Welsh Journals

WELSH AND ENGLISH OFFERTORIES FOR SEPTEMBER. WELSH. Sept. 5th, 10 a.m. ,, ,, 6 p.m. ,, 12th, 6 p.m. ,, 19th 6 a.m. ,, 26th, 6 p.m. ENGLISH: Sept. 5th, 11-30a.m. ,, „ 6-30 p.m. ,, 12th 8 a.m. ,, ,, H-30 a.m. ,, ,, 6-30 p.m. ,, 13th, 12 a.m.... ,, 19th, 8 a.m. ,, ,, 11-30 a.m. „ „ 6-30 p.m. ,, 26th, 8 a.m. ,, ,, 11-30 a.m. ,, 6-30 p.m. s. d. 8^ 1% 13 5# 1% 10 Total (Welsh) ^4 17 oj Total (English) ^703 Welsh Adults Infants SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DURING SEPTEMBER. Hirael English School 120 no 30 94 Total 354 Sept. Sept. Sept. BAPTISMS. 1—Elizabeth Gwendoline, daughter of Henry and Katharine Emma Hughes, Tremydon, Moelfra, Anglesey. 15—Isabella, daughter of William and Ellen Arridge, 4, Lonypobty 19—Thomas William, son of Joseph and Lilly Jevons, 3, William Street 30—Dorothy Hernion, daughter of Henry Harold and Charlotte Elizabeth Hughes, 6, Glandwr Terrace, Garth MARRIAGES. 6—Herbert Milliard, 200, High Street, to Kate Hopson, National School House, Garth Road 15—John Henry Travis, Plastirion, Gyffin, to Martha Ann McCulloch, 2, Gordon Terrace, Garth Road 25—Robert Owen, 2, Rock Terrace, Maentwrog, to Ann Ellen Roberts, 1, Lower Street, Caellepa 27—Edmund Jones, Liverpool House, Portdinorwic, to Jane Davies, Erynadda, Vaynol Park DEATHS. 2~~T?U-th Bines> 7' Perllanbach, aged 18 months ^jZa"efk Gatward, 13, Summerhill Terrace, Upper Bangor, aged 59 years it— T Ml^w Richard McCarter, The Three Salmons, aged 32 days rf-_T4 'u^»"ghes' J3> Victoria Street, Upper Bangor, aged 10 months 18—Mar El §' *' °rme VieW' aged 3 yearS __» '„ lza°eth Williams, 3, Snowdon View, Penrhosgarnedd, aged 39 years 28-WllkrnBr?miams' 25' Edmund Street> Hirae1' aSed 33 years ~q tj \. xj , tain> Holyhead Road, Upper Bangor, aged 57 years 28-Hugh Hughes, DafarnNewydd, aged 72 years THE NEW SCHOOLROOM FOR ENGLISH SERVICES. I he new bcnool-room is a great improvement on the old one for English services. The room is most comfortable in every respect, being excellently ventilated and lighted. The choir too has vastly improved, and we now have an anthem every Sunday evening, as well as processional and recessional hymns. Mr. Will Roberts took the choir through the anthem last Sunday, and we are looking forward to another treat next Sunday evening, now that the men have commenced to attend. We should not be at all surprised to rind that in the course of time this service will prove even more attractive and popular than the Welsh service in Church. The number of young people and children attending the school-room is quite remarkable, and we hope that the time is not far distant when the one-service- worshipper will also find his way to the new schoolroom. We are sorry to have been obliged to move some of the younger children from the front benches to the back seats. Several members of the congregation were disturbed during the service by their conduct. We are quite willing for them to sit where they like provided their parents will accompany them, but unaccompanied as most of them are, they cannot fail _by their restlessness and talkativeness to distract the attention of other members of the congregation. THE HARVEST FESTIVAL. Harvest thanksgiving services were held in St. Mary's, on Sunday and Monday, October 3rd and 4th. The order of services on Sunday was as follows : Holy Communion at eight a.m.; choral cele-