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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. The Right Rev. Alfred Ollivant, D.D., Bishop of Llandaff, was born in Manchester in 1708, and was the son of Mr. William Ollivant, who was engaged in the silver trade in that city, by the daughter of Alderman Sir Stephen Langstone. He was educated at St. Paul's School, London, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the scholastic abilities which he displayed gave to him even thus early in Prom'se of a distinguished career. Ini • i' w^en years of age, he graduated as9 Bixtn wrangler,and beoameSeniorChancellor'sH inedallist. The Chancellor it may here be observed gives two gold medals to the two commencing bachelors who, having taken a Senior Optime degree in mathematics, show themselves to be the greatest proficients in | classical learning—and the honour of the trophy is one to which considerable import-jj ance is attached. In the same year he became! fellow of his college; and he was elected! Craven University scholar. In 1822 he was' chosen Tyrwhitt's Hebrew scholar, and in the| following year he gained the middle bachelor's! and senior bachelor's members' prizes fort Latin prose. In 1824 he took his M.A. degree, and in 1636 his B.D. and D.D.i .degrees. | VICE-PRINCIPAL OF ST. DAVID'S, LAMPETER. In 1827, at the age of 29 years, he received! appointment of Vice-Principal I of St. David's College, Lampeter. This isfj the date of his advent to Wales,and the epoch! »in his life at which his history begins to have! fa real interest for Welshmen. His high] j attainments and his lofty and unsullied t charactei thoioughly fitted him for so respon-j sible a position and, if we may judge from! his public utterances, it was a work upon which he entered in a spirit of true devotion. Jle seems always to have had a genuine Concern for the welfare of the Christian ij ministry; and in later years we find him impressing upon the clergy of his diocese the necessity of a higher standard of education: amongst them and amongst candidates for the Church, and of all those qualities of mind and disposition which make up the model < servant of Christ and teacher of men. Atgi his second visitation as Bishop of Llandaff ] he said, It is my heart's desire and prayer that our clergy may be a class of well educated and intelligent men, full of thegb Holy Ghost and wisdom—distinguished bylr professional ability and knowledge-not I merely a decent mediocrity of attainments < but calculated by their manifest superiority! t to gain a firm hold upon the public mind, and| t ,to mould and fashion it in agreement with the I will of God." He saw then, and we assume 'hat he saw before then, that, in view of the progress of education amongst all classes of the community, the clergy must, if they were to earn and to retain the respect of the people, be persons of the highest ability and attainments. In the office of Vice-Principal of St. David's College, which provided to a large extent the supplies to the Church in South Wales, he was, therefore, the right man in the right place, and report tells us that under his regime the College grew and pros- pered. He was not a AVelshman, and probably at the time he was not imbued with any strong Welsh sympathies; but he was that which was more important—he was an eminent scholar of Cambridge, and brought with him the culture and refinement of an ancient University. Whilst at Lampeter he held an incumbency in Montgomeryshire, and then he had the opportunity, of which, ap- parently, he availed himself, of adding to his qualifications that which he lacked to make him thoroughly acceptable to the Principality, a knowledge of the condi- tions, the aspirations, and the habits and modes of life of the Welsh people. This is a point of importance in his biography, inas- much as it had something to do with his subsequent selection for the bishopric of Llandaff. In 1828 Dr. Ollivant married! Alicia, the daughter of Lieutenant-General William Spencer, and he remained at St. David's until 1843, a period of sixteen years. REGIUS PROFESSOR AT CAMBRIDGE*. At the age of 4o years Dr. Ollivant was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity at] Cambridge, the duties of which office, as setj 'forth in the report which was made in 3842] i by the Syndicate to whom was relegated the) i duty of considering "the state of theological instruction," were—■" The superintendence of] all exercises required for the degrees of Bachelor and Doctor in Divinity," and the: I conduct of examinations "connected with; j theological studies." The Vice-Principal oil ja Theological College ought to be a person well-adapted for such an office, and Dr.j Ollivant proved by the efficiency of his labours that the choice which cast the mantle] upon him was a wise one. The introductory! lecture to the course delivered by him ini Lent Term, 1844, shows the earnestness ofi purpose with which he entered upon his I. duties. The following passages will no doubt be read with interest. After alluding to the duties of the office as prescribed by statute and the practice of his very rev. and right rev. predecessors, he said that the new occupation which the change of circumstances had attached to the professorship had come to be regarded in its proper and peculiar employments, and the public reading in theology had been gradually superseded. He then proceeded :— A new spirit, however, for some time previous to my own accession to office had been growing up in the University. The general diffusion of intelli- gence and education throughout the kingdom had created a conviction in the minds of all serious and right-judging men that the clergy must keep pace with the rest of society in this onward pro- gress, or the religion which they professed to teach would incur a great risk of being neglected and despised. The violent assaults that were being made upon our National Church too plainly showed that, unless her defenders were well armed for the conflict, she could not be expected for any length of time to maintain her ground. The in- crease of true religion in the land which had taken place since the commencement of the century had made men in general more desirous of having pastors whose lips should keep kMIU- ledge that they might seek the law at their mouth. These feelings, flowing in a full and deep tide through the length and breadth of the kingdom, had not been unobserved orunrespondedto within these, seats of learning. Complaints had reached us from the right reverend fathers of our Holy Church that the candidates for holy orders whom we sent forth were not so amply provided with theological learning as they had a right to expect. Faithful men had arisen amongst us, who had re-echoed their complaints from the pulpit and the press, and warned us that we were not acting in the spirit of our statutes. Our education, we were told, had become too secular. We formed, indeed, good classical scholars and profound mathematicians, but theology was too much neglected amongst us. We had suffered the preparatory course of instruction to absorb the greater portion, if not the whole, of our thoughts and energies, so that little or no time was left for the student in divinity to acquire that professional knowledge which was indispensably requisite for those who were hereafter to be ministers of God and sumarat of the mysteries of Christ. We had not observed that the age at which young men com- mence their residence amongst us in the present day, differing so greatly from that which was usual in former times, had so completely altered the system of the University in its practical bearings that, in fact, our clergy entered upon their profes- sion—the most difficult and responsible of all- without any professional education whatever, con- ducted under our own superintendence, and for which, as a University, we made ourselves respon- sible. The exigencies of the Church periodically called for a. supply, and that an increasing one, of ordained ministers. Want of due preparation was not, there- fore, in every instance certain to insure rejection. The bishops, anxious as they were upon the subject, were tied and bound by the force of circumstances, so that they could not raise the standard of requirement as they wished. They saw and lamented the evil, and looked to us to remedy it. The consciousness that these complaints of the defectiveness of our system were not altogether without foundation, and no doubt an increasing desire on our part also to fulfil our religious obli- gations by acting up to the spirit of our own insti- tutions, led to the appoinment of the Syndicate, to whose report I have already alluded. The results of that report, confirmed and adopted as it has been by the University at large, are so well known by all whom I have the honour to address that I need scarcely advert to them. If it has not gone to the full extent which some would have desired, it has at least opened the way to a new and better state of things than had so long existed. If it has not prescribed a system of instruction which is obligatory upon all, it has provided a periodical examination in a well-ordered course of theological study, which will act, no doubt, every year in an increasing degree as a guide to those who are anxious to excel in this branch of learning. It does not, indeed, make this examination compulsory to any and perhaps, con- sidering the motion in the light of an experiment, it was wise in the first instance to act with be- coming caution, and not to proceed at too rapid a pace in the work of alteration; but there is every reason of hope, as well as from the general desire of intellectual attainment—which, whatever be! the peculiar object of study, is ever found to be the characteristic of our academic youth—as from the wish which every conscientious and right- minded candidate for the sacred office must of necessity entertain to avail himself of every means within his reach of preparing for his future profession, that, though not compulsory, it will ere long become universal, or at least so general that those who decline to undergo it will form the !exception rather than the rule, and find them- selves possessed of a very unenviable distinction. But why, it may be asked, have I touched upon the alteration in our university system, which has thus been introduced ? It is because of its impor- tant bearings upon myself, and the difference it has made in my own position from that of my dis- tinguished predecessors, to whose practice during their tenure of office I have already alluded. The same grace of the Senate which confirmed the re- port of the Syndicate committed the conduct of the examination to the Regius and Lady Margaret Professors of Divinity and the Regius Professor of Hebrew. Concurrent also with this change has been the rise of a prevalent feeling throughout our body that it is expedient to establish a more intimate connection than has subsisted of late years between the professors and the younger members of the University, that the one should again become to the other, not indirectly and remotely, but, directly and immediately, what they originally w re, the authorised superintendents of their si ud es, the channels through which they are to expect in-j struction in their several pursuits. A growing] channels through which they are to expect in-j struction in their several pursuits. A growing] desire has been felt, unexpressed, that in thej various departments of science and literature which are cultivated amongst us the lec-i tures of the professors should be brought! to bear upon the particular examinations I which they severally conduct—that such a corre- j spondence should exist between them; that the one! generally speaking, may give the necessary infor- mation preparatory to the other; that the student may have less need to resort than of late years has been the case to other sources of instruction, and that under the superintendence of the authorised teacher he may be directed in his pursuit of those branches of knowledge in which the University as their Alma Mater expects her children to excel. The grace, then, of the Senates which imposes upon the Regius Professor of! Divinity, conjointly with the Lady Margaret! Professor and the Regius Professor of Hebrew,! the office of conducting the examination which* has been recently instituted, when considered in connection with, and interpreted by, this simul- taneous feeling respecting the professors in general, seems to me manifestly to define the path in which the newlv-elected Regius Professor ought to proceed in regard to that important portion of his duties, his public lectures. It was evidently the? wish of the University, unless I greatly deceive| myself, that he should commence such a course, as| bearing directly upon the prescribed subjects oft the voluntary theological examinations, should. bring him into connection with the younger classes of students, and make him their guide and assistant in the formation of a ministerial character, and the attainment of useful profes- sional knowledge. The demand that would hence- forth be made upon him would bo different, as it appeared to me, from that which has been made upon his predecessors. His lectures would not beg oxpected to be so much recondite as useful, not sol much the embellishments of his office as the practical application of it, not the elucidation of profound md remote topics, in which few could take an| interest but those who were already versed in| heology, but such a course of instruction, upon simple and elementary subjects, as might twaken a spirit of inquiry among the junior members of the University, assist them in their ^reparation for their projected examination, andg ;nable them to lay a good foundation for uture progress in theological study. rhe history of the Early Church appeared to me laturally to connect itself with the study of the Withers, and that of the Church of England was in- cluded in the course of the Norrisian Professor. 