Tyrone is a town in Schuyler County, New York, United States. The population was 1,650 at the 2020 census.[2]
The town of Tyrone is in the northwest part of the county and is east of Bath.
History
The "Lamoka Culture" people lived in the area up to about 1300 BCE. The Lamoka site is a National Historic Landmark.
The town was first settled around 1800. The town was formed from the Town of Wayne while still part of Steuben County in 1822. The town of Tyrone was named by Gen. William Kernan, one of the original settlers and the father of United States Senator Francis Kernan. Tyrone became part of the newly created Schuyler County in 1845.[3]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.6 square miles (103 km2), of which, 37.5 square miles (97 km2) is land and 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2) (5.36%) is water.
The northern town line (and part of the eastern town boundary) is the border of Yates County, the eastern border running along the old Preemption Line, and the western town line is border of Steuben County.
New York State Route 226 runs northeast to southwest through the town. New York State Route 230 crosses the northwest corner of Tyrone.
Lamoka Lake is mostly within the town at its western town line.
Communities and locations in the Town of Tyrone
Altay (formerly "Kendall Hollow") – A hamlet northeast of Tyrone village on NY-226.
Camp Gorton – A location on the eastern side of Waneta Lake on County Road 25.
Gingerbread Corners – A location in the eastern part of the town.
Halls Corners – A location on the eastern town line.
Lamoka Lake (previously "Mud Lake") – A lake in the western part of the town. It is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. An archaeological excavation here found remains of prehistoric natives, sometimes called the "Lamoka Culture."
Pine Grove – A former community in the town.
Shorewood – A hamlet on the western side of Waneta Lake by the west town line.
Six Corners – A location on the northern town line.
Tobehanna Creek – A stream flowing past Tyrone village into Lamoka Lake.
Tyrone – The hamlet of Tyrone is east of Lamoka Lake on County Road 23.
Waneta Lake (previously "Little Lake") – A lake in the northwestern part of the town, about 2.8 miles (4.5 km) long, north of and connected to Lamoka Lake. A small, western part of the lake is in Steuben County.
Waneta-Lamoka Wildlife Management Area – A conservation area between the two lakes.
Wayne Village – A hamlet in the northwest corner of the town on NY-230, partly in the town of Wayne in Steuben County. The Second Baptist Church of Wayne was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[6]
Weston – A hamlet northwest of Tyrone village on County Road 23 and north of Lamoka Lake. The Weston Schoolhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[7]
The laying on of hands is a religious practice. In Judaism semikhah (Hebrew: סמיכה, "leaning [of the hands]")[1] accompanies the conferring of a blessing or authority.
In Christian churches, chirotony[2] is used as both a symbolic and formal method of invoking the Holy Spirit primarily during baptisms and confirmations, healing services, blessings, and ordination of priests, ministers, elders, deacons, and other church officers, along with a variety of other church sacraments and holy ceremonies.
Jewish tradition
Main article: Semikhah
The laying on of hands was an action referred to on numerous occasions in the Hebrew Bible to accompany the conferring of a blessing or authority. Moses ordained Joshua through semikhah—i.e. by the laying on of hands: Num 27:15–23, Deut 34:9. The Bible adds that Joshua was thereby "filled with the spirit of wisdom". Moses also ordained the 70 elders (Num 11:16–25). The elders later ordained their successors in this way. Their successors in turn ordained others. This chain of hands-on semikhah continued through the time of the Second Temple, to an undetermined time. The exact date that the original semikhah succession ended is not certain. Many medieval authorities believed that this occurred during the reign of Hillel II, circa 360 CE.[3] However, it seems to have continued at least until 425 CE when Theodosius II executed Gamaliel VI and suppressed the Patriarchate and Sanhedrin.[4]
Laying on of hands can also refer to the practice of laying hands over one's sacrificial animal (sin-offering), before it was slaughtered,[5] based on a teaching in Leviticus 4:24: "And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat." In Pseudo Jonathan's Aramaic translation of the Pentateuch, the translator of the verse explains its sense: "And he shall lay his right hand with force on the head of the goat." According to Philo of Alexandria, the custom of laying on of hands was done in conjunction with a declaration, where the owner of the animal would say: "These hands have not taken a bribe to distort justice, neither have they divided the spoil, etc."[6] According to Jewish tradition, the first dispute in Israel concerned whether or not it was permissible to lay hands upon one's sacrificial animal by applying one's full body weight on a Festival Day.[5]
Christian traditions
Laying on of hands during a Finnish Lutheran ordination in Oulu, Finland
Laying on of hands during a Catholic priestly ordination in Germany
Main article: Christian laying on of hands
In the New Testament the laying on of hands was associated with the receiving of the Holy Spirit (see Acts 8:14–19). Initially the Apostles laid hands on new believers as well as believers (see Acts 6:5–6).
