Complex sentence: He was a minister for three years at the Dwight Place Church in New Haven, Connecticut, and on July 4,1884, delivered an oration on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the town.
Split into simpler sentences: He was a minister for three years at the Dwight Place Church in New Haven, Connecticut. On July 4,1884, delivered an oration on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the town.