. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . pulpit are thelibrary and infant-class rooms. The audience-room is fur-nished with reversible seats. The value of the property is $10,000. The dedicatory exercises of the chapel took place onSunday afternoon, November 9, 1884. They were con-ducted by Rev. Dr. David Cole, who preached the dedica-tory sermon from Genesis 28 : 17 : This is none other butthe house of God. Rev. William Anderson, of Fordham,Rev. Dr. Henry M. Baird, and Prof. Isaac S. Davison, ofYonkers, took part in the exercises. A collection wastaken and subscri
. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . pulpit are thelibrary and infant-class rooms. The audience-room is fur-nished with reversible seats. The value of the property is $10,000. The dedicatory exercises of the chapel took place onSunday afternoon, November 9, 1884. They were con-ducted by Rev. Dr. David Cole, who preached the dedica-tory sermon from Genesis 28 : 17 : This is none other butthe house of God. Rev. William Anderson, of Fordham,Rev. Dr. Henry M. Baird, and Prof. Isaac S. Davison, ofYonkers, took part in the exercises. A collection wastaken and subscriptions were received in aid of the chapelbuilding fund. The Consistorial chapel committee were George Stew- LUDLOW STREET REFORMED CHAPEL. 495 art, Virgil Myers, Hyatt L. Garrison, Isaac N. Cook, andWalter A. Drinkwater. On the day of dedication $250 was given by friends ofthe mission. An organ was also presented. The pulpitBible was also given on that occasion by Mrs. James When the chapel was dedicated there was a debt of$3,000 on it: this still THE LUDLOW STREET REFORMED CHAPEE. A Sunday-school was opened in the chapel at 2: 30 P. Sunday, November 16, 1884, its organization and direction 496 CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK. being- under the control of the Consistory of the ReformedChurch. The following were elected as the officers of theschool at its first session: George Stewart, Superintend-ent ; Virgil Myers, Assistant Superintendent; Walter , Secretary; Frank H. Cole, Librarian; JosephHover and Belding A. Hoyt, Assistant Librarians ; Le GrandW. Ketcham, Treasurer. These persons offered their services as teachers: MissesLillian Dealing, Dora L. Costello, Emma L. Crane, AdaE. Thompkins, Mary E. Berston, Jennie Edgar, Jacob , and Virgil Myers. Forty children were present at its first session. Miss Agnes E. Edgar, Miss Ray A. Campbell and MissSarah J. Beebe were subsequently added to the list of teach-ers. Among these early teachers, t
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