The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-05

happens that their representations OF the
those Sos '' are qaaiiaed to judge who have have
heard both sfdes of a case. 1t is frequently
children to homes. The very question
SHOWS ignorance as to the class Of children who
are sent. IL IL not the children Of good and
proydent parents. but It is those who, while In
the Home, are neglected or forgotten bv their
their parents, or hose whose treatment at the
hands Of incorporate parents or guardians
renders some projection for them necessary.
One Of the charges made against the man ayers
Is that thew nnd homes Tor homeless children In
the western States. In THIS they nave the am ole
and cooperation Of noArly all the associations
for he Keller OF the poor In this and other large
cities. Now, N II he decided that this
TINS course must necessarily fall equally upon
this and all similar assertions, which are
managed by the wisest and best OF Christian
men ana women in the community; for II
would he unjust to condemn TINS association
alone for thai which Is done to an equal or
greater extent bv Others. The managers do not
argue tn, a course OF ac,ion In necessarily
Tignt bee use II has been pursued 10y Others
but they do insist that II a nj has been adj opt
ed bg large NUMBER Of Christian men and
women, after elaboration and due considera-
ton IL u strong argument In Its favor MS being
just md rght.
No money is ever received by the asso-
citation for any child sent West. Otherwise
money IL received for children who are bound
out. Reference to the lreasurers report Will
year ending ADril 1876, for indentlre money,
aud that amount was Larger than usual. Yet
selling children at s25 per head a charge 40
gross that It IL an outrage upon the common
sense OF the community to ask tue public to
believe IT, .ud an insult to the Protestant
churches OF BROOKLYN. whose mem Oers rep
resented In the association.
since its establishment nearly fifteen hundred
children have been supported ~ the Brooklyn
| Home for Destitute children for a greater or
less period of ump AZ their necessities have do
manded Five industrial schools are at present
ihaintaincd for the cliss uf children who re
TOO p9or To attend The public schools. Last
"a IA 81 att hmm a I...l
wrrt on the roll hook, as attendants. school
NJ. wa es anlishcd In April last; In each
meals were provided during the year. Over
three hundred PAIRS 81 shoes were given
To the scholars m three Of the schools exclusive
OF tue II me, and nearly three thousand II tie
rments nave been made up by the managers
aud thcir friends a a gwen to he children. This
IL tnc WORK "t Tue h-socih ION anu II = only Just
that tue managers should he judged by their
work. Tue cniiuren are well cared Tor In tue
Home ana u OK healthy and hHppy. No ftdh
occurred among the two hundred chill iren dur
ny tue past year. ard no dangerous epidemic
prev lied. III r. Is every reason to believe that
tue hostility to the BfoOkyn Home for ID sti-
tute children had ils origin IN the fact tn &C the
Commissioners Of Charity were opposed to the
action OF the SUI ervisors in breaking up the
County Nursery and taking the cnildren from
under their control.
STRAW OF SUGGESTION.
There only two Protestant asylums ap-
pointed to receive the county wArds-the Brook
Ign Home for Destitute Children and the bui d.
INC Of the industrial School Association IN vii
ams burgn this LIST y very limited as to room,
ana IA now entirely iull. There are constant
applications ma e TO tue BROOKLYN me by
parents Tor the aimtsst n % children. and they
are Obliged To receive h use on charity VINO have
"a night to the puOlic fund, because t. Commits
siOners passed resolutions to the effect thtt
trey would ulace no chiidren IN the BROOKLYN
Home, ani none have been sent there since the
81 a. August last. As a consequence OF those
resolutions, while the Roman Catholic poor
may get relief Ia their own Institutions. the
Protestant po1r are entirely cut Oh fr itu theirs
According to q account rendered TO the super
v~ors for the month OF September, there we're
593 county cnildren IN Roman Catholic asvlums
at an expen-e to the county Of - SDDOf for m al
month. while during the same line there were
only about - children in Protestant asy-
Iuui. at "A cost Of $3,sbB In view OF tho com
nand. Whatsoever yr would that men should
do to YOU do ye even so to them" the managers
feel That the sense ~ justice in the Roman Cato.
