society, went to Fort Defiance. and you
may be certain they had good time.
THE New SCHOOL BoARD.-The terms
of Service of all the members of the City
School Board, except that of Mr.. John
B. Scherer, ST., OF the End ward. which
does not end until next December,
having expired, the council ON Tues
day night elected the following gen.
gentlemen to fill the vacancies, with the
terms of service attached to their names
1st ward-Chares L. Cook, year; j. w.
Todd, years; lisa &C Witt, years: End
ward-W. J. Nelson, 2 years Maj. II, M,
Ball g wears. MeSSrS lhY and Gnach were