Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-09
KINGS DAUGHTERS.
THE AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THIS
WORTHY ORGANIZATION.
The Mexico Members to Erect a Home for
| the Aged in This City

n new spirit OF unity anu ieiIo".
ship in faith, hope and love has
been moving for a long time past
upon the hearts of Christians every
where. Many listening souls in
many places have heard their Mas
ter's call and recognized in it
their heavenly Fathers voice. In
answer to that inward call, Chris
tians drew nearer to each other,
until a little company of ten noble
sisters came together for prayer,
consultation and to devise a sys.
tematic plan, whereby they might
become more useful as children of
the King. They met for the first
time at a Methodist parsonage,
whose upper room of prayer is
often the lower room of heaven and
where the messengers of God have
often come and fingered and felt at
home with their guest. It was
at the home of Mrs. F. Bottome,
on the morning of January 13,
1856. After considering the good
to be done by binding themselves
together by a triple cord whose
strands were faith, hope and chart.
ty, they decided to organize them.
selves into an order or sister hood
Of service, hoping by this closer
union to increase their usefulness
many fold, and Mrs. Bottome was
elected its President and still re.
mains in Office as its chief inspira.
ton and evangelical spirit.
Ofthe various names proposed
for this order, the one suggested by
Mrs. Irving was most favorably re.
ceived. The new order was there.
fore called The Kings Daughters
choosing for its badge a ribbon Of
the royal color, to be worn with OF
without the Maltese cross. Since
to look upward is to trust, to look
forward Is to hope, and to look out,
ward is to feel the woes of others.
forgetting our own, and to lend g
hand is only love in action, the
members chose for their motto;
Look up and not down,
Look forward and not back,
Look out and not in,
Lend a hand.
These ten women clasped hands
in avowed purpose, together anG
separately to hasten the coming o:
the kingdom of God in the hearts
of the children of men. They
adopted the simplest form o:
organization. They called them
selves the Central Council" from
which might radiate information
and encouragement for every othel
band that felt drawn within THU
new circle of service and love
The two points most emphasized
by this meeting were: The obliga
ton of every Daughter of the KinI
to serve, and the freedom of every
soul as to the form of service i
should choose. The order take
human hearts. high OF low, eithe
educated or i~lliterate, just wher'
they are. and begins at once it
work of renovation and of outwar,
succor and help. 1t has given
new impetus to the Christian
movements of the day. Its ex
treme simplicity and its adapta
bility 10 every phase and conditio,
of human life makes it a universe
help and power. A great and glo
rieus future is before it if only 1t
members are strong enough il
their convictions, and esrnes
enough in their efforts to seize tn
opportunity that Is lying befor'
them on all sides, in all direction
and in all lands.
Il Ours has become an age of prac
teal Christianity, or of Christian
ity in practice. There is not
want of suffering humanity tina
does not lift its hand for help a
never before in the worlds history
Il And the worlds heart was never 8
stirred, and its hands never o