A Sermon on the Welsh Hills.
He once preached from the text, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.” “Oh, my dear brethren,” he said, “why will you pay no attention to your best Friend? Why will you let Him stand knocking, night and day, in all weathers, and never open the door to Him? If the horse-dealer, or cattle-drover came, you would run to open the door to him, and set meat, and drink before him, because you think to make money by him—the filthy lucre that perishes in the using. But when the Lord Jesus stands knocking at the door of your heart, bringing to you the everlasting wealth, which He gives without money, and without price, you are deaf, and blind; you are so busy, you can’t attend. Markets, and fairs, and pleasures, and profits occupy you; you have neither time, nor inclination for such as He. Let Him knock! Let Him stand without, the door shut in His face, what matters it to you? Oh, but it does matter to you.
“Oh, my brethren! I will relate to you a parable of truth. In a familiar parable I will tell you how it is with some of you, and, alas! how it will be in the end. I will tell you what happened in a Welsh village, I need not say where. I was going through this village in early spring, and saw before me a beautiful house. The farmer had just brought into the yard his load of lime; his horses were fat, and all were well to do about him. He went in, and sat down to his dinner, and as I came up a man stood knocking at the door. There was a friendly look in his face that made me say as I passed, ‘The master’s at home; they won’t keep you waiting.’
“Before long I was again on that road, and as soon as I came in sight of the house, there stood the same man knocking. At this I wondered, and as I came near I saw that he stood as one who had knocked long; and as he knocked he listened. Said I, ‘The farmer is busy making up his books, or counting his money, or eating, and drinking. Knock louder, sir, and he will hear you. But,’ said I, ‘you have great patience, sir, for you have been knocking a long time. If I were you I would leave him to-night, and come back to-morrow.’
“‘He is in danger, and I must warn him,’ replied he; and knocked louder than ever.
“Some time afterwards I went that way again, and there still stood the man, knocking, knocking, knocking. ‘Well, sir,’ said I, ‘your perseverance is the most remarkable I ever saw! How long do you mean to stop?’
“‘Till I can make him hear,’ was his answer; and he knocked again.
“Said I, ‘He wants for no good thing. He has a fine farm, and flocks, and herds, and stack-yards, and barns.’
“‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘for the Lord is kind to the unthankful, and the evil.’
“Then he knocked again, and I went on my way, wondering at the goodness, and patience of this man.
“Again I was in those parts. It was very cold weather. There was an east wind blowing, and the sleety rain fell. It was getting dark, too, and the pleasantest place, as you all know, at such a time, is the fireside. As I came by the farm-house I saw the candle-light shining through the windows, and the smoke of a good fire coming out of the chimney. But there was still the man outside—knocking, knocking! And as I looked at him I saw that his hands, and feet were bare, and bleeding, and his visage as that of one marred with sorrow. My heart was very sad for him, and I said, ‘Sir, you had better not stand any longer at that hard man’s door. Let me advise you to go over the way to the poor widow. She has many children, and she works for her daily bread; but she will make you welcome.’
“‘I know her,’ he said. ‘I am with her continually; her door is ever open to me, for the Lord is the husband of the widow, and the father of the fatherless. She is in bed with her little children.’
“‘Then go,’ I replied, ‘to the blacksmith’s yonder. I see the cheerful blaze of his smithy; he works early, and late. His wife is a kind-hearted woman. They will treat you like a prince.’
“He answered solemnly, ‘I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’
“At that moment the door opened, and the farmer came out, cursing, and swearing, with a cudgel in his hand, with which he smote him, and then angrily shut the door in his face. This excited a fierce anger in me. I was full of indignation to think that a Welshman should treat a stranger in that fashion. I was ready to burst into the house, and maltreat him in his turn. But the patient stranger laid his hand upon my arm, and said, ‘Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.’
“‘Sir,’ I exclaimed, ‘your patience, and your long-suffering are wonderful; they are beyond my comprehension.’
“‘The Lord is long-suffering, full of compassion, slow to anger, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.’ And again he knocked, as he answered me.
“It was dark; the smithy was closed; they were shutting up the inn, and I made haste to get shelter for the night, wondering more, and more at the patience, and pity of the man. In the public-house I learned from the landlord the character of the farmer, and, late as it was, I went back to the patient stranger and said, ‘Sir, come away; he is not worth all this trouble. He is a hard, cruel, wicked man. He has robbed the fatherless, he has defamed his friend, he has built his house in iniquity. Come away, sir. Make yourself comfortable with us, by the warm fireside. This man is not worth saving.’ With that he spread his bleeding palms before me, and showed me his bleeding feet, and his side which they had pierced; and I beheld it was the Lord Jesus.
