Clynnog, Llanrhychwyn, Langienwen - Arthur Pendragon of Wales

86 Three Old Foundations.
a monument to the passer-by of a conception of religion
which is infrequently obtained elsewhere ! We forget
these days the primary intention of such an edifice. It
was built on the highway of the many pilgrimages which
processed so frequently in those far-off days from all parts
to Bardsey. It afforded a resting place physically, morally
and spiritually. To-day, during the summer months, the
church re-echoes with the footsteps of English visitors,
who arrived may be by char-a-banc, and have been carried
willy-niUy to view a large empty church in connection
wdth which are many legends and fables, forgetting that
we have here a famous pilgrim church, and where used to
be queues of pious-minded persons waiting in silence after
a long and tiring journey on foot, for permission to enter
the sacred building for spiritual refreshment. Clynnog
church was not built to be a home of congregational
worship as we understand the term to-day. An attempt
should be made to resuscitate some of the primary and
original intentions of the foundation. As it is, the burden
of guardianship and responsibility is much too great for
one man, however diligent and industrious he may be. It
is not exactly the arduousness of the task, especially now
that the fabric has been so well restored, but something
more is needed. The times require a fresh outlook and
vision, and schemes and plans should be mapped out for
a new lease of service, reviving, w-here necessary and
possible, some of the old life, and utilising w-hat is to hand
in a direction that would realize some of the old dreams.
We are aware that much of this w"ork should be the task
of the mother church of the diocese, yet there is room for
Beuno's foundation. As the first step to secure this the
old chapter should be revived. It consisted of five mem-
bers. TiU 1536 the members were duly and canonically
elected and instituted. It was in the sixteenth century