,transcribed from the #ahig8 edition by ,david ,price1 email ccx#jgdpglaf4org ,picture3 ,book cover ,a ,,record ,,of ,,st4 ,,cybi',s ,,church1 ,,holyhead 99 99 99 99 99 ,and the ,sermon preached after its ,restoration1 #ahgi1 by ,,arthur ,,penrhyn ,,stanley1 ,d4,d41 ,dean of ,westminster4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,six ,,illustrations4 ,picture3 ,south ,view of ,st4 ,cybi's ,church1 with the ,chancel ,aisle added #ahig ,a ,record of ,st4 ,cybi's ,church ,,the old ,church of ,st4 ,cybi1 at ,holyhead1 which contains so many memorials of the devotion and piety of former generations1 has been in this ,jubilee year of the reign of ,queen ,victoria enriched by many precious gifts4 ,a new ,south ,aisle1 capable of containing #ej or #fj worshippers1 has been added to the ,church as a memorial to ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,w4 ,o4 ,stanley of ,penrhos2 and the beautiful window at the east end has been placed there in memory of ,mr4 ,watson1 ,chairman and ,managing ,director of the ,city of ,dublin ,co41 by his sons4 ,the connection of ,mr4 ,stanley's forefathers1 the ,owens of ,penrhos1 with the ,church of ,st4 ,cybi1 has been a very close one1 and we are indebted to the archaeological lore and love of the locality which distinguished his family and himself1 for the preservation of many beautiful traditions and interesting remains of long past ages4 ,holyhead ,island is rich in old-world treasures which appeal not only to the archaeologist and the historian1 but to the artistic mind and eye of men like ,matthew ,arnold and the author of 8,the ,stones of ,venice40 8,just on the other side of the ,mersey10 ,ruskin writes1 8you have your ,snowdon and your ,menai ,straits and that mighty granite rock beyond the moors of ,anglesea1 splendid in its heathery crest1 and footplanted in the deep sea1 once thought of as sacred--a divine promontory1 looking westward2 the ,holy ,head or ,head ,land1 still not without awe when its red light glares first through storm40 ,on that same mountain of ,holyhead are the circular hive-shaped dwellings1 of unknown antiquity1 called locally 8,cyttiau ,gwyddelod10 or 8,irishmen's ,huts40 ,these are excavated to a depth of some feet below the surface1 #ae feet to #bj feet in diameter inside1 the sides of the interior being lined with stones to prevent the earth from falling1 and the dome-shaped roof only being apparent above the surface of the ground4 ,in addition to the above are the curiously shaped querns1 mullers1 and other stone implements indicating the past life of the dwellers in these rude huts4 ,the great ,cromlech at ,trefignedd and the fine ,monoliths at ,plas ,meilw also bear silent record to the existence of men1 who1 but for this lasting evidence might well be deemed mythical4 ,at that great ,cromlech1 overlooking many miles of country1 horrible scenes were enacted1 according to tradition1 scenes too ghastly for description2 and now1 cattle graze and children play in the sunshine among those giant stones4 ,holyhead mountain has repeatedly been a witness to fierce struggles for mastery between the natives and invaders1 who from time to time landed1 and tried to make good their footing1 on that wild picturesque coast1 guarded as it is to the west by jagged rocks1 and with only here and there a creek into which a boat might be pushed in calm weather4 ,even now1 with all the help that modern invention and careful thought can give1 there are tragic tales of shipwreck and loss of life on those cruel rocks2 and what must it have been in ancient times1 when there was nothing between daring men and death but their rough boats1 which it would take little to dash into a thousand atoms8 ,doubtless in those early days the island was wooded1 as trunks of trees are found at low tide1 half buried in the sand in ,towyn-y-,capel ,bay1 on the west coast4 ,possibly1 under cover of these trees1 marauders were able to effect a landing unseen2 but at present1 when there is not a single stick or shrub of any kind1 this is difficult to realise4 ,still1 though the trees have perished1 there remain the silent monuments of that great race1 which are found in almost every land2 the same cromlechs1 the same monoliths1 as exist in our own island1 are traceable on the ,continent of ,europe1 especially in ,brittany1 and even in remotest ,india4 ,if to searchers after ,druidical and ,ante-,druidical remains ,holyhead affords such rich results1 yet higher interest still attaches to its early ,christian records4 ,in it1 and in its neighbour ,anglesey1 are traced some of the earliest evidences of the foundation of the ,christian ,church1 its collegiate bodies and its organization2 and from this cradle of the ,church proceeded the men whose teaching appears to have effectually superseded the dying religion of the ,sun and the ,serpent2 for we have evidence that a number of ,druid priests were converted1 and we have no record of any bitter animosity against the preachers of the ,gospel4 ,early legends affirm that ,james1 the son of ,zebedee1 came with his mother ,salome into ,britain1 six years after our ,lord's ,ascension1 and preached the ,gospel to willing ears2 others say ,st4 ,paul himself visited these ,islands after his imprisonment by ,nero4 ,how far these legends are literally true is not of great consequence2 the certainty remains that the ,gospel was preached throughout the country1 and that the fabric of the holy ,church was raised and organized here after the same manner as the ,eastern ,churches4 ,as a proof of ,christians having visited the ,island1 a medal was found in one of the ,druid ,mounds in ,anglesey bearing the inscription1 8,this is ,jesus ,christ the ,mediator10 and as the ,romans had routed the ,druids1 this medal must have been there before the demolishing of the mound by ,suetonius ,paulinus1 thus verifying in part the words of ,tertullian an age later1 who relates the sudden progress of the ,christian ,faith1 which anticipated the ,roman sword in the celerity of its conquests4 ,the first school of 8,christian learning0 to supply the province with clergy was apparently founded at ,bangor1 ,anno ,domini #ahb1 and it is supposed that according to the usual plan of organization there were seven bishops under an archbishop in this province of ,britain4 ,some of these were bishops of endowed sees1 others were consecrated 8,sine ,titulo40 ,the clergy in general appear to have lived with their bishops1 forming collegiate bodies1 and they were sent out by their superiors into various districts allotted to them as occasion required4 ,it does not appear that they had any settled parishes in ,mona for many years after this period nor were there many churches2 but they 8assembled the people together to hear the ,word of ,god preached in some convenient place1 either at oratories or at the manor-houses of their respective ,lords and ,masters1 who