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Duties anfl Qualifications of Deacons,
An Ordination Sermon Delivered at Cnthbert, tia.,
January lti, 1876.
BY REV. JOHN T. CLARKF.
“For they that have need the office of a
Deacon well, purchase to themselves a good de
gree, and great boldness in the faith which is in
Christ Jesuß.”—l Tim. iii; 13.
My Brethren —The exercises of this
hour, by appointment of the church,
have special reference to the ordination
of two elect deacons. The occasion is
one of uncommon interest and impor
tance. The solemn setting apart of
these brethren to the proposed office
implies that at present there is a de
ficiency in the working organization of
our church. The supply of these
needed officers demands, that from this
day there should begin, so far as the
service of deacons can affect our his
tory, anew era of church efficiency.
Such occasions are, in the experience of
any local communion, of rare occur
rence. To utilize fhe occasion is our
sole aim. The numerous topics which
demand our attention and their severely
practical nature, must, with the infre
quency of such discussions exercise
what on other occasions, might seem
too much of detail, as well as apologize
for the absence of all ornament in this
discourse. We aim at present, practi
cal results, and no consideration of the
plainness of a thought, or unoratorical
character of an expression, shall ex
clude matter which seems fit to aid in
marking out before these elect breth
ren the path of official duty and suc
cess.
The text sets forth the rewards of
deacons, “A good degree and great
boldness in the faith,” are the advant
ages, which they are to earn. But
these rewards are purchased by those
“ that have used the office of a deacon
well.” Who are they ? To answer
this question wisely, demands a knowl
edge of the duties and qualifications of
• deacons. These depend upon the de
sign of the office. Its design is to be
deduced from its origin.
The historic orign of the office is re
corded in the first six verses of the sixth
chapter of Acts : “And in those days,
when the numbers of the disciples was
multiplied, there arose a murmuring of
the Grecians against the Hebrews, be
cause their widows were neglected in
the daily ministration. Then the
twelve called the multitude of the dis
ciples unto them, and said, ‘lt is not
reason that we should leave the Word
of God and serve tables. Wherefore,
brethren, look ye out among you seven
men of honest report, full of the Holy
G u ost and wisdom, whom wj may ap
point over this business. But will give
ourselves continually to prayer, and to
the ministry of the Word.’ And the
saying pleased the whole multi
tude ; and they chose Stephen, a man
full of faith and the Holy Ghost, and
Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor,|and
Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a
proselyte of Antioch; whom they set
before the Apostles; and when they
had prayed, they laid their hands on
them.”
From this narrative we learn that
the office was instituted after Christ
left the world, by apostolic authority.
The entire twelve co-operated in the
institution, bringing to the establish
ment of its divine sanction, the testi
mony of the whole body of inspired
superintendents, in whose hands our
Saviour left the organization and con
duct of His visible kingdom. In the
chapter from which our text is select
ed, Paul adds his conclusive testimony
to the divine authority, and to the per
petuity of the office, by inspired direc
tions for the choice of deacons for the
qualifications which they should pos
sess and cultivate, and by proclaiming
the noblest rewards for faithfulness in
the office.
The history already quoted shows the
special exigency for such an office. In
those days “ not many wise men after
the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble” were “ called but the disci
ples were to a large extent, divinely se
lected from the humbler classes of men.
To be a disciple of the despised and
crucified Nazarine, involved eternal sac
rifices, to which modern Christianity is
a stranger. Exposed on all sides, to
hatred and persecution, the spirit of
brotherly love, always essentially the
same, yet ever adapting its manifesta
tions to the demands of the times,
prompted the disciples to rally together
as one family, and to have “ all things
common.” They spread tables for the
dependent and sought to save all from
the suffering and want to which dis
cipleship exposed many. But to serve
so many impartially, was a difficult
task. Envy and jealousy, too, are not
modern inventions. Complaints arose
on the part of the Grecian disciples,
who were foreigners, against their na
tive Hebrew brethren, that “their
widows were neglected in the daily min
istration.” To remove all ground for
this complaint, the apostles had deacons
appointed “ over this business.” “To
serve tables” then ; to impartially dis
tribute from the common supplies, to
all the dependent ones, of every class
and nation, was the special design of
the first institution of deacons.
