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OFFERTORIES AND COLLECTIONS AT ST. MARY'S DURING MAY, 1902. ENGLISH. s. d WELSH. ay 4th, 8 a.m. . 0 sy2 s. d. j» ».j i 1-30 a.m. May 4th, 10 a.m. .. 0 8% >) >> 6-30 p.m. . 0 >> jj 6 p.m. .. 1 »» 8th, 8 a.m. . 0 j> nth, 10 a.m. .. 0 8^ »j nth, 8 a.m. . 0 >> >j 6 p.m. .. 0 16 2% jj 11-30 a.m. . 1 >> 18th, 10 a.m. .. 0 ,, >> 6-30 p.m. . 0 11 jj 6 p.m. .. 0 17 >» 18th, 8a.tn. . 0 JJ 25th, 10 a.m. .. 0 10 >> >> II-30 a.m. . 1 4X JJ jj 6 p.m. .. 1 j) »> 6-30 p.m. >> 25th, 8 a.m. . 0 10 JJ >j 11-30 a.m. . 1 0% JJ >> 6-30 p.m. Total (English) . 0 £7 10 10% £l2 I3J. ey2d. Total (Welsh) £5 13 6* rotal BAPTISMS. May 1 st.—Ellen Louisa, daughter of Patrick and Ellen Cooke, Brittania Street. „ 8th.—Sarah Ellen, daughter of John William and Mary Owen, 14, Mount Street. „ 14th.—John, son of Tames and Ada Alice Graham, The Mount. „ 18th.—Mary, daughter of Anne Ellen and John Prytherch, 9, Mason Street. „ 18th.—Ellen Myfanwy Pilgrim, daughter of William Pilgrim and Susan Margaret Morris, 2, New Street, Pant-y- Gog, Pont-y-Cymair, Glanmorganshire. M 18th.—Richard Lloyd, son of Richard and Margaret Williams, 4, York Place. „ 25th.—Violet Rhoda, daughter of Idwal Howell and Mary Shee, 50, James Street. „ 29th.—James Norman, son of William James Thomas and Jessie Anne Barry, Coast Guard Station. MARRIAGES. May 6th. —William Roberts, Llwydiarth Esgob, to Susannah Jones, Hafod y Gors, Llanerchymedd. „ 8th.—David Williams, Tan-y-fynwent, Llanfaelog, to Sarah Williams, School House, Glanadda. ,, 19th.—Austin Thomas Morgan, 5, Brook Row, to Mary Owen, 6, Berllan Bach. ,, 22nd.—Alfred Poz^i, to Sarah Pratley, Great Comberton, Pershore, Worcester. BURIALS. May 6th.—Olivia Martin, (Infirmary). Aged 46 years. „ 7th.—Ann Hughes, 29, Brittannia Street. Aged 48 years. ,, I2th.—Ann White, 3, Back Berea Terrace. Aged 64 years. „ r5th.—Fred, son of William and Mary Aiken, 3, Orme Terrace, Euston Road. We have obtained the consent of Mr. Williams, the Bishop's private Chaplain, to publish the excellent sermon which he preached at St. Mary's, on Sunday, June 8th,—the Peace Sunday. " Ulessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people....... The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us nor forsake us; That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers."—1 Kings viii. 56, 57, 58. It was a memorable occasion to the people of Israel, when they gathered together in the presence of their King at the consummation of a great national work, and the fulfilment of a long- cherished hope and design, and dedicated to the service of God the noble building which had been erected at the expense of great treasures and much patient labour. And very memorable were the words with which King Solomon on the occasion addressed the people, and supplicated God. The text I have just read is taken from the blessing with which he blessed the people after he had made a solemn supplication to God on their behalf. And we cannot but perceive how fittingly these words have been chosen by our Archbishop as the first lesson for this morning, when we, King and people together, join in one great national act of thanksgiving to the Almighty and All-merciful God who has at last given rest unto his people from the toil and weariness,, and anxiety and suffering of the war in which they have been lately engaged. Who is there to-day in this country of England, from King down to meanest subject, that will not, out of a full heart, thankfully repeat these words, " Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto his people?" No doubt in times past our country has often seen darker days and been engaged in severer struggles than this recent one: still our people have seen enough of the terrible realities of war, the weariness, the suspense, the suffering it entails,—the tears it brings to many a home, the loss to England of many of her noblest sons—our people have seen enough of these in the last two. of three years to make us nil say to-day out of a full and fervent heart, "Blessed bo God that hath given rest unto his people."