INDEX.

Acts vi, 3, 13, 79.

Addlestone, 161.

Africa, Northern, 108.

Age requirements, 29, 187.

Alabama, 213.

America, 73, 107, 252.

America, The Deaconess Cause in, 204: German Lutherans, 204; W. A. Passavant, Pittsburg, 205; Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Mother-house of Deaconesses, 208; Swedish Lutherans, Omaha, 211; Norwegian Lutherans, Brooklyn, 211; German Reformed, Hagerstown, 211; Protestant Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 212; Alabama, 213; Long Island, 215; Western New York, 216; Presbyterian Church, 217; Southern Presbyterian Church, 218; Methodist Episcopal Church, Lucy Rider Meyer, 220; Rock River Conference, Bengal Conference, 221; General Conference action, 222; Conference, “Plan,” Homes, 226.

America, The Means of Training and the Field of Work for Deaconesses in, 228: threefold service, 229; hospitals, 230; day-homes, 236; home-mission deaconesses, 238; London, 239; cities, 242; parish deaconesses, 245.

Amprucla, a deaconess, 25.

Amsterdam, 43, 143.

Andrews, Edward G., 6.

Andover Review, 150.

Apostolic Constitutions, 19, 21, 24, 85.

Armen und Kranken Freund, 66.

“Associates,” 193, 213–215, 256.

Asia Minor, 76, 108.

Austria, 104, 108.

Author’s facilities, 4.

Baillie, Lady Grisell, 200, 201, 203.

Ball’s Pond, 182.

Balsamon, Professor, 31.

Baltimore, St. Andrew’s, 212.

Baptism, 22, 32.

Barat, Mother, 237.

Barnet, 167, 181.

Bartholomew’s prayer, 23.

Basil, of Cæsarea, 231.

Beghards, The, 37.

Béguines, The, 35–37, 145.

Beirut, Syria, 76.

Belgium, 34, 37.

Belleville, France, 134.

Bengal Conference, 221.

Berlin, 72, 99, 102, 111, 113, 114, 237, 245.

Barnardo, Dr., 159.

Berne, Switzerland, 103.

Bertheau, Caroline, 72.

Bethany House, 72, 102.

Bethany Society, 115, 118.

Bethnal Green, 180, 185.

Bible-classes, 175, 186.

Bible stories, 65, 124.

Bible study, 84.

Birthdays, 64, 71.

Boarders in Home, 132.

Bohemian brethren, 40.

Bohemians, Chicago, 243.

Boston churches, 244.

Bremen, Germany, 110.

Brighton, England, 181.

Brooklyn, N. Y., 211, 215.

Brotherhood in Christ, 10, 11.

Brotherhood of the Common Life, 37.

Buffalo, Poles in, 243.

Calcutta, India, 227.

Calvin, John, 42, 134.

Cambridge Platform, 144.

Catechumens, female, 21.

Celibacy. See Monks, Nuns.

Chalmers, Thomas, 57, 189.

Charitable institutions, 9, 54, 57.

Charité, La, 100.

Charlotte, Sister, 75.

Charteris, A. H., 190, 192, 201.

Chicago, Ill., 73, 243–249.

Chicago Training-school, 220, 221.

Children, 10, 64, 123.

Cholera, 48, 170.

Christ, 246.

Christianity, 257.

Christmas, 178, 180, 181.

Chrysostom, 25, 26.

Church of England, 149, 150, 157, 191.

Church of England Woman’s Missionary Association, 163.

Church of England Zenana Society, 185.

Church of Scotland, 190, 193, 195, 201, 203.

Church of the Deaconesses, 31.

Churchman, The, 105, 155.

Cincinnati, O., 226.

Cities, 242, 243, 245.

Clapton House School, 182.

Classes of deaconesses, 186, 194.

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Collecting money, 53, 54, 114.

Commune, 131.

Commune deaconess. See Parish deaconesses.

Compassion, Christian, 11, 13.

Conference, Chicago, 226.

Kaiserswerth, 86, 106, 152.

Mildmay, 167.

Conference Hall, 171, 178.

Consecration, 23, 29, 85, 140, 199, 210, 211, 217.

Contagious diseases, 84, 88, 170.

