Standby - Adapted from the message of Dr. M. A. Campbell (1940)

The settlers of Kenyon were an assembly of pioneers. They left their Scottish hills and glens to seek greater opportunity in the Canadian lands far beyond the horizon. They had few worldly possessions. They had little to help them but their unconquerable spirit and faith. They hewed their homes from the wilderness which under the magic of their industry soon blossomed. 

And when their modest homes, fashioned by their own hands were humbly fit for habitation, they built their own Church or “meetinghouse”, a symbol of things of God; their courthouse a symbol of law, order and justice, the little red schoolhouse, a symbol of enlightenment and the maintenance and progress of civilization. This pioneer spirit was the main factor in making this country. 

The Canadian Pioneers stood on their own feet. They found a way by vigour of their own souls and strength of their own hands. They were not afraid of the unknown or of hardship because they walked with God. We need a revival of their pioneer spirit. We need their unity, their cooperation, their courage and their hope for the future. Above all we need their self-reliance. 

Adapted from the message of Dr. M. A. Campbell (1940)

Submitted by Betty (MacCrimmon) Bracken & Sandra MacPherson