THE TOWN OF YONKERS. 643 



The second, on the chancel wall, is erected 



TO TnK MEMOKY OF TIIE 



REV. ALEXANDER H. CROSBY, A.M., 



10 years Rector of this Church, 

 who died at the Island of St. Croix, 



January 4, 1839, aged 35 years. 

 In the General Theological Seminary, 



the piety, virtues and talents, 

 were nurtured, which fitted him for the 



OHRI8TIAB MINISTRY, 



sincerity of character, kindness of heart, 



and purity of life, united with steady zeal, 



current principles, patieut labor and true 



devotedness to God, edified the Church, 



won for him the hearts of his flock, 

 and were honored by his Divine master, 



with abundant fruits. 



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 BROTHER, 



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 a was presented to the church by the late Joseph Howland, 

 Esq., and contains the following inscription: 



"B. HANKS, 



Mansfield, Conn., 1818." 



It is much to be regretted, that the old communion service of this 

 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, the al- 

 tar cloth was discovered in an old dusty box, where it had lain through 

 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 Bells were used by the ancient Romans to signify the time of battling, and naturally ap- 

 plied by the early Christians to denote the hours of devotion. 



