Assertion: deacon's duty | /r/PartOf | the deacon's office
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text: I think there is reason to believe that, amongst the Laity of this great metropolis, as well as in other parts of the kingdom, there would be found many members of our Church engaged in professions or offices, and even of independent fortune, who would be willing, if permitted so to do, to devote much of their time to the fulfilment of those duties which now belong to the Deacon's office, who would not disdain to assemble the poor in some humble oratory or upper chamber of the factory (huperoon) set apart for worship, who would catechize the youth, and visit the cottages of the poor.