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Disestablishment. Rousing Meeting at Tonypandy. Stirring Speech by the Rev. Evan Jones, "Archbishop of Wales." One of the largest public meetings held at Tonypandy" was that on Thursday evening last, at Ebenezer Ghapel, when the Rev; Evan Jones, Carnarvon (chair- man of the National Free Church Council), and the Rev. David Davies; Penarth (formerly of Brighton), delivered addresses on the Disestablishment ques- tion. The Rev. E. Richards presided, and was supported by all the local ministers and leading laymen of the district. The Chairman said that the meeting Was called to support the present Govern- ment, especially in the measure of Dis- establishment and Disendowment of the Church of England in Wales. There was no necessity to convert Wales of the need and justice of such a measure, added Mr. Richards, as she had done what consti- tutionally could have been done in send- ing a solid phalanx of Liberal and Labour ( members to Parliament to demand this' measure (applause). Alderman Richard Lewis, Pontypridd, proposed the following resolution:- That this public meeting of Mid-Rhondda district, held at Ebenezer, Tonypandy, on May 6th, 1909, desires to express its heartfelt thanks to the Prime Minister fo-r 1TIt.rnr1t1l'1nO' 1nt.n PnrlinmAni n. Rill just and generous, for the Disestablish- ment of the Church of England in Wales and Monmouthshire j and also our great countryman, the Right Hon. D. Lloyd George "—(applause)—" Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the pledge he gave that the Government meant. business' in carrying the Bill through every stage during the present Session." Alderman Lewis expressed a< hope that in the Bill recently introduced into Parliament they would see the glorious dawn of that day —long looked for, long hoped for, and long promised—when the fetters of State control should be rent asunder, and the spiritual emancipation of the Church of England in Wales become an accomplished fact. They had every reason to believe that the House of Commons would pass this measure, and on its entrance to the House of Lords, the gilded artillery of that august Chamber would in all pro- bability be brought to bear upon it and destroy it. But upon the ashes of that Bill would rise, Sphinx-like, the public opinion of the country and declare in no uncertain loice that their time of service was at an end (applause). The Rev. M. H. Ellis, Trealaw, secon- ded, The Rev. Evan Jones, who was received with rounds of applause, said there were some who held the opinion that it was out of place for a miiister of the Gospel to touch upon this question, and especially to hold a meeting like that in a place of worship (laughter). In reply to that he would say that the people who inaugurated the movement for the Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church of Eng- land in Wales were some of the most godly and spiritual men in the Church during the last century. He (the speaker) supported this movement, not as any per- sonal fad or from any motives of self- gain, but because he conscientiously believed that the union of Church and State was harmful to the Church and use- less to the State (applause). They had all heard of statistics—episcopal statistics (laughter). He had no objection to statistics., provided they were accurate; but, after all, this was not a, question of statistics, but a matter of principle (applause). Any union of Church and State was a total denial of the elementary principles they believed in—the principles of freedom and equality; and it was necessary for the rising generation that they should have a, clear grasp of what these principles meant. There were three things lying at the roots of man's free- dom as a, reasonable being. The first was the right of every man to judge for him- self what to believe and what to practise so long as it inflicted no injury on the rest of his fellows. They might imprison a man's body and prevent him to speak, but they could not stop him thinking. "A man compelled against his will was of the same opinion still (laughter and applause). Next, every man had a right to assert his opinions. He admitted at once that this generation did not regard the indi- vidual very favourably. Socialism was the great word of these days, and although he believed in co-operative action, he nevertheless held that the indi- vidual had the right, not only to think for himself, but also to give utterance to his thoughts. In the third place every man had a right to unite with others of similiar opinions in society. These three things were at the root of civil and reli- fious freedom, and the greatest obiection e had, therefore, to the union of Church and State was that it constituted a total denial of these things, inasmuch as it assumed to itself the rilrhJt to dictate what a man's opinions should be, and pre- vented him from giving utterance to his own opinions (applause). It had throttled freedom of opinion in the Church in days gone by. Indeed, this was the great sin of John Penry, the Puritan martyr. Because he refused to be disloyal to Christ, he was branded as a traitor to the King, and was executed, and among the first signatories to his death warrant was the Archbishop of Canterbury. John Penry claimed the right to think for him- self and to act accordingly. > The King me and the clerics, on the other hand, claimed the right to take his head, and took it (laughter). l'he principle still remained the same applause). King James was the head of the Church when Puritanism came into the country. He commanded the priests to read the Book of Sports," and those who disliked the task and r-ftfiiRRid to act. were disinherited of their livings. Turning to the chairman, the rev. gentleman asked-in Welsh, "Whose chapel is this? The chairman answered with a smile, Independents." No, no," retorted the speaker, amidst cheers and laughter, "it is the Dissenters'' chapel." Dissenters," he said, was a splendid name, because it commemorated the action of those who dissented from the King's desire to desecrate the Lord's Day (applause). I am going over history like this," continued the speaker, because I droit want you to run after wild geese, or 'Jack y Lanterns (laughter). I want you to follow the rails (applause). I want you to remember that our religious privi- leges were purchased at a great price" (loud applause). After dealing. with the Act of