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Saturday October 1st, Evan Roberts is again full of the idea of going through Wales on a mission tour. This day has a history like Friday. At Newcastle-Emlyn and Blaenanerch he understood that the Holy Spirit influenced powerfully the young people of New Quay; and the list of the probable ones to go through the Principality, given in the last chapter, shows how deeply they had impressed him. A number of them are from New Quay. The day now under consideration he determined to go and see them, in order to have a conversation on the question of going on a mission in accordance with the plan drawn the previous day. Being that the distance to New Quay was about fifteen miles, he hired a trap, and took Sydney Evans and another student by the name of D. Glyn Jones with him. The young people of New Quay gave them a warm welcome, and the way of carrying out the proposed mission was discussed in many of its aspects, such as the expense, and how to move from place to place. Some thought it advisable to have a van to carry them, and others differed; but no definite conclusion was arrived at. Before long, they turned to pray for light on the subject, but although the prayers were earnest and intense, no light was forthcoming. We now easily understand why their scheme was not God’s plan in bringing about a Revival. When this meeting closed, Evan Roberts prepared to return home. The people of New Quay would have him to stay with them over Sunday; but they could not induce him to conform with their wish, being that he had definitely promised to be at Newcastle-Emlyn that evening. His two friends remained there until Monday, and therefore he had to return by himself. From this time on, he and Sydney Evans did little but reading the Bible, praying and discussing the matter how to carry out the idea of going through Wales. It was now next to impossibility for Evan Roberts to handle the school books; but he did not feel ready to go home to Loughor for a reason that will be pointed out later. On October 6th, a revival meeting was held at Twrgwyn a place about five miles from Newcastle-Emlyn, and he, Sydney Evans, D. Glyn Jones, and a Mr. Evans, from Aberystwyth, went there. They walked joyfully, and spoke of religious matters until within a mile to the chapel, when some cloud came over the minds of Roberts and Sydney Evans, and they could not any more speak. Roberts walked behind praying in himself for the success of the service, and Sydney Evans who walked in front did the same. The Rev. Joseph Jenkins, who conducted, gave the meeting free for anyone to speak. The three other students spoke as well as Roberts. His subject was — How to win souls for Christ and the joy of His religion. The meeting lasted four hours, and when they came out the rain was coming down in torrents, and made it terrible for anyone to think of walking five miles. Nevertheless, the four walked home joyfully. This night on their way to Newcastle-Emlyn was the first time for Evan Roberts to mention the question to Sydney Evans of having one hundred thousand converts in Wales. ‘Do you think,’ said he to Evans, ‘that it is too much to ask God to save one hundred thousand in Wales?’ ‘No,’ was the answer, ‘it would not be too much to ask Him to save Wales and the world.’ ‘Well,’ he replied, ‘we must go at it earnestly.’ They reached home about one in the morning, and went upstairs as quietly as possible, lest the ladies who kept the house should hear. Their strange way of staying down late to read, pray, sing, and speak on spiritual subjects had created a suspicion in the good sisters regarding their state of mind. They did not complain so much of them being down late, and granted them a key to enter after having been in a late meeting, but their unusual conduct in the house had caused their landladies almost to dread them. In fact, they were quite serious and uneasy about their mental condition. Sunday, October, 9th, Evan Roberts preached at Tanygroes, Cardiganshire, both morning and evening, and had a very pleasant time. But nothing special tool place during the day as far as we have been able to find out. He left the impression on the audience of being a godly and earnest young man, and all he did was stamped with some kind of divine intensity. He was not idle on October 10th, the two letter written by him — one to his brother, Dan, and the other to Mr. John Hughes — show that the same burden is still on his mind. These letters explain their object without a comment — Ty Llwyd, Ebeneser Street, Newcastle-Emlyn., October 10th, 1904. DEAR DAN, — I received in letter this morning from some person from New Quay by the name of ‘J. Thomas’, desiring me to send the same copy to another two. Sydney and I had