probably had their own chapels for sacred use and service4 ,most of these churches and chapels were dedicated to such early ,christian names as ,st4 ,mary1 ,st4 ,peter1 ,st4 ,michael1 c40 7see 8,mona ,antiqua407 ,after the departure of the ,romans in ,a4,d4 #cij the ,picts tried to regain their former possessions1 and the country was sorely ravaged by them until there stood up two families of eminent rank who laid claim to the ,british ,sceptre4 ,the one was headed by ,octavius1 grandson of the ,duke of ,cornwall2 the other was descended from ,cynetha ,weledig1 and nearly related to ,constantine the ,great4 ,for many years struggles continued between these rival ,princes2 but at length the descendant of the ,cornwall family gave up the contest and retired to the ,duchy of ,cornwall4 ,cynetha's descendants having routed the ,picts who had invaded ,mona1 made head also against the ,saxons4 ,for a long time they withstood them victoriously1 having secured all the ancient 8,brittannia ,secunda0 7now called ,wales7 from the ravages of these invaders1 and to them the poor ,britons1 and more especially the clergy1 fled for protection4 ,it is difficult to trace the exact date of the foundation of the church of ,st4 ,cybi at ,holyhead1 but it appears to have been founded by ,cybi the son of ,selyt1 or ,solomon1 about #eej ,a4,d4 ,he afterwards1 according to tradition1 became ,bishop of ,anglesey4 ,sir ,john ,stanley upheld the theory that a ,roman ,temple originally existed within the present churchyard walls1 and that on the departure of the ,romans it was occupied or used as a church4 ,whether this were so or not1 it is clear that in the days of ,caswallan ,llaw ,hir1 ,son of ,cynetha1 there was a burial-place within the fort at ,holyhead1 inside the present walls encircling the churchyard4 ,here ,caswallan routed and slew with his own hand ,sirigi1 the ,irish giant1 who1 with a following of ,irish ,picts1 had a short time before forced a landing and had built a place or town called first ,llan-y-,gwyddel1 then ,caer ,gybi1 and now in ,english1 ,holyhead4 ,within the enclosure where ,sirigi was slain stood a chapel1 on the south side of the church1 some remains of which 7conspicuous among them a ,gothic arch7 are still extant1 and here1 it is affirmed1 the ,irish giant was buried4 ,this was called ,eglwys-y-,bedd1 the ,church of the ,grave1 and ,capel ,llan-y-,gwyddel1 or the ,chapel of the ,irishman4 ,it appears1 from leases of the collegiate church1 that this chapel was endowed with distinct revenues in the reign of ,edward ,,iii4 ,some of the ruins were removed in the last century to render the entrance to the present church more convenient1 and in digging1 a stone coffin was found under an arch1 on the north side of the chancel1 containing bones of a large size1 and this probably was the shrine of ,sirigi1 who was canonized by the ,irish4 ,according to an old chronicle1 they carried off his body and deposited it in their cathedral in ,dublin2 but the finding of the coffin with the gigantic bones seems to render this part of the story improbable4 ,caswallon had apparently a very fierce conflict with the ,irish ,picts before he gained his victory1 and moreover could not have had much confidence in his own men1 for we read that he tied them together in couples1 with horse fetters1 to prevent their breaking their ranks when fighting with ,sirigi4 ,this prince settled himself after his victories at ,llaneillan1 and was submitted to as ,chief or ,king of ,anglesey4 ,there are remains of a strongly fortified camp near the summit of ,holyhead mountain1 still called ,mur ,caswallon or ,caer-y-,twr4 ,caswallon's son was the famous ,maelgwyn ,gwynedd1 the hero of many battles and the terror of the ,saxons4 ,he erected the ,see of ,bangor about the year #eej1 where1 a short time before1 ,daniel1 the son of ,dionothus1 ,abbot of ,bangor-is-,coed1 had built a college for ,north ,wales clergy4 ,maelgwyn ,gwynydd founded the college and the three canonries of ,bangor1 ,penmon and ,caer ,gybi4 ,others say that ,llywarch-ap-,bran founded the ,prebendaries4 ,his arms1 the three crows1 are in the porch of ,st4 ,cybi's ,church1 at ,holyhead4 ,picture3 ,south ,doorway1 ,holyhead ,church1 ,anglesey 7#ahfb7 ,tradition makes ,st4 ,cybi a contemporary of ,st4 ,seiriol1 who lived at ,penmon1 while ,st4 ,cybi lived at ,holyhead4 ,these saints met frequently in the centre of the island to hold holy converse together4 ,they left their homes early and parted at mid-day1 so that the rising sun always shone on the face of ,st4 ,cybi as he travelled eastwards in the morning1 and he met the rays of the setting sun as he journeyed homeward in the evening1 while on ,st4 ,seiriol's face the sun never shone1 hence ,st4 ,seiriol is represented as fair and white1 while ,st4 ,cybi is depicted as dark and sunburnt4 78,gybi ,felyn407 ,this legend has been commemorated in the following verses by ,mr4 ,matthew ,arnold3-- ,,east ,,and ,,west4 ,in the bare midst of ,anglesea they show ,two springs which close by one another play1 ,and 8,thirteen hundred years agone10 they say1 ,two saints met often where those waters flow4 ,one came from ,penmon westward1 and a glow ,whiten'd his face from the sun's fronting ray2 ,eastward the other1 from the dying day1 ,and he with unsunn'd face did always go4 8,seiriol the bright1 ,cybi the dark60 men said2 ,the seer from the east was then in light1 ,the seer from the west was then in shade4 ,ah6 now 'tis changed4 ,in conquering sunshine bright ,the man of the bold west now comes array'd2 ,he of the mystic east is touched with night4 ,it is highly probable that ,st4 ,cybi did found the church that bears his name1 though the structure as it stands is no doubt of later date4 ,the original fabric was probably used as a school or college as well as for public worship4 ,st4 ,cybi also founded other chapels3 ,capel-y-,llochwydd 7meaning a desolate place71 on the mountain1 and ,capel-y-,golles1 at the east end of which there was a spring2 and another at ,towyn-y-,capel1 on an artificial tumulus or mound by the sea-shore1 about two and a half miles from ,holyhead1 called ,st4 ,fraid 7or ,capel ,bridget74 ,the legend states that ,st4 ,bridget1 escaping from her persecutors1 floated across from ,ireland on a green sod which1 on her landing1 became a firm hillock1 on which the chapel was built4 ,traces of a chapel can still be remembered1 but these have now disappeared1 owing to the encroachment of the sea1 together with the mound on which they were discernible4 ,there was also a fourth chapel in the hamlet of ,criccist4 ,the following account of ,capel-y-,llochwydd1 from the pen of the late ,bishop ,stanley1 will be of interest4 78,blackwood's ,magazine10 #ahcj47 8,a singular fissure1 cleaved in a direct line from the summit to the base1 forms1 or rather did form1 a passage of communication1 of no small celebrity in ancient