The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-11
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CHARITY WORK
DISCUSSED IN
CITY PULP|Ts.
Members Of the Conference
achinRichmond Church.
es Explaining Objects Of
Great Convention.

licemen and preachers, filed the pull
pits OF Richmond yesterday. and in
nearly every instance presented sim
pie and practical view of Christians
| ity as the extension of the hand OF
help to the fallen brother. "Inas-
much as We have done 1t unto the
least of one of these, we have done Is
unto Me-" was the text of more thai
one discourse, and was the spirit WHICH
prompted many. The aims and objects
| of the conference. and of the different
| sections thereof were set before con-
gregations Of Rchn ond people from
| their own pulpits, and the effect Of
more thorough knowledge Of philan-
thropic work Will no doubt be wides
spread.
Mr.. Peabody Speaks.
Mr.. George Foster Peabody. of New
York spoke at the morning service
in st. James Episcopal church. des.
cribtng with much earnestness tha
work being done by the uplift of hui
mainly in many parts of the world.
One of the great benefits OF the
conference" said Mr.. Peabody, "s that
1t reveals to the world generally what
Is being done by the people Of the
State Of Virginia for the relief OF their
poor. and especially for the negroes.
The Central Hospital at Petersburg.
where the State cares for the colored
Insane, Is model for the whole South.
Int has no objectionable features such
as are often found In such tnstitu,
lions. The inmates are humanely and
considerably treated. and the percen-
tage Of cured and partial cures is un-
usually high
Mr.. Peabody strongly advocated the
| co -ordinatng of the churches and the
| charities of the country in unified
! movement on the common basis of the
brotherhood of man.
objects OF the Conference.
Mr.. John NJ. Glenn. director of the
| Russell Sage Foundation. was the
speaker at st. Paul's Church in the
| morning. giving to that congregation
a brief resume of the purposes and
Iobiects of the conference, claiming that
Iit was not only worth while from it's
| Intrinsic value TO those participating in
! comparing methods and results, but
! also in it's indirect bearing on the
community in which 1T met. 1t has
l been the history of the conference that
/ wherever II sits conditions in pubic
institutions have been improved and
/ the methods of caring for the toor
have been elevated.
i Besides reviewing some of the more
!, generally understood ihases Of the
\ work, Mr.. Glenn called ettention to the
necessity of frequent inspection of the
condition of all public institutions. lie
commended the step taken by the
last Virginia Legislature in forming
State Board of Charities, describing it
as a signal advance in the care of the
4 unfortunate. Mr.. Glenn told of his
visit to the State Penitentiary. and
spoke in the highest terms of Super
intendent Morgan. Without oratorical
effort the address was plain. practical
i and direct. In the interest of sub
! jects treated and in the broad grasp
on the problems 1t was a revelation to
the people Of the work of the confer
ence and of It's aims
! Work OF Prevention.
i At the Seventh Street Christian
Church Mr.. w. Fl. McClain, of st.
8 Louis, presented the parable of the
Good Samaritan. He asked the aues-
ton whether It would not have been
a better deed even than that of the
Good Samaritan. who bound up the
people of that section provided
4 strong police force for the Jericho
II Road? This question: said the
sneaker. illustrated the work the
more advanced people in this CONFER
ence are attempting. We are endeav-
oring to prevent robbery ana o'ooa
Z shed, to set up sign-posts and to po-
lice the highways, to prevent the lone
liy traveller from falling among
/ thieves" he declared.
address. by Miss Adams.
4 Miss Jane Adams. head OF the Huil
Il House Settlement in Chicago, SPOKE
4 al the morning service at the flrsl
4 Unitarian Church. taking as her sun sun,
iect tho conversation OF Jesus VIII
tho Samaritan woman at the Wen.
She said that Jesus approached peo-
nle not in spirit of alloofness.
aHolier than Thou" spirit, but as
svmnathetic traveller along the way
! Of life. She pointed out the TACT that
peoplc who want to be helpful TO t me
i human race coming more ana Hlore
Z info touch in a simple individual way.
r,tb thc abaudoned the defective, the
neglected and the ignorant, and are
awakening IL them love for spiritual
: tbinrs TT Wis wonderful encour-
I agement to know that many people an
over tho world arc being helped in this
) direct and simple way, SAID MISS
!, Adams.
land, Me- a delegate on the confer
ence assisted in tho service.
Former Policeman breaches.
i BEFORE a large audience at the Sew
cnth Street Christian Church last night
! Mr.. j. Il. Dawson. for twenty-one years
la member of the police force OF 81:
!, Louis. read paper on lnslltutionat3
work for the care OF the poor. ~ ~
!, II d. c. Maclachlan, announced that;
mr.. Dawson was communicate OF
tho Roman Catholic Church and con-
graduated his congregation that ne
4 platform Of Christian church Was
!, broad enough to hold any man who was
!, laboring for the welfare of his neigh
J, Dor.
Mr.. Dawson said he had begun lifa
Z as a roundsman on the ST. Louis po-
lice force. and with an officer's knowl.
i, edge OF the undersde of life had
I given his time to study Of It's prob.
4 lens lie Is now superintendent OF
A tho st. Louis Workhouse and has
Charge of the dstribaton , To- the poor r
i, dawson mas been a strong opponent
J. of the fee system in paying, sheriffs
i and jailers for housing criminals m
!. his paper last night he severely con.
t demned the average police court and
/. common Jail as the periost schools for
! crime, where tho child as the result
: of single thoughtless boStsh offenss3
:. gets the impulse to life of wayward-
! ness and criminality. Eie strongly iirg-
ed the chiltren's court and the sep
! aration Of Juvenile and first offenderi
!, from tho hardened criminal. Mr.. Daw-
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