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TiiE AT SEAL. v of il¡,pr"va] 1"/8tS npvU the T, v V SCi,,¡djjic methods emy.lojed I Mr. J;h..8. S ■ S in capacity teslii-gfeg ■ MRH ■ Uj,lki:II" Priv'at" siifht t t-lir-g room- ('ol,:p¡elely ■ ■ titled with tbe must modem appliances. H H SpceUcle Frames adaytfd to .¡.ach H. B indhidual case, {j¡,LC<1 with centered and polibhud m H leiises. M Not.e 0dy Emrys Richards, M^^BBr Üp,kbl1, Tor; 1, (óne minute ffOW New Touy- jJ'kdy :Statio!!). Dill f:5. pr- VALUABLE BARGAINS To be had EVERY WEEK in Household Furniture. MR. TOM EVANS, ö5, Llewellyn street, Pentre, Conducts. SALES every Monday, at 6.30 p.m., of High-class Furniture. N 0 Reserve. PARTIES FURNISHING are especially invited, as these Sales offer I a GRAND opportunity to furnish at giving away prices. Large Stock. Everything must be Sold. SALES BY PRIVATE TREATY DURING THE WEEK. 393' MONEY. MONEY. MONEY. Lent to Any Amount at Low Interest on Diamonds, Gold and Silver Watches, Rings, Chains, Jewellery and Clothing. GRBARGAiNlFnNthe1NESa/e Department. Note the Address— AW n OTTO FALLER, Jeweller, Clothier & Pawnbroker 43, Taff Street, PONTYPRIDD, Ogyo And 40, HANNAH STREET, PORTH § 0 ARTIFICIAL TEETH D A High-Class Work at Moderate Charges. A mw WW Teeth Painlessly Extracted by the Latest Improved Method of Hypodermic Injection, *■ also by Nitrous Oxide Gas, Freezing, &c. □ J DAVIES-EVANS n Post Office 0 12, High Street TREORCHY Hours 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, Welsh and English Spoken. fi 8 Thursdays, 10 ti I 1. %J .> I |% IFOMAN CAN PAY A LADY £ whetherjwife, sweetheart, sister or friend— | I Wj a more dehghtful.complime'iit than by making 1 5 N( if/ her a present of some article of jewellery. It I 11%k^ /i is just as one might, say You are charming, worthy to wear this beautiful necklace. Wear iKP tSt it then, for my sake." But a chaulIing woman ^y^» must wear jewellery that becomes her. The Y?// 'MAA jewellery in our establishment for ladies' '•V&7 rf/¥wy&S0 I \a^J1 Personai wen" will become any woman, will M YtJ'n&Sb-I 1 \\Yi (!;il)ture her admiration. We have nothing in t Jr/f^\ /1 1 \S/' stock which we are not proud to show I | Xv' I 'I J I customers. Our prices aie moderate, as you I/ °an SeG ^0U1S you will call and inspect • E, LEWIS & Son, *i Watchmakers, Jewellers & Opticians, FERNDALE, Oldest Establishment in the Rhondda. J | .o:
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Arholiad Dosbarthiadol I M.C. Dosbarth Canol I Rhondda- 5 Arliolii,i-Pa,rch. E. Arfoii Jones, Dinas. DOSBARTH HYNAF. 1 R. J. Hughes, Llwynypia. R. H. Williams, Llwynypia. 3 W. Thomas, Trealaw. 4 Tom Lewis, Trealaw. 5 Tom Jones, Blaenclydach. 6 Rees Jones, Llwynypia. John Jones, Trealaw. 8 W. Griffiths, Blaenclydach. 9 H. Roberts, Trealaw. „' D. Rees, Trealaw. 10 H. Rees, Blaenclydach. W. THomas, Trealaw. 13 D. J. J ones, Trealaw. DOSBARTH DAN 21. 1 Hannah Evans, Trealaw. 2 E. M. Harris, Trealaw. Ben Jones, Blaenclydach. 4 S. A. Jones, Penygraig. 5 D. Price Llwynypia. 6 M. M. Morgan, Clydach Yale. 7 J. E. Phillips, Penygraig. DOSBARTH DAN 16. 1 A. J. Evans, Blaenclydach. 2 Annie Davies, Penygraig. 3 Edgar T. Howells, Trealaw. 4 J. S. Evans, Blaenclydach. 