“‘Smite him, Lord!’ I cried in my indignation; ‘then perhaps he will hear thee.’
“‘Of a truth he shall hear me. In the day of judgment he shall hear me when I say, Depart from me, thou worker of iniquity, into everlasting darkness, prepared for the devil and his angels.’ After these words I saw Him no more. The wind blew, and the sleety rain fell, and I went back to the inn.
“In the night there was a knocking at my chamber. ‘Christmas bach!’ [410] cried my landlord, ‘get up! get up! You are wanted with a neighbour, who is at the point of death!’
“Away I hurried along the street, to the end of the village, to the very farm-house where the stranger had been knocking. But before I got there, I heard the voice of his agony: ‘Oh, Lord Jesus, save me! Oh, Lord Jesus, have mercy upon me! Yet a day—yet an hour for repentance! Oh, Lord, save me!’
“His wife was wringing her hands, his children were frightened out of their senses. ‘Pray! pray for me!’ he cried. ‘Oh, Christmas bach, cry to God for me! He will hear you; me! He will not hear!’ I knelt to pray; but it was too late. He was gone.”
INDEX.
Abbot, Jacob, referred to, 176.
Accidents, a series of, 42.
Accursed from Christ, 150; Reply to criticisms on, 152.
Action in oratory, 194.
Age of chapel cases, an, 113.
Age, the golden, 359; The iron, 359; Messiah’s, 359.
Agent, the Divine, 363.
Aim and success, 162.
Allegoric preaching, 90.
Allegories:—Bible regarded as a stone with seven eyes, 270; Church as an ark among the bulrushes, 337; Satan walking in dry places, 137; Saul of Tarsus and his seven ships, 332; Seeking the young Child, 133; World as a graveyard, 85.
Allegory, Christmas Evans’s power of, 131.
America, preachers in the backwoods of, 231.
Anecdotes:—Announcement, a singular, 22; Ask him the price of pigs, 258; Baptism, scene at a, 49; “Beattie on Truth,” 283; Beneath! beneath! beneath! 239; Better marry, 265; Billy Dawson, 110; Butchers and minister, 210; Cadwalladr and John Elias, 191; Chests for the dead, 259; Child in the pulpit, a, 190; Christian, a muscular, 50; Christmas Evans and his new hat, 118; Christmas Evans and the scholar, 67; Cough away! 233; Cow is worth more, the, 238; Deacon, a blundering, 22; Drunkard converted by a goat, 218; Earl and John Elias, the, 200; Elizabeth cannot be alive, 195; Fire and smoke, 185; Flax-dresser and the preacher, the, 189; Forgiving, 319; Gryffyth of Caernarvon, 11; Hope for the son of Samuel, 47; “I am the Book,” 68; I baptized Christmas Evans, 52; Impudent minister, an, 288; Knock-down argument, a, 51; Lucre, a lover of, 116; Make me weep? 212; No marriage in heaven, 235; No oath required, 239; Of Rowland Hill, 240; Offenders, punishing young, 210; Old sermon, preaching an, 13; One-eyed lad, the, 57, 59, Paid at the resurrection, 116; Piecer, a, 42; Plenty of fire in it, put, 186; Preach the Gospel, 224; Preacher, a Welsh, 60; Preacher, an anonymous, 207; Racecourse, dispersion on a, 196; Raffles, Dr., and Christmas Evans, 92; Raffles, Dr., and the Graveyard sermon, 82; Richard bach, 108; Richardson and John Elias, 190; Sabbath-breaker and the preacher, 193; Sammy Breeze, 245; Scotch woman and her pastor, 176; Selling a horse, 317; Sheep-stealers, the, 113; “Sit down, David,” 108; Swearer, the, 210; Timothy Thomas and the clergyman, 49; Two snails, the, 318; Welsh farmer, a, 220; Williams and the bookworm, 171.
“Ancient Mariner” quoted, the, 232.
Anglesea, island of, Evans’s journey to, 63; Sandemanian schism in, 73; Evans’s success in, 81; Leaving, 162, 165; Again in, 291.
Announcement, a singular, 22.
Apostle and bishop, treated as, 110.
Apostrophe, a startling, 188.
Arian, a Welsh, 204.
Association meetings, 10; where held, 21; gathering at, 121.
Associations, amongst old, 289.
Bala, Charles of, 227.
Baptism, scene at a, 49.
Bardic triads, 254.
Bards, Wales the land of, 10, 11.
“Beattie on Truth,” anecdote of, 283.
Bendigedig, 17, 59.
“Beneath! beneath! beneath,” 239.
Beginning at Jerusalem, 301.
Bible a stone with seven eyes, 270.
Bibles for Wales, 228.
