Welsh Journals

t TO^TSM Dg^P^Y IT$(5piI]E. * No. 62. Vol. VI. FEBRUARY, 1898. Price One Penny. RURIDECANAL CHAPTER. A meeting of the B..D. Chapter of Arwystli was held on Saturday, January 15th, when the following clergy were present:—Revs. M. Jones, R. D., T. E. Jones, E. Edwarcles, E. 0. Jones, T. H. Hughes, 0. K. Williams, and W. D. Roberts. After the minutes had^heen read and confirmed, the Revs. T. E. Jones, E. Edwardes, Messrs. E. B. Proctor, and N. Bennett were re-elected Secretary, Clerical and Lay Representatives respectively of the Bangor Church Extension Society. The benefices bill was considered and the following resolution was passed " That the clergy of the Deanery of Arwystli, while generally approving of the principle of the benefices bill consider it as at present drafted to be a badly arranged and unnecessary measure, and they would especially protest against the principle of applying one kind of justice to the Beneficed Clergy and another to the Bishops, Deans, Archdeacons, and Canons. A vote of thanks was passed to the Clergy who had delivered Church History Lectures in the Deanery, during Advent, Rev. W. D. ROBERTS, Hon. Sec. A meeting of the Clergy with the Superintendents and Teachers of the Sunday Schools in the Deanery was held in the Infant Room on Saturday, January 15th, at 1-30 p.m. There was a very good attendance, all things considered and teachers were present from nearly every parish. It was decided to adopt the Diocesan Syllabus so far as was possible, and as the year ends in June to take for the ensuing half-year the latter part of the gospel of S. Luke, and then begin the whole course. It was further determined that each School shouldbe catechised at least once in every year by an outside catee.hist, and that Superintendents should provide for the catechising of their own Schools every Sunday for five or ten minutes at the end of the hour. And lastly it was settled that though it was not advisable to attempt a joint Sunday School Festival for the present, there should be periodical meetings of the clergy, teachers and superintendents to discuss a paper or address on matters dealing with their special duties, difficulties, etc. After some discussion as to whether the meeting should be annual, half-yearly or quarterly, the general feeling decided in favour of having three every year, and of holding them in different parishes in turn. Altogether a good start was given to the Sunday School Association, which, if vigorously pushed forward will, we believe, do much good. LLANIDLOES. Just as we go to Press, comes a notice from the Bishop that he proposes to hold a Confirmation at Llanidloes on Sunday afternoon March 20th. The notice is marked "provisional" which we trust only means that the date will be changed if unsuitable.How¬ ever, no time could suit us better except that the clergy are fairly busily engaged nearly every evening at this time of year and will perhaps, fiud some difficulty in working their classes in. We trust that all those who offered themselves as candidates last year, will be ready to come forward, and that there will be further additions to the list. It is a good opportunity for adults as there are a good many older candidates and so no one need be deterred by the feeling of shyness, which so often prevents a man or woman coming for¬ ward when all the rest of the candidates are children. It is impossible to fix the days and hours of the various classes at present, but no doubt the Vicar will be able to settle this matter by Sunday, February 6th, or at latest by the ensuing week. , The Church. Literary Society re-commenced its meetings on January 24th, with an open evening when the Rev. W. D. Roberts, gave us a most interesting lecture on the "Welsh Church in the Norman Period which was listened to with ,the deepest attention by those present The subject dealt with,is one on which the average churchman is absolutely ignorant and we are sorry that so few comparatively attended to learn