Continent, Other Establishments on the, 93: Strasburg, Pastor Härter, 93; Mülhausen, parish deaconesses, 95; Berlin servants, 99; Bethany House, 102; Dettelsau, Berne, Sophie Wurdemberger, 103; Saint Loup, Pastor Germond, 104; Riehen, Zürich, Gallneukirchen, 104; joint management, 106; environment, 107; many deaconesses, more needed, 108.

Convalescent homes, 181.

Convalescents’ home, 126.

Cordes, A., 211.

Constantinople, 25, 28, 31.

Cottage Hospital, 179.

Coventry, Miss, 183.

Crèche, 125, 234, 236.

Dalston, 146.

Damsels of Charity, 43.

Darmstadt, 146.

Daughter-houses, 71, 138.

Davidson, Miss, 200, 201.

Day homes, 235, 236.

“Deaconess,” 149.

how become? 255.

Deaconess Institution and Training-home, 195, 198.

Deaconesses, numerous, 107.

world-wide demand, 108.

See “Associates,” America, Consecration, Continent, Diaconate, Early, England, Fliedner, German, Kaiserswerth, Literature, Methodist Episcopal Church, Mildmay, Objections, Paris, Scotland, Twelfth, etc.

Deacons appointed, 13.

De la Mark, Henry Robert, 44.

Denmark, 108.

Detroit, Mich., 226.

Devonshire Square, 146.

Devotions, 83, 118.

Diaconate, The, 9: brotherhood of all in Christ, 10; foreign missions, 11; home missions, 12; diaconate, 13; female diaconate, 14; meaning, 16; qualities, field, 17.

Diaconate, female, 13, 17, 20, 24, 30, 34, 45, 46, 189.

organic, 203.

Discipline, 127, 129.

Dispensary, 69, 75, 103, 180.

Disselhoff, J., 31, 41, 48, 76, 91, 108, 109.

Döllinger, 10.

Doncaster General Infirmary, 182.

Dorcas room, 174.

Dove, symbol, 91.

Dress, distinctive, 36, 82, 116, 155, 156, 210, 242, 249.

Du Camp, Maxime, 134.

Dumas, Mademoiselle, 135, 138.

Düsseldorf, 56.

Düsselthal, 56.

Early Church, 231.

Early Church, Deaconesses in the, 18: Pliny’s letter, 19; apostolic constitutions, 19; deaconesses, widows, virgins, 20; deaconess’ duties, 21; prayer of ordination, 23; greatest growth in Eastern Church, 24; Chrysostom, 25; Olympias, 27; age, property, 29; in Western Church, 30; decay, extinction, 32.

East London Deaconess Home, 152, 156.

Easter cards, 178.

Eastern Church, 24.

Eccl. xi, 6, 255.

Edinburgh, Scotland, 189.

Eilers, Frederick, 110, 115.

Elberfeld, 58, 71.

Elizabeth of Prussia, 101.

Endowment, 67.

England. See London.

England, Deaconesses in, 142: Puritans, 142; Amsterdam, 143; Plymouth colony, widows, 144; Southey, Protestants, 145; Mrs. Fry, Fliedner, Florence Nightingale, 146; Agnes Jones, 147; Ludlow, Stevenson, Howson, 148; “sister,” “deaconess,” 149; Church of England, 150; outside institutions, 158; Tottenham, 159; Prison Gate Mission, 161; London West Central Mission, 163. See Mildmay.

Environment, 107.

Eppstein, 50.

Epidemic, 87.

Ephrem the Syrian, 231.

Europe. See Continent.

Expenses, 82, 187, 188, 258.

Faith and works, 202, 230.

Fallen women, 112.

Farming, 69.

Faubourg Saint Antoine, 121, 132.

Feierabend Haus, 71.

Ferard, Elizabeth C., 152.

Flag at Kaiserswerth, 91.

Fliedner, the Restorer of the Office of Deaconess, 46: Klönne, 46; Amalie Sieveking, 47; Count von der Recke, 49; Theodor Fliedner, 50; Idstein, Giessen, Göttingen, 51; Herborn, Cologne, Kaiserswerth, 52; collecting money, 53; Elizabeth Fry, 55; Prison Society, Frederika Münster, 56; convict Minna, refuge, 57; Fräulein Göbel, deaconesses, 59; Rhenish Westphalian Deaconess Society, 60.