Birds, parable of the, 343.
Bone, the misplaced, 333.
Bookworm and William Williams, the, 171.
Borrow, George, quoted, 27, 218, 219, 258; Estimate of the “Sleeping Bard,” 329.
Bradford, vicar of Christ Church, referred to, 196.
Breeze, Sammy, story of, 245.
Breton akin to Welsh, 25.
British and Foreign Bible Society established, 229.
Browning, Robert, quoted, 163.
Bully and preacher, 243.
Bunyan, Christmas Evans compared with, 4; of Wales, 330.
Burney’s, Dr., “History of Music,” referred to, 214.
Butchers and minister, 210.
Cadwalladr, David, anecdote of, 191.
Caernarvon, Richardson of, 190; Last days at, 287–303.
Caerphilly, Christmas Evans’s ministry at, 261; Village of, 262; Castle of, 263; Society at, 281.
Campbell, Dr. John, quoted, 229.
Candles, is the game worth, 160.
Captain, the sceptical, 212.
Castell Hywel, the church of, 43, 46, 204, 205.
Castles, ruined Welsh, 34.
Cedar of God, the, 396.
Chair, Christmas Evans’s, 64.
Chapel, Sabbath morning at a Welsh, 19.
Chapels, character of Welsh, 20.
Charles of Bala, 227; the gift of God to North Wales, 227; Establishes schools, 228; Introduces Bibles, 228; A real bishop, 229; Modesty of, 229; Dr. Campbell on, 229; as a preacher, 230.
Childhood, a remarkable, 203.
Chorus, a grand musical, 183.
Christ, the blood of, 371; Vicarious sufferings of, 382; Dignity of his nature, 383; Mediatorial kingdom of, 398; A fruitful tree, 401; A tree of protection to his people, 402; A source of life and beauty, 403.
Christmas, a custom at, 24.
Christopher’s, Mr., “Hymns and Hymn-writers,” referred to, 168.
Church, the Welsh established, 25; Discipline, 291; An ark among the bulrushes, 337.
Churches, a bishop over, 106; Troubles with the, 160; An appeal to the, 297.
Cildwrn cottage, the, 64; Life at, 65, 66.
Clergymen, character of Welsh, 25.
Coleridge, quoted, 274.
Compensations, 121.
Congregation, a sheep-stealing, 113; How to catch a, 243.
Conscience, purification of, 368; What is the, 368; A good and evil, 369, 370; A guilty, 369; A despairing, 370; A dark and hardened, 370.
Consonants, Welsh, 16.
Controversy, the Sandemanian, 70–76.
Conversations, 299.
Conviction, the hour of religious, 173.
“Corner-stone,” Abbot’s, referred to, 176, 180.
Cottage preaching, 46.
Cough away! 233.
Covenant with God, a, 78; A second, 277; The old, 364.
Cow, buying a, 238.
Creeds and sects, contests of Christian, 177.
Customs, singular Welsh:—Burning the ravens’ nests, 191, 192; Delinquent and public opinion, 23, 24; Funeral, a, 37; New Year’s, 24, 25; Sin-eater, the, 23.
Darkness, conquest of the powers of, 380.
David, sit down, 108.
Davies of Swansea, 40; Character as a preacher, 202; Birth and parentage, 203; A self-made man, 203; Childhood, 203; Marriage, 204; Unites in Church fellowship, 204; And Christmas Evans, 204; Religious convictions, 205; First sermon, 206; Ministry at Trefach, 206; Preaching at Denbigh, 207; Settles at Swansea, 208; Reforms the neighbourhood, 209; His wonderful voice, 209; And the butchers, 210; Dealing with young offenders, 210; And the sceptical captain, 212; A prophet of song, 212; Popularity at Association Meetings, 214; A hymn-writer, 215; Last sermon, 216; Death and funeral, 216.
Davies, J. P., and Christmas Evans, 281.
Davies, the Rev. David, 44, 204, 252; Epigrams of, 253.
Davies, Thomas Rhys, 232; Character of his preaching, 233; Pithy sayings, 233.
Dawson, Billy, 110.
Days, dark, 155.
Deacon, a blundering, 22.
Debt, a chapel, 297.
Debts, chapel, 109; Journeys to collect for, 109, 115.
Delinquent and public opinion, the, 23.
Demoniac of Gadara, 123; Effects of the sermon, 129.
Demosthenes, a Welsh, 187, 194.
Denbigh, Thomas Jones of, referred to, 186.
Depression, spiritual, 52.
Discipline, a case of Church, 51; A letter on, 291.
Dissenters, what Welsh have effected, 25.
Doctor and the humble minister, the, London, 68.
Doctrine, a definition, 251.
