Christmas Evans, the Preacher of Wild Wales: His country, his times, and his contemporariesHood, Edwin Paxton
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Christmas Evans, the Preacher of Wild Wales: His country, his times, and his contemporaries
Hood, Edwin Paxton
Evans, Christmas, 1766-1838
CADWALLADR, David, anecdote of, 191.
Caernarvon, Richardson of, 190; Last days at, 287–303.
Caerphilly, Christmas Evans’s ministry at, 261; Village of, 262; Castle
of, 263; Society at, 281.
Campbell, Dr. John, quoted, 229.
Candles, is the game worth, 160.
Captain, the sceptical, 212.
Castell Hywel, the church of, 43, 46, 204, 205.
Castles, ruined Welsh, 34.
Cedar of God, the, 396.
Chair, Christmas Evans’s, 64.
Chapel, Sabbath morning at a Welsh, 19.
Chapels, character of Welsh, 20.
Charles of Bala, 227; the gift of God to North Wales, 227; Establishes
schools, 228; Introduces Bibles, 228; A real bishop, 229; Modesty of,
229; Dr. Campbell on, 229; as a preacher, 230.
Childhood, a remarkable, 203.
Chorus, a grand musical, 183.
Christ, the blood of, 371; Vicarious sufferings of, 382; Dignity of his
nature, 383; Mediatorial kingdom of, 398; A fruitful tree, 401; A tree of
protection to his people, 402; A source of life and beauty, 403.
Christmas, a custom at, 24.
Christopher’s, Mr., “Hymns and Hymn-writers,” referred to, 168.
Church, the Welsh established, 25; Discipline, 291; An ark among the
bulrushes, 337.
Churches, a bishop over, 106; Troubles with the, 160; An appeal to the,
297.
Cildwrn cottage, the, 64; Life at, 65, 66.
Clergymen, character of Welsh, 25.
Coleridge, quoted, 274.
Compensations, 121.
Congregation, a sheep-stealing, 113; How to catch a, 243.
Conscience, purification of, 368; What is the, 368; A good and evil, 369,
370; A guilty, 369; A despairing, 370; A dark and hardened, 370.
Consonants, Welsh, 16.
Controversy, the Sandemanian, 70–76.
Conversations, 299.
Conversion, a singular, 218.
Conviction, the hour of religious, 173.
“Corner-stone,” Abbot’s, referred to, 176, 180.
Cottage preaching, 46.
Cough away! 233.
Covenant with God, a, 78; A second, 277; The old, 364.
Cow, buying a, 238.
Creeds and sects, contests of Christian, 177.
Customs, singular Welsh:—Burning the ravens’ nests, 191, 192; Delinquent
and public opinion, 23, 24; Funeral, a, 37; New Year’s, 24, 25;
Sin-eater, the, 23.
* * * * *
DARKNESS, conquest of the powers of, 380.
David, sit down, 108.
Davies of Swansea, 40; Character as a preacher, 202; Birth and parentage,
203; A self-made man, 203; Childhood, 203; Marriage, 204; Unites in
Church fellowship, 204; And Christmas Evans, 204; Religious convictions,
205; First sermon, 206; Ministry at Trefach, 206; Preaching at Denbigh,
207; Settles at Swansea, 208; Reforms the neighbourhood, 209; His
wonderful voice, 209; And the butchers, 210; Dealing with young
offenders, 210; And the sceptical captain, 212; A prophet of song, 212;
Popularity at Association Meetings, 214; A hymn-writer, 215; Last sermon,
216; Death and funeral, 216.
Davies, J. P., and Christmas Evans, 281.
Davies, the Rev. David, 44, 204, 252; Epigrams of, 253.
Davies, Thomas Rhys, 232; Character of his preaching, 233; Pithy sayings,
233.
Dawson, Billy, 110.
Days, dark, 155.
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