How true is that saying! When a man aspires to be a Presiding-Officer in the Church, he is ambitious for a noble task.

If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?

but in case I should be delayed, I want you to know what your conduct ought to be in the Household of God, which is the Church of the Living God--the pillar and stay of the Truth.

Do not neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid many a prediction, when the hands of the Officers of the Church were laid on your head.

Any Christian woman, who has relations who are widows, ought to relieve them and not allow them to become a burden to the Church, so that the Church may relieve those widows who are really widowed.

Those Officers of the Church who fill their office well should be held deserving of especial consideration, particularly those whose work lies in preaching and teaching.

Do not receive a charge against an Officer of the Church, unless it is supported by two or three witnesses;