Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

The Coming Church Mission. I During the terrible tim-es through which we are passing there are those who are carefully calculating what the ultimate result of it all will be. There is no doubt, in the minds of any Briton worth the name, as to the physical outcome of the present conflict. With ur gallant allies, we must win through to com- plete and overwhelming victory. But, what then? This is a question that is being iiiu,Ii discussed from the commercial point of view. Plans are being laid down, and arrangements made to capture German trade. The prob- able commercial results are being totted up with. an absolute nicety of calcullation. -,Is good old, if somewhat unmoral motto, so far as its application at times is concerned, hat "trade follows the flag," is being boomed for all it is worth; and we are being assured, with considerable show of authority, that be- i cause of the lessons whaoh the country has II earned during the present struggle, and much that preceded it, our commerce alists are out to profit immeasurably. This is a contention that can scarcely be refuted. There will be'a great trade bcom in this country, if not immediately after, at any rate soon after the war is brought j to the only conceivable conclusion. There are, of course, other directions in which the British Empire has gained material lessons, apart from those that are associated with trade and commerce. In many of the higher things of life, preconceived ideas and defective notions will have! to be re-mofdelled in view of what is happening to-day in Flanders, when the end comes and we are in a position to join in the glad re- joicings that follow upon the declaration of peace. Never again will the people of these fair realms of Britain drift so near to the edge of the-precipice over which the dry bones of absolute decadence lie, as they bad drifted prior to the outbreak of war. It needed, per- haps, the sudden sharp shock to pull us up and how splendid the result! But if, commer- cially and socially, the lessons have been so greaft and so momentous, what of the spiritual? This is a question that h concerning many, And of the most enlightened and beneficent fl:l. I .— -c cliiv .J,v is spiritual I ledger to be balanced in view of the great audit now in progress? It is good to know that in this district, as elsewhere throughout the length and breadth of the Empire, this problem is occupying the attention of thougnt- ful people, who realise that things cannot pos- sibly remain the same after the war as they were before. Old ideas have been shattered, long-cherished traditions swept away and deep down in the undercurrents of human life, movements have been made in hitherto stag- nant waters, that will have to be accounted with. How are Christian organisations equipping themselves, to be in a position to face necessary ^re-adjustments? From a gathering of parishioners held in the Parish Church at Llangollen on Monday night, it is good to know that, in common with churcn- people throughout the kingdom in general, workers at Llangollen have decided, and that with no uncertain voice, to prepare for the g.orious spiritual ingathering which they anli- cipate will be possible in the autumn. It has tefcii decided to hold a parochial mission ard, dm-iag the weeks that intervene, between the present time and October, to prepare and Liake ready the plan of campaign that n;ll ce then bicught fully into operation, in the Hire and certain hope that it will be on the eve of the dceltration of a great and glorious peace. And it is good, in this connection and at such f. time. to be able to write of and to a p prod .lie ecc'OiJastical activities, apart altogether from those po-itical considerations which have some- what disfigured the reli,gious -ontr)-i-or,ies (f flu-:?* later times. To regard "Christ's Church Militant here belcnv," and more especi- ally L!1?t branch of it enlisting -in Wales, as considering with all oaro and Christian solici- tude j'ow best to rea-d j nt its outlook in order to jiieet new condition-, and changed circum- stances, is inspirirg and invigorating. The heads of the chareli have recognised that, after the war, things cannot possibly settle down into the old grooves. But this is not all. They have also realised that to the Chris- tian missioner these distracted times present great opportunities; and of these they are determined to take full, absolute, and com- plete advantage. How is this to be done ? The Churchmen of the locality have considered the matter, and the wise conclusion they have come to is that any attempt that is to be suc- cessful in the high purpose aimed at, must be one of works rather than of words; solid, thoughtful effort rather than pious invocation to people to do that which the preacher and those for whom he speaks;, are not disposed to assist them by wise practical advice to du. As a matter of fact, it is realised, here) as elsewhere, that enthusiasm, a.s an aid to spiritual regeneration, if the term be permis- sible, has been weighed in the bala.nce and has not completely justified itself by re- sults. Anything akin to a series of preaching meetings, on the recog- nised Welsh lines, is not contemplated, and to those who recognised inmeetirigs of the kind a very fruitful means of grace, it will be inter- esting to hear the other side. The fine pulpit eloquence and per-fervid appeals tha.t are associated with revivalism ar, in the opinion of local Churchpeople, apt to defeat their own ends by unduly exalting horrors without clear- ly indicating how thiey are to be doers of the Word. They require to be shown that their Covenajit with God is not a binding treaty •. n the Sabbath and a "scrap of paper" on every other day of the week. The Church in the past has had missioners and great missioners. Then, like Knox Little, Body, and Wakeford—the latter of Whom was to have begun a great church mission at Llan- gollen, when the outbreak of war upset all calculations—have worked in various spheres with miraculous results. They are but some of the outstanding figures in the great cloud of witnesses who have borne eloquent testimony to the old style of mission work—that which, perhaps unduly, elevated the pulpit, as a means of graoce. These ,good and great men-aiid the other-worldliness of the phrasing in a. secu- lar journal must be excused—relied on "he Divine promise "I, beiing lifted up, will draw all men unto Me." They preached J esus only," held up the Word as the brazen serpent was lifted up in the wildnerness, and .Hj re- sult was miraculous. All men were dtawn unto Him in aiccordanoe with the promise. How far that appeal reached record tells. To the harlot of Magdala, to the demoniac of the tombs, to the lowest and the vilest the appeal came, and from these lie selected the bright- est genus that glitter and glow in the regalia, of heaven. Being lifted up, He draws all n-jn unto Him. This the Church missioner recog- nises to-day; but, recognising the power of the living voice, he recognises also the ,1I. ness and the completeness of the assurance that "faith without works is dead." Studying latter-day methods, he sees that when all the froth and effervescence engendered by pure enthusiasm, which may be so easily stimulated by the pulpit orator, has died away, that which remains is neither very substantial nor ery appreciable-in fact, on occasions, it has proved very much the reverse. Therefore, the idea would be to get back to the bed-rock of Christian missionary effort, which indicates that sowing and watering are of the higher functions of human endeavour, realising that God givet-h the increase. The mission that ¡ will be held at Llangollen during the auifcumn i is to be ushered in by a period of calm, cars- fni, and prayerful, preparation. What tluse who are pledged to work in connection with it seek to achieve are solid and substantial re- sults. They desire that in this great season of i international strife, with its climaxes and anti- climaxes, the Church shall not be found want-, ing but, by laying down, slowly and delib r- ately, the pathway to higher things, they may the ww co—esnor.dents phrase it—gain and consolidate spiritual conditions that,! when the storm fury that disfigures i -ese times shall have receded, and sweet peace again abide with us, the whole plans of Christian Ifie may remain higher than it was before the ad- vent of the cataclysm that, unhappily, has not yet spent its force.

