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A SUNDAY AT THE BASE.

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A SUNDAY AT THE BASE. (CAN PREIFAT R. TEGID WILLIAMS).* We are up at 5-45 a.m., and at 6-15 we parade outside the tents. It is a fine morning, somewhat cold, ibut quite a contrast to the deluge of rain which we have. had since arriving here. On the \parade we are detailed off for fatigues during the morning. It fell to my lot to be attached to a party for the No. 12 General Hospital. After breakfast we marched thither, and were told to take' a pick and shovel and commence digging a, pit. This is one of the duties included1 in the routine of soldiers ■. J at the base for a rest. The ground is soft clay on the surface and the lower one digs the harder it jgets. There is a substratum of stone much re- semtlmg £ rat!ite, and the V,,)rk Qf the pick is very tiring when it is reached. At 10 orSock we couj4 'hear the strain's of music coming from one: of the adjoining huts. Here no doubt the patients from the different wards had; been, gathered together. The hymn they were singing was Stand up, stand Pp for Jesus," and it came across our minds we when were outside—how stranga it Would to "these men to be able to sing these words, ma,ny of ■ fhem no doubt having been Very near the, valley of t3ie .shadow of death. We could do little work "whilst the .singing was going on. I, for my part, Jwould far rather ha,ve been inside with them, but f1"e army does not recognise, the Sabbath day as we vdo at home. We wended back our way for dinner; tod we had the afternoon to ourselves. Y YR A THRO. y Before telling you of the afternoon and' even- inío-, I must tell you what happened on Friday. I liad heenen-trusted with an autograph album by one of the .boys who had gone up the line. He wanted it posted to England. Being quite a stranger at the Bats-, I had to find out how it could be done. Well, ~&hie Y.M.iC.A. is a. good friend in need, and there I •wended my way. I first of all asked at the Cash Desk. A genial gentleman there told me that he r was very .sorry he did not .know, but that there -was an; :Army Post Office in the camp, to which he kindly directed me. I niext enquired there. How- ever, the following day I learnt that the Rev. J. Ü. i;*Thomais, M.A., was at the same Y.M.C.A. hut, and having occasion to go there I enquired if he was in. • I.wats directed to the counter, and he being pqintscl out, ll was surprised to find that he was my friend %f the Cash IQesk, who was clad: in a, li-ht c-oloure d Coat, .and was busy attending on Tommy's many wants, at the counter, 'over which hung the sign,— "'iScap, Matches, and Cigarettes." One would 'aevfiSf have .associated an honoured minister and Pro- lessor of the Hen Gorff with such a business. •dEEoy'ever, I have heard froiii several sources, of the -íid way in which lie,, talks to' the boys, who very tfnjucGi (appreciate it. I introduced myself, and beinar a real (Welshman, he did not leave it at a, mere •ha-radishake across a counter, but came round, and we had- a homely chat together. And as at home "yvhen new members join a church they are invited iby tl, astor to a cup -of tea. So with me. This ,-will bring my story.of Sunday together. A quarter to four one from Llanfair- fecha-n, another from Pe-nmaenmawr, and myself. Mosides our host, there were tbres other Y. M. C.A. ■' workers. They made us very welcome. Indeed it was a treat to. have a sup of tea from real cups l instead of tin cups, and to see 'butter again. We isaw butter last in England. The talk covered many subjects, the Old Country taking by far the greater share. We talked little of the war, for the average Tommy does not like to talk shop. Bidding our friends Good-bye," we went back to' our tents at ,4-30, for we were to hear the last bugle call 01 the i day-" Letters "-and what an expectation it arü5! Of course I was delighted to get one from <F,athW, and all the more welcome as Ma had en- closed .one too. GWASANAETH CYMRAEG. i' At 5-30 the Welsh Service was held at the Ter- ritorial Base Y.M. C.A. We numbered thirteen all told. The electric .light had been cut off, and it wa,S -titly a strange sight to see the boys singing Welsh Hymns by the aid of candles. We were small in number, .but the singing lacked nothing in strength. It was iliike yr hen wlad and one might have been in a. country village in the, Wales of lopg ago, wher§ neither gas or electric light was known. But it was not long before the current worked again, and we could more clearly see our surroundings. A sip all rail divided us from the minister. The service "vyas full; of song—a,nd how they sang And what a selection:, of hymns:—'• O fryniau Gaerr-mlem ceir gweted," O Arglwydd Dduw Rhagluniaetih," gweLsd' 0 Arglwydd Dduw R h ag l un i a.i?.t'h Cofia, Arglwydd, dy ddvweddi," &c. Theft the sermon, from Ephesians V., 19., Gan lefa.ru wrth eieh gilydd mewn psalmau, a hymnau, ac odlau ysbrydol; gan gunu a phyneio yn eich calon i'r Arglwydd." Truly a service of song, and it filkd. our .hearts with joy when wo remembered that we had bean reared up on our old Welsh hymns. What language could beat— "Cawn edrych ar stormydd ac ofnau Ac angau dychrynllyd, a'r bedd, T A., ndnnau'm ddihangol o'u Cyrraedd, Y.n. nofio mewn cariad a. hedd." ? A Welsh .soldier 'never lueed' lo'ok -elsewhere for in- spiration when going to battle when hymns like these have been, learnt by him in his childhood days. iOn ,Uhie wall there "vps one picture, that of the

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