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iamnol o £ <25°, i un am ^100. Emwyd i ariwydidio -y niodyn newyddi—dros y C.M., y Parch. J. Roberts Evans, a Mr. J. D. Parry a thiols yr eglwys, y Mri. Joseph Evans a J. R. Jones. Da oedd gan y C.M. ddealil am ym- direch lew yir, egiiwys fechiatn hoin i sym- ud baichi y ddiytlied1. Olddiwrth; Ysg. y Gymdieithiasfia yn. goifiyiri;, ymhiith pethau earaiiil, am nifea: y rhiad pexiilnyn- ol i'r C.M.. a ymireisitirodidi yin y fyddin- yn YSltod y rihiyf,e1" y nifeir a glwyf- wyd, a'r niter a fuariit feirw. PCIHKI- wyd y Parch. 0. R. Owi-i: i gaisiglu y wybodaeth bon, a,'i bain fan ymliaein yn 0] y dymuiniad. Clafwyd adroddiady oenibadoin, y Parch. J. T. Jooes, a Mr. D. Davies, Felinmewydd, fu yin ym- wlelied aig eglwys ljaxifairca/ereindoii yngliym 'a'lr gwaith 00 didewisi biliaeinor- aiaddi. (Hysbyiswyd fod yr eglwys, wedi dewcs y Mri. JiOihn Evans, Brynawel- | oln; J. T. Humphreys, L.-P. Biank, a Mr. Rhys Lewis, i)o!goeh. Tirefn- wyd i wasiainiaeth derbym biaenoriaid gael ei gyranal ynig Nlghyfairfod Misol Lilianiibaiadir-ym-Mlocbinant. Y Piarcb. Win. Phillips, B.A., i hoili oddiar Act. L au ii. I13 (Diydd. y Penlteooslt). Y 1 Parch. W. M. Joules i. wiranidio, profiad ,a Mr. R. Jones, Gilianfynnwy, i rocldi y cyngor. Adroddiad, y cienlhiadon o'u I hymiweliad- ag egllwysd y Genhiad&eit'h | 0" GaatrefQl,: Rihoddwyd adiroddiad gian y Par-ch. H. G. Roberts o'i yimweliad ef a Mir. Richard Jones, Godor, ag eg- lwys Wolverhampton. Gymieradwy;- wyd y didtalu adroididiad, a phasiwyd. eu bod yn gofyini am y 'gna;n,ts' arferol iddyinit. Ni ddlaeith adiroddiad i law o'r djdiwy daith araill, a pbenderfyinwyd "Ei,n, bodi yini cyflwytno y cyfryw i. y&- tyriiaeth Piwyllgor y Weiniidogaath." Pasdwyd i ofyn, am y 'grants' a; fero! •ididyinit ar yr arnod. y bydd yr adrodd- iadau yn cael oymeiradiwyaieith y PwyMi- gor. Paisiiwyd i anifoini cydymdedmiliad y C. M. a ',r personam canlllYlnlol, :y Mlli. Simon JOines" Rhdw&rgor, -ar far- P wolaatih ei fraiwdi; John Williams, I Bryneiithini, Brithdir; Mr. Roberts', I Afltfawr, ar farwolafeth birdiod; ac I at frodyir yr ymadaw-edig, y Mri. Ellis I Jlonesi, Liliamfechain., a Thio>s. Jonie'S, I Hiaenycwni y Mri J. Lloyd Williams, F .Suffolk Street, air farwolaetih ei briod a W. S. Morgan, Hockley HIPL, ar- far- iwolaeith ei dad; y Paricih. E. Anwyl, ar farwolaeth ei dad, aic de ei bun (h-efyd yn. wael; y Parch. O. T. Dav- ies, ar fai'w'ollaieth ei fam; Mr. Rich- ard Evana, Brithdir, a,r farwolaeth. ei ifirawd; Mr. Plrtighas, Geilli, meWl1 licsgedd a Mr. R. Gittdnis, Dolaoog., yn. ei gystedd; Mr. D. C. Jones, Felinrnewiydd, sydd yn giystudddol a phrofedigaetihuiS'. Daeth iiysbysrwydd am farwolaeth Mr. Jöhln Davies,' Maenor yn Rielbobioth, a phas- iwiyd fotd cydymdeimiliad y cyfarfiod1 i igaieli ei .anifon at ei fab, Mr. ThlOs. iDavies, Y Eo.al,' Llangadltaini. Gohdr- dwyd coffadiwriaeth am. Mir. Davdes hyd G.M. dyfodol. Cyflwymodd y Parch. H. G. Rioiberlts, ei adroddiad am 'Wiec'iniyddiadi trysoirfa y pn-getiiu ych- 'waniegal. Ctadtarmhawyd. yr adirodd- iad. Terfynwyd y cyfarfod trwy fweddd gan y Parch. Christmas Jones. Dechrauwyd cyfarfod v prynhawn trwy gainiu mawl. Deribyniwyd Mr. 'Hugh Parry o.eiglwys Ililililis, Lane, yn fliaenioir. llolwyd ef oddiiar "Weddi yr Airglwydd," gan, y Plarch.1 H. E. 