PERSONAL. The Ven. Archdeacon Fletcher has gone into residence at St. Asaph. Lieut. Watkin Williams Wynn, the heir to Wynnstay, is on the militaryistaff at Bedford. Colonel David Davies, M.P., is Cti-,ig as Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Lloyd George, Secretary of State for War. Mr. Urban Broughton, M.P., the new Par- liamentary private secretary to the Attorney- General, is a son of the late Mr. John Brough- ton of Grosvenor-road, Wrexham. Princess Victoria has been visiting m Angle- sey, and was during the past few days to be seen shopping in Bangor, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Vivian, sister-in-law of Sir Douglas Haig. Lord and Lady Howard de Walden have arrived at Chirk Castle from Belgrave Square. His,lordship has sent a cheque for £ 500 to the Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland-road, in order to start a fund to relieve the debt to tradesmen and others of over £ 10,600. Lieut. David Rowatt, Liverpool Scottish, The Beeches, Gresford, has been killed at the French front. He was a son of Mr. Rowatt, of the firm of Messrs. Rowatt and Lyons, of Liverpool. Much sympathy is felt at Gres- ford for his widow and two little children. Capt.-Surgeon F. Drinkwater, chairman of the Llangollen Urban Council, was on snort leave at Llangollen during the week end, dur- ing which time he went to Liverpool to bid bon voyage to Mrs. Drinkwater, who has just returned to her home in the United State3 for a short holiday. An engagement is announced between Lieut. J. M. Taylor, R.M.A., only son of Mr. J. M. Taylor, Groot Drakenstein, Cape Province, South Africa, and Nora Burton, second daugh- ter of the late General Colwell, C.B., Royal Marines, and Mrs. Colwell, Claremont Lodge, Southsea, and granddaughter of the late Rev. R. O. Burton, Minera Hall, Denbighshire.

