The Object

"The advancement of Christ's Kingdom among Boys, and the promotion of habits of Obedience, Reverence, Discipline, Self-Respect, and all that tends towards a true Christian manliness."

This was written by our founder, Sir William Alexander Smith way back in 1883, when he founded the first ever BB Company, in Glasgow. This was his vision for what the Brigade should stand for back then, and it is no less valid today.

The BB Motto

"Sure and Stedfast"

This short and simple motto is seen on all of our Anchor logo's. The symbol of the Anchor and the quote of "Sure and Stedfast" may not seem to have much to do with religious symbolism, but they are both part of a qotation from the Holy Bible. The following quote is from Hebrews Ch.6 V.19 :

"which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;"

Unfortunately, the re-writing of the Bible to modernise the text, means that the "sure and stedfast" quotation can sometimes be missed e.g. the very popular Good News Bible. The spelling has also been modernised in recent years to make it "Steadfast", but many Companies prefer to go with the original spelling.