THE BOYS’ BRIGADE

Southland Times, Issue 22998, 18 September 1936, Page 5

THE BOYS’ BRIGADE

(By "Haversack.”)

Battalion Council.

The battalion council will meet at 7.30 this evening. There is every indication of a good attendance.

Life Boy Church Parade. The Life Boy church parade will be held at the Central Methodist on Sunday at 2.45 p.m. The parade will assemble at Queen’s Park at 2 p.m.

Life Boy Concert All teams are practising assiduously for this great event which takes place at the end of the month.

Third Invercargill Company. On Saturday next at 3.15 p.m. the Third Invercargill Company will play an Association football match with the St. Andrew’s Boys’ Club. The game will be played on the South ground. Mr J. W. Clarke will referee the game. During the evening a social is to be held, when the Boys’ Club will be the guests of the 8.8. Company. Association Football. The draw for Saturday is as follows: The 8.8. Old Boys will play Corinthians Juniors; the 2nd Company will meet the 3rd company; the sths have a bye. Both games will be played at the Showgrounds at 1.45 p.m. Good Work.

The Dominion executive thanks all those members of companies and friends who subscribed to the 8.8. Week collection this year. Since the scheme was inaugurated, it has proved a great benefit to many companies, and has enabled the brigade to carry on extensive work in districts where no companies existed. This could not have been done without assistance which has been obtained in this way.

“Forty Years On.” This is the title of a famous school song. The boys at Harrow, as they sing it, look forty years ahead. Not a bad thing for all of us to do sometimes. What will you be like forty years on? I don’t mean in appearance. I can’t guess that. Some of you may be sixteen stone in weight. You may have grown a walrus moustache, or even a flowing beard! And you may have no hair on the top of your head. After all that doesn’t matter much. But what kind of men are you going to be? What you will be depends on what you are now. To-day counts. The 8.8. is trying to help you to develop “habits of obedience, reverence, discipline, selfrespect, and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness.” If you put your best into it, you need not worry about what you will be forty years on. And if you learn to make Christ your Captain now, you will still be in His company after forty years. Don’t miss your chance.