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flrmpstli Deanerp magazine. Vol. VI. (New Series). JUNE, 1910. No. 210. CHORAL FESTIVAL. The Choral Festival for the Arwystli Deanery will be held in Carno Parish Church, on Wednesday, June 29th, 1910. There will he a full rehearsal of the choirs at 3 p.m. and tea will follow immediately afterwards- The Festival will he held at 5-30 p.m. N.B.—A Full Rehearsal of the Choirs will be held at Caersws Church on Wednesday, June 22nd,—a week exactly before the Festival—to commence at 6-30 prompt. LLANIDLOES. Garden Fete.—By the kindness of Mrs. Lea Jones we are once more enabled to announce that this annual event will be held in the Maenol Grounds on Wednesday, July 6th, when we hope to have all the usual attractions and some new ones. Out of the proceeds we want to buy a complete set of hymn-books for the Choir and make a grant to the Sunday School funds and any balance will go to the Bast End fund. Ascension Day was not much better ob¬ served than usual there being very few at early service though a fairly respectable con¬ gregation assembled in the evening. Whit-Sunday was better kept and there was a considerable increase in the number of communicants as compared with last year. But in fact the whole month has been completely overshadowed by the lamentable and unexpected' death of the King on May 6th. In common with probably every other parish in the Kingdom we held a Memorial Service in the Parish Church on the day of the funeral, Friday, May 20th, at 2 p.m., consisting of the Burial Service with hymns and an address. The Mayor and Corporation, accompanied by the members of the Masonic Lodge, O.ldfellows, Foresters, Territorials, Boy Scouts and other bodies walked to Church in procession to the strains of the " Dead March," played *by the Borough Band, and the building was rilled by a large and reverent congregation. The Rev. T. Mordaf Pierce read the Lesson in Welsh and the Vicar said the few prayers and also gave an address. The Choir seemed to us to sing with remarkable sweetness and Miss Lena Davies accompanied, and the hymns— especially "Jesus, Lover of my soul" to Aberystwyth -were wonderful. The Vicar had written an adaptation of "O fryniau Caersalem " in English, but perhaps because of the unfamiliar words it did not ' go ' so well. We append the version—not for its excellence but for lack of copy : — The Saints from the far hills of Zion Look back on the path the)- have trod. And sweet is each step of that, journey To them in the presence of God. Past, past are its storms and its terrors And past is grim death and the grave, Around them the bliss and the glory Of Him who is mighty to save. We too from this desert of mourning Shall rise to that Paradise blest, And there on the breast of the Father Our sin-wearied souls shall find rest. Set free in that refuge for ever From sin, and earth's sorrow and pain, To learn through tiie ages unending The love of the Lamb that was slain.