Quinta Books

£7.50When God came to North Wales

Edited by Philip Eveson

?Much of what has been written on the Welsh Revival of 1904–05 has focused attention on Evan Roberts and South Wales. But at the same time that Roberts was commencing his work in Loughor, near Swansea, remarkable scenes were taking place quite independently in North East Wales under the powerful preaching of R.B. Jones. In North West Wales similar experiences were being witnessed.

This book gives an account of the revival that hit the coal-mining village of Rhosllanerchrugog near Wrexham and the slate-quarrying village of Bethesda near Bangor.

There was a booklet produced in 1905 recounting the weekly events surrounding the Rhos revival as seen through the eyes of the local newspaper reporter. For the first time this has been translated from the Welsh into English and is included in the present work. For the Bethesda revival the eyewitness accounts and thoughts from the diaries of the Welsh bard J.T. Job have been used.

The revival changed many people’s lives for the better all over Wales and beyond. It gave the generation before the Great War of 1914–18 a new purpose for living and a sure and certain hope beyond the grave.

This book more than fills a longstanding gap in our knowledge. It highlights the sovereign, spontaneous and sustained facets of that diamond work of God we speak of as ‘revival’.

Rev. Dr Eifion Evans, Llanelli

Here is a book whose value is out of all proportion to its size. It will move your emotions and challenge your own commitment.

Rev. Geoffrey Thomas, Aberystwyth

Philip H. Eveson is now retired and lives with his wife Jennifer in his home town of Wrexham, and near to their married daughter and their four grandchildren. After serving churches in South Wales, he has spent the last thirty-six years in London, first pastoring a church and lecturing, and latterly as Principal of the London Theological Seminary. He has travelled worldwide lecturing and preaching and has written many articles and books on biblical and theological subjects.

Dafydd M Job was born and grew up in Aberystwyth. Formerly a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, since 1985 he has been the pastor of the Bangor Welsh Evangelical Church. He travels regularly to help churches and student Christian work in Eastern Europe. Dafydd is married to Gwenan and they have three adult children. The Rev. John Thomas Job who is often referred to in this work was his paternal grandfather.