Category: Biographies
SOME GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WELSH PREACHING. PAGE Wales, the Country and the People—Individuality of 1 the Welsh Pulpit—St. David—The Religious Sense of the People—Association Meetings—Gryffyth of Caernarvon—Bardic Character of the Sermons—A Repetition of Sermons—Peculiari...
SOME GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WELSH PREACHING. PAGE Wales, the Country and the People—Individuality of 1 the Welsh Pulpit—St. David—The Religious Sense of the People—Associati...
2. CHAPTER II.CHRISTMAS EVANS’S EARLY LIFE UNTIL HIS ENTRANCE INTO THE MINISTRY. Birth and Early Hardships—Early Church 40 Fellowship—Beginning to Learn—Loses an Eye—A Singular Dream—Beginnin...
3. CHAPTER III.THE MINISTRY IN THE ISLAND OF ANGLESEA. Journey to Anglesea—Cildwrn Chapel, and Life in the 63 Cildwrn Cottage—Poverty—Forcing his Way to Knowledge—Anecdote, “I am the Book”—A D...
4. CHAPTER IV.THE MINISTRY IN ANGLESEA (CONTINUED). Christmas Evans as a Bishop over many Churches—As a 106 Moderator in Public Meetings—Chapel-building and all its Difficulties to Christmas...
5. CHAPTER V.CONTEMPORARIES IN THE WELSH PULPIT—WILLIAMS OF WERN. The Great Welsh Preachers unknown in England—The 166 Family of the Williamses—Williams of Pantycelyn—Peter Williams—Evan Wil...
6. CHAPTER VI.CONTEMPORARIES—JOHN ELIAS. Fire and Smoke—Elias’s Pure Flame—Notes in the 185 Pulpit—Carrying Fire in Paper—Elias’s Power in Apostrophe—Anecdote of the Flax-dresser—A Singular F...
7. CHAPTER VII.CONTEMPORARIES—DAVIES OF SWANSEA. Traditions of his Extraordinary 202 Eloquence—Childhood—Unites in Church Fellowship with Christmas Evans, and with him preaches his First Sermo...
8. CHAPTER VIII.THE PREACHERS OF WILD WALES. Rees Pritchard, and “The Welshman’s Candle”—A 217 Singular Conversion—The Intoxicated Goat—The Vicar’s Memory—“God’s better than All”—Howell Harris—...
9. CHAPTER IX.CHRISTMAS EVANS CONTINUED—HIS MINISTRY AT CAERPHILLY. Caerphilly and its Associations—“Christmas Evans is 261 come!”—A Housekeeper—His Characteristic Second Marriage—A Great Ser...
10. CHAPTER X.CAERNARVON AND LAST DAYS. Leading a Forlorn Hope again—More Chapel Debts—A 287 Present of a Gig—Jack, _bach_!—The One-eyed Man of Anglesea once more—The Old Man’s Reflections in...
11. CHAPTER XI.SUMMARY OF GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRISTMAS EVANS, AS A MAN AND A PREACHER. A Central Figure in the Religious Life of Wales—In a 304 Singular Degree a Self-made Man—His Word...
12. CHAPTER XII.SUMMARY OF GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRISTMAS EVANS AS A PREACHER. Remarks renewed in Vindication of his Use of Parable 322 in the Pulpit—His Sermons appear to be Born of Soli...
13. CHAPTER I.Wales, the Country and the People—Individuality of the Welsh Pulpit—St. David—The Religious Sense of the People—Association Meetings—Gryffyth of Caernarvon—Bardic Character of t...
14. CHAPTER II.Birth and Early Hardships—Early Church Fellowship—Beginning to Learn—Loses an Eye—A Singular Dream—Beginning to Preach—His First Sermon—Is Baptized—A New Church Fellowship—The R...
15. CHAPTER III.Journey to Anglesea—Cildwrn Chapel, and Life in the Cildwrn Cottage—Poverty—Forcing his Way to Knowledge—Anecdote, “I am the Book”—A Dream—The Sandemanian Controversy—Jones of R...
16. CHAPTER IV.Christmas Evans as a Bishop over many Churches—As a Moderator in Public Meetings—Chapel-building and all its Difficulties to Christmas Evans—Extensive Travelling for Chapel-debt...
17. CHAPTER V.The Great Welsh Preachers unknown in England—The Family of the Williamses—Williams of Pantycelyn—Peter Williams—Evan Williams—Dr. Williams—Williams of Wern—The immense Power of...
18. CHAPTER VI.Fire and Smoke—Elias’s Pure Flame—Notes in the Pulpit—Carrying Fire in Paper—Elias’s Power in Apostrophe—Anecdote of the Flax-dresser—A Singular First Appearance in the Pulpit—A...
19. CHAPTER VII.Traditions of his Extraordinary Eloquence—Childhood—Unites in Church Fellowship with Christmas Evans, and with him preaches his First Sermon—The Church of Castell Hywel—Settles...
20. CHAPTER VIII.Rees Pritchard, and “The Welshman’s Candle”—A Singular Conversion—The Intoxicated Goat—The Vicar’s Memory—“God’s better than All”—Howell Harris—Daniel Rowlands at Llangeitho—Phi...
21. CHAPTER IX.Caerphilly and its Associations—“Christmas Evans is come!”—A Housekeeper—His Characteristic Second Marriage—A Great Sermon, The Trial of the Witnesses—The Tall Soldier—Extracts...
22. CHAPTER X.Leading a Forlorn Hope again—More Chapel Debts—A Present of a Gig—Jack, _bach_!—The One-eyed Man of Anglesea once more—The Old Man’s Reflections in his Journal—Characteristic Le...
23. CHAPTER XI.A Central Figure in the Religious Life of Wales—In a Singular Degree a Self-made Man—His Words on the Value of Industry—His Honest Simplicity—Power of Sarcasm Repressed—Affectio...
24. CHAPTER XII.Remarks renewed in Vindication of his Use of Parable in the Pulpit—His Sermons appear to be born of Solitude—His Imitators—His Probable Acquaintance with “the Sleeping Bard” of...