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Newyddion CyfFredinol. Yr ydym dro ar ol tro wedi galw sylw at yr angenrbeidrwydcl am gael gwell cynllun i awyro ein haddoldai. Y mae yr adfywiad presenol wedi rhoddi prawf ar system awyru ein capelau, ac wedi ei chael yn brin. Mewn cyfarfod yn Aberfan gwaeddai Evan Roberts am agory ffenestri. Yr oedd y capel fel ffwrn. Yr oedd yno ffenestri ddigon, ond dim ond un ffenestr fechan y gellid ei hagor, 000 Paham na roddir mewn addoldai ffenestri y gellir eu hagor, modd y gellir cael a velon natur i anadlu iechyd i ysgy- faint dynion yn gystal ag awelon mynydd Seion i loni eu heneidiau ? 0 0 0 Y mae y Cymry yn drech eantorion na'r Saeson-o leiaf y maent yn eu curo fel canwyr emynau. Cymharer y canu mewn capel Cymreig a chapel Seisnig. Mor araf ac mor ddof ydyw yr adfywiad presenol yn mysg y Saeson I Paham? Nid yw y Saeson yn gallu canu caniadau Seion fel y gall y Cymry. Nid oes gair yn ngeiriadur y Sais yn sefyll am hwyl." 000 Y mae Eisteddfod Rhyl wedi talu ei ffordd, ond nid oes dim arian dros ben. 000 Y mae gan y cerddor ieuanc Ap Tudor, Aberdar, dair unawd o'i waith agos a bod yn barod i'r wasg. Eu henwau ydynt "Cwyn yr Amddifad," 0 bryder du, paham?" (tenor), a "Gwedcli gwraig y morwr" (bass). Y cyhoeddwr fydd Mr J. R. Lewis, Caerfyrddin. 000 Y mae ewyllys ddiweddaf Paul Kruger wedi cael ei chyhoeddi. Myn rhai mai Dr Leyds a'i gwnaeth iddo. Wedi fy ngeni dan y faner Brydeinig nid wyf yn dewis marw dani "ydyw un adnod yn y testament hwn. Heb os nac oni bai yr hen batriarch ydyw awdwr hona. 000 Yn araf y mae y gwaith o wareiddio y Rhondda yn myned yn mlaen. Y Sul di- weddaf bu gornest rhwng dau ymladdwr proffeswrol ar fynydd Penrhys. Daeth yr heddgeidwaid i'r lie cyn i fantol buddugol- iaeth ogwyddo llawer i'r un cyfeiriad. Ai tybed fod ysbryd rhyfelgar Rhys ap Tewdwr yn llechu yn y gymydogaeth lie y dywed traddodiad iddo gael ei amddifadu o'i ben? o o o Y mae Lloyd George yn myned i ymweled a'r Eidal. Dywedir ei fod yn myned yn yr un cyfeiriad ag yr aeth Chamberlain dro yn ol, ac y bydd am unwaith yn rhodio yn ei gamrau-yn llythyrenol felly. o o o Y mae y Ceidwadwyr wedi dewis Cymro o waed ac iaith-Edward Owen wrth ei enw, a gwr o Gaergybi-i wrthwynebu y Seneddwr craff a'r siaradwr ffraeth Ellis Jones Griffith, yn yr etholiad nesaf. Cych- wynodd Mr Owen ei yrfa fel ysgrifenydd i'r wasg. 000 Blin i glust Cymro ydoedd clywed rhai o blant Ysgol Ganolradd Aberdar yn ceisio canu Cymraeg yn yr wyl flynyddol ddydd Gwener diweddaf. Mae yn wir fod y canu yn beraidd a'r nodau yn gywir, ac yr oedd ambell i air Cymraeg yn cael ei seinio yn gywir.

