Beulah Chapel, Home of Peace, Oakland, California
by Brian Tada
Title
Beulah Chapel, Home of Peace, Oakland, California
Artist
Brian Tada
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph, Hdr & Painterly Enhanced
Description
Beulah Chapel is located on the property of the historic Home of Peace in Oakland, California. Its beautiful exterior, roof and interior were built in 1894.
The Home of Peace property has served various functions. The main building, Montgomery House (across the parking lot from this Chapel) built in 1893 was the first home of healing on the West Coast and a lodging place for missionaries. During its 125+ year history, many notable missionaries and ministers of the Gospel have stayed on these sacred grounds, including evangelist Smith Wigglesworth and William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.
Home of Peace was the vision of Mrs. Carrie Judd Montgomery, who experienced a dramatic healing miracle of God on February 26, 1879 in a small house in Buffalo, New York. She published her first book, The Prayer of Faith, which chronicled the powerful testimony of her divine healing.
In 1890, Mrs. Montgomery married a successful businessman, George S. Montgomery and they moved to San Francisco, California.
According to the Home of Peace website::
Mrs. Montgomery writes, “When Mr. Montgomery went out with the builder to show him where to locate the house, a lovely snow-white dove came and circled around my dear husband’s head. When he came in and told me about this we thought it was significant and said, ‘We will call it the Home of Peace.'” By 1893, the Home of Peace was completed and opened as the first healing home on the west coast.
After the turn of the 20th century, the Home of Peace quickly became a way station for missionaries with San Francisco and Oakland as their port of departure or return. Constantly adapting to the need of Christians and non-Christians alike internationally, the Home of Peace has served as a healing home, school of ministry, orphanage, boarding house, missionary supplier and shipper.
Since then hundreds of missionaries and Christian workers have felt the warm Christian atmosphere that the Montgomery’s fostered here so many years ago. Guests from all over the United States and abroad have and continue to enjoy the hospitality offered here at the Home.
Now, over the 125+ years since Mrs. Montgomery moved her ministry to Oakland, the Home of Peace continues to strive to meet the needs of the world-wide Christian community. Today the Home is primarily used as a Bed and Breakfast for Christian individuals, couples, missionaries, and families visiting the Bay Area, as well as churches and ministries who wish to host group events ranging from four to four hundred people at one time.
For more information about Home of Peace and/or to book a room, please visit their website at Home of Peace dot com.
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Giving glory to God and grateful to the administrator(s) for featuring this image on the home page(s) of the Fine Art America group(s) ::
* ABC GROUP, "R IS FOR ROOF" themed week, 02.04.19
* IMAGES THAT EXCITE YOU, 02.06.19
* WISCONSIN FLOWERS AND SCENERY, 02.09.19
* PHOTOGRAPHIC BEAUTY OF THE USA, 02.13.19
* DIGITAL ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY, 02.15.19
* DAILY PROMOTION, 02.17.19
* 10 PLUS, 02.20.19
* TRAVEL ART, 02.21.19
* CHURCHES CATHEDRALS AND CHAPELS, 02.24.19
* ARTISTS NEWS, 02.27.19
* NO PLACE LIKE HOME, 03.09.19
* CAMERA ART, 03.12.19
* USA PHOTOGRAPHERS ONLY, 05.17.20
* WELCOME FINE ARTISTS, 05.30.22
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Artwork notes:
I would like to specially thank the Home of Peace administration for kindy granting me permission to sell my photographs of their beautiful place.
Edits: 02.05.2019 -- 02.06.19:: An HDR effect and a separate painterly effect were carefully applied to the photograph to bring out the vibrant colors of the beautiful Beulah Chapel and surrounding garden. As the sky in the original photo was partially overcast and dull, I borrowed the sky from a photo I took over Tiberas, Israel and superimposed it in this photo.
Embedded in the top right-hand corner is the Hebrew acronym for "B'ezras Hashem" [ב ס " ד] meaning "with God's help". It is a reminder to me as an artist and photographer of my dependence on the Almighty, the Originator of all creativity. This is a similar acknowledgement used by great artists like Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel who signed their work with the Latin phrase, "Soli Deo gloria" which means, "Glory to God alone".
Photo copyright © 2019 Brian Tada. To the glory of God. All rights reserved.
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Comments (49)
Kathy M Krause
Gorgeous church capture, Brian. I love the light, the garden and trees, the architecture and the details! Congratulations on all your features! Enjoy your comments. LF
Gary F Richards
Outstanding chapel architectural composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L voted
Jasna Dragun
Congrats on your feature in the Welcome Fine Artists group on the theme of “Churches” !! l/f
Carol Senske
F/L. Your wonderful image is featured in Welcome Fine Artists group today, May 30, 2022. It is perfect for today’s theme of “Churches”. Thank you so much for sharing!
Brian Tada replied:
You are most welcome, Carol, and thank you so much for the honor of a homepage feature in your amazing group on Fine Art America! Truly appreciate your support of fellow artists and all you do as group host. God bless you!
Rachel Morrison
Very beautiful portrait of this marvelous sunshiny chapel! Love the color, composition and light!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit
Brian Tada replied:
Pamela, thank you very much for the honor of a home-page feature in your amazing group! Greatly appreciate your leadership, time and effort in all you do on Fine Art America. God bless you!
Donna Kennedy
Fabulous shot of this charming historic chapel Brian! Love the color and light...L/T
Brian Tada replied:
Thank you so much, Donna, for your kind words, like and tweet, greatly appreciated!