On Prince Edward Island tian aid, to visit the sick and afflicted, converse and pray with them, to instruct the young and, in short, to do all they can to aid the minister in spreading the knowledge and love of Christ and in taking the practical oversight of the whole flock of God of which the Holy Ghost has made them overseers. In like manner also the "Deacons" who constitute the other prominent class of office bearers in the church have certain distinctive and important duties and responsibilities attached to their special voca¬ tion in the house of God . These are the "managers by the money tables"—that is, the financial affairs of the respective congregations in which they are for this purpose appointed; and the order, progress and prosperity of the church itself depend in no small degree on this very class and on their faith¬ ful and efficient discharge of the duties with which they are thus personally entrusted. For the apos¬ tle tells us particularly that all those who "use the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the truth as it is in Christ Jesus ." But I cannot dwell any longer on this branch of the subject. Nor have I space left to point out to you the strong obligations resting on all other mem¬ bers of the church towards those who are thus regu¬ larly placed over them in the Lord. They should undoubtedly acknowledge them as such "and esteem them very highly for their work's sake." They should likewise cheerfully submit to them in all matters over which their official position gives 203