3y a happy necessity I found myself confined top he Greek Testament, and to the portion of the Articles which was not discussed by the NorrisianW 'rofessor. To these two particulars, therefore, I St gresolved to direct my attention, viz., to explain^ |aad illustrate the sacred text of the New Testa-p Sment, and to connect with it such inquiries into |the Articles of our Church as might be useful to*« Sment, and to connect with it such inquiries into |the Articles of our Church as might be useful to*« lithe peculiar class whom it would be my privileged |to address. fe I APPOINTED BISHOP OF LLANDAFF. |j | Dr. Ollivant was Regius Professor at Cam-p Ibridge until 1849, and then, on the death of!| |Dr. Coplestone, he was preferred to the See of| iLIandaff. Upon a recent occasion Lords BAberdare said— Ij | I happen to know that the selection of Dr. Olli-gf jfvant for this diocese was made with peculiar BAberdare said— Ij | I happen to know that the selection of Dr. Olli-gf jfvant for this diocese was made with peculiar I" by the Prime Minister of that day, and with refe- j rence to the wants and circumstances of the dis-fe trict, because I had it from the lips of the Prime j| Minister himself, the late Lord Russell. |j His Lordship, after referring to the qualifi-p cations of Dr. Ollivant, further remarked :— j| You will agree with me that few men wereP better qualified than he was for the office of Bishop,i| whether as regards his theological attainments orf| tiis pastoral and University experience. The times jjjjat which he was appointed was in the history of || Sour Church in Wales a very important and affij ^critical one. It is quite true that the ground ^already been stirred it is true that there hadbeengl igrowing among all parties in the Church—among fc gthe ministry as well as among the laymen—a deepfs isense of the shortcomings and errors of past times, sj ffia strong desire to remedy them, and a ■aspiration towards a higher spiritual life. If atB Sthat time we had had thrust upon this diocese ais £ worldly or ambitious prelate—if we had had onep •Swho was simply lethargic or indifferent, un-g Bdoubtedly much of that spirit would have bcenR jjjchecked and the growth of improvement retarded.|| Is In these observations all who are acquainted^ |with the state ol the Church in Wales at the| itime of Dr. Ollivant's appointment will con-| j|eur. The cause of religion had been iujuredjj |jby the apathy, and indiiference, and want off* ^national sympathy shown by the bishops| iand clergy of the Establishment in the past.|| MThe people had been alienated from the|| iEstablishment, and Dissent, with its fervid| land impassioned preaching, had drawn thenip I into its fold, and was threatening to increases the extent of its hold upon them. A larger number of the churches of the Principality were in a state of complete dilapidation, andg many parishes were without any provision^ for public worship and religious teaching.K The diocese of Llandaff, although it had been^ improved under the administration of BishopS Coplestone, was in a condition upon which^ Churchmen now reflect with some degree ofS shame, and not only was the Cathedral in| ruins, but there was no residence in which^ the Bishop could take up his abode. The^ Bishops of Wales had, however, generally p iilbeen pluralists and absentees. | t At Llandaff there have been fifteen bisbop-p in the course of the last 1 GO years, of whom| eleven have been translated. At St. during the same period there have been 22| bishops, and fourteen translations. At St.p Asaph's eighteen bishops and fifteen transla-ij tions; and at Bangor eighteen bishops, and|j the same number of translations. Dr.^j Watson was Bishop of Llandaff from 1782 tofe 1816 Dr. Marsh was consecrated in 1816, aud| translated to Peterborough in 1819; Dr. Van| Mildert was consecrated in 1819, and trans-1 plated to Durham in 1826; Dr. Sumner was| consecrated in 182G, and translated to Win-| Chester in 1827; and Dr. Coplestone was con-J secrated in 1828, and died in 1849, Dr.sjj Watson and Dr. Coplestone were both non-| resident. The Rev. F. Arnold, B.A., in hisp work on Bishops and Deans," telis us thatljf jfbefore his elevation Dr. Watson was veryrl Jgsevere on the subject of non-residence, and| jiyet he was himself the most nou-resident of ? prelates. M jl His excuse for non-residence was the want of a j? jSsuitable house, as if an earnest man would not I whave been glad to make shift with any kind of j Sabode, so that lie might do his best to discharge !j Whis lifowork in his diocese. He had thej Sfless excus^ as a friend had left him a 3 mlarge estate in Sussex, which forms part of thej igLeeonfield property. He turned farmer on liis| Sown account in Westmoreland. "The county of* EWestmoreland will long have cause to thank tlse| BUishop of Llandaff for the example he has set, nota «of chaffering with peasants about the price of| ■bullocks, but of making bad land good, of intro-| ■ducing new modes of husbandry, and of flocking^ ■mountains." Bishop Watson appears to have had| jSthe idea that the work of a bishop was simply that l 9of an enterprising agriculturist. ij And what added to his inconsistency was the| afact that he was prepared to bring in a Bill tojs gpromote residence among the inferior clergy. 1 9 This same Watson was a celebrated literaryk ^character, and one of his works is an apology!! fflfor Christianity, in answer to Gibbon, tliel sauthor of Decline and Fall of the Roman! 8Empire." Gibbon says of him :— | Dr. Watson's mode of thinking bears a liberal! aand philosophical cast; his thoughts are expressed| »with spirit, and that spirit is always tempered^ with politeness and moderation. I shall be happy Slto call him my friend, and I shall not blush to callft Siiim my antagonist. | 9 Bishop Coplestone cannot be charged with| lany neglect of his diocese. He was ail earnest! gand devoted Prelate, but his duties as I)ean| of St. Paul's necessarily engaged a consider-! able portion of his time and attention. The| S Rev. F. Arnold says of him | « He attended Court, he attended the House of§ gLords, he keenly enjoyed politics, literature, and| Bsocietv every summer he went to his pleasant| jfflretreat in Devonshire; and his autumn months! ■ were ordinarily spent in his diocese of Llandaff. | jl Dean Williams says of him :— 1 g| Placed in the see of Llandaff, where translations! frequent, and where his diocese was regarded! ffljbut as a stepping stone to another, he early ex-| Sjpressed his resolve to abide amongst us, and hereg he has remained to die. | U It must be added that the Bishop always | jlspent in his diocese a larger sum than he| received from it. His benefactions were done! Sin a very noble, simple spirit. lie once heard! wthat the incumbent to a poor and extensive^ ^parish, who had a large family and narrow^ income, was threatened with imprisonment| gjfor debt. The Bishop ascertained from ones jgof the churchwardens the amount of the debts,| and sent a sum in payment of all, stipulating) fflthat his name should not be disclosed. Thel IgBishop, by his wise administration of thel Saffairs of the diocese, did much to improves Band strengthen the position of the Church ini HWales,and, although circumstances compelled| Shis lordship to be partly non-resident, he| Kcannot justly be accused of any dereliction of| Sthe duties of his high office. | S Of coarse there was some excuse for those | the bishops who did not take up theirl labode in the diocese. There was no house | aprovided for them, and their income of about| S £ 700 per annum was insufficient to enable| gthem to maintain the dignity of their oilice, | Bin consequence of whioh they sought others Sremuuerative appointments. | |j THE SEH OF LLANDAFF. | H In order that our readers may the more^ ^thoroughly understand the position in which| jgDr. Ollivant was placed on his appointment to| Bthe bishopric we will give a short sketch of[| the history of the see of Llandaff. The!| Eearliest Church at Llandaff was founded byf| St. Dubricius, and consisted of a nave withS aisles, and an apse measuring 43ft. by 12ft.,|| and 20ft. in height. It remained standing iu|j 1120, but during the wars which terminated" in the conquest of Glamorgan it became at icomplete ruin. Bishop Urban took the work |of restoration in hand, and, on his represeuta-f| |tions, letters were eent by Pope Calixtus^ Ito Henry I., King of England, and Ralph,jjl jArchbishop of Canterbury then, to give thel] jlright rev. prelate their assistance. Thegj i 'church built by Urban consisted of a nave andS I a chancel: and, according to the Arc/tcefof/iaw Cambrensis, the nave survives in the presentff gjpresbytery, and the Lady Chapel occupies the|f iaite of the chancel. This building was destroyed^ 1 in the eighteenth century, and Bishop Willis!} represented it in his time—-1715—as being inl |a deplorable state of decay. Again, in thei4 imiddle of this century the work of -restora-t| Ition was undertaken, and a sum of money p |was subscribed. This money was spent under^ the agency of a person named Wood, in|j beautifying and whitewashing, and de-f| basing the fine old remains, so as to reduce^ them to a specimen of the "most hideousp Gothic in Europe. This so-called restorations! has been pronounced to be the most destruction that could overtake an ancientw building. The church was not entirely re-g| gbuilt, and, although improvements werew ^effected, Bishop Blethin, in 1-575, described itp las ruinous Bishop Bull, in 1697, spoke of it|j las our sad and miserable cathedral;" and Sg gin 1719 Bishop V\ illis referred tof| lit as the po°r desolate Church of jl ILlandaff." In 17o2 Mr. Wrood, with theSl assistance of Mr- Killin. <5f Cricklade, trans-l? formed a portion of the church, consisting ofW the choir and four eastern bays of the nave,p into a pseudo-Italian temple, at a cost ofi$ £ 7,000. The rest remained in ruins, and on&i |the advent of Dr. Ollivant to the see it wasp proofless, and ivy covered the ancient walls.fi |The effect of the vicissitudes through which|f; jjthe Cathedral passed had, of course, a corre-|| vsponding influence upon the wealth and ll, tdignity of the see..The office of Dean wasll pot filled up from 1120; the choral service^ swas suspended in 1692; and in 1717 it wasl jjproposed to remove the bishopric to Cardiff.p; jjTo a certain extent the diocese was re-con-|| [structed under Bishop Coplestone; but whenp [Dr. Ollivant came to Llandaff it was still in afji! sad state of disorganisation and disorder.js A NEW ORDER OF THIXGS. A new order of things was then com-sl menced, and it may correctly be said from that time dates the revival of Churchf|; life in the diocese. In his last public speechP' jthe Bishop himself made some interesting! remarks on this subject. He said:— From the time when Matherne Palace ceased to be the dwelling-place of the Bishops of Llandaff nog bishop of this