The Aberdare Leader

r,?' Congregational Sunday School. NORTH GLAMORGAN UNION EXAMINATION. Examination April 28th, Class iv. open to all. Examiner, Rev. J. B. Llew- elyn, Mynyddislwyn. The papers of the candidates who obtained 70 marks and over in the connexional examination were sent to the general examiner, and the marks obtained by each, connexion- ally and generally, are given opposite the names:— Daniel James. Elim, Cwmdare (77 80 (first prize) R. Griffiths, Soar, Mountain Ash 76 75 (second prize) W. J. Pearce Roberts, Bethania, Mountain Ash 75 73 D. D. Jones,Tabernacle,Ynysybwl 75 76 J. Lewis, Moriah Aman, C'aman 74 70 Jno. E. Jones, Bethania, Dowlais 71 72 Caleb Morris, Elim, Cwmdare 68 J. Thomas (Gellifaelog), Bethania, Dowlais 66 E. Phillips, Bethania, Mountain Ash 65 James Davies, Soar do 63 C. James (Gellifaelog), Bethania, Dowlais 62 Eliz. J. Adams, Soar, Mountain Ash 60 Henry Williams, Bethesda, Abernant-59 Thos. Davies, Soar, Mountain Ash. 58 Da'fd Evans, Tabernacle, Ynysybwl 58 Benj. J. Jones, Elim- Cwmdare 57 John Jenkins, Bethania. Dowlais 57 David John Thomas do 57 William Jno. Williams do 51 David LI. Jones. Elim, Cwmdare 49 Evan C. Parry, Bethania. Dowlais 49 Mary J. Jones, do 48 Hendri Winter do 43 David J. Harris, Bryn Sion, Dowlais 43 David James Bethania, Dowlais 39 AViu, O. Williams, Tabernacle, Ynysy- bwl 39 John Jones, Bethania, Dowlais 38 David Sear, Soar, Mountain Ash 28 Thomas Jones. Tabernacle, Ynysybwl 21 J. Elias Hughes, Saron, Aberaman. 20 David Owens do 20 Number of candidates, 31; increase on previous year, 6. j Class iii., those under 21 years of age. Examiner, Rev. J. B. Llewelvn. Maxi- mum, 100. v Rachel A. Isaac, Soar, Mountain Ash 56 Idris Morgan, Moriah Aman, Cwm- aiiian "52 Minnie Powell. Bethania, Mountain Ash 51 Sarah Jones, Moriah Aman, Cwm- aman 44 Number of candidates, 4 decrease 12. J. SULGWYN DAVIES, Connexional Secretary. Siloh, Aberdare,

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The Unitarian Van. Meetings at Aberaman. The Unitarian Van removed from Victoria Square to Aberaman last Thurs. day, and pitched near the brake-stand, top of Lewis street. The speaker on Thursday evening was the Rev J. Hath- ren Davies. Cefri, and a few observations were also made by the Rev M. Evans, Highland Place, Aberdare, and Mr Barnes. who is in charge of the van. The Rev J. H. Davies dealt with vari- ous misrepresentations made regarding Unitarianism. He said be was a, Unitarian because he enjoyed the fullest liberty. In many denominations Trust Deeds held the church fast, and inter- fered with their freedom. In the Uni- tarian church there were no such Trust Deeds. It had been said that they did not believe in God. He made bold to say that no man believed more in God than the Unitarian, but not in a revengeful God, not a God who hated his children, but the God who loved his children—the God of Jesus Christ. Questions were invited at the close, but none were asked, and the singing of the hymn "Caersalem closed the meet- ing. THE BIBLE. On Friday evening addresses were again delivered to a. large crowd. Taking as his subject The Bible," the Rev M. Evans said it was very im- portant to remember that it was not the Bible that made the life of the Jewish nation. It was the life of the Jewish nation that made the Bible, People had been accustomed to think of the Bible as if it were one great source and the original source, from which everything came. He would remind them that the religious life of the Jewish nation existed before the Bible, which was the litera- ture of that nation. The same applied I with respect to the New Testament, The life which the New Testament recorded had been lived prior to the appearance of that Book. It followed, therefore, that the gospel did not make the life of Jesus, but the life of Jesus made the gospel. Even if we lost this Book, the life would