Arholiadau Gorsedd y Beirdd Y mae Cymdeithas yr Orsedd wedi trefnu y bydd Arholiadau yr Orsedd am Urddau, o hyn allan, yn cael eu cynal mewn gwahanol fanau canolog yn siroedd Cymru a rhai o brif drefi Lloegr, tua thri mis cyn yr adeg y cynelir yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol-ac nid, fel o'r blaen, ar adeg yr eisteddfod, yn y dref lie y cynelid yr Eisteddfod. Dyma bynciau'r arholi am y flwyddyn 1905:- URDD BARDD Awdl, Y Fynwent," gan Dafolog (gwel Y Geninen am Orphenaf, 1903;; Arwrgerdd, "Esaiah," gan Gadvan (gwel Caneuon Cadvan ") Yr Ysgol Farddol," gan Ddafydd Morganwg; a chyd- nabyddiaeth a Gwaith Barddonol Cyn- ddelw. URDD OFYDD: Erthyglau y Proffeswr Anwyl ar Lenyddiaeth Gymraeg o Dudur Aled hyd Edmwnd Prys (gwel Y Gen- inen," 1903-1905) Gramadeg Cymraeg" (Dewi Mon); a Hanes Cymru" (0. M. Edwards), Rhan I. Fel y gwelir, yr ydys wedi dewis llyfrau i arholi ynddynt sydd yn mhell o fod yn ddrudfawr ac anhawdd eu cael. URDD DERWYDD: Rhaid i'r ymgeiswyr fyned drwy Arholiad Bardd neu Ofydd. URDDAU CERDDOROL. PENCERDD: 1, Cynghaneddu Alaw (Harmonizing a Melody) 2, Cynghaneddu Sawd (Har- monizing a Bass; 3, Gwrthbwynt Syml (Simple Counterpoint) 4, Gwrthbwynt Dwbl (Double Counterpoint); 5, Ateb Testyn Ehedgan (Answering Fugue Subject); 6, Ysgrifenu Ehedgan i ddau lais (Writing a Fugue for two voices); 7, Hanesiaeth Gerddorol (Musical History) 8, Offeryniaeth-Cwest- iynau ar gylch, ansawdd, a dosbarthiad yr Offerynau (Orchestration—Questions on the compass, quality, and the classification of the Instruments). CERDDOR 1, Ychwanegu tri llais at alaw syml (Adding three parts to a simple melody); 2, Ychwanegu tri llais at Sawd wedi ei rifnodi (Adding three parts to a figured Bass) 3, Gwrthbwynt syml i ddau a thri llais, nod wrth nod (Simple counterpoint in two and three parts, note against note) Hanes Cerddorion Prydeinig, 1800-1850. Fe nodir tri Chercldor (History—British Composers. Three Musicians will be named). CERDD OFYDD 1, Mydr a chyweirnodau alaw roddedig (Rhythm and keys of a given melody); 2, Cyfryngau (Intervals) 3, Cord Cyffredin ei wrthddulliau, a'u teithi (Com- mon Chord; its inversions, and their pro- gressions) 4, Cynghaneddu Sawd (Har- monizing a Bass) 5, Prif Ddygwyddiadau yn Hanes Cerddorion Cymreig, 1825-1875. Fe nodir tri cherddor (Principal events in the History of Welsh Musicians, 1825- 1875. Three Musicians will be named). Gellir gweithio y papyr yn y Sol-ffa neu'r Hen Nodiant. Gall yr ymgeiswyr fanteisio drwy fyfyrio rhai o'r llyfrau canlynol:— Llawlyfr Elfenau Cerddoriaeth," gan Ben- cerdd Gwynedd, pris 2s 6ch, i'w gael oddi- wrth yr awdwr Y Wyddor Gerddorol," gan John Curwen, yn Gymraeg, pris 3s. 6ch; "Text Book of Harmony," gan Geo. Oakley, Mus. Bac., Cantab, pris 3s.; "Text Book of Counterpoint," 2s; Student's Musical History," Is.; Manual of Orchestration," 2s.: y pump olaf i'w cael gan J. Curwen & Sons, 8 and 9, Warwick Lane, London, E.C. "Bywgraffiaeth Cerddorion Cym- reig," gan M. 0. Jones, A.C., Treherbert; Instrumentation," 2s. (E. Prout), i'w gael gan Novello. Ewer, and Co., London. Gellir ateb y gofyniadau yn Gymraeg neu yn Saesneg, ac yn yr Hen Nodiant neu y Tonic Sol-ffa. ARHOLWYR. Urdd Bardd: lolo Caer- narfon, Gwynedd, a Ben Davies. Urdd Ofydd: Iorwerth Anwyl, Gwili, a Thryfan. Urddau Cerddorol: Pencerdd Gwynedd, Mr Wilfrid Jones, Alaw Meudwy, a Mr J. Williams, Caernarfon. Am fanylion pellach anfoner at Gofiadur yr Orsedd-Eifionydd, Caernarfon.

