New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-13

do more good The principle which substitutes indi-
viduai charity and the influence Of the family Tor
mechanical system and hospitals, II, when put ino
practice. OF much more extensive Application than
would at first be supposed With regard TO lunatcs anu
even confirmed madmen, whose state seems absolutely
require the special care OF asylum, believe inc
privacy OF the family would soothe and quiet them In
Belgium for instance, there IL custom OF long standing
and which Is frequently put into practice. There arc
villages in which persons In every stage of madness are
received aud taken Of. They made TO feel AZ
home and engaged In manual labor The effect Is most
beneficial, and often they are completely cured
Must then be inferred that Gospel aborcrs pecu
iarly fitted Tor the work. possessed OF the requisite
knowledge. and having decided taste and aptitude or
IT, Ia word who are clearly called to It, must u pe
Inferred that such should not receive the necessary
OF preparation for the care OF the sickf BY no
means However limited the number OF hospitals may
be- the persons who are over them must be capable OF
fulfilling their duties. and this requires certain amount
of training. All the good will ia the world Will not he
substitute for science aud SKILL We may add that tne
more home s practised, the more necessary will
he TO have well quaed nurses at hand, and thus 10
secure under roofs that aid for which once
had to apply TO public establishments. For both these
occasion should present Experience has shown the
mistake OF those who imagine that nurses cannot
without risk, penetrate into certain quarters OF large
towns unesS invested with the and dress OF Sis
ter OF Charity. The Bible women daily visit the dens o
going up direst in the miserable
dwellings, and everywhere they were respected Be
assembled possess valiant army OF charitable ladies'
who never shrunk from their abors, even before FIVE
PointS
PROTESTANT sIsTERHooDs.
This simplicity OF action, considered good for the
Apostles days, OF course insufficient when men Ell
deavOred to improve the Gospel, and when the great
Romish mechanism was organized. Then appeared the
monastc orders. do not intend TO give you their MS
tory. only make the following statement. The Prot
estant Sisters OF Charity, VINO numerous In bu
rope and whom IL Is wished TO Introduce among you
are modelled upon the Roman Catholic sisterhoods. l
know what the differences which exist between the
Roman Catholic and the Protestant sisters. KNOW
that the similarties exceed the differences anu
that the latter are more apparent than real DO no
imagine that allow myself 10 De carried away Wy %
spirit Of malevolence. sincerely respect the Protest
sisters and their devOedness. Among the founhers
OF these institutions have friends and relatives
and understand the impulse upon which they act 30
much the better because / began by giving way 10 IL
myself and by encouraging the work have therefore
perhaps the right hope that my opinion which Is the
result of serious conscientious examination of the
ulect Will be of some weight in the eyes OF nparua
VII In the first place notice that the title OF dea-
msppned TO the Sisters Of Charity IN question:
Only deaconess Phoebe is spoken OF in the wrhgs
of Apostles and assuredy nothing can authorize us
suppose that she belonged to corporation governed
by principles entirely contrary 10 those which regulated
the other offices in the primitive Church. We may
gather from analogy that the duties Of the deaconess
similar 10 those Of the deacon; she fuhlIed tne
same requirements at once 80 simple aud 70 large and
which 50 decidedly maintain the established order OF
existence. "Let the deacOns be the husbands OF one
vile ruling their children and their own house well
Il Timothy, ill.,. 49, Nothing here indicates state OF
service winch would place those engaged IN IL ontsuo
pale O ordinary existence and under an authority
entirely free to dispose of their persons IL IS worthy OF
that the true church deacOnesses stl exist ne
little ree church to which belong elects net only elders
and deacOns deaconesses The latter VINO may DE
either single, married, or widoWs attend speely W M
visiting OF the sick and the poor They act in concert
with aud are upheld by the Church, aud In difficult
cases have TO its advice. The LIE they leau
like that of every one else Lastly exertons do not
present the manifestations Individual charity any
than do those OF the deacOns Iney nave houee
hold TO superinend, children 70 bring up anu ney arc
not, like the Sisters of Charity so special personuC
