The service of the poor; an inquiry into the reasons for and against the establishment of religious sisterhoods for charitable purposes |
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... Protestant , each of which has spread rapidly , and may be said to have taken root among the popular institutions of its native country . These five sisterhoods are ( 1 ) the Deaconesses of the Primitive Church ; ( 2 ) the Béguines ...
... Protestant , each of which has spread rapidly , and may be said to have taken root among the popular institutions of its native country . These five sisterhoods are ( 1 ) the Deaconesses of the Primitive Church ; ( 2 ) the Béguines ...
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... Protestant sisterhoods for charitable purposes , and are there- fore specially interesting with regard to England . As an instance of what may be done by a purely secular institution in that branch of charitable work which is supposed ...
... Protestant sisterhoods for charitable purposes , and are there- fore specially interesting with regard to England . As an instance of what may be done by a purely secular institution in that branch of charitable work which is supposed ...
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... Protestant Deaconesses of modern times , are in some sense the successors of the Deaconesses of the early Church . The two systems were certainly both in existence in very early times , and the functions discharged by their members were ...
... Protestant Deaconesses of modern times , are in some sense the successors of the Deaconesses of the early Church . The two systems were certainly both in existence in very early times , and the functions discharged by their members were ...
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... Protestant prisoners in the gaol in Düsseldorf , and to undertake the pastoral charge of them . The neglected state in which he found the inmates led him , after visiting most of the principal prisons in the Rhenish provinces , to ...
... Protestant prisoners in the gaol in Düsseldorf , and to undertake the pastoral charge of them . The neglected state in which he found the inmates led him , after visiting most of the principal prisons in the Rhenish provinces , to ...
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... Protestant churches is pointed out . In 1832 he made a similar journey to England and Scotland , when he became acquainted with Mrs. Fry and Dr. Chalmers , and again returned home much refreshed and strengthened in mind . The Prison ...
... Protestant churches is pointed out . In 1832 he made a similar journey to England and Scotland , when he became acquainted with Mrs. Fry and Dr. Chalmers , and again returned home much refreshed and strengthened in mind . The Prison ...
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