The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 85
... deacons Under the Sixth Head , - had the superintendance in this matter . which treats of the rents and patrimony of the church , it is said " We require the deacons and treasurers rather to receive the rents , than the ministers ...
... deacons Under the Sixth Head , - had the superintendance in this matter . which treats of the rents and patrimony of the church , it is said " We require the deacons and treasurers rather to receive the rents , than the ministers ...
Page 90
... deacons composing another and a distinct class of functionaries . The elders for obvious reasons , which we have elsewhere stated at length , ought never , we mean officially , to descend among things secular . But there is no necessary ...
... deacons composing another and a distinct class of functionaries . The elders for obvious reasons , which we have elsewhere stated at length , ought never , we mean officially , to descend among things secular . But there is no necessary ...
Page 107
... deacons lay exclusively with the new pauperism , it being their part to deal wh with every application which might be made by any one for the first time to obtain relief from the parish . And the only fund placed at their dis- posal cut ...
... deacons lay exclusively with the new pauperism , it being their part to deal wh with every application which might be made by any one for the first time to obtain relief from the parish . And the only fund placed at their dis- posal cut ...
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