. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . and the furniture committee. S. Francis Quick didthe carpenter work. On June 14, 1888, a Mendelssohn concert was held inthe church, the proceeds of which were appropriated to theliquidation of the church debt. The late pastor, Rev. Edward C. Moore, came as astated supply to the church October, 1886. May 5, 1887, hereceived a unanimous call from the church to become theirpastor, which was accepted, and the installation serviceswere held in the church on Thursday evening, June 30,1887, They were conducted by Rev.
. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . and the furniture committee. S. Francis Quick didthe carpenter work. On June 14, 1888, a Mendelssohn concert was held inthe church, the proceeds of which were appropriated to theliquidation of the church debt. The late pastor, Rev. Edward C. Moore, came as astated supply to the church October, 1886. May 5, 1887, hereceived a unanimous call from the church to become theirpastor, which was accepted, and the installation serviceswere held in the church on Thursday evening, June 30,1887, They were conducted by Rev. William Hart Dexter,Moderator of the Presbytery. The sermon was delivered by Rev. George F. Moore,brother of the pastor, professor of Oriental languages andOld Testament exegesis in Andover Theological charge to the pastor was by his father, Rev. Wm. , D. D., pastor of the Second Church, of Columbus, WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 277 Ohio. Rev. John Dixon, D. D., of Trenton, N. J., deliv-ered the charge to the people. The services throughout. WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. were very interesting and were listened to by a very largeaudience. 278 CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK. Rev. Edward Caldwell Moore was born in West Ches-ter, Pa., September i, 1857. He is the son of Rev. Wm. , D. D., and grandson of the Rev. George Foote, D. was graduated from Marietta College in 1877, ^^^ ^^-ceived his masters degree from the same institution in1880. He taught Latin and Greek in the Public HighSchool, Columbus, Ohio, 1877 to 1881, studied theology inUnion Seminary, New York city, 1881 to 1884, was gradua-ted as fellow of the seminary, and spent the next two years—1884 to 1886—in the study of church history in the universi-ties of Giessen, Goettingen, and Berlin, in Germany. OnMay 5, 1887, he was called to the pastorate of WestminsterChurch, Yonkers. In November, 1888, Rev. Mr. Moore received a call tothe pastorate of the Central Congregational Church
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