. New York Infant Asylum Annual Report. confidently look fora continued blessing from the Divine hand guiding usthrough another year. It would seem unnecessary, after so many years of la-bor, to define the methods of our work in this Asylum; yetto many the object and aim of the Institution calls out theyet unanswered question as to whether, by shelteringthose who have fallen, we do not encourage vice, we onlyrespond, that the result of many years of labor prove that,by our agency, we have reached and saved many a poorsoul otherwise far removed from the restraints of homeand friends, and entire
. New York Infant Asylum Annual Report. confidently look fora continued blessing from the Divine hand guiding usthrough another year. It would seem unnecessary, after so many years of la-bor, to define the methods of our work in this Asylum; yetto many the object and aim of the Institution calls out theyet unanswered question as to whether, by shelteringthose who have fallen, we do not encourage vice, we onlyrespond, that the result of many years of labor prove that,by our agency, we have reached and saved many a poorsoul otherwise far removed from the restraints of homeand friends, and entirely estranged from the influence ofeither church or pastor. On our part there has been no lack of interest in andsympathy for the women who have found a temporaryhome with us; and we have renewed encouragement intheir improved manners and habits, certain that no aftercontact with temptation can entirely efface the impres-sions received here,and the impulses given toward an hon-est life. A few hands, hard working though they may be, can-. 47 not stay the tide of evil that brings these unfortunateshither ward, but certain it is that every grain of good seedsown in their hearts will bear fruit in their own inter-course with those just balancing on the edge of a sinfulpath. To the different clergymen who have lifted their voicesamong us we give our thanks, and trust that we mayhave their aid in the future to the work they are so wellequipped to do. It is the Masters harvest field, and thoughthe soil be unpromising and a blight be over the land, thelaborer must toil on, until the final gathering into thegranary, and the Judge of all separates the good grain. The Christmas festival proved a joyous time for thechildren. The dolls which had been provided were dressedwith great taste by the mothers, and on the day appointedour large family was gathered into the sunny school-roomand their hearts delighted with an unusal sight. An ever-green tree stood bright with festoons of gay colors an
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