'Grdffitih, M. A. Rihoddwyd cynigar dddio gran y Parch. J. Roberts, Eviansi; ac offrynnvvd y weddi gan y Parch. W. S. Jamesi, M.A. iCiafiwyd banes yr lachosi yttii Hill's Lane, a phirofiad y iswyddoigdiom dan; arweiniiiad- y Parch. iDo M." Jones. Rhoddwyd ynglyti a, hyn sylw i ddyfodioli yr achois sydd air hyn o brydi, miewn ystad. o. drawsnew- iddad. Amcemir at ei chael yn, egliwyis iholiloli Gymraeg, fel ag i fod yn gar- Itfierf i Gymry Methodistaidd ddeuant i Iflylw i ir dref. Golyga hyn y bydidl yr leglwiyist yn wanaidd, am beth amser o ran ci chyllid, ond rhadd wrth gym- orth ariamnol sylweddoil am rai blym- yddau, tiebyg fel y cafwyd i'r eglwys Seilslllig am faith flynydidlau. Sondwyd mai oynlilun. y Pwylilgoir Arbemnig fuln ystyried yr ach,os, ydyw, er- byn hyn., unloi egtwys Hill's Lane a dwy Eglwys) Saesneg yn y wlad un ohonynt dros wyth "milltir o lir dref. 'Cymeriadtwyad y mwyafrif 6V ydhydiig laedd yn bresieninol' y cynlliun hwn fel yr unig un tebyig i siorhiau bugail i 'HdJll '.si Lanie a,r hyn o bryd, gan, fod yr egl wys Saesll1,eg yn gwrthod sy; thio i mewn a'r cynliTun a wgrym wyd yn y 1, rly IpWlyltllgiOir a en wyd. pan. y cyfiarfu yn Hill's Lane gydlachynryehioliwyir o'r ddtwiy eglwys yn breseninqj, ac a gymi- eiadwyw yd gainddo," self uno y ddlwy eglwys Fethodistaidd1 yn yir Am wyth ig yn Urn fugeiliiaeth. Gyfl'wyinWyd y cyf- rif canlyno! gan y Parch. O. R. Owen, goruichtwyliiwr y cyfniodiolion': Derbyn- iadian-—Oddiwrth y dosbartliwyr, £91. os. 9iC.; y Parch. 0. T. Dalviles, 3s. 6c. ('Goleuad' account) am, y Blwydd- iadiur, £ 1 51s. "Methodiiisltilaetih Tref- aldwyni lslaf," 21s. 6c. Cy fans win, £92 IIS. gc. Taliadiau-l'r Book- coom, ^80 4s. IIC. Commission, and Postage, £ 2 17s. ic. I Dnysicwydid y C.M., £8 9s. gc.—^Cyfansiwm, £92 us. gc. 'Cafwyd adroddiad yr archwdliwyr o liyfrau eglwys Hill's Lane, y Parch. J. Roberts1 Evams, a Mr. J. D. Parry. Dywedwyd fed y Myfrau yn cael eu cadw1 yn lan a, threfnus, and galwyd sylw at y fflaith fod llawer heb' gyf- IllanlillU-o leiaf hieb diddm. air eu cyfeir a,r lyfr y weinidogiaeth. Rhyfedd mor dddfiater ydyw lllalwer o aetodau ein Iheglwysd yn y dyddJilau hyn o'u'dyled^ swydd yn y cyfeiriad hWiTh. Sylwyd ar bwys Y!r adroddiad y gelilid gwelila ,g'wedd pethau pe cerid allian aiwgrym- iad Pwyllgor y Weinidogaeth, sef fod i s'wiyddogion pob eglwys- siairad yn beaisiorioli a phob aeliod gydia galwg ar gyfrannu. Hysbyswyd y cynhelir y C.M. neislaf yn Tregynoni, Mai 29, 30, 1919. Peinioidwyd Mr. W. Alford Jehu, Y.H., Llanifair, i hold hanes yir aches, a phJ10nad y' swyddlagdon. I aIlch wÜ. [0. y IJyfnau, y Parch. J. T. Jonos a Mir. J. C. Jones, GTaig, Lllanifair. Teirfynwyd trwy weddd: gan y Parch. J. Robe,rltsl Evans. GLAMORGAN PRESBYTERY—East i. The Meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. J. T'. Wiiililiams, Abercynon. 2. The Minutes of th,e lasit Presby- tery were confirmed!, and the following ana: gt-mciUs were made for the next Meeting:—Hope, Merthyr, May, 15th, at 10.30 a.m. Rev. J. D. Evans, M.A., to, einquire initio, the state of the Cause. Rev. E. P. Jones, B.A., to lead the Dtevotional Session,, and Rev. T. Bowen to speak on the C.A.F. It was also, resolved to. invite Rev. W. Richfard to the next Presbytery in the interest of the Home Mission. 3. Arising out of the Minutes, Tre- hafod Church rieceived the sanction of the Piresbytery to apply for, ^50 from the S.W. Assoiciatiohi Loan. Fund. 4. Condolence. Votes of sympathy were passed with the fo,lflio,w,iqg:- (a) Mrs. Daniel Jones and family, Aberdare, on the death of her hius- bamdi. (b) MiL W. Thiomas, ^nysybwl, on the death of his, daughter. (c) The Crescent Church, New- town, on the tragic death of the Rev. Edward Parry, M.A. (d) Ivh. W, Wililliiams1, Treorchy, on the death of a sister. (e) Mr. Johin. Morgan, Llarvtr-isant, on his accident. 