days1 and retaining its odour of sanctity till a very recent date4 ,it is known by the name of ,ogof ,llochwyd1 #8,ogof' signifying a cave4 ,a spring of crystal water1 filtering through the deep strata1 formed a deep well at the bottom of this chasm4 ,situated just at the higher opening of the gorge was a chapel for the accommodation of pilgrims1 called ,capel-y-,llochwyd1 which name a considerable remnant of ruins at the head of the gorge still retains4 ,till within #fj years the lonely chapel and its well were from time unknown the resort of the lads and lassies of the island1 who1 at a certain annual festival called #8,suliau-y-,creiriau'1 or #8,the ,sundays of the relics1' corresponding to the wakes of the northern counties of ,england1 and held during three successive ,sundays in ,july1 assembled in troops to ascertain the contingencies awaiting them4 ,each diviner into futurity descended the chasm to the well1 and there1 if after having taken a mouthful of holy water and grasped two handfuls of sand from the charmed font1 he or she could accomplish the re-ascent with them safely1 each would obtain the wish of their heart before the close of the year4 ,about #fj years ago 7#aggj7 the chapel was reduced to ruins1 and the well was concealed by filling it up with rubbish1 but till twenty years ago 7#ahaj7 the walls to the height of seven or eight feet remained sufficiently entire to convey a tolerable idea of the perfect building1 which is represented to have been a substantial though rude and simple edifice1 composed of unhewn stones1 cemented with mortar1 the windows and door-frames excepted1 which were well wrought by the chisel1 with considerable labour1 from some very obdurate material1 the whole apparently consisting of one chamber of oblong form not exceeding a few yards in length4 ,of the well1 however1 not a trace was left1 though its existence was proved beyond a shadow of doubt1 a few years ago1 by a party who landed and at length succeeded in detecting the spot from which1 after removing a quantity of sand and loose stones1 again gushed the fountain of pure water in its pristine vigour and doubtless inherent virtues60 ,holyhead or ,st4 ,cybi became the centre for all these chapels1 and there priests and holy men could assemble in conference and also preach the ,word of ,god4 8,most of these saints had their ,nauddvan or ,sanctuaries1 in ancient times supported by certain tenures and lands which were held of neither ,prince nor ,lord1 but of certain saints or patrons of churches calling themselves abbots4 ,of these there were seven in ,anglesey that were entitled 7in capite7 to several tenures1 viz43 ,st4 ,beuno1 ,st4 ,cybi1 ,st4 ,cadwallader1 ,st4 ,peirio1 ,st4 ,cyngar1 ,st4 ,marcutus or ,mechell1 ,st4 ,elian1 this last being largely endowed in land4 ,these tenures were so bestowed in order that places of refuge or sanctuaries might be provided1 and that the persons taking refuge therein might have their privileges and rights preserved and kept inviolate40 7,see 8,mona ,antiqua407 ,picture3 ,collegiate ,church ,holy head1 ,anglesea 7,june #a1 #aggb7 ,after the dissolution of the monasteries the revenues of ,holyhead1 ,bodedern1 ,llandrygarn1 and ,bodwrog parishes came to ,dr4 ,thomas ,gwynn1 whose heir1 about ,a4,d4 #afdh1 gave them to ,jesus ,college1 ,oxford4 ,grose1 in his 8,antiquities of ,england and ,wales10 in #aghf1 writes3 8,st4 ,cybi1 the ,collegiate ,church of ,holyhead1 stands at the extreme western corner of ,holyhead ,island1 in a quadrangle measuring #bbj feet by #acj feet1 three sides of which are enclosed by strong walls1 seventeen feet high and six thick4 ,the fourth side is open to the sea1 having only a parapet1 but is defended by steep rocks4 ,at each corner of the wall is an oval tower 7two of which are seen in the accompanying view74 ,the entrance to this area is through a rude stone gate1 the masonry of which1 and also of the walls and towers1 is said by ,mr4 ,pennant to be #8evidently ,roman4' #8,along the walls1' he adds #8are two rows of round holes1 about four inches in diameter1 which penetrate them4 ,they are like those of ,segontium 7,caernarvon71 and nicely plaistered within4' ,the church is dedicated to ,st4 ,cybi4 ,it is a handsome embattled edifice1 built in the form of a cross4 ,the inside of the porch and the outside part of the transept are rudely ornamented with grotesque figures4 ,on the outside of the last are dragons1 and a man leading a bear with a rope1 or as some suppose it1 ,balaam and his ,ass1 with other now shapeless sculptures40 8,maelgwyn ,gwynedd1 who lived about ,a4,d4 #ehj1 is said to have founded a college here4 ,this ,prince was styled #8,draco ,insularis4' ,perhaps the dragon engraven on the church may allude to him4 ,others assert that the founder of this college was ,hwfa ,cynddelew1 ,lord of ,llys ,lliven in this island1 and of one of the fifteen tribes who lived in the time of ,griffith-ap-,conan1 ,prince of ,north ,wales1 and ,owen1 his son1 about the former part of the twelfth century4 ,it certainly was in being before the year #abia1 because it was rated in the ,lincoln taxation40 8,the head of the college was called ,penclos1 or ,pencolas1 and was one of the three spiritual ,lords of ,anglesey4 ,the ,archdeacon of the ,isle1 and the ,abbot of ,penmon were the two others40 8,the ,latin title of the superior of this college was ,rector1 as appears by an ancient seal inscribed #8,sigillum ,rectoris et capituli ecclesia de ,caer ,gybi4' ,the number of prebendaries of which this college consisted is not known2 but it is certain there were twelve at least1 that number being found in the ,pension ,list in #aeec at #a each4 ,before the dissolution1 the ,rector1 or ,provost1 for so he is also styled1 had thirty-nine marks2 one chaplain had eleven1 and the other two the same between them4 ,at the dissolution 7#bf ,henry ,,viii47 the whole revenues were valued at no more than #bd1 as stated by both ,dugdale and ,speed40 8,the ,king had the gift of the ,provostship1 which ,edward ,,iii4 bestowed on his chaplain1 ,thomas de ,london1 under the denomination of the #8,provostship of his free chapel of ,caer ,cybe1' for which the ,king1 in #acea1 dispensed with him for services to himself4 ,this college was granted1 #g ,james ,i41 by that ,king to ,francis ,morris and ,francis ,phillips4 ,it became afterwards the property of ,rice ,gwynn1 ,esquire1 who1 in #afdh1 bestowed it on ,jesus ,college1 ,oxford1 the great tithes for the maintenance of two fellows and as many scholars2 and since that time the parish has been served by a curate nominated by the college4 ,the living is a donative1 not in charge1 the certified value #ce40 ,since ,mr4 ,grose described the ,church of ,st4 ,cybi with pen and pencil #aaa years ago many changes have taken place4 ,the shore below the church has been reclaimed from the sea1 the lower churchyard has been added to the original enclosure1 a broad road separates it from the present harbour1 and where the tide once flowed1 under the old churchyard wall1 the extensive buildings of the ,london and ,north ,western ,railway ,company now stand4 ,steamers and trains laden with passengers and merchandise passing to and from ,ireland and ,america crowd the once lonely shore2 and the town and its population have grown with the growth of trade4 ,the very aspect and dress of the people have changed1 the picturesque high-crowned hats and long cloaks have disappeared1 only the ,welsh language remains1 8,yr hen iaith ,gymraig10 nor does it diminish its hold on the affections of the people4 ,the successive changes which the country has undergone have left their mark on ,st4 ,cybi's ,church1 the most enduring of all the buildings in ,caer ,gybi4 ,it was rebuilt during the #adth century1 during the reign of ,edward ,,iii41 as appears by the arms of ,england and ,france cut out in a stone near the porch1 and stones are in the walls worked as if belonging to a former building4 ,the east window is of that date4 ,the church was practically rebuilt again in the time of ,henry ,,vii41 though the beautiful plan then conceived was not fully carried out4 ,the ,tudor cognizances are carved on the frieze of the church1 under the battlements1 with ,st4 ,cybi's name1 and the inscription on the north side is still quite legible1 8,sanctus ,kebius ora pro nobis40 ,the steeple was rebuilt in the #agth century4 ,the choir in #agac1 when the tomb of ,roderic ap ,owen was discovered1 and on the coffin a small brass bell curiously wrought through network2 the date of his death was #aage4 #af ,the ruins of the chapel 7,capel ,llan-y-,gwyddel7 mentioned as standing south of ,st4 ,cybi's ,church1 within the enclosure1 were converted into a public school by ,chancellor ,edward ,wynn1 ,,ll4,d41 of ,bodewryd in ,anglesey1 who by bond1 bearing date ,november #beth1 #agdh1 endowed it with a capital of #abj2 8the interest whereof is to be paid annually on the #bdth ,november to a schoolmaster1 who is to teach six poor boys of the town to read and write40 ,picture3 ,collegiate ,church1 ,holy ,head4 ,pl4 #b 7,nov4 #f1 #aghe7 ,light is thrown upon the wants and difficulties of the last century1 in matters of education1 by some letters from the ,rev4 ,t4 ,ellis1 ,rector of ,holyhead1 to ,chancellor ,wynn's sister1 ,madame ,owen of ,penrhos4 ,in ,january1 #agde1 he writes3--8,there's nothing my heart is so much set upon as seeing ye ,chancellor's school brought to perfection1 which ,i hope in ,god1 it will be soon1 thro' yr means1 and ,i really believe it would be ye best work that has been done in ys county for perhaps three hundred years past 4 4 4 8,the following old proverbs will be admitted for my excuse1--#8,ple caffo y ,cymro1 y cais4' #8,y neb a fo ddi gwylydd1 a fydd ddi golled4' ,my humble request is that you'll be so kind as to send orders pr bearer to finish ye floor of the ,school1 and to plaster and whitewash ye walls1 7which look exceeding ugly at present7 and to make a large oak table for writing1 wch will make ye place quite compleat to the ,chancellor's liking1 wn he comes to view it 7as ,i hope he will7 after his return from ,hereford4 ,i'd not be so bold a beggar and put on ye ,irishman in this manner1 but for my real concern for ye swarm of children1 wch grow in a manner wild for want of schooling1 who ,i hope will thro' yr means be put in a way of serving ,god and man4 4 4 4 0 ,january1 #agdf3--8;,as the school is always uppermost in my head and heart1 ,i can't forbear mentioning it to you1 who are so good as to sympathise wth ye ,parish and me on its account4 ,i fear the ,chancellor thinks me troublesome and is offended at my frequent applications1 else ,i would have been wth you long agoe4 ,what to do ,i don't know1 ,i must not speak to him about it1 it seems1 tho' as it were ready to burst1 in spight of all the patience ,i preach to myself and others4 4 4 4 ,it is time to give an account of my stewardship of yr four guineas you entrusted to my care for the benefit of this ,parish4 ,out of the first two guineas there went for the ,bible #a #d #j1 for the folio ,common ,prayer-book #acs40 ,later1 ,mr4 ,ellis writes to ,madam ,owen thus3--8,i shew'd ,t4 ,edwards yr memorandum of yr ,brother's promising the sum of two hundred pounds to ye ,school dated ,may ye #ast1 #agde4 4 4 4 ,please to present my respects to ye ,chancellor and to ask him if he would be offended at a ,volunteer ,master's being put in ye ,school to take his chance till ,providence sends an endowment40 84 4 4 ,i've sent the ,chancellor herewith a present of #b ,london discourses4 ,i'm employed by ye ,society for promoting ,xtian ,knowledge to procure subscriptions towds printing ye #ae1jjj ,welch ,bibles1 wch are now in ye ,press4 ,as ,anglesey is call'd of old 8,mam ,cymru0 or ,mother of ,wales1 she'll set her daughters 7viz4 ye other ,counties7 a good example on ys excellent occasion1 wch will otherwise be a great reproach to ye ,welch1 who but for ye charity of ye ,english wd in a few years have scarce any such things as a ,welch ,bible among them40 ,january1 #agdg3--8,please tell the ,chancellor that ,i acquainted the ,society with his #aj subscription and communicate to him the following good news1 wch will give him pleasure1 viz43 that the ,society has at last got in benefactions enough to defray the whole expence of the impression of the ,welch ,bibles 7except ye binding71 and yt is expected it will be finished before ,lady ,day next4 ,according to ye good old custom ,i heartily wish you all a happy new year and many4 ,your obliged servant to command1 ,thos4 ,ellis40 ,the successive owners of ,penrhos were closely connected with the fortunes of ,holyhead4 ,sir ,john ,stanley1 afterwards first ,lord ,stanley of ,alderley1 his brother1 the accomplished ,bishop of ,norwich and their sons1 the ,honorable ,w4 ,o4 ,stanley1 and ,arthur ,penrhyn ,stanley1 ,dean of ,westminster1 took the keenest interest in chronicling the facts and legends connected with the venerable church1 and in the preservation of its fabric4 ,during the last months of ,mrs4 ,stanley's life it was her great interest to plan a complete restoration of the church1 to complete the clerestory left unfinished in ,tudor times1 and to render the dilapidated building once more a worthy sanctuary for the prayers and praises which had echoed within its walls for over thirteen centuries4 ,mrs4 ,stanley's plan included the erection of a monument to the husband she had loved so well1 and whose life had been devoted to the welfare of ,holyhead4 ,the restoration of the church was carried out after her death from the plans of ,sir ,gilbert ,scott1 mainly at the expense of ,mr4 ,stanley1 in #ahgi4 ,by the removal of the earth accumulated within the building1 the bases of the pillars long buried were brought to light1 and the church revealed once more in the beauty of its original proportions4 ,and now ,mrs4 ,stanley's last wish has been fully carried out1 as regards her husband's monument1 by its erection in a fitting shrine by one who1 having filled a daughter's place in the home at ,penrhos1 has put her whole heart into the perfecting of a work which she regarded as a sacred trust bequeathed to her4 ,picture3 ,monument to ,the ,honble4 ,william ,owen ,stanley 7d4 #ahhd71 erected by desire of ,ellin1 his wife ,the south chancel aisle was completed and unveiled on ,sunday1 the #bjth ,june1 #ahig1 the #fjth anniversary of the ,queen's ,accession4 ,the carved figures on the outside representing ,st4 ,seiriol and ,st4 ,cybi1 are from the designs of ,mr4 ,hamo ,thornycroft2 the steps1 of green serpentine marble1 are taken from the ,rhoscolyn ,quarry1 ,holyhead ,island1 by the kindness of ,colonel ,hampton ,lewis of ,bodior4 ,mr4 ,arthur ,baker1 who carried out the restoration of #ahgg under ,sir ,gilbert ,scott1 has been the architect of the present addition2 but to the deep regret of all who knew him1 he has passed away this year1 and we owe the perfecting and completion of the work to the devoted personal superintendance of his partner1 and son-in-law1 ,mr4 ,harold ,hughes1 of ,bangor4 ,the monument itself is of ,carrara marble1 designed by ,hamo ,thornycroft1 ,r4,a4 ,it consists of a life-size recumbent figure with watching angels at the head and the feet4 ,with the help of ,mr4 ,watts1 ,r4,a41 and his knowledge of the original1 the sculptor has produced a wonderful likeness1 recalling to all who knew him the characteristics of ,mr4 ,stanley's fine head and impressive features4 ,mr4 ,watts1 who has himself followed the progress of the memorial for many years with keen interest1 considers it one of the finest works of art of modern times4 ,the inscription runs thus3-- ,william ,owen ,stanley of ,penrhos1 ,lord ,lieutenant of ,anglesey1 for #cd years a ,member of the ,house of ,commons1 twin son of the #ast ,lord ,stanley of ,alderley and his wife ,lady ,maria ,josepha ,holroyd4 ,born #ahjb1 ,married #ahcb1 ,ellin1 daughter of ,sir ,john ,williams1 ,baronet1 of ,bodelwyddan4 ,died #ahhd1 and buried in this ,church1 whereof he restored the fabric4 ,a scholar and an antiquary1 he dwelt among his own people in the ,island of ,holyhead1 and gave a long life to their welfare4 ,erected by the desire of ,ellin1 for #dd years his devoted wife4 ,over the arch of the recess behind the tomb are engraved these words3 8,till the day dawn and the shadows flee away40 ,mrs4 ,stanley's wish that there should be no monument to herself has been respected1 but the effigy of her husband has been encircled with wrought ironwork1 entirely formed of her initials ,e and ,s intertwined1 an idea suggested by ,st4 ,anselm's ,chapel in ,canterbury ,cathedral4 ,the stained glass windows were designed by ,sir ,e4 ,burne ,jones and executed by ,william ,morris1 and one of them bears the inscription3 8,to the dear memory of ,ellin ,stanley1 died at ,penrhos1 ,november1 #ahgf40 ,this aisle1 as a tribute to their joint memories1 is now dedicated to the glory of ,god1 and given by ,jane ,h4 ,adeane to that church which has1 on its rock beside the sea1 stood firm for over thirteen centuries4 8,the foundation of ,god standeth sure40 ,outside the aisle is carved the following ,welsh inscription3-- ,,chwanegwyd ,,yr ,,capel ,,newydd ,,yma ,,at ,,hen ,,eglwys ,,gybi ,,sant 7,,seilwyd ,,oddeutu ,y ,,flwyddyn ,o4,c4 #eej7 ,,yn ,y ,,driugeinfed ,,flwyddyn ,o ,,deyrnasiad ,y ,,frenhines ,,victoria ,o4,c4 #ahig4 ,,dy ,,orsedd ,,di ,o ,,dduw ,,sydd ,,byth ,,ac ,,yn ,,dragywydd4 ,of which the following is an ,english translation3-- ,to this ,ancient ,church1 founded by ,st4 ,cybi about ,a4,d4 #eej1 this ,chapel was added in the #fjth year of the reign of ,queen ,victoria1 ,a4,d4 #ahig4 8,thy throne1 ,o ,lord1 is for ever and ever40 ,church of ,st4 ,cybi4 ,,sermon ,preached on the ,reopening of ,st4 ,cybi's ,church1 ,holyhead1 after ,restoration1 #ahgi1 by ,,arthur ,,penrhyn ,,stanley1 ,d4,d41 ,dean of ,westminster4 8,look unto the rock whence ye are hewn1 and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged4 8,look unto ,abraham your father1 and unto ,sarah that bare you40 ,isaiah li4 #a1 #b4 ,,we have been reading for several ,sundays in church the history of the ,patriarchs4 ,the words of the ,prophet which ,i have taken for my text give us the key to that history4 ,we all know the value of the graces and gifts we derive from our families4 ,who is there that does not recognise in himself or in those about him what has come to him and them from father1 mother--nay1 it may even be grandfather or great-grandfather1 uncle and aunt--or what may be breathed again into him by brother1 sister1 cousin4 ,these1 if anything in the world1 are gifts to us from without4 ,these1 if anything1 are gifts from ,god4 ,what we drink in1 as we say1 with our mother's milk our mother's tongue1 our mother's faith and prayers1 it may be1 our mother's character2 what we have had impressed upon us of our father's spirit1 of our 8fatherland10 of our father's blood--the innocent joys1 the tragical sorrows of home and household2--these are the materials out of which our souls and spirits are fashioned4 ,we may have our own personal character besides1 but without these our characters would not be what they are4 ,picture3 ,view of ,harbour from the upper ,church-yard1 #ahbb ,now1 what is thus true of the family in respect of individuals1 is true of races of men in respect both of nations and individuals2 and this is one lesson which those early chapters in the ,book of ,genesis impress upon us4 ,they tell us of the family4 ,but1 over and above this1 they tell us of the race2 they tell us of the immense importance to the ,israelites1 and through them to us1 of the fact that they sprang from no ignoble or commonplace nation1 but from those whom ,god had specially selected for ,his work on earth--from the tribe of ,jacob1 from the seed of ,abraham1 from the race of ,shem4 ,this is the true 8predestination0 of ,god's counsels2 this is the true 8election0 of the chosen vessels4 ,race and nationality1 as well as family1 are the precious gifts of ,god1 to be used and recognised and taken account of as amongst the mighty moving powers of the world4 ,if we wish to see what work we or others are called to do1 we must not forget to look back to the ancient rock from whence we are hewn1 and the deep pit from whence we are digged4 ,there is also the lesson which all such inquiries bring before us1 and which is specially impressed upon us by these early records of the ,bible--the advantage of being transported to remote ages and scenes wholly unlike our own4 ,in those stories of ,abraham1 ,isaac1 and ,jacob there is a freshness as of the dew of the womb of the morning4 ,we feel younger as we read2 they refresh us in the weary pilgrimage of life2 we catch the early fragrance of the first dawn of the human race4 ,there had been many great epochs and many great men in ,israel since the time of ,abraham and ,sarah3 there had been ,jacob1 or ,israel1 from whom they derived their name and some of the chief elements of their character2 there had been ,moses1 under whom they had won their freedom and their laws1 and ,joshua1 by whose prowess they had conquered the ,promised ,land1 and ,david1 with all the line of kings and prophets that followed4 ,but still there was a charm about their first ancestor1 ,abraham1 and their first mother1 ,sarah1 which they could find in no later times4 ,there was a delight in seeing the peculiar blessings which they had gained from those old primitive patriarchs1 and for which they were to be ever thankful to ,god1 through whom these and all other gifts had come4 ,i4 ,may ,i take up the ,prophet's words and the lessons of the ,book of ,genesis1 and give them a special application which this day suggests4 ,we are met to celebrate the reopening of one of the most ancient churches of the ,welsh people4 ,most of the building has stood for five hundred years--one aged arch1 we are told1 for a thousand years4 #bg ,let us then1 ,englishmen or ,welshmen1 who are assembled here1 ask1 in no spirit of boastfulness or rivalry1 but of thankfulness to ,god1 what are the special gifts for good which the ,british ,celtic race has contributed to our common country8 ,as the ,israelites had for their ancestors ,abraham and ,sarah1 before their own special patriarch ,israel or ,jacob--ancestors by whom they were connected with other races besides their own1 ,edomite1 ,arabian1 ,mesopotamian--so we were ,britons before we were ,englishmen2 and we by that ,celtic parentage are made one in blood with that old original people which is parent alike to the ,welsh1 the ,irish1 the ,scottish1 and the ,french nations4 ,what1 then1 are the best peculiarities of the ,welsh people8 7#a7 ,to the ancient ,cambrian ,british race we owe that distant atmosphere of romance1 of sentiment1 of poetry1 which neither ,saxon nor ,norman have given or could have given us4 ,these mountains and vales and creeks and bays1 the refuge of the ancient inhabitants retreating before the invader1 have retained1 even in their very names and forms1 a poetic inspiration which has elsewhere passed away4 ,the four ,welsh dioceses each of them speak of this poetic1 mystic past4 ,that marvellous cathedral of ,st4 ,david's1 in its secluded basin at the very extremity of the land1 shut out from the world and enclosed as within a natural sanctuary1 with its craggy coast and headland and island and glistening shore and purple cliff1 every spring and bay and inlet teeming with some strange legend of those primitive days of ,david and ,nun and ,lily2 or1 again1 that lovely cathedral of ,st4 ,teilo1 on the banks of the ,taff1 in its green vale1 with its crystal stream and its solemn yews2 or1 again1 that lesser cathedral of ,st4 ,asaph1 founded by the most romantic of all the saints of the ,celtic race of the north--the darling ,mungo of the ,scottish nation--founded as he wandered to and from his own ,glasgow on the ,clyde2 or1 again1 this diocese in which we are now assembled1 with ,snowdon as the guardian mount that stands round about its small ,jerusalem1 this ancient refuge of the ,druids and ,bards of old from the ,roman conqueror1 this ,holy ,mount of the ,holy ,island of ,mona1 stretching out its arms to the neighbouring shore of ,ireland1 another ,isle of ,saints3--,look at all these ancient sanctuaries1 east and west1 north and south4 ,look at the rock from which we were hewn and the deep pit from which we were digged4 ,despise not these feelings which ,god by a thousand marks has stamped with ,his own peculiar approval4 ,cherish these venerable ruins and monuments of early times4 ,there is a legend which tells us that if we take a clod of turf from ,st4 ,david's churchyard1 and stand upon it by the shore of that western sea1 we shall see rising in the distant waters the green islands of the fairies1 the vision of a land1 not indeed of heaven1 but still not of this earth4 ,it is by taking our stand on that old ,british soil that we can catch for ourselves a glimpse of a higher1 more romantic1 ideal world than any other part of ,english history can show4 ,the ,bards1 indeed1 themselves have perished-- ,cold is ,cadwallo's tongue ,that hush'd the stormy main2 ,brave ,urien sleeps upon his craggy bed2 ,mountains1 ye mourn in vain ,modred1 whose magic song ,made huge ,plinlimmon bow his cloud-topt head4 ,but the world which they created still lives in that marvellous cycle of legends which gather round the name of ,king ,arthur1 and which1 in our own day1 has given to the first of our living poets the worthiest subject which our island could furnish--the career of the stainless king and his gallant knights1 which our children and our children's children will read with their souls more and more raised to nobler and higher thoughts4 ,the rocks and seas on which we look from ,holyhead--8the shaggy top of ,mona high10--the wide bay 8where ,deva spreads her wizard stream10 inspired in ,milton some of his wildest and most pathetic strains in speaking of his loved companion ,lycidas1 who was lost off these very coasts4 ,the solid prosaic sense of the ,saxon is necessary2 the energy and enterprise of the ,norman is useful2 have been indispensable to the greatness of ,britain2 but do not forget the romance and the song and the sentiment of the mountains and the minstrels of ,wales4 ,leave a corner in your minds for the visions of other days4 ,remember that there are things in heaven and earth more than our plain homely ,english philosophy has dreamed of4 ,such innocent1 beautiful stories and thoughts1 from whatever quarter they come1 though not in themselves religious1 yet smooth and purify the course of life4 ,they prepare us for the poetry of parables like the ,pilgrim's ,progress--they prepare us for the poetry of the ,psalms and of the ,prophets of the ,bible4 ,as these mountains1 these bays1 these rocks1 which gave to us in their early days our poetic and romantic thoughts1 have1 in these later days1 given to us our quarries and our harbours and our lighthouses and our piers1 so it is that out of every generous and inspiring thought there may come at last the most solid1 the most useful1 the most comprehensive materials of ,god's glory and man's usefulness4 7#b7 ,there is another aspect of this element in the national character of the old ,celtic races4 ,i have said that the names of the old ,welsh saints remind us of the antique poetic phase of the national ,british ,church4 ,but they also remind us of its devotional emotions and fervent enthusiasm4 ,we know but little of ,st4 ,cybi or ,st4 ,seiriol--those gaunt hermits1 wrapped up in shaggy goat-skins1 