5 E. A. Morris, Blaenclydach. 6 M. J. Davies, Pontrhondda. 7 Annie Griffiths, Blaenclydach. 8 Blodwen Price, Trealaw. 9 Maggie Watkins, Blaenclydach. Annie M. Price, Trealaw. 11 L. T. Tabram, Blaenclydach. Maggie Williams, Blaenclydach. 13 Eirvven H. Evans, Blaenclydach. 14 Jennie Griffiths, Trealaw. 15 M. M. Davies, Pontrhondda. John B. Evans, Trealaw. 17 Ellen A. Thomas, Blaenclydach. Ethel Bevan, Blaenclydach. Annie Williams, Blaenclydach. ■* 20 Rees Jones, Llwynypia. 21 R. D. Williams, Llwynypia. 22 Stanley Williams, Trealaw. 23 Morgan Evans, Llwynypia. 24 John Rees, Llwynypia. DOSBARTH DAN 13. 1 Hannah R. Adams, Penygraig. 2 M. Annie Evans, Penygraig. 3 Moses Davies, Penygraig. Morgan Griffiths, Blaenclydaoh. 5 Gwilyni Price, Trealaw. Willie Abraham, Trealaw. 191 7 Maggie Williams, Penygraig. Edith. Morgan, Llwynypia. 9 Olwen Bevan, Penygraig. 10 Bessie Jones, Penygraig. 11 Susie Evans, Blaenclydach. 12 Trefor Silvanus, Penygraig. 13 W. Jenkins, Blaenclydach. 14 W. R. Thomas, Blaenclydach. 15 Taliesin Richards, Llwynypia. Blodwen Hallet, Trealaw. 17 John 0. Evans, Trealaw. IB Bronwen Owen, Blaenclydach. Llew. Phillips, Blaenclydach. Emrys Haroombe, Trealaw. 21 M. Williams, Llwynypia. Olwen Morgan, Blaenclydach. 23 W. Owen, Blaenclydach. 24 Eben Thomas, Trealaw. 25 Eliza Evans, Trealaw. John W. Evans, Blaenclydach. 27 Olwen Bevan, Blaenclydach. Bessie Davies, Blaenclydach. 29 Annie Edwards, Llwynypia. Willie Watkins, Blaenclydach. 31 Olwen Lloyd, Llwynypia. Maria. Davies, Blaenclydach. M. B. Davies, Trealaw. 34 D. W. Jones, Trealaw. Lala Samuel, Pontrhondda. Ben Evans, Trealaw. Emrys Rhys, Llwynypia. 38 Cassie Thomas, Blaenclydach. Blodwen Rhys, Llwynypia. 40 D. M. Jenkins, Penygraig. Idris Williams, Penygraig. Arthur Merrick, Blaenclydach. 43 Edw. J. Evans, Penygraig. Evan Thomas, Trealaw. Emlyn Richards, Penygraig. Blodwen Jones, Blaenclydach.. 47 Hannah M. Williams, Llwynypia. 48 Ruth Davies, Pontrhondda. Cassie Price, Llwynypia. 50 Lizzie A. Jenkins, Blaenclydach. 51 Ethel Williams, Trealaw. 52 George Moyle, Blaenclydach. 53 Fanny Edwards, Pontrhondda. 54 Cath. Courtney, Trealaw. 55 Robt. J. Jones, Blaenclydach. DOSBARTH DAN 10. 1 Edith Morris, Blaenelydaeh. 2 W. T. Davies, Trealaw. 3 Gwen Bevan, Penygraig. Morgan Watkins, Blaenclydach. 5 Gladys Jones, Trealaw. 6 Willie Williams, Penygraig. 7 W. D. Davies, Blaenclydach. 8 Emrys Williams, Llwynypia. 9 Annie Davies, Blaenclydach. 10 T. W. Thomas, Llwynypia. 11 J. W. Thomas, Llwynypia. T. J. Phillips, "itlwynypia. 13 Emrys Jenkins, Penygraig. Evan J. Williams, Penygraig. 15 Llew. Davies, Blaenclydach. E. Olwen Silvanus, Penygraig. 17 Maggie Jones, Llwynypia. 18 Eirwen Bevan, Blaenclydach. Beatrice Thomas, Blaenclydach". 20 Maria Thomas, Blaenclydach. 21 bIliw Evans, Trealaw. May Dunn, Penygraig. 23 D. Lloyd Rees, Pontrhondda. J. E. Thomas, Blaenclydach. 25 Beatrice M. Rees, Pontrhondda, Annie Morgan, Blaenclydach. Willie Williams, Blaenclydach. 28 Nancy Walters, Pontrhondda. Bethuel Harcombe, Trealaw. Dan Davies, Trealaw. Thomas J. Blow, Blaenclydach. o- Trefor Griffiths, Blaenclydach. Edgar Walters, Pontrhondda. 34 Hilda Evans, Penygraig. Thomas J. Richards, Llwynypia. Y GWOBRWYON CYMRAEG. Dosbarth dan 21.-Ben Jones, Blaen- clydach.