Uniformity," the rev. gentlieman went on to speak of the, Act of Toleration, and said that this, if anything, was worse than the former, and gave the greatest blow to the State. If the Church was true the State was also pledged to truth, and the passing of this Act was therefore the worst thing that could happen, because it amounted to a tacit admission on the part of truth that heresy ought to be tolerated. It was tantamount to an admission on the part of justice that thieves should thrive (applause). They I were still living under that Act, and he (the speaker) resented it because he was as loyal to the King as the Bishop of St. David's, and perhaps more so. He (Mr. Jones) had been, elected Prident of the National Free Church Council—(applause) —but he was only tolerated, after all, and the toleration was unbearable. Any good Churchman would resent to find that his priest or bishop was only tolerated. The Nonconformists were not less patriotic than Churchmen, and why should the State not act fairly to its children, instead of making flesh of one and fish of the other? (Laughter and applause). There were, some, he continued who held that Nonconformists contributed nothing io the Church, and that the tithes were the free-will cifts of godly people in times gone by. This, however, was a view which no sane, fair-minded man would entertain, and such a conten- tion would not be supported by the lawyers, the law. courts, or the Houses of Parliament. When the Irish Church was disestablished, the law was agreed to by King, LorcLs and Commons, and did they think that these would agree to rob the Church if they believed the tithes belonged hy right to her as endowment? (Applause). No learned man, even among tne Bishops and Lords, would support such a conten- tion; but there were some who supported it whose interests were bound up .with the tithes. He did not want to destroy the. Church. He. was of the same opinion a8 the Bishops of Birmingham and Here- ford. He wanted to set the Church free, and make it a Church of the New Testa- ment in very truth. The House of Lords was threatened upon them. They had carried that institution long enough, and if it rejected this Bill, the democracy wotild know how to deal with ifc Cloud applause). The Rev. David Davies, Penarth, said that it had been a great delight to him to listen to the veteran Rev. Evan Jones, Carnarvon, who was indeed the Arch- bishop of Wales (laughter and applause). They all recognised him as such—he had an Archbishop's face (renewed laughter). He had given a keynote to the meeting, viz., that their strength was in their unity. True unity, proceeded- the speaker, was unity of variety and not unity of uniformity. The unity of the Church of England was the unity of uniforinity, as witness the Act of Uniformity. 'There was! all the difference in the world between unity of variety and unity of uniformity. The latter belonged to the lowest possible type, the other to the highest. The lower they went in the order of being the more they found instances of the unity of uniformity. The jelly-fish was one body without any mem- k{?r.s,l had one huge stomach, with which it did its thinking and digesting (laughter). As they ascended the scale, they found progresis where every member had a specific function to perform in a common capacity. In man they found this unity of variety developed to its utmost extent, where every member of the human body discharged their various duties, governed by one will, one intellect and one spirit, The same was true of the social life. In the savage they had a being with but few wants; but supplied all those wants himself. As. civilisation progressed they found consciousness in- creasing, and callings multiplied. Indeed, said the speaker, the danger of the pre- sent age was the exaggeration of special- isation. The same order of progress was noticeable in the Christian Church. In that meeting there were present Calvin- istic Methodists, Independents, Wes- leyans, and Baptists. Here was true union ready to work together for the good of the corporate body of Christ (applause). That was a kind of unity which the Church of England did not believe in. The Nonconformists were living undor th<s Act of *and so long as they were living under that Act, they could not work unitedly with those who tolerated them. The moment the Established Church was brought to the level of all other churches, without any prerogatives or preference—Noncon- formists believed in Free Trade in reli- gion as well as in daily life; the party of preference in politics was also the party of preference in religion—the moment they were brought to the level of otner chuches, then would true unity be possible (applause). The three vital principles of Pro- testants, continued the speaker, were (1) That the authority of the Church was laid down in the communion of that Church (2) That the Scriptures were the final authority in all matters ef creed and practice; and (3) That every man must have liberty to decide for himself what the Bible teaches. The Church of Eng- land, ait the present time, said the rev. gentleman, gave, the lie to each and all of these principles. There was a book which had a, higher authority in that Church, than the Bible, and there was an assumption on the part of those ordained to its ministry which was inconsistent with the Authority of the Church. They claimed prerogatives and rights which no apostle of Jesus Christ ever claimed for himself. A sad feature of their oppo- nents' arguments was that while they admitted the principle of Disestablish- ment, they were not prepared to give way on the question of Disendowment. It was more of a question of £ s. d. to these people than anything else, and when the great question of Disestablishment was brought down to this level it lost all its dignity. The Church of England in Wales was either right or wrong in being estab- lished and they maintained as Free Churchmen that the connection between Church and State was contrary to the teaching of the .Scriptures. He main- tained that the nation ought to be free to worship God as it pleases according to the dictates of its own conscience, with- out the interference of any temporarl power (applause). The resolution was carried with acclama- tion. A series of questions were then submitted to the Rev. Evan Jones, and were spiritedly answered. Votes of thanks to the speakers and chairman brought the meeting to a close.

