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The evangelical or Methodist revival had a major impact on Welsh religion, society and culture, leading to the unprecedented growth of Nonconformity by the nineteenth century, which established a very clear difference between Wales and England in religious terms. Since the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist movement did not split from the Church to form a separate denomination until 1811, it existed in its early years solely as a collection of local society meetings. By focusing on the early societies in south-west Wales, this study examines the grass roots of the eighteenth-century Methodist movement, identifying the features that led to its subsequent remarkable success. At the heart of the book lie the experiences of the men and women who were members of the societies, along with their social and economic background and the factors that attracted them to the Methodist cause.

Introduction
Chapter 1: ‘No part of the Nation more inclin’d to be Religious’?: The Religious Context
Chapter 2: ‘The Young Striplings’: Leaders and Exhorters
Chapter 3: ‘The Lord’s Peculiar Dwelling Place’: The Location of the Societies
Chapter 4: ‘The Great Shepherd’s Little Flock’: The Membership of the Societies
Chapter 5: ‘Iron Sharpens Iron’: The Appeal of the Societies
Chapter 6: ‘The World, the Flesh and the Devil’: Order and Discipline
Chapter 7: ‘This Furnace of Affliction’: Trials and Tribulations
Conclusion
Appendix: List of societies
Bibliography

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Publié par	University of Wales Press
Date de parution	15 juin 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781786835802
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	9 Mo

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The Welsh Methodist Society

The Welsh Methodist Society The Early Societies in Southwest Wales –

Eryn M. White

University of Wales Press 

© Eryn M. White, 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to The University of Wales Press, University Registry, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3NS www.uwp.co.uk

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978-1-78683-579-6 978-1-78683-580-2

The right of Eryn M. White to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 79 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Typeset by Owain Hammonds, Ceredigion Printed by CPI Antony Rowe, Melksham

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Introduction Chapter : ‘No part of the Nation more inclin’d to be Religious’? The Religious Context Chapter : ‘The Young Striplings’: Leaders and Exhorters Chapter : ‘The Lord’s Peculiar Dwelling Place’: The Location of the Societies Chapter : ‘The Great Shepherd’s Little Flock’: The Membership of the Societies Chapter : ‘Iron Sharpens Iron’: The Appeal of the Societies Chapter : ‘The World, the Flesh and the Devil’: Order and Discipline Chapter : ‘This Furnace of Affliction’: Trials and Tribulations Conclusion

Appendix: List of societies Bibliography Index

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 A sketch drawn by Howel Harris to illustrate his ‘Rounds’,  April  (The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; Trevecca College/ ).  William John’s report to the Association,  January  (The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; Trevecca College/ ).  William Richard’s report to the Association, MayAugust  (The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; Trevecca College/ ).  William Williams’s report to the Association,  October  (The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; Trevecca College/ ).

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South-west Wales

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The year 1737 saw the founding of the first permanent Methodistseiatin Wales, an institution which became intrinsically important in Welsh history and culture.Seiatwas a word derived from the English ‘society’, but developed in Welsh exclusively in a religious context and very specifically for the Methodist fellowship meeting, sometimes referred to asseiat brofiad, an experience meeting. Although the Welsh word for ‘society’,cymdeithas, was used on some occasions, it was the wordseiat which came to be adopted within the movement and beyond as the specific term for this particular type of meeting. Theseiatdeveloped as an institution in order to meet the needs of its members and could easily be adapted as circumstances demanded. Since it required no conse-crated building and was not fixed to any precise spot, it could be held in whatever venue was available and could move as suited its members. All that was needed to begin with was two or three converts who chose to meet regularly. The flexible nature of the society meant that it was ideally suited to cater for the scattered rural communities of south-west Wales. By 1750, over 400 had been established throughout Wales, a substantial proportion of them within the three counties of the south-west, an area which was home to several of the early leaders of Methodism, and in convenient proximity to Howel Harris’s base in Breconshire. One of the reasons for focusing specifically on this region is that it was identified at the time as the main centre of the revival, 1 referred to by Harris as ‘the Lord’s Peculiar Dwelling Place’. A good proportion of this ‘Peculiar Dwelling Place’ in the three counties of south-west Wales – Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire – comprises coastal lowland. As David J. V. Jones has

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