Welsh Journals

flru)pstli Deanerp maQazine. Vol. XIII. APRIL, 1905. No. 148. LLANIDLOES. As announced briefly last month we are having special preachers during the last three weeks of Lent. During this week of publication the Rev. R. W. Owen, Vicar of Eglwys Oen Duw, preaches on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings, next week the Vicar of Llangurig will preach on the same evenings of the week, i.e., April 11, 12 & 13, and the Vicar is exchanging for the whole of Holy week with the Vicar of Rhay¬ ader, who will preach every week night (ex¬ cept Saturday) as well as take the Three Hours Service. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in Holy Week—April 17—20— there will be Holy Communion at 8 a.m., Matins at 11, Evensong and Sermon at 7.30. On Good Friday there will be Litany and Ante Communion at 8-0 a.m., Matins at 10-30, Three Hours Service 12-3, Evensong and Sermon at 7-30. We hope that the attendance at the 'Three Hours' will be much larger than it ever has been before, and that the whole of Holy week will be made a time of earnest and devout prepara¬ tion for Easter Day. On Easter Sunday, April 23rd, there will be celebrations of Holy Communion at 8, 9, 10 (in Welsh), and mid-day, when we have no doubt that there will be a larger number present than there has been in our Church for many a long year. The Rule of the Church is definite and precise that every communicant shall attend that day, and we trust that all the newly confirmed as well as our older members will observe it. Sunday, April 2nd, was a busy day in Church, and will be long remembered by those who were present at the services, which were well attended throughout. The Bishop celebrated at mid-day, and though there were a good number of communicants the fact that he and his chaplain helped in the ad¬ ministration shortened the service consider¬ ably. The Confirmation was fixed for three o'clock, and long before that hour the Church was full, and people kept coming in practi¬ cally all through the service so that the aisles were crowded, and the idea of a recessional round the Church had to be abandoned. The Bishop, in his address, dwelt on the Revival, and laid especial stress on the need of per¬ severance and the consequent necessity of utilising the grace of God given us. There were sixteen candidates from outside parish¬ es and fifty-one from Llanidloes, twenty-six men and boys and twenty-five women and girls. God grant that they may all be and contine to be true and faithful followers of Jesus Christ and loyal members of the Church. We append the names of those confirmed :■—Elizabeth Baxter, Hannah J. Beedle, Margaret Clayton, Edith A. Davies, Elizabeth A. Edwards, Martha Evans, Sarah Eliz. Evans, Annie Hamer, Florence Helen Hampton, Edith M. Hopper, Mary Ann Hughes, Florence A. W. Humphreys, Eliza¬ beth Jerman, Lavinia Jerman, Agnes Jones, Mary Jones, Mary V. R. Lewis, Sarah Eliz. Lewis, Annie Owen, Susie Price, Elizabeth Richards, Mary Lilian Roberts, Sarah Ellen Thomas, Annie Walker, Kate A. Williams, William Bradbury, Albert A. Corfield, Lewis Davies, Herbert Edwards, Albert Evans, Edward M. Evans, R. Osborne George, Ed¬ ward Higgs, James * Hughes, Horace Jeff, Charles Jones, Lemuel Jones, Vernon R. Lewis, Stowell L. C. Marpole, Arthur J. Middleton, John Mills, Joseph Morecombe, Ernest Morgan, George Morgan, John Owen, Brinley Richards, David Richards, Richard Henry Richards, William Henry Roberts, Herbert Williams. The Vicar of Conway's Lecture on his ' Trip to Palestine' was a great success in every way. There was a very good audience (good in numbers and in behaviour), the slides were excellent, and the lecturer was humorous and edifying by turns. We shall all be very glad to see and hear him again. Our thanks are due to Mr C.Owen who kept the door, Mr. R. Hamilton Owen who managed the lantern at some expense to himself, to the ladies who sold tickets, and to others who helped in the room. The proceeds amounted to £8 18s., which, after paying expenses, cleared off our past debts for coal