Penrhiwceiber Religious I Revival. Extraordinary Visitations of God One of the extraordinary visitations of God has been felt here at Penrhiwceiber during the last three months. The words extraordinary visitations" are used advisedly, for to those who follow the history of the church universal, beside the ord-nary communion and visitation of God, there is at certain periods an overwhelming power displayed, by which the people are taught to listen, to think and resort to paths of holiness and sanctity. If we take the different periods of the Bible as presented to my mind, the Theocratic, the Angelic, the Judges, the Kings, the. Prophets and the Gospels we find extraordinay mani- festations of the Divine Spirit. About 50 years ago a revival was witnessed. Another followed in about 25 years-not so general, and now comes another, which will un- doubtedly be termed the revival of 1904 and 1905, but with respect to the extent of its visitation and the spread of its influence, the future will unfold. So far as Penrhiwceiber is concerned there has been a revival in the life of the churches for a long time. Meetings were more earnest, and the Biblical truths were easier understood and better listened to, but not to the extent that is now, we must confess. At present the influence is over- whelming to many. The various churches are thronged with attendants—the prayer meetings are full. To-day there are prayer meetings at Jerusalem, Penuel, Carmel, Bethania and Hermon, and to-night there will be the usual united prayer meeting of Bethel, Carmel and Hermon, besides the separate prayer meetings in other chapels. Even to a superficial observer the latent forces of the Christian churches are fully brought to the front. The inglorious mutes have burst into eloquence, their tongues have been touched with holy fire as Prometheus of old. SPARKS FROM THE FIRE CELESTIAL seem to have been spread among them. Persons who were never known to utter a word in any public service have broken out, some with the inspired eloquence of an Isaiah, and others with the Godly lamenta- tion of Jeremiah or the spiritually practical precepts of a David. This gift of tongues has not been confined to the brethren, but the sisters have had the celestial flame as well, and are to the front in proclaiming the sacred and Divine Love. The spiritual life and the morals of the churches are the better for the visitation. There is also an external influence felt by those who are accustomed to spend a great portion of their time in the public houses. There seems to be a subdued feeling even among those who now frequent such places. A great number of habitual drunkards have been reclaimed and are now attending various places of worship. Open air meet- ings are often held to receive them when they come out, and very many have been taken to their homes, and spoken to and prayed for by young men and maidens, especially on Saturday evenings. The sweet singing of the young ladies and their earnest appeals have made deep impressions on the minds of many, and very many signal cases of renunciation could be mentioned. One stalwart broad shouldered young man under the influence of alcohol was spoken to, and was advised to go home. Eventually he returns, and wishing "GOOD BYE COMRADES, I'M GOING TO LEAD A BETTER LIFE," he holds out his hand for fellowship. Another man after listening to the ex- hortations and singing determines to go home, but on his way is convinced of the error of his ways, returns to the singing, and is one of the first to attend public worship the following morning. Sunday evening sees him enrolled as a member. Sabbath school was given over for two or three Sundays, and during these and other meetings remarkable answers to prayers have been witnessed. Young lady members have prayed, and their