. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . ed to pay the debt of $10,000 on the First PresbyterianChurch of Yonkers, on condition that the amount of inter-est on the loan should be added to the pastors salary. Thecondition was promptly met, and under the influence ofthis deed of generosity a committee was appointed to builda new manse, a thing beautiful in itself and made all themore beautiful in the way in which it was done and whathas grown out of it. In 1884 the former manse was removed and the pres-ent brick structure was erected in its stead. On the frontof this
. Church and Sunday-school work in Yonkers: its origin and progress . ed to pay the debt of $10,000 on the First PresbyterianChurch of Yonkers, on condition that the amount of inter-est on the loan should be added to the pastors salary. Thecondition was promptly met, and under the influence ofthis deed of generosity a committee was appointed to builda new manse, a thing beautiful in itself and made all themore beautiful in the way in which it was done and whathas grown out of it. In 1884 the former manse was removed and the pres-ent brick structure was erected in its stead. On the frontof this building is a brown stone tablet on which is in-scribed, A. D. 1884. The members of the Sunday-schoolcontributed $200 to a mantel for the manse. The churchproperty is beautifully located and is entirely free fromdebt, 1891. The spacious auditorium will seat about a the annual meeting of the church and congregationheld in April, 1891, steps were taken towards purchasing anew organ and entirely redecorating the edifice. 222 CHURCH AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL (Mm ^^^^m^^^m m,^M^M&.is amm FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 223 The affairs of the Missionary Association, organizedNovember 2, 1871, are confided to an executive committeeof twelve, composed of the six elders of the church, andsix members to be elected annually by the pastor of the church is ex-officio a member of the com-mittee and president of the association. The following gentlemen are the members of the exec-utive committee of the Missionary Association having thisunder their charge : The Pastor, ex-officio. L. E. Clark, W. W. Law, Cliairman, • Theodore Oilman, W. R. Mott, Secretary, Hezekiah King, W. Olmsted, Treasurer, O. L. Morse, F. D. Blake, R. E. Prime, W. A. Butler, Jr., O. A. Chamberlin, [vacancy]. In 1886 it was resolved to erect a mission chapel onNepperhan Avenue, north of Ashburton Avenue, in whichneighborhood Sunday-school and other religious ser\dceshad for about two years been cond
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