Dogs, the pass of young, 120.
Dream, a singular, 45, 69, 331.
“Drive on!” 302.
Drunkard and the goat, the, 218.
Dyer, John, quoted, 36.
Earl, anecdote of a noble, 200.
“Ecclesiastical Polity” quoted, 72.
Edward II., tradition of, 263.
Edwards family, the, 283.
Edwards, Jonathan, referred to, 186.
Eisteddfod, the, 11.
Elias, John, character as a preacher, 17; Pure flame, 186; And Matthew Wilks, 186; Soul and body, 187; Character and power of his eloquence, 187–190, 199; And the flax-dresser, 189; Illustrations of his power, 190; Parentage, 190; First appearance in the pulpit, 190; As a young preacher, 191; Puts down a cruel custom, 191; At Rhuddlan fair, 193; Tremendous character of his preaching, 194, 195; Lives in an atmosphere of prayer, 195; And the races, 196; A panorama of miracles, 196; Shall prey be taken from the mighty? 197; And the noble earl, 200; Death and funeral, 201.
England, great Welsh preachers unknown in, 166.
Entertainment, apostolic, 111.
Epitaph on Dr. Priestly, 253; An old Welsh, 257.
Eternity, 271; Time swallowed up in, 362.
Evans, Christmas, A representative preacher, 5; And the pert young minister, 5; compared to Bunyan, 41; Birth and parentage, 41; A cruel uncle, 41; Accidents, 42; Loses an eye, 42; Youthful days, 43; Conversion, 43; Mental improvement, 44; A singular dream, 45; Desires to become a preacher, 45, 46; First sermon, 46; Growth of spiritual life, 47; Baptism, 47; His pastor, 48–52; Spiritual depression, 52; Enters the ministry, 54; First charge, 54; Success at Lleyn, 55, 61; First preaching tour, 56; Marriage, 57; Becomes famous, 57–59; Removes to Anglesea, 63; Cildwrn cottage, 64; Poverty, 66; Scholarship and library, 67; Reading, 69; A dream, 59; And the Sandemanian heresy, 70–76; Deliverance, 76; A wayside prayer, 77; First covenant with God, 78–81; Renewed success, 81; The Graveyard sermon, 82–90; And Dr. Raffles, 92; Inner life, 104; A bishop over many churches, 106; As a moderator in public meetings, 107; And chapel debts, 109, 114; Journeys, 110–115; A life of poverty and hospitality, 115; And his new hat, 118; Wayfaring, 119; resemblance to Felix Neff, 121; Power of allegory, 131; Letter to a young minister, 142; Reply to criticism, 152; Threat of legal prosecution, 155; Pathetic prayer, 155; Death of his wife, 157; Beautiful character of his wife, 158; Troubles with the churches, 160; Is the game worth the candles? 160; Healthfulness of spirit and consolation, 163; Aim of his life, 165; Remarks on Daniel Rowlands, 225; And Evan Jones, 235; Removes to Caerphilly, 261; arrival at Caerphilly, 264; Second marriage, 265; Sermons at Caerphilly, 266; Second Covenant with God, 277; And Mr. J. P. Davies, 281; Society at Caerphilly, 281; And Pye Smith’s “Scripture Testimony to the Messiah,” 282; And “Beattie on Truth,” 283; Friends, 283; requested to publish a volume of sermons, thoughts thereon, 284; Removes to Caernarvon, 287; And the impudent young minister, 288; Presented with a gig, 288; And his horse, 289; Among old associations, 289; Preaches again in Anglesea, 290; Reflections in his journal, 291; Letter on Church discipline, 291; Chapel debt again, 297; Starts on his last journey, 297; Appeal to the churches, 297; On the journey, 298; Laid up at Tredegar, 299; Conversations, 299; At Swansea, 300; “My last sermon,” 302; Dying, last words, 302; Funeral, 303; As a man, 304–321; A central figure in Welsh religious life, 304; A connecting link, 305; Self-made, 305; Selling a horse, 307; Power of Sarcasm, 308; Forgiveableness, 309; Faith in prayer, 310; Character of his sermons, 312; Memorable sayings, 312; As an orator, 313; Dealt with great truths, 316; Remarks on “Welsh Jumping,” 317; Characteristics as a preacher, 322–357; Use of parable, 322; Sermons born in solitude, 325; Imitators, 326; fervour of his preaching, 327; use of Scriptural imagery, 328; Probable acquaintance with the “Sleeping Bard,” 329; The Bunyan of Wales, 330; A dream, 331; Place and claim to affectionate regard, 355.
Evans, D. M., quoted, 22; Life of Christmas referred to, 116.
Evans, Mary, 265.
