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RHOS.
RHOS. HOLIDAYS OVER :—The schools of the district re-opened on Monday, the attend- 4 ances being very good. ACCIDENT On Tuesday evening as Dan Edwards, a youth of Erwgerrig was jump- ing over a hedge, he fell over, and injured his shoulder bone, he was immediately attended to by Dr Knapton. HILL STREET LITERARY SOCIETY.—The members of the above Society had their annual outing on Monday, when they drove to Caergwrle, accompanied by the pastor, the Rev R Williams. The outing was much enjoyed. MUSICAL :-We understand that Mr Joseph Bellis, Ponkey has been chosen conductor of the Singing Festival in con- nection with the Congregational Union, Llangollen District. Ws hasten to con- gratulate Mr Bellis on his appointment. CLASS TRIPS :—This has bsen a busy week for the class trippers. Groups of children, piloted by their Sunday school teachers, spent a happy day on Monday at Llangollen, Chester, and Erbistock. RHOS RANGERS v. SMALL HOLDINGS :— At first it was feared that the Rhos Ran- gers would be unable to secure the Cae Enion ground for their matches this sea- son, owing to the place having been pur- chased by the County Council for Small Holdings and Allotments. We under- stand, however, that Mr Roberts, the present tenant holds his tenure until the end of next March, and that the Rangers will be able to continue playing there un- til the end of the season. PERSONAL.—Mr E S Price, Mr G 0 Hughes, and Mr A D Foulkes, have re- turned from a three weeks continental trip -On Tuesday Mr I D Hooson return- ed to London to resume his studies, after spending a short holiday.—Mr Dan Evans occupied the organ at Chester St Chapel Wrexham, during the fortnight's absence of Mr E Emiyn Davies. PERFORMING CATS.—On Monday and Tuesday evening, Leoni Clarks' peform- ing cats and trained birds, gave an exhib- ition of their remarkable powers in the Public Hall, before a fair audience. SPORTS.—The annual sports in connect- ion with the Rhos Rangers Football Club was held on Cae Enion on Saturday. The i-esults were:—120 yards race, I, J Davies Erwgerrig, 2, J Parry, Pearson street; Youths race, 1, Wiliie Jones, New street, Penalty kick, J Morgan, Church street Long kick, Dick Jarvis. The Rhos Silver Band under the conductorship of Mr C Bennett, played for dancing. VAUXHALL WORKMEN.—Over a hundred unemployed men are on the bo>ks of the Vauxhall Lodge of the Miners'Association having been thrown out of employment through lack of working places, caused by bad ground. For the last five months these men and their frirniiies hdve suffered great hardship. A few have obtained work at the Haf,)d Colliery and other pits but the large majoiity are still unemployed We understand th?t an appeal is being made by the local committee for small subscriptions from fellow workmen at Hafod, Bersham and Wynnstay Collieries. SINGULAR INCIDENT;—Two Saturdays ago, a Hafod miner returned home from his work, and as usual handed over his hard-earned wages to his dutiful spouse. To his consternation, however, his wife jsaid she cou]d not take them, as it was Sabbath Day, and asked him to keep them .until the morrow. The miner nonchalan- tly kept the money, and having washed I and dressed, siunte; ed out. In the street he was srruck with a bright idea. Why not spend a week end at Rhyl No soon- er thought than done, and very soon he was enjoying himself on the golden strand On the following Saturday, the husband planked his wages down again and this time his better half had no compunction at all in takine the money. WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of the above was held at the Pub- lic Hall on Thursday evening. The pres- ident was Mrs Josiah Jones, Church st. Mrs W R Hughes gave an interesting re- port of the annual conference held in Lon- don in May last. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded her. The balance sheet was read, showing a surplus of 8/2. Mrs Jones, Mona Gardens, resigned her post as secretary, and she was heartily thank- ed for her work. After a discussion it was decided that the Association should cease to exist, and that the balance mo- ney in hand be sent to the general secre- tary. THE GospEL.TENT.-On Sunday even- ing last, Mr Reid, the missioner of the Seventh Day Adventists, gave an address on I I The zeal of God and the mark of Apostasy." The substance of his remarks was that no Church or Christian who did not keep the seventh day (Saturday) as the sabbath, had the right to call them- selves true Protestants. He claimed that our Sunday was not the Sabbath Day of the Lord it had not the seal of the Lord «pon it. The true Sabbath Day of the Lord was the seventh-day (Saturday) and, it behoves every true Christian to observe it such. The Methodists, Baptists, Pres- byterians, Church of England,-all these ct!f did not observe the real and true *abbath, and were therefore breaking the law of God. This and further absurd conclusions was the burden of the mission- er's message. Z, REGISTER OF UNEMPLOYED :—At the recent inquiry of the Parish Council into the number of unemployed persons in the Parish of Rhos, it was ascertained that they were 49 colliers, and 12 other labour- ers and other workmen out of work. In addition to these 55 boys over the school age were enrolled as unable to find em- ployment. The names of 17 persons from Penycae were taken down in Rhos. From the returns it appears that the average period of unemployment for adults was 13 weeks.—These figures, are, of course, only those who presentad themselves at the schools to be enrolled. There are, it is believed a large number of men and boys unemployed, who did not enter their names on the registers. RHOS HERALD AND THE GOSPEL TENT. -On Wednesday evening, Mr Reid, the Seventh-Day Adventism missioner, en- deavoured to answer the question put to him in the columns of the Herald as to why they had come to Rhos, and why they did not pronounce themselves Seven- th-Day Adventists from the start. We have come to Rhos," said Mr Reid, "be- cause we have a message from God to the people of Rhos and to every other people. We have come to herald the Second coming of Christ, even as John Bap- tist heralded the first coming of Christ." Answering the second question, Mr Reid said that they gave out their message line upon line and precept upon precept. They could not proclaim all they had to teach in one meeting. The rest of the explanation was devoted to a discourse on the calculations made by their mathameti- cians as to when the Second Advent was to be.
RHOS TOWN TALK.I
RHOS TOWN TALK. It is said- That not half of the unemployed of Rhos have enrolled themselves on the re- gister of the unemployed. That evidently we are rot to see the Watering Cart this season. That while the Suffragists are at work in different parts of North Wales, they have not yet set foot in Rhos. That perhaps Miss Pankhurst has warn- ed them of the warm reception she had on Ponkey banks, some time ago. That Bethlehem choir commenced re- hearsing "Samson on Wednesday last. That Capel Mawr choir intend to start on the Messiah next Wednesday. That everybody is proud of Mr Caradog Roberts's latest success in passing the Inter, degree of Mus. Doc. That his musical career throughout has been remarkably brilliant. That now perhaps we shall see some of h's works published. That Rhos Rangers will open Ltheir season to-morrow (Saturday). That Rhos could do with a Free library, And a public nurse. And a Watering Cart. And still Cheaper Gas. 1fo And a reduction in the rates, or mdre value for money already given, And work for the adult unemployed. And work for boys over 15. And aGO Morgan Memorial, And more power than a Parish Council. And new industries. And a recreation ground. # # And more hose piping and larger hyd- rants, And a Ratepayers Association. And many more things too numerous to mention.
A Dispute at Vauxhall Colliery.
