id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005197799 Spence, John S. The ideal parishioner 1937 .txt text/plain 4104 201 74 Soon the con- versions reached such proportions that the Apostles were forced to lay hands upon selected men, and give them the power of priests and deacons. For that reason the purpose of my instruction this evening will be, not to better or quicken your relations with Almighty God, but to per- fect your relations with that unit of God’s Church, in which you are expected to work out your salvation — your parish. cache/_005197799.txt txt/_005197799.txt