The National tribune., 1893-01-12

wide windows the lower one announcing by a
printed card to the passersby, Sunday and
weekday services, mothers meetings, indus
trial teaching. etc.; and from time TO time
amusement evenings made attractive by pct
ures. music or Rotations.
Built by two sisters, members Of Grace
Church, in memory of n beloved brother. its
aim is to illustrate in the lives and labors of
those connected with il the brotherhood Of
helpfulness and sympathy, and to strive to
shed beneicent and elevating influence On
the neighborhood.
Here three of the Deaconesses, whose train
ing has been previously described, are minis
tering day by day under the guidance of the
Chaplain of the mission, who has carefully
systematised the work, appointing to each her
sphere OF usefulness in that portion OF the
parish committed to her care and requiring
stated and regular reports. These good women
are made to feel at home by the presence and
fostering care of the house mother, who super
intends the household and receives her APP
pontment from the Rector of Grace Church.
brief outline of the work may interest the
reader. In the district assigned to her the
Deaconess visits the families, and strives with
tact and discretion to suggest methods of clean
illness and order. requests that the little ones
may be brought to baptism, the youths and
young girls to classes preparing for confrma-
ton. To the sick and suffering she calls the
forming one Of the family at the mission), to
the afflicted she administers consolation, or
prays with the tempted or helpless.
In addition to district visiting each Deacon
ess has her share in the organized work of the
mission; she has her appointed hour for re-
ceiving and listening to applications for visits
or help; for distributing shoes or clothing, for
which, in order not to psuperize, payment is
required, except in cases of illness or extreme
has charge of the meetings of the Girls
Friendly of Grace Parish. The section num-
bers so members. divided into circles. each cir
Gle having its appointed occupation. Tuesday
evenings large mothers meeting gathers in
the upper hall of the Mission House. A Dea-
coness has charge Of the refreshments coffee
and cake or buns served to each mother"
who during the evening sews or knits, while
the Chaplain reads or tellsan interesting story,
and later all unite in singing German or Eng
lish psalms, hymns, or glees.
The writer has been present at several OF
these meetings and noticed a marked improve
ment in neatnesS and manner. The weekly
contact with those who have had the benefit of
a Christian and refined training cannot fail to
be uplifting. Friday evenings the Deaconesses
attend Sundsy-school teachers preparatory
class, where the lesson is taught and explained
by one of the ministers of the parish. They
also teach in the Saturday morning industrial
school holding its sessions at Grace Chapel,
where some 600 children are taught to sew.
In their subdivided work one receives de-
posits for the penny provident fund, the de-
positors sometimes numbering 25 in one after
noon. Another has an industrial class OF very
small children (too young to attend the Grace
Chapel SchooD. Boys, as we'll as girls, are adj
mitted; calesthenic practice and kindergar-
ten methods applied.
Deaconess assists at the meetings of the
Benevolent Society of the parish, its object be-
ing to help needy women by giving them a
certain smount of plain sewing. One hundred