Welsh Journals

Hrw^stli 'Bcnnevy flhB$n$inc. Vol. 2. JANUARY, 1894. No. 13. We send out our Magazine this year under anew dress : we have discarded her overcoat, and she will appear in a clean " print " frock. To drop metaphor, the outside grey cover was very expensive, and only served to keep the sheets clean. We think that each subscriber who cares to bind the Magazine can do that for himself. The only complaint we have heard is that We.print " stale news." We are not a daily or even Weekly paper, but a monthly magazine, intended to be a record of events worth preserving. Meanwhile the greater our circulation the more matter we can give. Cannot our subscribers help us to rise from 300 to 400 this year ? The Hints to Churchmen, if observed, will make the new year as happy for the clergy as we hope it may be for the laity of Arwystli Deanery. HINTS FOE CHURCHMEN. I. HOW TO HELP YOUR VICAR. 1. Pray for him, especially every Sunday morning and evening. 2. Be regular and punctual at church on Sundays and weekdays. 3. Help in the Sunday Schools, Choir, Band of Hope, Visiting, and other parish work. 4. Study your Bible and Prayer Book. Ask your Vicar to explain any difficulties. 5. Support your Church, Day and Sunday Schools, aud Home and Foreign Missions. 6. Be regular and consistent Communicants. 7. Be home missionaries ; try to bring your non- church-going neighbours and friends to Church with you. 8. Pray earnestly : work heartily : never despair : *nd never give in. 9. Pray, that " utterance may be given to your vicar, that he may open his mouth boldly, to make Wwn the mystery of the Gospel." Eph. vi. 19. II. HOW NOT TO HELP HIM. 1. Absent yourself from Morning Service. 2. Stay at home whenever it rains on Sunday, or is too hot or too cold. 3. Never let the Vicar know if he has ever done you any good. 4. Take a class in the Sunday School: never be punctual, and frequently be absent. 5. Attend no Church gatherings, if you have the opportunity of going elsewhere. 6. If a stranger be near you in Church, never hand him a Prayer Book or Hymnal. 7. Never speak to anyone whom you see there Sunday after Sunday, unless you have been regularly introduced. 8. If you are ill, do not send to the Vicar, but let him find it out for himself. He will then probably call by the time you are well enough to go out to work. In the meantime, take every occasion to tell other Church people that you fear the Vicar is not much of a pastor ; that he does not seem to know who are sick ; that he has not been to see you for ages ; and that all the time you have been so miserable. 9. If times are hard, at once diminish or withdraw your subscriptions. 10. Always grumble at the sermon.—The HurdsfieUl Home Words Parish Magazine. A GIFT. We have to thank Mr. Ikin for kindly replacing the old and worn carpet on the pulpit steps and floor with a handsome new one. Y.M.F.S. So far the Young Men's Friendly Society seems likely to prove a decided success. The Monday meet¬ ings of the Mental Recreation Society in connection