New-York tribune., 1885-01-26
NJ DOGMASIN THE SERVICES.
oo,1sp OF REFUGE CHILDREN UNBIASED.
.~noxc DIRECTIONS TO THE FREEDOM OF woh-
SHIP BuL-rTs DANGERS.

,,poyG OBJECTIONS TO THE FREEDOM of "o''-
SHIP BILL-ITs DANGERS.
M, .o- oollad "Freedom of Worship Bill"
49, rnose Of which, unconceaed by its advocates ls 10
.xnose the children in the House OF Refuge Oh i'au
leland to the visitation and religious instruction Vi
.srgvmen of the several denominations 10 Whcn no f
ants of the children may belong, or tor "hien o'
their parents may have predilecuon' h"s " rno or
twelfth annual appearance in the Legislature
,mant used in favor of the bill is that the r"eS 49,
gu,at,ons governing the House Of Refuge IL respect
religious instruction, are administered - CON
tal way that does violence l" CON
seience OF the children and me iens , how
v,etions OF their parents 10 "'' r.xv ro
a., -, r.s In this argument TRIBUNE ie-
al t,a services in the chapel OF thc i"S''.
p..Iav There were 761 children present. .ne
avis ns,mberng IL being together IN tho e"''oi''
the right of the platform and IN iroht Vi 'io
,t 100 boys who have been selected ana tralheo az
80. zach was supplied with q Gospel Hymn BOOK
,s,th red cover and small back-coyered Manual OF
Devotion" which has been specially eohphea ior use "
the House of Refuge. There is nothing whatever pe
tween the covers of the manual waich eouu
rovoke cavil from the most Jealous adhercht Oh an!
~Sanom,,ation in so far as its positive terms
are concerned 1t made up of seectons IRON me me
Primes which develop Christian manhood ana d wadd
them against the vices the praetee T are also
Carefully constructed with view to the same re- enu d anu
contain not one phrase or worn ''s' 0o"i "
into seryce began with the reading of few short Sc
The children then stood and most
of them repeated the Lords Prayer In unison WIN @ 1ne
or Who were familiar with the words Joined and A. ne sse ,eaG
ing Of portion of Proverbs NIL olowea
Of life exhorting the children to be obedlent
truthful SaTe TsfTs m s eo@mS nH
the Commandments came next @ tne nrcx mon ms
ana Incline this tbs fS
lowed from the Drt ritual of PsSms sna a'er cxv s
daughters may be as cormer-slones, a familiar talk
TO the Children in which chaplain urged them f 70 De
come polished mind and manners ons anu Of them might
use from his or her present condition to nd Ge,
hCnCsa RE rs%Srks ana s0Ss freely by relating
in lives of the great men ana women III @
tnthfuiaess and other virtues and against cyl courses
The children all listened aenvey & snensS o he n
teresed in the whole sermon. After the snghhg 0d d
RECEIVING the signal Of dismissal, went out quietly and
the close of the services the reporter was unable to
tell what was the denominational belief OF the chaplain
There had not been single word let ran IRON hrS ms e
sect or the Hebrew might have sat oo 1hTSTsh the
whole service without oePSe Se 10 h making himself
known to isGsen Of + woPnsp bill Mr
Jones said OF 1t is directed toward dhis nss snG
tuition It's eec; would be 81 g a Sssey e should iHs SPend san
day The tendency would be to ultimately ashegaSe fe sa
the S.eaS ns %afe Of rOrmSor for the
and education of vicious criminal boys ana girls ms
Dill sh IL. eSsrans whose chief object would be to
sustain the dogmas and doctrines OF tne @ h ne
House Of Refuge was established This is not seeta-
institution and theological ogmai It anr bepe PeFua o
service instruction allowed mere IN @ @Mncn
Sot sec eomSromising its own or ndorsng other
creeds. II has always been the care OF ine ht
should come in. The complaints made against The ad |
arlv III
in the history this institution that any clergyman OF
any denomination has refused participation in its
hsps service or sunday school instruction, but the
contrary each and all are cordially invited ana welcome
TO be present at the services not compelled to take
part them, and they are not allowed TO De annoyed Dy
other boys doing or because Of their peculiar
Nv obection TO the bill is that If becomes law. the
representatives of the various denominations VIII come
here by legal right, and will be beyond just and
ner,nissiSSn 00' so long as they do nothing
e Ruro ne usefulness Of the he, i'm institution
itdoes not contain anything tha Is 20
ANY see peed out and removed The ouy objection
that has been be found with Is that does not
contain all that each sect wants and these directors qr
get that If one them is satisfied in this respect the
others. or the greater part OF them VIII De III ,b
creeds and some no creed arc united on ms ,uprc1,
and have been since the foundation OF the institution
Frederick W. Downer. secretary Of the 1ssr, board,
ing Committee for twenty-eight years nterruP yea
parents make any complaint OF want Of religious
Instruction. In all my experience nave inet win only
one case which there was complaint from parent,
and that was nsgaed by Others. consider II essrn-
tal discipline that there should he uniform service
FROM the statistics OF the parentage OF the new H.
received in 1884 that 04 are OF American
and English parentage, SO OF German % of Jewish and
262 of Irish There evidently large number 0t
denominations represented, and the attempt to hold ser
according the desire OF each Noulu De an eG
tensiye undertaking On April 3, 1888 tie managers
recorded In their minutes the following resoution:
Whereas, The managers OF the House OF KeIuge nave
always favored the visits OF clergymen OF all denOmina
House under the rules and regulations OF the
institution and have invited them to hold service in the
chapel and address the Inmates:
Resoi0d That this Board place this declaration upon
their minutes:
That House of Refuge in every sense of the sord
non-seGtaflah lhstllullon A., -. 81. -,..
That all the inmates have entire freedom OF conscience
md from all religious restraint:
That sacrament OF any particular church or creed
IS used allowed in the Institution:
That services OF purely nOn-sectaran character
held In the chapel ON Sunday as part OF the discipline OF
the House:
That cergymen of all denominations can hold service
according TO the rule OF nonsecariansm and address
the inmates upon giving notice to the board:
That we invite and earnestly request cergymen OF a
the different denominations 10 hold such service in the
House:
parents friends furnish the inmates OF the
House with books Of prayers used in and by their fah
That any inmate sick dying send for any priest
clergy he or she desire, and have all the Of
his her church for such sick person, and that
facility VIII be Afforded TO such clergymen:
That private deyotions and the outward forms re-
Qured by church for individual prayers are allowed
That no effort ia made or allowed to interfere with or
bias the minds OF the inmates religious matters:
That the question the religion or sect never asked
those admitted TO the House, they asked the
hgioR OF the parents:
That this Board condemn as interfering with the dis.
teaching Of kind In the House OF Refuge Ran
dals leland in the City of New-York
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Mr.. TALAAGE SATISFIED And HOPEFUL.