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COMMITTEE ON THE CARE OF DEFECTIVE, DEPENDENT, DELINQUENT AND NEGLECTED

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COMMITTEE ON THE CARE AND RELIEF OF NEEDY FAMILIES IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

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Raymond F. Almirall.

E. B. Amend.

Constant A. Andrews
H. D. Atwater.
Samuel P. Avery.
Otto T. Bannard.

Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen.
Nathan Bijur.
J. B. Bishop.

Miss Mary W. Booth.
C. Loring Brace.
Arthur von Briesen.
John Crosby Brown.
Roscoe C. E. Brown.

Edmond J. Butler.
George F. Canfield.
William J. Carr.

Joseph E. Chamberlain.
Edward P. Clark.
James Clarke.

Bird S. Coler.

Charles F. Cox.
John D. Crimmins.

W. Bayard Cutting.

Joseph F. Daly.

Eugene Delano.

Mrs. Beekman de Peyster.

Carll H. De Silver.

Edward T. Devine.

George E. Dodge.

Hon. Francis N. Mann, Jr., Troy.
Prof. Herbert E. Mills, Poughkeepsie.
John G. Myers, Albany.

I. N. Phelps Stokes, New York.
Lawrence Veiller, New York.

Ansley Wilcox, Buffalo.

LOCAL COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

Chairman, R. Fulton Cutting.

Treasurer, Isaac N. Seligman.

Secretary, Walter S. Ufford.

William E. Dodge.

Rev. James J. Dougherty, LL.D.

M. J. Drummond.

J. T. Duryea, M. D.

Mrs. William Einstein.
H. C. Fahnestock.
Charles S. Fairchild.
Stephen Farrelly.
John P. Faure.

C. Irving Fisher, M. D.
Homer Folks.

Mrs. M. Fullerton.
Franklin H. Giddings.
Richard Watson Gilder.
Miss Helen Miller Gould.
Marcellus Hartley.

Abram S. Hewitt.

Frederick W. Holls.

Rev. Wm. R. Huntington, D. D.

Thomas W. Hynes.

Myer S. Isaacs.

Samuel Macauley Jackson.

Miss Annie B. Jennings.

Frederic B. Jennings.

John W. Keller.

Charles D. Kellogg.
Daniel F. Kellogg,

W. C. Kellogg.

John S. Kennedy.
Edward H. Kidder.

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THE SECOND NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION.

FIRST SESSION.

Tuesday, November 19, 1901.

The Second New York State Conference of Charities and Correction was called to order in Association Hall, corner of Twentythird street and Fourth avenue, New York City, at 8.30 p. m., Tuesday, November 19, 1901, by Mr. Robert W. de Forest, President of the Conference. Mr. de Forest made the following remarks:

Gentlemen and Ladies:

The pastor of one of our largest metropolitan churches has recently adopted the habit of writing in the leaflet which his congregation find when they enter their pews a brief pastoral letter, as he calls it. A little more than a week ago this letter which I hold in my hand was found in the pews. It is addressed to the "lay workers and Bible school teachers of this congregation." It reads in part:

"Friends: It was formerly considered that any man or woman if a Christian could do effective work as a Bible teacher or lay worker without any previous careful study of the Bible and without any comprehensive knowledge of it. Fortunately those days are well by. It is distinctly appreciated now that unassisted goodness no more fits one to teach Christianity than it fits one to teach writing or astronomy. Although Christianity does not consist in ideas and although intelligence is not piety, yet piety in order to instruct impressively, intelligent people must itself be intelligent; and it is an omen of good that there is a growing demand not only for teachers whose hearts are consecrated but for those whose heads are at the same time disciplined in the truths proposed to be taught."

Those who are workers in the great cause of charity, of whom this audience is so largely composed, have long ago realized that benevolence, mere "well wishing," is not true charity, that true charity in its practice calls quite as much for qualities of the head as of the heart, and it is as one who holds that belief speaking to those who also hold that belief and have long acted upon it, as this Conference and Conferences of this kind which have preceded it testify, that I have the honor of opening the Second New York State Conference of Charities and Correction.

The first gentleman whom I have the honor to present to you is the Chairman of our Local Committee, a gentleman long known in works of benevolence, not only of the heart but of, the head, a gentleman who for years past has been devoting himself conscientiously and continuously to what is perhaps the highest sphere of charity, municipal good government; one who is Chairman and head of the Citizens' Union, and who, except for his own modesty, would to-day have been Mayor of this great city. I take pleasure in introducing the Chairman of our Local Committee, Mr. R. Fulton Cutting.

ADDRESS OF R. FULTON CUTTING.

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is with great pleasure that I welcome all of you here to New York. We expect a great deal from those of you who come from centers where population is not as dense as it is with us, from the views of men and women less discouraged by the somewhat depressing problems that surround us in our efforts to better the condition of the poor. Those who come to the great cities expect to receive a great deal. Influences that will make us more intelligent in trying to grapple with these great problems kindle us, and, shunning rivalries, we learn what you are doing elsewhere. We expect a great deal because there are so many ladies with us here. Of course those of us who are married have long ago learned that the greatest part of the intelligence of our family resides with the wife, but

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