From a reliance on your pious wishes to promote the Christian Religion, we beg leave that whenever a gentleman of character, ami qualified, in your opinion, for our purpose, may come to your knowledge, and whose condition may be adapted to our situation, that you'll please to signify the same to us.

We arc, Rev. Sir, with much respect,

Your humble servants,

The Trustees."

In 1789, the Trustees appointed Marcus Christian for one year, bellringer of the church, for which service he was allowed $4 per annum.11

The following year, the inhabitants of Eastchester appear to have associated themselves in the ministry, with the parish of Yonkers; for, "at a meeting of the Trustees, March 20th, 1790, Mr. Pell, one of the Trustees, produced a letter directed to the Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, D. D., Bishop of the State of New York, requesting the favor of his visiting

a At a meeting of the Vestry on the 7th of .May, 1781, " Marcus Christian, the sexton to the church in Eastchester, was sent for and examined respecting the bell's being rung <m Saturday, the 30th of April, on the family of James Bogart's moving out of this place ; whioh charge he denied, and, in his examination, said he was lame in bed, and was not at the church ihat day. He was further examined on his former conduct, on his selling licure in the belfrie of the church, on a training day, which h" acknowledged. Whereupon they did agree he was Dot worthy to keep the keys of the church, or to be employed as sexton ; upon which he delivered the key and was dismissed the service."