The courier-index., 1920-12-10
|l)|)D PROGAM
 |RY COVENANTERS

.o,cHT AND PROMISING BOYS
 mAKE EXCELLENT TALKS AT
 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT
 THEIR ANNUAL SERVICES. l rho Senior and Junior Covenant
 nnder the leadership respective
 Of w. L. Brown and Edward
 ,bertson. rendered most interest
 nrogram at the Presbyterian
 hssrcb on last Sunday evening. This
 rsanization has in it's membership &teut fifty bright, energetic and snv boys between the ages of paon aar and fifteen. It had it's origin
 Scotland centuries ago when
 turdv Christians refused to yield
 Fsir allegiance to Christ and en-
 srad into a solemn covenant, wit 5sssed by their signatures written l tbeir blood, that they would up- {od the principles of Christianity. I The Covenanter society, as now *rcanized. is not necessarily an aux
 ;sry s to the Presbyterian church, {nt # is fostered and fathered by
 cst denomination. Four years ago i L. Brown organized the first Sand of Covenanters here. Origin 1 <ly the membership was only seven. Eow it has grown to such propor- kons that there are two organiza- Eons. the Seniors and the Juniors. fbe bows meet each Sunday after 5Oon, engage in Bible study, hold Excursions of religious topics and knder the leadership of MT. Brown knd Mir. Robertson they are taught ko speak and pray in public. Occa- EOnaly they take hikes and indulge I other forms of outdoor amuse- hents. In the summer they have heir annual camp on the St. Fran ks river where they spend a week Ind in the winter they have their knnual banquet. The boys are hught that it is manly to be Chris Eans. The cardinal virtues of true manhood are instilled into them. They are admonished to be truth ful, studious, obedient and in all De relationships of life to be hon prsble and upright.
 No greater work than this could De done among the boys of the city Bnd Messrs. Brown and Robertson lre deserving of unlimited praise because of the time and patience |nd energy they eXpend in shaping Ee lives of half hundred prom ping boys and directing their ener- Ees into constructive channels.
 The program rendered by these boys Sunday night was an inspiring |pectacle. Upon roll call each Gov Pnanter answered with Bible quo EatiOn. Russell Dupuy made the ppening prayer. Little Brown Pilk- |ngton, perhaps the youngest mem Der of the Juniors, made a most in- |eresting and instructive talk on 'The Blue Flag of the Covenant ir" He reviewed the history of he organization and told how the pnglnal Covenanters came to adopt ne Blue Flag The little fellow was foOl and self-possessed as he ap- peared upon the platform and ac- lultted himself most creditably. Hal Nixon was on the program lOr talk on "The Aim of the Gov Pnanters in Marianna," but on ac- llOant of illness he was unable to Ill hls part of the program. Hugh CDupuy was notified at four o'clock Sunday afternoon that he would be ssSSpected to take Halls place. though the time was short, Hugh, Ae true Covenanter, accepted the Ionmmlssion, and made an excellent slk on the subject.
 Herbert Jackson talked on What 1 me Coyenanters Have Done in the IasI lie made a most favorable napfesslon with his speech. John .dggett was on the program for a M Sk on "The Boy and His Reli- gun aOn' but John changed his sub T eS1 and devoted his speech to a plehdld and most appropriate talk Ia Whats Mir. Brown had done for Ie ,e o9yenanters, concluding with a uSa M mat the fathers of the boys .ao ,nO belong to this organization sub- 'il viloe to fund with which to equip asaoie quarters for the Senior and uuior societies.
 ;.I Edward Robertson made the prin- 'ple ap address of the evening, de- SSaihg Sa the aims and the objects of nn M organlzation. His speech was ~n osa o1 good thoughts calculated to splfe the members of the Gov aaatefs aaa. Society to greater achieve .uaes. "a He told how all the world s%efs sn" Of the past had fallen be- s0t: ause they forgot God, and how es- , sDsal It is that the boys of Ameri- Sou Oe trained along correct lines so ats tS may save America from the o~oI r% .nat had befallen other world osa ne fathers and mothers of the nri ysi together with a representative roaoe oer of others listened to the