Excerpt from The True Deaconship: Or Strictures on a Pamphlet Entitled, "the Scriptural Deacon, &C." IV. A fourth misrepresentation or mistake which deserves notice IS immediately connected with the. Preceding, The author of the Dea con, in exposing this perversion of the texts alluded to, had said that if they, prove any thing on the subject at all, they prove too much even for the advocates of the trustee system; namely, that the people have a right to appoint trustees for the poor's fund, and thus banish Deacons altogether. Now, says our author, to ward off this fatal Objection, it is only necessary to place it in juxtaposition with 'the Deacon's state ment, that these funds were not designed solely to feed the poor. Now if'our man can place nothing else in juxtaposition, with this oh jection with which to ward it Off, we fear its, effects will still prove fatal to his favourite system. If these funds were not designed solely for the poor, they must have been partly so designed. It would be absurd to talk of funds not designed solely for a certain purpose, if no part of them was designed for that purpose. A part of these funds then being designed for the poor the objection of the Deacon remains untouched. The principle involved is the same, whether they carried a large or a small amount. If they carried funds for other purposes also, that has nothing to do with the objection; The misrepresentation consists in assuming, that the Deacon bad granted that no part of these funds were for the poor. If then the carrying of funds designed for ecclesias tical purposes from one place to another, authorizes the appointment of trustees for the management of congregational funds - the carrying Of funds designed for the poor, authorizes the appointment of trustees for the management of the poor's fund. This seems to be incontrovertible. It is one thing, John, to make a reply to an argument, but quite another thing to answer it. V. We now come to a passage of very grave and solemn import. That we may have it fairly before us, we quote the whole connexion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.