Watcyn Wyn — a remark

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“Let something be read that will open the class's mind rather than crack its head.”

Original: Darllener rhywbeth wna i'r dosbarth agor ei feddwl, ac nid agor y crib. — A humorous plea for education that opens the mind rather than overwhelming the learner · 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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“There is something very beautiful in this cutting and covenant: first the commandments into tablets, then the laws into your palm, and finally the covenant deep into your heart.”

Original: Y mae rhywbeth yn brydferth iawn yn y torri a'r cymodi yma. Torri'r gorchmynion ar lechau i ddechreu, torri'r deddfau ar dor dy law yn nês ymlaen; torri'r cytundeb i ddyfnder dy galon yn y diwedd. — Tracing moral commitment from outward inscription towards inward conviction · Sermon, Cyfamod Duw a Dyn (Welsh)

“There is reason to fear that far too much preaching concerns distant things: old history, people long buried, the Jews, while our own congregations go unnoticed.”

Original: Y mae lle i ofni fod llawer iawn gormod o bregethu pell, pregethu hen hanes, pregethu am hen bobl wedi eu claddu, pregethu am yr Iddewon,—a gadael ein cynulleidfaoedd ein hunain yn ddisylw. — Warning against discussing distant faults while ignoring immediate human needs · Sermon, Ceisio Teyrnas Dduw, July 1886 (Welsh)

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