Fliedner, Theodor, 44, 50, 55, 56, 60, 61, 66, 68, 73, 74, 90, 100, 102, 146, 155, 189, 205, 213,265/261 232, 237, 238.

wife of, 56, 58, 62, 63, 65–67.

wife, second, 72.

Fliedner, Fritz, 218, 258.

Florence, Italy, 77.

Florentius, 38.

Flower mission, 173.

Foreign missions, 170.

France, 67. See Paris.

Frankfort, 72, 110, 111, 113.

Frederick William IV., 49, 69, 72, 102.

Free Church of Scotland, 190.

Friends, The, 220.

Fry, Elizabeth, 55, 57, 60, 103, 135, 146, 209.

Fry, Herbert, 146.

Gal. vi, 6, 183.

vi, 10, 13.

Gallneukirchen, 104, 105.

Gamble, Elizabeth, 226.

Garden, 57, 125, 176.

General Conference, 221. action, 4, 222.

German hospital, 127, 146.

German Lutherans, 204, 205, 206, 207.

German Methodism, Deaconesses in, 110: Bethany Society, 110; reports, 111; fallen women, nurses, 112; Frankfort, Hamburg, Berlin, 113; collection, 114; Saint Gall, Zürich, 115; Sister Myrtha, 116; “God’s Fidelity,” 117; regulations, Bethany Society, 118; home training, 119.

German Reformed Church, 211.

Germany, 46, 118, 202, 235. See Berlin.

Germond, Pastor, 104.

Giessen, University, 51.

Gobat, Dr., 74.

Göbel, 59.

Gottestreue, or God’s Fidelity, 117.

Göttingen, University, 51.

Greece, 108.

Greek Church, 24.

Groot, Gerhard, 37, 38.

Guinness, Grattan, 160.

Hachette & Co., 136.

Hadwig, Duchess, 115.

Hagerstown, Md., 211.

Hamburg, 111, 113.

Harley House, 160.

Härter, Pastor, 93.

Hastings, President, 218.

Hausser, G., 110, 111.

Headship, twofold, 106.

Herborn, 52.

Herford, 41.

Herzog, 32.

Holland, 108.

Home, pleasures of, 250.

Home missionary. See Parish deaconess.

Home missions, 170.

Hospitals. 48, 62, 69, 71, 73–75, 83, 93, 100, 103, 115, 125, 127, 146, 158, 170, 179, 180, 206, 207, 230, 232.

House-mother, 106.

House of correction, 127.

House of Evening Rest, 71.

Howson, J. D., 15, 27, 84, 148, 157.

Hoxton, 185.

Hughes, Mrs., 163.

Huguenots, 141.

Humanitarianism, 11.

Huss, John, 40.

Idstein, gymnasium, 51.

Ignatius, 21, 29.

Infirmary, 206.

Imitation of Christ, 38.

Immigrants, 242.

India, 186, 187, 221, 227.

Inquiry, Department of, 183.

Insane, 68, 105, 234.

Introduction, 3.

Invalid kitchen, 173.

Iserlohn, Westphalia, 208.

Italy, 77, 78, 108, 232.

Jacksonville, Ill., 73, 206.

Jaffa, 182.

Jerusalem, 74, 162.

John ii, 5, 257.

John the Baptist, 257.

Jones, Agnes, 147.

Jubilee anniversary, 91.

Kaiserswerth, 52, 57, 147, 152, 203, 234.

yearly expenses, 258.

Kaiserswerth, The Institutions at, 61: deaconess home, hospital, first deaconess, 63; normal-school for infant-school teachers, 64; Bible stories, 65; Fliedner’s wife, 65; publishing house, Kaiserswerth Almanac, The Poor and Sick Friend, finance, 66; orphan asylum, 67; normal-school for female teachers, insane asylum, 68; farm, 69; refuge, Salem, 70; House of Evening Rest, daughter-houses, 71; Berlin, 72; Pittsburg, 73; Jerusalem, 74; Beirut, Smyrna, 76; Salem in the Lebanon, 77.

