The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-01-02
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Orpharages on Ashley Downs Bris-
tol. The new Orphan house No, l is
open to visitors every Wedne> day
afternoon, No. 2, every Tuesday
afternoon, No. 3, every Thursday
afternoon, No. 4, every Friday
afternoon and No. 5, every Saturday
afternoon. In the summer three
parties can be taken around, but
from November 1st to March 1st
only two. It takes about one hour
and a half to visit one of the build
ings. There are five large plain,
stone buildings or homes which to-
gether accommodate about 1000
orphans and little over one
hundred officers, teachers and
care-takers. Siuce 1880 to May 1900
over ten thousand orphans have
been cared for in this great Chris
tian Orphanage founded in faith and
prayer by the late George Muller.
Without nyone having been person
ally asked for anything, or any
donation ever having been solicited
more than seven million dollars have
been given for the orphans and the
other benevolent work begun by Mr..
Muller, as the direct result of prayer
to God since the commencement of
the work Mr. Muller before he
died stated that his primary object
in carrying on his work of caring
for the poor destitute children,
bereaved of both parents by death,
was that Simply through the in
strumentality of prayer and faith
without applying to any human
being for help, it might be seen that
now, in the nineteenth century, God
is still the living God, and that now,
as well as thousands of years ago,
he listens to the prayers OF his chill
eren, and helps those who trust in
Him. Then he adds 'In all the AZ
countries, through which / have
travelled in my missionary service,
numberless instances came before
me of the benefit which our orphan
institutions has been in this respect.
Far beyond what I expected at first
to accomplish, the Lord has been
pleased to give me day by day. for
sixty-one years. )" Thousands OF the
orphans have been led to believe in
the Lord Jesus Christ and many of
them are now engaged in active
Christian work. Those in charge
officers, and teachers, seek to de-
velop the physical. mental, moral
and spiritual power of the orphans.
The girls are trained mainly for
service rather than for business, as
the directors think it is generally
better both for their bodies and their
souls. They are usually kept in the
institution until they are seventeen
years of age. The an outfit is given
given them and place found for
them. The boys are usually APP
prenticed to trades when between
IA and 10 years old. They have a
free choice oftrade, but once having
chosen and being apprenticed they
are not allowed 10 change. They
have chosen almost all kinds of oc-
equations. Hundreds of the boys
now in business for themselves, or
managers of business, and some
partners In large business concerns
In the orphan institution they are
instructive boys and girls in read
ing, writing. arithmetic, English
history, Grammer, geography, IN
iversal history, aud the girls in all
kinds of useful needlework and
household work, and the boys are
taught to help themselves by knit
ing their socks, making their beds,
cleaning shoes, scrubbing, one run.
ing errands, and working about the
grounds, and in the garden Thus
in addition to mental and moral
training they are fitted for varied
usefulness in after life,
We visited new Orphan House No.
!. When we arrived we found our
party being showed through the
building and another party being
formed 10 60 the rounds This