. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . enton, N. 1855 he was appointed by Gov. Rodman N. Price amember of the first Board of Trustees of the State NormalSchool of New Jersey, and in July, 1857, he became Profes-sor of Latin and Greek in that institution. He was licensedApril 13, 1858, at Pennington, N. J., by the Presbytery ofNew Brunswick to preach the gospel. On the twenty-thirdday of November of the same year he was ordained to theministry and installed as pastor of the Reformed Churchof East Millstone, Somerset County, N. J. In February,1863, he was elec
. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . enton, N. 1855 he was appointed by Gov. Rodman N. Price amember of the first Board of Trustees of the State NormalSchool of New Jersey, and in July, 1857, he became Profes-sor of Latin and Greek in that institution. He was licensedApril 13, 1858, at Pennington, N. J., by the Presbytery ofNew Brunswick to preach the gospel. On the twenty-thirdday of November of the same year he was ordained to theministry and installed as pastor of the Reformed Churchof East Millstone, Somerset County, N. J. In February,1863, he was elected Professor of the Greek Language andLiterature in Rutgers College, and entered upon his workthere March 16, 1863, leaving his pastorate at MillstoneApril I. On the 8th of December, 1865, he accepted a callto the pastorate of the Reformed Church at Yonkers, overwhich he was installed pastor on the loth of January, 1866. 122 CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK. Rev. Dr. Cole, as a minister of the Reformed Church,has been connected prominently for years with its institu-. tions and work, and has held the highest official positions inits gift. In 1884 he was President of the General Synod of THE REFORMED CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 123 the Reformed Church at Grand Rapids, Mich., and in 1887he was also delegated to represent the church in the FourthGeneral Council of the Alliance of the Reformed Churchesholding the Presbyterian System which convened at Lon-don, England, July, 1888. Rev. Dr. Coles pastorate began with a debt of $7,650,of which $1,650 was paid at once. In 1868 the churchchapel was built adjoining the church, the parsonage hav-ing been removed to the corner of Prospect and ClintonStreets, and continued to be the pastors residence till thespring of 1872. Improvements were made in the church costing nearly$6,400. In the spring of 1872 the Prospect Street parsonagewas sold for $7,500, and the fine parsonage on 122 Warbur-ton Avenue was bought for $16,000. In the same year thei
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