“Christianity, as it stands in the Bible and in our creeds, will neither be read nor understood by millions; Christianity as it is revealed in the loving service of deaconesses will be recognized by the dullest eyes.”[5]
We have reached a new departure in Methodism. The Church has added another to its aggressive forces. How is it to be received? What welcome will be given it? May pastors and people, one and all, be in that attitude of spirit where we shall respond readily to the command: “Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.”
[1] Die Diakonissenberuf nach seine Vergangenheit und gegenwart. Emil Wacker. Gütersloh, 1888, chap. vi.
[2] Modern Cities. S. L. Loomis, The Baker & Taylor Co., New York, 1887, p. 192.
[3] Deaconesses in the Church of England, Griffith & Farran, 1880, p. 31.
[4] The American Commonwealth, James Bryce. MacMillan & Co., 1889, vol. ii, pp. 586, 589.
[5] Phöbe die Diakonissen, p. 8.