CHAPTER XII.
DEACONESSES IN SCOTLAND.
Church of Scotland—Organization of woman’s work—Report of committees—Scheme—Adoption—Women’s Guild—Women-workers’ Guild—Deaconesses—Training—Syllabus of lectures—Presbyterian Church of England and Ireland [189]
CHAPTER XIII.
THE DEACONESS CAUSE IN AMERICA.
German Lutherans—Fliedner visits America—Philadelphia—Mother-house of Deaconesses—Deaconesses in the Episcopal Church—Among the Presbyterians—The Methodist Episcopal Church—Deaconess-home in Chicago—Action of General Conference—Fields of work [204]
CHAPTER XIV.
THE MEANS OF TRAINING AND THE FIELD OF WORK FOR DEACONESSES IN AMERICA.
Advantages of the Home and Training-school—Field of work—In hospitals—Insane asylums—Infant-schools—Teachers—The Home-mission deaconess—Her work in London—Similar work needed in cities of the United States [228]