prayers have been answered. A sister who has felt for the eternal welfare of many of the young lads, prayed for the conversion of a boy whom she had prevailed upon to go to an adjoin- ing church. Within half-an-hour the news came that he had publicly professed Jesus. Another, a young man who had refused all entreaties to attend prayer meetings, was seen to walk in, and a woman near by said with deep felt emotion Thank God, I have been praying for him all the evening," and when asked to make profession was one of the first! A wife was praying for her husband who was not in favour of the meetings, when he walked in, and to the delight of all took his place among the professors. These cases could be multiplied, Another peculiar feature of this revival is the influence exercised upon the young people. The prophecy of Joel: I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy," &c., is peculiarly appropriate for to-day! Indeed, the exuberant spirit and the enthu- siastic desire to further the kingdom of Christ among the young people has also resuscitated the drooping energies of the elders who have been looking for the con- solation of Israel, and who were ready to depart in peace; but now, fired by the enthusiasm of their own children, recount the blessings of '59. It was at one time feared that the enthusiasm would be simply an emotional outburst; but we are glad to see that the forces are rallied for ORGANIZED VISITATION AND CHRISTIAN WORK. As a result of this, on Sunday evening, many of our largest churches were fuller than ever, and impressive services were held by the Welsh and English. The num- ber of converts here is over 300, and there are many enquirers. The singing of the old hymns—"Dyma gariad fel y moroedd," Adref, adref, blant afradlon," Marchog, Iesu, yn llwyddianus," 0 anfon Di yr Ysbryd Glan" are simply magnificent. And the English hymns—" For you I am praying," Throw out the life-line," Washed in the blood of the Lamb are fervently and enthusiastically sang by the various churches. Indeed a trans- formation has taken place here in the homes. Songs of praise are heard rising on the still night air from many homes. Even now there comes the sound of, Y gwr a fu gynt o dan hoelion from a house near by. Lads who lately revelled in doubtful songs have substituted for them the songs of Sion. Fathers, whose families feared their coming home, have been softened and calmed by the supernatural powers. Mothers, who were wont to neglect their homes through their drunken habits, have their little chil- dren now anxiously, asking- ARE YOU GOING TO PRAY TO-NIGHT MOTHER?" Mothers, whose husbands did not know what home comforts were, have their homes clean and tidy, and songs of praise instead of curses are heard. Feeling interested in one or two of the worst cases, I called and heard some sound scrubbing, accompanied by the triumphant strains of Pen Calfaria." She herself said that her heart was full to overflowing. Everything seemed to sing to her. The steaming tea kettle ready for her husband's tea said, "Diolch iddo," accor- ding to her version. My ears were not so thin; but on seeipg the tidy home, so different to what it was, I felt inclined to join the tea-kettle with Diolch iddo." To those of us who have witnessed the drun- ken revelry of Christmas in past years, and the consequent poverty, it is indeed pleasing to find that in many homes happy faces will be seen this Christmas, if never before. Many hundreds of little children will have warm clothes and boots to make this time of rejoicing a red letter in their history. Mr Evan Roberts is expected to pay a visit to Penrhiwceibr, but the date has not been declared,

YR ADRAN GYMREIG. Y Gwir yn erbyn y Byd." Gwahoddir cynnyrchion i'r Adran hon. Fob gohebiaeth i'w anfon i Swyddfa'r Leader," Aberdar.