diocese has ever had a house of his own in which he could have lived, neither has he | had an income, till of late years, which could have! j lenabled him to maintain the position of a bishop. il know the three bishops who immediately pre- Iceded lUe-Bishop Coplestone, Bishop Sumner, | land Bishop Vfin Mildert—did all that they possibly | could to remedy the evil. Bishop Coplestone, as iyou well know,purchased the beautiful mansion at | j'Hardwick. Bishop Richard Sumner, as I know [j ifrom his frequently speaking to me on the subject, !j Igreatly enjoyed his residence at Llansaintffraid, in -j iMonoiouthshire, and, if I am not much mistaken, | i Bishop Van Mildert lived in Llandough Castle, in c ithis county. But the very circumstance which ihad taken place in order to provide three bishops Iwith a suitable income, although it remedied one, levil, it necessarily could not cure the other, for it |was quite impossible, so long as a person was Dean lof Ht. Paul's, that he could have maintained as iconstant residence in this diocese as I myself have ibeen enabled to do. But with regard to myself jboth those evils have been cured. In the yeal'1850 :a!most immediately after I came to the diocese | !the Ecclesiastical Commissioners purchased the jBishop's Court, and just before that time a statu-g table income had been provided for the Bishop, so that he no longer could plead that he was house-B iless, or that he could not afford to live in the •diocese. With me, therefore, it has rather been 'the result of circumstances than of merit. If 11 ihad not occupied the house which had been pro-1 jvided for me. and in which I had been enabled to I dwell, I should really have been guilty of an act| iof great criminality—it would have been an out-jj [rage to public feeling and opinion. fi |The income, which before had been £ 700, was| snow raised to £ 4,200 and the good effect ofjj [the reforms introduced by the Ecclesiastical! 'Commissioners soon began to make itself| [the reforms introduced by the Ecclesiastical 'Commissioners soon began to make itself| ffelt. I | RESTORATION OF TTIE CATHEDRAL. |j | The first task which the Bishop set for him J !self on his appointment- was the restoration! {of the Cathedral, the re-construction of the! sancient churches of the diocese, and the pro-| ^vision of proper church accommodation whicM sdid not already exist. The restoration of thel jCathedral was commenced in 184*2 by Dean jjj |Knight, prior to whose appointment the| <oflice of dean remained vacant, and the arch-| jdeacon was called sub-dean or vice-dean. (From 1842 the work was continued at a costg iof £ 9,000, until the re-opening of the cathe-| |dral on April 16, 1807. In his secoiid| [charge to the clergy in 1854 the Bishop| [remarked :— j The venerable edifice in which we are nowt ^assembled may be regarded as a type of thea jgeneral condition of the Church throughout thel :!dioeese—a monument alike of the piety of ourjj ^forefathers and of the partial ruin and disfiguve-| Mnent into which a later generation had permitted? Jit to fall—but rising again in its primitive beautvS land proportions, and adapting itself to the cir-jj! {cumstances of the day by a wiser arrangement ofa Sits interior space, with a view to the moreg 'efficient ministration of parochial and cathe-y (dial worship. In the year 1353 the|j jjltalian superstructure which had been plocedfj fon the uninjured portion of the nave was| jentiroly removed, and the clerestory and root'| Irestored according to the original form. The onlyjg j vestiges that now remain of the barbarism of then Jlast century are the roof of our chapter house and| (the western wall that separates the covered from? jthe ruined portion of the nave. To remove thel patter would be at present impossible; to5j ;endeavour to amend it would be a need-| sless waste of the very inadequate meansp [at our command. The time, we hope, is not farlj 'distant when the entire restoration of the buildingjjj |will be regarded as a work, not only of diocesan, £ 5 ibut also of national interest. | | The Cathedral was re-opened on April 16,g 11807. The Dean and Chapter of Gloucester| ?lent their choir for the occasion, and choralg 'music was heard in the ancient walls^ hor the lirst time since 1691. The ser-ij iinon was preached by the Bishop of Oxford,| and a collection was taken which realised | £ 620 10s. 9d. On an appeal being made by| the then Archdeacon, afterwards Dean^ Conybeare, subscriptions amounting to no^ less than £ 2,77o were promised on the spot ;| less than £:2,77;) were promised on the spot ;| land to this large additions were soon made| to the extent of £ 6,497 9s. 3d. Directionsjj were thereupon given for the repair of| the arcade, the re-construction of the| clerestory, the re-building of the side aisles| and of a portion of the southern tower, andl the repair of the timber work of the roof of| the nave. These works were completed ini ithe year 18o8,at a cost of £ 3,425. On thedeath'i iof Dean Conybeare in 1857 his successor,! jjDean Williams, took up this good cause,! land the restoration was at length completed^ |in 1869, with the north and south towers.| (The total cost was about £32,000, and on thelj 513th of July, 1869, the noble building as it| Snow stands was opened by a sermon preached j Iby the Bishop of Oxford. This is the greatjJ ftriumph of Bishop Ollivant's life, and it| jfmarked a new era in the history of the see.! |ln the cathedral, which a short time pre-| iviously was a ruin, choir and organ were once? more heard, the daily service was again re-| newed, and everything assumed its propers fplace and character, | | TUB RESTORATION AND BUILDING OF I fplace and character. | I TUB RESTORATION AND BUILDING OF I CHURCHES. S | To provide proper accommodation forjj |public worship in the diocese was another of| f the ohjects at which Bishop Ollivant aimed| |on his appointment to the see, and what great? [jprogress was made may be gathered from| Isome remarks he made on the occasion jj ?of his fourth visitation in 1860, He then! isaid that during the eleven years that had3 lelapsed since his appointment 24 entirely5 Inew churches had been built in the diocese,jj i23 old parish churches had been rebuilt fromy the ground, and in 40 others there had beeng a large outlay for the purposes of restoration* or additional accommodation. In addition toj this there were no fewer than 34 buildings! in which Divine worship was celebrated withij the sanction or licence of the Bishop, ofj vAieh not more than live were so employed ten years ago. The flame then, he said, a large outlay for the purposes of restoration* or additional accommodation. In addition toj this there were no fewer than 3J buildings! in which Divine worship was celebrated withij the sanction or licence of the Bishop, ofj vAieh not more than live were so employed ten years ago. The flame then, he said, |seemed to catch on every side; and that the Iflame did catch is attested by the fact that ||from 1840 to the end of last year the total jjamount expended in the building and restora- tion of churches in the diocese was £ 365,382; |14s. 8d.. I The above statements are sufficient in! jthemselves to show that the life's work of he| 3t'or whom Cambria now mourns has not been! |in vain. But he has done more than eveng Ithis. He has improved the relations! |existing between the Church and Dissent, hel ihas gathered into the diocese a number of| 'earnest, zealous, and hard-working clergymen,| |whose labours are accompanied by constantly^ tincreasing success, and he has been the meansS (of founding several very useful societies thatl! |are now doing excellent work in the diocese.I |Amongst those societies are the Llandaffd "Diocesan Church Extension Society, the! (Llandaff Diocesan Choral Association, and| the Llandaff House of Mercy. He took an| (interest in everything relating to the welfare! iof his diocese, he was sound and orthodox | in his views, and in all his actions he exhi-| bited the greatest unselfishness and generosity$ of spirit. I INCIDENTS IN THE BISHOP'S L1F10. | We will now mention some of the incidents^ ■in the Bishop's life, which will show in other| We will now mention some of the incidents^ ■in the Bishop's life, which will show in other ways the influence of his life, and the excel-! lence of his character. 1 s- CORRESPONDKNCE WITH THE REV. ItOWLAND| WILLIAMS. | When the Rev. Rowland Williams wasl appointed Vice-Principal of St. David's, Lam-i peter, the Bishop of Llandaff nominated! him his chaplain. In 1855 JMr. Williams's^ sermons on "Rational Godliness" were| published, and owing to their somewhat^ heterodox character they created a profound*! and unfavourable impression in Wales. The| result was an agitation for his removal, andff on September 24, 1855, the Bishop of Llan-| daff wrote to him stating that he understood! a formal complaint about his doctrine was to| be made to him, and hinting that, if appealed! to, he intended to withdraw his support from" him, and to express his regret that his theoriesl on the inspiration of Holy Scripture weref repugnant to his views. On the 12th of October the Bishop wrote requesting his chaplain to resign, and in "The Life and Letters of the Rev. Rowland Williams, edited by his wife, this action is described asg one of exceeding unfairness and tyranny. Wei need not refer to the subsequent life of the Rev. Rowland Williams, but we may the opinion that, although the Bishop wasl accused of unreasonable antagonism to hisg chaplain, he did his duty under the circum-g stances, and did not, as has been stated, simply! give way to a popular outcry. » EDUCATION IN THE DIOCESE. jjj The Bishop was a staunch friend of educa-1 tion, and in this cause he rendered great and | valuable service. On the occasion of his a second visitation in 1854 he made the follow-H ing observations, which are interesting asg showing the condition of Wales at that time,| \ilZ. I have spoken of the progress we have made in diocesan education, and the encouragement| afforded us to persevere in our exertions. There | ire, however, some darker shades in the picture, J to which wisdom and prudence forbid us to close Jur eves. In one of our largest parishes of the hill district the clergyman reports to me that most i)f the grown-up people are unable to read. Thirty- six parishes in Monmouthshire and thirty-one in Glamorganshire are stated to have neither day nor Sunday Schools. Some of these, it is true, are profiting by the day school in an adjoining parish, md, therefore, not entirely without rhe ignorance of some of our peasantry has made m. ithem in a peculiar manner the prey of Mormonism jj —that grossest and most monstrous of all i [impostures. Neither can I ascribe to any 1 [other cause than the presumption which j lis founded upon popular ignorance the [misrepresentations of theprinciplesandthe practice j 'of our Church, which are continually issuing, ithrough the medium of their religious periodicals, | 'from the Welsh Dissenting press of the jEvery pious Dissenter must, I imagine, read themB with disgust and pain. For the authors of (calumnies we desire to say from our heartsB I" Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." The mis-a [guided people who have hitherto been deluded bvfi I'them will ere long, we trust, be better qualified to* form a judgment for themselves. I am persuaded,# my brethren, you will not be discouraged. Con-Sj scious of the righteousness of your cause, andB my brethren, you will not be discouraged. Con-p scious of the righteousness of your cause, andB cheered by the success already vouchsafed, you will still pursue your onward course, till every neighbourhood shall find in its parochial school as centre of light and happiness, and the means of instruction shall be placed within the reach of all! who are willing to receive it. gj On the 13th of April, 1856, the Bishop addressed a letter to the clergy of the diocese on the subject of the report of her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, which had a short time before been presented to Parliament. In his report the inspector, the Hev. H. Longueville | Jones, made the following remarks, viz.:— t | Before concluding my report I cannot help 1 alluding to a more important subject which I have | touched on in previous years, the religious cduca-1 [tion given in parochial schools. I wish to allude I Ito it only in a few words and sis delicately as I possible, and yet as strongly. It is my deliberate | conviction that unless religion in the parochial j system of Welsh education is to fall away instead | jo'f advancing the immediate and united action of I ithe four bishops is imperatively necessary, j Anarchy and neglect and incapacity are not the | means whereby the righteous cause of this all im- j portant branch of instruction is to be promoted. I I The Bishop wrote to the inspector asking i shim to name the particular instances he haap |in view when he spoke of anarchy, neglect,S land incapacity, and the inspector, in reply,a Isaid that the anarchy existed partly amongB jthe managers and partly among the teachersfl !lof the school, that the neglect arose princi-ffi pally from the managers, and in some degree ys from the teachers, and that the incapacityj| arose from the teachers. The Bishop, in hisg letter to the clergy, virtually repudiated thea statement so far as his diocese was concerned,! Shut said that if any of them were conscious! that in his own particular case the reproof waa not undeserved he trusted they would I not fail to profit by the admonition. 