New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-21
KINGS DAUGHTERS AND SONS
THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OPENS IN
THE MADISON AVENUE CHURCH.
TIE INTERNATIONAL ORDER LISTENS TO
SPEECHES BY MRS MARGARET BoTTOME
THE REV HENRY VAN DYKE. MRS
DAVIS MRS ROSSITER AND
DIR. IONGACRE.


DAVIS. MRS. ROssITER AND
DIR. IoNGACRE.
THE annual convention Of the Kings Daughters
and Sons began It's sessions with a meeting yes
te-day afternoon in the Madison Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, corner of SiXtieth-st, large
number being present. The order row embraces
fully one-haf a million IN its membership ana rec
ogrizes no dividing line, whether of race. creed or
social conditions, but welcomes all ahke IN al
earnest effort TO spiritualize life.
!, works In groups called circles. varying In size
some having only ten members. some hundreds
The pulpit was draped with purple and white the
colors of The order with silver Maltese cross.
their badge In the centre.
The meeting opened by singing the Hy""
Nearer My God to Thee" under MIR. Morgan
leadership, followed by a prayer by the rev. IT.
Henry Dyke.
Mrs Margaret Bottome. president OF the inter-
na,,onal Order made tire first address. and was
followed by Dr. van Dyke and DR.. Longacre' WIN
singing interspersed.
The addresses were Of purely religious char
acter Mrs Bottome spoke as follows:
~ wan. TO tell you OF my great and solemn JOY
IN being able to attend these three days meetings.
1h.v are not ordinary gatherings but have spe-
cia1 inport as meaning that this vast order IL III
line with the great wave OF spiritual ac'iVi'S o"
swearing over the world. To these meetings "o
come for the express purpose Of opening our hearts
MON and women but to the voice of God speaking
,hroueh them Come apart until We be endued
With power was Christ's command be We hiieu
with the Spirit. he gave direction. ana surrey II Is
6,tjng that we who bear the name KING Daush-
,a-e. sbou,d obey that command. We all have the
cnir,, hut we must have more than that IT We are
10 do our work In the world faithfully we mus.
ts allied with the Spirit 10 the exclusion OF al
selfish thoughts, desires and actions Only by .ns
complete absorption into the Spirit can VIC OBEY Ills
command whose daughters and sons we are
DR. van DYKES address on the topic chosen
49,. davis misunderstanding from Sin lie
said: 5000, a
va End II difficult realize our special ana
,,dir;sual s,pfIlness We have a wonderfully VIVA
couprehersion of public inquity. Ihere never was
time when reforners were louder IN thelr uen""-
c,,.o, Of the sins Of society, the evils OF 'he age
h,t how many of us have vital UNDERSTANDING
.. our own particular sins-the Individual SINS
80. ,o IN make the tremendous aggregate or pup
10 evil? DO we recognize our sins as s sucn
We may recall five or SIX or svei pentsnre hut
c,r lives as matters for regret ana repentance o
us1 u al remember the little faults-do you even
10 10 you pe,,e The harsh word. the uncharita6Ie
t""Sg,.,t the unkind thought-how 90 we KNOW
f cGsn, n.y. harm they may have done? Can we te
TOW mu r faInre in some duty may have influenced
some one for evil and how that one may nd an
e,~nced another and another! lhousIni.s o .n,hr
, 80 radjating influence extending 1urther
than we guess in ever-widening heid resnonsible
FOR o,t ins Am my bTo,hers kseper? is IA qq Gay
lion on the lips OF humanity 'o- gay ak IL # You are
~ ~ n,,~jshed for unnended evil that may coll'e.
Wei God is mercifui and tender ana .he casno,
,sI1,v esrane The consequences Of our SINS mess
W. ret entirely rid of them through the ie"e"'
,,9n orered bv Christ rusor, nor
"Acrept and believe on Him as presen MIDI per u,
.o,e1 p,..or~ and become filed with the sprit OF
r rY1 80, "a ana YOUR life snail blossom out into
beauty and peace I.,.e, of tho neces-
stv for repentance and the delight OF sanc''ne'
living. 49,, .dd-ess a short prayer
,,Ae,,rr vas held. under the direction OF MIS-
lisa belle Charles Davis. 49, O 60 O o,clock the
. "a. ~ were Mrs Bottome and Dr. i'ongacre'
80 he aftsr-meeting was led by MIS- D d. No'
The Rev Dr. benjamin Adams ana 'n ,poa hTu;
II + Cobb will be the spea k ossock and in Inc
49, .s The Rev Anthony Evans and the Kew Ut
II Shaw will speak.