Welsh Journals

*J No. 10. Vol. i. OCTOBER, 1893. Price One Penny. LLANIDLOES. A Correction :—We regret that in our last number we mentioned Mr. Edmund Hamer as having supplied the Mutton for the Royal Wedding. As our readers are aware this honour belongs to Mr. Edward Hamer, Short Bridge Street. Harvest Thanksgiving Services were held in Llan- Jdloes Church on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 12th and 13th. Canon Roberts, the appointed preacher at the Welsh Service on Tuesday, unfortu¬ nately missed the train connection at Chester, and was unable to arrive in time, but the Vicar of Llangurig kindly consented to take his place at little more than an hour's notice, and proved an efficient substitute. Canon Roberts preached an excellent Sermon the next morning on the Parable of the Sower, which he treated in a masterly way, drawing from it new and most practical lessons. The Archdeacon of Merioneth preached in the evening to a crowded congregation. -1 he Church was beautifully decorated:—the Font b\ Miss Marshall and Miss Agnes Kerr; North Windows by Miss Maysmore and Miss Lily Havies; South Windows by M iss Lloyd Kinsey ; Pulpit and W indow by Miss Ikin; Lectern by Mrs. Paull; Choir and ^ergy Stalls by Misses Jerman. Severn Grove ; Altai- Rails hy Miss Lena Ikin ; East Window, Text by -tfiss Kerr; West Window by Mr. E. I). Havies. J-he Floral Cross was sent by Mrs, Kitto, and the Vases filled by Mrs. Jones, the Vicaiage, The offer¬ ings were fewer in quantity than in former years, but *i anything superior in quality. A box of apples was ^eJit to Newtown Infirmary, and another to Miss Williams, sister (if the Archdeacon, who is working ln an East End Parish ; the rest was divided among T'he poor. THE BAZAAR, The Bazaar is past and over, and considering the bad times, and we could not ever have been more un¬ fortunate in this respect, ma}/ be pronounced an un¬ qualified success. The amount taken was £320, of ^hiph more than £290 will be available for the *arish Room. The Local Press has given such ex- Cellent reports that we ma,' confine ourselves to re¬ cording the important speech made by the Bishop in opening the Bazaar the second day, and the names of •nose who took part in the various performances, to ^hieh a large proportion of the success realized is °u6. After a few introductory remarks the Bishop i:^{}:'—"You all know perfectly well what is the <;l3ject of this Bazaar, and I think that it is an object }v°rthy of our most cordial support. It is to raise lljnds to build a Parish Room for the Church-people *■'.* the parish of Llanidloes, and also ] believe to add '•Xl additional class-room to the National Schcol or to provide a room in the Parish Room which can be devoted to the use of the infant schcol. This part will, I am sure, commend itself to your sympathy and support, for we Church-people are determined, c< me what may, not to let go the Church Schools in this diocese and the country at large—(applause)—and that we shall resist to the utmost (if our power and energy any attempt made to take them from us by any political organization in this country. (Apj laiue.) I think a Parish Room one of the most useful append¬ ages to any parish, and I will go further and say i do not believe it is possible to work a parish successfully without such a room, and I am glad that you in Llan¬ idloes are about the first in the. field. You are not the first, for I believe another parish has preceded you in its efforts and has collected the sum of six to eight hundred pounds towaids the erection of a similar building. You know that our Nonconfoimist friends-—I call them friends, though I am s( rry to say that they are inimical to us at the present time,— still I designate them by that name, and I wish that their bitterness wrould be softened and mitigated by our behaviour and conduct towards them. I have never said anything bitter about them, but they have said bitter things about me anel my friends. Never¬ theless, I admiie their keenness and foresight. They have attached to their Nonconformist chapels an additional room to be used for secular purposes. We as a Church have no such rooms. The Church is a wide and comprehensive organization touching at every point varied and diversified interests of society, interests which the Church must pay attention fc and grapple with if it wishes to live and thrive in the affections of the people of this country. A parish room supplies the means for discussing these and cognate questions. Social and industrial problems are cropping up day by day, and it is by free dis¬ cussion by.Church people upon these ejuestions that the Church can maintain her hold upon the masses of the people. A room of this kind could be utilised for the holding of concerts, bible-classes, lectures upon church history—and at no period of our ex¬ istence do we require more light and elucidation on Church questions than at the present day. Without the aid of a Parish Room I maintain it is imp< ssible to cany on these beneficent objects. It could be used for social gatherings, and would help to binel class to class. The Church is a spiritual organization and knows neither rich nor poor nor middleman ; it is the church of every class. (Applause.) I believe that the existence of a room of this kind will prove an inestimable advantage to the parish and he the means of producing amongst the parishioners not a sham but a real union, of hearts, I do hope that yen will see this building in which you are so much in¬ terested completed, and that you will live to see the immense advantages which the possession of a rocrn