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Our Scouts are of all religions, many of them from slums where no religion is practised, some of them of a religion whose Sabbath is on Saturday, not Sunday. But they all serve the same God, and the first promise they make on becoming Scouts is that they will do their duty towards God.
That is the first Duty of a Scout, and by his oath he is "on his honour" to carry out his duty according to his
conscience.
The different religions are like the different branches of an army ; they are the infantry, artillery or cavalry, who, although they wear different uniforms and use different weapons, are all fighting on the same side, for the same King.
They have their different codes and methods, with which I can only hope that they will never I cannot interfere. neglect their worship, whatever form it may take.
Most of the real scouts in our Colonies are honest, God-fearing men of a simple but deep religion, which they have learnt, not so much by instruction in churches as by study of the works of God in Nature among the woods or mountains, the animals and birds, through the stars by night and the flowers by day.