CAMP NOTES. I PARK HALL. I Lieut.-General Sir W. Pitcairn Campbell inspected the troops at their work in Camp on Mondav. The Bishop of St. Asaph, who holds the honorary rank of colonel as an army chaplain of the first class, visited the Camp on Monday for the purpose of confirming soldiers who are leaving shortly with drafts for the front. Two confirmations were held, one at the Church Hut in the 4th R. W.F. lines, and the other in the Criurch Hut in Camp West 2. His lordship was attired in the khaki uniform pre- scribed for army chaplains. < it < < According to the latest War Office orde-ib, wounded soldiers who have returned nm the front will be entitled to wear a ipld stripe on the arm. < < < A cricket match between the Welsh and the West Lancashire Division will be played on the Park Hall cricket ground this after- noon, at 2.30, weather permitting, and let us hope that the rain will keep off for the after- noon, so that the match may not again have to be postponed. All the battalions have sent in to the committee the names of their best bat and bowler, with a notification, f the teams they played for in civil life, nd tiWr respective averages. Thenlayers with the best averages have been chosen to repvjssnt their respective divisions. Both teams include several county players. 4 I The Sergeants of the 7th Cheshire Reserve Battalion, to the number of 33, went for an enjoyable trip to Chester on Sunday by motor charabanc. After partaking of lunch at Chester, the party had a, trip up the river on a motor launch, and partook of tea at Eccles- ton Ferry. Whilst motoring home after an enjoyable day's outing, a few miles from Chirk the Sergeants encountered a lady motorist in distress, and gallantly went to the rescue by towing her car with the lady inside into Chirk village, an experience, I am tola, which they much enoyed. I.' DRUM MAJOR. I

I Denbighshire Police. The annual meeting of the Denbighshire Police Committee was held at Denbigh on Wednesday, when Mr. W. D, W. Griffith was elected chairman for the ensuing year. The Chief Constable's report showed an in- crease of five in indictable offences and lib in non-indictable offences as compared with the corresponding period of last year. In reply to Mr. Parry, Stanstv* the Chief Constable explained that the large increase in non-indictable offences was accounted for by the fact that 76 were handed" over to the military authorities. Continuing, the Chief Constable said it was too early yet for him to express an opinion as to the working of the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) Act. A discussion arose as to the provision of capes for special constables, and the matter was referred to the Clothing Committee, with power to act. A sub-committee recommended that on ac- count of the increased cost of living the war bonus at present granted to members of the police force be increased from 2s. to 4s. per week for married and single men who were householders, and from 2s. to 3s. for single men over five years' service. ■

Two British drifters hav» been sunk by an Austrian cruder in the Adriatic, and the crew of one of them tAken prisoners. Two other boats escaped. During the hearing of a case at row street Police Court, on Friday, -t wai* statsd thftt the porters in Cotent. Garden Market now earning about £ 5 a week. Thj wages bill of one firm for porterage last week tvas £ 125, divided among; 25 men. v A'y ± f*