still remain. The life which Jesus lived had come to stay; and it would abide whatever became of the Bible. The Book was useful and helpful, they should study it and seek stimulus through it, but if they made it their sole authority then they were turn- ing it into an idol. (Applause). After a few announcements by Mr Barnes, Rev J. Hathren Davies spoke in Welsh on the same subject. He extolled the Bible as the greatest factor in the elevation of the race. But they should remember that it described the evolution of the Jewish people. The Bible was not infallible, and it had not been inspired from cover to cover. It contained spiritual and religious experi- ences of half barbaric people, and their history could be traced until they reach- ed the beautiful climax of Jesus of Naz- areth. The Bible was not one book. It was a collection of literary works ry written at different periods. All of it had not been inspired, any more than a collection of Welsh works might be, such as The Mabinogion, the Laws of Hywel Dda and the lyrics of Dafydd Ab Gwilym. If the Bible had been inspired there would be no mistakes in it, and no inconsistencies. He was pleased to find some years ago that in the Revised Version the summary at the top of every chapter had been omitted. For instance it was stated that the person spoken of' in Isaiah x. 6 was Christ. The greatest theological scholars of the present day stated that it was not Christ who was referred to. Mr Davies then went on to deal with the authorship of the Pentateuch, adding that Bishop Colenso had been persecuted by his own church for stating that Moses was not the writer of those five books. A SCENE. Questions were then invited, and Mr John Davies, tailor, asked two questions dealing with the Hebrew literature and the period in which Moses lived. Rev J. Hathren Davies answered the ques- tions. Another person in putting a question observed that he was not satisfied with the answer given. Mr Barnes jumped up and said that they were not supposed to satisfy the questioner from his point of view. The questioner: I am asking the lecturer (Mr Davies), I don't want your interference. Mr Barnes I have a right to inter- fere. I am in charge of the van, and you must abide by the rules. (Interrup- tion). Rev J. H. Davies here intervened and appealed to Mr Barnes to desist and to the questioner to put his question. The Matter then ended. A few more ques- tions were put and they were answered by Mr Davies. The meeting closed with the singing of Lead kindly ligho." Meetings were also addressed in the same place by Revs M. Evans and J. Hathren Davies on Saturday and Sun- day evenings,

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MAN KNOW THYSELF! I Sir,—I shall answer the blackguardish letter written by "A. Cox," in due course. I have no time at present.' Aberaman, r A. DAVIES.

< THE ''HOLIDAY IvIDSINGS." Sir,—" Aberdare Cardi comes down rather heavily on Sir Marchant Williams, Councillor T. Walter Williams and Judge Bryn Roberts. I am net at present con- cerned with the Stipendiary, or His Honour, but I should like to say that Mr T. Walter Williams has rendered noble service to the cause of progress in I this district since his election about five years ago. He has an independent mind and a sound judgment. When he thinks the Labour Party are right he votes with them; when he thinks they are wrong, he is against them. He is a man who ha3 shown himself to be above party bias of any kind, and this is the type of men we require on the Council. The way he has steered the Education Committee in the Married Teachers cri- cis, is a credit to him, and his speech in the Market Hall on the subject was a masterpiece, both from an oratorical and argumentative point of view. More power to his elbow, I say, to go on im- proving the district and ridding the:town of many anomalies.—I am, etc., ADMIRER.