5. Rev. H. J. Hughies'isi Tesitimondial. It was asc-ertiainied that several church- es had contributed!. Rev. J. Biadham was instructed to cal.1! the Commiitee together in April to oomisidieir what further measures should be taken to complete the Collectioni. 6. Sunday School. Rev. W. An- drews reported that a request had been received, from the Etaslt Glamorgan iMiomtlhly Meeting, that the English 1 Sunday Schools belonging to the Monthly Meeting be taken over by the Presbytery for Examination purposes,. The matter was referred to the Sunday School Committee to ooinsddeir it in all its, beardngsi and! report to the! next Pres. bytery. 7. C.A. Fund. The. following^ re- port was adopted :— (1) The Secretary was- directed, to communicate with contain Churches in default, and to urge them to contribute their full quota to the Fund. (2) The foilliowinig grants were re- commended (a) Treibafod, ^40. (b) Hopkiinistown, ;640. It was. d'eoided that the attentiOln of these two. Churches be called to the necessity of grouping them, and this will be further considered at the end of twelve months. (c) Ynysihir, £ 20 on condition that the average contribution per member be brought up tOo 12s., and that an ordained minister be obtained once a month. (d) Llandaff, f.vi. (d) Craig, £36. The case of CiMynydd. was de- ferred. 8. Resiignatiion. (a) Treforest re- ported the resdgnation of the Rev. E. L. Mend-us, B.A. The resignation was accepted. (b) Tonyrefail reported the resign- ,ation of the Rev. D. L. Milward. Mr. iMilwajrdi consenited1 to. defer the re- signation, till next Presbytery, so as to enable the Pastorali Committee to con. snder the, sitUiaiollt. 9. Reports, (a) Grangetown;. The delegates reported that the Church had accorded a unanimous oalili to the Rev. E. L. Mendus, B.A. The call wasi confirmed. (ib) Ynysihir. The report of the visitors. to this Church was, read and discussed. The matter was referred to the Committee dealing with this Church, and the Secretary Was in- sructed to call it together at an early date. Rev. J. D. Evans, M.A., was appointed a member of the Committee vice Rev. D. Richards. 10. Appointments. (a) Clifton. Street.. Delegates, to take the vote of the Church in the Election of Elders.— Rev. J. J. Thomas, B.A., Messrs. T. Howe and C. E. M. James. (b) East Moors. Delegates to take the vote of the Church in the election of a Minister—Rev. John Thomas, and Mr. W. Roderick Evans. (c) Ynysybwl. Tito take the vote of the Church in the election of a Minister—fyfr. Ivor Thomas, and the Minister officiatinjg for the day. (d) Missions Committee. For- eign Mission—Revs. E. Burges (Sec- retary), J. D. Evans and Mr. Charles Morgan (Timaslurer). Forward Move- ment—Rev. R. M; Richards (Secret- ary), and Mr. Robert Monroe (Treas- urer). (e) Mr. Charles Morgan, Ponty- pridd, was, elected lay moderator. (e) District Meeting Representa- tives oni the Buildiniig Committee :— Cardiff: Messrs1. H. 'Wil'flifams, J. LJloyd Davies and D. T. Salathiel. Rih-oindda Rev. J. W. Pteiriy, Messrs;. Owen Williams and T. A. Thomas. Aberdare and Merthyr, Messrs. R. R. Price, R. T. Jones, and T. Morgan. Banry: Messrs,. H. Sn,elil, J. Meikle, and J. D. Evanis. Pontypridd Messans J. Evans, W. Hobbes; Rev. B. Jones. 11. Division of Distiict. The re- quest of the Mer-thyir and; Aberdare District that the present temporary division be made permanent was aceeded to. Particulars of the divis- ion to be reported at the next Pres- bytery. 12. Moderatorship of the South Wales Association. The foil owing resolution was passed "That lay- men only be nominated next time for the mioderatiorsbip of the South Wales Association, and that in future, every third year, a layman be appointed. 