one each. And I send one to you, and to J. H. Hughes, believing that you will ask our Heavenly Father to further His kingdom in a special manner in the present evil world. There is a blessed time awaiting the Church of Christ in the near future The night begins to vanish, and the dawn extends gradually but certainly. We have come in contact with the young men and young women of New Quay, in this town, at Blaenanerch, and Twrgwyn. There are about 30 (or rather over 30) taking part publicly in the service in the church at New Quay. We had one awful meeting at Blaenanerch, but we had a wonderfully sweet meeting at Twrgwyn. The service commenced at 6.15, and closed 10.15 p.m. Four hours’ meeting, and no one but the young people taking part. A meeting is to be held at Capel Drindod before long. And we are looking forward for a blessed feast. Pray earnestly for the Holy Spirit to descend and work mightily, so that you may rejoice when you will see wonderful thing taking place. You will see by the enclosed copy that asking you to pray they are, and endeavour to have some other two to do the same thing. It will be necessary to pray without ceasing. And that so that the chain will not be broken. The wheels of the Gospel Chariot are to turn rapidly ere long. And to be permitted to have a hand with the cause is a privilege. I do not know whether you are in possession of the Joy of the Gospel. I know that you have peace, but ask for joy. But if you wish to possess it, you must be ready to do what the Spirit will say. If He will tell you to speak in the Church meeting, it must be done. You must give yourself absolutely in the hands of the Holy Spirit. I have lost all nervousness; I am courageous for Christ, and joyful in Christ. I am healthy and joyful. Remember me affectionately to all who affectionately enquire about me. Your brother, E. J. ROBERTS. Dan Roberts Dan answered him the following day — Island House, Loughor, October 11th, 1904. MY DEAR BROTHER, — I received your letter this morning, and I had great joy by reading it, and to understand that the Lord had visited that part of the country in such a powerful manner, and my prayer is: ‘Onward, onward, fire divine, Take this world and make it Thine.’ I should like very much to see something of that kind in this place. I can say there is a stir among the young men at Moriah in the Sunday mornings prayer meeting, there is an excellent obedience. John Thomas (Kymni), and William John (Pen Steps), take part in it. We had a very pleasant meeting at Pisgah tonight. Mr. Thomas, Glanmor, closed the service. I feel more warmth in the week night meetings than in the past. I have sent copies of that letter further. I am sorry to inform you that one of the deacons of Moriah died yesterday afternoon in Swansea hospital, namely, Henry Evans. He will be buried next Thursday. Doubtless, you have heard of the accident that occurred on the railway, the lower side of Loughor Bridge, on the 3rd of this month. It was a pitiful scene. Three lives were lost in the accident, and many were injured. I have not been in work since last Monday week. I have been with the doctor, and have given notice to the Club. I feel myself a little better, but rather weak. They have appointed me your successor at Moriah as Secretary of the seats. I commenced the work last night. Bessie Williams has gone to Cardiff College since the 3rd of this month. W. H. Morgan has gone back to College to Cardiff. His parents have come to live to Bwlchymynydd, and Chester comes to Pisgah. He takes the class of William Phillips, and Phillips consequently takes your class. There were forty-four in School last Sunday. One of the members of Moriah, Mrs. John Hughes, was buried last week. She sat in a seat in front of ours. She in as buried at Crwys. The football worshippers are numerous at Bwlchymynydd, taking the minds of the young and middle-aged people. There was a match between them and those of Llanelly last Saturday. They played in a field close to the tent — the Corporation. There was much drinking, and a great deal of row among them. I should like to see the Holy Spirit coming powerfully to drive these games out of the country. I ask you to remember this place in your prayers, and for us to feel the powerful influences. They are alright here. Warmest regards to you both from DAN. This letter manifests the same earnest religious spirit and desire in Dan for the success of Christ’s cause, as we find in his brother’s epistles. Thus he wrote to Mr. John Hughes. Ty Llwyd, Ebenezer Street, Newcastle-Emlyn, October 10th, 1904 DEAR MR. HUGHES, — Enclosed here is a copy of a letter I received today from some J. Thomas, New Quay I do not know who this person is, but being that he urges me to send to two other friends, I