Asa general proposition, the right
of the pastor to a temporal support, at
the hands of his church, according to
the church’s ability, is plainly incul
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX AND BAPTIST.
cated .in the Scriptures. Whatever
provision is needed in this direction,
and can be furnished by the church,
ought to reach the pastor, without any
effort, or anxiety on his part. His de
votion to spiritual studies and labors
should never be allowed to be marred
by care and evil-foreboding about the
wants of himself, or his family. The
deacons should be on such terms of
personal intimacy with their pastor, as
readily, and, without indelicacy on their
part, or solicitation on his, to find out
his wants. They should be prompt
and earnest in communicating with the
brethren concerning such exigencies.
As to special and unususl occasions of
this kind, a due regard to the feelings
of the pastor and his family, as well as
a prudent care for his influence, re
quires that such matters should not be
made too notorious among the unsym
pathizing. For his stated support,
some regular and reliable times and
plan of collection and payment to him,
should be maintained. Among
where the duty of supporting the pas
tor is recognized, the deficiency lies,
commonly, not so much in the want of
a plan, and a sufficient one, as in the
lack of persevering and energetic dis
charge of duty, on the part of the dea
cons, who are, usually, the collectors.
They postpone the business of calling
on subscribers for payment, in defer
ence to other business more nearly
concerning themselves. Because some
do not promptly pay, when called on,
they become discouraged, and are not
so assiduous in their applications for
payment, as they would be in efforts to
collect their private debts. Brethren,
away with the notion, that a man may
push and drive his own business, day
and night, and move sluggishly and in
differently through that of the church !
Shame on that deacon, who displays so
much skill and tact in private finan
ciering, and shows no tact in managing
the church’s finances. Is the duty
onerous and often disagreeable? Be
tt so. You work for great reward.
Your service is to your Divine Master.
It is but a poor return for what He
does for you. Bring, then, whatever
business talent, shrewdness, energy
and perseverance you would give to
your private business, to the service of
the church. Before you go about col
lecting, decide wisely upon the best mode
of proceeding. Be prompt, be cool, be
conciliating, be earnest, be persevering
Go forth, prepared by prayer, and arm
ed with spiritual arguments, which
may awaken the brethren to a sense of
their duty and privilege in this matter
Be prompted by the rights and the
wants of your pastor, and by the honor
of the church, whose contracts ought
to be performed and ever held sacred.
Again, the deacons should have the
care of preparations and assisting
about the ordinances. Never let the
appointment for the J/nrd’s Supper fail
by your neglect. Hive the elements
ready and the sacred table spread.
And when baptism is to be administer
ed, be sure that every preliminary to a
quiet, dignified and solemn perform
ance of it is arranged in advance.
Where this ordinance is awkwardly
brought before the public, those whose
fault it is, are responsible for the ridi
cule and reproach, which the light
minded and the irreligious cast upon
this divine appointment. There ought,
in our judgment, to be no lifting of
pulpits out of the way ; no awkward
straining to open baptisteries; no hur
rying to and fro, to distract the seated
assembly on baptismal occasions.
Everything ought to be prepared in ad
vance. The deacons should attend all
these occasions, and hold themselves
ready and convenient to render the
pastor such assistance as prudence and
good taste may suggest to him to re
ceive. At a glance, this topic may
seem of little importance, Yet, in
more than one instance, we have seen,
with pain, the evidence of a lack of re
gard to such practical precautions.
The care of the meeting house and
its keeping is another particular to
which the deacons should look. Lights
and fires must be kept up, and the
house tkept in suitable repair. The
deacons should consider themselves es
pecially charged, not with the actual
labor, but with the oversight, of these
interests. See that the sexton does his
duty in everything essential to keeping
the church building cleanly and com
fortable, and having'it ready for use at
every appointment.
