Olave Baden Powell----- Last Message...

"Dear Guides, Scouts, Cubs and Brownies, and all their leaders and friends.

I shall have left this world when you receive this message, which I leave to express my

thanks for all the kindness and the affection shown to me, and to say how greatly

I have rejoiced over the way in which you have all carried out your share in the

work of the Movement that my beloved husband invented, for the advancement of

boys and girls of all countries, years ago.

I have a firm belief in Almighty God and in life in the world to come when he and

I will be reunited, and together we shall watch over you who have been enrolled as

members of this world family and go on caring for your progress and your well-being.

I trust that you will continue fully to use the system of work and play that

our Movement provides, keeping up the fund and the friendships made at

your meetings and in camps, abiding by the promise and upholding the

Laws that you undertook to live by when you joined up.

In that way, you, will not only advance yourself in body, mind, and spirit,

but you will affect those around you, in doing what is honorable right and wise,

and in giving out the kindness of thought and action, thus striving against all ills

and helping to make the world a happier and better place in which to live.

I trust that you will be successful in all your tasks, and may God be with you

all in the coming years."

Olave Baden Powell-Chief Guide