do so, believing that you will pray unceasingly, being that you love our blessed Saviour intensely. You endeavour to have two to do this. I am in splendid health — enjoying myself, or rather enjoying heaven greatly. I was up at Twrgwyn last Thursday, and we had a blessed meeting from 6.15 p.m. Until 10.15 A good meeting, was it not? Christ must he glorified. And He will be glorified before long. A great Revival is breaking on our country. A blessed time awaits the Christian Church. We had awful meetings at Blaenanerch, when Mr. Seth Joshua stayed in this town last week. Pray earnestly for the Holy Spirit. Pray for Him to descend upon the young women and young men (and old as far as that is concerned) of Moriah. Your humble friend, E. J. ROBERTS On the 11th of October, he wrote a letter to one of the members of Moriah, which shows (1) his idea of what people should do with spiritual blessings. He received the great blessing at Blaenanerch, and was desirous to tell other people about it, for them to benefit from his experience, if possible; (2) his longing that the divine fire should spread and reach Loughor; (3) his honesty in small things; (4) his consciousness of forgiveness, (5) his observations of the consequences of being filled with the Spirit. The letter runs: — Ty Llwyd, Ebenezer Street, Newcastle-Emlyn, October 11th, 1904 DEAR MR. DAVIES — You will be surprised to see the contents of this letter; it contains nothing to be surprised at; but writing it will be a blessing for me, and also good for you. Before I came down to Newcastle Emlyn, I thought that it would be hard on me to give up the long hours of fellowship with God, but I have been greatly disappointed. I was having great pleasure with the work before, but now I am having the most pure joy on earth. And, Oh! I cannot say how happy I feel, because God works so powerfully on me, and has worked powerfully on me of late, and especially at Blaenanerch. We have come in contact with the young girls of New Quay, and the divine fire has begun to lay hold of us. And, Oh! it is a blessed time on us, and I wish the fire came to the neighbour hood of Loughor. But always when the light comes, the ugly and undesirable are revealed. And this is the reason, or rather one reason, of my writing to you. I do not know whether you remember that Mr. Samlet Williams trusted to you some of the books on ‘Welsh Methodism’, or the ‘Methodist Enquirer’, and I took one of them, and some time ago, and also some years ago, it came to my mind or to my memory whether I had paid for it or not. I do not know whether you remember or not, but I must get rid of the doubts as soon as possible, and I enclose to you twelve stamps, desiring you to accept them. I am certain that they will do you no harm, but they will make a path of happiness and peace for me. Do you know the devil is at his best these days. He attacks me with all his might, and he also ploughs the past of my life. But I rejoice that all has been done away with through the virtue of the Blood. I do not know whether it is right for me to tell you or not, but being that the name of our God is glorified, I will tell it. I have received three great blessings: — (1) I have lost all nervousness, (2) I can sing all day long — some physical impediment obstructed me before, (3) I had gone as hard as a flint, and that bear in mind, although my whole inclination, and the only object of my life was to serve God — but thank Heaven, I was bent low at Blaenanerch. I was so bent that I had to shout out, ‘Diolch Iddo’ (‘Thanks be to Him’) Oh! what an easy thing it is to thank now. I should be glad to have a note from you if you can steal an inch of time. Warmest regards, I am, Yours, E. J. ROBERTS. Mr. D. Davies. From Mr. Davies’s answer it is clear that it was a false impression on his mind that the book was not paid for — Ardwyn, Waun Road, Loughor, October 20th, 1904. DEAR BROTHER, — I received your kind and unexpected letter. I rejoiced when I read its contents, and I hope that it has produced a strong desire in me for a religious revival in our midst at Loughor. All things are here as you saw them unfortunately, the young people are slow and difficult to move, that is, with anything religious. And when they move a little, they slide beck again to the same condition of life. Well, this is the history of the young people’s prayer meeting at present as those before it — commencing strongly, but getting weak and powerless, is its history continually. But, notwithstanding this, there is much exhorting of the young people all the time by the minister and the officers, and I wish that we could have a revival at Moriah. Oh that the divine shower were to come to us, then the necessity for exhorting would cease, pulling and dragging