Excerpt from The Office of a Bishop: A Sermon, Preached in Christ Church, Philadelphia, January 14, 1834, at the Consecration of the Rt. Rev. James Hervey Otey, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee Philippians, i. L. T The elders (presbyters) of Ephesus, Acts, xx. 17, are. In verse 28 called overseers, literally bishops. 1 Compare 1 Thess. I. L, with ii. 6. A Acts, xx. 17. II 1 Timothy, iii. 13. 1! Acts, xv. 19. Revelations. Ii. 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.