As he neared the end of his life, B-P left messages of encouragement to the Scouts and Guides - and the leaders, the Scouters and Guiders, who would sustain the movement.
The encouraging promise lies in the fact that the hundreds of thousands of boys and girl who are learning our ideals to-day will be the fathers and mothers of millions in the near future, in whom they will in turn inculcate the same ideals – provided that these are really and unmistakably impressed upon them by their leaders of today. Therefore you, who are Scouters and Guiders, are not only doing a great work for your neighbour’s children but are also helping in practical fashion to bring to pass God’s Kingdom of peace and goodwill upon earth. So, form my heart, I wish you God-speed in your effort.
BADEN-POWELL
Last Message to Scouters and Guiders,
December 1940
Last Message to Scouters and Guiders,
December 1940