ton charity that feels authorized To eaVe tne
exclusive care Of 1t TO them. The following mstorlSai
fact is also worthy OF observation The Puritan reu
gees at Leyden drew up under the slrecton OF thelr
Pastor Robinson, remarkable system OF Chufeh gov
ufoiu fba
improvements since realized by America by TINS Con
stituton five offices established In the church anu
doctors evangests and deacons, were the deaconesse
that Is our own Deaconesses. ON this point, as on
many others the PuTans walked IN the footsteps o. Tue
Apostles and imitatedthat simplicity 80 fruitful III It's
effects and which alone preserves from error: -
Will We here meet with an objection. by my own
confession il will be urged, neither the Church
deacOnesses individual charity wiz suce IA eei
necessity Of training persons specially qualified for the
work VIII this bring us back 10 the institutions
recently founded and to the sisterh10us for hne
such may have been the conclusion Many true chris
tan was convinced that except ny copying Rome, u
impossible 10 devoted nurses as 10 organize wen
was increasingly felt But now experience has gwen in
is verdict Recent facts have plainly proved That we
need not borrow from ROmes adulterated Christianity
and that piOus under the guidance oil the pure
gospel fus the duties OF her vocation far better than
II she were enslayed by conventional regulations 10
mention only example For II years an establish
ment for training nurses has been In existence at
lausanne in Switzerland. Twice year, after having
given serious proofs Of their pety and call To the
work eight pupils are Admitted. For five
months they receive lessons In the theory OF
nursing and, above ALL 60 through practical training,
paying visits the hospital sitting up with the SICK at
serious examination before competent judges terIn
mates their apprenticeship, and breyets according 10
their diferent abilities and requirements are given to
the pupils who then placed either IN our Protestant
hospitals, independents nurses IN dHerent cues
and villages Some are employed by the Church, ohets
BY some charitable institution all In word are act
fT VIM se anngenteiship Ceases the sapernend
the head OF the establishment and the pupils he ads
and nofr them with pleasure but there his control is
AT an end their independence respected and each OF
them goes her own way upon her own responsibility.
ssterhoOds is indispensable that ceibacy dc Jdet0
which not only eharacterizes them but is their very
and bond OF union, Is Of course not lndspen
sable either The in the school az Lausanne are
single, married widows. There Is scarcey class
in which these three descriptions OF persons are not rep
resented Need say they are distinguished by no par
tcular dress often during their i've months residence
at the establishment, persons OF different classics
in society thrown together IL might seem neces-
sary to adopt special costume, IN order 70 pre-
vent uncomfortable feeling, and to obnteraIe
never exsted and the differences are looked upon rs
perfectly natural The young lady and the peasant
girl both neatly dressed aud In way suited 10 Ihe
respective positions nave always worked togetei IN
Christian harmony, and no social difficulties nave
in their minds by contrasting the fine material ana ele
CANT cut OF the adys dress with the coarse stun evm
OF the peasant No one thinks OF giving them any otn
name than that OF their noble profession They are
not sisters or rather they are sisters Id Is
truly scrpural and enlarged sense OF the worn. ~ ~
the ROullen system Win %
the Cospe its different grades of sanctity its priests
and monks accounted nearer 20 God than Ordinary
Christians, which has deprived the latter OF their IAN
lily name, Of the title which belongs 10 al the meipe
OF Chrst's body and has bestowed ~ on the regous
orders their exclusive privilege. The pupils OF inc
Lausanne school, IN repudatng particular uIess
that lie who commands US not TO let our right nanu
know what left hand doeth does not call US 70 pro
claim good works by outward slgls; ana tney ne
resolved not attract attention or solicit respect Ny
wearing badge of their conservation. The same nu'
nanty is evidenced In their setting aside the prestige
which accompanies nursing apparently gratultous.
When leave the school they earn their own
livelihood, and receive moderate remuneration Ior
their services.
CHARITY AND WAGES
TX. We live much under the influence OF that false
sancty invented by the Church OF Rone and 1t seems
necessary that sefdena should be seen ana
known, that look upon a salary, II not as dishonor
at least as despicable vulgar. and Incompatible with
lIadIa serYcA This rehnenent