Another particular, in which deacons
can greatly relieve the pastor, is the
leading in matters of discipline. The
pastor, on many accounts, ought not to
be charged with the care of bringing
delinquents before the church, o’! shap
ing the proceedings in their cases. His
influence as a peacemaker between
alienated brethren ; his easy access to
the affectionb of offenders, in seeking
their reformation ; his character as an
impartial presiding officer in the con
ferences ; the freedom of his preaching
from the odium of undue personalty ;
all these and other considerations,
make it pioper that the pastor should
not, where he can be relieved, be active
in matters of discipline. In the dis
charge of their duties as collecting and
disbursing officers of the church, and
m investigating and supplying the
wants of the poor, the deacons are nec
essarily brought immediately into con
tact with the brethren more than any
unofficial member. They are also, in
the same way, brought into contact
with those mu-professing friends of the
church, from whom pecuniary aid is
sometimes asked and received. Nore
are so likely as they, in general, to
know the standing of the individual of
the brotherhood, among one and other,
and among them “who are without.”
Neglect of church obligations, and ac
tual disorders, are thus more easily
discoverable by them than by others.
Besides, they are the representative
men of the church. They have been
solemnly set apart, before all men, as
those who enjoy the highest confidence
of their brethren. All these considera
tions fit them to take a leading part in
affairs of discipline ; and such fitness
is an indication of duty.
But the history shows, also, the gen
eral design of the office. “It is not
reason, said the apostles, “that we
should leave the word of God, and
serve tables. Choose suitable men
whom we may appoint over this busi
ness. But we will give ourselves con
tinually to prayer, and to the ministry
of the word.” The great, peculiar
business of the apostles was to minis
ter directly to the spiritual warts of
men, by instruction and exhortation.
That their own hearts might be pre
pared for such a work, even they, di
vinely inspired as they were, needed to
be constant in prayer, and to dwell
much in holy meditation. To relieve
them from distracting services and
employments, and enable them to con
centrate their energies and talents and
time upon their peculiar calling, dea
cons were appointed. Excepting in
spired qualifications and that exalted
authority which belongs to the divinely
directed, the minister of the Gospel,
to-day, is called to the same functions,
which were laid upon the apostles. His
peculiar business, too, is to teach and
exhort, aud thus directly to minister
to the spiritual wants of men. Far
more than the inspired apostle he needs
to spend time in study of the Scrip
tures, and all knowledge which may
aid in understanding and expounding
them. Far more than the apostle he
needs to abide in the spirit of prayer.
The deacon s office, we have shown, was
intended to endure beyond the apos
tolic age, beyond the period of so great
mutual dependence among the disciples
as to means of bodily support, through
out the period of the present dispen
sation. The same general design, up
on which the office was first founded,
is the general desicn of its perpetua
tion. It is to relieve ministers of the
word, from distracting claims upon
their time and care, and enable them
to devote themselves to their peculiar
work. Out of this general design of
the institution flows the stream of ifa
duties. The duties of deacons, thei,
may be stated comprehensively thu-|:
To take the oversight of all matters
concerning the church, the care of which
would distract the pastor from his pe
culiar work of spiritual teaching al|id
exhortation.
Premising how impossible
eiyrmerate all I lie
which may, at UilT. ivnt
der varying circumstances,
the foregoing epitome nf
ties, yet, to be practical, we must rap
idly specify some of the. more common
The first branch of service belonging
to this office, which we shall mention,
is care for the temporal wants of poor
members. This interest is of so great
importance as to have been the special
occasion of the institution; Circum
stances have greatly changed since the
days of the apostles; especially in
Christian lands, and still more especial
ly in our own free country, has this
change produced important modifica
tions in this branch of the deacon’s
duties. Now, and here, every man may
worship God according to his own con
science, free from penalties of the law,
from social exclusions and from busi
ness restrictions. Even now, while the
atmosphere is almost burdened with
the murmurs of a dissatisfied people,
and every man laments with his neigh
bor over the unprecedented hardness
of the times, every pious mind may,
with literal truth, exclaim : “The lines
are fallen unto me in pleasant places ;
yea, I have a goodly heritage.” The
spirit of Christianity is not hostile to
social distinctions. Due subordination
to the higher powers, in human society,
is enjoined by the Scriptures, and dif
ferences of rank and glory are more
than intimated as belonging even to
the eternal and Heavenly state. The
rich and the poor are recognized as liv
ing side by side in the church, as well
as in the world ; and the duties of each
class, relatively to the other, are pre
scribed. But we find, in the Scriptures,
no precept contradicting the right of
private property, or enjoining commu
nitv of worldly goods. That having
of “all things common,” which existed
for a time, among the early disciples,
(the extent and duration of which
state of things we know not,) was but
the manifesta*ation of brotherly love
and Christian charity, which the pre
valent poverty and constant persecu
tion of the disciples rendered tempo
rarily needful to the support of anew
and common cause. Under like cir
cumstances, the example of the early
disciples, could be commended to those
of modern times, and an exhortation
might be fitly drawn therefrom ; that
no man should say “that aught of the
things which he possessed was his
own.” But now, and here, it is rare
to find a man, or a woman, who, in the
exercise of a Christian diligence in
business, may not earn the necessaries
of file. Church membership, and the
habits and character suitable to it, so
far from exposing us, now, and here,
to privation and want, are, in all the
useful vocations of life, elements of
success. Community of property is
unnecessary, and would be unwise.