1 | WELSH FAMILIES IN LONDON. | !At the opening of St. lagan's Church, | Aberdare, 011 the 26th of August, 1856, theS Bight llev. Prelate preached a sermon whichg ^caused a stir in the Principality, and drewt forth the indignation of the Nonconformists.H The subject was" Welsh Families in London," fand in the course of his remarks he said :— a In a magazine worthy of respect, both for itsa l-talents and information, I find it affirmed that the|| 'Welsh-speaking population of London is probably hiot less than 37,000; that 9!' this number 110 lcssSj Sthan 28,000 attend 110 place of worship, cithers! [English or Welsh tiiat infidelity in nil its degrees,|| ffrom that of the sceptic, who accepts some partsS tand rejects others of Holy Scripture, to that of ihejj J Atheist, who denies the very existence of a God,|| (extensively prevails among "them, that some have!* Ibecomeavowed Papists, that oneof the mosteryingS Sevits amongst them is drunkenness from the ex-ffi .ccssive use of spirituous liquors; that cases of im-1 {morality are found, which from their very enor- | jjmitv cannot be specified in a public report; andjg jthat,as might naturally be expected, many parties'| Iwho are guilty of these enormities are utterlyW tignorant, not only of ordinary knowledge, but Ithe very first elements of religion. The city mis-g isionary who draws this terrible picture, and con-S Siirms it by reference to particular instances, Ion to remark that these are only a tew out of Igreat number ot examples that might be named toa Igreat number 01 examples that might be named toa ishow the wretehed condition of many of the Welsh inhabitants of London, and concludes hiss [statement by saying, "When Icont-idcrrhe cir-e [cumstances of these people, of whom the great-erg part have cither been themselves respectable* members of some Christian denominations! in Wales, or been brought up in religious families, and therefore been the object of many prayers inlS the morning of their lives, I cannot but see that these things render their condition the more de-3 plorable, calling, in a voice that cannot but be heard, for the help, sympathy, and prayers of (rod's j| Church to bring them to the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls," Were this a solitary testimony, we might justly entertain some doubts as to itsg thorough credibility. Hut, unfortunately, it ip confirmed by a cloud of witnesses. Another writer, addressing you in your own languagc, appeals to you with great feeling, iu thoft following termsBehold," he says, "yours own countrymen, your old neighbours, your near jl connections, your children, and children's children, who have been brought up in your schools, naveS been hearers in your chapels, have been in your churches, but who, after coming hither, for one reason or other springing from the grner;d depravity of our nature, altogether estrange them-a selves from religious association, corrupt them-S selves in the vilest manner, harden their hearty many <rf them to such a degree that at last they deny the right of the Supreme Being to role over dishonour the sanctuary, blaspheme our Saviour.a subject themselves to the greatest misery in time,a Jose everything of value on earth, and arc in the greatest danger of losing their souls for ever in hell." Another tells us on the same authority, viz jl that of the City missionary, that no such infidelity is found in any class of persons as t.hosl! who come from Wales and Scotland." I mights |easily multiply these references, but it is needlessjg to pain you with any further details upon melancholy subject. Such is the plain of Welsh Dissenting ministers at present in London and I know of no reason whatever tow call it in question. 1 His lordship did not seek to glory in this melancholy revelation,for in the closing words of his sermon he made it the basis of an ex-1 hortation to his clergy. He said :— a If the infidelity and vice rife amongst them be traceable in any degree to our delinquencies at home let us see to it that we purify t.he fountain, a and a healthier stream will ere long begin toj flow. k THE CHURCH AND DISSENT. | I The Bishop always displayed a kindly atti-j tude towards Dissent; but he never lost aujj opportunity of trying to bring them backi into the fold of the mother Church. On the! 19th of December, 1859, at the consecration^ into the fold of the mother Church. On the 19th of December, 1859, at the consecratioll of Aberavon Church, he preached a inemo-l arable discourse on The Irue Remedy for, tDiMent," in the course of which he said :— jj We have to contend, not merely with individuals'! but with well-organised bodies, whose principlesa have now become hereditary, and who verily be-3 llieve that they are doing God ser ice by standing* ■aloof from our Communion. They will not, per-a Ehaps, examine the question as a matter of con-fe troversy, nor listen to our arguments, nor study [the doctrines of the Church from which they haveJ severed themselves. But, if they see that thoa practical result of Church teaching is that we area holy and spiritual men if they find in us theS absence of vices and failings which unhappih- exist elsewhere in the world around us ifjg they see that our laymen are willing! to spend and be spent in the service of Christ,i 'accounting themselves but stewards of the wealth; which God has committed to their trust, and that, our clergy are earnest in their work and models of Christian excellence if they are constrained by actual observation to admit that whatsoever things are lovely and of good report are the characteristic marks of the Churchmen, then, indeed, there will kbe a testimony in-their consciences that their seces- sion is unnecessary, for that God is with us of a 'truth. And when thej' have learnt that it is un- necessary they may be led a step further, and acknowledge that it ought not to be; that jthe distractions of the Church of [are the cause of its weakness, and that [might better impart the Divine blessing were weS (thoroughly joined together in one heart and mind,3 tand could we say with the Apostle, There is ones sbndy, and one spirit, even so ye are called in ones jihope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one# !baptism one God and Father of all, who is abovej all, and through all, and in you all," that cannotsg possibly be the case so long as we are s" I am of Ptiul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas,*# and I of Christ." jl In the last charge he ever delivered—thatS and I of Christ." jl In the last charge he ever delivered—thatS given in August, 1881, he said'that under3 :existing circumstances Welsh svas a necessity, if religion itself wasg one." He referred to the of the Church to provide accommodation! for all, and further on he said he could not| think lightly of the loss the Church hadjf sustained, nor of the blessings that have been conferred upon it, if that unhappy! event had not occurred. j| RITUALISM IN THE DIOCESE. @ 111 a letter on Church Questions," ad- dressed by J.C. Colquhoun, Esq., to Colonel Savile, and the members of the Conference ata Clifton, October, 186D, and published in a| pamphlet, that gentleman made the following 3 observations in reference to a supposed in- I stance of mal-administration of bis diocese by the Bishop of Llandaff, viz.:— 1 The duty of a bishop to enforce the law j has been stated on the highest authority, [There occurred last month in a diocese near you a remarkable ca.se. If I am not mis-( lintormed a clergyman in the diocese of Llandaff! [introduced among an harmonious congregation the | [ceremonies and dogmas of the Church of Home, ,FIls parishioners, after vain remonstrances ad- 6 dressed to him, appealed to the Bishop. Did he | proceed as a minister of the law to fulfil his | bounden duty ? If 1 can trust 'he the Bishop rebuked. the congregation, sug-gested excuses for the delinquent clergyman, and de-8) manded from the parishioners evidence of theg 'facts which it was his business to seek, not theirs Ito supply. j The pamphlet having been sent to the Bishop, a correspondence ensued, and in his iirst letter his lordship said :— It is a mere assumption that a clergyman in & the diocese of Llandaff has introduced among the 1 congregation the ceremonies and dogmas of the Church of Rome." It is an untruth to say that the bishop rebuked the congregation." lie never suggested excuses for the delinquent cler- i gyman whose delinquencies were yet unproved. 1 He never demanded from theparishioners'"evidenoe 9 of facts which it was his business to seck,not theirs to supply." He made to them ? a request that they would inform him what the 'particular rites and ceremonies were to which| 'they objected, and what they distinctlyE imeant by the doctrine of the Reall Presence. It is my own convictionl that nothing has been done more to further tnef .progress of Ritualism, as it is called, than theg honest indignation which many persons natu- rally have been led to feel by the exaggerations and misrepresentations of newspapers and indi- viduals who write against it, and seem as if they would readily use any information, true or false, which may serve their purpose. In his second letter the Bishop told his assailant that if he referred to his recently- delivered charge, he would see that I have no sympathy with the Church Union; that I agree with the great body of the English Laity that the Heal Presence is to be found in the heart of the faithful communicant, and that the dogma of the Real Presence within the material elements on the altar is con-| trary to the teaching of the Church of Eng-| land." I On the subject of this correspondence the Bishop was attacked in the Record, the R"vlc,^ jthe Church Times, and the Church News, but| jthese criticisms his lordship did not con-| 'descend to notice. I I THE END OF A GOOD LIFE, iii: During the closing years of his life thel Bishop, although feeble, retained much ofl his vigour and keenness of intellect. In hisjj sermons the old eloquence and lire werel absent; but, in their place, there was| the calm, sober wisdom which age and^ experience brings. Up to the last he evinced| [undiminished interest in the affairs of theg diocese, and when health would permit he| [was always ready to respond to the call off |dutv. Only a fortnight ago he conducted a con-| ifirmation service in the Bishop's Chapel, and| [attended a meeting in the Town-hall, >to receive the presentation of the subscrip-gj [tion portrait of himself, painted by Mr. Ouless,| R.A. This event is so fresh in the memories! Iof our readers that we need not do morel 'than refer to it. Those who were present! '011 that occasion will remember the [which his lordship then showed, and how in the| [closing sentences of his speech, he seemed to| predict his early removal to the bourne be-| yond." Much more might be recorded of the| right rev. gentleman, but we think we have* said enough to show that no better Bishops Sever adorned the bench of which ins [his generation he lived to be the father.! -He was 80 years old at the time of| his decease, and he had therefore been! residing in our midst for the longg period of '33 years. During that time hel jsaw Cardiff rise from a place of comparatives !insigniiicance to a great commercial tosvn,| laud he witnessed changes throughout hisa diocese upon which we can only now reflect with admiration and astonishment.

