Everyman’s Hut

Camp News, Volume 1, Issue 24, 24 May 1940, Page 5

Everyman’s Hut

d kindly light, amid the encirclf gloom, Lead Thou me on, night is dark, and I am far from me ... ” e first week-end in camp. Men ered from one end of the Doan to the other —too soon to have ed friendships—too early to have atten the good-byes of home —a ■wet, stormy Sunday night, every- ; to depress and make miserable,' nside Everyman’s Hut an atmos- ? of comfort, warmth and cheery fine. Gone are the well rememl faces of the seconds, their places h by the thirds, who look very . and comfortable in the new battress. Since the Hut reopened Tuesday, the time has been well -(. in breaking the ice, making cts, etc., and preparing for Sunjvening, when the full activities . functioning. A packed house “ ready for the sing-song, which y with a swing, and as the men J the old hymn “Lead kindly ; Ji’ it seemed singularly appropribeor have not these men taken the Uistep on a journey leading far lh-home and endingwhere? The Jfc? holds the answer, but we pray on. he time is not far distant when j; again they will see the “faces which they have loved long jjjjl but lost a while.” orf ,aking from the well-known text i(3:16, Mr. Coppin, who is in Vra £. during the absence of Mt. Blair, took the opportunity simply and plainly, the and aims of the work at the ~ -nd pressing home to the men fl) J • • , n T? .cessity of assurance/ of peace g ’jod as they go forth. During ning, all stood and sang “Eter.her, strong to save,” this being ..lanent feature of the' Hut, as VYfe the prayer for the men and .t home. Mr. Coppin has estabno small reputation with the Er iron and the hat — one might j is at “peak” production. Mr. ?as to have returned from home esday, but as we write news that his throat has given trouj[;d it will be towards the end week before he can return. We jiQUffor a speedy recovery and a ?turn to the work which is near heart. now that we begin to underp other, we look forward to st as happy a time as we had p,the seconds, and again give a invitation to all the men to use of the facilities at the Hut.