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JOHN MORGAN, D.D., ARCHBISHOP OF WALES, 1949-1957 FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY THE late Archbishop's services to Church and nation have been fully recorded elsewhere. This short tribute seeks to say something of him as a human being, and to acknow- ledge his zeal for this Society in particular. Lack of inches completely failed to detract from a fine, and in some moods a formidable, presence. He was, too, a skilled and most laborious administrator, punctilious about the courtesies of life; until he became used to it, the chairman found it a distinct ordeal to sit over his own diocesan at our Council meetings, which he at- tended when he could, always apologizing when work prevented it. Beneath the outward appearance, there was deep loving- kindness and human understanding. Well though he bore its dignity, and excellently though he performed its duties, his episcopate came second in his thoughts to his time as a parish priest, spent mostly at Caernarvon. His tales of those days were numerous. Some were grim, like that of his attendance at a rehearsal for an execution, not in fact carried out. Others were fascinating and mirth-provoking to the last degree; the story of Mickey Casey's wake, to mention the chief of them, called up an unforgettable picture of life in the lower quarters of that ancient town. These tales, but still more his deeds done in secret, proved him to be a lover of human kind. Distress of all sorts, in a clergyman's home above all, was met with practical and generous help. Provided one did not fuss and had carried out his instructions, he was easy to have about the parish. If there was eating after a service, he would move freely among the people, and his thanks never overlooked those who had prepared the sandwiches and would do the washing-up, operations which he often performed in his own house. He distrusted verbiage and false sentiment, and over hymns and hymn-tunes his likes and dislikes were notorious. Besides his official correspondence,