Llanymddyfri 2 Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol
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-300 years ago, William Williams, -one of our greatest hymn-writers... | 0:00:00 | 0:00:05 | |
-..was born at Cefn-coed farm -across the hills behind me. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
-Welcome to -Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
-# Soli Deo gloria | 0:00:15 | 0:00:19 | |
-# Soli Deo gloria | 0:00:19 | 0:00:24 | |
-# Soli Deo gloria # | 0:00:27 | 0:00:32 | |
-During the programme, -we'll remember William Williams. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
-Our congregation -are in Llanfair-ar-y-bryn church. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
-We'll meet an expert on Williams -and his work, Professor Wyn James. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:57 | |
-Before we meet Wyn, -let's sing our first hymn. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
-Phillip Watkins is the conductor -and Elaine Robbins is the organist. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
-We begin with -O Llefara Addfwyn Iesu. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
-I've already mentioned -that Williams was born in Cefn-coed. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:37 | |
-However, he is mostly associated -with this farm, Pantycelyn. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:41 | |
-He spent most of his life here. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
-He moved here with his mother... | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
-..after his father died -when he was 25 years old. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:50 | |
-He lived here, -with his mother first... | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
-..and then his wife, and raised -a family, eight children in total. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:57 | |
-He lived and died in Pantycelyn. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:00 | |
-Williams was sent to -Llwynllwyd Institute of Education... | 0:06:02 | 0:06:07 | |
-..a school near Talgarth. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
-One morning, -when he was 20 years old... | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
-..Williams was passing -the graveyard of Talgarth church... | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
-..and Howell Harris -was preaching in the graveyard. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
-Harris had recently experienced -a conversion to Methodism. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:27 | |
-Williams once famously wrote -in one of his hymns... | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
-.."This is the morning -I'll never forget." | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
-He was captivated -by the words of Howell Harris. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
-It was a major turning point -in Williams' life. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:40 | |
-He went to the academy with -the intention of becoming a doctor. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
-Because of the -religious conversion... | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
-..he experienced -after listening to Harris... | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
-..he decided to become -a shepherd of souls. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
-William Williams -used to go across Wales to preach. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
-Oh, yes, he mentions his journey -along mountains and slopes. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:02 | |
-He was an experienced walker -across darkened, misty hills... | 0:10:02 | 0:10:07 | |
-..the length and breadth of Wales. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
-He said himself, -towards the end of his life... | 0:10:10 | 0:10:13 | |
-..he wrote a letter to Thomas -Charles ten days before he died... | 0:10:13 | 0:10:18 | |
-..saying he could only walk -around 40ft across the room... | 0:10:18 | 0:10:24 | |
-..after a lifetime of 50 years... | 0:10:24 | 0:10:28 | |
-..travelling over 3,000 miles -on horseback. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
-Next, a performance. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:34 | |
-Here are Y Tri Bariton to -perform Pererin Wyf Mewn Anial Dir. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
-# A pilgrim am I in a desert land | 0:10:49 | 0:10:58 | |
-# Wandering hither and yon | 0:10:58 | 0:11:07 | |
-# And in a kind of hope every hour | 0:11:07 | 0:11:16 | |
-# That my Father's house is at hand | 0:11:17 | 0:11:24 | |
-# And I shall most likely hear | 0:11:26 | 0:11:35 | |
-# Some heavenly sound before me | 0:11:35 | 0:11:44 | |
-# Having overcome and gone through | 0:11:44 | 0:11:54 | |
-# Tempests of water and fire | 0:11:54 | 0:12:03 | |
-# Come, Holy Spirit, widen the way | 0:12:13 | 0:12:22 | |
-# Be to me cloud and fire | 0:12:22 | 0:12:31 | |
-# I will not walk correctly -half a step | 0:12:31 | 0:12:40 | |
-# Except thou be before me | 0:12:41 | 0:12:48 | |
-# I veer at times to the right | 0:12:50 | 0:12:59 | |
-# And to the left hand too | 0:13:00 | 0:13:09 | |
-# Therefore lead me, step by step | 0:13:09 | 0:13:18 | |
-# To the paradise yonder | 0:13:19 | 0:13:27 | |