A WELSH TRIBUTE TO THE BISHOP'S MEMORY. | [Br MORIEN.] | The impressive words whispered by all men and^ jwomon in Wales to-day. especially in the diocese| <if Llandaff, are, "Know ye not that there is a§ prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel The venerable Lord Bishop Ollivant of Llandaff| has bowed his head before the ruthless power| which visits the palace and the cottage alike, and| brings desolation to the hearts of loving triendsp and tender children. One feels that, by the death| of the good Bishop of this diocese—bereavedf diocese to-day—a terrible gap has been made | in the chief rank of the Christiana Church, and in the society of South Wales.js tie during so many years occupied so worthily the Î chair of the See of Llandaff that it is difficult to realise we shall see his face no more. How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle O 3 Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places." I Early on Saturday morning the sad tidings of the departure for ever from our midst of the Bishop of Llandaff spread literally with lightning: sjJ(;CÙ through the valleys of South Wales. But, though fallen in the midst of the battle, and without having divested himself of the armour of the a Church militant, we can proudly say of him, in thel face of the fell enemy of mankind, Par yw c/g ■tledd l"or y <<?/< (" Pure is his sword, the Lord| of the Vale,") 1 In his own diocese, where the venerable andS much esteemed Prelate was best known, all clr-ssesg and all denominations had long learned to Ioveg him for even those who disagree with episcopacy,! and who would not recogniseepiscopal authority ItS by law established, acknowledge most readily that8 ihis most revered chief of the See of Llandatffc i-the most ancient in Britain, and in com-S jparison to which that of Canterbury is, [comparatively modern—occupied in the eyes of| [the whole diocese a far more exalted position than| Icould be endowed by any earthly authority, how-| [ever illustrious. His truly Christian character^ land broad, tolerant spirit, sympathising with allS [who endeavoured to do good, whatever name they| [bore on their badge, restored to Llandaff some of^ jthe ancient prestige which belonged to thejl [Cathedral Church of the diocese in the palmy days| jof St. Dyfrig, St. Teilo, and Catwg the Wise. | At, church with meek and iman.-etfcd grace, | His leaks adorned the venerable place | Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway. H ;Alas i we shall no more behold his venerable formi iin our congregations, but this sad thought sug-S Igests a more cheering one, penned by an ancient! iWel:3h sage, trtvy borth atujeu gwehen fyd sydd>< il.dl" (through the gates of death we behold a^ [better world), with the venerable Bishop we have^ Sjust lost there among those made perfect. | Bishop Ollivant entered upon the duties of his| [high office at a period of unexampled difficulties.| [At that period the forces antagonistic to the Welshjj Church as an Establishment associated with the| sState were in open rebellion against it, and were| thundering forth, Cut it down why cumberethB [it the ground '< It litis been too much the customjj [to blame the forces opposed to the Welsh Church| (more than those who were responsible for the con-jj 'dition in which the good Bishop found it, and outlj jof which condition came the cause which aimed ataj jits destruction. Out of the decay of then Church really sprang the lively shoots,j called Nonconformists, who threatened to destroys 'the ancient fabric. It had become too narrow audi [too intolerant to hold tlie mighty spirit oig [Christian activity which throbbed from the hearts J :0£ the people of the Principality—a spirit which^j [had been dormant for ages, but which, at last, hadjg ireceived the Divine impulse and begun to thrive.9 The Weisli people were actively engaged in widen-g [ing the borders of the Christian Church to meet* 'the requirements of the mighty growth of Christian! spirit pervading the Welsh nation. '1 lieirS jjerusalems, Calvaries, Bethanies, Bethels, Carmels| 'sprang from the sea, and Tabors reared their^ [heads among the mountains, and songs of praises [awakened the echoes of the Welsh hiiis. But the 3 Cathedral Church of the diocese was the abode offl [bate and owls, and there was no sign of activity! ithere except around the loaves and iishes, whiclia the pious Welsh people of past ages had bequeathed; |for the maintenance there of Divine Worship. Thej [venerable Prelate who has just gone to his reward,! has left on record a graphic sketch of the condition; jof the cathedral when he entered upon thej jduties of his office. According to that [picture—which has become for all time] to coinc a portion of the history of the Cambro-British Church—the principal dignitaryl he found at the Cathedral Church was aa tiddler," who—among the ruined wait ofi the moat ancient fane, whore in the daysg of its ancient glory Welsh princes and|j princesses and a united people worshipped, con-p ducted a choir of children. Verily Ichabod "gjj had long been inscribed on the ruined portals of^ the Cathedral Church, and the Shechinah had gonoS to the mountains among the people. A less-gii'ted^ man than our lost Bishop would have yielded^ in despair. Ho—to his immortal honour be| it mentioned — did nothing of the sort.S but like another !Nehemiah he proceeded^ to re-build the walls of fallen The iong-ncglected and snubbed Welsh clergy feltg that at last there was one at the head of affairs—$ ably aided by Dean Williams, upon whose shoulderss! had fallen the mantle of good Dean Conybeare—| -whose soul was impregnated with tire from onS high and the electric influence of tiiolj new life thrilled through every part of| Ithe diocese. And a people who had been| ong accustomed to regard the churches of thoJ> Idiocc-se as a kind of refuges for beggarly youngerS ■sons, heard there once more the accents of the^ still small vOIce," aad tlwy lk;m to return tofe [the shrines where the ashes of their forefathers? slept beneath the altars from which, in their dav,| liheir daily orisons had ascended to Behold the diocese fo-day! Compare the presentf 'condition of this section nf the Divine vineyard! with what it was when this great Prelate entered| iupon his duties in 1849. It was then full of weeds,| jthe growth of centuries, and the abode of unclean | birds, but now the vine liourisheth and the pome-| k<ranates are budding, and in its midst is a well? iof living waters," and there are "streams from! [Lebanon." And the husbandmen are engaged at| itheir duties. But in our enthusiasm aad gratitude for his| 'character and the mighty services which lie £ tendered the diocese, do not let us be guilty offij •exaggerating the present condition of the Estab-a lished Church in this diocese. Much more remains J jto be done before it is restored to its pristine| jcondition as the Church of the wholej [Welsh people o £ the diocese. It was not to; be expected that xhe degradations of centuries$ could be removed in the lifetime of one individual,^ however earnest and able he may have been. H ey^ who see things from a Welsh standpoint know| that much—very much—remains to be done 103 restore it to the hearts of the Welsh people. it will be everywhere conceded that the venerable-), Prelate.whose loss we now so sadly mourn directed^ his efforts in the right direction, and that what he|j did accomplish was very great. He succeeded in nar-H rowing the wide gulf which had too long divided# the ancient Church from the Before his dav it was the custom to refer to Jion-M conformists in terms of opprobrium but many ar| time and oft Bishop Oiiivant, though a very3 staunch Churchman, was hoard referring mosts warmly to the Welsh Nonconformists as invaluablei auxiliaries to the Church. And there is little doubt.3 that the time will come when all Churchmen willB regard all Dissenting Chapels as outposts of the Establishment, as they are, in fact, at present, for the dogmas of the Church are taught in them. One very interesting matter in the life of the lamented" Bishop wfts that, although an English- man by birth and language, he made successful efforts to master the language of Wales. It seems ridiculous in the extreme to us modern Cymry that down to within living memory it was not necessary for a Welsh clergyman to be conver- sant with the language of the people among whom he was supposed to minister. When Oliver Goldsmith went, to Holland to teach [English to the Dutch it did not occur to him until he was there that to be of any use to the Dutch it was necessary for him to know! Dutch also. No doubt, similar was the experienceji of English clergymen who came to Wales to teachj? the "bare-footed rascals," as many over the [supposed years ago the people of Wales to be. But the moment they crossed the border they found the "remnant iron race" of Britain rernarkablv Iquick witted, and if they wore "hodden grey ;'B they were "men for a" that." and that the harp ofH Wales was still a living power in the hands of bards.g SjLike Bishop Thirlwall, Bishop Ollivant did note [rest until he had mastered Cymraeg: and theg (Welsh clergy remember to-day with melancholy if (pleasure how resonant were the words JloHal.luoiM iJidicir fro.ii his tongue. In his earlier strugglesC 5 with the difficulties of the Welsh language he medeS ![amusing blunders in the mazes of the Welsh?! jmutabie consonants. These mutable consonants^ are the Welsh shibboleths by means ofH which the people of Wales can recognise?