The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-25

that their operations In this of bensvoIence
rapidly extending The Juvenile Asylum insti
tuition designed 70 diminish the supply to the
House Of Refuge By taking children at earlier ago and
less advanced state Of vagrancy delinquency II II
vagrants who may be committed as such BY magis-
ratss taken in BY consent Of parents guardians
IT seeks out subjects whom II may benefit course Of
quiring the same, who win remain in the institution
shorter period than would BE- proper in the house Of
Of Il. asylum the IL 70 Tine
the same service the Chdrens Aid Society the pro
curing OF places for children In the country The 6ed
objects and system Of the house OF refuge have su
acientiy defined The institutions that have named
present array highly honorable to the character Of
our city it, wsnts and vices are great grand are it:
benevoience. The educational charitable and reform
atory institutions Of New York its best ornaments
Nifty thsn How beautifully this belt Of islands encom-
passes the city IS with girdle Of charity The cestss
Venus ca NOT sEd more grace 70 tine queen Of beauty
city. Every new edifce erected upon them another
gem SGT in the zone Uneven visit these islands without
their position and adsptedness to the purposes to
which they have been appropriated There they lie,
s m face z sss with city
and warehouses and almshouses, and hospitals and re-
fuges, and nnrseries and public cemetery, teaching
Independence, end the duties Of in the various
relations OF life. How fortunate that they have not
been psrcesd TITO lots and occupied with improvements
to imagine how they would look In this sats at other
times pictsre them in fancy occupied for military pur
poses, with forts arsenas and barracks, station the
sennes upon their rounds set the idle cannon and pile
the useless pyramids of balls Far to be admired
they with these institutions Of blessed charity
tered upon them than II nations treasures had been
expended to ft them for the residence Of monarch
Spawned ths intervening straits with royal bridges and
filed them with palaces and galleries, like another Yer
saes, oriental luxury had decked them for the
seragllo Of sultan with terraces and garden allies
paved with precious marbles fountains casting their
spray upon the perfumed air and minarets rising in
foliage.
The following ode, composed for the occasion, was
sung with great sweetness Of voice and expression Of
feeling by Mrs. Clara BrinkerhoE:-
Thrown the wide world
Doomed to wander and roam, =
Bereft Of his parents, bereft Of o home,
stranger to pleasure, to comfort and Joy,
Behold little Edmund, poor honest boy.
Oh pity poor honest boyii
lam willing to labor,
lam willing to toll,
For fortune will ever industry smile;
But, OIL not creature will degn to employ
wanderer Ike Edmund, though poor honest boy.
OH pity poor honest boyi
Think not that offer
The mendcants prayer:
Ny snews do
And my courage dare.
The hand that can labor
To fill natures claims,
Should never be opened
For charity's aims
That love is not wasted
That's shown to the poor,
Its blessings you've tasted
Who visit our door.
Your store is not lesseped
By what you have given,
You've laid up treasure
Eternal in Heaven. .