The Archbishop of Wales.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XI, Issue 3, 1 September 1920, Page 312

The Archbishop of Wales.

• TKe \A^rchbishoji was enthroned- m. Asaph Cathedral! on^June Ist. '' The hymns ahdyparts.of the servicewere m, the W6lsti\ian|piage. The cii- 1 thronement ceremlpny began with, the vesting of $ie Archbishop of Wales m a magn&cent cope, after which he prpceedea l ; to, the. centre of the sanctuary, and holding m his right hand a copy of the i New Testament made iiis oath. The^ Archbishop of Canterbury then enthroned the new Archbishop, and placed m his hand the archiepiscopal cross\ Later on the Dean took from the al^ar the mitre, which was placed on theVArchbishop's head..-'-. ■:? ' /,. : v:. • \ :/•'• ■■'•'"' ■■-,-:■'

Seated pn his throne, , vested m cope and mitre, the Lord Arch- . bishop received the professions of his suffragans, who; '.: kneeling : inturn before him, made m Welsh their bath, of due obedience. \ After the service there: was a pro-, cession down the High street to the Palace ; ' i jaw^.: ; where Ir---raipi4st:,;,Qheers,;;1 r ---raipi4st:,;,Qheers,;; the Archbishop of Wales was presented tojthe people; by the Archbishopipf • Canterbury. At the subsequent, luncheon the Prime Minister,! Mr jLlpyd ; George, proposed the Archbishop's health m% speech of singular interest;, "m the course of j which he said r^-- ; .-,' This is one of the dramatic episodes of history. yTq-day, m; that entrancing ceremony; we- were npt witnessing" the creation of a new ■; V arcfcbishppric, we •'" werV ■heralding the i- restoration ;.' pi a very 61d one— ; may I ■ sayi the oldest in this landf /I y am treading on very /dangerous; 'groiuid (Laughter). The thread of history never siiaps throughout the most disruptive eyent^- ia; continuity which we^ cannot "see at . the time", aiid whieh^ we are yery reluctant tor' acknowledge Jeyeh afterwards; "We haVe I>eon shaking 'hands tWday -."yriih. centuriesvlong, long ago. This ground^ -witnesses 1 the last stand for the, independence of the ancient British Church. The ArchbishPp, iir^responding, aU luded with happy humor to the Prime Minister^ references to himself and the friendship which had not been broken by the strenuous opposition m which he had led the protests against the disestablishment of the Church- in Wales: — , He was rather wondering how the Premier would . look" .at it, and thought perhaps he might deal with the situation after the fashion # of an Irishman who had dealt faithfully with a neighbor.. The indictment, cast m legal jargon, was read to him m the Court. To the warder who accompanied him: "What is all that," he says. The warder he' says: "Ye hit Pat Curry withyer spade on the side of the head." , "Bedad, and I did." - "Then,plade not guilty." - The audience^ saw the application of the story, and roared with laughter, no one more heartily than -Mr Lloyd George himself. —"Church Standard."