The New Testament also associates the laying on of hands with the conferral of authority or designation of a person to a position of responsibility. (See Acts 6:6, Acts 13:3; and 1 Timothy 4:14. Also possibly Acts 14:23, where "ordained"—Greek: χειροτονήσαντες—may be translated "extended the hand".) The use of the laying on of hands for the ordination of church officers has continued in many branches of Christianity.
Anglicanism
Laying on of hands is part of Anglican confirmation,[7] anointing of the sick,[8] and other parts of liturgy and pastoral offices. The rubric in the confirmation service requires the bishop to lay only one hand, symbolising that he has less spiritual authority than an apostle (who laid both hands.)
Roman Catholic Church
In the Roman Catholic Church, the laying on of hands has been and continues to be used in some of the rites for the Seven Sacraments of the Catholic Church. First, it is the essential gesture (or "matter") for the Sacrament of Holy Orders (diaconate, priesthood, and episcopacy). Second, it accompanies the anointing with Sacred Chrism in the Sacrament of Confirmation. Third, it is part of the ritual for the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, taken after the command in the Epistle of James: "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord" (James 5:14 ESV).
Eastern Christianity
In Eastern Christianity, laying on of hands is used for the ordination (called cheirotonia) of the higher clergy (bishops, priests and deacons), and is also performed at the end of the sacrament of unction.
Evangelicalism
Laying on of hands for healing in Living Streams International Church, Accra, Ghana, 2018
In Evangelical Christianity, the laying on of hands takes place for pastoral ordination.[9]
Baptists
In few Baptist churches, the laying on of hands rarely takes place after a believer's baptism although this is traditional to some sects and not practiced as a Biblical command nor example.[10] This is one of the two points which was added in the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith in 1742.[11][12] Southern Baptist Christians employ the laying on of hands during the ordination of clergymen (such as deacons, assistant, and senior pastors) as well as situations of calling for divine healing.
Pentecostalism
Pentecostal Christians practice the laying on of hands as part of prayer for divine healing (faith healing) and the anointing of the sick.[13]
Latter-day Saints
An 1850s depiction of a Latter Day Saint confirmation featuring the laying on of hands
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe the restoration of Christ's priesthood came about by the laying on of hands by the resurrected John the Baptist to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in 1829,[14] and laying on of hands is seen as a necessary part of Confirmation.[15] Latter-day Saints lay on hands when ordaining members to[16] to the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods and when setting members apart to serve in other positions in the church.[17] When asked by a member who is ill, two elders of the Church anoint the sick member's head with consecrated olive oil and then lay hands upon their head and as guided by the Holy Spirit, bless them.[18]
African traditional medicine
The San peoples of Southern Africa use the laying on of hands as a healing practice. As described by professor Richard Katz, the healers of the !Kung people lay their hands on a sick person to draw the sickness out of them and into the healer in a "difficult, painful" process.[19]
Navajo religious ceremonies
A similar practice of laying on of hands is also used in Navajo religious ceremonies.[20]
State use
Main article: Royal touch
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The laying on of hands, known as the royal touch, was performed by kings in England and France, and was believed to cure scrofula (also called "King's Evil" at the time), a name given to a number of skin diseases. The rite of the king's touch began in France with Robert II the Pious, but legend later attributed the practice to Clovis as Merovingian founder of the Holy Roman kingdom, and Edward the Confessor in England. The belief continued to be common throughout the Middle Ages but began to die out with the Enlightenment. Queen Anne was the last British monarch to claim to possess this divine ability, though the Jacobite pretenders also claimed to do so. The French monarchy maintained the practice up until the 19th century. The act was usually performed at large ceremonies, often at Easter or other holy days.
See also
Anointing
Exorcism
Faith healing
Gifts of healing
Gift of miracles
Holy anointing oil
Hypnosis
Manual therapy
Ordination
Pneumatology
Priesthood blessing
Reiki
Right hand of Christian fellowship
Snake handling
Speaking in tongues
Spiritual gift
Spirituality
Superstition
Thaumaturgy