Church Dedication at Dunton.

New York, 1895

The First Congregational church of Dunton, which was organized last October, was dedicated Tuesday evening. There was a council of ministers of the Congregational society in the afternoon, at which the church was formally recognized and admitted.

There was a large attendance at the dedicatory exercises in the evening. The services opened with an anthem by the choir under the direction of George L. Powell, followed by the reading of the minutes of the council. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. C. Roberts. The prayer of recognition and dedication was made by the Rev. E. H. Byington. The right hand of fellowship was given by the Rev. W. T. Stokes, and the charge to the people by the Rev. Howard Billman.

The new church will seat 300 people and is at present under the pastoral care of E. E. Stewart, an evangelist. It is free of debt.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 31, 1895, p. 8.