New-York tribune., 1866-05-03

eDgepders feeling Of cordial attachment Each house
hold is characterized by family spirit pecriiar, to
thc family honor and reputton Nothing Is more dreaae by
family than to one OF Us memocr censurep ior
or bed conduct in the weekly report whchs read ID the pres
ence of ali The inmates OF The establishment So every one OF
the twelve taught TO e an nSpS oS l@
NAV be- and however cumbrous they seem TO those who
stand outside Such thing as n0werel ~ E
mngng of the families as one community Az SENIOR 'ne
children are oassed according to thor ages and capacities
the fields and The according to taer trades. The
family union there completely put no sooner uoes
in military dIe marching 10 its own house. enjoy for
hour the benefits and comforts Of happy home.
Each family of children has patron who belongst TO
the richer class in Hamburg. He receives every
month written account of the principal events that
have taken place in his family, and every quarter the
school reports of the children are submitted to him.
He is guest at their festivals and once or twice
year he invites them to his house. When child Is
going to be sent out it visits its patron and acquants
him with its plans and wishes Thus, each child has
friend among the influential men OF the town.
The reclaimng of vicious and neglected children
was only part of Wicherns scheme OF benevoence.
All over Germany there was great need OF competent
governors and chapans for prisons, teachers for poor
schools and directors for workhouses and reormato-
ries. He purposed to make the Rauhe Haus train
ing school for young men who felt disposed to devote
themselves to such works. The "brethren," as they
are called, live with the children for two or three
years, working with them and teaching them Ihey
form distinct families, six or seven in number, lnhaD-
iting an upper floor in the same house with
the children These families are called by the sngu-
lar name Of eonrcts from the Latin eonrree, to live
together At the end of their apprenticeship they are
sent out as schoomasters. prison officers, or hospital
nurses, according TO the Judgment of DR.. Wlchern
and the committee The brother himself has no voice
in the matter He is hired out by Dr. Wlchern TO the
institution which requires his services and Is not al
liberty to give up his situation without the permission
of the committee When he returns to the Rauhe
Haus he is sheltered and supported until he is sent out
again.
The brotherhood, moreover is part and parcel ola
much wider scheme, the Inner Mission, of which DR..
Wichern is tho representative leader if not the orgl-
nator This organization is designed to supply inc
whole Of Germany with active well-tralned MISSION
ary agents, having committees in each parish,
boards in each district courts in each province and
central board of III members with control over the
whole. 1t is the result" says MIR. de Leide, oi
tacit compact between the Christian phlanthropists
and the clergy by which the latter, while keeping the
oversight of the higher and respectable classes
for themselves hand the care of the poor the
outcast and the abandoned to the former" The
establishment Of the Raube Haus brotherhood was
the solution of the difficult problem how to form
band of capable men, who, while inspired By free
Christian charity, would submit to the various condi-
tions which the Inner Mission according to Wicherns
plan, would impose upon them. They were to be
content with the humble work OF eyangelzanon
among the lower classes to abstain from any attempt
to start free religious movement or establish MIS-
sionwork of their own; to renounce their own liberty
Of choice and to 60 wherever they were sent with the
unouestioning obedience Of q Jesuit. This great
system is not yet in full operation.
Somewhat similar in design to DIR. Wichern's
brotherhood is the Deacon House at Dusburg on the
Rhine founded by Pastor Fliedner in lSi4, for the
purpose Of training assistants to the clergy These
are oftwo kinds, viz: J. ay-assisants or assistant
deacons clerical assistants The former, called for
shortness deacons are taken chiefly from the poorer
classes In the large hospital attached TO the estab-
lshment, some Of these young men are trained as
nurses and taught how TO administer comfort and ill.,
structon to the sick Their services in great re-
quest in private families wsll as in public institu-
tions. For a shilling (EngiSh) day, deacon be-
comes your sick.room friend by day and by night If
you are too poor to pay be serves you for nothing If
you are able to pay more than a shilling, you may make
present not to him. but TO the institution Others OF
the brethren are trained for employment by poor
boards phianthropic societies. home missionary
societies, churches, and asylums The church
deaeons have to visit the poor the SICK and the back
sliding execute the charitable commissions OF bene
factors obtain aims for those who are ashamed to beg
for themselves, conduct Bible meetings, and teach
Sunday school, A third class Of deacons devote them
selves to the education Of poor neglected boys, for
whom there is large school connected with the dea
cons house. serving both as refuge for deprayed
children, who would not be received at ordinary or
phanages and training establishment for the dea-
cons. The fourth branch Of work at Dusburg is the
training Of prison officials. Important as it is, com.
paratively few devote themselves to it, The clerical
assistants arc licensed candidates for the ministry
who after having left the University and before TAX
ing ORDERS here prepare themselves practically for
their future labors They pay their own board and
lodging, teach the children and the deacons, visit the
sick, hold prayermeetings supply vacant pupits,
&c. The lay deacons receive no pay during the two
or three years trial that precedes their regular enroll
ment, but they have their board and lodging and in
some cases their clothing, free; and when appointed
regular deacons they receive very small salary.
They not at liberty TO choose their employment
The Deaconess House, at Kaserswerth, in Rhensh
Prussia is another fruit of the abors Of Pastor Flied
ner The various establishments connected with this
charity form little colony arranged in six groups.
The chief building, called the Mother House, con.
tans the bedrooms and dwelling-roomS for the dca
conesses the hospital for male and female invalds,
II A 4 thara
sisters attached TO the establishment. They are d.
Z.