Life and letters of WAPassavant, DD. . stablishing and joining of an Old Peoples Homewith that orphanage. That combined institution now has prop-erty worth one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, with anadditional hundred thousand of endowment funds. One hun-dred orphans and about thirty homeless old people are caredfor every year. In 1866 the Rev. Mr. Holls, then Director of the ZelienopleHome, went to Mount Vernon, N. Y., with five boys to start theWartburg Orphans Home. That institution now has property,clear of all debt, worth four hundred thousand dollars. Underits efficient and enthusias
Life and letters of WAPassavant, DD. . stablishing and joining of an Old Peoples Homewith that orphanage. That combined institution now has prop-erty worth one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, with anadditional hundred thousand of endowment funds. One hun-dred orphans and about thirty homeless old people are caredfor every year. In 1866 the Rev. Mr. Holls, then Director of the ZelienopleHome, went to Mount Vernon, N. Y., with five boys to start theWartburg Orphans Home. That institution now has property,clear of all debt, worth four hundred thousand dollars. Underits efficient and enthusiastic Director, the Rev. Dr. G. , in a certain sense a spiritual son of Dr. Passavant,there has been added a fine Old Peoples Home here three hundred children and from forty to fifty homelessold people are here sheltered and made happy. Further expan-sion and variation in mercy work are in contemplation. As we write this we receive the welcome news that theBoard of Deaconesses has resolved to plant an Old Peoples. THE PASSAVANT INSTITUTIONS. 593 Home on the Zelienople grounds and that the architect isalready at work on the plans. How the Passavant Homes, through their founder, becameinfluential in starting the homes in Buffalo, N. Y., Boston,Mass., Vasa, Minn,, and in other places, we alreadj know. Andso the little one has become a thousand and the small one a greatnation, and the end is not yet. THE EPILEPTIC HOME AT ROCHESTER, PA. For many years Dr. Passavant had had a compassionateconcern for the epileptics. Only his untimely death had pre-vented him from founding a home for these unfortunates. As soon as the Kev. W. A. Passavant, Jr., had his newwork fairly in hand, he set about to carry out his fathers inten-tions. He enlisted the interest of some of his wealthy friendsin Pittsburg and vicinity. Most of these good people had beenhis fathers helpers. We should like to make honorable mentionof all of them. The names of many of them appear in* thepages o
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