Sabbath-breakerconvicted, 193.
Sabbath evening scene, 122.
Saints, Welsh, 34.
“Sair doubts o’ Donald,” 74.
Salary, a small, 63.
Samuel, hope for the son of, 47.
Sandemanian controversy, 70–76.
Sarcasm, Christmas Evans’s power of, 308.
Satan walking in dry places, 137.
Saul of Tarsus and his seven ships, 332.
Scenery influences the mind, 259; Welsh, 17, 18.
Scotchwoman and her pastor, the, 176.
Seeking the young Child, 133.
Sentences, memorable, 312.
Seren Gomer, contributions to, 150, 152.
Sermon, preaching an old, 13; Against Sandemanianism, 75; The Graveyard, 82; A last, 216; A wonderful, 268; “This is my last,” 302; On the Welsh hills, 407.
Sermons, studied and unstudied, 12; Bardic character of Welsh, 12, 13; Value of great, 104; Composition of, 144; Delivery of, 145, 150; Where Welsh preachers composed their, 171; Thoughts on being requested to publish a volume of, 284;Silex scintillaus, 312; Massive, 314; Living in the presence of published, 324; Born in solitude, 225, 226; Characteristics of Christmas Evans’s, 328; Illustrative, 358, 368, 378, 386, 396, 407.
Services, uncertainty of Welsh, 22.
Sheep-stealers and the collection, 113.
Shenkin of Penhydd, 236; His plainness of speech, 237.
“Silver Trumpet of Wales,” the, 170.
Sin, sacrifice for accomplished, 379.
Sin-eater, superstition of the, 23.
Sinai, the ten cannon of, 193.
Singing, Welsh, 20.
“Sleeping Bard,” the, 329.
Smith, Dr. Pye, “Scripture Testimony to the Messiah,” 282.
Snails, the two, 308.
Son equal to the Father, the, 387; Glorifies the Father, 389.
Song, a prophet of, 212.
Soul and body, 187.
Spider, a Welsh poem on the, 16.
Spirit, a healthy, 161.
St. David, a tradition of, 8.
St. David’s cathedral, 33.
St. Govan, chapel of, 34.
Stephen’s, Rhys, Life of Christmas Evans referred to, 43, 107, 164, 250, 266, 269.
“Stop, Gabriel!” 188.
“Stop! Silence!” 189.
Stranger knocking at the farmer’s door, the, 407.
Streams, Welsh, 18.
Subject, singular mode of illustrating a, 236.
Success, value of, 55.
Sunday schools established in Wales, 228.
Superstitions, Welsh, character of, 26; Corpse candles, 27; Little men in green, 24; Mysterious horseman, 28; Sin-eater, 23.
Swansea, David Davies of, 40, 46, 202; One hundred years since, 208; Christmas Evans at, 300.
Swearer, the, 210.
Taylor,Jeremy, in Wales, 35.
Temptation, 143.
Thinking and living, 21.
Things that are shaking, 363.
Thomas, Timothy, 48; Anecdotes of, 49, 50, 51, 52.
Time, 340.
Timepiece, the, 342,
Tintagel, the Welsh, 34.
Tour, Christmas Evans’s first preaching, 56.
Translations, inadequacy of, 314.
Travelling in Wales, 119, 120, 262.
Trefach, ministry of Davies at, 206.
Trevecca, Howell Harris of, 221.
Triads, the Welsh, 178; Bardic, 254.
Troubles, a wife’s, 115.
Truths, seeing great, 316; Power of great, 317.
Twm Shon Catty’s country, 18.
Uncle, a cruel, 41–42.
Usefulness the aim and end of preaching, 12.
Vaughan, Henry, referred to, 311.
Velinvoel, Christmas Evans at, 51–59.
Vicarage, an old Welsh, 219.
Victory and triumph, the scene of, 361.
“Vocation of the Preacher” referred to, 245.
Voice, the human, 213.
Vortigern, supposed resting-place of, 54.
Vox Humanastop, the, 213.
“Waesome Carl” quoted, the, 72.
Wales, comparatively unknown, 4; Moral and intellectual condition of, 7; Old wild, 32, 33; Travelling in, 119, 120, 262; The Watts of, 167; Singular practice in, 173; A rough time in, 191, 192; The Whitefield and Wesley of, 221; Sunday schools established in, 228; Bibles for, 228; A land of song, 257; A central figure in the religious life of, 304; The Bunyan of, 330.
Wales, wild, preachers of, 217; Rees Pritchard, 217; Howell Harris, 221; Daniel Rowlands, 221; Charles of Bala, 227; ancient preachers characterized, 231; Thomas Rhys Davies, 232; Evan Jones, 234; Shenkin of Penhydd, 236; Ebenezer Morris, 238; David Morris, 240; Thomas Hughes, 241; A cluster of worthies, 248; Dr. Richards, 250; Davies of Castell Hywel, 252.
Walker, wonderful Robert, referred to, 118.
War, season of actual, 360.
Watts of Wales, the, 167.
Wayfaring, 119.
Welsh religious nature, the, 8, 9; Wrongs of the, 20, 21; Proverbs, 255; Clannish character of the, 260; Jumpers, 317.
Welshman, a monoglot, 174.
“Welshman’s Candle,” 168, 218, 219.
“White world,” the, 15.
Whitefield, George, referred to, 186; his startling apostrophe, 188.
“Wild Wales,” Borrow’s, quoted, 27, 218, 219.
Wilks, Matthew, anecdote of, 186.
Williams, Daniel, 169.
Williams, Evan, 169.
Williams of Pantycelyn, 167; career of, 167, 169.
Williams of Wern, 167, 170; Advice of, 12; Character and power of his preaching, 17, 170; Order of mind, 171; Method of composing his sermons, 171; Illustration of manner, 172; Birth and parentage, 173; Religious conviction, 173; First prayer, 173; Education, 174; settles at Wern, 174; Extent of his pastorate, 175; Harwood, 175; Admiration for Jacob Abbot, 176; Mind and method, 176; Illustration, 177; Proverbial utterances, 178; Prayer, 179; Eloquence, 180; Love of nature, 180, 182; Appearance when preaching, 181; Personal appearance, 181; Dying, 182; His daughter, 182; Death, 183; Dr. Raffles on, 183; Characteristics of his preaching, 183.
Williams, Peter, 169.
Williams, Rev. W., “Welsh Calvinistic Methodism” referred to, 241.
Williams, Rowland, 38.
Williamses, a family of, 167.
Wisdom, divine, 273.
Witnesses, trial of the, 267.
Words, last, 302.
Wordsworth, referred to, 118.
Works, dead, 375.
Works do follow them, their, 275.
Worthies, a cluster of Welsh, 248.
Wotton-under-edge, 240.
Wrong, altogether, 72.
Wyn, Elis, “Sleeping Bard” of, 329.
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[23]See Note at end of Chapter,page39.
[410]Bachis a Welsh term of affection.