From a summary account of the state of the church in the provhice of New York, as it was laid before the clergy, convened Oct. 5th, 1704, at New York, &c., we learn that there was a church built, but not finished, being neither glazed nor ceiled." " There is £50 settled on the minister's salary by act of Assera^- bly." "There is twenty-three acres of land given by Westchester division, for a glebe, =i &c. " At the end of two years," Mr. Bartow speaks with thankfulness, of having, " by the blessing of Almighty God, been made instrumental in making many proselytes to our holy religion, who are very constant and devout, in and at their attendance on Divine service ; and, those who were enemies at my first coming, are now zealous professors of the ordinances of our church. The inhabitants of our parish live scattered and dispersed up and down in the woods, so that many cannot rep:ur constantly to the church, by reason of their great distance from it." Mr. Bartow appears, by his letters, to have been in the habit^ of making collections in his church for any very urgent cases of distress. Thus we have the following notices : " September 5th, 170S, came a distressed woman, widow of Maynard, through Westchester, who had nine children murdered by the Indians. Collected for her in the church, eleven shillings and six pence." The following Sunday he made a similar collection for a poor man. Besides Westchester at which he resided, Mr. Bartow oiBciated once a month at Eastchester, and occasionally at Yonkers. The populaiion of Westchester was about five hundred and fifty : that of Eastchester, four hundred, (fcc.c