THE

DEACONSHIP.

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BY ROBT. BOYTE C. HOWELL, D. D.
PASTOR OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, NASHVILLE, TENN.

Author of "The Terms of Communion at the Lord's Table."

"They that have used the office of a Deacon well, purchase to
themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which
is in Christ Jesus."-PAUL.

Fifth Thousand.

PHILADELPHIA:

AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY,

118

ARCH STREET.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

-1852 Ke A 27 Gift of the

Incrican Bartit Publication Society

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by

W. W. KEEN,

Treasurer of the American Baptist Publication Society, in the
Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.

George Charles, Stereotyper,
King & Baird, Printers,

No. 9 George Street, Philadelphia

DEDICATION.

To the Deacons of all the Baptist churches throughout the United States of America, this little volume is respectfully dedicated, by their obliged