Eye? is the light in the, 236.
Eye, losing one, 42.
Farmer, anecdote of a Welsh, 220.
Father and daughter, a dying, 182.
Father and Son glorified, 386; glorifies the Son, 391.
Finished! it is, 366, 378–385.
Fire and smoke, 185.
Fishguard, William Davies of, 211.
Flame, pure, 187.
Flax-dresser, the audacious, 189.
Forgiving, power of, 309.
Friars, preaching, 231.
Funeral custom, a Welsh, 37; An imposing, 201.
Gig, present of a, 288.
Gilboa, a Welsh, 175, 176.
Gleisiad, the, 259.
Glynceiriog, John Jones of, 74, 76.
God, a covenant with, 78; Character of, 274; A second covenant with, 277; Serve the living, 376; A new and living way to come to, 380.
“God’s better than man,” 220.
Gogoniant, 59.
“Golden Grove,” Taylor’s, 35.
Goodness, infinite, 271.
Gospel, preach the, 224.
Graveyard sermon, the, 82; Scenes at the delivery, 84, 85; Characteristics of, 90, 91.
Griefs, depressing, 160.
Griffith, Mr. Thomas, referred to, 299.
Gryffyth of Caernarvon, anecdote of, 11.
Hall, Robert, anecdote of, 42; On the Graveyard sermon, 91; preaching of, 313.
Harris, Howell, of Trevecca, 221; Power of his preaching, 222.
Harwood, 175.
Hat, story of a new, 118.
Health, restoration to spiritual, 76–78.
Hell, at the gates of, 69.
Herbert, George, quoted, 274.
Hill, Rowland, anecdotes of, 185, 240.
Hind of the Morning, the, 92.
“Historical Anecdotes of the Welsh Language” referred to, 16.
Holiness, righteousness, and purity, 272.
Holy Spirit glorifies Father and Son, the, 392.
Hope, leader of a forlorn, 287.
Horse, selling a, 307.
Horseman, the mysterious, 28–32.
Horsley, Bishop, referred to, 252.
House, the man in the Steel, the, 334.
Houses, haunted, 27.
Hughes, Mr. Griffith, 284.
Hughes, Rev. J., “History of Welsh Methodism,” 241.
Hughes, Thomas, 241; And the vicar, 242; And the bully, 243.
Hume, David, referred to, 188.
Huntingdon’s “Bank of Faith” referred to, 117.
Hwyl, the, 17, 59, 207.
Hymns, character of Welsh, 20.
Ignorance, character of Welsh, 5, 6.
Illustrations:—Accursed from Christ, to be, 150; Beginning at Jerusalem, 301; Bible regarded as a stone with seven eyes, 270; Cedar of God, the, 396; Church as an ark among the bulrushes, 337; Contests of Christian creeds and sects, 177; Death as an inoculator, 340; Demoniac of Gadara, 123; Dream, a, 331; Ejaculatory prayer, 172; Father and Son glorified, 386; Finished redemption, 378; Four methods of preaching, 131; Gospel mould, the, 332; Handwriting, the, 338; Hind of the morning, 92; Letter on Church discipline, 291; Letter to a young minister, 142; Man in the steel house, the, 334; Misplaced bone, the, 333; Parable of the birds, 343; Parable of the vine-tree, the thorn, etc., 344; Pious reflections, 291; Pithy sayings, 233; Purification of the conscience, 368; Remarks on “Welsh Jumping,” 317; Reply to criticisms, 151; Resurrection of our Lord, 345; Satan walking in Dry Places, 177; Saul of Tarsus and his Seven Ships, 332; Seeking the Young Child, 133; Shall prey be taken from the mighty? 197; Their works do follow them, 275; They drank of that rock, etc., 351; Time, 340; Time of reformation, 358; Timepiece, the, 342; Trial of the witnesses, 267; Value of industry, 306; World as a graveyard, 85.
Imagery, use of scriptural, 328.
Imitators, 326.
Improvement, efforts at self-, 44, 45.
Industry, value of, 306.
Inscription, a garden, 257.
Irving, Edward, referred to, 162.
Jack bach, 289.
Johnson, Dr., quoted, 225.
Jones, Catherine, 57.
Jones, Evan, 234; As a preacher, 235; Friendship with Christmas Evans, 235.
Jones of Ramoth, 71, 72.
Jones, Rev. J., and the mysterious horseman, 28–32.
Jones, Thomas, of Glynceiriog, 74; Sermon on Sandemanianism, 75, 76.
Jones, Thomas, referred to, 184.
Journal, reflections in, 291.
Journey, a last, 297.
Justice, satisfaction of divine, 379.
Keble quoted, 274.
“Keep that which thou hast,” 296.
