Excerpt from Cambria Sacra: Or the History of the Early Cambro-British Christians On Thursday, the 17th of August, 1876, I visited Llandewi Brefi, Cardiganshire, with the determination of not passing through that county without making a pilgrimage to the valley within which had been held the most important ecclesiastical Council ever assembled in Cambria. After walking eight or nine miles from Lampeter, along the river Teifi, under a tropical sun, I reached' the village about mid-day. Vehicles standing at the doors of public-houses, a number of people strolling about in holiday dress, whilst others pic-nic'd on the banks of the stream, now nearly dried up, indicated that some festivity was being held. I was informed that the annual meeting of the members of the Church of England, honoured by the presence of the neighbouring Protestant clergy, was the cause of this unusual weekday gathering. The Church people mustered in fair strength, and, as far as I could judge from those whom I addressed, Welsh was the language of the district, for many could neither speak nor understand any other. I proceeded, in the first instance, to examine as closely as possible the spot on which the Church stands; for the legend, as told in the "Lives of the Cambro-British Saints," distinctly states that the ground on which the sacred temple was afterwards built had risen under the feet of St. David, so as to form an improvised platform, from which he could address the thousands eager to listen to his eloquent teaching. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Cambria Sacra : or the History of the Early Cambro-British Christians (Classic Reprint)