Watcyn Wyn — a remark

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“The best preparation is preparation before birth. The preacher and minister, like the poet, should be born for the work.”

Original: Y paratoad goreu yw paratoad cyn geni. Dylai y pregethwr a'r gweinidog, fel y bardd, gael ei eni i'r gwaith. — Arguing that vocation begins with natural aptitude as well as training · Address, Y Paratoad Goreu ar Gyfer y Weinidogaeth, 1895 (Welsh)

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Watcyn Wyn

7 March 1844–19 November 1905

In the rolling hills of Carmarthenshire, where the coal dust mingles with morning mist and the Welsh language flows like the streams that carve the valleys, a remarkable story unfolded in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is the story of Watkin Hezekiah Williams, better known by his bardic name Watcyn Wyn…

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“God's kingdom first, the kingdoms of the world second. Religion will not bear being mixed with such things; unless it is first, chief and foremost, it will do nothing at all.”

Original: Teyrnas Dduw yn gyntaf, teyrnasoedd y byd yn ail. Chymer crefydd ddim o'i chymysgu â phethau fel hyn, os na chaiff hi fod yn gyntaf, yn bennaf, ym mlaenaf, wna hi ddim o gwbl. — Arguing that genuine faith cannot merely be fitted around worldly priorities · Sermon, Ceisio Teyrnas Dduw, July 1886 (Welsh)

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