Y GENINEN WEDI DYFOD I OED- RAN GWR." MR. GOL,-Da genym weled y Geninen yn dal lased ei brig, wyned ei bron, ar hyd y blynyddau. Wele hi bellach yn dod i'w hoed," os goddefer i ni newid y ffigwr ac ar ei dyfodiad lion i'w hoed, goddefer i ni. yn ychwaneg, obeithio ei bod yn dod i ryw dipyn o stad. Wedi blynyddau o lafur gyda .P chyhoeddiad cenedlaethol, naturiol ddigon fuasai disgwyl rhyw dipyn 0 waddol. ond hanes tra gwahanol ydyw hanes llenyddiaeth yn Nghymru. Er dyddiau Gomer hyd y dyddiau hyn, gan' mlynedd bron ar ei hyd,- rhyw ddisgwyl pethau gwych i ddod y mae'r lienor Cymraeg sydd am weini ar y werin, a chael yn y diwedd y pethau gwych yn diflanu, a thlodi, gofid, a methiantau yn ym- ddangos yn eu lie. Ni charem feio gormod ar werin ein gwlad, ond heb wneyd un cam a hi, gallwn yn deg gwyno ei bod yn mhell o roddi y gefnogaeth ddyladwy i gynyrchion beirdd a llenorion ein bryniau. Er cael yr athrylith uchaf, y diwylliant eangaf, a'r cyf- newidiadau diweddaraf, yn niwyg a throad allan gyfnodolion a llyfrau, parhau yn ddi- ystyr y mae'r bobl. A rhwng difaterwch y lliaws a dylanwad cynyddol y wasg Seisnig, mae yn dipyn o gamp i gadw cyhoeddiad Cymreig swllt i fyned yn llwyddianus am gynifer o flynyddau. Ond y mae y Gol. wedi llwyddo i wneyd y Geninen yn allu llenyddol am faith flwyddi, ac efe yn unig wyr feithder a baich y blyn- yddau. Cafodd lawer o bleser, wrth reswm, ond yn gynwysedig a'r pleser, cafodd ddogn y pryderon a'r siomedigaethau. Ac nid oes un gwaith arosol heb ei bryderonj heb ei groes. Y groes o hyd sydd yn troi y gwaith a'r gwawd yn goron. Gwella mae'r Geninen. Mae wedi gwella yn ei diwyg, ac y mae mwy o ffresni ar ei chynwys. Gyda sicrhau ambell ysgr f oddi- wrth yr hen ddwylaw," llwydda y golygydd i gael gwaed a dwylaw newydd i fewn, ac y mae ambell un o'r dwylaw newydd yn troi allan yn ddarganfyddiad." Mae Ceninen Gwyl Dewi" yn gofalu am gedyrn y gorphenoJ, ac y mae y Geninen Eisteddfodol" yn gofalu am arwyr y presenol; a'r "Cenin" eraill, wrth gwrs, yn gofalu am bawb sydd a rhywbeth ynddynt, Derbynied y Golygydd ein llongyfarch- iadau cynhesaf a'n dymuniadau goreu. Gobeitio y deffry llu o newydd i weled gwerth cyhoeddiad cenedlaethol o chwaeth a chenadaeth y Geninen, a gobeithio y caiff y garddwr" fyw flwyddi lawer eto i godi Cenin" llenyddol braf ar gyfer angen cefnogwyr lien a chan ei hoff Walia. GWLADGARWR.

Local Coal Trade. P.D. Workmen and Mr Hann, jnr. A meeting of the workmen of the Powell Duffryn Collieries at the Aberdare Valley was held at Saron Hall, Aberaman, on Monday evening. There was a crowded attendance, presided over by Councillor E. Stonelake. Mr C. B. Stanton was present, and spoke at some length on the matter which they had met to consider, viz., the new customs introduced at the P.D. Col- lieries by the new general manager, Mr George Hann, son of Mr E. M. Hann, M.E., the managing director of the P.D. Co. Several of the workmen present expressed themselves in very strong terms of the arbitrary conduct of Mr George Hann to- wards deputations and others who wait upon him, and it was suggested that a vote of cen- sure be passed upon him. Mr C. B. Stanton, however, urged the meeting not to take that course at present, but to defer the matter until he had received a letter which he expected from Mr E. M. Hann. This advice was accepted by the workmen, and the matter now stands deferred. At the outset of the meeting it was unanimously resolved that the Press be not admitted.