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What is "Free?"
What is "Free?" Hearing and reading so much about Free," 1 should like to know, Mr. Editor, if anyone can give me any en- lightenment upon this subject. It is either Free Thought, Free Speech, Free-dom, Free-love, and what strikes me most, x ree Church. Recently, I read an account in a, contemporary of a meeting convened for the formation of a Free Church Council. One of the speakers gave four .reasons why they should muster up their forces, viz., the Church of England was waking up, the drink traffic was waking up, and so were gambling and landlordism. In Wales, the great obstacle was sectarian- ism. Let them not be Baptists, Congre- gationalists, Calvinists or Wesleyans, but Free Churchmen. With all this, Unit- arians are barred. But I am anxious to know in what respect are the Noncon- formist causes free. Surely, we are not to consider them free from debt or mort- gage, because the statistics presented to the Royal Commission proved that they are very heavily mortgaged. This money has to be obtained," the Cambrian News," a Liberal paper, informs us, by voluntary offerings." The preacher is compelled to consider the effect of his words upon the large subscribers, and the deacons cannot sanction schemes which would tell adversely on the weekly offer- ings. Young men see visions and dream dreams attack the officials of a, church and accuse them of lethargy. In due CC time these enthusiasts are admitted into the sacred circle. They then discover that religion has a business side, and that, if the chapel doors are to be kept open, the pulpit must be kept free from words that would empty the pews. The business side of Nonconformity impedes the reli- gious side. Neither are their ministers free to preach any doctrine they wish to propa- gate. Their history proves to the con- trary, for in the year 1889 the minister and members of a large chapel at Tooting came to believe that another form of church government was nearer the Bible than their own. But the Congregational Union interfered, and this Free Church" (?) was haled before the Court of Chancery, at the request of the Union, and the Judge said that they could not make the chapel anything else but an Independent Chapel, and that the minis- ter was open to imprisonment if he attempted to do so. In a Baptist chapel at Norwich, the majority of its members wished that new members should be ad- mitted without being immersed. They had to appear before the Judge, who pro- nounced that, no matter what was taught in the Bible, their legal formularies said that no member should be admitted with- out being immersed. The Wesleyans have failed to alter their three year system without going to Parliament. The Cal- vinistic Methodists are bound by their constitutional deeds, and cannot be released from their obligations without going to Parliament. It cannot be said that the so-called Free Churches are free from the shackles of the State, for Parliament does legis- late, and has interfered with their rights. On enquiring, we find that Parliament has legislated for the religious bodies outside the Church long before they gave them- selves the name of Free Churches, and, in fact, the religious denominations are legally founded on Acts of Parliament, protected by Acts of Parliament, and con- trolled by Acts of Parliament. I shall mention a few which bind them to the shackles of the State." (1) By Places of Worship Sites Act, 36 and 37 Vict., c. 50; 45 and 46 Vict., c. 21, the Nonconformists acquire sites for their chapels. (2) By 18 and 19 Vict., c. 81, they are certified for worship and registered for the solemnisations of marriages under certain limitations and restrictions. (3) By 55 Geo. III., c. 155, s. 12; 23 and 24 Vict., c. 32, they are protected from disturbances during public worship. (4) By 3 and 4 William IV., c. 30, the chapels are exempt from parochial rates and taxes, so long as they are used ex- clusively for public religious worship. How many chapels and vestries in South Wales are rented for other meetings than religious, but are exempt from rates? (5) By 52 Geo. III., c. 155, s. 11, no meetings can be held in them for religious worship with closed doors. (6) By 7 and 8 Vict., c. 45, Parliament, as well as the State Law Courts, has power to interpret and give a definite meaning to the doctrines set forth in their trust deeds. (7) By 13 and 14 Vict., c. 28; 16 and 17 Vict., c. 137, s. 16; 32 and 33 Vict., c. 110, as. 14, 15; 53 and 54 Vict., c. 19, the property vested in their trustees devolves without conveyance, and the Charity Commissioners may appoint and give advice to trustees and pay all legal costs incurred by that proceeding By virtue of Acts of Parliament, Free Church ministers