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Ieuan Glan Geirionydd

1795 - 1855 Person Name: Ieuan Glan Geirionydd. (1795-1855) Hymnal Number: 6a Author of "At Un a wrendy weddi'r gwan" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Bardic name: Ieuan Glan Geiriondd, born Evan Evans, ============== Evans, Evan. [Glangeirionydd.] Born at Trefriw in Caernarvonshire. He is considered the chief Welsh Hymn-writer of this century, as Williams was of the last century. He published two books of hymns and tunes between 1829 and 1841. He was Vicar of Rhyl, and died in 1850. Although his hymn-books and tunes are not in use now, yet many of his hymns are found in every collection in Wales. [Rev. W. Glanffrwd Thomas] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. T. Rees

1857 - 1949 Person Name: J. T. Rees, Mus. Bac. (1857-1949) Hymnal Number: 26b Composer of "PENPARK" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems

Pantycelyn

Person Name: Pantycelyn. (1716-1791) Hymnal Number: 3 Author (stanzas 1-3) of "Cymer, Iesu, fi fel 'r ydwyf (Take me as I am, O Saviour)" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems See Williams, William, 1717-1791

L. J. Roberts

1866 - 1931 Hymnal Number: 68b Composer of "BYDD CANU YN Y NEFOEDD (SYCHU DAGRAU)" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems

David William

1720 - 1794 Person Name: Dafydd William, Llandeilo Fach. Hymnal Number: 11a Author (stanza 1) of "Yn y dyfroedd mawr a'r tonnau " in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems Also Dafydd William.

Aneirin Talfan Davies

1909 - 1980 Hymnal Number: 109 English Translation of "Tydi, a roddaist liwi'r wawr (O Thou that gave the magic dawn)" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems

David Charles

1762 - 1834 Person Name: David Charles. (1762-1834) Hymnal Number: 38a Author of "Cawn esgyn o'r dyrys anialwch" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems David Charles (1762–1834), Caerfyrddin: Diwinydd, Pregethwr, Emynydd. (ORCA - Online Research @Cardiff, Cardiff University) Father of David Charles, 1803-1880.

John Elias

1774 - 1841 Person Name: John Elias (1774-1841) Hymnal Number: 26a Author of "Ai am fy meiau i" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems John Elias was a Christian preacher in Wales in the first half of the 19th century, as part of the Welsh Methodist revival. His preaching was noted as being exceptionally powerful, "as if talking fire down from heaven". On one occasion it is said he preached to a crowd of 10,000 people. He was a strict High-Calvinist who believed in the literal truth of the Bible. At one stage he argued strongly for the controversial doctrine of Elected Salvation, meaning that salvation was pre-ordained for a select few. He came to be known as Y Pab Methodistaidd in Welsh (The Methodist Pope) because of his forthright views. Despite his wide interests, he was a religious conservative who opposed all forms of political Radicalism as well as the assertion, popular at the time amongst Nonconformists in Wales, that "the voice of the people was the voice of God". John Elias was born at Abererch near Pwllheli on 6 May 1774 as John Jones. For much of his early life he was brought up by his grandfather, and possessed the rare ability at the time to read both Welsh and English from an early age. He was able to read the Welsh Bible when between four and five years old. On Sundays they attended the parish church in the morning, and in the afternoon they would walk long distances together in order to hear some of the Methodist Revivalists. The religious impressions of his younger days were deepened by a visit to Bala Association or Synod in 1792. The preaching there persuaded Elias to become further involved in the Christian faith. He left home and stayed with Griffith Jones at Penmorfa, Caernarvon, a weaver by trade and also a local preacher. Some weeks before being received into church-fellowship, he conducted family prayers during the absence from home of his master. The news of this spread abroad and caused a stir in the religious circles of the neighbourhood. They marvelled that he should pray in public. Griffith Jones commented - "His penetration and importunity in his prayers made us all marvel greatly." "A day to remember," he wrote, "was that one day - Christmas Day in the year 1794 - when I was received a member of the Monthly Meeting, and permission was given me to preach the Gospel of Christ. I was then only twenty years and six months old, and only one year and three months old as professor of religion." His progress as a preacher was very rapid. He proved himself to be a gifted young man, a born speaker. His passion also for work was intense. With all his might he laboured night and day in order to make amends for what was lacking in former days. He was received into the Caernarvonshire Presbytery of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists at Christmas 1794. Soon after New Year's Day 1799 he moved to Anglesey. On 22 February he married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Broadhead of Llanbadrig, Anglesey. The couple were happy, loving and deeply sympathetic with one another, they enjoyed a life of sweet companionship for over twenty-nine years, until her death on 2 April 1828. They had four children; two of them died in infancy and two survived their father. In 1830 following his second marriage he moved to Llangefni, where he lived until the day of his death, 8 June 1841. He is buried at Llanfaes Churchyard. A celebrated clergyman of the Church of England wrote in his diary,--"To-day, June 15, was buried the greatest preacher in Wales, and, perhaps, the greatest in the kingdom. May the Lord have mercy upon his church, and favour her again with such a minister as Elias was, like a flaming seraph in the pulpit." 10000 people are estimated to have attended his funeral. John Elias was the author of numerous works in Welsh, all on a theological or doctrinal theme. He contributed regularly to the early Calvinistic Methodist periodical Y Drysorfa and wrote an autobiography, which was published long after his death. His most influential works in his day were Traethawd ar y Saboth (1804) and Golygiad Ysgrythurol ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur (1821). --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Thomas Rowland Hughes

1903 - 1949 Person Name: T. Rowland Hughes Hymnal Number: 109 Welsh Words of "Tydi, a roddaist liwi'r wawr (O Thou that gave the magic dawn)" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems

William Howells

Person Name: W. Howells Hymnal Number: 37a Translator of "Marchog, Iesu, yn llwyddiannus (Onward march, all-conquering Jesus)" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems