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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 419
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but simp simp licity ly , and with g a ives few you excellent an idea pictures of the holiness . But everything and purity is of full the of place taste . and
large who " * are The hall under Head where Sister her during special of the the care establishment evening , live the on , Bible the and same the is read "beg floor inners and . It the , or contains first probationers elements also a ,
of Medicine , are taught . On the third floor are only the bedrooms of the Sisters . They live two or three in the same room , as would naturally be the case with real sisters in a large famil .
y "' And in general the visitor is struck from the first moment of his entrance by out this formality air of famil ; you y life are which received reigns with in o the ut whole any empty house ceremonies ; you see order , received
withopenly and simply , as you are generally received by good but very busy people . 1 of 860 " hel * , And was ing opened in the truth sick a but the small of Sisters hosp being ital are as in a very the sort house busy of model . , with On where the the destination 28 the th Sisters of Decemb not learn onl er to y ,
observe p all the rules , which are necessary for the , bodies and minds of the poor women received there . The number of the beds does not exceed fifteen ; the rooms are not largebut they are airyand the
arrangements for ventilation and warming very are , made by the best ; workmen . There is not the least luxury , for even the greatest cleanliness cannot be called luxury . The service is furnished , without any exception , by the
Probationer all her -Sisters life and , under all her the soul superintendence to the service of of ah humanity elder Sister . , Thi who s is has the devoted school where the Sisters are prepared for a wider work in larger hospitals : here
they learn to devote themselves entirely to the service of mankind . Here with they a path them are so penetrated full . Here of blessing , too with , they to that their learn holy soul to sp s irit love while of their love it prepares Sisterhood which they them , which brin an g everywhere honourable gives them .
retreat for their old age , after a busy and , well-employed life . " Such also was the life which was led by the Deaconesses in the earliest time of Christianity . Many centuries have passed since ; but the holy work
of Christian love and activity has never ceased—has never been interruptedalthough it has not always been clearly noticed in the midst of the _biisy and noisy life of society .
"' Let us pray for the benediction of God on this really Christian establishment of Sisters . It is impossible not to sympathize with their peaceful activity , and not to wish that in manymany hearts the desire should be awakened of
, helping and spreading this holy work of love and of help to mankind . ' ¦ been " In communicated addition to this : — translated article , the following statistical details have
"In May , 1861 , the community consisted of 66 Sisters , distributed in the following manner : —Twenty-four Sisters in Cronstadt in the great Hospital ei of ht the Sister Navy s , in where the they Naval have Hosp to ital attend inSt constantl . Petersburg y from which 900 to contains 1 , 200 sick 20 O ;
Maximilian beds g ; three Hosp in the ital , Elizabeth 30 beds ; twenty Asylum , Sisters for children in the , two 40 , hosp beds ital ; s two for Work in the - men , which contain always at least 500 dangerously ill ; lastly , five Sisters
are in charge of different departments of the household , ( one Head Sister , poor one , housekeeper one in the hosp , one ital of sup the erintending house . ) Three the beg Sisters inners are , one incurab visiting ly ill . the
there " The are number fifteen . of They the beg attend inners the naturall sick women y varies in the ; at hosp the ital present of the moment house , —they dress the wounds of the le who come here
dayand they help the physician of the poor establishment peop , who gives every advice and medicine without any payment to 60 or 70 persons coming to consult him every day . *
' * "Except in the hospitals of the Navy , they are supported in all the
stations by the Grand-Duchess Helen , "
Notices Of Books. 419
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 419
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/59/
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