The First Presbyterian Church
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Excerpt from The First Presbyterian Church: Staunton, Virginia In 1737 "a supplication" was laid before the Presbytery of Donegal, in Pennsylvania, "from the people of Beverley Manor, in the back parts of Virginia," requesting ministerial supplies. The request could not be granted immediately; but in the next year the Rev. James Anderson, sent by the Synod of Philadelphia, visited the settlement, and in 1738 preached the first regular sermon ever delivered in this section of the country at the home of John Lewis. The Presbyterians of Augusta continued their "supplication" to the Presbytery of Donegal for a pastor to reside among them. In 1739 they first applied for the services of the Rev. Mr. Thompson, who came and preached for a time. Next they presented a call to the Rev. John Craig. Mr. Craig was born in 1709, in county Antrim, Ireland, and was educated at Edinburgh. He landed at Newcastle, upon the Delaware, August 17, 1734, and was licensed by the Presbytery to preach, in 1737. The date of his arrival here is somewhat uncertain. In a narrative written by him, towards the close of his life, he says: "Being invited by Presbytery, I entered on trials, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Donegal, 1737. I was sent to a new settlement in Virginia of our own country people, near 300 miles distant." This would seem to imply that he came in 1737, or soon thereafter; but from the fact that the people applied for Mr. Thompson in 1739 and for Mr. Craig afterwards, the latter could not have come till several years after his licensure. The minute of the Presbytery, in September, 1740, is as follows "Robert Doak and Daniel Dennison, from Virginia, declared in the name of the congregation of Shenandoah their adhesion to the call formerly presented to Mr. Craig," and on the next day he was "set apart for the work of the gospel ministry in the south part of Beverley´s Manor." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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