* the Ephraimites from across the border. notwithstanding these difficulties, Bishop Ollivant,u which the people of Wales can recognise?* the Ephraimites from across the border. notwithstanding these difficulties, Bishop Ollivant,u • like the late Bishop of St. David's, mastered ttiem,B 'and won his way through our native tongue int off our hearts. He had become himself a Gileadite,jg and our shibboleths had become years ago quite« easy to him. A clerical friend tells that the BishopM was a regular reader of three Welsh national}! magazines, viz., Serea Gainer (Baptist), Jjrysorfd (Calvinistic Methodist), and l)i<ryftiirrx ^Independent). The above-named three maga-K zines are the three loading organs re-^ cognised by the three principal denominations* of Wales. By reading th"c. he could not fail to be weil posted up in all the chief movements of^| the above three eminent denominations every-jf where in Wales, and in the missionary enterpriseJi of the Calvinistic Methodists in India and in» Brittany. ^5 Another important circumstance is that BisliopJ Ollivant was the lirst resident Bishop at Llandaffs for several ages. Indeed, it is questionable the Bishop of Llandaff had resided at LlandaffiJ until his time, since the episcopal palace wasj destroyed by Owen Glvndwr. The Bishopric ofjj Llandaff was looked upon in courtly circles asu bordering on a kind of no man's laud, and rele-~ gating a learned man to it was deemed a good jj joke. Ignorant of the language of the people andj of the inner life of the natives, preceding bishopsS were worse than useless. Bishop Watson || was a non-resident for 30 years. Ho wrote I an apology for the Bible. He ought to haves written also an apology lor himself, for his shame-}| less neglect of his diocese. But the noble Prelate"! who has just passed away dwelt among his own 1 people, fostering everything tending to promote | the success of the Christian Church, the spread of s jits mighty evangelical principles among all classes | Sof the community, arid maintained tiie dignity of | Fhis high office with the dignity of an apostle. g

|A LAYMAX'S VIEW OF THE LATEI 5 BISHOP. I [BY AP TTPOR.] 1 Dr. Ollivant, the last occupant of the seat of^ Saint Dyfrig, has died, in a good old age, an oldfe man, and full of years." It was his rare felicity#* to wdtness and be the chief actor in what may bea itermed ihc regeneration of the dioccse over lie presided for a third of a cent-u'-y. H-nv farS he was instrumental or how far he con? i-ihutedtt lie presided for a third of a H-nv farS he was instrumental or how far he con? i-ihutedtt ito the marvellous revival "t Church intiuenct p land Church work in the dio- during hisji 'episcopate is a question about which opinionsmay^ cdift'er, but of his elevated character and devolior.»| Ito duty there is but one opinion. G;v-or menta have been before him—greater preachi rs, grcaterf* scholars, more energetic workers—but for a co:R biriation of high administrative^ qualities, without jl ja weak one, in the delicate and difficult posh ion in« which he was placed it would be difficult to 1in J hisg equal. When the history of the diocese of Llandafffl comes to be written the ligure of Bishop Ollivantig will occupy a conspicuous position. He came tog Llandaff in the prime of life with a vast and varied,^ experience. He was a distinguished scholar of Lisis university, in which he held the post of Regius;, Professor for several years. He was present at t-hc-P birth of St. David's College, Lampcter, and wasji its vice-principal for sixteen years. He held a Welshj| living, and had rare opportunities of learning! the character and habits of the Welsh clergy and: the Welsh people. He was in every sense fittcd-, by education, experience, and mental qualities—ja to become the chief of a diocese in the peeu!iar|| and transitory state in which Llandaff 1 hen was. « The See of Llaudaff, like many of the ecclesias-$! tic-al institutions of Wales, had been robbed of itsj revenues in order to enrich English chapters,|| and the income was utterly inadequate tog enable the bishops to discharge theirs duties with efficiency or even decency. Theg bishopric was usually associated with the deanerv.'j of St. Paul's, or some rich preferment, and theS bishops—with the exception of the immediate^ predecessor of Dr. Ollivant—were non-residents, J and left the diocese to the mercy of subordinates.|j jTlie best livings were also held by non-residents,3 [Sand the care of the souls of the parishioners wasS left to uneducated and ill-bred curates. TheS condition of the diocese was disgraceful in thel extreme. The cathedral was in ruins, and: the habitation of every unclean bird." Lord [ft Aberdare was perfectly correct when ha said at theg meeting of the Church Congress at Swansea,a "When I was a young man the majority of theS incumbents in nvv neighbourhood were men ofg whom it was not too much or too bad to say tlnta they were indifferent to their duty, leading, somojj of them, flagrantly immoral lives. My recollec-1 tion does not extend to days in which iuy| father saw the pastor of the parish led houiejj by two farmers from the public-house, with'4 his face to the horse's tail; but, I do remember a'l time when the immense majority of the Welsh Jj clergy were. I do not scruple to say, utterly umif'3 for the sacred duties imp-'sed upon them. Wliereg they were respectable there was a want of feeling' and sympathy with the people, and theconse-^ quences were what might be expected." g -The reformation in the character of the clergy had begun and the revival of Church work in progress before the advent of Dr. Ollivant at# Llandaff, but the condition of the diocese^ was, nevertheless, deplorable. So much so that thej late Dr. Rowland Williams describes its minis-5 ters as "the uneducated clergy of the diocese otl Llandaff." The coal trade, which has assumed^ colossal proDortions, was then in its infancy. The<| town and port of Cardiff were struggling into The population of the diocese was one-half its» present number. Wales was regarded as a distant a colony, inhabited by semi-barbarous people,1^ (speaking a rule language which no Englishman^ Icould pronounce. Dr. Oiiivant witnessed all this.3 sand lived to sec the proud position in which theg ftwo counties of which the diocese is formed nowS stand. It required a cool head, a matured judg-S ment, and an equable temper to preside over the, diocese during so important- a Dr. Ollivant possessed these qualifications in ana eminent degree. He snowed," quoting Aberdare when presenting the Bishops portrait a| fortnight ago, "the pattern of every virtue, and especially of those virtues most* needed in the Christian ministry. The wordsjj of the late Prelate, written a few days before his death, read by Dean VaugUan at Abergavenny on Thursday, show the depth of the interest, which) his lordship"took iu the welfare of his diocese :—J The release of the Monmoui h Church from thej [Palladium style forced upon it in the last centun-" fand of Abergavenny from the barbarism of thej pearly part of the present, are. next to the rebuild- ing of the cathedral, the most inspiring instances jof improved taste, and I hope of Church, jfeeling, that have occurred in the diocese. 3 'Thirty years ago they would have been deemed^ ^impossibilities." « | When Dr. Ollivan* became Bishop of Llandaffls ".Ritualism was unde!going the proccss of trans-5 {formation from its chrysalis state into its [form, and was unknown in the diocese except toa| Ethe more learned of the elegy. When it raised itsi§ [head under exceptionably favourable circum-g Sstarices the Bishop met it with a tirm but gen'.leg Ihand—so much so that there is not a Ritualistic s (cki'gvman who has not a kind word to say of» Dr.v Ollivant, Nowhere, during his hmgandl arduous life, has his wisdom and foresight been8 shown more strikingly than in the way he treateda j:lie disciples of this new Evangel, and the admi-js jrable precautions he took to prevent its spread.* tThere is a sense of peace and security felt fout the diocese in reeard to Ritualism, and also inS the maintenance of the doctrines of the reformed! ('1 lurch of England. The sa me kin d a ud tolerant spirit S was manifested by his lordship iu his treatmes.tjl of Nonconformists. He his stated over and over'4 (again that but for the labours of the Noneon-a jformists the st-ite of A Vales would have been ja iheathenish. Dr. Thomas Rees, the most eminentM [Nonconformist minister in South Wales, spoke ot ef Ithe late Bisiiop a short time ago in the highest! 'terms as a Christian minister and prelate. Andyetl 5Dr. Ollivant, held strong convictions on theg {relative worth of Nonconformity and the Church! Sns by law established as means of spreading andQ tpcrpetuatinga knowledge of the Gospel amongl jthe people. And his last production in that direc-g Etion nia\- have been intended by his lordship as ag ^tinal expression of his opinion on the subject.B [However unwise some may consider the publioa-f| jtion of (he article in the Church Qvarierl-' Utvietc\ jto be, no educated and dispassionate reader eanj [deny its ability or the justice of its eminently< [logical conclusions. When the clouds of fand prejudice shall have cleared away, this las;t 'effort of ins lordship will rauk with the best hej [has ever written.

