ive were Moslems.

There also exists under the supervision of Mildmay workers a railway
mission that was begun in 1880 for men on duty at two of the London
stations. An organized mission has sprung up from this small beginning
that has now extended over three great lines of railroads which employ
thousands of men.

The long list of labors given do not exhaust the efforts of Mildmay
workers, for, besides special teas for policemen and postmen, and the
mission room and day-school at Ball's Pond, there is also an educational
branch that is meeting the demand for higher educational advantages for
women, under distinctly religious influences, by the Clapton House
School.

The questions involuntarily present themselves, when reading the
undertakings just enumerated, that involve not only faithfulness and
devotion in service, but disciplined, practiced faculties, "What class
of women are these by whom so much has been accomplished? And what is
the training that has made them so effective?" It is difficult to
answer the first question. The deaconesses are of all classes, many of
them being ladies who devote their time, talent, and means to forward
the cause. There are a good many daughters of clergymen, who are
carrying out the associations of their life at home. Just how many are
self-supporting and just how many are maintained by the Institution are
facts that are never known; as Mrs. Pennefather says in a letter of
February 11, 1889, "There are certain points we deal with as strictly
private. While every probationer pays four guineas for her first month,
the after monetary arrangements are never known except to myself and the
resident lady superintendent."

NOTE.--There is a further department at Mildmay that has never been
named, but is certainly an important and busy one; it might be
called the "Department of Inquiry," for certainly the personal
visits and letters received, inquiring into the details of the
institution, must be very large. My obligations to Mrs. Pennefather
are great, who, both by letter and printed matter, has placed a
great number of facts at my disposal, of which I have availed myself
freely in writing this sketch. Mrs. Pennefather's words, "we are
glad when we can help any Christian work with the experience God has
permitted us to gather," echo the words of the great apostle, "Let
him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teacheth in
a