-# I have a longing for the land | 0:13:38 | 0:13:47 | |
-# Where multitudes without number | 0:13:47 | 0:13:56 | |
-# Are singing the anthem -the days of their age | 0:13:56 | 0:14:05 | |
-# About the death of Calvary | 0:14:05 | 0:14:14 | |
-# About the death of Calvary # | 0:14:15 | 0:14:27 | |
-William Williams is remembered -as a hymn-writer. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:39 | |
-He is considered the father -of the Welsh congregational hymn. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
-Very little hymn singing took place -before the Methodist Revival. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:48 | |
-With the Revival, people -experienced religious conversion... | 0:14:48 | 0:14:53 | |
-..and new and different -spiritual feelings. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:59 | |
-They began to rejoice -in this salvation... | 0:14:59 | 0:15:03 | |
-..and wanted to express -their feelings in song. | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
-The Methodist leaders -started to form hymns... | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
-..to express these experiences. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
-They didn't have -the literary ability to do so... | 0:15:14 | 0:15:18 | |
-..but they transferred experiences, -beliefs and desires into song. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:24 | |
-Methodist fellowship meetings -started with singing. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:28 | |
-Hymns were required -for these meetings. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
-Many tried their hand -at writing hymns. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:38 | |
-Howell Harris and Daniel Rowland -wrote hymns, along with others... | 0:15:38 | 0:15:42 | |
-..but soon, Williams Pantycelyn -came to the fore... | 0:15:43 | 0:15:48 | |
-..as the one with the talent. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
-Howell Harris once said, -"The hymn is Will's." | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
-From then on, -he became a prolific hymn-writer. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
-He started writing hymns -in his 20s... | 0:15:58 | 0:16:02 | |
-..and continued to write -until his death. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
-We're standing next to Williams' -grave, in Llanfair-ar-y-bryn. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
-It must have been some funeral. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:18 | |
-It was a significant funeral. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:21 | |
-Williams Pantycelyn was such -an influential character... | 0:18:21 | 0:18:25 | |
-..in the Methodist movement. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
-Thousands experienced a religious -conversion because of his influence. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:33 | |
-He was one of the last of the -first group of Methodist leaders... | 0:18:34 | 0:18:38 | |
-..to pass away and was buried -on Llanfair-ar-y-bryn. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
-How would you sum up the life, -the work and legacy of Pantycelyn? | 0:18:43 | 0:18:48 | |
-It's almost impossible to do so -in a matter of a few sentences. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:52 | |
-When you think of all the Welsh -people who've sung his hymns... | 0:18:53 | 0:19:00 | |
-..I would argue -that he had the most influence... | 0:19:00 | 0:19:05 | |
-..on the outlook and mind-set -of the Welsh nation. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:09 | |
-We have many popular poets, -hymn-writers and singers... | 0:19:09 | 0:19:15 | |
-..but everywhere in Wales, -every week... | 0:19:16 | 0:19:19 | |
-..words by Williams Pantycelyn -are sung. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
-His emphasis on the individual and -the importance of the individual... | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
-..in the long term, promoted the -radicalism that typified Wales... | 0:19:28 | 0:19:33 | |
-..from the end -of the eighteenth century onwards. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
-He was very influential -in numerous ways. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
-Wyn James, which hymn -have you chosen as our final hymn? | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
-Mi Dafla' 'Maich Oddi Ar Fy Ngwar. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
-It's one of Pantycelyn's -finest lyrics. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
-It encompasses everything. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
-It begins with him suffering -under the weight of sin. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
-As he did many times... | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
-..Pantycelyn introduces the Cross -in the middle verse. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
-At the end, -he's in Heaven with Jesus... | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
-..surveying the surrounding beauty. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:10 | |
-It encompasses everything -about Pantycelyn's hymns. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
-S4C Subtitles by Adnod Cyf. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 |