Welsh Journals

* jofoprsra Dppp EgjiGfjanjE « No. 125. Vol. XI. MAY, 1903. Price One Penny' LLANIDLOES. The Vicar desire? to return hie sineerest thanks to .those who gave so liberally to the Easter Offerings this year. Holy Week passed by quietly this year with very little, if anything, extra to mark it in the way of services, except on Good Friday. The services that day were fairly well attended, but an enormous proportion of Church-people did not put in an appear¬ ance at all, a circumstance much to be deplored, and one which shows how little real hold Church principles have on those who would very much object to be considered as Nonconformists. Mr. Parry Morgan's addresses at the " Three Hours" were much appre¬ ciated, and not less his sermon in the evening. The rendering: of Thos. Adam's Cantata "The Cross of Christ " was quite up to the high standard of the Choir, although they had had to contend with a quite inexperienced conductor. The bass solos were well given by Mr. Chas. Owen, and the tenor by Mr. Chas. Evans and Mr. Tom Phillips, and the soprano polos were- safe in the hands of Miss Criss. Kerr and Miss Webb, but the gems of the piece were the duet by Mrs H. Roberts and Mr. Phillips, and the quartet—very difficult but very beautiful—by Mr. and Mrs. John Davies, Mr. Phillips and Mr. R. Jerman. It will be noticed that there were some recruits in the solos and part-singing, and they acquitted themselves admirably. We regret to have to add to our record of Good Friday's doings that the sanctity of ihe day was pro. faned—as it had not been for some years—by a foot¬ ball match. Those who do not believe in the day as a Holy Day, and regard the anniversary/ cf Christ's death as simply an occasion for a -holiday, might at ^east respect the feelings of believers so far as to abstain from the noisier and more public forms of entertainments Churchmen who subscribe to the Club should make their feeling in the matter known. , Easter moiming broke bright and clear, but during the day there were many heavy snow showers These, however, did not interfere with the congregations which were consistently good throughout the day, the attendance at the eight o'clock celebration being far larger than we have ever seen before seventy-five being present. In all 196 communicated, and with a few sick communion^ previously arranged for the total number topped two hundred, the previous best for Easter being 184. The Vicar had the assistance at 8 o'clock of the Rector of Penstrowed, who also celebrated at 9, and the communicants will we are sure join in thanking him. for without his help the earlier service would have been very long and trying, both to the Vicar and the congregation. The singing throughout the day was all that could be desired, though there was one grave collapse in the evening anthem, explainable by a fact alreadv noted in our a count of Good Friday. The collections which were for the Vicar amounted to £18 5s. 5d. ' The Church had been prettily" desorated as usual, the following being those chiefly resp nsible :—Font, Miss Marshall ; South Windows, Misses Griffiths, Commerce House : North Windows, Mrs. H. R berts, Miss Davies, School House,, and Miss Phillips; Pdlpit, Miss Webb: Lectern, Miss Jones, The Close ; Stalls, Miss Gwen Kerr ; while Miss Kerr and Mrs. Edmund Jones decorated the 'A-ltmr,,5 for which lovely arum lilies were .also sent by Mrs;'Lea Jones and Mrs. Kerr.