Deacon Wears

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“Deacon King was tried for violating the Sabbath, and so hot was the debate that it was referred to the church council, which ultimately decided, after long and grave debate, that the deacon had committed a ‘work of necessity and mercy.’”
—For the State of Massachusetts, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)