A NONCONFORM 1ST ESTIMATE 1 OF THE BISHOP'S LIFE AND LABOURS.! BY NOXCON. QFILL. I. All will agree that as a man the late Bishop or5 Llandaff was worthy of the greatest respect andg esteem. We often felt ourselves constrained to 'differ from him, but we could never forget that his imotives were high and honourable, his abilities great and transcendent, and his character without stain or reproach. We believed that he not un- frequently made mistakes, but we also believed him incapable of anything mean or dishonourable. As a man he undoubtedly commanded universal respect, though it must be confessed that he did not enlist universal love. His warmest admirers would not classify him with the "beloved" disciples, with the men that unwittingly steal your affections. He was a Jamesamong the Apostles, not a John upright, austere, looking into you ::nd through you, always readv with sound counsel and guidance; but it was in vain you appealed to him for warm-hearted sympathy. The shake of his hand was cold, the tones of his voice were metallic, his advice was invariably safe, but lacking in enthusiasm. He was a man of high honour and strong principles; but the principles never glowed—they were cool, stern, and unbending. He showed himself in early life to be possessed of strong mental powers. The honours he won in his university career—"are they not written in the book of the chronicles?" Those triumphs obtained for him his appointment as professor to Lampeter College, which, 1 believe, was his first connection with Wales and, doubtless, the same honours were ultimately the means of securing his promotion to the see of Llanciaff. I have, how- ever, yet to learn that he had rendered any signal service to the cause of religion in Wales or England such as to entitle him to a seat on the Episcopal bench. Rut Churchmen and Nonconformists view these matters diffe- rently. Scholarship, joined to a fair, unspotted character, is the passport in the Church to the ministry, and often to the Episcopacy whereas among the Nonconformists, scholarship alone is deemed no qualification. In addition to talent, a| man is expected to show indisputable tokens ofi more than ordinary godliness, and his claims are, therefore, submitted to the collective judgment of the whole body of believers in the chapel to which! he belongs. Neither is anyone promoted to a place! of dignity in Nonconformity, corresponding to the! Episcopacy in the Establishment, on account oil scholarship. The man must have previously! proved himself a successful worker in the vine-| yard; he must have rendered distinguished re-1 ligious service to his denomination. But in the! Church Episcopal Benches are often viewed bvjj Nonconformists as prizes given away to successful! scliolarship rather than as rewards for faithfuls religious labour. But be that as it may, the appointment of Dr. Ollivant to the bishopric of Llandaff was looked upon by the Nonconformists of Wales as a tribute to his learning, supported by secular influence, rather than as belonging to him by right of pre-eminent service and fitness. | It is redundant to say that his Churchmanship was of the most pronounced and uncompromising character. True, he more than once bore frank, generous testimony to the good work the Noncon- formists have done in Wales; but, certainly, it requires no extraordinary degree of goodness, 01' a wondeiful stretch of charity, to speak an occasional kind word of Dissenters. But though viewing Dissenters with mucii charity, I am not aware that the late Bishop ever spoke a kind word of Dissent. He was au ideal Churchman, and viewed Dissent in a very different light from that in which he viewed Dissenters. But he was by no means a High Churchman his judgment was always so clear and sound, and his emotional nature so rigorously restrained, that he ever walked in the middle of the road. He could never be a man of extremes. Indeed, of all the bishops, no one spoke more openly and resolutely than he against the Ritualistic move- ment. His nature was so cold and methodical that he would instinctively shrink from what would appear to him as the extravagances of Diss nt But he also drew back with equai abhorrence from ihe counter-balancing extravagances of Hitualism. The Dissenter and the Ritualist are nearer to each other than people think they are two branches growing from the same stock—the eftcrvesoonco of the same emotional nature. And under no con- ceivable circumstances could the late T-ishop be either one or the other. He was too deficient in emotion to be a good Dissenter or a good Ritualist Imagine the late Bishop swayed by his feeiiugs, either in the pulpit or the pen. all aflame hse the Bush in Hor di because God had touched him. Impossible! Or imagine liim again indulging in •genuflexions, jomiugprocessionsjwavingbann.-vets, swinging incense, impossible! you say again. Ho possessed not the hidden" tire by which Dissenters and Ritualists alike are inspired. He ceuld only be a Churchman—quiet, methodical, devout according to established routine. it is known that he held a Welsh living in Car- diganshire during his professional career at Lam- peter To quality himself to minister profitably to his parishioners he devoted himself to the study of the Welsh language, and fairly succeeded. But, of course, he could not speak wIth any pleasure to himself or edification to his congregation. I heard it said that they understood him tolerably well when he spoke to them in English, but tlnit they understood not a svllable when he addressed 'them in Welsh. No doubt had he accustomed himself to speak Welsh at home and in general s x-iety, he would gradually have been able to preach in the language with tolerable facility but to learn it from books and speak it with only book- knowledge of it—why it was all Greek to his country hearers. They could no more comprehend him preaching in their language than the ancient Athenians would have understood him reading IHomer, excellent scholar though he was. His ex- perience of Wales and service to Wales certainly did not entitle him to a Welsh bishopric, and these appointments it is that make Welshmen clamour so loudly for Disestablishment. | But, for an appointment of the kind, it must be confessed that not a better selection could have been made. The Bishop proved himself in every respect a most capable administrator and a most faithful chief shepherd. He never threw much enthusiasm into his work; but his unquestioned integiity, his devout piety, his pure principles, his noble, untarnished ckaracter re-moulded the diocese. The irnmoml dcrgyman of 30 years ago has quite disappeared. Everybody knew that the high-toned Bishop would not tolerate laxity in the under shepherds. His unswerving loyal 13- to dut3' created a new ideal within his jurisdiction, and his lengthened episcopate gave ample time for his example to leaven the entire bod3* of the clergv. This renewal of Church life in the diocese, how- ever, is not attributable entirely to his influence ;1 his keen sense of truthfulness made him disclaim! all Fuch honour the other da v; it is rather as feature of the time. A spiritual wave is sweeping.] through the reahn. It began to rise and gathers volume when he entered upon his episcopal duties, it has continued to swell and acquire force ever since, and, as yet, there is no sign of subsidence. jj Though a most capable Bishop, yet we cannota close our eyes to the patent fact that, he never thoroughly understood the Welsh character. His manhood was as far as possible removed from the Weblt typc; and though Welshmen respected hisjj high moral character, vet we always felt he was ah smmgrer with a foreign accent. He viewed every subject and object so differently from the quick. warm-hearted, mercurial Celt. His cold, piercingj eye, his unemotional nature chilled the enthusiasm! of every young Welshman who entered his pre- sence. The blood descended in the twinklingot all eve from fever heat to freezing point. No doubtj he endeavoured to the best of his ability to undcr-ij stand the Welsh nature, and always studied to-] 'promote the interests of the Welsh people ;j but somehow lie and they never found? themselves on the same side of the hedg-ej He only came in contact with a small section offl select society during his long residence in Wales,1 and he never succeeded in understanding the inner] life of the nation. Standing always outside, howj could he understand the inside 'i The upper! currents in the atmosphere, it is said, often mnvol in a direction clean contraiy to the lower current and in the altitude where the good Bishop livedo public opinion blew in directions diametrically? opposed to public opinion amongst the great bulkj of the Welsh people. 1 In thus speaking we do not blame the Bishop.0 We only blame the mischievous system which for centuries thrust Englishmen into Welsh sees. Com-j pared with his predecessors in the office and others English-Welsh bishops generally, he stands pre-j eminent for his vigour, earnestness, and success.! Everything that conscientious labour could do he did. "Still, the system is irretrievably bad thatl thrusts men of different language, training, and temperament upon the Welsh Church, notwith-J standing every vehement protest to the contrary.. Of late the secular authorities have adopted new policy, the two Bishops last created beingij Welshmen. It was the consistent and avowed. policy of the Hanoverian statesmen to appoint! Englishmen to all offices in Church and -fate inS Wules, with a view to kill the Welsh language, and I thereby crush our separate nationality. That, policy has utterly failed, for instead of killing the# Welsh language it almost kilied the Welsh Church.s The state of public opinion at the present da\- isj such that an\- attempt to renew it would be| bitterh- resented as a national insult. Whilst we| res peer. Englishmen and will heartily co-operate| with !ii"in in any movement that tends to imparts new vigour to Church or State, as Welshmen we| are resolved that our rights shall be respected int thedistrtbutionofomces. What sort of a benchjj the Episcopal one is 1 cannot tell; some say it is^ soft and nicely-cushioned; but hard or soft we! shall insist as a nation that the next occupant on it shiiil be a Welshman. |