Still, “the poor ye have always with
you.” Still the inspired interrogatory
unanswered and unanswerable, rings
in the ears of the church, “Whoso hath
this world’s goods, and seeth his broth
er hath need, and shutteth up his
bowels of compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in him ?”
The church recognizes, as one of her
plainest and tenderest duties, to ren
der temporal aid to her dependent
members. The deacons, by visitations
and kindly iuquiries, should find out
the needy, present their claims to their
brethren and to the church, aud affec
tionately and prayerfully distribute
among them such aid as may be so
provided.
Asa second branch of the duty of
the deacons, consider foramoment, care
for the temporal wants of the pastor.
The last special topic of deacons du
ties, which we shall present, is the
counseling of the pastor. The minis
try of the word is an office of exhalted
honor and fearful responsibility. A
pastors duties are onerous and com
plicated ; his trials beyond enumera
tion, and his exposures and dangers
trtyy fearful, He may suffer from the
special deficiencies and infirmities of
youth and inexperience. He may, de
spite a deep work of grace, carry about
him peculiarities of temper, or manner,
which need continual, anxious watch
ing on his own part. But grant him
the highest native talents ever carried
mto a pulpit; the most uncommon
spirituality aud good judgment; edu
cational qualifications rarely possessed,
and superadd all the advantages of ex
perience, still, when he contemplates
aright the vast exigencies of his office,
lie may well exclaim: “Who is suffi
cient for these things?” If he be
not utterly mad, he will feel the need
of counsel, and must have it. How
shall he know the spiritual wants of
his varied congregation without some
aad in so arduous an investigation ?
How shall be perceive his own defici
encies; how shall he know to what
criticisms he is being exposed, and
how to avoid them, except some good
brethren shall, in the fear of God, and
in the tenderest brotherly love, hold up
before him the mirror of faithful
counsel ? Deacons, by reason of their
official circulation among the members
ot his congregation, and their exertions
in getting up bis salary, have the best
opportunities to know the wants of
others, to which- he ought to address
himself. They can tell him who is
sick, who needy, who afflicted, who
fallen away into temptation, who be
coming engrossed in worldliness, who
taking up with dangerous habits and
evil associations. Thus can they aid
him in directing the shafts of divine
truth from the pulpit to their appro
■jaate marks. So can they guide him
private visitations and exhor
■UtOip They hear what is said of
others. They can, in the spirit
* meekness, warn him of his mistakes
and errors ol' policy and manner, and
save him from unwittingly sacrificing
his'sacred influence to, perhaps, petty
personal follies, or unimportant and
innocent, though obnoxious peculiari
ties of behavior. In such work of
counseling the pastor, the greatest re
spect and reverence should prevail.
The tenderest brotherly love should
prompt and the most sincere manifes
tation of it vindicate all suggestions
the least liable to be unacceptable. It
seems to us that this is an interesting
picture ; a pious, zealous pastor, in the
intervals of his public labors, sur
rounded by his confidential privy coun
sel, and engaging in the most unre
strained consultation with them about
every point affecting his success in his
great work, and commingling his
prayers and sympathies with theirs,
for each other and for the church’s
' good. No pastor should lack such a
counsel.
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