The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-08 00:00:00

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THE WELSH CHURCH.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
" We do hear them speak in our tongues the won-
tierful works of God.' What a glorious opening
scene, and how gloriouly continued on. "
Sound is gone out into all lands."—" There is neither
t+leech nor language but their voices are heard among
",ern."—Es en the distant isolated Briton rejoiced in
the heavenly privilege, and his descendants have en-
'vd it as their rightful inheritance to the present
eas,
, • But, alas ! here we are forced to stop. A
Britons
has come over their fortunes ; and when those
13ritons now stand forward to hear the joyful tidings
in their tongue wherein they were born, they meet
;.it.:; an unqualified refusal. " No," says the Church
Kingland, " you shall hear no such things unless
°I learn English."
oess,e,ssehort time ago we adverted to the practice in the
theof Llandaff, of denying the communion service
oihge poor in their native tongue, and the many
li
unchristian practices concurrent with that ;
nd as such practices must be too notorious to escape
Public animadversion, it may be asked why the age
th.erd parties do not remonstrate and memorialise
ivel,ll43,hop on the subject.. Memorialise. the Bishop !
Atil,‘tur_yiea.tn.eed,has been memorialised, expostulated with,
.implored, supplicated upon the subject.
What said on the part of the Bishop? Why,
Ghat
he is pastor pastorum, and not pastor populi ;
11
The %,.ith these scraps of Latin the matter is dismissed.
13, ishop does his work by deputy, and the people
—'
f 411.1 as they were. Deputyisin and sinecurism
:1,,r111 the vital air of the Church of England. They
ti,e the oxygen and hydrogen of its constant respira-
i 11, only that to this combination is added another
ngredient of no less gen-ral diffusion, and that is
74,„P'.!ti8nt• This is the laughing gas of the Establish-
-el.""t• It was this principle that operated so effica-
,tuts,l.vin the recent arrangements in
.the palish of
th- "il, and produced the usual fruits there. In
_ers parish the people were accu-toined to hear tee
eliti,•tryzat:tloyhe Church in their native Welsh langlr'gc;
the Navineginningof the present yearthe Welsli
the 'lig left, it was contrived that through
',ajar °r some little reciprocities between influ-
cisioan.e,,et;p4sostiesrri in this diocese and others on the English
, without in the least consulting the
emence of the parishioners, an English clergyman
as placed here totally ignorant of the Welsh lad-
getliagv, and who, of course, withheld from them their
teestomary service. Upon this the parishioners de-
_ rtnined upon addressing the Bishop, and accordingly
4, P!±titine
Was drawn up to the following effect, and
delivered to the Bi.-hop
the Right- Reverend the Lord Bishop of
-aridaft..
]ti" We, the undersigned inhabitants of the parish of
eim,mlaid in the county of Monmouth, and diocese
°I- .114,°,claff', hUmbly beg permission to state to your
&c. And here they proceed to say that
parttnee4 been accustomed.to have the service of their
hurch performed in their native Welsh lan-
shiegei and that the congregation was often very con-
imerdable, but. that in consequence of the. change al-
us to it was continually diminishing, and was
thatreduced to seven individuals ; and then they added
.f
such practice was persisted in, they had no
their parish
but to absent themselves altogether from
,117'r parish church, and seek some other place of wor-
4, where they could hear the word of Gaki in their
t"gue, and concluding with a prayer that the
I,,c)P Would redress their grievances.
ould it not be natural to suppose that such an
Would be immediately attended to ? But no.
po ticiastor pastorum had nothing to do with this vox
d • Week after week passed away, and nothing
that one ; and the last we heard of Mamhilad was,
(14,, !he seven tenacious churchmen had at last dwin-
aei
Whether those five have followed their
thalnbours we know not ; but this we are assured of,
par, .iiere is a Dissenting chapel to be erected in the
tla.".e.r,l,he.rtowirlich a popular and eloquent Welsh
he appointed ; and the swarm which has
%.6tihe old hive will be better housed, and if not more
Lue,"lo y, at least more bountifully fed.
sy,te me
other fact, not less characteristic of the
also 411 is, that this same English clergyman has been
jacetiPta4"l as minister to the new church in the ad-
AA(111 iron works, in the midst of a Welsh-speaking
Ss,it.tati°°, under the patronage of the Pastoral Aid
suspect Little do the contributors to that charity
It 110 w their money is applied.
not may be asked, where will all this end ? We do
sttivPeossess the faculty of second sight, but with such
few. esreauses before us we will venture to predict a
euets,ilects, and in so doing we shall announce a few
es,a Probably new in certain quarters. There is
Will I's‘v a decree gene forth from the Vatican that
tsibutrie long visit this nefarious system with the re-
this a tribune, it so righteously deserves : for there are at
Catho,'?rnent.preparing for the ministry in a Roman
well h seminary a number of young Welshmen,
qaettaceuainted with the language, talented, elo-
arranylnen, devoted to their creed, who, as soon as
jaelselnents are complete, will be sent out into the
khiit P.4lity as missionaries and parish priesas ; and,
liish mere, there is actually a Wel-h Catholic
his 1.5,P,'1S
dente
far Wales; yea! and he will fix
Pala :'°enee in the ancient see of Llandaff; yea, his
that "4 cathedral are already planned out, and
141„1 "°Ol in a style of magnificence worthy of the
suffer 4nee of his charge, where, surreunded by his
istars,g4ll3 and coadjutors, he will complete the or-
Tb""°,l which his Church is so compertnt to design.
Chun Chureh of Rome was once expelled by the
kndersto°r.,England for not ministering in a language
exile by the People. Three hundred years of
ther rival her wisdom. We shall see her en-
afi rivalrith the same weapons, and most pro-
es`n3 not without Jared effect. " See," she will say to the
207.(1EinsChurch uLlte(si peaple of Wales, pointing to the
Sour of g'4ll(i'
"Seeheartless
_ cries. mhow that false,
Coyouers famishes your souls and mocks
4 4 ye to me, and be ye comforted.
And when this takes places, who is to
4% it
theLo battle in defence of the Protestant faith ?
bt)glat,duerlPPled, crutched, and dotaged Church of
41e/ne Will she resist the march of mighty
as,.aterl+nen she comes forth in the vigour of her re-
es Youth ? Is it the fashion-ridden Anglicised
Fy of
ala, thatthe Establishment, who preach to bare
Proßre:i_gt will direct the popular feeling and stay the
re4.nf the enemy ? No; if the encroachment is
44 th sis,ted at all, it is not by the Church of Eng-
tii:tt it ill be done, but by her deadly enemies,
are ilsesenters• And in that conflict, if the Dissenters
the
seir lsaette
td
eirtshperCevhauilr,ch of England is gone; but if
that very success will establish
httreil il• l supremacy, and be equally fatal to the
Lo, this is our prediction

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t4l''''gxt, AcEns. It is a matter of great surprise
ht"44(11,..- 41terk or business in the city, that, notwithe
11-?..er.tr.;.,?l,_e.,,ihnutnerable warnings which the public
ttiqs T", through the Press, against intrusting
ti„, fir money to persons unknown, and
n l'PeatPci convictions which have taken
"Qere ,14 the cases of bill-stealers, and the
ctii.ll,.4ts,-rtilhpttnees whii-h have beenpassed upon the delta.