The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-07
The New Beulah Orphanage
Dedicated for Their
Benefit.
BUILT ENTIRELY ON FAITH.
r. M. Carman of the Half-MiIiion
Club Pledged One for
Boys.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, !
Qn2 RrnadwaN SAINT 6


! 90S Broadway, Sent. 6. I
A large number of visitors and friends
gathered at Beulah this afternoon to take
part in the dedication of the new orphan
age for girls.
The services in the building, which was
crowded, were begun by an opening hymn,
"All Hail the Power of Jesus Name" given
out by Mrs. Montgomery, followed by q
prayer by Miss Stroud Smith of Liverpool,
| England. The opening remarks were made
by Mrs. Montgomery the founder of the or
| phanage, VINO told of her interest in or
| phans and how one of the hopes of her
heart had been realized in seeing the
orphanage erected.
| The first money for the purpose was do
mated a year ago in sum of f2 received
| from gentleman in England and $50 from
brother in Texas. When she proposed
| beginning the home her husband, though
in perfect sympathy with the work,
thought she had better postpone it until
| times were better. She replied: ~ am not
| depending on the times, but upon God
| alone.' So according to her faith the
home was built.
In conclusion she said: "My gold is for
the orphan homes on Beulah's green
hills" The dedicatory prayer was made
| from the matron, Miss Kate Dewing, prov
! ing that she had mothers heart for her
| little charges.
F. NJ. Carman of the Half-million Club
was one of the chief speakers. He said he
| felt left-handed relationship for the or
| phanage; that he and Mrs. Montgomery
had made compact-that he was to found
| Il fAr, NV, 49, s., ~. IL
/ 81 thought the Lord wanted me to do it
in business-like way, she in the Lord s
way. Behold the results
Rev. J. w. Ellsworth made a speech on
similar lines, showing himself deeply in
terested in the WORK OF saving girls
He said his seven years work in the
Florence Crittenton Mission has shown
him the necessity of an orphanage for girls.
Mrs. Mills of Mills College also spoke
beautifully in indorsing the orphanage.
| Mrs. Montgomery read scripturaI pas
sage appropriate for the occasion.
The services concluded with Salvation
Army solo, by little Faith Montgomery,
the audience joining in the chorus. In
speaking of the orphanage Mrs. Montgom-
cry said:
| do not believe as much good can be accom-
| plished by crowding children together in one
| large institution. / want in time TO have
many small homes, with a mother" for each
| family This home is for girls only, orphans,
| half orphans and abandoned children between
the years of 8 and IA. Ever since l was scarcely
more than child myself I have taken the
greatest interest in orphan children and for
lish such work as this. Ny first actual expe-
rience along this line was several years before
| was married, while still living in Buffalo, n.
| Y. adopted Annie Jones, little Welsh girl,
with the design of training her for the Lord s
| work. This Undertaking proved a plete
| success, as Annie has been the joy of my heart
! all these years and she is now an officer in the
| Salvation Army stationed at San Luis Obispo.
| Annie is so greatly interested in other orphans
| that we made her one of the directors OF this
orphanage. The matron, Miss Katie Dewing,
is gentle, lovely Christian lady who has for
| years been engaged as a missionary among the
| Chinese in San Diego. There are number of
| interesting children already in the home and
more expected soon.
The building is directly opposite the
! Salvation Army Home of Rest. 1t is a
| three-story building with plenty of win
! dows, into which the sunshine of Beulah
pours with health and blessing. 1t is de-
| signed to shelter about thirty children and
is fitted up with fine schoolroom and
large airy dormitories, which are fur
nshed with neat iron beds painted bronze.
When little Mamie, the first child adj
mitted, saw them in their sweet cleanli-
ness and restful repose, she exclaimed,
sob, my! what heightened bedsl'' Some
of these beds are covered with pretty
patchwork quilts, looking as coy and
home-like as possible. Mrs. Professor
Keep of Mills College and many of the
teachers and pupils had found time in
their busy lives to assist in tying these.
Just before the dedication, while the
porch was being decorated with flowers
and vines, little four-year-old Faith Mont
gomery, who was playing with the or
! phans, slipped away by herself, and was
noticed in the act of planting a broken
shrub without any root as her contribu-
ton to the improvement of the grounds.
A little orphan helped her in her work by
watering the plant from an old tin can.
Faith from the first has shown great in
terest in the orphanage, and only few
days ago said to her mother, "You
needn't get any mamma for the orphans,
because will go over every day and dress
| them ALL" She is just as much interested
in the new work as her enthusiastic little
mother. The surroundings of the home
are very pleasant; there are eighteen acres
covered with fruit trees, and the fruit is
| freely given to all the residents of Beulah
| Lovely foothills, which are most of the
year covered with verdure and wild
| flowers. will be the playground of the for
tunate little ones who are admitted to the
home.