Welsh Journals

* PUJYSM mrn^Y EQTOZ'ip. •<* No. 64. Vol. VI. APRIL, 1898. Price One Penny. ARWYSTLI Sf CYFEILIOG UNITED CLERICAL MEETING. The last Meeting of the above was held at Oarno Vicarage, on Wednesday, 9th March, at I p.m., when the following Clergy were present:—Revs. M. Jones, E.D., W Richards, R D., Canon Trevor, R. Rich¬ ards, E. Edwardes, E. 0. Jones, W. L. Richards, T. E. Jones, J Williams, W. D. Roberts, W. R Will¬ iams, and 0. K. Williams. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The Rev. M. Jones, proposed that the meetings ot the two deaneries be discontinued, the Rev. E. Edwardes, seconded and it was carried The Hon. Secretary announced that he had received £2 2s. 6d. towards the Rev. T. E. Jones the late Hon. See's. Testimonial, which it was decided should take the form of an address to be signed by all the subscri¬ bers and a set of Books. The Rev. M. Jones, R.D., W. Richards, R.D , and the Hon Sec, were appointed to make the necessary arrangements. The Rev. W. Kichards, R.D. proposed and Canon Trevor seconded and it was carried unanimously that the clergy meet at Machvnlleth to make the presentation. LLANIDLOES. Once more Holy Week and Easter are upon us, and We hope this great season will be grasped and used by our church-people to their much edifying. During Holy Week there will be morning service daily at eleven, and a course of sermons on the Cross will be given at Evensong by the Vicar and Curate as follows:— Monday, The Cross as the Centre of our Faith. Tuesday, „ The Disciples' Burden. Wednesday „ The Sinner's Remedy. Thursday „ The Offence of the Unbeliever. On Thursday there will also be a celebration of Holy Communion at 8-30. On Good Friday the services will be as follows :— 8-30 Matins and Litany. 10-0 Ante-Communion Service and Sermon. 12 to 3 The Three Hours' Service. 7-0 Evensong and J. H. Maunder's Cantata" Penitence, Pardon and Peace." (As there will be hymns sung in the course of the Cantata, please bring your hymn books.) Books of words will be provided free of charge. The morning Sermon and the Addresses at the Three Hours will be given by Rev. E. Hughes, Rector of Llanaber. On Easter Day, Holy Communion will be celebrated at 8. 9, 10 (in Welsh) and after mid-day service. Note that the Prayer Book rule ia that every communicant should present himself at the Holy Table on Easter Day. The Confirmation which had so long and eagerly been looked forward to at last took place on Sunday, March 20fch. It will be remembered that it was originally fixed for last May, but had to be post-poned owing to the Bishop being taken ill a few weeks before the date arranged. The very day on which the Magazine appeared in February, announcing that the Bishop had provisionally fixed upon March 20th for his visit, his Lordship was again struck down, and this time with a far more serious illness, and it seemed as if once more the fixture would have to be post-poned. However, our Bishop had already arranged with the Bishop (Suffragan) of Swansea to help him in his confirmation tour, and so we were saved from any further disappointment. The day was a beautiful one, and the services as bright, as hearty and as well rendered as we have ever heard them even in Llanidloes. Especially striking was the Recessional in the morning, and it was repeated in the evening. The Confirmation Service was taken by itself in the afternoon when forty six candidates were presented, including six from Llangurig, and five from Carno. Those from this parish were as follows:—David Bunford, Charles Brown, Hugh Marsh Davies, Edmund Vincent Da vies, George Herbert Davies, Richard Offley Evans, Joseph Hampton, Thomas Harry Hine, Bennett Jehu, Edwin Jones, Alfr. Jones, Jno. Jones, David LI. Kinseyjunr., Rufus Wallace Alexander Marpole, John Morgan, George Freeman Morris, Albert Ultimus Owen, Thos. Arthur Pughe, aud Thomas Pryce Williams, (19 males) with Eleanor Cleaton, Mary Davies, Sarah Jane Edwards, Mary Elizabeth Evans, Margaret Halford, Anna Lucilla Ingram, Elizabeth Jane Jenkins, Agnes Vaughan Jones, Catherine Anne Jones, Margt. Jane Kinsey, Amy Gertrude Morris, Margt. Mumford, Margaret Owen, Ann Jane Richards, Cecilia Maud Roberts, and Matilda Williams (16 females). The Bishop gave two addresses, one before ' The Question '