Kilgerran, King Arthur’s castle at, 34.
Language, the Welsh, 6, 7; Characteristics of, 14; Eliezer Williams on the, 16; Proverbial character of, 178, 254; Theological, 315.
Last day, sermon on the, 189.
Lavater, wife of, referred to, 158.
Lewis, William, and Davies of Swansea, 207.
Library, Christmas Evans’s, 67.
Link, a connecting, 305.
“Little men,” the superstition of, 24.
Llandilo, neighbourhood of, 35.
Llandovery, vicar of, 217; vicarage, 219.
Llanfaes, churchyard of, 201.
Llangeitho, Daniel Rowland of, 221.
Llangevni, great Association sermon at, 75.
Lleyn, 53, 54; Christmas Evans at, 55, 61.
Llwynrhydowain, church at, 43, 46.
Loss, the great, 240.
Lucre, a lover of, 116.
Lyttleton, Lord, quoted, 15.
Mabinogion, the, 329.
MacDonald, George, quoted, 72.
Maesyberllan, Christmas Evans at, 54.
Malkin, Mr., quoted, 37.
Man, a self-made, 305.
Man, Christmas Evans as a, 304–321.
“Man of Ross” referred to, 249.
Marry, whom to, 265.
Men, the wise, 133.
Messiah, the, quoted, 76.
Methodism, men evoked by, 231.
Methodist and vicar, 242.
Might, infinite, 272.
Mighty? shall prey be taken from the, 197.
Milman, Dean, quoted, 311.
Mind, character of the Welsh, 259.
Minister, letter to a young, 142; An impudent young, 288.
Miracles, a panorama of, 196, 197.
Minstrel preaching, 327, 328.
Moderator, Christmas as a, 107, 108.
Money, Christmas Evans collecting, 112.
Morgan, Mr. W., on Evans leaving Anglesea, 164; His life of John Elias referred to, 189.
Morris, Caleb, referred to, 38.
Morris, David, 240.
Morris, Ebenezer, 238; Buying a cow, 238; And the oath, 239; As a preacher, 239; An anecdote of, 239; At Wotton-under-Edge, 240; His father, 240.
Mould, the Gospel, 332.
Mynyddbach, David Davies at, 209.
Nature, a lover of, 180.
Neff, Felix, referred to, 121.
Nevern, scenery at, 35.
Nevern, vicar of, quoted, 194.
New, all things become, 365.
New year custom, a, 24, 25.
Nomenclature, Welsh, 34, 35.
Norway, a village church in, 19.
Oath, taking the, 239.
Omniscience, 271.
One-eyed lad, the, 57, 59.
Opportunities, avail yourself of, 143.
Orator, Christmas Evans as an, 313.
Oratory, action in, 194.
Owl, cry of the, 259.
Pantycelyn, Williams of, 167.
Parable, use of, 322.
Parables:—Church an ark among the bulrushes, 337; Misplaced bone, 333; Of the birds, 343; Of the vine, the thorn, etc., 344; Satan walking in dry places, 137; Saul of Tarsus and his seven ships, 332; Seeking the young Child, 133; Stranger knocking at the farmer’s door, 407; Timepiece, 342.
Parr, Dr., quoted, 326.
Parry, Mr., on Williams’s preaching, 180.
Pastors, town, and Christmas Evans, 111, 112.
Penhydd, Shenkin of, 236.
“Pennillion,” singing, 257.
Perkins, Rev. William, 205.
Pigs, ask him the price of, 258.
Pithy sayings, 233.
Poem, a Welsh, 16, 17.
Poetical quotations, 16, 18, 25, 33, 34, 36, 66, 72, 76, 115, 120, 138, 139, 163, 167, 169, 207, 220, 224, 232, 253, 256, 257, 259, 277, 311, 331.
Poverty, and hospitality, a life of, 115, 117.
Prayer, 143; A wayside, 77; A pathetic, 155; Ejaculatory, 172; A first, 173; Power of, 179; Living in an atmosphere of, 195; An old Welsh, 256; faith in, 310.
Prayers, character of some, 179.
Preaching, Welsh, 3, 4; A national characteristic, 5; Character of Welsh, 17; Scenery of Welsh, 21; Cottage, 46; An illustration of Welsh, 60; Allegoric, 90, 91; Value of great, 104; Four methods of, 131; Luminous, 172; Tremendous, 194; Pretty, 316.
Preacher, how to be a good, 12; A breathless, 22; An eloquent Welsh, 60; Hardships of the Welsh, 105; Importance of a blameless life to a, 142; Personal appearance of the, 181; An anonymous, 207; A voluminous, 232; and farmer, 236, 238.
