NEATH, Thursday, March 2.

Evan Roberts at Godre’r Coed, Neath, having expired, I am in a position to tell authoritatively the main outlines of the interesting story of the silent room. I had a long conversation with Mr. Evan Roberts to-day, and was given unrestricted access to the daily memoranda which he made during the “test period,” and which contains even the questions and answers between him and Miss Annie Davies during the visits which she paid to the room when waiting upon him.

But before telling it, partly in Welsh and partly in English, as I think the points can best conveyed, it will be well to say that although anxious to meet the evangelist, whom I had not seen for exactly a fortnight, I knew him well enough not to attempt to approach him during the seven days’ silence. To-day, however, I made my way to Neath by an early train, and on arriving at Godre’r Coed was kindly received by Mr. and Mrs. Rhys Jones, who infirmed me that the silence had that morning been broken, that Mr. Evan Roberts had emerged from the seclusion of his room and cordially greeted first Mr. Jones and then Mrs. Rhys Jones; that Miss Annie Davies had subsequently arrived at Godre’r Coed and had a few words conversation with him, and that I was the next to see him. It had, said Mr. Jones, been an anxious week for them, and they were glad that the termination of the ordeal had come.

A few moments later I was ushered into the room, and a simultaneous “I am very glad to see you” from both of us while we heartily shook hands showed that the silence had been a difficult - a hard - week,” said Mr. Evan Roberts, not one word with anyone for a whole week; but I felt it had to be gone through.”

He seemed cheerful, but certainly showed signs of the nervous strain which he has sustained during the past four months, and the strain of the past seven days, to a man who undoubtedly feels certain that he was obeying a Divine command and learning the lesson of implicit obedience, must have been very great.