with their sacred bells and their favourite animals4 ,but we know thus much--that they were amongst the enthusiastic spirits who appeared in those dark times to keep up by a strange unearthly presence the sense of things unseen4 ,and such as they were1 with their childish visions and their solitary musings1 such was the old ,british ,church altogether--hardly ever leaving a permanent impression on the great practical world without1 though producing now and then a holy prelate like ,st4 ,david1 now and then a holy anchorite like ,st4 ,cybi1 now and then a holy heresiarch like ,pelagius4 ,and so in later times1 the same passionate religious sentiment has shown itself in the fervour with which the ,welsh people received the ministrations and the influence of ,john ,wesley and ,george ,whitefield1 and the affection with which they clung to the hymns of their own rude ,methodist poets4 ,amidst much folly and much obstinacy and much waywardness1 all honour to those old saints who achieved what the ,norman prelates could not achieve1--to those ,methodist teachers who reached classes which perhaps could not have been reached by better and wiser men4 ,such enthusiasm is not sufficient by itself to produce true religion2 it is compatible with a very imperfect morality and a very low stage of ,christianity4 ,still it belongs to the great central fires which keep the human soul alive1 and it has in various forms been ,god's special gift to the ,celtic races of mankind1 especially in this country4 ,if we were to remove it out of our national existence ,england would not be the great nation that she now is1 and the ,english ,church would lose one powerful means of raising the spiritual energies of the people4 8,prove all things10 says the ,apostle1 and 8hold fast that which is good02 but in the same breath1 he says1 8,quench not the spirit10 8,despise not prophesyings40 ,quench not enthusiasm1 despise not strong emotions3 labour only to turn them into proper channels1 so that they may help to make men more pure and more truthful--more near to ,god1 more like to ,christ4 ,it is not only in the worship and teaching of our country that this enthusiasm shows itself4 ,listen to the account of the gallant deeds of ,welsh soldiers1 in the letter of an ,english officer writing to a friend1 #cb describing the defence of ,rorke's ,drift3-- 8,private ,john ,williams was posted1 together with ,private ,joseph ,williams and ,private ,william ,harrison1 in a further ward of the hospital4 ,they held it for more than an hour--so long as they had a round of ammunition left4 8,when communication was for a time cut off1 the ,zulus were enabled to advance and burst open the door4 ,a hand-to-hand conflict then ensued1 during which ,private ,joseph ,williams and two of the patients were dragged out and assegaied4 8,whilst the ,zulus were occupied with the slaughter of those unfortunate men1 a lull took place1 which enabled ,private ,john ,williams 7who with two of the patients were the only men left alive in the ward7 to succeed in knocking a hole in the partition and taking the two patients with him into the next ward1 where he found ,private ,henry ,hook4 8,these two men together1 one man working whilst the other fought and held the enemy at bay with his bayonet1 broke through three more partitions1 and were thus enabled to bring eight more patients through a small window into the inner line of defence4 8,in another ward facing the hill ,private ,william ,jones and ,private ,robert ,jones had been placed4 ,they defended their post to the last1 and till six out of seven patients had been removed4 8,corporal ,william ,allen and ,frederick ,hitch must also be mentioned4 ,it was chiefly due to their courageous conduct that communication with the hospital was kept up at all1 holding together at all costs a most dangerous post1 raked in reverse by the enemy's fire from the hill4 ,they were both severely wounded1 but their determined conduct enabled the patients to be withdrawn from the hospital1 and when incapacitated by their wounds from fighting1 they continued1 as soon as their wounds were dressed1 to serve out ammunition to their comrades through the night40 ,welshmen all of them4 ,that is the determined enthusiasm which all ,welshmen ought to show not only in the battlefield1 but against our worst foes at home--the foes of intemperance and dishonesty and hypocrisy and deceitfulness4 7#c7 ,there is one more addition which the ,welsh people1 the ,british element of our race1 has made to the course of ,english history4 ,there is something in the ,celtic blood1 something in the ,cambrian stock1 which1 mingling with the ,saxon and ,norman races1 has unquestionably produced a larger result1 such as without it would1 humanly speaking1 have been difficult or impossible4 ,that poetic refinement1 that spiritual fervour1 of which ,i have already spoken1 has1 for the most part1 been nourished by seclusion from the active world4 ,yet there was one channel in which the old ,british character displayed itself that directly bore on practical life--namely1 the quick temper1 the vivacious intelligence1 which impart to other useful qualities exactly the stimulus they most need4 ,not seldom can we trace in families the sudden turn given to a sluggish1 steady1 stagnant stock of purely ,english extraction by contact with the imaginative1 lively1 mercurial character of ,welsh or ,celtic parentage4 ,and what is thus seen in private life may be also faintly traced in the great course of our national history4 ,i will not speak of individuals1 though ,i might mention that two of the most stirring characters who ever filled the office of ,dean of ,westminster were ,welshmen3 one was ,gabriel ,goodman1 one of the translators of the ,bible1 friend of ,lord ,burleigh2 the other was ,john ,williams1 who in his earlier days was twice committed to the ,tower1 once by the ,king1 and once by the ,parliament1 who defended the ,castle of ,conway against the army of the ,commonwealth1 and who now after his stormy life reposes in the lovely church of ,llandegai1 the last ecclesiastical ,lord ,keeper of ,great ,britain4 ,but there is a more general influence which has left its permanent mark on ,england4 ,within that old cathedral of ,st4 ,david1 of which ,i just now spoke1 the most conspicuous tomb which rises in the midst of it1 and which1 according to the tradition of the place1 saved the cathedral itself from destruction1 is that of ,edmund ,tudor1 father of ,henry ,,vii4 and grandfather of ,henry ,,viii41 who1 for its sake1 spared the venerable church where it stands4 ,this very church of ,holyhead was in great part rebuilt in the time of ,henry ,,vii4 son of that ,edmund ,tudor4 ,the rose of the ,tudor family is visible to this day on its walls4 ,owen ,tudor1 the ancestor of them all1 was a native of this island of ,anglesey4 ,we are thus reminded of the fact1 which we