HONOURING A LEADER

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 48, 27 February 1933, Page 3

HONOURING A LEADER

SCOUT SERVICES

In celebration of the birthdays of the Chief Scout and Chief Guide, the Hutt Valley Girl Guides and the various Scout organisations participated in special services yesterday. In the morning the Girl Guides under the District Commander of Guides, Miss Scaly, attended the service at St. Augustine's Church, the preacher being the Rev. G. V. Gerard; In. the-afternoon a, special Scout service in the King George Theatre, Lower Hutt, was attended by a largo [number from most of the Scout organisations in the Valley and Bays. With the Eev. T. Fielden Taylor on the platform was District Commander E. Nelson, and there were also present the district chairman, Mr. H. E. Browne; the secretary of the Wellington Metropolitan area, Mr. Watson; the District Scoutmaster, Mr. MeKenzie; the district^ Rover leader, Mr. Zambra; the district Cubmaster, Mrs. Hoggard, and the. district secretary, Mr. A. H. Reid. The boys of the Anglican Boys' Home, under Mr. Withington, sang a hymn. In his- address the Eev. Melden Taylor said he hoped all the Scouts would realise their importance. They were of more importance than the "boys" of 96 years of age. They must all remember they were not free. If they wished to be free they must take off their uniforms. They were all pledged and should be glad they were pledged. There was a danger of getting "fed up" and forgetting their pledges. They were pledged to loyalty to God, and if they wanted to realise what that meant they should think of the Lord Jesus as a Great Chief whom they were proud to obey. Who would think of being ashamed to talk to their Great Chief or to learn about Him? They must pray and read their Bibles and be ashamed of doing things of which He disapproved. Mr. Taylor said he had been reading about a Baptist missionary in Rangoon whom the Burmese called "a Jesus Christ man," and that is what they all should be. • They must remember their other pledge of doing a good turn every day. It must be done eagerly, willingly, and from the heart, or else it was valueless. There were plenty or opportunities today, when so many people ivere in. desperate need. He would like to see big Scout gardens in the Hutt to supply vegetables' to the needy. _ There should tie no vacant places in their gardens. Then there wero the blind, crippled, and otherwise diaabledwho needed help. An ever-widen-ing circle of opportunities would como as they did their good turns.