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Expected a 'Blow-up,' Serious Charge against Gilfach Stoker. Alf. Mock, stoker at the Bfitannic Col- liery, Gilfach Goch, was summoned under Section 123 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, which provides that a, stoker shall keep every boiler furnace well supplied with fuel, maintain good fires, and ample power of steam in the boilers. Mr. W. Kenshole, Aberdare, prosecuted for the Company; and Mr. A. T. James. (Messrs. Morgan, Bruce, and Nicholas, Pontypridd) defended. Mr. 'Kenshole said that defendant went on duty at 10 o'clock on Easter-Monday night. At 2 o'clock on the following morning he went to the house of Robt. Chapman, foreman in charge of the boilers, and told him that there was an awful mess in the works." When Chap- man wqnt down to the pit-top, he found the fires smouldering, no steam, while the water in the boilers had been allowed to run too low, and Chapman expected the whole place to blow up. Asked to explain for it, defendant saM that he could not get any water from the feed-pump. Mr. Kenshole said it was, a, very serious case, and might, have resulted in blowing up the whole place. Robert Chapman, foreman in charge of the boilers at the Britannic Colliery, and who also holds the, First Class Board of Trade Certificate in Marine Engineering, said that defendant attended three boilers, and it was only one man's work to look after them. About 2 o'clock on Easter Tuesday morning defendant came to witness' house, which was ten minutes away from the colliery, and told him that there was an awful mess at the boilers. As they were going to the pit-top, defen- dant said that he was frightened and that his mate had not turned up that night. When witness reached the boilers, he found the fires burnt out, there was no steam or water, whilst the electric light engine was dragging for the want of steam. The position of things, added witness, was highly dangerous at that time. When asked for an explanation, defendant said he could not get the pump to work. The pump, said witness, was not worked at week-ends or holidays, and water was obtalined by means of the injector. The injector, however, would not work this night, as the steam was below 75lbs. Defendant was supposed to keep lOOlbs. pressure in the boilers. D. Bowen Jones, manager, explained the process of obtaining water for the boilers, and in cross-examination said that no complaint was made to him of any defect in the working of the valves. He had heard there was a piece of wood in the valve, but that would not prevent water coming through the pump. Mr. James for the defence said that the defendant was the only man em- ployed about the boilers that night, his butty having failed to turn up. He went on with hie work as usual, and had to use the injector, the water then having Dot been turned into the condenser. Later that night the fan-engineman turned the stop-cock and the water was turned into the condenser. Defendant was at- tending two fires at the time, and when he saw about 4 inches of water in the boiler he turned his attention to the injector tank to get water for his boilers. The water in the injector, however, was not running, and he next went to the pump, but this again failed to act, pump- ing air instead of water. He had no water to go on with, and he (Mr. James) said that there was no obligation on defendant's part to keep up steam under itJIV uii vuuio..T»& woks krtliisrl do his duty. He did his best under the circumstances, and he (Mr. James) asked the magistrates to say that defendant was not guilty of the offence with which he was charged. Defendant, in the box, said that he had been employed as stoker at the Britannic Colliery for six years, and no complaint had been made against him during that time. Dealing with the events on the night in question, defen- dant said that between the time he got on duty and midnight lie put water in the boilers three times, which he obtained from the injector. About 12 o'clock, when the water in the gauge was down four inches, he went to the injector tank again, but found that it had been turned off without any notice having been given him by the fan-engineman. He next made arrangements to get the water from the pumping-house, but found that the pump would not work. He had never heard that the, water in the pump was turned off during week-ends and 'holidays. He next went to the fan-engineman, and told him that he had turned the water off without giving him (witness) notice of it, and asked him to stop the fan-engine so as to get the pressure in the boilers up. The fan-engineman replied that he could not stop the fan without orders. Witness then went to see Mr. Chapman. In reply to Mr. Kenshole, witness said that he was aware that, if the water had been turned off the injector, it was bound bo go into the pump or the condenser. The Bench said that the only one who could corroborate defendant's story was the fan-engineman, and he had not been called. The case was adjourned for a week for the attendance of the fan-engineman.

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