MORGAN, REES (1764 - 1847), Calvinistic Methodist preacher
Date of birth: 1764
Date of death: 1847
Gender: Male
Occupation: Calvinistic Methodist preacher
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Gomer Morgan Roberts
Born at Capel-hir, Talley, Carmarthenshire, son of Morgan Rees who was a member of the Methodist society at Glanyrafon-ddu Ganol. His spiritual regeneration took place under the ministry of William Lloyd of Caeo (1741 - 1808) who, thereafter, was his firm friend. He began to exhort c. 1784-5, and from that time on spent the whole of his long life in the field, travelling over the whole of Wales. He worked in close association with Daniel Rowland, Williams of Pantycelyn, and other leaders of the Methodist revival. He died 6 April 1847 and was buried in Talley churchyard. He should not be confused with Rhys Morgan of Glancledan-fawr, Llanwrtyd, who was a Methodist exhorter in the earliest days of the revival.
Author
- Reverend Gomer Morgan Roberts, (1904 - 1993)
- Y Drysorfa, 1847, 297-301
- G. M. Roberts, Y Pêr Ganiedydd [Pantycelyn]. Cyfrol 1 Trem ar ei fywyd; Cyfrol 2: Arweiniad i'w waith (Aberystwyth 1949, 1958), 180
- Methodistiaeth Cymru (1851–6), iii, 328
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20734208
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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