Preachers, Welsh, 4; And Welsh customs, 37; Great Welsh, unknown in England, 166; Peculiar character of old Welsh, 231; Rough and ready, 232; A cluster of Welsh, 248.
Preparation, 359.
Priestly, Dr., epitaph on, 253.
Pritchard, Rees, 217; A drunkard, 218; Singular conversion, 218; Author of the “Welshman’s Candle,” 219.
Promise, an evangelical, 397.
Prosecution, a threat of legal, 155.
Proverb uttering, 233; A Welsh, 263.
Proverbial power of the Welsh language, 178, 254.
Proverbs, Welsh, illustrations of, 255.
Providence, under the special care of, 28.
Pugh, Dr., referred to, 194.
Pugh, Philip, and Daniel Rowlands, 222.
Pulpit, character of the Welsh, 5; Results of, 7; Jeremy Taylor’s, 36; Study appearances in, 142; The quartette of the Welsh, 171; Notes in the, 186; A child in the, 190; Aids to power in the, 325; Use of parable in, 322; Confidence in, 331.
Pwllheli, John Elias at, 195.
Pyer, Rev. John, referred to, 245.
Quarterly Review quoted, 16, 168.
Quartette, a Welsh, 171.
Questions of anxious import, 273.
Racecourse, singular dispersion on a, 196.
Raffles, Dr., and the Graveyard sermon, 82; And Christmas Evans, 92; On William Williams, 183.
Ramoth, Rev. J. R. Jones of, 71, 72.
Ravens’ nests, burning the, 191,192.
Reading, prayer, and temptation, 142.
Redemption, finished, 378.
Rees, Dr., quoted, 40, 170, 202.
Rees, William, referred to, 207.
Reflections, an old man’s pious, 291.
Reformation, the time of, 358.
Remarks, closing, 355.
Resurrection of our Lord, 345; Proof of His Divinity, 345; Proof of the truth of Christianity, 346; Pledge of eternal life, 347.
Resurrection, paid at the, 116.
Rhuddlan fair, 192, 193.
Rhydwilym, John Jones of, 74–76.
Richard bach, 108.
Richards, Dr. William, 250; definition of doctrine, 251.
Richardson of Caernarvon, 190.
Richter, Jean Paul, dead Christ of, 83.
Rob Roy, a Welsh, 18.
Robertson of Brighton referred to, 325.
Rock, drinking at the, 351.
Rowlands, Daniel, 221; And Philip Pugh, 222; Character of his preaching, 225; popularity and usefulness, 226.
Ruskin, John, quoted, 162.
Sabbath-breaker convicted, 193.
Sabbath evening scene, 122.
Saints, Welsh, 34.
“Sair doubts o’ Donald,” 74.
Salary, a small, 63.
Samuel, hope for the son of, 47.
Sandemanian controversy, 70–76.
Sarcasm, Christmas Evans’s power of, 308.
Satan walking in dry places, 137.
Saul of Tarsus and his seven ships, 332.
Scenery influences the mind, 259; Welsh, 17, 18.
Scotchwoman and her pastor, the, 176.
Seeking the young Child, 133.
Sentences, memorable, 312.
Seren Gomer, contributions to, 150, 152.
Sermon, preaching an old, 13; Against Sandemanianism, 75; The Graveyard, 82; A last, 216; A wonderful, 268; “This is my last,” 302; On the Welsh hills, 407.
Sermons, studied and unstudied, 12; Bardic character of Welsh, 12, 13; Value of great, 104; Composition of, 144; Delivery of, 145, 150; Where Welsh preachers composed their, 171; Thoughts on being requested to publish a volume of, 284; Silex scintillaus, 312; Massive, 314; Living in the presence of published, 324; Born in solitude, 225, 226; Characteristics of Christmas Evans’s, 328; Illustrative, 358, 368, 378, 386, 396, 407.
Services, uncertainty of Welsh, 22.
Sheep-stealers and the collection, 113.
Shenkin of Penhydd, 236; His plainness of speech, 237.
“Silver Trumpet of Wales,” the, 170.
Sin, sacrifice for accomplished, 379.
Sin-eater, superstition of the, 23.
Sinai, the ten cannon of, 193.
Singing, Welsh, 20.
Smith, Dr. Pye, “Scripture Testimony to the Messiah,” 282.
Snails, the two, 308.
Son equal to the Father, the, 387; Glorifies the Father, 389.
Song, a prophet of, 212.
Soul and body, 187.
Spider, a Welsh poem on the, 16.
Spirit, a healthy, 161.
St. David, a tradition of, 8.
St. David’s cathedral, 33.
St. Govan, chapel of, 34.
