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-This time,

-we'll 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 hear about hymns written

-after sad personal experiences...

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-..hymns used to silence

-an antagonistic crowd...

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-..and a hymn written by an author

-suffering from toothache.

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-There's also a performance

-from Ceri Haf Roberts.

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-We start with a metrical psalm

-by Edmwnd Prys.

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-Both the church and nonconformists

-used them during their services.

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-There is a story from 1743

-about Lewis Rees, Llanbrynmair...

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-..preaching in the open air

-in Penmynydd on Anglesey...

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-..when an unruly mob

-disturbed the meeting.

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-Then the preacher

-introduced the next hymn.

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-Disgwyliaf O'r Mynyddoedd Draw

-Ble Daw I'm Help Wyllysgar?

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-The mob got quite a shock...

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-..thinking that he'd called for help

-from armed men from Snowdonia.

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-They quietened down,

-and Lewis Rees was able to continue.

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-Next, a translation

-of a hymn by William Cowper...

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-..who suffered terribly

-with mental illness.

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-When his suicide attempt

-was thwarted...

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-..he wrote God Moves

-In A Mysterious Way.

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-It was translated by Lewis Edwards.

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-Trwy Ddirgel Ffyrdd Mae'r Uchel Ior

-Yn Dwyn Ei Waith I Ben.

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-We've already heard about a preacher

-being persecuted on Anglesey.

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-This story also took place there.

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-William Williams, Pantycelyn,

-was preaching in Llangefni.

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-An angry crowd gathered.

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-To calm them down,

-he asked his wife, Mali...

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-..to sing the last verse

-of this next hymn.

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-Cymer, Iesu, Fi Fel 'Rydwyf.

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-Her performance restored the peace.

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-Singer Ceri Haf Roberts

-is from Henllan near Denbigh.

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-She's now studying

-at Cardiff University.

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-Here she is to perform

-the Negro spiritual Rho Im Iesu.

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-# In the morning, when I rise

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-# In the morning, when I rise

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-# In the morning, when I rise

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# You can have all this world

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-# Just give me Jesus

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-# When I am alone

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-# When I am alone

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-# When I am alone

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# You can have all this world

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-# Just give me Jesus

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-# When I come to die

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-# When I come to die

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-# When I come to die

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# Give me Jesus

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-# You can have all this world

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-# Just give me Jesus #

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-J G Moelwyn Hughes was a clerk...

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-..for solicitors William and David

-Lloyd George in Porthmadog.

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-One day,

-musician Llew Madog called by...

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-..seeking words for Tyddyn Llwyn,

-his brand-new hymn tune.

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-One Sunday,

-Moelwyn had a terrible toothache.

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-Instead of going to chapel,

-he opened his Bible...

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-..and saw the words

-Pwy A'm Dwg I'r Ddinas Gadarn.

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-In no time, a hymn was written.

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-During his life, Eben Fardd

-suffered many bereavements.

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-His reaction to those storms

-is encapsulated in this hymn.

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-Over a period

-of five and a half years...

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-..he lost his wife, two daughters,

-his grandson and his son.

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-In the hymn, he refers to adversity,

-distress and life's fickle waves...

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-..but that leaning on Jesus

-bears the whole burden.

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-The end of the Napoleonic wars...

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-..was a time

-of economic uncertainty in Britain.

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-David Charles,

-the author of the final hymn...

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-.owned a rope-making factory

-in Carmarthen.

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-It's thought that he wrote this hymn

-after it burnt to the ground.

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-Rhagluniaeth Fawr Y Nef

-Mor Rhyfedd Yw...

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-..sung to the hymn-tune Builth.

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-I hope you enjoyed

-the stories and the singing.

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-Until next time, goodbye.

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