Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America

by Jane M. Bancroft

Origin of Bethany Society—House at Frankfort—Hamburg—Berlin—St. Gall—Zürich—Sister Myrtha—House of Rest—“God’s Fidelity”—House regulations—Training—Results [110]

CHAPTER IX.

DEACONESSES IN PARIS.

Deaconess Home on Rue de Reuilly—Situation—School—Hospital—House of Correction—Preparatory school—Instruction—Prison mission—Mademoiselle Dumas—Expenses of house—Its founders—Deaconess house on Rue Bridaine—Character of work—Duties of the Sisters—Their consecration—Importance of parish deaconesses [120]

CHAPTER X.

DEACONESSES IN ENGLAND.

Early beginnings—The Puritans—Cambridge Platform—Southey’s complaint—Mrs. Fry—Fliedner—Florence Nightingale—Agnes Jones—Distinction between “sister” and “deaconess”—Institutions in Church of England—Garb—Ceremonies—Self-denying lives—Dr. Laseron’s institutions and others—Prison mission of Mrs. Meredith—The Sisters of the People [142]

CHAPTER XI.

MILDMAY INSTITUTIONS.

Rev. W. Pennefather—Sketch of his life—Building of hall and deaconess home at Mildmay—Conference hall—Nursing hall—Mission and hospital at Bethnal Green—The deaconesses—Their training—Expense—Expenses of institution [166]