Chapter 10

DEACONESSES IN ENGLAND.

Early beginnings--The Puritans--Cambridge Platform--Southey's complaint--Mrs. Fry--Fliedner--Florence Nightingale--Agnes Jones--Distinction between "sister" and "deaconess"-- Institutions in Church of England--Garb--Ceremonies-- Self-denying lives--Dr. Laseron's institutions and others-- Prison mission of Mrs. Meredith--The Sisters of the People 142