96 RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. 



40 miles, performing divine service at three different places, 

 ten miles wide of each other, on the three following days, and 

 returning home on the Friday. Within a short time after his 

 arrival at his Mission, he had baptized 178 children and two 

 adults. During his residence at Augusta, he had travelled in 

 the discharge of duty 3000 miles ; had baptized 428 persons, 

 and raised the number of communicants from seven to forty. 

 Although the Church of England was established by law in 

 Georgia, the province divided into parishes, and commission- 

 ers appointed to see to the erection of a church, and the setting 

 off a glebe in every parish ; yet all these provisions were nu- 

 gatory, as no one seemed to consider himself responsible 

 for carrying them into practical operation. In 1769, there 

 were but two churches in the whole of Georgia, and these 

 were 150 miles apart. The separation of the colonies from 

 the mother country, interfered much with the progress of 

 the Episcopal Church, and for many years there were not, 

 at any one time, more than three clergymen in the State. 

 Within a few years past, this denomination has greatly in- 

 creased. There are now connected with the Diocese of 

 Georgia, about twenty-six clergymen, sixteen parishes, and over 

 800 communicants. 



More than $3,380 were contributed for missionary and 

 other purposes during the past year. 



Lutheran Church. — On the 27th of November, 1733, 

 ninety-one persons of the Lutheran faith with two clergymen, 

 the Rev. Messrs. Bolzius and Gronau, embarked from Europe 

 for Georgia, and after a passage of one hundred and four days, 

 landed in Savannah. Resting here for a few days, they pro- 

 ceeded to a tract of land situated on the north side of Savan- 

 nah river, about twenty-five miles from the city of Savannah, 

 which had been granted to them by the Trustees, and to which 

 thejPgave the name of Eben Ezer (Rock of Help), in consid- 

 eration of their gratitude to the Almighty for his protecting 

 care. In the years 1735, 1736, 1741, the settlement was in- 

 creased by other colonists, and although much exposed to pri- 

 vations and sickness, they felt that the privilege of worshipping 

 God according to the dictates of their conscience more than 



