Smyrna times., 1896-04-08

sively said This was the only service
held during the day.
OFFICERS OF THE KINGS DAUGHTERS.
Annual Report OF the Condition of the
Society.
The Society Of Kings Daughters
met at the home of Mrs. John =. Hud-
son last Wednesday evening and cleo
ted the following officers for the en-
suing year: President, Mrs Willard G.
Pierce; First Vice president. Mrs. :.
J. Reynolds; Second Vice President,
Miss Ida Lord; Recording Secretary
Miss Laura Bell; Corresponding Sec
retary, Miss Mary Spruance Treas
urer, Miss Emma Hudson
The following yearly report OF the
society was read by the outgoing sec
retary, Miss Mary ". THOMPSON:
Report of the Little Laura Lee"
Circle of Kings Daughters for the
year ending April 1st, 1896:
Another years work IS done Seed
time and harvest have come and gone.
and we, as stewards, are called upon to
render an account. So We pause by
the wayside to gather up some of the
results Of our work.
First Of all do we desire to render
thanks to Him from whom cometh
every good and perfect gift for the
watchful care and love that has been
around us throughout the year; that
while death has cut off 50 many useful
lives, We as a Circle have been pre-
served, not only through the past wear.
h11N
ago, death has never been permitted 10
break the Circle. So on this, the eve of
new year, We rs 4 Circle desire to
cOnsecrare ourselves more entirely to
the work of the Master. Beecher
writes: 'Consecration is not wrapping
ones self in a holy webb in the sanet-
uary, then coming forth after prayer
and twilight meditation. saving. there.
1 am consecrated. CONSERVATION is 20
ing out into the world where God Al
mighty is, and using every power for
/ for His glory, taking all advantages aS
( trust funds owed 10 God; simply de-
1 dicating ones life. in its whole t6w. 20
/ Gods service. For
What asks our Father ot Hi> children.
save
/ Justice and mercy and humility.
\ reasonable service of good deeds
/ Pure living, tenderness t. human needs.
Reverence, and trust, and prayer for light
to see
The Masters footsteps in our daily ways.
One cup Of healing oil and wine.
/ One offering laid at mercy'S shrine.
Is thrice more grateful. Lord. to Thee.
/ Than lifted eye or bended knee"
/ During the year we have held 23 meet
/ ings. BY dues there has been added to our
Q traa -
! ton of friends, $3.50. BY our annual supper
/ in November, S53.43. BY our masquerade
1 luncheon, given Feb. II. S27. 90 making in
| all, S243.28. At our Thanksgiving recep-
/ ton A ready-made garments We're presented
to the closet by the members of the Circle,
and over 20 pounds OF groceries by visiting
I friends.
! 1t may be of interest to the Circle to re-
call some of the channels through which
our money has drfted for the Masters use
| We sent a check, in April, to Mrs Hamlin,
for 50 to help to pay the expense of little
Alabama girls education. The Circle made
and presented to our shut i'm member
tea gown, at an expense Of So; contributed
$50 to the purse being raised for Mr. Stem
| gle; $40 to the Presbyterian Chapel fund;
/ $40 to the EpwOrth Church, Wilmington;
$25 to the Presbyterian Manse fund At
| Christmas time 100 persons were remem-
! bered at the slight expenditure of 80. In
the winter some of our ladies interested
| themselves and made arrangements to have
a young and wayward girl received into the
Industrial Home, i'll Wilmington The ex-
| pense was slight: II may mean the eternal
salvation OF the girl Then, but a few
weeks ago, Il barrel of canned goods was
sent to the Industrial Home, said barrel
containing over fifty cans. And so we are
learning to keep ourselves more and more
! IN touch with those about us, proving how
much richer our lives may be as we share
the spirit of Him who came mot to be
ministered unto, but to minister"
The voice that was calmer than silence,
said
The Holy supper is kept, indeed,
| In what we share with anOther's need,
Not what we give, but what we share,
For the gift without the giver is bare.
Who gives himself with his aims, feeds
three
Himself, his hungering neighbor and me ~
Our Relief COMMITTEES have remembered
this as they have gone about their work,
| responding to almost every call. not content
to send, but have gone into the homes
where poverty, toll and privation are abid-
ing guests, and have eased the burdens by
| words of wisdom and cheer, the handclasp,
and tone of sympathy strengthening the
heart at the same time that the necessary
food nOurished the body.
able to make as many calls as we could de-
sire There are IN our midst a number of
aged ones, some who for many years have
been the Lords ''shut ms" visit from our
committees means to them a red-letter day,
and as the word of God is read, the hymn
of praise ascends, or in the approach TO the
mercy-seat in prayer, verify Gods blessing
| Is shOwered not only upon the visited, but
the visitor. Surely that which the fOun-
tain sends forth returns again to the fOun-
| tain"
Our Flower Committees have sent out 239
bouquets. We can give no account OF the
comfort and sOlaoe that have come to lonely
and stricken hearts through these little sill
| emit fragrant messengers, with their prom
Use from the word of God and the little bow
of royal purple. These little cards, treas
| ured long after the flowers have faded $50,
the grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but
the word of our God shall stand forever
We have seen the little cards stuck in the
pictures on the walls, and keeping the nlace
for the daily reading in the Bible. These
are such little things, or so they seem to MS.
but the happiness Of life is made up of mi
mute fractions. The little soon-forgotten
cnarltles of a kiss, a smile, a kind look q
clasp OF the hand, and the countless other
innmteslnlals of thought and feeling. Nc
Dohaiu says: To do something ANYTHING
20 cause the sun to shine more brightly on
the clouded lives of our fellow-creat11res il
wy pnV ny enlIg worth being In this world for "
AZ the peginnng OF the year, our Circle
numbered A; 3 have left as bv removal
trom town; l6 new members have united
With us, giving us a membership of 81. The
Slrcle Is widening; who can tell how far its
influence will extend The work aecomp-
hshed may seem small, but who can esti
mate Its results? We leave that with Him
VINO can see the end from the begin
ming; He, who by His own guiding hand.
sets influences in motion which may reach
other lives we dream not of. We have only
70 see to 1t that we SOW the seed more faith
5uliy, more carefully than we have eyer
AS we said in the beginning, the years
Work Is tione; and now as we enter upon
1ne new year, may it not be with fresh zeal,
with INCREASED powers for usefulness with
deeper love for the Master, whose daughters
we are, arid when it is all over, and our feet
VIII run no more, and our hands are helm
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