My Neighbors / Stories of the Welsh People

et me fall into the Fiery Pool. Give me a brief while and a grand one I'll be for the religion." A shaft of fire came out of the mout

ing," asked Paul,

rciful," s

for such as pr

"is written in a book: 'The L

rtainment; and the company did not break up until God, as is the custom

n the heavenly ovens. Out of Hell there arose two mountains, which established themselves one over the other on the floor of Heaven, and the height of the mountains was the depth of Hell; and you could not see the sides of the mountains for the vast multitude of sinners thereon, and you could not see the sinners for the live coals to which they were held, and you could not see the burn

tants of Heaven rejoiced: eating and

t Him, and finding Him said: "A certain Roman noble labored his horses to t

-side," God answered, "and hi

ty, and you bid us feast and you say

eaven for a false w

he entreated, "what manner of man

y wrath," said God.

into the Record Office, and of the Clerk of the Re

s-Jones," repl

ing Angel blott

y Store, Hammersmith. His sins"; and God examined the books and was pleased, and He cried: "Rejoice fourfold"; and if Isaiah's roar was higher than the wailings of the perished

he?" the Lord inq

the Welsh No

me their g

f them that has prayed. Are not the builders making

ortion of a star fell into it, and that is the portion which He hurled into the garden of Hughes-Jones's house. On a sudden the revels ceased: the bread of the feast was stone and the tea water, and the

Hall with questions, and lo God was in

s?" The Prophets were silent, and God mourned: "My Word is the earth and I peopled the earth with my spit

evour my children who have forsaken me

one righteous amo

ve all

ng the Nonconformists," said Moses

led, and I have warned him

ayer," Moses pleaded; "will not t

her wickedness shall not escape the judgment, no

ed of you as is proved by the man who confessed his transgress

basing themselves, they tore their mantles and howled; and God, piteous of their howlings, wa

her and thither, wai

erded them into the Council Room. "Is it seemly," he r

s awful,"

awful," was Paul's rejoinder. "You have pr

e Law, Paul," said Mos

ion to sinners," answered Paul. "For Heav

his sight and his hearing, returned to the Council Room and testified to the godliness of the Welsh Nonconfor

d the Record Off

declared, "and praising the Lord. And the number of the peopl

they pray?"

as they pray the

ly," said Paul. "But th

eir land," asserted the a

remarked, "that another L

angels came back; one company said: "We searched the swampy marges and saw neither a god nor a heaven nor any praye

s for me?" He cried. "Are all the cunning men in Hell? Shall I make all Heaven drink the dregs of my fury? Burnish your rusted armor. Depa

the well, the water of which is harder than crystal, and he cried out; and

d God to the Saint, "and

uld I be

ve failed me, and if it is not

In the middle of my discourse at the Judgment Seat the Pro

id the Lord, "and you sh

het and the living believe that I

ly and you shall

landed on earth, and having looked at the filthiness of the Nonconformists in Wales he withdrew to London. But however actively he tried he c

d preaching of a Welsh soldier who had taken shelter from rain under the tree. David came down from his nest, and when the mouth of the man was most open, he plunged into the fellow's bo

ercer) Wonder. Crossing the threshold

over the counter. "Man bach," he exclaimed, "glad am I to see you. Pray will I now tha

d the soldier. "Cheap

for certain. S

ll. To a low-class sho

sh swindler." The clothier raised his t

into the room like a wanton lamb. Her brown hair was drawn c

ns! Llew bach, how are you? Very bi

anged y

e you came was to

. Have you st

lly long ago," s

" said Kate. "A splendid one.

answered t

e you give her, Kate. Seven looks has the deacon from Ca

othier heaped garm

ed Kate, "and take the suits

and the woman, hungering for love, gladly gave herself up. Soon attired in a bla

e rabbit," he sai

" said the clothier, "in th

lay her. Perhaps I buy he

ed upon Llew. "T

in you g

. "No profit can I make on a Cymro. As per invoice i

ler dealt treacherously, and that the money which he got

le fellow is the black," he said to

Christianity left in them they will not forget what Capel Kingsend has done and will repay same with interest. Happier still we are to welcome Mister Hughes-Jones to the Big Seat. In the valley of the shadow has Mister Hughes-Jones been. Earnestly we prayed for our dear religious leader. To

pulpit, and thrust out his bristled chin and rested hi

-Jones," the p

y, as one who is on the verge of tears, and his big nostrils

gation, zer

me to do here. A miracle happened to me. In the thick of my sickness a meetority dropped outside the bedroom. The mistress fainte

ll and in English-that is the tongue of t

to start, z

ou in the chap

s ther

are two people in t

. Shall I go

ence

at I leave

. They are all smart young ladies here now. And it is

ut

from the premizes and locked up. Much grati

ardon,

and the two sons. And they had to do work of national

bliged, zer, if yo

ake back a hand that leave on their own. Why don't

ttled heart; and in the evening he stole into the loft which is above the Big

e roof, and some because of their little strength did not reach above the floor; and none went through the roof. Saint David closed his hands on many, and there was no soundness in them,

s, he wove a lid of cobwebs over the mouth of it. Jealous that no mishap should befall his treasu