The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1883-07-13 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

CARMEL.  This churcli was established about the year 1827 by Mr William Beynon, the minister of Bethesda, Llangynwyd, and four members— Evan David, Edward Jones, and David Morgans and wife—and their meetings were conducted in a humble cottage. In the year 1828 Mr Beynan • was relieved of his pastorship owing to circumstances which gave offence to his flock; but for years before his death he maintained an unblemished character and a life imbued with moral rectitude and piety. Be continued a member of Cannel church, and died Dec. 13th, 146, at the ago of 72 years, and was buried in Llangynwyd churchyard. Mr Wm. Morgan succeeded Mr Beynon and took charge of the church, and the chapel was soon afterwards built. In the year 1831 this chaple was re-built and enlarged, and in 1850 it was again re-built and the present spacious edifice was erected, and wee opened on the 20th and 21st of May of the same year. The following, amongst other prominent ministers, preached on the occasion:—The Revs E. Griffiths, Swansea; P. Griffiths, Alltwen ; J. Matthews, Neath ; M. Rees, Groeswen ; and J. Thomas, Glyn-Neath. The chapel on these two days was much crowded, and a great number of converts were received into membership. The cause at this chapel continued to prosper under the ministry of Mr W. Morgan. On the sth of January, 1883, the venerable minister breathed his last. On the previous fiffiristmas Eve he had preached his last sermon. He was born in the year 1798, and commenced his ministerial career at the age of 19. .He had first attached himself to the Calvinistic Methodists, and labopred in that cause for some years, travelling through various parts of the Principality with the venerable William Evans, of Tonyrefail. At the age of 27 he severed his connection with the Methodists, and ministered to the Independents, having at one time under his sole charge Bethesda Chapel, Llangynwyd, Siloam Chapel, Cefncribbwr, and Cannel, Maesteg. In later years ~ his pastorship was confined to Carmel, and at the time of his death a lengthy obituary appeared in the columns of the Gazette. Cannel Chapel is celebrated for the excellency of its choral singing. The choir is under the leadership • and training of Mr Philip Morgan, the son of the late ! minister. The chapel has not yet elected a pastor, , and sermons are preached by visiting ministers. 'r (To be continued.)  "What decoration is that you are wearing? " said an Austrian sergeant to a new recruit, The man blushed deeply and responded: "It's a medal our cow won at a cattle show."—Baltimore News.  denry Summers, a carpenttir, was on Monday charged at Christchurch, with attempting to murder his four children, the eldest nine ,1 ears of age and the youngest eight months, by placing them on the railway, near Bournemouth, while the last down train from London, on Saturday, was in sight. Evidence showed that the gate-keeper called out to him that the train was just coming, but he replied he did not care, and left the children there. The gate-keeper dragged them of just before the train passed.—Summera's defence was that he was drunk.—The magistrates considered there Ktis not stialeient evidence to show a deliberate intention to murder the children, but severely censured him for his criminal negligence. He was , then dib  Kerala's Vegetable Worm Lozenges for Childrens, safe, etff,acious, and strengthening ; of all Chemists, in Md. and Is. lid. Boxes.