PULPIT REFERENCES. LLANDAFF. j TKK CATHEDRAL.—At the morning service at thej Llandaff Cathedral on Sunday the death of the! Bishop was only briefly referred to, as it will be the subject uf Dean Yaughaii's discourse on Sunday next. There was nothing special in the service. The sermon was preached by the Ycn, Archdeacon Griffiths, who took for his text. II. Timothy iv.. 6th, 7th, and 8th verses. Re- ferring to the death of the Bishop, he said :— Our thoughts to-day are naturally directed to that resting place. A soldier of high rank, faithful in the service—one we have often loved to look upon, clad in full armour, holding aloft the sword of the Spirit, himself always leading on, urging soldierli to fight diligently and earnestly—that soldier, within the last few hours, has fallen out of the ranks of the Church militant here. I leave to far abler h:tn(1s than mine, on the coming Sunday, to speak of his ability for the place he occupied, of the contest he long maintained, of his unflinching fidelity to the faith, of his zeal for his Master's cause but you will allow me to say one tiling of him, for it is a striking feature in his character, and it was one that was maintained to the very- last—" Duty" was his watchword. That word is ringing to-dav in the ranks that have suddenly lost their safe and courageous captain its power is as great now while he lies helpless on the battle field as when. in the full vigour of manhood, he summoned his soldiers around him to meet the foes of his Master's Church. When yesterday I was permitted to looks lat him, clad in his official robes, calmly resting then, waiting for the last tribute that respectAftd affection can and are willing to pay, I felt that the Church, in this her hour of dimmlty, had lost a wise and faithful captain and counsellor; her in- stitutions, a liberal and ready supporter; h"r counsels, one of the snfest advisers the children Sof the distressed, a ready helper the social circle sin which be moved, one of its greatest orna- jments the contending creeds, a healing influence; Ea loving and united home, the centre around which jits love and sympathy gattered, I have known him probably longer, far longer, than anyone present in this cathedral to-day, and allow me t- say that with the length of my acquaintance with him has increased the depth of my respect and affection for him. As I gated on that placid face I thought of him who said I have fought a good fight, 1 have finished my course, I have kept the faith hencefOfnu there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only but unto ail them also that love his appear- ing'" The members of th" family attended morning service in the chapel at the Bishop's Court. CARDIFF. ST. AKDRTIW'S.—The Rev. C. J. Thompson, preaching at St. Andrew's on Sunday morning from the words" Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile," said he knew of no pas- isage in the Holy Scriptures which expressed so fittingly the highest praise that could be awarded a servant of God. Far better that than any eulogy as to intellectual gifts or brilliant acquirements. The guileless lip and the guileless heart were the first indications of a gentleman and the first mark of a Christian and, he ven- tured to say, must ever be the chief characteristics of those who were entitled to high honour in the Church. Such, he said emphatically, were the characteristic features of their dear and venerable Father in God now gone to his rest. The value of an episcopacy was never so keenly felt as on the occasion of the death of a loved and honoured pre- late. They-were filled with regret that their good Bishop had gone—that here at any rate thev would sre his face no more. Still there was mingled with that regret solicitude and anxietv for the future. The late prelate came to Llandaft in 1849,33 years ago. What events were crowded into (that period. When he came to Lampeter first, and to ILlandaff afterwards, he brought with him the quiet jc dm of loyal and deep attachment to what was ioommonly known as the Evangelical views of the iChurcli and the Gospel truth. It could scarcely |have been otherwise when he was the loved :ni jjiionourod disciple of one of the greatest ];1'" *'he recent history of the Church of Englano. !i»g that he knew- and sat at the feet ol tin Rev. Charles Simeon, who, at the beginning of the present century and the close of sthe last, held much the same position in the freligious world at Cambridge ts Dr. Pusey held in sour owr. time at the University of Oxford. The (Bishop was strong and firm, because sober and [rational in his adherence to Apostolic order, to the (Church's ways. His predecessor, Bishop Cople- |stone, a groat man, was the lirst prelate for 300 fyears who had resided for any time in the diocese Sof which he wat then chief pastor. Bishop Watson presided almost wholly in one of the • Northern counties, devoting himself to land- iscape gardening and the lii."e, and candidates Ifor the ministry ha 1 to make a toilsome and !laborious journey to Cumberland or Westmoreland, l)IS11op Oiiivant was the first wLo had resided in the city ot Llandaff since the Reformation. H. came to restore what had been lost, and what had Ifallen into decay, and did very much. V»hilst jhonouring Bishop Ollivant, it must not be for* igotten that Bishop Coplestone set a nobl# example, yet it was no disparagement to Bishop jCoplestone to say that hi., hardest toils were light iscomparcd with those which fell to his laborious Isuccessor. The history of his episcopate was a Shistory. not only of the restored churches, but of the churches built churches rc-built, of a diocese provided more or less with Church school- and a larger number of clergy, the restoration oi LlandaB C athedral being, perhaps, the most re- |murkable instance of revived zeal modern days Scould show. It also was the history of a restored land re-animated Church. He (the rev. speaker) tcould »ay novhitig better of his episcopate than |ihis—he lived to seo the lessening of intern..1 ^dissension and strife. Until recent yens the ^diocese was bv no means fr*e from rancor- fcotis and bitter fooling. Partisans on cither |side raged, stormed, traduced, and :nisre- loi eserited one another. This much could, how- level-, be said—the Bishop was ever on the side of {moderation—ever 011 the side of charity. To his 'honour be it sa: .1, no prosecution for difference of Sopinion as to practices tarnished the spotless fame «.,f his long rule. Ritualism found no favour with Ishim. It was strange to him; he could not understand ir. He look his religious line from a period antecedent to this modern development of the Church. As showing the humility of the rev. prelate, the rev. speake. stated that on one ocoasr-r- he was riding with thf Bishop in a cab from Newport to Caerleon, WhN the latter proceeded to open and read his letters His lordship passed one to him, saying, "Read that." He did so, and would never forget it, as he should never forget the Bishop's demeanour at the moment. If he were to say what that letter contained—the terms in which the anonvmous writer spoke of the Bishop— they, although in the House of God, would scarcely be able to forbear expressing their utter disgust and disapprobation. He never saw such language applied to anyone. He thought at the jtime: The man who writes this to the Bishop, [now nearing the eightieth year of an honoured [life, must be hard indeed. The Bishop must have [a heavy1 cross to bear." He spoke to tha j Bishop about it, and the latter assured him |that it was not unusual for him to receive such icommunications, and then passed it aside with a jquiet smile, and apparently no desire for resent* Iment. | NEWPORT. | ST. WOOLLOS.—References were made to the ^Bishop's death on Sunday in the several ichurches of the town. In the morning the Rev. W. Conybeare Bruce, vicar of St. Woollos, preached the sermon, and brieflyr spoke of the S&4 event. His discourse was founded on Titus ii. 130- Speaking of the event which was upon their minds and hearts that day. he said his words would be few and simple. That was no time to give utte' rance to common-place words. Simple wocds bes1 suited the reference to a noble life and a nobit ceath. It was only the other day that the vene, rable Bishop spoke at a public meeting of the effect I produced on himself by a sermon preached by Dean Yaughan, from Numbers xx., 25th and'foi- lowing verses. [The passage is in reference to Aaron and his Son being taken to Mount Hor, the Jsiripping of Aaron of his garments Itnd putting athem on his son, and the death of Aaron.J Some of them would remember the incident, las reported in the newspapers. "Soon,said the iBishop, must that scene with awful solemnity be [(enacted, for soon shall 1 put off the robes of the IOffice with which I am charged." "It cannot bt fnany days," wrote his son to him (the vicar) yes- terday morning. "before the dear Bishop lays by the official robes he spoke of." It was not many hours after the letter was written before the Bishoj idied, and for him that w ondrous transformation scene which awaits us all had taken place. He hac laid aside the vestments of Christ's service, anc was now resting, as they believed, with the blessec spirits of just men made perfect. Of the Bishop': private and public life he would not venture to speak now. He was intimately associated from his infancy with much of that life, and he felt that now he was forbidden to attempt the analysis jof a great personal sorrow. The teaching of such a life and such a death w as unmistakable. Hu- man estimates of character err grievously, but here they were on sure ground wdien tlley sought the teaching from such a life as that which he livec who Ind just passed out of sight. The rev.speaket then applied the principles contained in the text and context, as showing what man should become by grace in order that lie might partake of the glory. in the evening the Rev. J, T. Wrenlord, vicar of M. Paul's, preached from Luke x., 35: "When I come again I will repay thee." Th) preacher gave an exposition of the passage, setting forth thr- principle that bod will repay the work of To servants, which requires self-denial, patiene- endurance, and love. The departure of their vere- rabie and beloved Bishop was a great lo-s. He had died at a good old age, after 33 years of service in the diocese. He was a wise Bishop, a faithful servant of Christ, anda humble-minded and devout Christian. He was a man of singular clearness of perception and of great wisdom in. dealing with matters which came under his cogni- sance. He had a carcfuJly-bahnccd judgment, nnd a strong sense of what was right, He had It heart full of tender sympathy- and love. He had presided over the diocese in a way which had won the deep respect of all classes of the community. SWANSEA. HoLY TRINITY.—The Rev. J. G. Gauntlett, M A. Vicar of Ilolv Trinity. Swansea, at the close of hu sermon on Sunday evening referred to the fact that the Prelate of a neighbouring diocese had gone at a ripe old age to his rest. Without hesitation it Blight be said of him that he was a faithful man. One who knew Bishop Ollivant well said to him (the preacher) "I never knew a man who was more intensely anxious to do all that he did as in the sight of God." THK PAUISH CHURCH.—The Rev. S. C. Morgan, D.D., Vicar of Swansea, who preached in the Parish Church on Sunday evening, prefaced his sermon with a reference to Bishop Ollivant's death. Be said that, after 33 years' service as a prelate, the Bishop of Llandaff had passed a way almost sud- denly at last at the age of 85. Only a week or two ago he received at Cardiff a practical expression of the feeling of his people towards him. He was a man whose habits of life were very simple, and, though of a somewhat cold and reserved exterior. he had a kind heart. He was a man of calmness and dignity, of wisdom and common sense—a man of sterling worth, whose word could always be depended on. Downright, straightforward honesty was one of his characteristics. He was a man of profound learning and deep scholarship. He tth< preacher) felt that with the Bishop's death he hac> lost a friend. Twenty-three years ago the Bishop laid hands upon him in the old Cathedral Church of Handafi. and he could not forget the personal kindness which the Bishop subsequently extended to him during the first years of his ministerial life at Chepstow. Whether as a Professor at Cam- bridge or as a Bishop at Llandaff, the lamented Prelate was ever a man who went straight on with his duty and did it before God honestly and well. In these days it could not but bf felt that his successor would have to be a mart of very great wisdom. The brethren of the Church of England must pray that the Prim* Minister might be guided in his choice both of an Archbishop of Canterbury and a Bishop ot Llan* daff, for in both of these great offices there was a need of men who could recognise ia the work of others not within the pale of the Church thd work of God. To those in that neighbourhood the choice of a successor to the Bishop of Llatidaff was a subject of peculiar interest, because it Was not improbable that the rural deanery In which 'Swansea was now included would be transferred from the Diocese of St. David's to that of Llandaff* It seemed to him that we wanted in bishops, BO^ Slords, but men of sympathy, activity, and energy- |men of large-heartedness, with power of organlM. Ition, capable of ready expression, and-prepared Ufe [express themselves without the fear otmaø. 1