The C.E.M.S. had a most useful Meeting on the 24th ult., when Mr. Richard Davies read a paper on the Welsh Church. He traced the history of that part of the Church and showed that it was founded earlier than any other part of the Church in the British Isles.

He showed that the Church of today is the same Church that existed in Wales in the early centuries. That her endowments had been given her by private individuals and not by the State. He mentioned that the Bill of 1909 for “The Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church in Wales” proposed to take away 18s. 6 1/2d. in the £, and to leave her with only 1s. 5 1/2d. for every £ she now possesses, although she is more active and doing better work than ever she was. Is it possible that a professedly Christian Government can ever pass an Act so unjust and cruel?

The next C.E.M.S. Meeting will be on the 21st, when I propose to give a Lecture on Egypt and to show pictures. We were all glad to see Mrs. Blandford Newson on the 16th, when she came and gave a Lecture on “Birds and their Preservation, and kind treatment.” The Lecture was followed by a beautiful lantern exhibition of birds with most instructive descriptions by Major Edwards, whom I hope we may hear again.

Source: The Hampton Hill Parish Magazine - 1911 November