pril, when it would be exactly
thirty years since he came to a small band of 140 members, which then
composed his flock. At the close of his remarks on that occasion he said:
"It only remains for me to say that after forty-four years of
uninterrupted ministerial labors it is but reasonable to ask for some
relief from a strain that may soon become too heavy for me to bear."

During the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pastorate, in
1885, he told his congregation that during that time he had preached over
2,300 discourses, had made over 1,000 addresses, officiated at about 600
marriages, baptized 800 children, received into the church 3,700 members,
of whom about 1,600 were converts, and had lost but one Sunday for
sickness. Probably few men are more widely known for their literary and
oratorical powers and extended usefulness both in the pulpit and out of it.
Few, if any, have accomplished more in the same number of years or made a
wider circle of warm and earnest friends both at home and abroad. Among the
latter is the Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone, and was, the late John Bright. In his
sermons and addresses, the personality of Dr. Cuyler is so marked that to
hear him once is to remember him always. In England he has been especially
popular as a preacher and temperance advocate. The latter cause he has
espoused most warmly during his entire life.

Dr. Cuyler was born in the beautiful village of Aurora, N. Y., upon Cayuga
Lake, of which his great-grandfather, General Benjamin Ledyard, was the
founder. He was graduated at Princeton in 1841, and at Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1846. Two years later, he was ordained into the
Presbyterian Ministry, and was installed pastor of the Third Presbyterian
Church of Trenton, N. J., then of the Market St. Reformed Dutch Church of
New York City, and in April 1860, of the Brooklyn Lafayette Avenue
Presbyterian Church.

Among the author's books are the following, nearly all of which have been
reprinted in London and have a very wide circulation in Great Britain. Fi