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4G6 CYNYDB METHOÜISTIAETH. [dOSB. III.

Yr oedd yuiadrodd yn y weitlired i'r perwyl yma, " Os byddai y capel am ddeiiddeng mis heb ddim pregethu ynddo, fod y weithred yn ddirym." Profwyd fod y capel nid am ddeuddeng mis, ond am cliwe' deuddeg, heb ddim pregethii ynddo.

Off. — Nid yw hyny yn wirionedd, — y mae pregethu ynddo bob wythnos.

Meth. — Gan bwy?

Off. — Gan Mr. P , gweinidog y plwyf.

Boneddwr.— A gafodd y capel gysegriad esgobawl ?

C)/.— Naddo.

Bonedd. — Wel, nid oedd. gan Mr. P ddim hawl i bregethu jnddo.

Yna gofynodd i Mr. P , " A fyddwch chwi yn pregethu yn y capel ? "

Mr. P. — Na fyddaf, sjt, ond mi fyddaf yn darllen pennod yn y cwrdd gweddi weithiau, ac yu esbonio.

MetJi. — Mae y lease yn gofyn hyny yn ychwanegol at bregethu, a hòni yr ydym mai nid y naill yw y llall,

Bonedd., wrth y Methodistiaid. — A ydych chwi yn cymeryd mantais o'r ymadrodd (clause) yua i dori y lease.

Meth. — Yr ydym yn cyflwyno yr achos yn hollol i chwi, syr, ac ni ä ym- foddlonwn i'ch penderfyniad chwi, pa beth bjTiag fyddo.

Bonedd. — Wel ynte, mi a roddaf fy mam, ond nid ar air yn awr, ond mewn ysgrif, ac mi a anfonaf gopi i'r ddwy-blaid.

Fe fu y gŵr boneddig gystal a'i air, ac anfonodd at y Parch. D. Meyîer, ei farn mewn ysgrifen. Ehoddwn adysgTÌf o hono isod, ya. js iaith yr ysgrifen- ^yyd ef,* ac er mwyn y Cymro uniaith, ni a roddwn ei dalfyriad o hono yn Gymraeg.

  • EGLWYS-ERW MEETING HOUSE CASE.

At the urgent request of several persons, I hare carefully and impartiallT examined the cüYenants of the leasc granted for the use of the above Meeting House, — and I liave endcavoured to procure every possible information from parties prcsumed to be acquainted with the original intentions of the donor. I am of opinion tliat the lease was granted for the benefit of certain ordained ministers who have seceded from the church on account of episcopal censure, from presumed irregularities of discipline. Now it is well hnowTi that when this sccession took place (towards tlie close of the last century), a large bodyofthe laity sympathized with their ministers, considering the conduct of their episcopal rules harsh and unwarranted ; and I havc tlie best rcasons for believing that the original donor of the lcase, Mrs. Mary Lloyd, bclonged to this body. I do not think, froin the tenor of tlie lease, that this JÍceting House was intendcd to bc theexclusivepropcrtyof thechurchas acliapel of ease, for several rcasons : — Ist. There is no mention made of its bciu'j attached to, or dependent upon the parish church of Eglwys-erw. Nor, 2nd, is the preaching confined to ministcrs episcopally ordaincd. And Sdly.'On thestrongground that the said chapel has never undergone tiie rite of consc- cration ; nor does it appear to be essentiaily neccssary to thc church, there being at thc prcsent moment a school-room attached to the cstablishmcnt in that locality. I ani of opinion that tlie words " Doctrinal Articles," used in thcleasc, ajiply ratlicr to the " spirit," than to the " lctter " of tlie church of England's tcncts,and that the discipline of tiic church Avas not insisted upon in this instance. It appears that on several occasions, thc chapel has heen used by tlie Cahinistic Methodists, with the free permission of the Trustces, and althongh the position of the prescnt succcssors of those seccding clcrgymcn, is some- what altercd. froni tlic fact that thc Cahinistic Mctliodist minisícrs of thc prescnt day, arc not cpiscopally ordaincd ; yct, I am liunil)ly of opinion, that thc Trustccs wotild usc a wise discretion in taking an eularged and lil)eralvicwofthe piwisions of the lcase, in giviug