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through which they have had this access to the favour of God 

 and the participation of the Divine nature, virtue, knowledge, 

 temperance, &c. They are taught, too, to continue stead- 

 fastly in the apostles' doctrine, the fellowship, the breaking of 

 bread, and prayers — praising the Lord. This is the worship 

 on the first day of the week. It is held by the disciples, that 

 the whole duty of Christian ministers is set forth in the com- 

 mission of the Loral, Matt, xxviii. 19, 20; Mark, xvi. 15, 16 — 

 and that they endanger their own salvation by departing from 

 this great command — 2 Tim. iv. 1, 2. The Acts of the Apos- 

 tles and their epistles to the churches and brethren constitute 

 the development of that commission." In the city of Augusta 

 the disciples have a convenient brick meeting-house, the gift of 

 Mrs. Tubman. 



Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. — During the 

 year 1770, under the auspices of George III., a colony of Irish 

 emigrants embarked for America. Upon their arrival in this 

 country, they took up their residence at a place known at 

 that time by the name of Queensborough, These people 

 sustained an ecclesiastical connection, with the Associate 

 Reformed Presbyterian Church. Some time after their settle- 

 ment, they were visited successively by the Rev. William 

 Ronaldson, Wm. McCamah, Josiah Lewis, Thomas Clarke, < 

 and Mr. Paddy. In the year 1790, the Rev. David Bothwell 

 was regularly installed as their pastor, the duties of which he 

 continued to exercise until the time of his decease, which 

 took place in 1801. After his demise, the Church received 

 occasional ministerial supplies from the Rev. Alexander 

 Porter and Rev. Mr. McMullen of South Carolina. On his 

 way to the city of Savannah the Rev. Mr. Kerr spent a short 

 time with the congregation. During the autumn of 1814, the 

 Rev. Joseph Lowry, of South Carolina, having received a 

 call from Bethel Congregation in Burke, was regularly install- 

 ed as pastor of the same. He continued to labour here until 

 July 1840, being then called by death to give an account of his 

 stewardship. Their present pastor is Rev. John S. Pressly, 

 of South Carolina. There are two places of worship ; one 

 in Jefferson, the other in Burke. The Presbytery of Georgia 

 embraces ten congregations. The most of them are small, 



