John Elias

Ian — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:43:52 +0000

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In John Elias: Life, Letters and Essays we are confronted with a spiritual giant – a reminder to us that our great God can raise great men for His church from the humblest of circumstances. Letters, essays and biography combine to give a rounded picture of one who was ‘a burning and shining light’. A most important book. Buy it. Read it. You will be spiritually much richer.’ — HYWEL R. JONES

Book Description

North Wales in the early part of the nineteenth century provides a striking instance of the way in which a spiritual revolution can change the whole direction of a people and a society. Equally striking was the agency which brought the prevailing religious indifference and lawlessness to an end: it was the preaching of the gospel by men without position or influence like John Elias (1774-1841), Under the preaching of Elias, the outlook of thousands was permanently changed. They not only heard of the crucifixion of Christ, but felt that they had seen it. ‘I felt’, said one hearer, ‘as if the earth shook for miles around me.’

This account by Edward Morgan traces the life and ministry of Elias from his first religious impressions until the day when 10, 000 attended his funeral in Anglessey, the scene of most of his labours.

Here, in days of revival, forty-four chapels were built in forty years. To Elias’ life and the lessons to be drawn from it are added his letters and other papers originally published as a separate volume. Previously published by the Trust in this form in 1973, the Life, Letters, and Essays of John Elias is now reckoned among Christian classics.

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	Introduction	ix
	LIFE
1	Elias’s origin, education and early serious impressions	3
2	Elias becomes more decided – enters the Welsh Methodist Connexion – his public ministry	16
3	Elias at the commencement of his ministry – his desire for learning and knowledge	30
4	Elias’s removal to Anglesey – the state of religion there and the great alteration therein at his departure	42
5	Elias’s marriage – his family – education of his children	56
6	Elias’s difficulties, afflictions and oppositions	75
7	Elias’s ministerial character – his intellectual and delineating powers in preaching	95
8	Illustrations of Elias’s great powers – testimonies to his success	111
9	Of Elias’s zeal in the cause of religion	132
10	Elias’s exertions for the Bible and the London Missionary Societies – Sunday schools – the temperance cause	147
11	Elias’s second marriage – his private character – catholic spirit	162
12	Elias’s declining years and happy end	175
	LETTERS
	To Mrs Elizabeth Elias, his first wife	187
	To his daughter, Phoebe Elias	189
	To his children after the death of his first wife	195
	To his daughter after her marriage	197
	To his son, John Elias	204
	To Lady Bulkeley	216
	To the Rev W. Roberts	219
	To a sister-in-law	221
	To Mr Thomas Owen, prisoner in France	223
	To the Church of God in London	226
	To Mrs Jones and Mrs Davies, London	242
	To the Church of God in Liverpool- Mr John Roberts	245
	To Mr John Jones, a preacher at Liverpool	253
	To the Rev Henry Rees	258
	To the Rev Robert Jones, Ty Bwlcyn	260
	To Mr Daniel Jones, a preacher at Liverpool	261
	To the Church of God in America	262
	To the Association at Denbigh	275
	To the Church in America in 1840	278
	To Mrs Jones of Wrexham	282
	To Miss Rogers, afterwards Mrs Davies, of Carnachen-wen	296
	To Mrs Foulkes of Machynlleth	304
	To Mrs Lloyd of Beaumaris	310
	To Mrs Roberts of Caernarvon	311
	To W. R. Roberts, Esq, Surgeon of Caernarvon	313
	To a clergyman	316
	ESSAYS
1	Thoughts on the Bible	337
2	On the use of reason	343
3	On preaching the gospel	349
4	On the important subject of the ministry	353
5	On hearing the Gospel	356
6	On the moral inability of man	362
7	On the obligations of man	368
8	On government and the sin of despising it	372
	OTHER PAPERS
1	Documents on the better observance of the Sabbath	381
2	Papers showing the loyalty of Elias	385
3	Short account of the death of Mr John Lloyd	388
4	On singing	392
	OBSERVATIONS ON ELIAS’S WRITINGS
1	On the Sabbath	397
2	Justification	399
3	On hardening under religious privileges	401
4	Advantages of the yoke to young people	404
5	A sermon on the death of faithful ministers	406
6	A sermon on the death of King George III	409
7	A sermon on the death of the Duke of York	411
	Index	413
	Illustrations appear between pages 210 and 211

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John Elias

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