Dalston, 146. Damsels of Charity, 43. Darmstadt, 146. Daughter-houses, 71, 138. Davidson, Miss, 200, 201. Day homes, 235, 236. "Deaconess," 149. how become? 255. Deaconess Institution and Training-home, 195, 198. Deaconesses, numerous, 107. world-wide demand, 108. See "Associates," America, Consecration, Continent, Diaconate, Early, England, Fliedner, German, Kaiserswerth, Literature, Methodist Episcopal Church, Mildmay, Objections, Paris, Scotland, Twelfth, etc. Deacons appointed, 13. De la Mark, Henry Robert, 44. Denmark, 108. Detroit, Mich., 226. Devonshire Square, 146. Devotions, 83, 118. DIACONATE, THE, 9: brotherhood of all in Christ, 10; foreign missions, 11; home missions, 12; diaconate, 13; female diaconate, 14; meaning, 16; qualities, field, 17. Diaconate, female, 13, 17, 20, 24, 30, 34, 45, 46, 189. organic, 203. Discipline, 127, 129. Dispensary, 69, 75, 103, 180. Disselhoff, J., 31, 41, 48, 76, 91, 108, 109. Doellinger, 10. Doncaster General Infirmary, 182. Dorcas room, 174. Dove, symbol, 91. Dress, distinctive, 36, 82, 116, 155, 156, 210, 242, 249. Du Camp, Maxime, 134. Dumas, Mademoiselle, 135, 138. Duesseldorf, 56. Duesselthal, 56. Early Church, 231. EARLY CHURCH, DEACONESSES IN THE, 18: Pliny's letter, 19; apostolic constitutions, 19; deaconesses, widows, virgins, 20; deaconess' duties, 21; prayer of ordination, 23; greatest growth in Eastern Church, 24; Chrysostom, 25; Olympias, 27; age, property, 29; in Western Church, 30; decay, extinction, 32. East London Deaconess Home, 152, 156. Easter cards, 178. Eastern Church, 24. Eccl. xi, 6, 255. Edinburgh, Scotland, 189. Eilers, Frederick, 110, 115. Elberfeld, 58, 71. Elizabeth of Prussia, 101. Endowment, 67. England. See London. ENGLAND, DEACONESSES IN, 142: Puritans, 142; Amsterdam, 143; Plymouth colony, widows, 144; Southey, Protestants, 145; Mrs. Fry, Fliedner, Florence Nightingale, 146; Agnes Jones, 147; Ludlow, Stevenson, Howson, 148; "sister," "deaconess," 149; Church of England, 150; outside institutions, 158; Tottenham, 159; Prison Gate Mission, 161; London West Central Mission, 163. See Mildmay. Environment, 107. Eppstein, 50. Epidemic, 87. Ephrem the Syrian, 231. Europe. See Continent. Expenses, 82, 187, 188, 258.