Life and letters of WAPassavant, DD. . traveling front parish to par-ish and bringing this important matter before the Church ofthe West. Thus he won a goodly number of candidates in ourEnglish congregations and during his five years incumbencyhad the pleasure of inducting some of these into the sacredoffice. It was Dr. Ohl who inaugurated and set in motion thefirst real motherhouse in connection with the Passavant institu-tions. The regular deaconess habit was also assumed under therectorship of Dr. Ohl, who also took a prominent part in organ-izing the first Conference of Deaconess Motherhou
Life and letters of WAPassavant, DD. . traveling front parish to par-ish and bringing this important matter before the Church ofthe West. Thus he won a goodly number of candidates in ourEnglish congregations and during his five years incumbencyhad the pleasure of inducting some of these into the sacredoffice. It was Dr. Ohl who inaugurated and set in motion thefirst real motherhouse in connection with the Passavant institu-tions. The regular deaconess habit was also assumed under therectorship of Dr. Ohl, who also took a prominent part in organ-izing the first Conference of Deaconess Motherhouses in Amer-ica. Six months after Dr. Ohl had resigned and left Milwaukee,Mr. Passavant, the Director of all the Passavant institutions,v/as elected Rector of the Milwaukee Motherhouse, and tookup his abode there. He was permitted to hold this office, in con-nection with the general directorship, for only one year and ahalf, when he was suddenly summoned to come up higher. TheSisters and probationers who were under him never weary of. THE PA8SAVANT INSTITUTIONS. 597 speaking of the spirit .of harmony and happiness that prevailedin the motherhouse and hospital during his short his term of office the spirit and language of the mother-house and hospital became more English than it had ever beenand more girls than ever before came from English congrega-tions to prepare themselves for deaconesses. Mr. Passavant hadthe rectory, so beautiful for situation and so cheerful in all itsappointments, transformed and consecrated as a has been the peaceful abode, the resting-place as well asthe place tor study and recitation ever since. Here the Sistersreceive their friends and meet for recreation. This is their realhome from which blessings follow them to their various fieldsof labor, and to which they return to be lovingly cared for whensick or when too old for active service. Here, if the good Lordspares them to die of old age, they expect to have their e
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