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0:00:00 > 0:00:03- This time, - we'll hear the stories...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- ..behind some - of our most popular hymns.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09- Welcome - to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:15 > 0:00:20- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:23 > 0:00:28- # Soli Deo gloria #
0:00:39 > 0:00:44- We hear about hymns written - after sad personal experiences...
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- ..hymns used to silence - an antagonistic crowd...
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- ..and a hymn written by an author - suffering from toothache.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- There's also a performance - from Ceri Haf Roberts.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- We start with a metrical psalm - by Edmwnd Prys.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05- Both the church and nonconformists - used them during their services.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- There is a story from 1743 - about Lewis Rees, Llanbrynmair...
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- ..preaching in the open air - in Penmynydd on Anglesey...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- ..when an unruly mob - disturbed the meeting.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Then the preacher - introduced the next hymn.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24- Disgwyliaf O'r Mynyddoedd Draw - Ble Daw I'm Help Wyllysgar?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- The mob got quite a shock...
0:01:26 > 0:01:30- ..thinking that he'd called for help - from armed men from Snowdonia.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34- They quietened down, - and Lewis Rees was able to continue.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Next, a translation - of a hymn by William Cowper...
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- ..who suffered terribly - with mental illness.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- When his suicide attempt - was thwarted...
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- ..he wrote God Moves - In A Mysterious Way.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- It was translated by Lewis Edwards.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- Trwy Ddirgel Ffyrdd Mae'r Uchel Ior - Yn Dwyn Ei Waith I Ben.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05- We've already heard about a preacher - being persecuted on Anglesey.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- This story also took place there.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12- William Williams, Pantycelyn, - was preaching in Llangefni.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- An angry crowd gathered.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- To calm them down, - he asked his wife, Mali...
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- ..to sing the last verse - of this next hymn.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Cymer, Iesu, Fi Fel 'Rydwyf.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24- Her performance restored the peace.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- Singer Ceri Haf Roberts - is from Henllan near Denbigh.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- She's now studying - at Cardiff University.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00- Here she is to perform - the Negro spiritual Rho Im Iesu.
0:09:10 > 0:09:17- # In the morning, when I rise
0:09:18 > 0:09:24- # In the morning, when I rise
0:09:24 > 0:09:31- # In the morning, when I rise
0:09:31 > 0:09:38- # Give me Jesus
0:09:38 > 0:09:44- # Give me Jesus
0:09:45 > 0:09:50- # Give me Jesus
0:09:51 > 0:09:58- # You can have all this world
0:09:59 > 0:10:07- # Just give me Jesus
0:10:13 > 0:10:20- # When I am alone
0:10:20 > 0:10:27- # When I am alone
0:10:27 > 0:10:33- # When I am alone
0:10:34 > 0:10:41- # Give me Jesus
0:10:41 > 0:10:47- # Give me Jesus
0:10:48 > 0:10:54- # Give me Jesus
0:10:54 > 0:11:03- # You can have all this world
0:11:03 > 0:11:11- # Just give me Jesus
0:11:19 > 0:11:28- # When I come to die
0:11:28 > 0:11:35- # When I come to die
0:11:35 > 0:11:42- # When I come to die
0:11:44 > 0:11:53- # Give me Jesus
0:11:54 > 0:12:01- # Give me Jesus
0:12:01 > 0:12:07- # Give me Jesus
0:12:08 > 0:12:17- # You can have all this world
0:12:18 > 0:12:30- # Just give me Jesus #
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- J G Moelwyn Hughes was a clerk...
0:12:36 > 0:12:41- ..for solicitors William and David - Lloyd George in Porthmadog.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45- One day, - musician Llew Madog called by...
0:12:45 > 0:12:50- ..seeking words for Tyddyn Llwyn, - his brand-new hymn tune.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54- One Sunday, - Moelwyn had a terrible toothache.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Instead of going to chapel, - he opened his Bible...
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- ..and saw the words - Pwy A'm Dwg I'r Ddinas Gadarn.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- In no time, a hymn was written.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- During his life, Eben Fardd - suffered many bereavements.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- His reaction to those storms - is encapsulated in this hymn.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- Over a period - of five and a half years...
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- ..he lost his wife, two daughters, - his grandson and his son.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26- In the hymn, he refers to adversity, - distress and life's fickle waves...
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- ..but that leaning on Jesus - bears the whole burden.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- The end of the Napoleonic wars...
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- ..was a time - of economic uncertainty in Britain.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- David Charles, - the author of the final hymn...
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- .owned a rope-making factory - in Carmarthen.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- It's thought that he wrote this hymn - after it burnt to the ground.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Rhagluniaeth Fawr Y Nef - Mor Rhyfedd Yw...
0:20:17 > 0:20:19- ..sung to the hymn-tune Builth.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- I hope you enjoyed - the stories and the singing.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24- Until next time, goodbye.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06- .