THE ROLL OF HONOUR. [The Editor of the "Advortizer" would be giad if relatives of officers and men who fall or are wounded in the service c the country would forward any biographical details in their pos- se"on.j [THIS WEE&S LilT.) i OFFICERS. EILLH3 .I Everitt, feec.-Lieut. John Pasman, West York;hire Regiment. Lieut, Everett -was the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Everitt, late ol the Tower. Llan- gollen, who are now residing in the South of England1 He was educated at Colft House, Rhyl and Malvern College, tfhere he gained a scholarship, leaving to take a. commission :n the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, in January 1935. He was transferred to the West Y&rksh..re Regiment and was on uti-r-e service in fypt -For three mon'ths beioie going to the front in March. A month, ago he was recommended for t promotion; and was regarded as an C ffwer of very exceptional promise. His father was tor very many years connectleid with church work at Llangollen and organised one of the most ftuc- cj,ssi"ul bibie classes ever held in tibe. town. He was a f desman for some years a.t fife. Collins, and it is a notable fact t-nat the sons of an ex- sddesman and an ex.churchwa-rden should have both lost their lives on. the same date in the great advance. JOECS. Ca.pt. Ernest Kerorison, Royal Welsh patiliarls. Second son of Mr. J. Kerrison Jones, assistant overseer and chief collector under the borough and poor-law authority of Wrexha.m. Capt. Jones was 22 years of o.ge,. and bad, a distinguished soholas- tic career, having won his way with scholar- ships from the .Wrexham Church of England Schools through, the Wrexham County Schools to Oxford. He specially brilliant in mat-he. xnaties In the, early stages of the war he saw- service in GalKpoli. Nanson. Lieut. Joseph Manchester Regiment. Lleut. N&.nson was the youngest son of the. la-tt Mr Joseph Nanson, Penybryn Hall, Llan- gollen. The young officer, who was in his 22nd year. joined the Manchester- In March, 1915 and. three months ago went with his regiment to France, was educated at Parte Gate and st. Bees, Cumberland, and was a fine alI-round athlete. Leaving school he was, for so me time, in bis father's office at Liango'.len, after which he went to Lon'doo to undergo a course of instrudionin buiM'ns consti'ic-toon. and it was from here that he "joined up' with the Manchesters. Beep sympathy is expressed with the sorrowing family in their great loss. Roberts, Lieut, and Adjt. Cadwa'ladr Glyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Lieut. Roberts was killed in action and was the son of the Rev. Peter Jones Roberts, of the Welsh Wesleyan Bookroom at Bangor, who is now at the front serving as chaplain with the Welsh Division. Lieut. Roberts was 20 years of age. Educated at Friar's School, Bansor, he gained an entrance scholarship at the Univessity, College ef North. Wales.He joined the R.W.F. in November. Two of his bteth-ers are serving w th t.he colours. Robertson, Lieut. W. R., Border Regiment. Lieut. Robertson, news of whose death reached his parents, ,at Oraigvar. Abbey Road, Llangollen, in the form of a brief telegraphic message from the War Office, on Thursday evening, was a young.officer of gneat promise. He was engaged' on a rubber pliantartrfon in the Strait's Settle, merits, at the outbreak of war, and) waa making rapid progress in his business, occupying a high pôsl tion of trust. He at once recognised it to be his duty to "join up' and, journeying ma.ny thousands of miles to the homeland, enlisted in the Border Regiment, where his proved abilWea soon gained leT him a commission. He was a native of LlangolSen and widely popular where- ever he went. It is only a few weeks ago that his fiancee bade him 'God speed" from the platform at Victori.a Station, as he left for France, where he bad only been a. month when be fell on July 1. WOUNDED AND SICK Jones. Lieut. HetfbeTv, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Lleoit. Jones, who was in Capt. E. K. Jones's (killed) company, is the son of Mr. Wilfrid Jones, Wrexham. Lewis, Lieut. Herbert, nth Devons. Writing to his father, Mr. Francis Lewis, Tan. ybedw. Berwyn, Lie.ut. Lewis says that there is nothing to worry about arid that he is now at the base hospital overlooking the English Chan- nel suffering' from a, blight bullet wound in the foot and a shrapnel wound in the thigh; but he hopes to be all right in a fortnight or so. He adds "You may guess tha,t my wound it not serious m they are not sending me over to Eng. land; at 'east, they oon't think now to do so." Lieutenant HerbWt Lewis "joinedi up" in August Iat, going to the Devons from Bangor Univer.. bit?, where he had taken his inter B.Sc. and. given indlcalNons of working rapid scholastic progress with which, it is to be hoped, his re- cent ill-luck may not unduly interfere. As an old Llangollen County 8chiool boy he was uni. versally popular and great satisfaction was ex- pressed at the sbool when it was ascertainedN that, his injuries are by no means so serious a-s at first rumoured. Mr Vraneis Lewis bad also Teceived a letter from his eldest- son, Pte. C. C. Lewis, R.W.F.. intimating that he is enjoying good health. Pte. Lewis had seen a lot of fight. ing and has, no far, come through without scratch. I N.C.O.S AND MEN. I KILLFO Woodnot-h Lance.Corporal H., 17th King's Liverpool Regiment. Laoiiee-Co,r,poTal Woodnoth is a eon of Mr. and Mrs. H. Woodnoilh, of Alexandra Road, Wrex. ham. He was wou-mfed at illon-tauban and is now in hojfpital at Belfast- I W0UND3D AND SIt-K, MinshRH. Pte..Tcihn Oswald1, Royal W«l«h Fusiliers. Pte.Jiin'baH, Who was wounded in the rietrt leg on .T-uiy Mb.. is the only somi of Mr. and- 1fr, John Minshall. Castle View, Os.westry, and a grandson of the late Mr. Sjinion Wil,VaLrps, Cor. wen. He is now in bospital at. Manchester.

The tribunal is prompt to help those who help themselves," said the chairman of the Law Society Appeal Tribunal, on Saturday, to an appellant, who confessed that he had made no attempt to train a substitute for himself. His appeal was dismissed.

itthø) JfUrriagea mtb IjUaths. '& & DEATHS PYOE-Jluiy 11, aged 67, at Brooktide, Lower BroeTt Street Oswestry, MatiWa-, widiow of Thomas Henry Pryoe, Iforth amd South Wales Bank, Cor-wen.. B.UDDY— July 3, at the David, Lewis Northern Has, picai Liverpool, Amelia A. (Mflly), youngest daughter of the. l.ate Mr. audi Mrs. Thomas Ruddy. Llangollen, formerly of palé Gardens. tlanddeTTyl, SMITH-Jllly 7, "aged 39, at 36, Ruabon Road, WTes. ham, Robert Joel Smith. SQUIRE—July 8, at Wrexham. Horatio Howard Squire, of Ruabon., aged 46. Funeral To.diay (Wed- at Ruiban- laavima Brva End ú 3.15 PA,