ABERCYNON COUNCILLORS. Dear Sir,—" Cool Island and Suf- fragette who, possibly, bear a close re- lationship, are such models of inconsis- tency that they compel attention. In almost the same breath-so to speak- they proceed to give instructions to Councillor William Evans that his duty lay in parading back lanes and that by some optical illusion the sacred un- licenced slaughter-house should be passed by. Surely "Cool Island" and" Suffra- gette are not serious, for they are ad- vocating that which does not tend to the public good, and would quickly de- moralize any public man. Mr Edmund Jones does not possess any special claim for preferential treatment. He doubt- less knew the law relating to slaughter houses, and must have known the penalty for any infringement, and yet because Councillor Evans brought this case forward-and rightly too-he is accused of doing it for personal revenge, and not in the public interest. Cool Island and Suffragette must not judge people by their own standard. I have yet to learn that Mr Edmund Jones-despite his two eloquent dis- ciples-is of such importance as to create petty spite in one of our ablest and most broad-minded councillors, I honestly believe that the three gentle- men representing this district possess higher motives than are generally attri- buted to them. As a ratepayer who did not vote for Councillor Evans at his election, I commend him for his courage and stability. Laws are not made for a few but for all. Will you allow me to add that if Cool Island and Suffragette would only report where the accumulation of filth they profess to have discovered is at present they will be doing a public service, and will, possibly, some day find their names written on the immortal scroll of public purity.—Yours faithfully, Abercynon. VE RITAS.

THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTA- DELPHIANISM AND EVERLASTING LIFE. Sir,—In your last issue there appeared a letter signed, Thos. J. Pioton. The writer is labouring under the difficulty of the little knowledge of Christadelph- ianism conveyed in a short report of an address. Perhaps the following statement of Bible teaching believed by Christadelph- ians may assist him: First—The non-immortality of the soul. Psalm 49, 8, "For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever." Dr. Joseph Agar Beet, D.D., in his "Manual of Theology," paragraph 581, writes: "The phrase "every soul im- mortal,' or its equivalent, is found in Jewish or Christian literature, as far as I know, only in writers influenced by Greek thought, and indeed by Plato. To his influence it was undoubtedly due. A similar belief underlies the religion of the Hindus. But this phrase is not found in all ancient literature known b me outside the school of Greek philosophy (If which Plato is the most conspicuous re- presentative. Certainly the doctrine of the immortality of the soul is no part of the Gospel of Christ." Second-That as surely as in Adam all die so in Christ shall all be made alive, for since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead. Your correspondent agrees with this, for he quotes Christ's saying a I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundant- ly." If men were immortal, these words could not be addressed to them, but to a dying race they were living words. Christ told Nicodemus that "Except a man be born anew, that is of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter the King- dom of God.- The flesh birth is of no value. The new birth is of God," John i.. 13. The first man is called the old man, and there is the new man, which after God is created in righteousness. Thus the living words of Jesus coming into the minds of mortal man, beget in them the germ of that which when the process is complete through resurrection produces new men equal to the angels, which cannot die any more.—Luke xx., 35-36. But these are called the Children of the Resurrection, and it is the Resurrec- tion of the Dead. If living and conscious I you require no resurrection. Daniel tells us, "Many that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, and Jesus said, They that are in the graves shall hear his voice." And again, a The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and they that hear shall live." That is, cease to be dead. Paul in his Epistle to the Thessalonians iv., 13, says, a I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that re- sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For the Lord himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the Dead in Christ shall rise first." The Dead in Christ are therefore now in their graves, in the dust of the earth, waiting for that marvellous voice to awake them from their sleep. That voice spake the wonderful life words re- corded in the writings of the Apostles, which has transformed the minds of men, so that the old Roman world of cruelty, with its arena, is now a thing of the past, and is yet to speak with. greater effect, wnen he shall be revealed from Heaven with the angels of his power taking vengeance on them that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. And what of the dead in their graves, what is their condition? What says the -Bible, never mind the traditions of men? Eccles. ix., 10—" Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou gOl'St. Or again, Psalm 146, 3: Put not your trust in princes nor in the son of man in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he re- turneth to his earth, in that very day his thoughts perish. n This agrees with Jesus' and Paul's description of their being asleep, not even thinking. But resurrection takes place. 1 Cor. xv. ,51, Behold," says Paul, a I show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment at the last trump the dead shall be raised." What does it mean, Paul? This mortal shall put on immortality, this corruptible shall put on incorrup- tien. That which is sown in weakness and dishonour Is raised in power and glory. To Paul, therefore, the period of sleep would be nothing, his thinking appara- tus, his mind, would cease to perform its functions while death's cold power would hold him, but lo, the Victor of the Grave, the Victor of Death, He who said, I am He that liveth and was dead. I am alive for evermore and have the keys of hell and death," will on that great morning open the graves, and Paul with all those in Christ will come forth and become kings and priests, and shall reign on the earth.—Rev. v., 10. For Paul it was therefore a gain to die, for his life was that of a burdened man, and his next conscious moment and similarly all in Christ, will be that they are resurrected, and again living, hav- ing come out of their graves and able to say, 1 Cor. xv., 55, 0, death, where is thy sting; 0, grave, where is thy victory ?" Your correspondent says man. is pre- served unto everlasting life in a con- scious state through faith in our Lord and Saviour. The Bible puts man as having victory over death at the resur- rection of the dead ones, who are now sleeping in the dust of the earth. Death is not yet abolished as a fact, but in the purpose of God. Rom. viii., 22, "Nay, the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves waiting for adoption ,to wit, the redemp- tion of our body." Our inward man is the mind of Christ, generated in us, which waits this grand consummation at the Resurrection of the Dead. CHRISTADELPHIAN.

AIR. RIBBINGS, REV. GEO. NEIGH- BOUR, & MOUNT PISGAH CHURCH. Dear Sir,-Allow me to thank you for your courtesy in inserting my last letter. Mr. Neighbour asks the question, had Mr. Morris suffered a lapse of memory or is it only bluff? No, Mr. Neighbour, there is no loss of memory, but every- thing stated in that letter is true, and can be proved to the hilt, if need be, but some of the statements made by you in your reply are correct and some are I incorrect. I did not say that the new chapel was built solely at the direction and for the convenience of Mr. Neigh- bour. I. believe Mr. Neighbour will find by reading my letter of August 8th that the statement there made was that under the influence of the brave spirit in which our pastor viewed things we went on with the new building much sooner than we thought of doing. Just read that letter again, Mr. Neighbour, and you will find the construction you place on it is a wrong one. Another statement made by Mr. Neighbour, and believed by him no doubt, was that I withdrew from membership at Miskin on account of this proposed extension. What took place was this: The members, I think all of them, excepting myself, took their letters of transference from Nazar- eth to form a new church at Miskin, which they had a perfect right to do, and I considered that I had a perfect right to remain a member of the mother church at Nazareth if I wished to. But after a time I thought it did not seem right that I should pass by the little place in the Miskin, where my wife and children worshipped in the weaker place, and go up to Nazareth. After much consideration I was led to believe that my place should be with the struggling cause at Miskin. Having come to this decision, I made known the same to the deacons, and the secretary of Mount Pis- gah applied for my letter, which came in due course. Nothing discreditable in that, Mr. Editor. It is only another in- stance of Mr. Neighbour's desire to put a. false construction on a very simple matter. We are still of the same belief that Mr. Neighbour, gave us husks in- stead of sermons, but we, can't expect Mr Neighbour to believe it. The reason given is his work in connection with the I.L.P. I do not find any reference in my letter- to the I.L.P. in reference to Mr. Neighbour. The reason I gave was based upon the statement made in the local press on October 26th, 1907. When Mr. Neighbour was having delightful visions of a Bishopric he made the statement that he had spoken a good deal during the summer and the spring on the ques- tion of forming- a Brotherhood Church, so we have here an object lesson of a I man posing in one position on Sunday and something else during the week—a veritable Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I have only Mr. Neighbour's own words for this assertion. Again, Mr. Neigh- bour asserts that I am a year out in my reckoning. Well, we will see. The statement that I made was that Mr. Neighbour did not show the same energy and earnestness in his work during the last two years of his ministry. I did not say that he had been two years