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Stauroanastaslma CSravpoavarrrnffifia}, a Greek term for hymns commemorative of the cross and of the resurrection,
StaurogathSna (Uravpoyn^ara), a Greek term for the crosses made of red and white ribbons which
are attached for eight days to the dress of the newly baptized.
Stauronein CSlravpdjveiv), a Greek word signify- ing either to crucify or to tuake the sir/n of the cross.
Stauropegion (Srni)po7r//ytoi')> a name some- times given to a bishop's diocese, meaning the district wherein he had power to fix the cross within liis own bounds for the building of churches. It may mean — 1. The rite of fixing a cross in token of direct patriarchal jurisdiction. 2. A church or convent where a cross has been so fixed and exempt from ordinary diocesan jurisdiction. — Lee, Gloss, of Liturg. Terms, s, v.
Staurophoroi {"^.Tavpotpopoi), a Greek term for the six great dignitaries of the Oriental Church who wear a cross on their caps.
Staurophj^lax {'^ravpocpvXaV), the keeper of the sacred cross on the Church of the Resurrection at Je- rusalem,
Staurotheotokion (Sravpo^toroKtoi'), a Greek term for a hymn commemorating the Blessed Virgin at the cross, corresponding to the Latin IStabat Mater (q.v,).
Staves is properly the plural oi staff, but it is used in the A, V, distinctively as the rendering of the plural of 13, bad (literally ;)n?'^ and so occasionally rendered "branch," etc.), spoken of the bars or j)oles for carrying the sacred ark (Exod. xxv, 13-28, etc; Numb, iv, 6-14; 1 Kings viii, 7, 8; 2 Chron. v, 8, 9); and of n^Ta, mo- tdh, a staff or pole for bearing on the shoulder (1 Chron. XV, 15), especially the ox-bow of a yoke ("band," Lev. xxvi, 13), and hence the "yoke" itself (q. v.). See Staff.
Stay. This word is found in its antiquated sense in the Burial Service, but in no other part of the Prayer- book. It occurs in a passage quoted from Job xiv, 1, 2, concluding with "and never continueth in one stay." The word "stay" may be changed for "place" or "con- dition" without affecting the sense. See Stanton, Diet, of the Church, s. v.
Stay-bar, or Iron. See Stanchion.
Stayned Cloths, an old name for altar-cloths of linen painted with Scripture or other appropriate sub- jects, commonly in use in the ancient Church of Eng- land.
St. Clair, Alanson, a Congregational minister, was born at Greene, Me., 1804. He was for twenty- five years active in the antislavery cause, and estab- lished and edited two papers devoted to it. He was ordained in June, 1844, and became acting pastor at Muskeegou, Mich., for ten years. From l.S(>4 to 1868 at Newago; from 1868 to 1870 at Whitehall; from 1870 to 1873 at Shelby, and remained there without charge until called to his reward. He died Sept. 21, 1877. (W. P. S.)
St. Clair, John H., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was born in Virginia about 1837, and was a member of the St. Louis Conference, of which he became a superannuate in 1874. His last charge was Choteau Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. He died near St. Louis, Oct. 29, 1874. See Minutes of Annual Confurnces of the M. E. Church, South, 1875, p. 233.
Stead, Benjamin F., D.D., a Presbyterian di- vine, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 22, 1815. In early life his parents removed with him and five other children to INIichigan, where he was left an orphan; but, by a remarkable series of providences, he was led to Brown University, R. I., and then to the New York University, where lie graduated in 1841. He became a member of Dr. Skinner's Church and had his atten- tion directed to the ministry. He taught in private families and schools for a period and pursued the study of theology. He was ordained and installed pastor of the Bridesburg Church, Pa., Feb. 22, 1842, and remained
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in that charge for ten years. In July. 1852, he was called to the pastorate of tlie rresbyteriiiii Church of ,\storia in the vicinity of New York, where he contin- ued to lalKjr with >;reat Ikleliiy and acceptability for twenty-six years, when death closed his service on earth. His last hours were spent in unceasing prayer, and the ruling passion exhihited its strength. At times he was doing pastoral work— visiting his people, coun- selling and comforting, explaining passages of Script- ure, and even preaching witii unction and power. His deaili. which occurred Feb. 15, 1879, was exceedingly peaceful and happy. (W. P. S.)
Stead, Henry, a minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, was born in England, .\\m\ 10, 1774, and came to the L'nited States .June 10, 1802. In 1804 he joined the New York Conference, and continued a member thereof until its division in 1832, when his lot fell in the Troy Conference. In 1834 he is found on the supernumerary list, where he remained till June 5, 1839. when he took an eflFoctive relation. He contin- ued to preach regularly for three years, but in 1842 he was returned as supernumerary, passing to superannu- ated, and remaining such until his death, at (ireenwich, Washington Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1854. See Minutes of A miual Conferences, 1855, p. 539.
Stead, William D., a IMethodist Episcopal min- ister, was Ixirn in the parish of Brayton, Yorkshire, England, in 1799. He emigrated to the United Slates when three years old. was converted in his nineteenth year, admitted on trial in the New York Conference in 1832, and appointed to Johnstown Circuit, He subse- riuently filled the following appointments: Lansing- burg and Waterford, Sand Lake, Pittstown, New Leb- anon, Chatham, and Chester. lie died Jan. 6, 1844. He was characterized by great fidelity and sobriety; was a good preacher, remarkable for simplicity and ardor, and a most excellent pastor. See Minutes of Annuttl Conferences, iii, 582.