In all things he was an example and a

pattern for the people to follow ; and with

this testimony he has entered into his rest.

A BELOVED BKOTUER,

and faithful minister in the Lord.

The flock

for whose sakes he gladly spent himself,

have erected this tablet to attest their sense

of his excellence,

and their grief for his loss.

The bell'^ was presented to the church by the late Joseph Howland, Esq., and contains the following inscription:

"B. HA2sKS, Maxsfield, Conn., 181S."

It is much to be regretted, that the old communion service of tliis church was carried off during the war of the Revolution, for safe keeping, to the city of New York. Some years after the close of the war, tlie altar cloth was discovered in an old dusty box, where it had lain tlirough the whole period of the Revolution: this is now in use at St. John's chapel, Tuckahoe. The silver now used at the administration of the holy sacrament, consists of one large silver flagon, two silver chalices, a

a BeViR were iistxl i)> the duciont Romans to signify the time of battuug, aud naturuUy ai>. plied by the early Clinstiaus to denote thu hours of devotion.

644 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF \VESTCHF,STER.

silver bason or font ; the latter presented by a member of the Van Cortlandt family ; and a silver plate bearing the follo-vving inscription :

"Presented

To the Episcopal Church

Of the town of Yonkers,

1795.'"

During the troubles of the Revolution, an American soldier, killed in this neighborhood, is known to have been interred beneath the floor of this church, but there is no tradition of the cause of so unusual a place of sepulture being chosen.