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! WITH WELSH ARMY AT :BEDFORD.

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WITH WELSH ARMY AT BEDFORD. HEARTY CHURCH SERVICES. (By the Rev. Ben JDnes)., At the Invitation of the Senior Chaplain, the Rev, T. H. Richards, M.A., vicar of Clynnog I waa privDeged to address the soldiers of the Welsh Army stationed at Bedford on Sunday week. The morning service was held in St. Pau! s beautiful Church, capable of holding 1100 pecple, and it was crowded, diIeSy with the Chcshit'eaaudIIere'fords. It was a sight never t.) be forgotten to witness the sea of brave facea ill eV0!'y of tile huge clitireli, and all so iii,,N-otitly joining In the service. The singing of the oid familiar IiymtM by those men was simp!y thriiiing; it sounded like the rolling of waves. The Lesson was read by one of the senior officers of the Chc-shitv. and the service was intoned by the senior chaplain. In the afternoon a short service was held in the hospital. Happily not very many were present, but they seemed to ap- preciate the quiet, hom&ly service, some of them singing- heartily though tying on their backs in bed unable to move. This short service deeply impressed me. In bhe evening we attended the Welsh service in St. Cuthbert's Hall. This service is, of course, optional, but a good muster of Welshman had come together to worship in their native tongue. The service was conducted by Chaplain Hughes (late of Carnarvon). The Lessons were read by General Mainws-ring in English and Colonel Jones Roberts (of Penygroes) in Welsh. Solos were beautifully rendered by Miss Davics, of Holy Trinity Vicarage ("Abide with me"), and Private L)ewe)yn Jones (Hew Colwyn), "The Sailor's Crave." The accompa.ni&t was Bands- man Owen Evans, of Dinorwic. The conductor of the singing in this service is-Lieutenant Seth Hughes, of Bangor, but he happened to be away on leave on this Sunday. I Wë. sorry to miss him. The North Wales Brigadier and Mrs Anderson, Mrs Mainwaring (the wife of the General), and several members of the staff encouraged the Welshmen with their presence. It proves that the omcers take deep interest in the spiritual welfare of their men. These were the services I attended, but, of course, several bervicer, in English and "rclsh were conducted during the da.y in different churches, besides the services held by the Non- conformist chaplains. Mentioning the latter re- minds me that all the chaplains work amicabiy under tile able direction of Senior Chaplain Richards. Colonel Jones Roberts is very popular with the men of the 6th Division, who are mostly Welshmen and he and Mrs Jonen Roberts &ce that they get every comfort possible. On Sunday evenings and on one week-night, Cha-piain J. T. Phillips trains a large mu.l« voice choir at St. Cuthbert's Haii, and then- singing reflects the greatest credi*, on their talented conductor. The pieces I heard them practising were The Martyrs of the Arena" and "Comrades' Song of Hope." One day I visited Kempston, where the artillery men are stationed, and was fortunate to come across Captain Savage, of Bangor. Through him the senior chaplain and myself found Ser- geant-Fitter Moses David Jones, of St. Ann's, and Gunner Pritehard, of Glanogv.'en, both look- ing in the pink of condition, and they were high- ly spoken of by the captain. Wo also spoke to two Bangor men whose names I did not get, but whose faces I knew. Also the ever-green Stewart, as ready as ever to "do his bit." I had on)y seen him at Bangor the week before. The Dio<'ese of Bangor, through the kindness of the Bishop, acting with the Rev. Canon Ed- wards, secretary of the Tract Society, and the Rev. T. E. Owen, vicar of Aberdaron, secretary of the 8. P. O.K., has presented the Welshmen at Bedford with 250 copies of the Prayer Book in the Welsh language, and the gift is much appreciated. The chaplains are untiring in their efforts to minister to the spiritual needs of the men, whose temptations arc many. I hope something will come of the movement to send out a number of clergy from the diocese of Bangor to pay a periodical visit to the troops at Bedford, to encourage the chaplains in their arduous and re- sponsible work. and I know their visits would be highlv appreciated by the troops. Personally I have to thank Chaplain Rioha-rds for giving me the opportunity of a life-time, and to mm and Mrs Richards for their great kindness dtirinar mv short and hurried visit. Ppnm&chno. '— [ B. JONES.

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