sympathy and tenderness, to fulfill His command, so that some day He may say, "I was sick and in prison and ye came unto Me."

You will have a great opportunity in this conference to hear from the lips of men who are doing the work and the women who are in touch with the problem, that from which they have gathered hope and courage and blessed results.

I leave with you the message that day by day the great white field gets whiter to the harvest, and with the realization that every soul saved, every crooked man made straight, every unclean soul purified, counts; we are sending men forth to become a blessing where they have been a curse.

Benediction by Rev. Edgar F. Gee, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.

MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Civic Auditorium of Oakland, Sunday Afternoon, October 10, 5:00 o'Clock.

President Byers: Our association has been exceedingly blessed in that our membership has been so infrequently depleted by death. It is not often we have been called upon to hold memorial services.

At a meeting of the Executive Commitee, held in May, a committee was appointed to prepare a memorial on Dr. Charles R. Henderson and Rev. Samuel G. Smith. These two ex-Presidents it is fitting we should honor by this service, but in doing so we should not neglect mention of those others, who in a more modest way, contributed to this great work:

T. J. Davis, Superintendent State Farm, Lassiter, Va. Born Gloucester County, Va., February 17, 1847. Died Lassiter, Va., July 7, 1915.

Judge Felipe Diaz Alum, Havana, Cuba. Born October 20, 1850. Died February 11, 1915.

R. B. Chadwick, Superintendent Delinquent and Dependent Children, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Born Hamilton, Canada, July 15, 1879. Died Edmonton, Canada, June 25, 1915.

SAMUEL GEORGE SMITH.

Samuel George Smith, student, teacher, preacher, politician, statesman, educator, theologian, historian, sociologist, penologist, philosopher and philanthropist, in the midst of labors that made him loved and known throughout the world, passed quickly from the activity of his busy days into the serene realization of eternity at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 25th, A. D. 1915.

He was president of the American Prison Association for the year 1914, and presided at its last session held in St. Paul.

-Scarcely a field of effort for human betterment in the world but has felt his molding touch. His works live after him, and will carry his name and fame to the gratitude of coming generations.

In grateful remembrance of his kindly but impelling personality, his untiring zeal in the promotion of the objects of the Prison Association, and to bring the inspiring lessons of his life and spirit to comfort us in our loss, and stimulate us and others in the future, we present the record of his noble life.

He was born in the parsonage of a Methodist minister, to the Reverend William and Harriet Johnson Smith, at Birmingham, England, March 7, 1852. While he was yet a child, his parents came to America, and his father was assigned a missionary post in Iowa. At the age of fourteen, young Smith had pursued the means of education afforded him with such zest that he passed with honors. the examination for teachers' license, although his youth prevented the issuance of the license. At the age of seventeen he was principal of the public school at Jessup, Iowa, and at twenty was principal of the Albion, Iowa, Academy. He attended for a time the Upper Iowa University, and was graduated at Cornell College in 1872. Syracuse University later conferred on him the degree of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy. He entered the itinerancy of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served pastorates at Osage and Decorah, Iowa. In 1879 he was called to the pastorate of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of St. Paul. Here, with the exception of two years, when he served as Presiding Elder of the St. Paul District, he served until he founded the People's Church of St. Paul in 1888. This church was in truth a realization of its name-a church of the people. It became quickly a strong, endowed institution, with Dr. Smith its vigorous, dynamic center. In 1902 its splendid church edifice was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt at once at a cost of $100,000, and by the tireless energy and zeal of its preacher an endowment fund of $100,000 was raised, the income of which insures its perpetuity.

A zealous and unfettered truth-seeker Dr. Smith was his life long, but his zest was chiefly for those truths that affect the happiness of men, and for him to think and see was to act. The broad and liberal platform of the People's Church gave splendid oppor

tunity for the circulation of his message to men and human needs, but his powerful enthusiasms were carried by his great energy and force of character into practical lines of realization in broader fields. His sympathies led him first to the study of the political, social and moral problems of the day, and promptly he set about the business of social reform and reconstruction. Soon after his arrival in St. Paul, he led in an aggressive campaign for effective control of the liquor traffic, and was chiefly instrumental in the drafting of the liquor regulations that are still upon the statutes of Minnesota. His activities as a social worker were not bounded by the charitable and benevolent enterprises of his own church. He became a potent factor in behalf of social and moral welfare in his own city, throughout the State, and beyond. In 1899 he was appointed by the Governor of Minnesota a member of the Minnesota State Board of Charities and Corrections, with which work, either as an active member or in close affiliation, he was associated until his death. In 1890, the University of Minnesota called him to organize the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. He remained at the head of this department, giving lectures and conducting classes until granted leave of absence a few months before his passing. This department was in many respects a leader in its field.

In 1892, Dr. Smith correlated and brought into system the charities of St. Paul and organized the Associated Charities, later known. as the United Charities. He continued as president of this organization until 1912. In 1892, as a member of the State Commission, appointed by the Governor of Minnesota, he made a trip to Europe to inspect penal and charitable institutions. His survey of such institutions throughout Europe he continued on his many trips abroad. His success in getting first-hand and accurate information upon all subjects was one of his marked characteristics. His sermons, lectures and public addresses were replete with fresh and authentic knowledge from all fields of human effort.

For three years, he was a member of the Public School Board of St. Paul, and was for many years an active member of its Library Board.

For four years, 1897 to 1902, he was a member of the Board of Regents of the State University of Minnesota.

He was a pioneer in the campaign against tuberculosis, and was identified with various organizations engaged in that work.

For many years, he was active in the work of the National Conference of Charities and Correction and served as its president for the year 1905. For five years he was a member of the State Board of Visitors of Minnesota.

In 1910, when Minnesota adopted the "Indeterminate Sentence Act," and created a Board of Parole, Dr. Smith was appointed the citizen member of that board, took a large part in the organization of its work, and continued in its active service to the time of his death.

In 1911, he was a delegate to the First Universal Races Congress at London. Usually his trips abroad were improved for many errands. In this year, besides active participation in the Races Congress, he delivered a number of addresses, finished his survey of jails and prisons in England and the Continent, and put in his spare mornings and evenings in research in the British Museum of ancient manuscripts bearing upon disputed points of early Christian history and doctrine, supplemental to and for scientific accuracy in literary and religious work that never ceased to be his delight.

The subject of eugenics attracted him, and with characteristic directness, he began investigation of the subject. He was delegate of the United States to the International Eugenics Congress, held in London in July, 1912, and made one of the principal addresses before that body.

His connection with the American Prison Association began in 1892. He attended many of its congresses, and brought to its problems and its work his wide knowledge and broad sympathy, his eloquent voice and pen, and the wise and practical direction of his efficient counsel and administration. Those who heard, or have read, his address at the congress in St. Paul on the theme, "State Control of Conduct," will not soon forget the wealth of information, the vigor and pungency of expression, the clarity of logic and the wisdom of its conclusions.