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A
SHORT ACCOUNT
of the
RISE AND PROGRESS
of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
IN AMERICA.
written
CHRISTOPHER RUSH.
superintendent of the connexion,
WITH THE AID OF GEORGE COLLINS.
also, a concise view of
CHURCH ORDER OR GOVERNMENT,
FROM SCRIPTURE AND FROM SOME OF THE BEST AUTHORS ON THE SUBJECT OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT, RELATIVE TO
EPISCOPACY.
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NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
W. Maris, Printer, 21 Grand Street.
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