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...The account of the institution of the office .of deacon is in the following words, Acts vi. 1 — 6. And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring tif the Grecians against ihe Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration....

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...own hands, they put it into the people's hands. Read the history for yourselves. Acts vi. 1 — 4. " And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose amurmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration....