Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-08-14
KINGS DAUGHTERS.

very nicely and carried her part most
commercially, so that to speak in most
favorable comment of one would be
but to tell the good story of all and we
could not if we would make any just
discrimination. without comment
therefore regarding each individual We
say they all did nobly, and for the in
struction of the public, that the object
and workings of this most worthy or
der may be more generally known, with
the full program as rendered, we print
the essay Of Miss Addie Cross, which
gives historical sketch of the origin
and growth of the General Order, and
also of the local organization and its
workings among us.
| PROGRAMME
Song ................."Ha lleluiah to the Cross"
| Psalm forty five Ella Van Scoy.
Prayer. ........ Rev. Dickinson.
Song. "Jesus Is Calling"
Paper 1.-THE Kings Daughters"
AIDA Cross.
Solo. Observation-Disclosures. ........... Refuge"
Clara Blakcslee.
| Recitation. ......................."Th Sabbath
Maggie Denote.
Duet saved,
Clara Blakeslee and frankie Bay.
Paper I'm His Name"
| Cora Ott
Song ..................."W ork With Our Might"
| RECITATION. The Changed Cross,
May Flack
. Duet ................... ........
Matte Moore and Lily OFT.
Recitation thereafter,
| Maggie Gleason.
SOLO. Ashamed OF Jesus,
Cora OFT.
..,....,...,........Re Rev. IgenfritZ.
song scatter Seeds Of Kindness"
TILE KINGS DAUGHTERS.
\ new spirit of unity and fellowship
in faith, hope and love has been NOV
ing for long time past upon the
hearts of Christians everywhere. Many
| listening souls i'll many places have
heard their Masters call, recognized in
it their heavenly Fathers voice. In
answer to that inward call, Christians
| drew nearer to each other until little
company of ten noble sisters came to-
gether for prayer, consultation and to
devise systematic plan whereby they
might become more useful as children
of the king. They met for the first
time at Methodist parsonage in New
York, the home of Mrs. f. Bottome, on
January 13, 1886. After considering
the good to be gained and the good to
be done by binding themselves to-
gether by triple cord whose strands
are faith, hope and charity, they de-
cided to organize themselves into an
| order or siSterhoOd of service, hoping
by this closer union to increase their
usefulness many fold. OF the various
names proposed for the order, the one
| by Mrs. Irving was most favOrably re-
ceived. The new order was therefore
called The Kings Daughters
The badge of the order is ribbon of
the royal color or a silver Maltese cross
bearing one side the inscription, 81. III.
~" In His name) on the other, 1885,
the date of organization. Since to look
upward is to trust, to look forward is
to hope, and to look outward is to feel
the woes of others, forgetting our own,
and to lend hand is only love in ac-
ton, We chose for our motto:
"Look up and not down,
Look forward and not back,
Look out and not in,
Lend hand"
The Kings Daughters is a nOn-sec-
tartan organized sisterhood purely for
charitable purposes. Any woman may
form band by uniting other women
with herself for joint effort in doing
good. AL who love Christ are invited,
all who wish to serve him are made
welcome. The obligation of every
Daughter of the King is to serve, and
the freedom of every soul as to the
form of service it should choose.
The order takes in human hearts,
| high or low, strong or weak, educated
or illerate, just where they are and be.
gins at once its work of renovation and
of outward succor and help. 1t has
given new impetus to the Christian
movements of the day. Its extreme
simplicity and its adaptability to every
place and condition of human life
makes it universal help and power.
The growth of the order has been re-
marka6le; January, 1886, ten members;
| May, 1880, one hundred and fifty thOus-
and. One hundred and fifty thousand
women means a hundred and fifty
thousand hearts TO pray, one hundred
and fifty thousand voices to speak for
| God, three hundred thousand hands to
work for the cause of Christ and hui
mainly. We now have members in
South Africa, Mexico, Cuba, Great
| Britain, China, Japan, Turkey, Sand
witch Islands, Canada and Australia.
| These circles are formed of ten men,
bers who choose their own special work
and do it In spiEit of humility and
not Boosting of their works.
Our home circle was organized on
July p, 1889, with ten members, elect
ing our officers and choosing as our
motto: 'Be kindly affectioned one
toward another, with brotherly love, in
honor preferring one another. Rom
l2-l0. Since then we have received six
teen new members, making in all
ltwenty,six. we have two classes of
members, active and associate. The
active are those who are Christian
workers, working in His name. The as
sOciate members are those who Join us
with the desire of learning more of
Christ, our great teacher, and through
prayer learning to serve Him. Several
of our members have removed, and
though separated in body We feel united
in heart, and our prayers ascend to the
same King each one DESTROYS of serv.
in His name In whatever place we find
our homes. Our meetings are of re-
ligiOus character. We meet each Sat
! urday evening for the purpose of study
ing the scriptures, for prayer and Civ
ing saeh otaef gHch help as is in our
power by giving our daily GApetiege6s
} in our Christian life and by thus talk.
r ing together we find we both give and
, receive instruction which enables us
!, to work the better by doing the little
things we find along our pathway.
We feel ours is a noble work and de.
: sire and invite all Christian women to
neet with us and by your prayer help
! and encourage 4s in our work of help
ing Others In Ills Name.
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