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WILLIAMS, WILLIAM NANTLAIS (1874 - 1959), minister (Presb.), editor, poet and hymn writer lyrics; he won the bardic chair at the Meirion eisteddfod in 1903, and the chair at the eisteddfod held in the Queen's Hall, London, in 1904. That year the religious Revival spread to Ammanford, and Nantlais was heavily affected by the stirring events. He determined to consecrate his life thenceforth to evangelising and fostering the spiritual life of the churches. He married twice; (1) in 1902, Alice
ROBERTS, GOMER MORGAN (1904 - 1993), minister (CM), historian, author and hymnwriter . The family settled at Cwm-bach, a stone's throw from Bethel, Blaenau, Schoolroom, a branch of Gosen (CM), Llandybïe. He acknowledges in his writings the chapel's influence upon him and his indebtedness to its ministers, the Reverends W. Nantlais Williams, Philip Evans and Lemuel Lewis. His father died when he was only nine and in 1917, aged thirteen, he started work at Pencae'reithin colliery. The
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