solemnise marriages, :=- officiate at funerals, are exempt from the duties of many civil offices, not as common citizens, as we are sometimes told, but in their religious ministerial capacity. By virtue of Act of Parliament passed in the year 1844, 7 and 8 Vict., c. 45, s. 2, which is known as the Lissenters' Chapels Act, a new interpretation was authorised to be put upon the trusts of certain chapels, the effect of which was that hundreds of chapels, originally built by Presbyterians and intended by them to be used for spreading the Presbyterians' doctrine, and for the form of Presbyterian worship, but not having been expressly limited to these objects by their trust deeds, were trans- ferred to other religious bodies, who taught and practised things entirely con- trary to the doctrines of the founders. Thus, by Act of Parliament, a new rule of interpretation was applied to trusts, and a purely Parliamentary title was given Nonconformists to take over pro- perty intended for certain religious pur- poses or uses, and apply it to uses of an entirely opposite character. By virtue of other Acts of Parliament, 36 and 37 Vict., c. 50, and 45 and 46 Vict., c. 21, privileges are conferred upon Nonconformists as to increased facilities in acquiring sites of land for relgious pur- poses. These facts prove beyond doubt that Nonconformists, in their religious capacity as such, are, in the external matters of religion, most effectually under State control by means of Acts, of Parliament, and the name Free Church is a mis- nomer. That they are also under the control of the civil courts of law has been frequently shown by cases in our law courts, and very prominently by the decision of the House of Lords in the Scottish Free Church case on August 1st, 1904, the principles of which are as equally applicable in England as to Scotland. In the Christian World for March 3rd, 1881, we find the following state- ment:—"The Congregationalists have 2,000 chapels strictly tied up, to be used only by ministers who hold the opinions set forth in the deed by the zealous but ignorant founders. We should advise them to leave off boasting that they are free, and that they are at liberty to follow truth from whatever quarter it may show itself. It is not so. They must now, both trustees and ministers of religion, face these questions courageously if they wish to retain the confidence of thinking men." The Rev. Baldwin Brown, a Congre- gationalist minister, wrote as follows in The Nonconformist for March 4th, 1887 Let us for very shame have done with the tone of lofty superiority which we are so fond of assuming in regard to creed-bound churches. We are ourselves more miserably bound than any of them. They, at least, have ancient creeds, and are judged with some relation to the development of Christian thought. But ours is arranged for us, apparently by the committee of a society, with the aid of a, circular (unofficial) to a few ministers and laymen, and it will be dealt with according to the striatest letter should it ever be brought into court." On March 5th, 1905, the National Council of the Evangelical Free Churches passed the following resolution —" That in view of the recent decision of the House of Lords, in the opinion of this Council it is desirable that an Act of Parliament should be obtained to enable the Free Churches of England and Wales, whether grouped connexion-ally or as separate churches, to vary, to repeal, or' re-make, subject to such safeguards and limitations as may be thought expedient, the trusts, so far as they affect doctrine and polity, under which their property is held, in order to avoid making .these questions matters of reference to a court of law or to Parliament." (See The Free Church Year Book," 1905). We see that the Free Churches, after all, have to go to Parliament for freedom in spiritual matters of doctrine and polity. I will add one more quotation. Mr. W. T. Stead, editor of the Review of Reviews," has published a pamphlet, Are There Any Free Churches? and in it he states a church can only be absolutely free by being absolutely penniless. Wherever pro- perty—that is trust property for any specific religious objects-is held by any church, that church is no longer free to interpret its own formularies, to modify its own creeds, or even to depart one hair's breadth from the opinions on poli- tical matters of expediency expressed by its founder. The dream of our Noncon- formists and of the Scottish Free Church- men is rudely dispelled. They may be less hampered by the State than the State Church, but in the end they are as much subject to Caesar as the State Church itself. In the face of these facts, I am anxious to know in what respect are the so-called Free Churches free.-I am, &c., AP DARIAN.
