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The Orange Order is an institution formed after the Battle of the Diamond, in Ireland, in 1795, to defend Civil and Religious Liberties and the defense of Protestantism. It has members worldwide in Ulster (Northern Ireland), Ireland, Scotland, England, West Africa, USA, Canada, Australia, and many other places. It takes its name 'Orange' from King William III, Prince of Orange who won Civil and Religious liberty for Europe at the Battle of the Boyne, on July 1st, 1690.

An Orangeman should have a sincere love and reverence for his Heavenly Father; a humble and steadfast faith in Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind, believing in Him as the only mediator between God and man.

He should cultivate truth and justice, brotherly kindness and love, devotion and piety, harmony and unity, and obedience to the laws; his demeanor should be gentle and compassionate, kind and courteous; he should seek fellowship of the virtuous, and avoid that of evil.

He should honor and study the Holy Scriptures, and make them the rule of his faith and practice; he should love, uphold, and defend the Protestant religion, and sincerely desire and endeavor to promote its doctrines and precepts; he should strenuously oppose the fatal errors and doctrines of all beliefs not keeping in practice with the Protestant faith. He should avoid (by his presence or otherwise) any act or ceremony of idol worship (Popish or otherwise) and should, by all lawful means, resist the ascendancy of any church other than the Reformed Protestant faith.

He should abstain from all uncharitable words, actions or sentiments toward others.
He should remember to keep holy the Sabbath day and attend the public worship of God, and diligently raise his offspring and all under his control in the praise of God and the Protestant faith.
He should never take the name of the Lord in vain but abstain from all cursing and profane language, and use every opportunity to discourage those, and all other sinful practices, in others.
His conduct should be guided by wisdom and prudence, and marked by honesty, temperance, and sobriety.

It is well known that a fall from his horse on the road from Kensington to Hampton Court hastened the death of King William the Third. His death took place on the following March 8.

A prayer King William used after his fall from his horse.

Almighty God, the creator and preserver of men, from everlasting to everlasting Thou art God. But time and chance happeneth to all that are under the sun, and in the midst of safety we are in danger; yet, O Blessed God, it is still in Thee we live, move, and have our being, and our times and lives are in Thy hand.
A sparrow falls not to the ground without Thy leave and direction, much less are persons of kings shut out from Thy rule and governance.
I desire to adore Thee in the depths of Thy over-ruling providence, which I am not able to fathom.
I believe that affliction springs not out of the dust. I humbly submit to Thy fatherly discipline, for Thou correctest in mercy, and for my profit.
Thou, O Lord hast exercised me from my youth up until now with troubles and difficulties, and hast hitherto carried me safely through the manifold chances and changes of this mortal life.