the old squeaking chariots. They would go easily along the electrical lines of love for Jesus, as they are in your neighbourhood with brothers and sisters without distinction. I was pleased to learn of the personal blessings you have experienced down there. They will be of great help for you to perform your work hopefully. As for the book you mentioned in your letter, I have not the slightest recollection that you have not paid for it, and because of that, I enclose the money back. I hope that you will not think me unkind. Do not worry any more about it. I shall be pleased to have a word again from you. Remember me, if you have leisure. I greatly wish you success. Remember me also be Sydney and Daniel. Yours sincerely, D. Davies This day he wrote also the following letter to Mr. Joseph Lewis, bookseller, Gowerton. — Ty Llwyd, Ebenezer Street, Newcastle-Emlyn, Oct. 11th, 1904 Dear Mr. Lewis, — You will be surprised to see what this note contains. You may remember that a few years ago on a certain occasion I had bought a few books from you, and also had some periodicals bound, and that I told you there was some slight mistake at your account — a few shillings deficient. You replied that you were almost certain there was no mistake, and I, on my own part, could not be positive, but I had my doubts. From a business point of view, I could be quiet, but from a moral point of view I cannot, and now I have determined that this shall never crop up again. Perhaps there was no mistake. I know not. Now, since I have my doubts, I must get rid of them as soon as possible. It will cost me but very little, and I am sure you will be kind enough to accept them. Therefore, I enclose you an older of five shillings, for I am positive they did not exceed five shillings, neither did they come within a fair distance. But I trust you will accept it in round numbers, and then no more ado about it. Please acknowledge the note by return of post, if you can snatch an inch of time. Yours truly, E. J. ROBERTS. Mr. Joseph Lewis. Mr. Lewis answered: The Agency, Gowerton, October 17th, 1904. My Dear Mr. Roberts, — Yours to hand, enclosing 5s. for alleged account owing. I assure you that I should prefer not accepting the sum, but you put it in such a way that I cannot refuse without risking to offend you. Therefore, accept my sincerest thanks, and consider the matter financially closed. You did not say how you are getting on at School. I have no doubt though but that you are doing well. With sincere remembrance, I am Yours, Joseph Lewis. Sunday, October 16th, Evan Roberts preached at two places in Pembrokeshire, called Penffordd and Gwastad. A most godly minister, the Rev. George Williams, Llysbran, who listened to him, wrote to me his impressions: Evan Roberts came to us unexpectedly instead of one of the ministers of the county, who could not come. When I entered the chapel, he had gone into the pulpit. There I saw him first. I did not know who he was; only that I drew the conclusion that he was coming from one of the schools, being that young students had been coming in us when there was a gap. I noticed from the commencement a peculiarity in his prayer, and by the close of the service, I had been highly pleased. I said immediately to some of the friends that the young man was an exception to young students we used to hear. I was in his company for about two hours after the service. In the pulpit his earnestness in prayers and solemnity when addressing the young people took my attention. In company he was so cheerful, natural, simple, that it was impossible not to like him. Though he was cheerful, I understood that he was in some kind of distress. He said that he could not go on with his books, and that he feared he would have to give up. After I went home, he opened his mind to a greater extent to some of the brethren, who stayed with him for the evening service. I asked one of the Penffordd brothers about him, where he preached in the morning, and the answer I had was that his prayer had effectually impressed the minds of the people who were there, and that they spoke of it on their way home more than any-thing else. I continue to rejoice in Mr. Evan Roberts and in his wonderful work, which is so gloriously successful and blessed. He is a messenger of God. What more can I say? And I have looked on him as such for fully a year. He impressed most of the people that he was a devout and holy young man, but they could see by him that his mind was in a troubled state. On his way home on Monday, the question of Jesus to Peter preyed on his mind. Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He regarded the question as a kind of test examination, which tried him to the uttermost. But, says he, I passed it with honours. He turned to his Bible when thinking of the question, and his eye; dropped upon the miracle of the draught of fishes, and the number reminded him of the hundred thousand converts he desired to have for Christ in Wales. He had forgotten for three days to pray for them. Thereupon, he had to turn to his heavenly Father at once to ask that Jesus should have these. Next, we find him (October 18th) at Bwlchygroes, in Pembrokeshire. He and Sydney Evans were invited there to a monthly meeting. As referred to in a previous chapter, it was the second day of the meeting Evan Roberts arrived. He and his friend understood that they were to have a young peoples meeting, and on that understanding they went there. After the morning service one of the deacons told the chairman of the monthly meeting, the Rev. W. F. Jones, Pembroke: — These two boys ask if it is possible to have a prayer meeting for the young people today. The two boys were Evan Roberts and Sydney Evans. Mr. Jones said that it was possible to comply with their request. Between five and six o’ clock the meeting was held, and Evan Roberts conducted, but there was no freedom in it owing to the shyness of the young people. At six o’clock the Rev. W. F. Jones and the Rev. W. H. Thomas, Maesteg, preached, and Evan Roberts introduced the service. His prayer was characterised by many appropriate Scripture quotations, which drew the attention of the ministers to his great familiarity with the Bible. And one of them remarked. This young man knows more of his Bible than anyone I have heard for the last ten years. When listening to the sermons, Roberts had his Bible open, and turned to the quotations made in the discourses, and shed tears almost through the service. This greatly impressed some of the people. He and Sydney Evans were desirous to have, a meeting for the young people on Wednesday evening, but as there was a singing festival in the vicinity, the Bwlchygroes people could not see their way clear to grant their request. However, they were loath to part without having it. They lingered there all the morning with the hope of succeeding in their object But their host devised a plan to get them away. He put the horse in the trap, went to the house, and told them, Now, boys, if you want a lift to Newcastle-Emlyn come with me in the trap. This was the means that got them from there; and their host felt he had won a wonderful victory in removing them. In this place he came in contact with Dr. Hughes, whose opinion of him has been given before. In these weeks all who watched him closely thought the same as Dr. Hughes, namely, that his mind was rapidly becoming impaired. Friday, October 28th, a Revival meeting was to be held at Capel Drindod, and he wrote a letter to Miss. Sarah Jane Davies, New Quay. He had sent a telegram to Miss. Davies before the letter regarding the meeting, the contents of which was Pray, pray, pray, and this was the first telegram he sent in connection with revival meetings. In the letter, he manifests a clear conception of the whole situation. Ty Llwyd, Ebenezer Street, Newcastle-Emlyn DEAR MISS. DAVIES, I thought of writing sooner to you with regard to the Capel Drindod meeting, but the time flew by almost unknown to me, hence the reason why we sent you a wire. Everything points to a large gathering of young people, and so there will be a splendid place to work for the Great Master. I know that prejudice will be strong against the movement, therefore, we must be armed with the Holy Spirit. Amongst many, too, there will be levity, and this calls upon us to be very watchful with regard to our movements and our words, and remember to keep our eyes from all wantonness. There will be another class, viz., some who come out of curiosity, and possibly some will come to scoff. Therefore what will be necessary for us to do is to be strong in prayer. Oh! that we could all feel that we can do nothing without the Holy Spirit, and in that feeling fall in lowliness before God with a broken heart, beseeching Him to show us His face, especially at Capel Drindod. It would be awful for us without God. Oh try to impress upon those who will be coming the importance of having the powerful influences of the Holy Spirit. As for those friends who cannot come, ask them to pray for us during the meeting, for ‘the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.’ We must remember, too, to ask God to strengthen our faith. Oh that the Spirit of God would explain to us the meaning of Matthew XXVIII, 18 — ‘All power’. He has power to send the Spirit to Capel Drindod. Let us ask Him to do so, and that for His names sake. Hoping to meet you and Heaven at Capel Drindod, I am, With kindest regards, EVAN J. ROBERTS and SYDNEY EVANS.

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