The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-19
From Home
And Abroad.

sixpenny duoglatt New Testament. Prin-
cipal Roberts, Of Aberystwyth, was at
the time the chairman OF the union, and
Mr.. Beriah Evans the secretary. The
correspondence which passed between the
Cardiff union and the authorities Of the
British and Foregn Bible society at the
time affords very instructive reading.
The Pontyprldd Ladies' choir, conduct.
ed by Mrs. A. Delaney Williams has had
very successful career, having taken
third prize at the Llandudno national els
teddfod. and first at the Cardiff exhibition
and at the Brecon eisteddfod. The choir
has an indefatigable coach" in Mr. T.
III. Maddocks, and It's supporters hope
that IL 1t appears at the Newport els
teddfod 1t will take premier position. The
Welsh girls from London are credited
with a desire to meet the Pontypridd
choir once more In contest.
The Rev. Lewis williams, Of Bontne-
wydd who was last year commissioned
by the British and Foreign Bible society
to translate into Welsh the annual mis-
slonary prize book, has this year again
been asked to undertake a similar work.
Mr.. T. II. Price, the chief traffic mana
ger ofthe Cape Town Government rail-
ways, was due to arrive at Liverpool on
Saturday, Mr.. Prico, who Is a native Of
Meath and an uncle to Mr.. Walter Il.
Rees secretary Welsh Foot Ball union,
has been at the Cape for many years.
At the Brecon eisteddfod interesting
relics of Howell Harris. the bold re-
former of Trefecca, were brought into
play in the chairing of the successful
bard. The sword held by Madame Patti
Nicoliui and the mayor was that pos
sessed by Howell Harris in 1850, when
captain of the Brecknockshtre militia,
where the Gcrsedd pennon surrounding
the bardic chair was suspended from one
of the Javelins of Thomas Harris, of Tre-
gunter, elder brother of Howell Harris,
when high sheriff of the county in 176S.
Meath folks are much gratifed at the
success which has been achieved by Mr..
Arthur II. Evans, son of Mr.. Samuel Ev-
ans, ironmonger, who, having obtained
his M. r. G. s. (Eng) and l.. r. G. p.
Qondon) has now successfully passed
the final examination for the degree of
Bach elor of Medicine on. B., London uni
versity), being placed in the first divis-
ion, to which only eight candidates at
tained. Mr.. Evans has been appointed
assistant demonstrator Of pathology,
morbid histology, and bacteriology at
Westminster hospital.
The edit cation department have inst
learnt, to their surprise that there Is
SOIte udnSeT OF IHB dBlIdtlOn against MT
Legard'S holding the appointment of chief
inspector for Wales being revived. Tho
secretary to the North Wales Association
of British schools has just officially no.
titled the department that he has been
compel I'd by request to conduct his Of
ficial corr espoudencc with the managers
of some of the associated schools IN the
Welsh language in order to be intellig-
ible." Sir John Gorst has not yet been
asked a question on this matter in the
house.
"Women's rights seem to be progress
ing favorably iu Wales" remarks an Eng
lish weekly. ALREADY Welsh ladies have
made bold to cast off their yoke, and to
do many things at which their English
sisters would throw up their hands in
horror. Now, there are lady churchwar-
dens. Two parishes in the diocese of
Ilan6aff are superintendent In church mat
ters by women. One of these parishes is
Newcastle, near Bridgend. the other
Llandough .juxts~Cardif, and up to the
present neither has had cause to COM
plain of the way in which the necessary
duties are carried out" But where does
the horror come in?
The selected subject which is not only a
timely one but one on which he has al
ready made several public declarations,
one VI Which WIS lHG dDle paper on InG
christian Priesthood he contributed at
the proceedings of the English confer
ence, held at Cardiff, In September, 1895.
The Rev. William James is past modere
ator of the general assembly, and one
of the most notable utterances ever de-
llvered from the chair of that august
body was bis oUtspoken address at the
Machynlleth Synod in answer to the ma
lign attacks made upon the orthodoxy of
Noncomformity, and the Calvinistic
Methodists in particular, by that master
Of church defence, the Bishop of st.
Asaph.
A certain popular Welsh Nonconformist
minister got badly sold lately. On Sun
day morning his watch having stopped,
he went to the chapel where he was 10
preach-and which by the way was not
his own pastorate--as he thought by the
correct hour. 1t so happened that chapel
clock had stopped at 10 o'clock the pre-
vious night and when the preacher got
inside the door and saw the hour he at
once mounted the rcstrum and began the
service. To his surprise the few who were
present smiled meaningly, and from time
to time people continued to drop in, un-
til he was we'll on in his sermon the
chapel was comfortably filled. 1t was
only whea he had finished the service and
the congregation had departed that he
learnt he had begun the service half an
hour before the usual time!
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