February 8

1910 - The Founding of the Boy Scouts.

Pray for your boy today. Pray for some boy in whose life you have invested or in whom you are interested. Someone invested in me as a boy and helped me along the way. Immediately, I think of dear Dr. Rutherford, who was at one time my Sunday school teacher. Inside the Testament he once gave me he wrote Proverbs 1:10, "My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." This became the motto for my life. I had it printed and placed in my room as well as in the car that I drove when I got older. When I went in the Army, I took this verse with me. It was the motto for my life. Pray for boys everywhere today.

Well do I remember my mother taking the Bible off the shelf and reminding me that the Bible was the Word of God and that Jesus was God's Son. As she rocked me in the rocking chair she read the Word of God to me.

Today's boys are tomorrow's men. Pray for boys everywhere today.

1941 - The Lend-Lease Bill was Passed.