Ans. I will do so, the Lord being my helper.
The Bishop. Will you reverently obey them to whom the charge and government over you is committed, following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions?
Ans. I will endeavor so to do, the Lord being my helper.
Then the Bishop, laying his hands severally upon the head of every one of them, shall say:
Take thou authority to execute the office of a Deacon in the Church of God; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of them the Holy Bible, saying:
Take thou authority to read the Holy Scriptures in the Church of God, and to preach the same.
Then one of them appointed by the Bishop shall read the Gospel.
THE GOSPEL. LUKE xii. 35-38.