On the 19th of the month we hoisted with much cheering our
own colours: a banner, on which some of the ladies had worked the
Founder's device, the antique schoolmaster and his ring of scholars. The
flags (there were three in all) were carried home with us, and the faded
and tattered folds which had fought with the sou'-wester, now droop in a
graceful canopy at one end of the great school-room.
By the middle of June the new church of Borth, so opportunely built in
time for our settlement, was declared ready. It was courteously placed
at our disposal for two services on Sunday before the hours of the parish
services. The building exactly held us, with a little pinching. The
first occasion of our using it was a confirmation held by the Bishop of
St. David's. The Bishop, whose early connections are with this
neighbourhood, and who had already in his capacity of landowner given us
proof of his goodwill, seemed to rejoice in the occasion of expressing
his sympathy with the immigrants into his quiet home. The kindness of
the visit was not slight; for the journey, to and fro, from difficulties
of transport, demanded two days.
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