Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America

INDEX.

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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.