Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1904 — A Chapel in a Coal Mine. [ARTICLE]

A Chapel in a Coal Mine.

One of the most remarkable places of worship in the world is the miners' chapel in Myndd Menigdd Colliery, Swansea, Wales, where for more than fifty years the workers have each morning assembled for worship. This sanctuary is situated close to the bottom of the shaft. The only light is that obtained from a solitary Davy safety lamp hung over the pulpit from the ceiling, and the oldest miner In the colliery is generally chosen to officiate. It is the custom in some other places for coal miners to gather together In meal times for prayer meetings and the like, but It Is said that this is the only instance where a spe* cial apartment is fitted out iu a coalmine as a chapel.