Welsh Journals

* ;to¥sm D6TOW n$&pip. * No. 70. Vol. VI. OCTOBER, 189S. Price One Penny. RURIDECANAL CHAPTER. A meeting of the Rnridecana! Chapter was held at Llangurig Vicarage on Friday, September 16th, when the following clergy were present: —The Revs. M. Jones, R.D., Vicar of Llandinarn, E. Edwardes, Vicar of Trefeglwys, E. 0. Jones, Vicar of Llanidloes, T. H. Hughes, Vicar of Llangurig, and W. D. Roberts, Llanidloes. Letters of apology for absence were received from Revs. D. Parry,Vicar of Llanwnog, T E. Jones, Vicar of Carno, W. L. Richards, Rector of Penstrowed, and O. K. Williams, Caersws. The passage of Scripture for consideration was 1 Cor. xv. 20—28. The following resolution was proposed by the Rev. E. 0. Jones, and seconded by Rev. M. Jones, R.D., and carried unanimously :—" That the Clergy of the Deanery of Arwystli have heard with sincere regret that the Bishop of Bangor's health compels his resig¬ nation, and pray that his Lordship may have a long liie of restored health in his enforced retirement." The Chapter Clerk was instructed to send the above resolution to the Bishop's family. W. D. ROBERTS, Chapter Clerk. LLANIDLOES. The General Secretary of this Magazine has been kind enough to deiay the publication of this issue for a day or two m order that we may be able to include the account of our Harvest Festival which took place °n September 28th and 29th. The Welsh service on the 28th was fairly well attended, perhaps better than We expected it would be in view of the fact that another Welsh Thanksgiving service was going on the &ame evening in the town. An excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Canon Trevor. The next day °pened somewhat gloomily so far as the weather was concerned, which perhaps accounts for the small attendance at the celebration. Twenty communi¬ cants—of whom just twenty-five per cent, were clergy— surelv does not represent a very high standard °f thankfulness on the part of Llanidloes Church- People. By eleven rain had actually begun to fill, btt* the congregation was quite up to the average, and the service might be called exceptionally bright and hearty. The Te Deum was taken to Dykes' setting— and the anthem was Gadsby's " Blessed be the Name of the Lord." Canon Trevor preached a very thoughtful and interesting sermon on the Unity of God. Ln the evening we had as usual the Church practically quite full, and if the congregation was not proud of their choir and thankful to have the privilege of joining in such a service they certainly ought to have been. The Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis were sung to Maunder's setting which is now so familiar that the congregation join in it as heartily as in an ordinary chant. The anthem was Sir A. Sullivan's" Who is like unto Thee,"—a most beautiful composition most admirably rendered and although it really is one for a larger choir than ours we do not expect we shall ever hear it much better sung. Altogether we must join in the thanks and congratulations which were freely offered by the visiting clergy to the Rev. W. D. Roberts, to Miss Marshall, who played throughout the festival and to the choir. The Rev. Rossendale Lloyd preached a thoroughly rousing and earnestly practical sermon on Hebrews xii.-2. The choir by the way were photographed after the morning service by Mr. J. H. Williams. The collections were for the S.P.C.K., and realized £5 lis. lOd. The general consensus of opinion seemed to be that the decorations were more beautiful than usual, notwithstanding that the frost on the previous Saturday deprived the ladies of the white dahlias which were to have been a special feature this year. The following were the decorators to whom we wish to express our gratitude. Chancel and Altar, Mrs. Edm. Jones, Miss K. Roberts, Miss Kerr (who sent a most lovely white Cross,) working under the direction and with the co-operation of Mr. J. H. Williams; Chancel Rails, Miss Agnes Kerr; Clergy, Choir Stalls and Organ, Mrs. Vaughau Owen and Miss Chris Kerr ; Pulpit Window Mr. H. D Webb; Pulpit, Miss Webb, aud Miss Ida Webb ; South Window, Mrs. Cornforth, and Miss Wilks ; Font, Miss Paull, and Misses Ida and Katie Paull ; North Windows, Miss Lily Da vies and Miss Maysmor ; Lectern, Mrs. Davies-Jenkins. and Miss Davies Bryndwr. Corn for the decorations was sent by Mr. Baxter Owen, Glandulas, Mr. Savage Glanfeinion, and Mr. Chapman, Morfodion, and much of it was got by Miss Lloyd-Kinsey who was prevented by her illness from helping in the decorations this year. The