When the ruins of the church came to be examined after this melancholy accident, the skeleton of a full sized man was discovered behind the remains of the pulpit. In 1792, it was again repaired, and on the 21st August of that year, consecrated to the service of Almighty God, under the name and title of St. John's Church, Philipsborough, by the Right Rev. Samuel Provoost, first Bishop of the State of New York. The present edifice consists of a square lower surmounted with a wooden cupola and spirCj body and vestry room in the rear, . . ■ . . •..■■.

St. Juliu's Ciiurcli, Yonkers.

The principal entrance is by a circular headed door on the

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south side. There are two monumental tablets in this church : the first placed against the south wall is inscribed ;

' ■ To perpetuate the memory of , '' / , - the Rev. Elias Cooper,

. - . 27 years Rector of this church, ~ ,

. ^ who departed this life, Jan. 16, 1816, - .

• . aged 58 years and 11 days.

He laboured industriously to promote the happiness ' ,

■ . of MANKIND '' '■ ^

■ . ~ by advancing the influence of the Christian religion.

Pious without superstition, and zealous without

-~ - . • BIGOTRY ;

a friend to the poor and an ornament to the church, •' -

exemplary in the discharge of every relation

and professional duty, respected and honored through life by those ' •