. The Countess of Huntingdon and her circle . d by sermons both inWelsh and English. At half-past ten again asermon in Welsh, succeeded by sermons in Welshand EngUsh preached alternately by the sameclergyman. Then Mr. Toplady gave out the hymn— Blow ye the trumpet, blow, to the crowd of worshippers, who had been stand-ing there since six oclock in the morning. He hadhardly begun his prayer, which followed, when thescaffolding on which he and about forty ministersand students were standing fell with a crash. Butalmost before the frightened spectators could rushto the rescue of the sufferers, th
. The Countess of Huntingdon and her circle . d by sermons both inWelsh and English. At half-past ten again asermon in Welsh, succeeded by sermons in Welshand EngUsh preached alternately by the sameclergyman. Then Mr. Toplady gave out the hymn— Blow ye the trumpet, blow, to the crowd of worshippers, who had been stand-ing there since six oclock in the morning. He hadhardly begun his prayer, which followed, when thescaffolding on which he and about forty ministersand students were standing fell with a crash. Butalmost before the frightened spectators could rushto the rescue of the sufferers, the dauntless voiceof the speaker rose again, telling them that as nobody was materially hurt by the accidentthey would resume the service, and begin it byreturning thanks toGod who had given His angelscharge over them, and the sermon was preached,the hymn sung, as if nothing untoward hadhappened. There was dinner between two and three, after-wards a Welsh clergyman preached both in Welshand English, and in succession to him the last 252 ^,.. AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY A COLLEGE ANNIVERSARY sermon of the day was delivered by Mr. Shirley,Lady Huntingdons cousin, and the brother ofthe miserable Lord Ferrers. It has been remarked that the healthy Welshappetite for spiritual food equals their robustrelish of material sustenance. On the evening of the anniversary an even moreimpressive spectacle was presented when theSacrament was administered, with addresses inboth languages. If the arrangement had anyresemblance to other celebrations of the kind, aswas likely, the accompaniments of the LordsSupper would be long remembered by the practice was, if the Sacrament was in the openair, which was rendered inevitable when largenumbers attended, to place a table covered witha white cloth in the centre of any natural amphi-theatre. On this were the consecrated bread andwine. The officiating clergyman or clergymenstood on a platform near at hand. Around thetable sat the men commu
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