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Page 122 - Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you, seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business ; but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
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| Title | Poetical Works, Volume 2 Poetical Works, Samuel Butler The annotated edition of the English poets, edited by Robert Bell |
| Author | Samuel Butler |
| Publisher | Griffin, Bohn, and Company, 1861 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Feb 2008 |
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