Plaque to Alice Maud Maxwell
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ALICE MAUD MAXWELL
DEACONESS OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
DAUGHTER OF SIR WILLIAM MAXWELL BART.,
OF CARDONESS.
DIED 5TH FEBRUARY 1915
AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DEACONESS HOUSE FROM 1888 - 1912
SHE LABOURED IN THE PLEASANCE DISTRICT WITH UNWEARIED ZEAL
AND DEVOTION AND WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO THROUGH WHOSE EFFORTS
THE ST. NINIAN'S MISSION BUILDINGS. THE DEACONESS HOSPITAL
AND THE CHARTERIS MEMORIAL CHURCH WERE ERECTED.
SHE TOOK A LEADING PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN'S
WORK IN THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, AND IN THE RESTORATION
OF THE ORDER OF DEACONESSES.
HER SAINTLY AND HER DEVOTED LABOURS ARE
HELD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE.
ERECTED BY SISTER DEACONESSES, FRIENDS AND MEMBERS
OF THE ORIGINAL ST NINIAN'S CONGREGATION