Welsh Journals

flrwpstli Deanerp magazine. Vol. II. (New Series). JANUARY, 1906. No. 157. GENERAL. Subscribers who keep the local pages for binding—and we hope there are many who do so, for this kind of Magazine becomes more interesting as time goes on—will please notice that this number is paged 49-52 of Vol. II New Scries. This will entail their renumbering the pages of last year's issue, but on the whole we think it will be found worth while : the paging somehow went wrong last year, and secondly, those who have taken the Magazine from the beginning will find that twelve years of local matter will make a sufficiently formidable volume of over 600 pages. To those who have the whole set from the beginning, we believe these pages will be of evergrowing interest, recalling incidents almost forgotten, church struggles, and we are glad to think church progress, and alas! many vanished faces. CHORAL FESTIVAL. The next Festival will be held at Llanid¬ loes Church on Wednesday, July 4th, 1906. There will be a Choral Celebration of the Holy Communion in the morning, at which Adlam's Service in G will be sung, with the following hymns from Ancient and Modern : 215, 223; 107. The order of Evensong will be found in last year's book. Psalm 85, v. 1-3 to chant Jackson p. 8. ,, „ v. 4-7 ,, Purcell p. 6. „ „ v. 8-end „ Jackson p. 8. 145. v. 1-7 „ Jacobs in A flat [p.8. „ „ v. 8-end .. Hawes p. 8. Hymns, on pages 23, 17, 27, 29. Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (Tours in F.) Anthem to be arranged for later on. It is hoped that the Choirs will commence work assiduously with the commencement of the new year, and be ready for a first rehearsal of the Communion service in March. This service will be sung in unison, but if any desire to render the harmony, they are free to do so. The music to the " Snrsum Corda " will be the plain- song as on page 8 of the Festival Book for 1903. LLANIDLOES. The Monthly Service for MEN ONLY, will be held on Sunday, January 7th, at 3-35. The attendance in December showed an in¬ crease, and we hope to have more still this month. Christmas once again lies behind us, and with the exception of one incident we can look back upon it with a good deal of satis¬ faction. Although the festival fell on a Monday, the attendances were very fair, the number of Communicants much larger than ever before, and the music up to the best standard of the choir. The rendering " Sing and Rejoice " on Christmas Eve was some¬ what shaky, the various voices being unsteady in the different leads, and the time uncertain, but the singing on Christmas Day made ample amends, being bright and hearty as well as accurate. The evening anthem, which was a really difficult one, was almost perfectly rendered, and Barnby's Carol Anthem " The first Christmas," was quite a treat. Our best thanks are due to Miss Lena Davies, who played at both the evening services, and whose command over the organ and good taste in her selection of stops had no little to do with the success of the festival from a musical standpoint. The exception referred to above was the football competition : if this had taken place on Christmas afternoon, and being continued on Boxing Day morning and afternoon, we should have no complaint to make—we draw a broad distinction between Christmas Day and Sunday. But it began on Christmas morning, and while the Church bells were calling worshippers to church, the shouts of spectators were urging them to the football field. Good taste and decency should have prevented this, and we trust it may never recur. Of a good many church people we are afraid it was true this year that there was ' no room ' for Christ on Christmas morning in their hearts—they were too full of football. The Rummage Sale proved a great success in every way, and the proceeds amounted to within a few pence of £20. The object