Boys' Brigade - Will Your Anchor Hold

Many a Scots lad was kept on the straight and narrow through the turbulent years of adolescence and beyond, thanks to the Boys' Brigade. Its values of truthfulness, self-discipline, self-improvement, clean living, cameraderie and duty and respect for elders lasted until the egotistical, hedonistic sixities made all that appear uncool. The solution to declining numbers was always obvious - "Bring back the dummy rifles!" After all, we're the boys who beat the Kaiser. For Kirk and Country!

God bless all the men who selflessly devoted their hours and energy to making generations of Scottish boys into good Christian men and citizens!

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Words: Priscilla Jane Owens
Music: William James Kirkpatrick, 1882

Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,
When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?
When the strong tides lift, and the cables strain,
Will your anchor drift or firm remain?

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll;
Fastened to the rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Saviour's love.

Will your anchor hold in the straits of fear,
When the breakers roar and the reef is near?
While the surges rave and the wild winds blow,
Shall the angry waves then your bark o'erflow?

Will your eyes behold through the morning light,
The city of gold and the harbour bright?
Will you anchor safe by the heavenly shore
When life's storms are past for evermore?

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[chingchongclement]

omg... why doesnt the modern BB have rifles :P im so jelly

[brawladdie1]

@chingchongclement  The Great War scuppered the idea.

[brawladdie1]

Snap! I joined the Lifeboys before moving on to two different BB companies in Edinburgh. Great memories. Without the BB camps, I wouldn't have had a decent holiday in my youth, nor would I have acquired skills like First Aid and drumming (but nobody tried me out on the bugle - maybe not a bad thing!). I persuaded my own kids to follow in my footsteps and join youth organisations - a great benefit. Ands here's another near-Snap! I married a braw, braw lass frae Galashiels.

[brawladdie1]

You don't know what you've missed.

[SIAFSX]

@beachlanding1944  cool, I've grad from 4th going back as a primer. I think I've met your captain for some lifeskills lesson 2 yrs back and last year when we went kayaking in Kallang

[beachlanding1944]

@SIAFSX where do you stay? im from 27th company

[BigDez1987]

1st Viewpark

[walaron1]

Was a member of the 145th.Eastwood Co.Glasgow.....Happy Days!! Wish I was still there.

[MrCagivaman]

@amoakoaagy My wife is from Ghana. She is from Kumasi. She saw some old film of me in the Bugle Band when I was 14 and she loved it !!!!

[SilverlinedViola]

56th Coy BBHK!!

its so exciting to see ppl of BB worldwide leaving comments here!!

[SIAFSX]

4th singapore coy here! =D

[ScotsAreReallyIrish]

@jemsam17

I thought she was his sister!

Oh wait I get it.

Ooops.

[MusicPredominates]

b b b beautiful

[declan1twins]

this was sang at my dads funeral beaitiful song  rip dad xxx