THE POWER OF THE GOOD TURN

Evening Star, Issue 20422, 1 March 1930, Page 9

THE POWER OF THE GOOD TURN

Here is a story from Western Africa which shows how tho spirit of doing a good turn can overcome even religious prohibitions. A contingent of Scouts came over from Nigeria to the recent jamboree. Before returning they were shown something of England, including London, and so reached Westminster Abbey. One of the boys, a Mohammedan, declined to enter asj he had been forbidden by the elders of his faith to enter a Christian place of worship, fie would, he said, wait outside while the others attended tho service in the Abbey.

When the party came out from the service the leader asked the boy how lie had got on. “Oh,” said he, “ 1 have done my good turn.” “What have you done?” asked the leader.

“Well," said the boy, “after f had been waiting a little while I saw a blind man who looked as if lie wanted to ot to church, and I asked him where he wanted to go, and lie said to St. Margaret’s. So I took him.” “ But how did you know where St. Margaret’s was?” “I had seen the name on a board near the Abbey.”

“ And did you go in with the blind man?”

“Yes; I asked him where he wanted to sit, and he said he wanted to sit near the front, so I took him there and sat with him.” “ But will yon not get into trouble for that?” asked the leader. “No,” said the boy. “It is my good turn, and 1 shall not get into trouble for that.”

So the great spirit of the good turn is a conquering spirit.