The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-19
KINGS DAUGHTERS
Jubilee Rs-Un on to be Held on
the Goth Inst.
MRS. DAVIS ADDRESSES
The International Secretary OF
the Order Visits Raleigh.

Grated Worker--HeceptEon at the u
M. C. A.--Mrs. (. {. Wiley's Address
to Methodist Women on Parsonage
and Home Mission Work.
The Kings Daughters and Sons of
the city of Raleigh will gather in a
general meeting the Goth inst, to cele-
brate the Jubilee Year" of the order,
this being the tenth anniversary of its
establishment
The order OF nings Daughters has
had a most remarkable career. A de-
cade ago this year ten conseerated wo-
men in New York inaugurated this
movement. To-day there are 100000
members of the order in every country
in the world except Thibet. Mrs. Mar
garet Bottome in the president of the
international organization, Mrs. Anna
Dickinson is vice-president, and Mrs.
Isabella Charles Davis is correspond
ing secretary.
The State convention, held at Chapel
Hill last week, was enthusiastic and
successful. The youngest member of
the order in the State is four months
old. the Oldest is a centenarian.
Mrs. Davis attended the meeting at
Chapel Hill, and made fine impress
sion there BY special invitation she
came to Raleigh, and has been in the
city since Friday Saturday morning a
meeting of the leaders of circles was
held, and in the afternoon Mrs. Davis
spoke to a large gathering on Unity
and Christian Love"
Sunday afternoon in the Christian
church a general meeting Of the mem
bers of the order and their friends was
held. Miss Maud Merrimon sang a
very sweet and appropriate solo. Rev.
j. l.. Foster offered prayer.
Mrs. Davis was the speaker Of the
occasion. She made a touching and
eloquent plea for a higher spiritual
life. 81 am here as an elder sister"
she said, come home to talk about
our Fathers business. This gospel
of Christ is the only thing that can
satisfy the human heart. In the enor-
NOUS membership Of the Kings
Daughters of necessity there some
times arise Misunderstanding as to
what the order means. believe | had
best tell you the story of Tedeeming
love as it is expressed in the order"
She read three verses from John on
which. she said the order was found
ed. She said: 1.-THE order OF Kings
Daughters is one Of those organizations
that in the last twenty-five years have
arisen to aid the church. We differ
from other societies in that our order
goes back TO the very foundation. In
It we know no dividing lines, political
religious or social, but we stand on
the grand truth of the Fatherhood OF
God and the Brotherhood OF Man. We
came to every man with thus message:
You are the child of God.o We ask
brothers and sisters to come closer tor
gether and close to his heart; that we
may develop the divine spark until 1t
is a consuming flame. We say to every
one. ..Come, if in your soul there is q
longing for a holier and higher life. :"
NOW are we the sons of God, yet 1t
doth not yet appear. but it shall be"
The voice of one crying Love- in the
worlds wilderness Of sorrow and woe,
behold. the Lamb Of God galxeth away
the sins Of the world" The primary
object of the order is the development
of the spiritual life. The charitable
work Of the order should be the OUT
come of the spiritual life.
I'VE don't have any age limit; the
Youngest member of the order is two
weeks old and the eldest has lived
1913 years. In many places the order
IS changing social and economic con-
ditions. making them over again for
tn. better. There isn't any b0r-
fer-line in the order now; it covers the
earth. The cross on your heart
means the life for Jesus; the heart TO
love, and the hand to help. Ii means
Christ in your churches, your homes,
your lives. He whom we have seen in
the Lord Jesus, the Lover of the world,
the Father waiting for Hisc hildren
to come toHim.
The meeting was largely attended.
After the address a conservation SER
vice was held.
Last evening from six to eight a re-
ception was rendered Mrs. Davis by the
Kings Daughters of the city. This
was held in the parlors of the i. NJ. G.
Al A large number of ladies and gen
tlemen attended. and had the pleasure
Of meeting this eloquent and conse-
Grated woman. She made a speclal
talk on the work of the circles of
Kings Daughters. Dainty refresh
ments were served, and the guests en-
ION8N y ufllEub1ul houI.
This morning Mrs. Davis leaves for
her home in New York.
MRS. WILEY's ADDRESS.
Yrs. 4. +. Wiley, one of the most
prominent workers and consecrated
Christian women in the Southern
Methodist church, is in the city. She
is one of the general officers of the
Parsonage Aid and Home Mission So
ciety of the church, whose principal
work is TO furnish homes for the brave
pioneer ministers who carry the gos-
pei to the wild frontiers of the nation.
Sunday afternoon at four O'Clock in
the Sunday School room of Edenton
street church Mrs. Wiley addressed a
largely-attended meeting of ladies', on
the work of the society she represents.
She pictured eloquently the need that
must be supplied and told of the great
work being done. The ladies who at
tended were much interested in the
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