The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-24
REV. DR. ". L. PHILLIPS,
PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZED
 CHARITIES ASSOCIATION,
Having Accepted the Position of Head of .he Insti,uston Make. Brief, simple stassmens Regarding II.

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 Dear sir: The greatly deplored death lof Judge Wayland has made necessary the choice of a new president of the Or lganized Charities association. Having laccepted and entered upon the duties of that responsible position, it seems fit- ting that I should make a brief, simple statement regarding our aims and plans to our regular supporters and the gen. eral public. The city press has always given us courteous and generous con- Isideration, therefore turn to that me- dium of communication now.
 First a personal word. I have no ex- pectation of making good the loss sus- tained in the death of my lamented pre- decessor. He had so long stood as the exponent of modern methods in charity work. lie had given so much time and personal attention to the association his personality was so commanding and his enthusiasm so contagious that, in the public mind. he had come to be the association. For the popularity of the institution itself, for its steady growth land ever increasing efficiency, as well as for the building in which the work cen- tSAo WV AAC lUl S3CIy lllQCbtCu tO AAilis 4NO man can take his place and do the work as he did it. It is our hope. however, land with the support of the public we expect to continue the work on the lines he laid down. and to keep the associa- tion recognized, useful factor in the l life of the city,
 Two things. explanatory of our pur- poses and methods, need to be said, the present seems an opportune time to say them
 First, it should be said that the work lof organized charity is not simply pre- ventive and repressive; it is not coldly scientific and without sympathy. If prevention and repression are all we aim at, enough has been accomplished to fully justify the existence of the as- sociation, but that is not all. It is not a small thing to discourage tramping, street soliciting. and house to house begging that the city and the communi- ty are saved many thousands of dollars and much annoyance and many habit ual vagrants and beggars have been turned to an honest life of self-support; it Is not small thing that many so- called homes have been prevented from continuing as nurseries of vice and many children saved from life of pro- fessonal mendicancy. But beyond all tSat a large amount of relief and con- sNuctive work has been done which calslot be put into statistics. We aim to serve the home and the community in broad and real ways, to advocate 4 needed reforms, and to befriend the weak and the distressed. This depart Iment os our work has not been adver- tised, it may have escaped public notice, but much having already been done in these directions we expect that more will be done.
 Second. The association has often been criticised as unchristian. or at least not actively Christian. We are not Christian in the sense of evangelism or of tract and Bible distribution; we support no missionary, we leave that to other organizations formed on distinct ly religious lines. But in the large and true sense we are Christian. We teach self-help. stimulate manly self-reli- lance. make it difficult for people to be idle and thriftless; we follow the Naza- lrenes method of removing disabilities, rather than of giving alns. by furnish ing temporary employment and finding permanent situations we conserve the home and quicken the sense of responsi- bility in parents on pain of having their children removed if they do not reform and care for those they have brought into the world: we prevent children from becoming vicious and criminal, and stand between the generous and the imposter This is Christian work because 1t inculcates higher notions of life and responsibility, fosters good morals and respect for law, and nour- ishes a distaste for living on the charity of others; we make cleaner homes, bet ter men and women, save children from evil influences, and prevent waste.
 Because we are attempting to do this Irepressive and aggressive work kindly but firmly because we are helping to Furnish the community with a morally healthier and more dependable eitizen- ship because we are saving the public lmany dollars. and much annoyance, we confidently appeal for sympathy and support.
 From the beginning the association has been served by q board of directors ! comprising many of our very best cit izens of various creeds and races. who have freely given their time. thought personal attention and means to it's in, terests, they are no less enthusiastic and active to-day than in the past. Oul representative, s. o. Preston, has wor the warm regard of the directors for his loyalty to our work, has gained the con tidence Of the public and the city au. tnorities by his wisdom, patience ane lunfailing courtesy, and has achieved g wide reputation as an authority or sociological questions. We pledge our selves, with what wisdom we possess and with what light we can gather iron other organizations and from our owr experience, to continue the bread, hu ! Imane. conservative work for which tht association has stood and to enlarge that work as growing opportunity anG , Ineed may demand; we ask the conf