A Dispute at Vauxhall Colliery. On Saturday a fourteen days' notice to stop work was posted at the VauxhaJl Colliery, Ruabon. The notice is the re- sult of the refusal of the men to accede to a request of management that they should work on alternative Monday, a day which hitherto been observed by the men as a "play day." Since the coming into force of the Eight Hours Act, the pro- prietors, we understand find it a serious, matter financially, and in other respects, to have the pit at an absolute s tandstill for one working day, and an appeal was made to the employes, but up to Saturday without result. Hence the notice. A hlIot of the men was taken oa Wednes- day,
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN…
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN RHOS FROM AMERICA. To the editor, Sir-With your permission I should like to follow my last letter with a few more remarks on the subject of the Gos- pel Tent in Rhos. I simply want to show that the Tent effort is merely an endeav- our to gain converts under the guise of Gospellers to the Seventh-Day Ad- ventists' System, which really means in- ducing, or soliciting and working a neigh- borhood in order to leave those (who will) make sales for their Company. I hear that they have taken premises in Rhos, and that they mean to establish a branch office here, to be upheld by a small band of adherents. Well, sir, if the small band continues, they are in for a sorry time in- deed. They will find that the so-called Treasury of the Lord" is a hungry monster so devouring, that it is always asking for more. The adherents must not give one penny to charitable institutions they must not attend any other chapel or church outside S.D. Adventism, for they are all wicked and going to perdition—they have all the "mark of the beast "upon them. They must, if necessary, give up their situa- tions, in order to observe Saturday as the Sabbath Day. Then (if out of work) they are asked to sell their books, pam- phlets, &c. They must have no com- punction in going from door to door of those people who have the "mark of the beast" asking them to purchase their wares. The new adherents of Rhos may not wear any costly dress or gay colours. Unnecessary ornaments must be sold trom their houses, and only such furniture kept that is absolutely needed. Smoking by the men is not allowed, and the wo- men must not drink tea. Beef and mut- ton they must not touch, whilst pork and rabbits must be left severely alone. It is obvious that these strict rules ot the Sev- enth-Day Adventists' System works won- ders for the treasury. These are a few examples of the principles of the S.D.A., and again I say that the poor deluded ad- herents will have a sorry time indeed After once being decoyed into the sys- tem, it is business, hard, fast, unrelent- ing. The Gospel Tent people are not do- ing one single deed, either here or in America, that approaches anywhere near the acts of Christian people. All the money they receive goes to eroding cost- ly buildings where they carry on their various branches of business—printing, bookbinding, publishers, food factories, &c., under different names as limited com- panies. That they have a special mes- J sage from God to every nation is pure humbug and hypocrisy. The whole show | is run for business profits—and they man- age to make from 20 to 300 and even 350 per cent profit And it is the poor de- luded ones who go up and down the country, lured by sanctimonious, blatant, boastful, gospellers." Why, it is only two or three years ago I Why, it is only two or three years ago that the S D.A., bought Watford Park and its mansion at a cost of £10,000, and it is there they print books and manu- facture foods to be sold by their agents at such enormous profits, whilst honest traders have to toil for a bare existence. This fungi-growth from America is seek- ing to attach itself upon the Christian re- ligion for the purpose of promoting bus- iness projects, and the Bible is used as a lever to this end. Their so called truths are thrown out like the tentacles of an octopus, to capture the superstitious and the credulous. They most certainly want exposing, and I am surprised that not a single Rhos minister has thought it worth his while to do so. ".<1 liven now, the heads ot the b.D.A., are planning to raise £ 40,000, and they are urging their agents to push the sales of their wares, and pressing the tithe pay- ers for their gifts. As a sort of warning or lawyers letter to hurry up they say that the Second Coming is at hand," as per the calculations of the S.D.A. mathematicians. Piffle! If these people want to trade, let them do so on straightforward business lines, and drop religious cant and humbug. As tor their doctrines, the two great themes they have been expounding in Rhos, and the two great portals of salva- tion are :— (1) To observe Saturday as the Sab- bath Day. (2) To believe the Second Advent to be on a certain date calculated by them based on a prophecy in the Book of Dan- iel. All that is beautiful, all that is noble, all that' is grand in the Bible, they do not touch. All that teaches us to obey in the newness of the spirit, rather than the dead letter of the law, they eschew. All their eloquence is wasted on the ex- position of pettifogging, fantastic, distort- ed, shibboleths, that cramp the faculties, and deaden the soul. They offer empty husks which crackle up miserably when grasped. During their stay in Rhos not a single evangelical sermon has been preached. Not a scrap of the real gos- pel! They produce on a blackboard figures and calculations to show that since the year 1844 judgment has begun. But they forget to mention the gigantic blunder made by Miller, their prophet, who calcu- lated the Second Advent to be in that year. They ostentatiously claim to stand up- on the Bible and the Bible alone, when as a matter of fact, their beliefs are grounded on the conclusions of Mrs E. G. White, their prophetess. Next week, if allowed, I will give yon a comparison between Mormanism and S.D. Adventism, and give you some facts concerning Joe Smith, the Morman prophet, versus Mrs E. G. White, the S D.A. prophetess. Yours, A READER
SEVENTH.DAY TENT IN RHOS.
