Tag: Welsh chapel history

• William Williams Pantycelyn (1717–1791), The Voice of the Welsh Revival and the Making of a Singing Nation

  

  In my earlier essays on Daniel Rowland, the great evangelist of the Welsh Methodist Revival, and Howell Harris, the organiser and engine who turned revival into a disciplined movement, I explored two forms of power that shaped modern Wales. The first was the power of the pulpit, preaching as national event, the sermon as moral…

  Antony David Davies

  09/02/2026

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• Howell Harris (1714–1773), The Engine of the Welsh Revival and the Birth of an Evangelical Wales

  

  This article follows my recent study of Daniel Rowland (1713–1790), the great evangelist of the Welsh Methodist Revival and one of the defining architects of modern Welsh Nonconformity. If Rowland represents the revival at its most visible, the pulpit phenomenon, the national preacher, the man whose sermons drew thousands, then Howell Harris must be understood…

  Antony David Davies

  08/02/2026

  Religion

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• John Davies of Erglodd (1821–1887): “Apostol y Plant” and the Quiet Power of Faithful Service

  

  In the upland heart of north Cardiganshire, where the hills of Taliesin and Talybont cradle the Dyfi valley, the life of John Davies of Erglodd stands as a shining example of rural Welsh piety, service, and enduring influence. Known in his lifetime as “Apostol y Plant” – the Children’s Apostle – he was celebrated for…

  Antony David Davies

  07/08/2025

  Religion

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