The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-12-22
KINGS DAUGHTERS AND THEIR
MISSION.
The Influential Organizations Of Ladies
Which Has IN His Name" for
Watchword.

Voe1A WIN |
Boston Traveller.
Published by request so that all
may know the workings of the order
of Kings Daughters.l
''In his name" is the simple yet
grand and noble watchword of one OF
the most devoted and efficient organi-
zations in the world, the Kings |
Daughters.
Although but seven years old, this
order has achieved wonderful results
in development of spiritual life and
the stimulation of Christian activ-
tiles.
There is being held in this city the
third annual convention OF the Mas.
sachuSetts of the international order
and hundreds of bright and fair faces
will be seen assembled to transact
the business Of the order, and to lis
ten to the distinguished representa-
tives who will address them.
The Kings Daughters is no longer
an experiment. With its rapid growth
and the good which it has accomplish
ed, this great band of Christian work
crs is one of the most successful fca-
lures in the uplifting of mankind
which the nineteenth century has
witnessed.
Like the wind that blowcth where
it listeth, a new spirit of unity and
fellowship in faith, hope and love had
been moving for long time upon the
hearts of Christians everywhere.
A few Of these listening souls, in
answer to the upward call were drawn
together
On January l3, 1886, little compa-
ny of ten women met at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Margaret Bottome.
After consideration of the good to be
done and the good to be gained by
binding themselves together by a
triple cord of Faith, Hope and Chari-
ty, they decided to organize them
selves into an order or sisterhOOd OF
service, hoping by this closer union
to Increase their usefulness many
fold.
or the various names proposed fOi
this order, the one suggested by Mrs
Theodore Irving was most fayorably
!, received. The new order was there
fore called the Kings Daughters,
choosing for its badge ribbon Of the
Royal color to be worn with or with
'. out the maltese cross.
Since to look upward is trust, to
look forward is hope, and to look out
is to feel the woes of others, forget.
ting our own, and to lend Il hand Is
the only aid in action, the members
: chose for their notices:
"Look upward and not down"
Look forward aud not back"
. Look out and not in
Lend hand"
, And since Christ, the elder brother
!, lived these notices for their exam.
/. pie, they took for their watchword
n Sin His Name"
d At this their first meeting Mrs
4 B0ttOme was chosen president, Mrs
n Mary Lowe Dickinson secretary an(
( Miss Hammerslcy treasurer.
+ From this beginning there ha.
d grown an organization consisting O
;. over 100000 members scattered owe
nearly every country on the globe. A
!. the present time it exists in create
q or less numbers in North and Soutl
!; America, Great Britain, Germany
d France, Italy, Greece, Switzerland
q Denmark, Turkey, India, China, ia
% pan, New Zealand, Sanwich Islands
"a Bermudas and Bahamas.
n There are individual members ant
some circles in Palestine, effectiv,
v bands in Smyrna and several hun
dred In mission fields abroad.
% The extraordinary rapid growth ha'
,e proved that its projectors had bee
quite right in the suppositien tina
there were multitudes of women cage
10 and desirOus OF making their lives o
r. value to themselves and Of use to tn
world and second, that what the
II needed was not stimulation in 0rde
to make them willing workers for tn
9. best methods of battling with tn
g. worlds misery and sin.
And the marvels is not that thi
,e work OF dealing with this great mas
10 OF womanhood has been perfectly az
complished, but that such wonderful
10 progress should already have bee
made.
@. Its object never was the erection
new institutions or the establish
10 ment OF new work, but the trainin
mr. of character until 1t should be quic
xt helpful force in good work already el
q. isting.
n. Yet the society can point to sue
an amount OF new and aggressI,
work as would be grand record
n there was nothing else to be c0nside
I'd ed. 1t did not originate kindergarte
n work, but In maky States OF IL
q Union II has greatly increased II
he number that existed Ave years ag'
AT several points 1t has actually cr'
In atcd hospitals. Hospital visitation
with dclicacles, with flowers and wit
ch loving kindness that Is so precious
the sick, has beenan important pal