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jwhyctli dmw nuflfjzhb ♦ No. 98. Vol. IX. FEBRUARY, 1901. Price One Penny. TO THE SECRETARY OP THH ARWYSTLI DEANERY. Dear Sir,— I should be glad to be allowed a short space of the Magazine in order to express brieflj, bnt not the less sincerely, how grateful I feel to the Choir and all my other friends in Llanidloes and in the Deanery, who contributed towards the testimonials that were so generously given me, and to those who were present at the farewell meeting on Wednesday. I very mueh regret that the inclemency of the weather during the early part of last week prevented me taking a per¬ sonal farewell—as I had intended doing, of all Churoh- people in the parish. I hop* the friends whom I was not able to see will extend to me their indulgence, and accept the will for the deed. W. DAVID ROBERTS. Llanddyfnan, Feb. 5, 1901. SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. The Annual Meeting of the Church Sunday School Association was held in the National School, Llanid¬ loes, on Wednesday, January 30th, at 4 p.m. The Rural Dean presided, and notwithstanding the in: clemency of the weather there was a good attendance from most of the surrounding parishes. The Rev. A. G. Adamson, Rector of Aberedw, Radnorshire, attended by request, and delivered a very excellent address on Sunday Schools and Parents, which was much appreciated by all, and for which he was very warmly thanked. Space will not permit of giving further particulars, LLANIDLOES. 1 The Queen is dead '—the four words have been echoing round the world these last weeks, »nd filling mens' minds to the exclusion of almost everything else. Hundreds of thousands of columns have been written as commentary on them in half the languages of the earth, but words will not make their meaning clearer. What men saw and did on Saturday, Feb¬ ruary 2nd, helps us to understand our loss better than any writing. Here in Llanidloes—and it seems to have been the same everywhere—it was an absolute revelation. The Mayor acting with commendable promptitude called a Council on January 25th, and decided to keep February 2nd, the day of the Queen's funeral as a day of mourning, and hold the weekly market on the orevious day. He further invited the Corporation, Friendly Societies, <fcc, to accompany him to the Memorial Service at the Parish Church at 2 p.». Few who attended that day will ever forget that sight. The Vicar, wishing to make the service really a general one, asked the Rev. T. Mordaf Pierce, as senior Nonconformist Minister, to read the lesson, and that in Welsh, that the use of the two languages might typify a common sorrow, and in order to be as he thought on the safe side, had ordered 500 copies of the service to be printed, that being about the sitting accommodation of the Church. Bnt there were probably nearer 900 people present, standing in one solid mass of black, relieved only by the insignia of the Friendly Societies and the red of the Yeomanry and Volunteers from the West door to the Chancel steps. The service was the same that the Church always uses for rich and poor with the hymns "O fryniau Caersalem," " Peace, perfect peace," and "Now the labourer's task is o'er," and a sermon; after which the " Dead March in Saul " was played by the organist Mr. R. M. Davies. The conduct of the great cancourse was throughout strikingly reverent and attentive. The following report is taken from the " County Times."—Wednesday evening, January 30, witnessed an interesting gathering of Church people, who met at the National Schoolroom to bid farewell to the Rev. W. D. Roberts, M.A., who after being Curate of the parish for upwards of ten years, is leaving this week for Llanddyfnan, Anglesey, of which he has been appointed Rector. Nearly all the Clergy of the Deanery were present, and the Rev. Morgan Jones, M.A., Rural Dean, opened the proceedings by presenting Mr. Roberts with a purse of gold and an