SEVENTH.DAY TENT IN RHOS. To the editor, Sir,—I visited the gospel tent of the Seventh-Day Adventists on Sunday night last, and was treated to a remarkable discourse by Mr Read, on the subject of the real Sabbath Day. It was a very in- teresting address, and at times quite took my breath away. it taught me that I had been all along the line wrong in observing Sunday as the Sabbath Day. I was told in all ser- iousness that it was a relict of the old pagan feast day. Then I learnt that I had from my youth up, been systematic- ally breaking the law of God by observ- ing Sunday as the Sabbath Day, instead of Saturday. It was pointed out to me with seeming solemnity, that it was wrong to be a Calvin, a Wesleyan, a Baptist, a Presbyterian, or a member of the Church of England, or any other denomination that did not observe Saturday as the Sab- I bath Day. Most subtly the missioner reasoned that every denomination in I Rhos was a false denomination, and that all the members were breakers of the law of God. In short, that we were all Sab- I bath breakers—ministers and members. We might as well, said the missioner, I steal, commit adultery, or break any of i the other commaudments, as this one, for we were sinning just as gravely. This ab- surd reasoning was grotesquely bolstered up by verses from the bible. Did one of their truths appear lop-sided after a moment's consideration, out would come a verse or two to keep it from wobbling. At the end of the meeting, the missioner appealed for converts, and I was sur- prised to see several Rhos people stand up. Now, Mr Editor, it appears to me that these people are doing a lot of harm in our neighborhood, and that the sooner they leave the place the better. They are seeking to undermine one of our most cherished beliefs, and endeavouring to sow the pernicious seeds of S. D. Advent- ism in our midst. Already we learn of one instance hare where strained relation- ship between husband and wife has fol- lowed as a result ot the teachings of the tent. Our Sunday, of course, is observed by these people as an ordinary trading day. In fact I was disturbed from my dinner the other Sunday, by one of them, who tried to persuade me to buy buy." The latest news concerning them is that they have rented a building in the centre of Rhos, from a prominent Rhos tradesman, and paid for it in advance for six months. This of course means that they are seeking to settle themselves in Rhos permanently. What, I wonder will be the outcome ? Yours, SUNDAY. ———<*———
SOCIALISTS ON THE CROSS.
SOCIALISTS ON THE CROSS. To the editor, Sir,—" Aqti-Nonsense may be sur- prised to hear that Socialism is still alive, in spite of his letter in last week's Her- ald." Evidently he has studied the ques- tion very thoroughly, or how could he have concluded that Socialism is unsub- stantial and is ebbing away. we social- ists, too, have given the subject some thought, possibly as much as "Anti-Non- sense," and are sorry we cannot accept his conclusion, unless at any rate he gives us the steps by which he arVives at it. Such sweeping statements as he makes are useless, and would not be accepted as evidence in any court of law. Now the number of adherents to our cause is increasing daily. Since Social- ism is only nonsense (according to your correspondent), it follows we are all on the road to destruction, and it is therefore his duty to show us the error of our ways. He states that nonsense is expounded on the Cross, Rhos. Why does he not take up a few of our arguments and prove we are wrong ? Let him (or any other cor- respondent) formulate any specific objec- tions to Socialism, or point out the weak- nesses of our arguments, and-though I have NOT read ALL the literature on So- cialism, as some anti-Socialists seem to have done-I will undertake to answer them. Let us have a fair discussion of the question. Socialism, whether right or wrong, is inevitable, says Herbert Spencer, a great anti-Socialist. Let us then at least take the trouble to under- stand before condemning, and I feel sure that to understand it thoroughly is to ac- cept it. As to your correspondent's enquiry why we do not support Mr Lloyd George and the Budget, it would not be worth notic- ing, but that it might convey the impres- sion that we are fighting against the Bud- get. As a matter of fact, and Anti. Nonsense knows this if he reads his daily paper, Socialists all over the country DO support the Budget. Its best points are socialistic in tendency, and have been ad- vocated by Socialists for manyyears But apart from this, why should we support Mr Lloyd George ? He stands for Liberalism, and Liberalism counten- ances the present capitalistic and compe- titive systeni-a system which dooms- millions of God's images to starvation,. bodily and intellectually. Yours, 1. L. PEER.
MR CARADOG ROBERTS.