Kaiserswerth, The Regulations at, and the Duties and Services of the Deaconesses, 79; service, 79; nurses, teachers, visitors, 80; probation, 81; dress, expenses, 82; duties, quiet half-hour, 83; union, obedience, 84; consecration, 85; conferences, statistics, 86; emergencies, 87; wars, 89; Fliedner’s death, successors, 91.

Kaiserswerth Almanac, 86.

Katherine Home, 163.

Kempis, Thomas à, 38.

Kilburn Orphanage, 160.

King’s Daughters, 253.

Klönne, Johann Adolph Franz, 46, 54.

Krueger, Marie, 207.

Lads’ Institute, 181.

Lambert le Bègue, 34.

Lankenau, John D., 207, 208.

Laseron, Dr. and Mrs., 157, 158.

Laundry, 161.

Layton, M. E., 226.

Lectures, syllabus of, 196.

Leonard, A. B., 224.

Library, lending, 175.

Life, the highest, 251.

Lightfoot, Bishop, 15.

Literature referred to, 10, 11, 12, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 31, 33, 44, 47, 49, 55, 66, 68, 70, 76, 79, 110, 111,266/262 120, 134, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150–152, 155–157, 164, 167, 175, 178, 181, 192, 194, 205, 212, 214, 216, 217, 221, 226, 232, 241, 245, 253.

Littlejohn, Bishop, 215.

Liverpool work-house, 147.

London, 166, 238–241, 245, 256. See Mildmay.

London Diocesan Deaconess Institution, 151.

London Bible-women’s Mission, 160.

London West Central Mission, 163, 164.

Loomis, S. L., 245.

Los Angeles, Cal., 219.

“Lost Way, The,” 100.

Love, Christian, 11, 13.

Lucian, 22.

Ludlow, John Malcolm, 20, 23, 37, 87, 148.

Luke x, 5, 184.

Luther, Martin, 40, 42.

McClintock & Strong, 23, 232.

McGill, A. T., 217.

MacMaster, 11.

Makrina ordained, 29.

Maine, Henry, 247.

Malta, 182.

Mann, W. J., 207, 211.

Marbeau, M. 235.

Marthashof, 99, 102.

Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Mother-house of Deaconesses, 87, 127, 210, 211.

Matt. xi, 3–5, 257.

Maxwell, Alice Maud, 200, 201.

Medical mission, 179.

Medical training, 186, 187.

Mennonites, 44, 54, 59.

Men’s Bible-class, 175.

Men’s Institute, 180.

Men’s Night-school, 174.

Meredith, Mrs., 160, 162.

Methodism, German, 110.

Methodist Episcopal Church, 107, 203, 220, 253, 257.

Meyer, Consul, 207.

Meyer, Lucy Rider, 220, 221.

Middle Ages, 232.

Middleburg, 42.

Mildmay, 202, 253.

Mildmay Institutions, 166: William Pennefather, Barnet, Conferences, 167; Mildmay Park, 168; missionary training-school and home, 169; deaconesses, 170; conference hall, deaconess house, 171; Pennefather’s death, successor, 173; invalid kitchen, flower mission, 173; Dorcas room, men’s night school, 174; lending library, men’s Bible-class, servants’ registry, 175; sitting-room, 175; garden, 176; orphanage, Scripture texts, 177; conference hall, parish deaconesses, 178; nursery home, cottage hospital, medical mission, 179; Bethnal Green, 180; convalescent homes, 181; nurses, railway mission, 182; deaconesses of all classes, 183; missionary training-school, 184; classes trained, 186; expenses, 188.

Milwaukee, Wis., 73, 206.

Ministræ, 19.

Minna, convict, 57.

Minneapolis, Minn., 226.

Missionary training school, 169, 170, 184, 185, 186.

Missions, 11, 12.

Mohammedans, 75.

Monks, 32, 41, 136.

Monod, Sara, 120, 136, 138.

Monod, W., 120.

Moravians, 44, 45.

Morley, Samuel, 159.

Mother-houses, 64, 72, 74, 80, 86, 106.

Mothers, 235.

Mount Vernon, N. Y., 206.

Mülhausen, 95.

Münster, Frederika, 56.