with the I.L.P. or anyone else. You yourself gave the words that were used. On June 8th, 1906, you were charged in a Police Court and fined for obstruction. This was in connection with the I.L.P. From June 8th, 1906, to Oct. 15, 1907, is a period of 16 months. One week you worked for two masters, viz., Mount Pisgah Church and the I.L.P. It is said no man can serve two masters. A practical illustra- tion of that was to be seen in the con- tinual decline of Mount Pisgah. I am asked a sain if I remember a certain election in 1907. Yes, I do remember the election, and I gave you a vote on that occasion as I believed that you were a man qualified to fill the position, but am sorry to say that your action since then has caused me to change my mind, and I should not like to place you in any responsible position now, such as on the Guardians or the local Council. There is too much changeableness in your opin- ions, sir. I am grateful to Mr. Neigh- bour when he mentions the fact that I presented a special scheme to augment his salary. It was not a scheme. I took upon myself (knowing as I did the grow- ing feeling of discontent and irritation) to remind the members of the blessings which had accrued to the church during the first two years of his ministry. I be- lieved those words to be true, and that you had been the means under God's hands of much blessing to my family. What is wrong in that? I find that my daughter was admitted in the church on Nov. 19th, 1903. Then my two sons, one on April 28th, 1904, and the other on Nov. 1st, 1904. After speaking to the members, I personally waited on a large number of them, and got over two-thirds to promise definite sums each week to- wards the support of the ministry. I must say that the members responded well. A few promised Is. per week, some 9d. per week, some 6d. per week, and others less, and for three months they kept up to the mark fairly good, and contributed upwards of .£9 per month. Not bad for a small church of poor people. Some gave who could ill afford it, and there were little children in some families that had to be without many little enjoyments which other children had owing to the money being devoted to Mr. Neighbour's support. But in spite of this Mr. Neighbour did not make any special effort, except to whip us from the pulpit whenever he had the chance, knowing we could not answer him there. Mr. Neighbour says that nothing was done until the return of Mr. T. Richards from his voyage, which had to be taken for the good of his health. Is it not a fact that a resolution was passed by the deacons calling your attention to the state of the church before Mr. Richards went away? Such resolution is to be seen now, I believe. Mr. Thomas Rich- ards will have a word to say with you later, and as to having a word of advice from the deacons or from myself, you are a very poor listener. I tried to open up the matter three times, but you could not listen. It was a "but you see, sir," aT "you know, sir," and "it is like this, sir." All old things, especially the old Liberal Party (in which I firmly be- lieved), were getting out of date, and the only things worth taking interest in was the great I.L.P. Mr. Neighbour now admits that he sent in his resigna- tion asking to be released at the church's earliest convenience. The church re- leased him on Oct. 16th, 1907. Mr. Neighbour made a proposal, the church accepted it, and by all the customs of the Miners' Federation even, we paid all that was due. But he demanded more than what was due. What would the Miners' Federation officials say about the man that would sublet his work to another and forget to pay him, and more than that never even thank him for his services? Mr. Bibbings says that Mr. Neighbour was evicted. Mr. Neighbour says that is wrong. In face of that ad mission, I call upon Mr. Bibbings to apologise for the false charges and (scur- rilous attacks he made on this church. You say colliers are never evicted from their places, they simply "leave." I have known a great many men leave their work, some by giving notice, some by mutual arrangement (the same as you. did) simply asking the undermanager to let them go at his earliest convenience, and when this official tells them they can finish then they go, and don't go to the Miners' Federation official to claim wages after that date. I must say that I have never heard anyone make such a row over leaving as you did and are doing now. Kindly explain why you left. Was it the vision of a Bishopric? You challenge Messrs. Morris and Co. to cite a case where any minister in South

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Wales has been served in the shameful way that you were. We will reverse the challenge and ask you to cite a single case in the whole of the United Kingdom in which a Cell urcll has been so shame- fully treated by its pastor as Mount Pisgah was by you. We echo your re- gret that this matter has been re-opened again, but you have only yourself to blame. Speak the truth, and it will stand for ever. Tell your friends the truth and they will never go astray, and lastly tell the people around the Gorsedd Circle the truth and you will hear no more from—Yours truly, JOHN MORRIS. 19, Oakland-street, Mountain Ash.