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nant,"Eight of our C.Y.P.U. members andone Junior attended full time at theForest Park Conference in Topeka. Rev.Harrington was a sponsor for the boy'sdorm, as well as havinga part on theprogram. It was a thrill to hear the reports of these young people and to listen to their impressions. Surely muchfor God's glory will remain in the livesof those who attended, and we wish toadd our thanks to all who helped makethis camp such a success. Several adultsattended part time also.We are thankful that so many of ourmembers have had safe vacation trips,due to the protection of our HeavenlyFather.Our congregation is saddened, andfeels a definite loss in the death of Mrs.Sadie Greenlee of Denison. She was amember here for many years and herchildren grew up here. Our sympathygoes to her five sons and their families,and especially to son John, and his wife,Maxine who cared so tenderly for herduring her last illness.Congratulations and Best Wishes arein order for Mr. and Mrs. Harold McCrory whose marriage took place at thechurch on Labor Day. Mrs. McCrory isthe former Elva Mann. The ladies of thecongregation recently showered her withmany lovely things for her new home.Mrs. Byron McMahan underwent surgery at the Clay Center Hospital recently. We are glad she is recovering nicely,though slowly.Our monthly Family night is provinga great success, as we take this meansof fellowshipwith one another. A covered dish dinner, mention of birthdayanniversaries, and a short devotionalservice are a part of each meeting. Highlight of this month's meeting were theslides shown by our pastor, of variousplaces of interest, taken while he wassupplying other pulpits. A "GuessWhere?"group of slides helped us identify the various churches of our denomination.Our pastor spent the month of Auguston Vacation (?). He spent part of histime helping with two church conferences, then on to Wrigley, and to Orlando. We are glad he is back,and we areon full schedule again. Prayer meetingsand Psalm singings were held in his absence.MORNING SUN, IOWAThe Ralph Wilson family, accompanied by Maxine Humphreys, had theprivilege of attending the White Lakeconference for the closing day. High water prevented them from attending twodays. We have no convention in Iowa,and White Lake looked very well equipped to take care of the crowd; the kitchen and diningSeptember 21, 1955room reminded us ofthe one at Forest Park. They neededhelpers to work at the camp the nextweek. It looked like a place that coulduse work caravaners, similar to the onesorganized in many other churches thatspend their summers helping with laborin locations that ask for their help, andthe evenings are spent in worship andfellowship.POLLOCK-RESENERMiss Laura Pollock, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. C. C. Pollock of Marion Center,became the bride of Carl Resener, sonof Mr. and Mrs. Resener of Indianapolis,Indiana, on Saturday, the 20th of August at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon.The spacious lawn of the Pollockhome was the setting for the doubleringceremony which was performed bythe Rev. Russel Dennis of Indianapolis.Vows were exchanged as the couplestood beneath an archwayleaves.of laurelMiss Janice Marshall played the "Melody of Love" and the traditional wedding music. She accompanied Miss AlyceMarshall who sang "Oh Promise Me,""Through The Years," and as a benediction "The Wedding Prayer."Mrs. Bert Brocius of Sandbury, Pennsylvania, was the bride's attendant.Dick Brady of Indianapolis, Indiana,was best man and Herbert and WallacePollock, brothers of the bride, servedas ushers.Following a wedding trip to NiagaraFalls and Buffalo, New York, wherethey will visit Mr. Resener's brother,they will return to Bob Jones University, where Mr. Resener will continue histheological studies. Both Mr. and Mrs.Resener are June graduates of the University.PITTSBURGH PRESBYTERYOn August 30, 1955, the Ad InterimCommission of the Pittsburgh Presbytery received Rev. John B. Thwing,Th.D., into the membership of the Presbytery. Dr. Thwing had been pastor ofthe Gibson Heights United Presbyterian Church of Youngstown, Ohio. Anticipating that the U. P. churchwould soon unite with the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., and feeling the pressure of this union movement strongly inhis church, he was dissatisfied with theprospect of going back into the denomination which, for doctrinal reasons, heleft some twenty years before. He comesto us because of principle, and becauseof a profound conviction that the standards of the Covenanter Church are theclosest to the truth of the Word of God.Dr. Thwing has four children; twoboys, one an ensign in the Coast Guard,the other an FBI agent, and two daughters, both married. His wife has accepted a teaching position for the comingyear in one of the Youngstown schools.After having signed the Terms of Communion, and being added to the roll ofPresbytery, Dr. Thwing preached inthe Parnassus Church on September 11,and is scheduled to assist Rev. RichardHutcheson with the Communion of October 2 at Mercer, Pa., and Dr. KermitEdgar on October 16 at the AlleghenyChurch. Sessions of non-pastored Covenanter congregations, and ministers, areurged to seek the services of Dr. Thwingin their pulpits, that he might becomewell acquainted in the church at large.He may be contacted by writing him:Rev. John B. Thwing, 3305 Market St.,Youngstown, Ohio.CORRECTIONIn the Junior Topic story for September 11, the Scripture reference shouldbe Joshua 3 instead of Joshua 2. Alsoin the 3rd column the number should be3000 ft. instead of 300 ft. where thestatement is "The people were to follow staying 3000 ft. behind the ark ofthe Covenant."The errors may have been mine on thetyped copy I sent in. If so, I am sorry.THE MERRY MENMiss Bess Arnott.That may seem a strange title toplace at the topof this little personalword. I will explain. They called themGod's merry men, these soldiers of theCross who bore in their bodies themarks of their sufferings for the LordJesus Christ, as theyCathedral in the citymet in St. Gilesof Edinburgh forthe first General Assembly following thedreadful years of persecution the Covenanters of Scotland endured. These werenot sour-faced psalm-singing demagogues that a distorted history hassometimes depicted and their enemieshave averred. They were the men of theCovenant who had placed their lives injeopardy for their faith and had lived tosee Scotland set free from Popery andthe supremacyof the Kirk establishedto guide her own affairs. They had seenmanyof their friends win the martyr'scrown during the dreadful "killingtimes,"and though broken in their ownbodies by thumbscrew, rack and boot,and their privations and trials on thehills and moors of Ayrshire and Galloway, they could still sing the songs ofZion with a merry heart when the nightof their affliction was over.Who were these "Men of the Coveand what were they like? In theSeptember issue of The EvangelicalChristian we will commence a series offactual studies of some of the great figures of the Covenanting days. They arewritten by Rev. George Hossack a minister in the South of Scotland who is con-191