Muttra, India, 227.

Myrtha, Sister, 116.

Neal, Daniel, 142.

Neander, 23, 24.

Nectarius, Bishop, 28.

Netherlands, 35, 37, 39, 42, 44.

Neudettelsau, 103.

New Orleans, La., 226.

New York, N. Y., 226, 244, 245.

Nicarete, deaconess, 25.

Night-school, 174.

Nightingale, Florence, 146-148, 234.

Normal school, 64, 66, 68.

North American Review, 12.

Norway, 108.

Norwegian Lutherans, 211.

Nuns, 32, 37, 41, 151, 247.

Nursery girls, 101.

Nursery home, 179.

Nurses, 68, 71, 80, 83, 89, 90, 93, 104, 112, 113, 127, 133, 182, 191, 208.

Nursing sisters’ institution, 146.

Objections met and Suggestions offered, 247: hard work and God’s favor, 247; not nuns, 247; Roman Catholic sisters, 248; distinctive dress, 249; cut off from home life, 250; America favorable, 252; Methodist Episcopal Church favorable, 253; how become deaconess? 255; “do it,” 257.

Orleans, Synod of, 30.

Olympias, 26, 27.

Omaha, Neb., 211.

Ordination. See Consecration.

Origen, 30.

Orphanages, 67, 73, 75–77, 159, 177, 206.

“Outsiders,” 164.

Palestine, 76.

Paris, 232, 235.

Paris, Deaconesses in, 120: Sara Monod, W. Monod, 120; deaconess establishment, 121; reports, children, 123; crèche, hospital, 125; convalescents’ home, 126; house of correction, 127; moral results, 130; Commune investigation, 131; wounded, boarders, 132; preparatory school, nurses, 133; success, parish267/263 deaconesses, 134; prisons for women, 135; Mademoiselle Dumas, 136; branches, 138; parish deaconesses, 139; consecration, 140.

Paris, Matthew, 37.

Parish Deaconesses, 72, 80, 96, 103, 110, 134, 139, 191, 238, 254.

Pascal, Jacqueline, 125.

Passavant, W. A., 73, 205, 206.

Passy, 126.

Pastors, 245, 254.

Pegran, Pasteur, 44.

Pentadia, 26.

Pennefather, William, 167, 73, 202.

wife of, 173.

1 Pet. ii, 5, 40.

iii, 4, 155.

Pharmacy, 126.

Philadelphia, Pa., 87, 127, 207, 210, 218, 226.

Phœbe, 14, 22, 189, 205.

Pilgrim fathers, 143, 144.

Pittsburg, Pa., 73, 205.

Plan for securing uniformity, 226.

Plato, 10.

Pliny, letter, ministræ, 19.

Poles in Buffalo, 243, 244.

Poor Men of Lyons, 39.

Poor and Sick Friend, 66, 104, 152.

Portsmouth, 153.

Potter, H. C. 212.

Prayer, 23, 83, 84, 118.

Presbyterian Church, 202, 217.

Presbyterian Review, 217, 219.

Preparatory school, 133.

Princess Mary Village Home, 161.

Prison Gate Mission, 161.

Prisoners, 55–58, 60, 70, 112, 135, 160, 161.

Probation, 81, 118, 184, 187.

Procla, deaconess, 26.

Protestant Episcopal Church, 212.

Protestants, 48, 105, 145, 151.

Psa. lxviii, 11, 246.

Publishing House, 66, 136.

Pudentiana, deaconess, 30.

Puritans, 142, 144.

Pusey, Dr., 149.

Railway mission, 182.

Recke, Count von der, 49.

Rector, 106.

Reformed Church, 42.

Regulations, 79, 118, 193, 213.

Reichardt, Gertrude, 63.

Rest, 70, 71, 117.

Rhenish-Westphalian Deaconess Society, 228.

Riehen, near Basel, 104.

Rochester, N. Y., 73, 206.

Rock River Conference, 221.

Roman, J. Dixon, 211.

Roman Catholic Church, 30, 34, 244, 248, 249.

Rom. xvi, 1, 14, 115, 189.

Rome, 30, 78, 232.

Rue de Bridaine, 139.

Rue de Reuilly, 120, 127, 132.