13. Pastoral and AJUxiliiary Fund. (a) The Treasurer presienteid his report which was adopted. The total in- come of: the Fund for the two Pres- byteries was £204 2si. 1 id. Total dis. bursemenits,^ £ 194 16s. gd. Balance in hand,9 6s. 2d. (b) The suggestion that the whole sum be given aniniualiliy to. one Church, and not divided among several as at present, was referred to the Com- mittee for consideration. (c) 'The 'Treasurer was empowered to write to the Churches that bad not contributed to this Fund out of their 'Harvest Thanksgiving Collection. 14. Promissory Notes, (a) Payment of Debt: Ferndale, ,Cioo; (Ib) Exchange of Notes: Graig, ^50; Ferndale, Zioo; Treborth Home £30ö. 15. Trustees. Notice was given that Trustees will be appointed) for the imianisie of Ciathedral' Road Church, at the next Pireslbytery. 16. Association Messages. Two matters of importance arising out of the Aberystwyth. Association resolu- tions were dealt with. (a) The support of. the- Ministry Scheme. It was resolved to hold three sectional laymen's conferences at Cardiff, Pontypridd, and Merthyr respectively, and subseqently a united one at Cardiff, to consider the above subject. Conveners were appointed as follows: Cardiff, Mr. John Wil- liams, Whitchurch. Pontypridd, Mr. John Gamlin. Merthyr, Mr. J. W. Morris. (b) Commission of Enquiry. Revs. J. M. jontesl M.A., J. D1. Evans, M.A., and J. J. Thomas, B.A., were appoint- ed to represent the Presbytery on the above Commission. 17. Aged Ministers Fund. The claims' of the Fund were brought be- fore the Presbytery, and the following resolution of the Associaititon was read and endorsied:- "That whilst rejoicing that the sum of Zii,500 has, been prfomiseid, to- wards the Fund iin. aid of Aged and Infirm Ministers, the Association de- sir-es the Committee not to rest until the South Wales Fund for this worthy object shiali-have) reached £ 25,000. 18. South Wales and Monmouth- shire Band of Hope Union. An ap- peal for support to the Bazaar, to, be held in aid of the above next Autumn, was brought to the notice of the: P,rresby tery. The object of the Bazaar, is, to complete the sum of £3,500 to be raised in order to provide adequate Temperance Instruction in. tihe Schools of South Wales. The Churches are urged to co-operate in the matter. 18. New Member. The transfer • letter of the Rev. J. W. Pierry firom the Monmouthshire Presbytery was read. Mr. Perry was cordially welcomed. Mr. D. Erasmus Thomas, B.A., was ialiso warmly greeted on his return from military servibe. 19. Consecration of Elders. Four Elders weie received from Tonypandy Church, viz., Messrs. Albany, Mac- iGregor, John Howells, Joseph Mor- gan and C. M. Peters. The Rev. R. R. Roberts, B.A., questioned them. The Rev. T. C. JOines delivered an address'; and the Rev. Matthew Thomas offered the consecration prayer. 20. Devotional Session. The Rev. J. M. Jones, M.A., delivered a very helpful and ilns.piring address, on one of the great passages of Isaiah (C. 42, 1—4). 21. State of the Cause. The report of the Church officers was, very' satisfac- tory and encouraging. The Church isr greatly handicapped because it hias, no building. Still' it is, much indebted to the Welsh Church for its kindness in permitting the use of the vestry for services. The Sunday School meets in the Billiard1 Room, but, in spite of adverse conditionsi much creditable work is being done. The Church is growing steadily. The site for build- ing has been secured, and. it is, hoped that SlOOn. the conditions will be such as to enable them, to proceed with the structure. The prospects of the Church; are distinctly encouraging. 22. The Meeting was closed with prayer by the Rev. Matthew Thomas.