Life and letters of WAPassavant, DD. . cret of Power 575 CHAPTEB XXr. THE PASSAVANT INSTITUTIONS:—Rev. W. A. Passavant, Jr.—Preparation for .His Fathers Work.—Becomes Director.—Con-solidates Orphan Homes.—Spirit and Regime.—Mr. and —Changes.—A Deaconess Station. —Other OrphanagesOut of Passavants.—An Old Peoples Home.—The EpilepticHome.—Passavants Thaw.—History of Homes.—Milwaukee Hospital. — Improvements Within. — Without. —Doctor Friek.—Doctor Ohl.—What He Accomplished.—Passavantas Motherhouse.—Rev. H. L. Fritschel.—Sister Cath-arine.—Pittsburg Hospital.—
Life and letters of WAPassavant, DD. . cret of Power 575 CHAPTEB XXr. THE PASSAVANT INSTITUTIONS:—Rev. W. A. Passavant, Jr.—Preparation for .His Fathers Work.—Becomes Director.—Con-solidates Orphan Homes.—Spirit and Regime.—Mr. and —Changes.—A Deaconess Station. —Other OrphanagesOut of Passavants.—An Old Peoples Home.—The EpilepticHome.—Passavants Thaw.—History of Homes.—Milwaukee Hospital. — Improvements Within. — Without. —Doctor Friek.—Doctor Ohl.—What He Accomplished.—Passavantas Motherhouse.—Rev. H. L. Fritschel.—Sister Cath-arine.—Pittsburg Hospital.—Place for a Memorial.—Fifty Years.—Fifty Thousand Dollars.—The New Wing.—Doctor H. W. Roth.—Sister Katharine Sarah Shaflfer.—Her Sister-house.—Chicago Hospital.—Passavants Disappointment.——Improvements.—Jacksonville.—Sister Caroline.—Missionof the Hospital.—The Chicago Seminary.—Spirit.—Work.—Men.— Achievements, — Future 589. Clje ILitt of aza. 2i. i^assatjant. CHAPTER I. THE PASSAVANT FAMILY. When we study the life and achievements of one of Godseminent men, we always are interested in his antecedents andlineage. This is especially true of one of whom it has beenwell said: Of such men, God gives us only one in a century. In the ancient dukedom of Burgundy of France lies the oldcity of Luxeuil or Luxon. The original Burgundians wereGermans, who from the banks of the Oder and the Vistula hadextended themselves to the Rhine and Neckar and in the year406 had penetrated into Roman Gaul. In after ages, the do-mains of Burgundy were incorporated with France. About fifteen or twenty miles from Luxeuil lies the lonelylittle town, La Cote Passavant, overlooked by the ancientcastle, Burg Passavant. ^ Only the ruins of the ancient fastness remain. Conspicu-ous among them stands the old round tower about sixty feethigh built of massive hewn stone. This Burg was the seat ofthe Sei
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