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which is a court surrounded by out-buildings , and further back is a walled garden , constantly used for exercise by patients and
deaconesses . Passing through this garden into a small street behind we there
find the infant school , the penitentiary , the orphanage , the seminary , the pastor ' s house , and the bureau . The remainder of the
street stretches towards the Rhine , and is occupied by the parish schools , church , and vicarage . Behind all these houses are the
pastor ' s garden and about forty acres of land , whence the institution is supplied with herbs and with pasture for eight cows and
several horses . . Every thing that I saw and heard during my visit corresponded
with my expectations , or rather exceeded them , so excellent seemed every arrangement , so complete every department , and so truly
Christian the tone of the whole establishment . On this occasion I first heard the name of Miss Nihtingaleforbeing looked upon as her
countrywoman , I was repeatedl g y asked , , if I knew her , and in answer to my negative with an inquiry who she was , I was told
that she was an English lady who had resided for some months at Kaiserswerthsharing the duties of the sisters . The impression
produced upon , me by my visit , . induced me in the following year to inquire whether I also might be permitted to spend a few weeks
among the deaconesses . My request was at once complied with , and I found that by paying a boardwhich proved to be a very
small one , I could reside in the institution , as long as I chose , and that I should have every opportunity of seeing its various branches
in operation , and might remain as a mere on-looker or assist more or less in the work .
Having determined on the latter plan , I again reached Kaiserswerth late in the evening of August 2 nd , 1854 . Pastor Fliedner
was absent , and Madame Fliedner could not be seen , as she had an infant only a few days old . I "was therefore received by the
pastor ' s eldest daughter , and after being refreshed with a cup of tea , was conducted to my room . It was a small chamber , furnished
with the greatest simplicity , but supplied with all that was desirable , including a small book shelf and writing table . It was delightful
from its scrupulous cleanliness , a cleanliness which extended to every part of the extensive establishment . Having travelled for
some days before reaching Kaiserswerth , repose was very welcome , but sweet as it was to
" U Stretch pon my , my own tired deli limbs ghtful , and bed rest , " my head , it was sweeter still to feel that I was in the heart of a band of
Christians , living epistles of the Lord Jesus Christ , seen and easilread of all men .
The y duties of the day at Kaiserswerth were far advanced . The next morning , after a slight breakfast and an hour or two of
solitude , I thought it time to seek out the pastor and to place mj-
Inistitution Of Deaconesses At Kaiserswe...
_INiSTITUTION OF DEACONESSES AT KAISERSWEKTH . 97
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1859, page 97, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041859/page/25/
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