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-This time, we hear the stories...

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-..behind some

-of our most popular hymns.

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-Welcome

-to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.

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-# Soli Deo gloria

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-# Soli Deo gloria

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-# Soli Deo gloria #

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-We'll hear hymns

-inspired by storms and birds...

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-..a hymn composed

-after a visit to Anfield...

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-..and a performance

-from the Colwyn Male Voice Choir.

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-We start in Blaen-y-coed,

-Carmarthenshire...

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-..the home of the poet Elfed.

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-In this first hymn...

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-..he recalls going to a prayer

-meeting with his father after dark.

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-His father held the lamp, turning

-occasionally to check on his son.

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-The son was comforted by seeing

-his father's face in the lamplight.

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-Mae Yn Olau

-Ond Cael Gweld Dy Wyneb Di.

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-The next story comes from Sweden.

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-Poet Carl Boberg was walking home

-in a thunderstorm.

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-The storm dissipated,

-a rainbow appeared...

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-..and he heard the wren singing

-and the church bells ringing.

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-That experience inspired him...

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-..to compose O Store Gud,

-How Great Thou Art.

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-Storms and birds

-have inspired many hymn writers.

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-This next story

-is about Charles Wesley.

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-He was staying in Garth

-near Builth Wells...

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-..at the home

-of his wife-to-be, Sarah.

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-It was a very stormy night.

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-He saw a robin come into the house

-to seek shelter.

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-That sight inspired these words.

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-"Jesus, lover of my soul,

-let me to Thy bosom fly

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-"While the nearer waters roll,

-while the tempest still is high."

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-Next, the Colwyn Male Voice Choir...

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-..sing the words

-of David Charles, Carmarthen...

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-..O Iesu Mawr, Rho D'anian Bur,

-on the melody Deep Harmony.

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-# O Jesus, let Thy spirit bless

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-# This frail one in the wilderness

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-# To guide him through

-the snares of life

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-# On Canaan's way to Thee on high

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-# All grace that through

-Thy Church doth flow

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-# In heaven above and here below

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-# All shall I have,

-all shall be mine

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-# If I but have Thy grace divine

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-# To Thy most holy feet I'll cling

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-# The virtues of Thy blood I'll sing

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-# The cross I'll bear,

-the wave I'll ride

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-# If Thou but with me now abide #

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-The words You'll Never Walk Alone

-are linked with Liverpool FC.

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-But when Sion Aled went to Anfield

-to hear evangelist Billy Graham...

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-..he was inspired

-to compose the words...

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-.."Mae Iesu'n fuddugol,

-a'i bobl gaiff fyw...

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-"..yn fwy na choncwerwyr

-drwy gariad Mab Duw."

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-The Thirty Years War

-in the 17th century...

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-..was one of the most destructive

-wars in European history.

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-This next hymn by Martin Rinkart...

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-..came to the fore

-around the end of that period.

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-It's a hymn of gratitude

-that the war is over.

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-"Now thank we all our God,

-with heart and hands and voices."

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-We end with Ann Griffiths'

-best-known hymn.

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-That was an age when people gathered

-in their homes to hold services.

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-In December 1802,

-John Parry from Chester...

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-..was preaching

-at Dolwar Fach, Ann's home.

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-His theme

-was from the Song Of Solomon.

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-"My beloved is white and ruddy,

-the chiefest among ten thousand."

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-There's reason to believe...

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-..that Ann composed Wele'n Sefyll

-Rhwng Y Myrtwydd after that sermon.

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-We'll leave you with her hymn,

-sung on the hymn tune Cwm Rhondda.

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-Until next time,

-thanks for your company and goodbye.

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