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The Church Times" and the Revival. "Trying the Spirits." Under the above heading the editor of The Church Times writes as follows :— We hear news of a great religious move- ment in Wales. All who see what is being done appear to be deeply impressed. They go to investigate phenomena, they are mas- tered by a sense of realities they criticize the passing wave, and are carried off their feet. The student of human nature gath- ers facts of surpassing interest; the man whose eyes fail with looking upward sees a light breaking about him; the servant of God looks on with earnest desire to recog- nise the working of the Spirit. The history of religion is full of untold variety, but through all variations there runs a thread of sameness. Fraud is con- tinually recurrent-conscious, deliberate fraud which wins adherents by thousands. Equally recurrent, and far more common, is the deceit of the self-deceived, the honest, half-crazy, half illuminated herald of an im- agined gospel. He, too, is followed by thousands, and if there be a sufficient ethi- cal element in his preaching, he may estab- lish a lasting religion. It is hard to appor- tion the leaders of Mormonism between these two categories, but there is no doubt that the permanence of Mormonism depends upon the moral element of brotherhood and devotion to the common good which has turned the wilderness of Utah into a well-ordered garden. Within the wide limits of Christianity, again, there have been constant recurrences of amazing fer- vour, which have hurried along whole popu- lations, for good or for evil, into extravagan- ces of devotion. We do not call them extravagances to condemn them extrava- gance is better than chill penury repressing noble rage. We speak of that which, well or ill, overpasses the ordinary bounds of religious experience. Such movements always pass like a wave. They have perma- nent effects, good or evil, according to their ethical content; and as a rule the good and evil are mixed. The world stands agape at these move- ments, and cries out in reprobation or applause, on their novelty. They always contain some novel features, but there is far more that is common form. They astonish because the historic memory is weak, and because even a personal memory of such things rapidly fades. The stories of the present revival in Wales recalls the preaching of Whitfield and the Wesleys. but up to the present with a difference. Their work grew out of long efforts with a recal- citrant people; this has leapt up like a sudden flame. They touched almost all the varied populations of the island; this movement is so far confined to the most excitable of the Celtic tribes, and appears to be instinct with tribal qualities. Yet in essentials the movement is of the same order. And the order is wide. It is wider than Christianity. It includes the great uprising in the older Indian religion which led to Buddhism. It embraces the weeping crowds that listened to the reading of the Law by Ezra. It covers the excited multi- tudes that thronged to the Baptist in the Jordan valley, and no less the eager seekers who followed the Greater than the Baptist into the Galikoan highlands, and shouted in His train from Bethphage to Jerusalem. The wild Arabian tribesmen who first gathered to their prophet at Medina were obeying the same law the Paulician fana- tics, the Cathari and the Flagellants of the Middle Ages, were moved in the same fashion; the battalions of Little Brothers, who sprang as if from the ground at the voice 'of St. Francis, showed that among Catholics also there was human nature. There is one absolute religion-the reli- gion of Jesus Christ; and this is the perfect development through revealed truth of natural religion. But the greater part of the belief and practice, even of Chistians, belong to the religion of nature, and is com- mon to mankind. To this underlying religious material belongs to the phenomena of revivalism. They are not specifically Christian. They gather details from the re- ligious traditions of the people among whom they appear, and therefore in a Christian population they show Christian traits, in a Catholic population they are clothed with the habits of Catholicism. But revivalism tends to break away from these connexions. Even the early Franciscans, organized as they were by the Napoleonic genius of Brother Elias, were for ever on the brink of naturalistic heresies, The vagaries of eighteenth century Methodism, though con- trolled by another great genius, afford no edifying study and into the doings of the negro camp-meeting it is wiser not to pry. The true Christian religion rises above revi- valism, as the little flock of the Upper Room rose above the fickle acclamations of the Jewish or Galilaean mob. The church, as the guardian of the true Christian religion, can but watch the movements of revivalism with anxious sympathy. Here is the mate- xial of religion. Into what form shall it be fashioned

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