Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-12


pitched, but extremely musical.
An Address of Welcome
was given by Rev. Samuel Maxwell, Rector Of
Trinity. He testified to his pleasure in well
coming DR.. Morgan and his fellow countrymen
of this city and said that the doors OF Trinity
were ever open to people of all languages or
creeds. Although" said Rev. Mr.. Maxwell,
"a service partly in w elsh and partly In our
own vernacular may fall strangely upon the
in the thought that the Most High hears His
praises and the expressions OF love and conn.,
dence no matter In what language or words
expressed. The diverse tongues of the nations
of the world were of divine institution, and al
though the Tower of Babel witnessed the pun
ishment of wickedness by the diversihcation OF
oral communication, the growth of the world
had followed the polyglot lines OF language. IL
was a series of lingual boundaries as eHecIual
at that day as the territorial divisions of the
world at the present; and SO, after all, had sub
served the purposes of the Almighty. But the
whole world and all the people had synonyms
for the name Of the Creator, and all thus stood
upon a common plane.
The regular evening service of the Episcopal
Church followed, the choir making the re-
sponses and singing three festival glorias after
and usual hymns, five Welsh hymns were sung
by the united choirs of the Welsh churches of
this city, under the direction of Mr.. ID: j.
Davies, leading tenor of Trinity choir. The
Tremendous and Inspiring
and the fresh clear voices of the Welsh maid
ems made the church ring again, OF the music
of this hymn it must be said that the severe
harmony yielded to the volume of sound. The
words are n usical in the extreme, and although
the verses seem to be studded with voWels In
opposition to double consonants, the words
seem to roll with peculiar huency. With so
musical tongue as starting po Mt, one can
readily understood the number ad emlnence
of Welsh bards.
The text of the sermon was as follows: Hell.
H. 15 Md oeS 1 nj drch-oferdid heb Jedru
cyd- ddioddef an glDendid nj: ond tOedi Ell
den1ftio ynl who6 peth or uu Gunud a nirtdu,
eto heb bechod.
=TTranslation: Hebrews, iv, Is. We have not a
High Priest that cannot be touched with feeling
of our intrmity, but was tempted In all things
even as we are, only without sin.'l
The central idea conveyed by the text was,
in the speakers mind, the sympathy of Christ,
the great High Priest with His people univer-
sally. 1t was the sympathy of the highest per-
son in the realm. for Christ when on earth was
at the head of all nations. 1t was also SYM
pathy with mankind in its infirmities and
needs. 1t is easy to secure and retain friends
in prosperity, but when adversely overtakes
one, friends, as general thing, transfer their
regards to Others When David was king
everybody bowed the knee. When he was
fugitive from AbsalOm'S vengeance almost all
hands were raised against him. The SYM
pathy of the Master was enduring in all periods
and under all circumstances. Furthermore,
it was sympathy founded upon personal ex-
perience. To be able to tender true sympathy
it is necessary that the sympathizer should
have experienced like sorrow to that which.
overwhelms the sorrowing one. Christ was
tempted, but fell not, thereby becoming famil-
lar with the temptations which assail mankind.
Lastly the sympathy Of the Divine Master was
the same yesterday, to-day and tomorrow.
Everlasting as the Kingdom of God and uni
versal as the omnipotence of the Most High.
Singing the Sermons.
Asis the Welsh custom, DR.. Morgan sang a
number of the grandly-worded hymns of the
Welsh nation with tenor voice of rare beauty
and cultivation. To DISPATCH representa-
tive DR.. Morgan explained that to the inter-
polation of hymns in the sermons the Welsh
divines owed their wonderful ability to sway
their audiences. 1t certainly was novel and
sermon sung, but the faces of the Welsh peo-
pie indicated their great appreciation of what
was really an eloquent discourse.
During the singing Of the Ofertory In Welsh
by the following gentlemen, Messrs. Davies,
Thomas Reese, Carson Price and Williams, a
large collection was taken up for the benefit of
the benevolent fund of st. David's Society.
Bishop Whitehead made series of happy re-
marks in reference to the impression the serv-
ice had created in the minds of all who were
present, and predicted the arrival of the time
when all nations would worship God in one
grand aggregation of music and language. His
benediction and the retrocessional hymn by the
vested choir brought the service to pleasant
conclusion. DR.. Morgan held a reception in
the vestry of the church, and met many per-
sonally. While here he is the guest of Mr.. T.
G. jenkins.