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Y.M.C.A., Porth. New Secretary Welcomed. On Tuesday, March 3rd, a meeting of the members and subscribers of the Porth Y.M.C.A. was, held in order to welcome to their midst Mr. Edward R. Oxby, the new secretary, who has been appointed by the Executive Committee of the Welsh National Council to give the whole of his time to the organisation of the work in Forth. Refreshments were served at 7 o'clock by a number of ladies, including Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Elias Owen, Mrs. D. W. Jones, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Powell, Miss Lewis, and the Misses Goldsworthy, after which the chair was taken by Mr. Edgar Jones, M.A. Mr. Jones, in a brief but interesting sketch, gave an outline of the history of the Association from its inception in 1903 up to the present date. He spoke of the number of excellent men who had so well filled the position of lion, secretary, espe- cially alluding to the valued services of Mr. T. W. Young, now at Swansea. After ( showing the rapid growth of the Associa- tion, he said that it had been felt that the time had come when it was necessary for further progress that someone should be appointed who would be able to give the Association the whole of his attention. As a result of negotiations with the National Council, Mr. Oxby was now amongst them, and he was sure the meet- ing would extend him a very hearty welcome. Mr. T; Gwilym James, the secretary of the Welsh National Council, then intro- duced Mr. Oxby. He spoke of his all- round fitness for the position as an athlete, a student, and an earnest Chris- tian. He pointed out that, though quite a young man, he had had exceptional advantages in training for work among young men. For Gi years he had been on the staff of the Liverpool Y.M.C.A., the largest association under the Welsh Council; the whole of last summer he had spent in Y.M.C.A. work in Volunteer and Militia camps, and since then had been assistant secretary of the Leicester Association, one of the most progressive in England. Mr. Goldsworthy followed, and said that they were very glad to welcome Mr. Oxby amongst them, and they hoped that, under his guidance, a new era would commence in the history of the Associa- tion. Mr. Gwilym Powell, captain of the cricket club, spoke next on behalf of the members, and joined in the welcome. Mr. Cowan of Pontypridd; Mr. Roberts Powell, of Llanelly; and Mr. Pope, of Barry Dock; on behalf of the Associations of which they were secre- taries, assured Mr. Oxby of their hearty good wishes and support. Mr. Powell spoke as an old member of the Porth Y.M.C.A., and Mr. Pope sounded the warning note that too much should not be expected of ,the new secretary at first, and successful work oould only be done with the co-operation of the rank and file of the members. i Mr. William Evans, who had been detained at another meeting, then added a further word of welcome on behalf of the committee and members. Ho ex- pressed the hope that in the near future it would be found possible to, equip the Association with a. building properly adapted to its needs, instead of the pre- sent inadequate premises. Mr. Oxby then suitably replied. He said that he was very grateful for the encouraging nature of the reception, and hoped that that meeting would prove an omen of the bright future in store. At the same time, he was glad that Mr. Pope had pointed out that success could only be obtained by the loyal and enthusiastic co-operation of the members. He said that it would be his aim to do all he could to forward the all-round ideal of the Young Men's Christian Association in its physical, intellectual, social and spiritual agencies. As regards the suggested new building, he was of the opinio* that such was absolutely necessary, but that it would be best brought about by so crowd- ing the existing rooms that their in- adequacy would be patent to all. The meeting then closed, and was fol- lowed by less formal introductions and conversation. During the evening, acceptable solos were rendered by Miss Lloyd, accom- panied by Mr. Willie Jenkins.
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i Dosbarth dan 16.—M. J. Davies, Penuel. Dosbarth dan 13.—Morgan Griffiths. Blaenclydach. Dosbarth dan 10.—W. T. Davies, Tre- alaw. D. E. GRIFFITHS, Ysgrifenydd.