MR CARADOG ROBERTS. HIS LATEST SUCCESS. INTER MUS. DOC. Periodically, Rhos has been startled by the* many brilliant successes of Mr Caradog Rob- erts. How he worked his way- a way that bristled with many difficulties-from obscurity to the high and honoured degree of Mus. Bac. (Oxon), reads like a fairy story, full of roman- tic incidents. It brings back to us the wonder- ful days of the magician, the genni, and the? the magic lamp. Mr Roberts, the magician, has rubbed his wonderful lamp many timesr and on each occasion the" Genni of the Lamp,' has faithfully done his bidding. His career" has, all along, been meteoric, and this week we' hasten to congratulate him upon his latest achievement—that of gaining the coveted dis- tinction of Inter Mus. Doc. It seems but yesterday that his many friends- and admirers were congratulating him upon his Mus. Bac. (Oxon). This distinction, they' thought, would keep him quiet for some years at any rate, for they knew that a period of fivE" years must elapse before the topmost rung of the musical ladder-the Degree of Mus. Doc." —could be conferred upon him. But no I The spfrit of unrest again possess-, ed him. He tugged fretfully at his leashes,- and the Mus. Bac. Degree did not succeed in' keeping him passive very long. The call of further achievement was already beginning to' spur him. The idea of a new work—an? N Oratorio based on a religious subject-began; to simmer in his mind. The Magician began,1 to rub his Lamp. For two years Mr Roberts worked at his- self-imposed task, seeking the seclusion of hiw pleasant little bungalow, (which he himself er-- ected two or three summers ago) for quietude" and inspiration. Last June saw the culmina- tion of his work in the completion of a new Oratorio entitled The Resurrection of Christ iwhich he submitted to the examiners, Sir NVal-- ter Parratt, Mus. Doc. and two others, for the Degree of Doctor of Music of the University of Oxford. (New College) Suitable words;4 were specially written for the work by Elfed. Having despatched his Oratorio to the exam- iners, Mr Roberts found himself plunged in>' a busy round of festival conducting, and ad- judicating at Eisteddfodau, and he had but- scant time to think of the fate of his Oratorio. On Wednesday morning last, however, the Genni of the Lamp had again obeyed the sum- mons. The news reached him that his work: had satisfied the examiners. The coveted dis- tinction of Inter Mus. Doc. was his.. Before the full Degree of Doctor of Music can be conferred upon him, the five years must elapse from the passing of his M-is. Bac. Therefore the earliest possible time he can be" so honoured will be at the end of 1910. The Oratorio is of a dramatic nature, anc written in a modern style, while the orchestra- tion is of the Wagnerian School. The length of the work may be faintly imagined when we' mention that it contains 310 pages of full- score size. It is scored for eight-part choruses" solos, duet, etc., and full accompaniments witfc* harp. Thus :— 2 Flutes 2 Oboes 2 Clarineits 2 Bassoons 4 Horns 2 Trumpets 3 Trombones Timpani Strings And Harp. There is also a spirited chorus written for'- male uoices, who take the part of the disciples. The work begins with a concert Overture of" 60 pages, written in modern form, consisting of two movements, an adagio maestoso, follow edv by a very spirited and animated allegro. The characters are The Choir Reposenting the people, John Baritone sole The Angel Soprano Mary Magdeline Contralto Chorus of Disciples Male Voice Chorus. Very effective is the opening of the solemn Overture, where the theme is given out by the three trombones, forte. The male voice chorus- is also very effective, whore, after the disciples' have been mourning the death of Christ, sing- iDg Tears of sadness Songs of gladness Fear and joy in our hearts thrill Is He arisen Out of His prison ? Is He alive Who was slain on the hill ? The Angel consoles them by singing the "Resurrection motive on the words He is arisen This theme makes a decided change in the" chorus; there is "No more Sadness" but "Songs of Gladness," and from here to the on<& the Chorus is written in a bold and spirited manner. The work winds up with an eight-part Choral Fugue.
WREXHAM
WREXHAM WREXHAM POLICE COURT.—On Tues- day at Wrexham, Joseph Owens was sen-- tenced to one months hard labour for being drunk and disorderly in Colmere' street, Wrexham the previous night.