Telegram-herald., 1891-12-20

the origin and development of this nej
order OF d-aeoanssssA Miss Reeves Is
the pssEessor of The quality known a.
magnetism She has kindly. benevo-
lent eyes, and . gentle manner She
was dressed in black. the uniforu Of the
deaconesses. Her voice u low aud sym
pathetic A passage fron Luke gives
We keynote Of the work Of the deacon
esscs: 60 out quickly into tho streets
snd lanes Of shc city and bringin hither
the poor and mained. and blind and
lame. Go ont into the highways and
hedges and coas,rain shera " come in.
that my house may bs flled-"
Miss Reeves said that the first Of tho
dssceaess hcmss wasfh Chicago. and
She movemsus for their psta abtishnent
tascughous the county originated In
that city in June 1887 In the spring
Of 1855 1T prcacbers meeting At Chi
cago a memorial was sent TO the gen.
sraI conference asking for recognition
and authorization for the work. Tho
general conferences Of the ch1ysh there
upon authorized the institutiou OF tho
order Of dcaeonesseA Progress has
stnee oeen continuous There are now
deaconess homes IN Boston. Cincinnati,
Cleveland. Colorado Springs, Dssver.
Los Angeles. Minneapolis. Omaha. SaSi-
nav, 50. Louis. 81 Paol. Buffalo. De-
trois. Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. Syra-
euse and Washington. ~ well as In
New York and IN Chicago. The Chi-
cs4o home was practically founded by
MrA Lucy Rider Meyer: tLs New York
homo completed is sccoud year of ex-
bstense May Is. 1891. II WAS Rev. The
odor. Fiildncr. Lutheran rainister in
Germany. who frss suggested the Idea
Of tho organization Of dssconesses
for charitable work In England
II has been very successfully carried
out and 10 the United States
there Is every promise Of ia meeting
with equal favor. For Jesus Sake" is
the motto Of the deaconcsscs- No vows
are exaetcd. aud anyone Of their num-
Der 10 at liberty 70 relingaixh her office
As dcaeoness .. any time. The duties
are 10 minister to the poor. VISIT TIE
sick. PRAY wi.h the dying. ecmfors the
sorro~irg sad. rslinquishing wholly
All other pursuits. 20 devsse themselves
N such form Of chrissszn labor - nay
~ suited ~ their shilisy wh-a work.
ING s,a9iy eseS dsseeuess h unAsr the
direction of the pastor sf ths church
with which she is connected When
associated together In heme they are
subsviiusse ~ and directed BY the
svpe~t~t-pAess IN cbarg,- A dsacousss
who wss ssi<iny - . pccr woman ssns
provissAss ecs~r~d by mssesks she
wrong Ser 81 secemeos hosss and
foans herself IN . room vS~-s marks
of poverty were very sppsr~ns On .
bed iav woman Who're appearance
w>s r-pulss~s. ~ her side wse whisky.
Tss &rs~oures saale ~oras Of comfort
and se<aa - r-sS trem the nihle. The
wcsnns irterrarsed her. saying II
hnsw bow 80 reeA 20 yca re>dnt both
ar cssz;a< ske book sas a>sconeSs
s~ka. n ~is Dray f.r yua. sr.f pvccsed
ed 80 sose On rrins frsm her Knees shs
va sw~yrss~s - see sAs v>nsn eryina.
whs said sznisss her tears Oh. 10
s~er~a 80 sho.sh ~ers . Giri
again n Enxlsnt sosns - ehurch
With mr mother ssd sisters )"
TIE skf~cs - sh~ srsiainu
.~as-,s = - s-rr.sss ne s<scirne7 -
wssaer p-~r>xi~x sor Ae~eane~s 90
ether chr~-ssn wcrk ~ rrsesfe<i sod
<e~s~~sse~i sns-~ucsses. The women
e.ra ss~>s>s~-~ s>~~shes u sheir own
fr>~ wsll TIE a>sssrs sstsssi fsvns~ses
<rar>ss ~ frs. be~>sr~s 60 eisn>ctsry
uessscire Ard asr>~~y. snd s6srds -
rrSortunssT - l~@rnisg nessosss ~
-,Ark. --,s - ss-ilisr<xs ne stfss'<nf
With v~rscas fs~uss II ri>~icusrr ~r.rk.
The sctesi sfse rs~~s r~-ctsesi s-stnsssa
", u,s<-xea.~r ~ssrk - house - heoHs
.s.st:ne - sss esu~els~> ssss' r,sssrss W
.cssv rs.-~fsnzFy wsrt Arysi~>rs rs
sA~ srnfuir~ seaorl ss~ r~s~s~~d 80 e~s
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st~~~ss "a. <sz<s 4 sSs-ss ssS1 AesatA