The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-07
DEACONESSES WON THEM
ACTON PEOPLE Cultivated BY
THESE CHRISTIAN WORKERS.
First Assembly of Importance Ever
Held by the Order-The Sum
day Programmes.

The pretty deaconess has captured all
hearts at Acton. She came, was seen and
the camp surrendered. She brought with
her not only a quaint black garb, which
lends a mystery to her being, but also a
pair of bright eyes and fund of sunshine,
earnestness and enthusiasm that swept the
camp with electrical rapidity. Miasma and
all other things baneful to the flesh or spirit
could not withstand the advent of such a
happy creature, and the Actonian pulse
quickened several notches. The deaconess
is an embodiment of girlish faith, and she
possesses world of zeal. She believes the
world can be made better, and she goes at
the task of making it so with a vim. She
possesses pity for those in sin or distress,
but she does not express that pity with a
forbidding countenance of sorrow. She be-
lieves that a smile is worth it's weight in
gold, and that a peal of laughter cannot be
discounted. Her daily life is in the slums,
but her face remains the mirror of a
bright soul. 1t is remarkable, too, how
pretty most deaconesses are. A few have
gray hair but the majority are fascinating
types of young womanhood. Again, the
deaconess is finely educated. There was not
one among the fifty at the camp yesterday
who did not show the evidence Of superior
training. Many of them belong to well-to-
do families, and the fact that they were
willing to forego their pretty dresses and
their social enjoyments for the good of the
race shows the kind of spirit that actuates
them
Mrs Lucy Rider Meyer the founder of
the Chicago training school where the dea-
coneSseS were graduated says that the as
sembly is really the first of any Importance
the deaconesses have yet held. TT is a
spontaneous gathering, she said yesterday.
THE need of getting together and hearing
ri n hnr prin nd nf f0rv
tangible bond of union was felt by all, and
the assembly was the result" There are
deaconesses present from as far east as
as far north as Canada. Those from the
latter place wear blue instead of black,
while a number who belong to the German
organization wear gray.
The sessions of the assembly were attend
ed during the day by the entire camp. In
the afternoon the auditorium was crowded.
The tabernacle was draped in the national
Colors and above the stage hung a great
white banner bearing the inscription, For
Jesus Sake" The deaconnesses recognize
the power of music. Almost all are edu-
Gated in music and number of fine singers
and musicians. are at the park Between
vocal solo, sometimes an instrumental
lection, sometimes a song by the quartet,
but always some music of some kind. Bishop
Joyce, of Minneapolis, presided and con-
Quoted devotional services. The bishop will
sc6 sePec curing the 9tre Genyent 5s
Sound Body" THE Progressive Mind and
Growing in Grace" were discussed inteli-
gently. At the close of the mornings work
the Lords supper was observed, with the
bishop presiding. An interesting session
was held in the afternoon. In the evening
Rev. w. E. McLennan, of Berwyn ILL.,, ad-
dressed the convention on the subject, BE
hold 1 Set Before Thee an Open Door"
The following programme will be rendered
Morning = Bible reading, zaida Tyrrell,
New York, N. Y; solo, c. Blanche Gould,
Chicago, ILL.,; sermon, Bishop Isaac W.
Afternoon-"who is Sufficient for These
Things?" Rev. Andrew J: Coultas, D: D.,
Providence, r. l.; The New Translation"
Isabelle Horton
Evening-Address, Rev. Henry W. Ben
garet T. Todd, Providence r. f' I. 49, -'-'
Among the deaconesses in attendance are
the following: Mrs. Lucy Rider Meyer,
Blanche Gould, Miss Gertrude Monlux, Miss
Mary Mar Jefferson, Miss Lulu L. KInEowlton. of
Miss Josephine Mars, Freep 5t III; Miss
Mary p. Wolfe, JeffersonvilIe, Ind; Miss
Mary Ball, Milwaukee,; Miss Josephine
Doebler, Cincinnati; Zaida Tyrrell, New
York: Miss Margaret Todd, Providence, r.
l.: Miss Charlotte E. Bushnell, Minneapolis;
Reeves Rec Rs HeFre aSMi Pear Rob-
nnette. New. York; Miss Mary A: Taggart,
Toll, Milwaukee; Miss Anna sandidge, Miss
Emma airing, Miss Olive Marshall, Miss
Hattie Grimes, Miss Hannah Pierce, Gin
cinnati; Miss Addie Burbank Minneapolis;
Miss Eva Bailey, Freeport, Ill; Mrs. Ida
Mccoy, Terre Haute; Miss Martha Brose
Chicago; Miss Matte, Cleveland, Chicago.
A number are expected to arrive to-day.
The following are late guests al the camp:
Minnie Wenner, L4aban Lodge, wife and
son, of indianapolis, guests of J. c. Sample
and daughters; Mrs. John Sickles son and
daughter, indianapolis; Miss Snyder, Hope;
Mrs. Greenwood, Indianapolis; Miss Emma
Lowery indianapolis; John r. Budd jr.,
indianapolis guest of his grandmother
Mrs. J. r. Budd.