Russia, 108.

Sabiniana, 25.

Sachsenhausen, 112.

St. Christopher’s Church, 35.

St. Gaul, 112, 115.

St. Louis, Mo., 226.

St. Loup, 104.

St. Marie, 134.

Salem, 70, 77, 117.

Salisbury Home, 153.

Salle d’Asile, 123.

Savings Bank, 181.

Schäfer, Theodor, 22, 27, 39, 42, 49, 95, 99, 146.

Schaff, Philip, 23, 24, 30.

Scheffel, 115.

Scotland, Deaconesses in, 189: Church of Scotland, A. H. Charteris’s report, 190; three grades of women workers, 193; Deaconess Institution and Training-home, 195; syllabus of lectures, 196; consecration, seven years’ experience or two years’ training, 199; Presbyterian Churches of Great Britain, 202; office of deaconess made organic, 203.

Scripture texts, illustration of, 177.

Servants, 85, 99, 101, 102.

Servants Home, 241.

Servants’ Registry, 175.

Service, threefold, 79, 229.

Shanghai, 109.

Sieveking, Amalie, 47.

Singing, 84, 85.

“Sister,” 149, 165.

Sisterhoods, 47, 150, 157, 212, 215, 216, 248.

Sisters of Charity, 93, 136, 145.

Sisters of the Common Life, 37, 39.

Sisters of the People, 163, 164.

Sisters of the Sacred Heart, 237.

Smyrna, 76.

Soup Kitchen, 169.

Southern Presbyterian Church, 218.

Southey, 145, 146.

Spaeth, A., 205, 207, 211.

Spain, 108.

Sparkes, Miss, 227.

Sparta, 10.

Spee, Count, 58.

Spee, Countess, 59.

Statistics, 86, 87.

Stevenson. Dr., 148.

“Stille halbe Stunde,” 84.

Strasburg, 93.

Success and glory, 247.

Superintendent, 72, 195.

Support. See Expenses.

Sweden, 108.

Swedish Lutherans, 211.

Switzerland, 104, 112, 235.

Syllabus of Lectures, 196.

Syria, 76.

Talitha Cumi, 75.

Teachers, 68, 76, 80. See Normal.

Theodosius, Emperor, 28.

Thoburn, Isabella, 226.

Thoburn, J. M., 5, 221, 222, 224, 227.

1 Tim. iii, 8, 17.

iii, 8, 9, 79.

iii, 11, 15.

v, 9, 16.

Tit. ii, 3, 16.

Tottenham, 159.

Training-school, 62, 70, 229.

Turkey, 108.

Twelfth to the nineteenth centuries, Deaconesses from the, 34; Belgium, Lambert le Bègue, 34; Béguines, 35;268/264 Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life, Gerhard Groot, 37; Thomas à Kempis, 38; Waldenses, 39; Bohemians, Huss, 40; Luther, 40; Calvin, 42; Netherlands, 42; Damsels of Charity, 43; Mennonites, Moravians, 44; Zinzendorf, 45.

Uniformity, Plan, 226.

United States. See America.

Valette, Pastor, 130, 139.

Vermeil, Pastor, 100, 139.

Vienna, 104.

Virgins, 20, 21, 25.

Von Stein, 48.

Wacker, Emil, 21, 40, 66, 231, 248.

Waiting-school, 235, 236.

Wakefield, Bishop of, 157.

Waldenses, 39.

Wars, nurses in, 89.

Weiss, G., 110.

Wesel, 42.

Western Church, 30.

Western New York, 216.

Widows, 16, 20, 21, 144.

Williams, Miss, 104.

“Willows, The,” 184.

Wilmer, Bishop, 213.

Winckworth, C., 102.

Women, Old Testament, 24.

Apostolic times, 13, 16.

Early Church, 20.

Methodist, 6.

Women’s Guild, 193, 200.

Women Workers’ Guild, 193.

Wordsworth, 15, 239.

Work, hard, 247.

Wounded, 89, 131.

Wurdemberger, Sophie, 103.

Wurtemberg, 110.

Work-house, 72, 147.

Young, Alexander, 144.

Zinzendorf, Count, 45.

Zürich, 104, 112, 115, 116.