Stephen’s, Rhys, Life of Christmas Evans referred to, 43, 107, 164, 250, 266, 269.
“Stop, Gabriel!” 188.
“Stop! Silence!” 189.
Stranger knocking at the farmer’s door, the, 407.
Streams, Welsh, 18.
Subject, singular mode of illustrating a, 236.
Success, value of, 55.
Sunday schools established in Wales, 228.
Superstitions, Welsh, character of, 26; Corpse candles, 27; Little men in green, 24; Mysterious horseman, 28; Sin-eater, 23.
Swansea, David Davies of, 40, 46, 202; One hundred years since, 208; Christmas Evans at, 300.
Swearer, the, 210.
Taylor, Jeremy, in Wales, 35.
Temptation, 143.
Thinking and living, 21.
Things that are shaking, 363.
Thomas, Timothy, 48; Anecdotes of, 49, 50, 51, 52.
Time, 340.
Timepiece, the, 342,
Tintagel, the Welsh, 34.
Tour, Christmas Evans’s first preaching, 56.
Translations, inadequacy of, 314.
Travelling in Wales, 119, 120, 262.
Trefach, ministry of Davies at, 206.
Trevecca, Howell Harris of, 221.
Triads, the Welsh, 178; Bardic, 254.
Troubles, a wife’s, 115.
Truths, seeing great, 316; Power of great, 317.
Twm Shon Catty’s country, 18.
Uncle, a cruel, 41–42.
Usefulness the aim and end of preaching, 12.
Vaughan, Henry, referred to, 311.
Velinvoel, Christmas Evans at, 51–59.
Vicarage, an old Welsh, 219.
Victory and triumph, the scene of, 361.
“Vocation of the Preacher” referred to, 245.
Voice, the human, 213.
Vortigern, supposed resting-place of, 54.
Vox Humana stop, the, 213.
“Waesome Carl” quoted, the, 72.
Wales, comparatively unknown, 4; Moral and intellectual condition of, 7; Old wild, 32, 33; Travelling in, 119, 120, 262; The Watts of, 167; Singular practice in, 173; A rough time in, 191, 192; The Whitefield and Wesley of, 221; Sunday schools established in, 228; Bibles for, 228; A land of song, 257; A central figure in the religious life of, 304; The Bunyan of, 330.
Wales, wild, preachers of, 217; Rees Pritchard, 217; Howell Harris, 221; Daniel Rowlands, 221; Charles of Bala, 227; ancient preachers characterized, 231; Thomas Rhys Davies, 232; Evan Jones, 234; Shenkin of Penhydd, 236; Ebenezer Morris, 238; David Morris, 240; Thomas Hughes, 241; A cluster of worthies, 248; Dr. Richards, 250; Davies of Castell Hywel, 252.
Walker, wonderful Robert, referred to, 118.
War, season of actual, 360.
Watts of Wales, the, 167.
Welsh religious nature, the, 8, 9; Wrongs of the, 20, 21; Proverbs, 255; Clannish character of the, 260; Jumpers, 317.
Welshman, a monoglot, 174.
“Welshman’s Candle,” 168, 218, 219.
“White world,” the, 15.
Whitefield, George, referred to, 186; his startling apostrophe, 188.
“Wild Wales,” Borrow’s, quoted, 27, 218, 219.
Wilks, Matthew, anecdote of, 186.
Williams, Daniel, 169.
Williams, Evan, 169.
Williams of Pantycelyn, 167; career of, 167, 169.
Williams of Wern, 167, 170; Advice of, 12; Character and power of his preaching, 17, 170; Order of mind, 171; Method of composing his sermons, 171; Illustration of manner, 172; Birth and parentage, 173; Religious conviction, 173; First prayer, 173; Education, 174; settles at Wern, 174; Extent of his pastorate, 175; Harwood, 175; Admiration for Jacob Abbot, 176; Mind and method, 176; Illustration, 177; Proverbial utterances, 178; Prayer, 179; Eloquence, 180; Love of nature, 180, 182; Appearance when preaching, 181; Personal appearance, 181; Dying, 182; His daughter, 182; Death, 183; Dr. Raffles on, 183; Characteristics of his preaching, 183.
Williams, Peter, 169.
Williams, Rev. W., “Welsh Calvinistic Methodism” referred to, 241.
Williams, Rowland, 38.
Williamses, a family of, 167.
Wisdom, divine, 273.
Witnesses, trial of the, 267.
Words, last, 302.
Wordsworth, referred to, 118.
Works, dead, 375.
Works do follow them, their, 275.
Worthies, a cluster of Welsh, 248.
Wotton-under-edge, 240.
Wrong, altogether, 72.
Wyn, Elis, “Sleeping Bard” of, 329.
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