Which preposition to use with deacons

of Occurrences 41%

Finally, in despair, he allied himself to another remittance man, an ex-deacon of the Church of England, and the two drifted slowly out of decent society upon a full tide of Bourbon whisky.

in Occurrences 29%

He was ordained deacon in 1870 and priest in 1873, and in 1875 accepted the living of Embleton, in Northumberland.

at Occurrences 7%

"It may be that Gar'ner is digging for the buried treasure all this time," the deacon at length resumed.

by Occurrences 7%

In his early manhood the deacon was no deacon by a great deal.

to Occurrences 5%

"He would be killed," said one of the deacons to us the other day, in a very earnest and sympathetic manner, "if he had to preach on week dayshe's so stout, you know, and weighs so heavy."

with Occurrences 4%

Bobby would care, accepted this business opportunity, figures and all, thanked Mr. Deacon with earnestness.

in Occurrences 3%

The positive testimony of this book must of course outweigh the negative testimony of the authorities quoted by Oliver, and shows the existence in England of Deacons in the year 1777 at least.

into Occurrences 2%

He gets well paid for what be doeslast year his salary exceeded 340 pounds; and our advice to him iskeep on good terms with the bulk of "the brethren," hammer as much piety into them as possible, tickle the deacons into a genial humour, and look regularly after the pew- rents.

about Occurrences 2%

How should I explain? I compromised feebly and advised her not to worry the Deacon about what the Bluff people did or the book said, for it need not apply to the Cross Roads farmers.

on Occurrences 1%

Now you must rest, and when to-morrow comes Speak to the people, call them home to God, A deacon on the Cross, as in the Church; And plead from off the tree with outspread arms, To show them that the Son of God endured For themand me.

from Occurrences 1%

"Jim," said the coach, drawing Deacon from the float upon which he had been standing, watching the antics of a crew of former Baliol oarsmen who had come from far and wide to row the mile race of "Gentlemen's Eights" which annually marked the afternoon preceding the classic regatta day, "Jim, you're not worried at all, are you?

amongst Occurrences 1%

The first pew on the right side was occupied, when we last saw it, with three brushes, an elderly shovel, and two gas-meters, one of them being a very full-grown fatherly affaira sort of deacon amongst ordinary meters, and looking very authoritatively upon its smaller colleague and the brushes.

without Occurrences 1%

The synod was content with decreeing, that the bishops should not thenceforth ordain any priests or deacons without exacting from them a promise of celibacy; but they enacted, that none, except those who belonged to collegiate or cathedral churches, should be obliged to separate from their wives.

behind Occurrences 1%

We cannot help believing in his angels leaning waist-deep from the blue sky, wringing their hands in agony above the Cross, pacing like deacons behind Christ when He washes the feet of His disciples, or sitting watchful and serene upon the empty sepulchre.

for Occurrences 1%

The present membership is about one hundred and twenty, nearly all women,scarcely enough men to provide the requisite deacons for each family.

Which preposition to use with  deacons