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0:00:00 > 0:00:02- From Hyfrydle Chapel, Holyhead...
0:00:02 > 0:00:07- ..at a service to proclaim the 2017 - Anglesey National Eisteddfod...
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- ..welcome - to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:16 > 0:00:21- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:24 > 0:00:29- # Soli Deo gloria #
0:00:41 > 0:00:46- It seems there are at least five - places called Llanfair on Anglesey.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- Llanfairpwll may be - the best-known...
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- ..but the most romantic-sounding - is Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- It's the birthplace - of poet Goronwy Owen...
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- ..and he was a curate there - before he went to America.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05- Another local character, Mair - Mathafarn, wrote our first hymn.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- She was one of the pillars - of Eisteddfod Mon over the years.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- She was also a faithful member - at Soar Chapel, Rhos-fawr.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18- It was on the wall of that chapel - that this peace hymn was first seen.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- "Arglwydd, cofia blant y gwledydd - sydd dan ormes heddiw'n byw."
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- The hymn tune is Blaenwern.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- The executive committee - of Eisteddfod Mon 1992...
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- ..commissioned Dewi Jones - to write a hymn...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- ..for the hymn tune composition - competition.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- The words show - that it's possible...
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- ..to devote all aspects of life - to the singing of praise...
0:04:29 > 0:04:35- ..as emphasized by the - closing phrases of each verse.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- The hymn tune is Blaencefn.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- Edward Cefni Jones - lived to be a hundred years old.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- He started preaching as a young man - at Pisgah Chapel, Rhostrehwfa.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- At the time, he was - an apprentice carpenter...
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- ..before attending - the Baptist College in Bangor...
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- ..and embarking on a long career - as a preacher.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- His works are still sung regularly.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- No Christmas would be complete...
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- ..without singing his translation - of Away In A Manger...
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- ..as well as this next hymn, - a very familiar resurrection hymn.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- "Pan oedd Iesu dan yr hoelion."
0:07:55 > 0:08:00- The tune is Coedmor by Dic Jones, - originally from Morriston.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Next, a performance - by two of the island's choirs...
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- ..who have united - especially for this occasion.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10- Performing Ai Am Fy Meiau I, - Cor Esceifiog and Adlais.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27- # Ai am fy meiau i
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- # Dioddefodd Iesu mawr
0:12:32 > 0:12:37- # Pan ddaeth yng ngrym ei gariad ef
0:12:37 > 0:12:43- # O entrych nef i lawr?
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- # Cyflawnai'r gyfraith bur
0:12:52 > 0:12:56- # Cyfiawnder gafodd Iawn
0:12:57 > 0:13:03- # A'r ddyled fawr, er cymaint oedd
0:13:03 > 0:13:08- # A dalodd ef yn llawn
0:13:12 > 0:13:17- # Dioddefodd angau loes
0:13:17 > 0:13:22- # Yn ufudd ar y bryn
0:13:22 > 0:13:28- # A'i waed a ylch y galon ddu
0:13:28 > 0:13:34- # Yn lan fel eira gwyn
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- # Bu'n angau i'n hangau ni
0:13:40 > 0:13:44- # Wrth farw ar y pren
0:13:44 > 0:13:50- # A thrwy ei waed y dygir llu
0:13:51 > 0:13:56- # Drwy angau, i'r nefoedd wen
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- # Pan grymodd ef ei ben
0:14:02 > 0:14:06- # Wrth farw yn ein lle
0:14:07 > 0:14:12- # Agorodd ffordd, pan rwygai'r llen
0:14:13 > 0:14:18- # I bur drigfannau'r ne'
0:14:20 > 0:14:25- # Gorchfygodd uffern ddu
0:14:25 > 0:14:31- # Gwnaeth ben y sarff yn friw
0:14:32 > 0:14:38- # O'r carchar caeth y dygir llu
0:14:38 > 0:14:43- # Drwy ras, i deulu Duw
0:14:44 > 0:14:50- # Gorchfygodd uffern ddu
0:14:51 > 0:14:56- # Gwnaeth ben y sarff yn friw
0:14:57 > 0:15:03- # O'r carchar caeth y dygir llu
0:15:03 > 0:15:10- # Drwy ras, i deulu Duw
0:15:10 > 0:15:21- # Drwy ras, i deulu Duw #
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- John Roberts, Llanfwrog - didn't want to be remembered...
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- ..as a poet or hymn writer - but as a preacher.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36- His preaching notes are kept at - the National Library in Aberystwyth.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Over 500 small cards, - with very careful notes.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45- Had he only written this next hymn, - he would be considered...
0:15:45 > 0:15:49- ..one of the 20th century's - greatest Welsh hymn writers.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- This is a hymn - with which we can all identify.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- "Pan fwyf yn teimlo'n unig lawer awr
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- "Heb un cydymaith - ar hyd llwybrau'r llawr."
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- We'll sing the last verse - in a powerful unison, please...
0:16:03 > 0:16:08- ..to convey the certainty - evoked in the final phrase.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- This afternoon, I visited the grave - of Samuel Jonathan Griffith...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- ..at Maeshyfryd cemetery - here in Holyhead.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- We know him, of course, - by his bardic name, Morswyn.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- The local Welsh-medium school - is also named after him.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- Even though his gravestone notes - that he was 50 years old...
0:20:00 > 0:20:03- ..he was actually - only 43 years old...
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- ..when he dropped dead - on the street in Holyhead.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Some newspapers reported - that he was struck by lightning...
0:20:11 > 0:20:14- ..but apparently, - that wasn't what happened.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19- Morswyn's famous hymn about Craig - Yr Oesoedd is often compared...
0:20:19 > 0:20:23- ..with the English hymn - Rock Of Ages by Augustus Toplady.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- But Toplady's rock was on land...
0:20:27 > 0:20:32- ..and Morswyn's rock was in the sea, - near Porth Dafarch.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- When he mentions cruel storms - in the second verse...
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- ..little did he know - that he and his wife...
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- ..would lose two young children - shortly afterwards.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47- Sadly, - because of his premature death...
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- ..Morswyn didn't live - to hear his immortal hymn...
0:20:51 > 0:20:55- ..being sung to the tune - of In Memoriam by Caradog Roberts.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- It's such a perfect combination.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- That's our final hymn tonight. - In Memoriam, Craig Yr Oesoedd.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf.
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