The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-14

III q:
silver Gross Leahe Growth OF fhe q
Order.
From sorganizatio OF the Order
IN January, 1856 with ten members,
ii has attained, IN 1900, to member
Ship approx1natfng. 100000
AT the resent time itexists in
greater or less .numbers in North ana
South America in Great Britain,
Germany. France Italy, Greece,
Switzerland, Denmark and Turkey, III
Europe- in India, China, Japan and
Turkey in Asia in Australia, New
Zealand, the Sandwich and Hawaii=
Isles; in the Bermudas andyBaIIamaS-
There are Individual members. and
some Circles, in Palestine effective
bands IN Smyrna, ana several .'.Iln
dreds Of members in mission fields
abroad. Ia many Of these places or
| genization IL we'll advanced. and there
Is not Only q steady incEeaao q mem
Gerahfp hEt. what IS far better, there
I ara 'evi.enca& us consolidation. clfse-
Itacarioa aud adoption no many Prac
Teal lines Of helpful work.
The Order has passed 4eyond'G,ic-
sentira entajism and sansationalism IS
was abcrn. not OF its pria!clplas or its
general management ana conlucr,
This growth proved t%.o things trat
'that lis projectors had Hecn orils
right in the suppositio.s thar mere
we're muldtudes Of women eager ana
DESTROYS OF making tkejr.livea Of rslll>
10 themselves ana Of use to t%c
world and, second, that what they,
needed was not stimulation IN order
10 make them willing 10 work. but
education IN the worlds needs, and
instruction as 10 the best. methods Of
battling with its misery and sin.
But the transformation Of this mass
of womanhood into companies Of
well trained soldiers ready for an
aggressive and successful movement
against any one form of suffering or
sin. has been & mighty work. The
| marvel is not that it should have been
so mperfectly accomplished. but thai
such wonderful progress should al
ready have been made. And how
largely the movement was Of God, and
not of man nor of woman, is proven
by the fact that even under the pro
longed period of experiment the in
terest and enthusiasm have not died
out, and the uplifting purpose is dom
inant in thousands of wOmcn'S lives
who have not yet found out the best
way to make the most Of themselves.
or to do the most for the good OF
others.
The measure of this work IS not N
the number of large buildings erect
ed. nor of new enterprises success
fully carried on: its object has over
been the training of character until
it should be quiet. helpful force III
good work already existing. Yet the
Order can point TO such an amount Of
new and aggressive work rs would
be grand record if there were nota.
ing else to he considered.
Hardly any class of people has been
forgotten in It's ministrations. Among
the poor and the sick. in I:indor@arr-
ems, hospitals and jails. among The
victims of food, ana fire ana disease.
lie little cross has gone With its low
lands, and the Indians on our own
vast plains. have been helped. Spe
cia1 interest has always been shown IL
the care of the agcd and Of little chill
drcn: and the diStinctivciy education
al work: in school and college cxteH
ton by correspondence among MON
bers OF the Order. has no insignificant
place among the varied activities "
The Kings Daughters and sons
The Order is urged 10 perform al!
these services silently. not 10 tall,
about them unless necessary in order
to stimulate others 10 do likewise; to
forget tl:e good done as quickly as
possible. and move Forward y tie
next opportunity.
NO Parker Money Forthcoming.