Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-07-11
LYNDRURsT CHAPEL.

| OBLIGATORY sERvICEs-REv. S. X. COX. ID
DELIVERS THE sERMoN-A LARGE CoNGREGA
l TION-AFTERNooN PREACHING.
Two weeks ago when announcing that Lynd
hurst Chapel would be dedicated on the Sth in
slant, a brief history with its location, wa
| furnished.
| Lyndhurst is the first station on the Shenan
doah Valley Railroad south of Waynesboro'
The resources of the country tributory to i
furnish large tonnage to the railroad, and ir
general business way 1t is point of increas
ing interest. During the term of years thai
| Rev. A. M. Cackley of the Methodist E. Church
South. was in charge of the Waynesboro
Church. he commenced holding afternoon ser
vices in the depot building and with the estab'
lishment of a Sabbath sch DOL, the basis was
formed which has resulted in the advance the
community has made in its church privileges
in the erection and dedication of a neat and
comfortable sanctuary which will seat three
hundred persons Rev. ]. F. Baggs succeeded
Mr.. Cackley, and is the present minister IN
charge of the Waynesboro' church and con-
tinuing the efforts of Mr.. Cackley, the edifce is
completed under his administration and &C
cording to the law of the denomination was
formally transferred to its legal authorities last
Sabbath, the Sth instant, by the trustees
Messrs. John A. Stuart, j. A. Fitch, Joseph
East, Reuben Allen, and Frank Coiner.
Rev. 8. K. Cox, DID,. the present stationed
minister at Harrisonburg, remembered in con-
nection with the several charges he has filled
in Washington and Baltimore. was chosen to
deliver the dedicatory sermon. The occasion
and the distinguished minister drew to the
scene very large congregation, filling the
edif1ce and then half the number present were
unable to be seated within it. The text was
from Exodus chapter 26. verse 8.-"Let them
make me q sanctuary; that may dwell among
them.'' The points in the able discourse re-
ferred to the Jewish tabernacle in the wilder
ness, especially to the Holy of Holes, as Pc
culiarly consecrated to!the Divine presence and
worship. antityped by the Christian Church,
in which all the ancient distinctions are done
away: the middle wall of partition between
Jews and Gentiles broken down, the veil of the
temple rent in twain, and the Holy Of HOLES
acceptable to all through Jesus Christ the
Great High Priest of our profession-every
Christian Church a sanctuary.
The reverence due to the worship OF God and
the place OF his worship.
The manner in which God dwells among his
people.
The universal genius and Spirit of the Gospel.
The leading hymns were, first, that COM
mencing-
Behold thy temple God of Grace
The house that we have raised to thee"
and the second
love thy Kingdom, Lord,
The house of thine abode.''
Miss Minnie Roden. of Waynesboro', led the
music at the organ.
The balance due upon the building was S175'
of which sum sl4O were collected on the spot.
and the small amOunt remaining to free if of
debt was then ed, and the conservation
formally made.
DIR. Cox preached at Lyndhurst also in the
afternoon, and at night in Waynesboro'. He
came over to the city Monday morning, and
spent part of the day with Rev. DIR. Gardner,
and then returned to Harrisonburg.
This occasion will be long remembered in the
community In its associations with the moral
and religious progress making there. Many
regrets were expressed because of the Inability
of Mr.. Cackley to be present.