sometimes forget1 that1 after ,saxon and ,norman and ,plantagenet had done their best and passed away1 a ,welsh and ,british dynasty at last was seated once more on the throne of ,britain1 and swayed the destinies of the whole empire4 ,when in ,westminster ,abbey we pass from the tombs of the earlier kings to the magnificent chapel of ,king ,henry ,,vii41 it is a striking thought to any one1 especially to any one who has a drop of the ancient ,welsh blood in his veins1 that he enters there on a new field of the history of ,england1 inaugurated by a succession of princes whose boast it was to be descended1 not from ,edward the ,confessor or ,william the ,conqueror1 but from ,arthur and ,llewellyn1 and that about the tomb of the first ,tudor sovereign1 intertwined with the emblems of his ,english descent1 is to be seen the ,red ,dragon of ,cadwallader4 ,that ,tudor race1 in their quick understanding1 in their fiery temper1 the true representatives of their ancient ,celtic lineage1 were the instruments raised up by ,god's providence at the critical season of the new birth of ,england in the ,reformation1 for guiding1 stimulating1 freshening the ,church and the nation to the performance of new duties1 the fulfilment of new hopes1 the application of new truths4 ,the sharpness of wit and liveliness of mind which were amongst the precocious gifts of ,henry and ,edward and ,elizabeth1 were common to them with their ,welsh ancestors1 and contributed in no small degree to the fresh start which ,england then made in the movements of that moving age4 ,these qualities1 whenever found1 though they are not the highest of gifts1 are inestimable for enlivening1 cheering1 enkindling the more powerful and the more highly civilised to action and to enquiry4 ,cherish them1 even if they sometimes outrun discretion2 correct them1 if so be1 not by repressing them1 but by striving to develop the opposite gifts which are needed to balance and to chasten them4 ,,ii4 ,and this leads us to two general remarks in conclusion4 7#a7 ,first let us remember that these graces of the ,cambrian or ,celtic character1 which our ,heavenly ,father has thus vouchsafed to us1 are also by ,his good providence blended in the ,english race with exactly those qualities which furnish their counterpoise--with that self-control1 that moral discipline1 that solid steadiness of purpose1 without which poetic sentiment1 religious fervour1 mental vivacity are often useless1 or worse than useless4 ,the old hermit in his solitude1 the preacher in his fervid appeal1 was good2 but the honest1 manly ,christian1 doing his duty faithfully and truthfully in his own station of life1 is better4 ,the sailor who remembers on the broad sea that ,god's eye is always upon him2 the workman or tradesman who endeavours to render to his ,maker the best of all services1 the offering of honest labour1 the offering of unadulterated food1 the offering of an upright conscientious traffic2 the railway official or partner who cheers and encourages friendless travellers by a kindly word or by a helping hand1 not for reward1 but for love of his fellow creatures1--these are the modes by which1 far more than by sudden conversion or enthusiastic hymns1 we can fulfil ,god's goodwill towards us4 7#b7 ,another remark1 still more obvious1 but one of which we sometimes lose sight in speaking of the good influences of race and nationality1 is that the power of religion1 of the ,christian religion1 though coloured by these several influences1 is yet above and beyond and independent of them all4 ,i spoke before of the old story which tells how he who stands on the turf from ,st4 ,david's churchyard and looks out on the western sea was believed to see in the distance the green island of the fairies4 ,but there is a still better thing that can be done by each one of us1 ,saxon or ,celt1 ,englishman or ,briton1 old and young1 rich and poor4 ,take your stand on any good religious lesson1 learnt from whatever quarter--any piece of fresh fragment of knowledge1 cut out of your inner experience--a good text from your ,bible1 a good prayer from your prayer-book1 a good hymn from your hymn-book1 a good counsel1 or example of friend or teacher anywhere1 which has enabled you better to know yourself1 and better to know what ,god is1--stand fast upon it1 and look out over the wide sea of your future years1 and the still wider ocean of eternity beyond1 and from that green turf of duty or of knowledge you will see in the distance the islands1 not of the fairies1 but something far better--the islands of the blessed1 of the eternal shores across the stormy waves of this troublesome world4 ,such an example1 such a memory1 such a life #ci you have had in the recollection of her who devoted her life to the welfare of the people of ,holyhead1 who loved the ,welsh nation with a constant love1 who spoke their tongue as her own1 who cherished all their traditions1 who longed for the restoration of this venerable church1 whose heart's desire has been on this day fulfilled by its reproduction in all its antique simplicity1 in all its gracious adaptation to our living needs4 ,she was a ,welshwoman to the heart's core2 but she was also a generous1 loving1 wise1 ,christian spirit2 and when we stand round her grave1 and in this church which is the monument of her goodness1 we stand as it were on the fragment of ,st4 ,david's turf1 and we look out beyond a wider than any earthly sea to those islands of the better land where she and the great family of ,god's servants have gone before2 the islands of eternal rest--the islands where truth and holiness have 8room and verge enough0 to flourish undisturbed by earthly tempests1 unwarped by the winds of earthly cares--in the haven where they and we would all be1 through the grace of ,god and the power of ,his ,spirit in our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,on a granite cross standing upon rocky ground near ,llanfawr1 is engraven the following inscription by ,dean ,stanley4 ,to the dear memory of ,ellin1 forty-four years the beloved and loving wife of the ,honble4 ,william ,owen ,stanley of ,penrhos1 ,lord ,lieutenant of ,anglesey4 ,the constant friend of the poor and afflicted of her native ,wales1 with which1 from youth to age1 she was one in heart and speech1 in word and deed4 ,born ,nov4 #ith1 #ahji4 ,died ,nov4 #bdth1 #ahgf4 ,this was erected by her sorrowing husband4 ,,footnotes4 #af ,within the last half century1 the old church of ,st4 ,cybi proved no longer sufficient for the needs of the parish2 a second church was therefore built in #aheg1 dedicated to ,st4 ,seiriol1 so that the memory of both ,saints still survives in the minds of their people4 #bg ,the ,saxon ,arch opening into the ,belfry at west end of the ,nave of ,st4 ,cybi's ,church4 #cb ,this ,sermon was preached in the ,spring of #ahgi1 during the ,zulu war4 #ci ,the ,honble4 ,mrs4 ,w4 ,o4 ,stanley4