The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-02

cult questions are referred, inquiries are
made as to the fitness of candidates for
pastorships and the whole denomination
looks up to him as a leader and guide.
gives to his English admirers was afford
ed recently in the Park Hall. Cardiff.
when, In connection with Charles street
chapel anniversary, "Herber" preached
In English. Mr. Evans is distinguished
among Welsh preachers In having resisted
the enticements continually offered them
for removal to the great English towns.
Among other invitations he had a call to
Westminster chapel and to Hare Court,
CanOnbury. but for % years he remained
pastor Of Salem Chapel, Carnarvon, North
Wales. and only within the last two years
he has removed to Bangor as principal of
the North Wales Congregational College.
The Park Hall was crowded at each Of
the services by audiences wishful to hear
the great orator who has occupied In sue
cessiOn most of the famous pulpits Of the
most famous divines of the metropolis of
the world. Mr. Surgeons, DR.. Dale's
Samuel Martins. DR.. Mellor's, DR.. Raw
toned in North Wales. "Herber" is a
South Wales man.. native Of Pantyro-
nen, near NewcastleE Emlyn. Carmarthen.
The crush at the evening session was so
great that the doors had to be closed be-
fore the eminent divine and orator COM
menced, and many hundreds had to be
turned away. Mr.Evans will visit Canada
and America the coming summer. Prin-
cipal Edwards and Principal Evans are
fair representatives OF the genius Of
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Welsh school Of Theology
DR.. Cynddylan Jones proposes the es-
tablishment of distinctivey Welsh
school Of theology. The Welsh mind Is
visible In its preaching. but not In its the
ology. which has been borrowed from
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own characteristics to the elucidation of
religion. England has looked at the SUBJ
ject from the ethical and common sense
standpoint. Scotland from the metaphy-
sical and dogmatic. and Germany from
the point Of view Of the religious senti-
ment. Wales. Cynddylan thinks, should
be able to offer u contribution of Its own
through the medium Of It's religious Inn
agination, scientifically trained and dis
cipllned. An eminent scientist has written
on the function Of the imagination In SCI
ence. 1t has an equally important func-
tion In the highest spiritual sphere, and 1t
should be the task Of Wales to show the
possibilities In this direction. He suggests
the typical Welshman (Dr. John Rhys) as
principal, should he made the centre Of
attraction to all that Is best in Welsh
theology, or that a school Of theology be
established In connection with one Of the
National colleges in Wales. The Bible is
thinkers Of the East The Welsh. who are
the emotional imaginative thinkers of the
West, should bear at least their share In
interpreting.-Chr World, London.
Ill
A Swansea Priest and the New Woman.
Preaching at the st. David's Roman
Catholic Church recently, the Rev. Father
Philipson said every age produced Its
phenomena. and amongst those Of the
present was the new woman" As he
understood her. she was the woman who
left her natural sphere and tried to fill
another for which she was never intended.
The home Of man was the world. but the
nome OF woman was In her own house,
hold and with her own family. The new
Woman SSs an W. was only an Imitation OF man
ments and his actions; but the true wo-
man str0ve to be womanly, and made her
home her realm, shedding the light OF
sympathy all around her. This was her
sphere, which could not be filled by man.
Sccturinn Day Schools.
The feeling Is gaining ground that when
the present government Of England viii
In some way assist the State church and
Roman Catholic schools. In Non-Con-
formist country like Wales It Is natural
that such a proceeding would rouse con-
siderable aversion, as being Numerically
opposed to the principle Of religious equal
ity. There has lately scarcely q week
passed In which some or others Of the
Welsh newspapers have not entered their
which Is feared. Recently the Tartan and
the Seren discussed the subject. the for
mer remarking that It has now become the
question Of the day, and. in fact, burn
Ing question. The Tartan declares that
men and the Catholics to put every pres
sure to bear upon the government to aid
the sectarian day schools In an effectual
manner. whether the assistance ID given
diuonal grant from headquarters, the
T9rian points out that the effect will be
tho same. In fact, II argues that at the
present time, when three-fourths Of the