Welsh Journals

OFFERTORIES AND COLLECTIONS AT ST. MARY'S DURING MARCH, 1899. March 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, ENGLISH. 8 a.m. 11-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. 8 a.m. 11-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. 8 a.m. 11-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. 8 a.m. 11-30 a.m. 6-30 p.m. d. 34 41 8 11 2 6 February 5th, >> >> „ 12th, >> M „ I9th, „ 26th, oj WELSH. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 44 94 44 Total (English) £6 19 4 Average per Sunday ^3 oj. a,d. Total (Welsh) £5 2 1 BAPTISMS. March 5th—Ellen Tryphena, daughter of Rowland Phillip and Jane Ellen Jones, 5, William Street. ,, ,, Annie Mary A~ J~ J~ An do. do. MARRIAGES. do. do. March 14th—George Langford Gibson, of 2, Royal Terrace, Northampton, to Isabelle Rae, of Caederwen, Bangor. ,, 20th William Jones, 79, Garth Road, Bangor, to Dora Mary Jones, of Sea View, Garth Road, Bangor. BURIALS. March 6th—Mary Thomas, of 6, St. Paul's Terrace. Aged 67 years. 8th—Mary Elizabeth Parry, of 327, High Street. Aged 19 years. ,, Richard Jones, of 7, Ambrose Street, llirael. Aged 47 years. 11th—Eliza Healy, The Workhouse. Aged 62 years. 15th—Louisa Pori, of George's Crossing, Menai Bridge Road. Aged 91 years. 25th—Augustus PVancis Gough, of 3, Infant Lane. Aged II months. ,, —William Jones, of Cutir, Bangor. Aged 44 years. The following paragraph taken from the Daily Graphic April 3rd, furnishes us with a striking illustration of how persecution fails to accomplish its ends. By a strange irony of fate persecution invariably makes the cause it would stamp out flourish and grow. There is, as most of our readers are aware, an organised agitation being carried on against the High Church movement, but though " the bush burned with fire, yet the bush was not consumed," and we know of no instance in the annals of history where religious thought has been successfully coerced to run in a certain channel. Every effort has hitherto failed and the following quotation leads us to think that this last attempt shows no better promise. The only sure method for low Churchmen to stamp out ritualism is to show equal^zeal, equal diligence, equal self-sacrifice, and a little more Christian charity than has recently adorned their conduct:—" Services appropriate to Easter Day were held yesterday in all the churches of the metropolis, and were generally well attended. In churches distinguised for elaborate music or ornate ritual, there was scarcely standing room at the principal services. Large quantities of spring flowers were used to decorate the altars, chancels, fonts, and pulpits. At Westminster Abbey morning prayer was sung to Stanford in B flat, and the mid-day celebration to Smart in F. The anthem was, " We declare unto Thee " (Bridge). The Dean preached in the morning, Canon Gore in the afternoon, and Dr. Robertson, Principal of King's College, in the evening. At St. Paul's Cathedral there was a-crowded attendance at each of the three services. At the morning service the officiating clergy wore their Jubilee copes, and the altar was as usual adorned with arum lilies. The music in the morning included the Te Deum and Benedictus Hopkins in F, and the Holy Communion was sung to Stainer in A; in the afternoon the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Stanford in A, and the anthem, " But thou didst not," and " Worthy is the Lamb " (Handel); and in the evening the Magnificat, &c, to chants. The Dean preached at the morning service." GIFTS TO ST. MARY'S. An anonymous donor has just presented St. Mary's Church with a very handsome white linen cloth for the altar, for which we offer our heartfelt thanks. THINGS WANTED FOR ST. MARY'S CHURCH. AN APPEAL. Appended is a list of things wanted by the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Mary's, another occasion we hope to be able to give the probable cost of each article. 1. New windows for south side of St. Mary's which will probably cost £\o. .,,.,-,.£. Uniform rug-seaiings for all the pews. 3 Kneeling hassocks for all the pews. On