Ollie as well as IN tNe Protestant community will
cOndemn this action Of the Commissioners Of
Charir, wnich debars large portiuD of the peo-
pie from The use OF the public mone,, unless II
/, received through the channel of a Particular
It'll. The children OF the Protestant poor IN
VIII ,msDurgh, BROOKLYN, or any O her portion
81 Kings county are now, by the action ~ the
Commissioners OF Charity. entirely cut al from
the use OF the public fund provided for them,
unless they accept 1t through Roman Catholic
asylums.
Slips OF the managers statement are placed
in the pews Of all the Brooklyn churches to-day,
as uDon the confidence and good will OF the
church-eoing people the success OF the institu-
ton depends. sad sequence to the excite
ment caused by the charges brought against the
Home W the serious illness and subsequent
death OF Mrs Jesse {. Smith, the First Directress
of the society. she was the wife of the General,
one Of Brooklyn's oldest and most honored citi-
zens, always active In benevolence, open-ianded
aud warm-hearted In self-denyiug work for the
poor and distressed. Her funeral WAS ATTENDED
on Friday afternoon BY an immense concourse
OF people, among whom were her associates at
the Home and the managers Of all tae chari-
table institutions OF the city.
REMARKS or REV. DIR. n. II. scHENcK. D. D.
At the funeral the Rev. DR.. Schenck spoke
substantially as follows: No one but a Chris
tian pastor knows the difficulty Of the ONCE he
Is Gale upon to MI when valued cO-worker in
Christ, with whom he has been for years a-sO-
ciaied ia lhbors Of love, and TO whom he Il allied
by ties " personal friendship and Christian
sympathy Is taken away rom the scene 81 hrr
laburs and ne is called upon to rise w In the
church Of God and give mis- testimony to the
faith and nd lity OF the departed saint. IL Il
due to the character and the occasion that some
thins meet 7iuu'd be al cred. aud >e 10 spe h
inc truth ~ lyNr'to ten the story OF NE WI II
Tut eXgggerI ton and without Withhold ing and
this while the heart II swelling with tender emo
tlOn,is indeed task Al once difficult aud delicate
Mrs. smith was woman of remarkable char
acter and work. Forty nve years ago she gave
herself To Cnrist IN tue pubic confession of HIS
church ~ God! Forty-lve ye irs out OF sixty
IN he service Of her Misterl Early in the bud
ding OF her girlhDod she stood up for Jesus, aud
during all these years she has followed Christ
without fear and without reproach. What
raphy the lyrics OF statesmen, poets, scientists
men OF art and enterprise, have nothing In them
comparable to tue simple legend that "she
walked with God for forty-h years and then
God TOOK her," what a memory for eternity!
What u glorious reminiscence 10 recall ana
ponder during the blissiul ages OF the
great hereafterl Forty-hve years in the SER
vice OF Jesusl And then to 20 up higher
For thiTtN i've years Mrs. Smith has been "A
member Of the communion In this parish, and
during the whole Of TINS long period she has
been active In Christian work, identifying her
self with all the benevolent operations Of the
church, aud with singular r. al and self sacrifice
discharRing the great ofiice Of mother in Is
rael, to the hOnOriDg Of the Head OF The Church
and the efficient helii II those to whom she
was called TO minister. For more than twenty
two years Mrs. Smith was AN active worker in
and for the latter part Of this time the Presi-
dent of, one II the MODEST Of the charities Of
this city. ! refer to the Industrial School, in
which some NIFTY TO sixty different congrega-
tions Of Christians are actively Interest
ed. Here 1t that Mrs. smith found
her chief work and care. Here II was
that af,er the example OF Jesus she took little
children into uer arms aud secured for them the
blessing OF Christian nurt and the sweets Of
ChristiIu CIVILIZATION. Thee little walls upon
tho great surging sea OF human society these
little ones, orpn ned or deserted Of their human
IureutuRe, made To realize this