. Our mountain work [serial]. Jeft-o%er diildrtsi. The first daythe Home opened its doors, six llttkchildren entered. An cxcdlcnf Cbrts-tian , hiiving Ijad several yearsexperience in teacliiji, was placed incbarge. She wa^ n\o<hfr, , etc., all aione. For mainte-nance she had a prii*e of jht month, ten of it for , and tjie other ten for foixi5tipp!ic»*. A Rlooroy prosficct, yousay; truly it ivas, yet from that dayto th!« cot otie of tbe children foc lack of fofxl or forclwfiing, Tb: iitunfrfT of inraafes kept iri-creasing till
. Our mountain work [serial]. Jeft-o%er diildrtsi. The first daythe Home opened its doors, six llttkchildren entered. An cxcdlcnf Cbrts-tian , hiiving Ijad several yearsexperience in teacliiji, was placed incbarge. She wa^ n\o<hfr, , etc., all aione. For mainte-nance she had a prii*e of jht month, ten of it for , and tjie other ten for foixi5tipp!ic»*. A Rlooroy prosficct, yousay; truly it ivas, yet from that dayto th!« cot otie of tbe children foc lack of fofxl or forclwfiing, Tb: iitunfrfT of inraafes kept iri-creasing till ciiiMren werecroftded %fitbi« !bc- wails of thatbospit^ little Home, n-liile scoresstootl without hetwing !or continued foe fouryears, n hen two men tsiade it fxwsiblefor the Home to be removed to a largerhouse and one beftct eqiiippeti the children, forty beint; itscapacity. THE SRCOOT) IIUME This Home is located at Balfour,near , and has been the. rtPST Y!\)\ C , iN f. dwelling place of this OriihanageFamily for tfie past fourteen ;urins this time many improveraents\vxv<: been made year by year to givethe duldren good physical, mentaland spiritual training. These ftrivi-leges have been given to more tlianthrc-e hundred boys and girls, andnearly all of tlicm have become noo<lcitiaens, tilling useful positions inehurrJi and state. Their records forindustry, morality and Christian liv-ing are better than that of tlie averagecitizen of this country. Withal, tlieequipment of this Home is also in-adequate, in case of fire the lives ofthe children would lie in great peril inthese wooden buildings, fitis andother reasons make it necesssjry toprovide a still better borne. THE THIStJ HOME This Home being built oDi afarm of U5 acres on fbc hii»hwaybettt-een .Swannanoa and Black Moun-tabi; alwut nrenty-live minute* ridefrom Asheville and about fifteen fromMonlreat. The walls of the building
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