Welsh Journals

WELSH AND ENGLISH OFFERTORIES FOR MARCH, 1897 WELSH. s. d. ENGLISH Mar. 7th, 10 a.m. . Mar. 7th, 8 a.m. ... »i i» 6 p.m. . 19 „ ,, 11-30 a.m. 11 14th, 6 p.m. . 18 „ » 6-30 p.m. •1 aist, 6 p.m. . ,, 14th, 8 a.m. » »8th, 6 p.m. . 14 ., ,, 11-30 a.m. m >> 6-30 p.m. ,, 21st, 8 a.m. ,, „ U-30 a.m. ,» ,» 6-3° Pm- ,, 28th, 8 a.m. „ „ 11-30 a.m. „ „ 6-30 p.m. Welsh Adults 11 Infants Total (Welsh) £$ 3 I0 Total (English) SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DURING MARCH. 99 I Hirael School ...... ...... 80 l English School ... ...... Total Average... ...... s. d. 5% f> *>A £5 14 40 102 321 March 3rd- 7th- n Hth- „ 16th- March 16th- „ 18th- to Mary Roberts, of 14, Water Street, Hirael, Ma ch 3rd- 6th- x8th- 25th- 26th- 28th- 3ist- BAPTISMS. -William, son of Robert and Sarah Roberts, 17, Union Street. -Elsie May, daughter of William and Emily Eardly, 9, Hugh Street. -John Harold, son of John and Elizabeth Hughes, Tanyfron. -Robert, son of Charles and Margaret Maria Pattison, 16, Chapel Street. MARRIAGES. -Jeremiah Williams, of 23, Club Street, Hirael, Bangor, Bangor. -Robert George Silkstone Griffith, of 4, Clarence Street, Euston Road, Bangor, to Annet Magdalene Roberts, of 23, Garth Road, Bangor. BURIALS. -Ellen Williams, of 3, Trevelyan Terrace, Bangor, aged 72 years. -John Eames, of 9, Garden Square, Bangor, aged 11 months. -Ellen Gwendoline Jones, of 27, Fair View Road, Hirael, Bangor, aged 10 months. -Robert Pattison, of 16, Chapel Street, Bangor, aged 6 months. ~Henry Evans, of Berllan Bach, Bangor, aged 59 years. -Thomas Stanley, of 12, Mountain Square, Bangor, aged 22 years. -Jane Ellen Humphreys, of Berllan Bach, Bangor, aged 21 years. EASTER DAY. 1 his year there will be four celebrations of the Holy Communion, viz., 6.30 a.m. (Welsh), »a.mj. (English), 9.30 a.m. (Welsh), and 11.30 a.m. English. In the Rubric we read "that every anshioner shall Communicate at the least three times in the year, of which Easter is to be one." Cr,™ ^SO reao- *n one °f tne Exhortations appointed to be read before the Celebration of the Holy bunion that for you" "T "•lilL ^s ^e ^on °f ^0(^ ^ voucnsafe to yield up His Soul by death upon the Cross of His detuat*0n ' so ^ ^s y°ur ^uty to receiye trie Holy Communion in remembrance of the Sacrifice wP it.' af He Himself hath commanded." year We trust tb rtimselt nath commanded. a very co h meml:>ers of the English Congregation will show no back-sliding this year. Last number will sho a¥e number of the English Congregation communicated, and we trust that the amounted to Ts^ increase this Easter. The total of both Welsh and English Communicants To relieve the preSsurJhere were over in Welsh at 6.30 a.m. were over 170 Communicants at the 8 o'clock Celebration, at the 8 o'clock, we have decided upon having this year a Celebration ,,f , 1 . 1 ,, , ^nis is the earliest hour at which we have hitherto had a Celebration in St. Mary s, om we snail be mUch surprised if we do not find a goodly number of faithful Welsh people present at that early hour. We shall adopt the same plan as last year of sending printed cards round the parish by the district Visitors I he heads of families are requested to fill in the cards according to the printed instructions by placing a mark opposite their names, to denote the hour they intend making their communion. The District Visitors will call for the card early in the week before Easter, This method is now adopted in many parishes, and has the two-fold advantage of reminding the parish¬ ioners of their duty to communicate on Easter Day—the Great Festival—of the Christian Church, and giving an approximate idea to the Clergyman of the number of Communicants he may expect at each celebration.