*27.* _Sect, Sectarianism._—The Supreme Court of Nevada defines “sect” as follows: “A religious sect is a body or number of persons united in tenets, but constituting a distinct organization or party, by holding sentiments or doctrines different from those of other sects or people. In the sense intended in the constitution, every sect of that character is ‘sectarian’ and all members thereof are sectarians.”(32) In Pennsylvania the court adopted the definitions given in the Standard and in Webster’s dictionaries.(33) The Supreme Court of Missouri, citing Webster’s and the Century dictionaries, gave the following additional definition of sectarianism: “Sectarianism includes adherence to a distinct political party, as much as to a separate sect.”(34) The Presbyterians(35) and the “Shakers”(36) have been adjudged sects. *28.* _Sectarian._—“Sectarian” has received more contradictory constructions than any other equally simple word in the English language. In Wisconsin the “King James” Bible was held to be a sectarian book;(37) but in Kentucky it was held that neither the Douay nor the “King James” Bible was a sectarian book.(38) The Missouri court extended sectarian so as to apply to the Republican party.(39) In Illinois an industrial school for girls in which the Catholic Sisters were employed as teachers, was held a sectarian institution;(40) while in Wisconsin, the “Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls,” a private corporation organized and conducted by Protestant ladies, has received appropriations from the State and has had its reports published at state’s expense, as a non-sectarian institution.(41) In New York the religious garb of the Catholic Sisters was practically decided to be sectarian;(42) but in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin it was decided that the dress of the Sisters was not sectarian.(43) *29.* _Worship, Services, Mass._—Any act of adoration, reverence, praise, thanks, honor, or veneration given to God, is religious worship.(44) A Sunday-school where the Bible was read and a hymn sung and a state temperance camp-meeting where a prayer was said and hymns were sung, were held to be places of divine worship.(45) But a priest’s house where he had a room fitted up for a chapel, was held to be not a place of worship.(46) It is very difficult to draw a line—no matter what curves you may give it—between the Protestant system of worship, which consists of the reading of the Bible, the singing of hymns, and the reciting of prayers, and such services in the public schools. Also, there would seem to be no _legal_ difference between a prayer said or a hymn sung by a Catholic and a Protestant. As we have no established church in this country, we have no standard for prayers, hymns, or music.(47)