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J THE IDEAL CITY. I MAYOR'S SUNDAY AT HAVERFORD- WEST. I I REV. W. R. LEWIS'S INSPIRING SERMON. The Mayor of Haverfordwest. (Councillor W. G. Rowlands), accompanied by the mem- bers of the Town Council and Corporation officials, attended divine service at Hill Park on Sunday morning last. The mayoral pro- cession included members of the borough police force under D.C.C. James, the Fire Brigade under Capt. Roberts, and the Boys' Brigade under Sergt.-Major Pearce. The service at Hill Park was deeply im- pressive. As the mayoral procession entered the church, the organist, Mrs Jack Edwards, played the National Anthem. Appropriate hymns had been selected. The pastor, Rev. W. R. Lewis, has seldom been heard to greater advantage than in his sermon on Sunday morning. Throughout, the discourse breathed the spirit of a high ideal. It was based on John's vision of the Holy City in Revelations. At the outset he pointed out that the three recognised centres of the', life and activity of a nation were the home, the church, and the state. Dealing with the third aspect, he emphasised, firstly, that there was an ideal city; secondly, that the ideal city had been revealed; and thirdly, that it was our duty and privilege to translate that ideal city into the actual life of the, community. THE MAYOR. I Postulating the existence of God, lie said that God was working out His own plan and pur- pose on this earth. Although there were things that made us sometimes to think that this world was but a world of chaos and dis- order, we might be sure that, however power- ful the forces of evil, God intended to have His ideal realised in this world. The whole universe was working for the realisation of that "far-off divine event," when everything would be brought together to that final con- summation of God's ideal society. Our duty was to co-operate with that Divine ideal. Then our work would not be in vain. His prayer was that the mayor and corporation would believe in the depths of their souls that God had His plan for the ages, and that they would endeavour to co-operate with Him in the realisation of that great ideal city. The ideal pity had been revealed. John was one of those men who had caught a vision of the ideal. A councillor needed to be in- THE MAYORESS. spired. They might sfudy political economy and town planning, they might travel the whole world, but unless they had a flash of inspiration heaven. would remain for ever beyond their ken. If inspired, if possessed by the Holy Spirit, there would come into their lives moments on, the mount, when they felt lifted out of themselves, and then they could comprehend the invisible things of life Cramped in the valley they could not take in the great ideals of lite. On the mountain vision became wide, perception perfect, and the view clear. Especially did lie say that town councillors who had been entrusted with a great responsibility, needed to have a clear, vision of the ideal city. It would save them much misery if tEey were actuated by a high ideal of civic life. | DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED. This would bring about a better feekng- the feeling of friendship—the only feeling in which they could work for the realisation of the ideal.. For it was their duty and privilege as citizens, especially as councillors, to trans- late that vision into the actual. Translate what? Here" he should like to emphasise three things. The first thing that struck them was the unsurpassable beauty of the city. The greatest thing-th-e mayor and corporation could do for Haverfordwest was to endeavour to translate into the life of their community this vision of the beauty of the city. There were things on the negative side which they ought not to permit to exist. When they understood things better they would perhaps find that the spiritual and the material were but two phases of the same thing. Surround- ings had an effect on the mind, heart, and character of the people, and he believed that dilapidated buildings had an unconscious effect upon our sense of beauty. To make the town beautiful | all dilapidated buildings and ugly ruins which marred the beauty of the streets should be removed. He should like to see the Town Council meeting in one of the most beautiful buildings in the town. Their work was worthy of it, and he believed it would have a useful effect on public delibe- rations. Referring to the housing scheme, he was glad to read that the Town Council had been complimented on the advanced stage of their scheme, and he hoped that before lotig it would be an accomplished fact. When they saw the buildings erected they would believe that the councillors had caught a vision of the ideal city, and were translating it into the actual life of the town. He had every sym- pathy with those who advocated open spaces, and he thought it would be a great advantage to Haverfordwest to have a public park, where children could play without danger. It would also help to form their characters. 1- CENTRES OF LIGHT. v He also Believed in well-lighted streets, but he also believed in light in another sense. Haverfordwest was fortunate in naving excel- lent elementary and secondary schools—cen- tres of light. He referred to another centre of great light. They had now a nucleus of a great and historic library, and theirs was the opportunity of making this one of the most unique libraries in the whole of Wales. He knew how the corporation were limited by the statutes, but he believed there were men in the council who believed so much in the lightil that shone from the ideal that they would not (Continued at foot of next column).

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