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THE BAPTIST TWENTIETH CENTURY FUND. CONFERENCE AT RHYL. On Tuesday afternoon a well-attended confer- ence of North Wales Baptists was held at the Welsh Baptist Chapel, Water Street, in connec- tion with the Twentieth Century Fund of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The Rev. William Cuff, President of the Union, presided, and the Rev. J. H. Shakespeare, Sec- retary of the Union, was lso present. After a short devotional service, The Chairman expressed his pleasure at meet- ing so representative a gathering of Baptists. They had met together to talk of that great fund to which the whole denomination had set its hand. They wanted to know from the brethren present what was being done in the different churches, so as to have an idea of what the Welsh people were doing. In England they had an idea that the Welsh pe ople could move mountains if they only infused into the work th., enthusiasm and energy which charac- terises them as a nation. He knew that they had commenced the work of the fund, and Mr. Shakespeare and himself had come down there that day to help them to carry the thing through in the Principality to a successful issue (applause). The Rev. John Roberts, Abergele, gave a re- port as representing the Vale of Conway and Festiniog districts. There were in the district 18 churches, with five settled pastors, and a membership of 1,288 in the proportion of 71 members to each church. One church num- bered only fifteen members, whilst the largest church had 288 members. So that that confer- ence, and especially their friends from London, might know the geographical difficulties in working that district, he might say that it ex- tended from Abergele to Festiniog, and from I.Ian ;annan to Llanrwst. It was almost entire- ly an agricultural district, with the exception of .Festiniog and three holiday resorts on the coast. Out of the 18 churches 13 had been visited on behalf of the fund. One of these, he was sorry to say, had not moved since in the matter. Out of the five churches not visited three had de- cided to do something for the fund at the be- ginning of the year, and to receive a deputation on its behalf. One of the two churches that had not yet moved in the matter he had pro- mised to visit at the end of the year. He could not get a word from the other church, although one of the members had promised something towards the fund. The total of the amount promised up to date was JB407 15s. 6d., with an additional promise of JB1 from a Baptist friend for every Lg received in Colwyn Bay, which would add another L10 to the promises, making a total of L417 15s. 6d. Of this only JB20 19s. 6d. had as yet been sent to London. The differ- ent Sunday Schools had also taken the work in hand, and some 150 cards were in the hands of the Sunday School scholars. They felt fairly sanguine of raising C650 in the district, and they should not rest until that sum was in sight iapplaJsej. The conference of the district last Thursday decided to issue a short catechism on their histoiy as a denomination for the Sunday School with the object of turning the stream into the reservoir of the century fund (applause). The Rev. T. Morgan, Mold, said they had held seventeen meetings on behalf of the fund in Flintshire. The churches they had visited were very weak. They had in that county four or five churches, in one of which there were only nine members. Some of the districts were -very poor, and the promises that had been made showed much sacrifice on behalf of the fund. In Leeswood, for instance, a church of only eleven members, they had received promises amounting to Lll, and he was told that that amount was likely to be exceeded (applause). Tryddyn, with twelve members, had promised -£8, and Axtvn, with fourteen members, L7 10s. Up to now the total amount promised in the county was £ 85. But there were several chur- ches in which meetings had not yet been held, and they could not say what the result of those churches would be. But they had asked for promissory notes, and he believed that every church in the county was taking the matter up, and that they would do something substantial. The total number of members in Flintshire was 700, and they expected to realise a total of £ 350 towards the fund (applause). The Rev. D. G. Lewis, Rhyl, said he had only introduced the subject formally to his people on Sunday, and then only to the Sunday School. The congregation had not as yet been ap- proached in a definite way. The Sunday School would respond substantially. All the classes had decided to take the matter up, and a num- ber of children bad decided to collect at least 5s., so as to entitle them to a medal, and some of them he knew would collect 10s. so as to en- role themselves. He also believed that the con- gregation when appealed to would respond equally well. So far as he knew, the feelings of the church and congregation were in perfect sympathy with the fund (applause). The Rev. T. Shankland said that his Church had not yet done anything. They were waiting for the meetings that clay, as a result of which he hoped that the members would rise worthily to the occasion. He had visited several churches on behalf of the fund, and had ad- dressed them on the history of the Baptist de- nomination in Wales, a history which had proved an inspiration and an incentive to gener- osity (applause). The Rev. B. Evans, Rhuddlan, announced that his church had promised JB7 18s. The Rev. J. Raymond, Llandudno, said he had visited several English churches. The English church of Ponkey had promised L30; Cefn Mawr, JMO; and Chester Street, Wrex- ham, L60. The Rev. Abel J. Parry said that on the prev- ious evening he had addressed a meeting at Festiniog on behalf of the fund, and a church of 147 members had promised the substantial total of L143 (applause). He found that there was a real sacrifice being made in most of the churches on behalf of the fund, and that was .t feature of it which appealed to him most (ap- plause). V 1 The Rev. A. H. Shakespeare, Secretary of the Baptist Union, said that while the fund had been making the most wonderful progress m England and Ireland, and a fair amount of pro- gress in Scotland, they had not hitherto had quite satisfactory reports from Wales. People had been asking him in England what was the cause of this. They had an idea in England that there were as convinced, earnest, and en- thusiastic Baptists in Wales as were to be found anywhere. Possibly the weakness of the chur- ches and the poverty of some of the districts would account for it in a measure. But he thought that the real reason was that the fund had not been properly organized throughout the Principality, and the Welsh churches had scarcely got to work. But Wales was now being worked from the central office in London. They were making a new beginning that day, and from what he had heard that afternoon he felt convinced that the amount promised in Wales would be fully realised (applause). The President expressed himself highly pleased with what he had heard that afternoon, and thanked the ministers for their encouraging reports. After the conference the delegates were enter- tained to tea at the lecture hall of the English Baptist Church, Sussex Street. In the evening a well-attended public meeting was held at the English Baptist Chapel, Sussex Street. The Rev. Abel J. Parry, D.D., Rhyl, presided, and eloquent addresses were delivered by the Revs. W. Cuff and A. H. Shakespeare. The promises made by the Rhyl Churches at the meeting amounted to L85.

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