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who shall have received training in the deaconess institution, or have
been in connection with it for at least two years.

When the measure was finally passed by the General Assembly there was no
delay in carrying into execution the details indicated by the plan of
work. The Deaconess Institution and Training Home was at once started.
It was located at Edinburgh, as the most central and convenient place
for the institution, and as furnishing the most available advantages for
the instruction and training of the deaconesses. From here as a center
the work is expected to penetrate into every part of Scotland by means
of the trained workers whose services will be available for all parts of
the country when desired by the ministers and kirk sessions. With true
Scotch prudence and wisdom it was arranged that the lady who was chosen
to be the superintendent should fit herself thoroughly for the duties of
her responsible place by becoming familiar with the workings of similar
institutions in England. She was accordingly given six months' leave of
absence, which she spent among the great London Homes, and only assumed
the duties of her position May 1, 1888. Meanwhile the Home had opened
under the temporary care of a lady who had been a worker in Mrs.
Meredith's Prison Mission, and for six years a Mildmay deaconess. It had
from the beginning the warm co-operation of sympathizing, influential
friends. Regular courses of lectures were arranged on subjects connected
with Christian work, and as similar courses will be demanded of like
institutions in America it may be interesting to give the syllabus in
full:

SYLLABUS OF LECTURES.
(On Tuesdays at 12.)

1. B.--Professor Charteris. Four Lectures.
"How to Begin a Mission."

Nov. 29.--1. Whom to visit, and why. The ills we know of, bodily,
spiritual, social; and seek to lessen.
Dec. 6.--2. How to induce the people who belong to no church--perhaps
care for none--to come in.
Dec. 13.--3. What to do with the children; (a) to attract, (b) to
influence them.
Dec. 20.--4. What agencies besides Sunday services prove best.

2. C.--Dr. P. A. Young. Six Lectures.
"Medical Hygiene for the Use of Visitors."

Jan. 3.--1. Object and scope of the course of lectures; short sketch
of the structure and functions of the human body, including