Capel y Boro Service Haydn Zecharia 1:8-17 Sun 7 June 2020 at 11am Y Greadigaeth (The Creation) – “Ar Ben Mae'r Gogoneddus A talk on Wele'n sefyll rhwng y Waith” myrtwydd by John Jones: 4 Service for Trinity and ("Achieved is the Glorious Work") Creation Sunday Côr y Boro Isaiah 11: 1-5

A celebration of the Salm 8 A talk on Wele'n sefyll rhwng y poems and hymns of Ann myrtwydd by John Jones: 5 Griffiths Eternal Father strong to save (Cecil Milner / John Bacchus Wele'n sefyll rhwng y Dykes) myrtwydd (Ann Griffiths) , from The Rime of the Ancient Blessing Mariner, Part IV Closing music: R Williams Parry Nant y mynydd Y Llwynog (John Ceiriog Hughes) Cor Meibion Gwalia

Ted Hughes Full moon and little Frieda Opening music: William Rees Dyma Gariad John Stainer The Virtual choir of SSiW (Say God so loved the World from Something in Welsh) ‘The Crucifixion’

Prayers for Trinity Sunday

Arglwydd Iesu arwain f'enaid (In Memoriam, Morswyn)

Ann Griffiths trans. Rowan Williams

I Saw Him Standing (Yr Arglwydd Iesu) Opening music: John Stainer Rhyfedd, rhyfedd gan angylion God so loved the World (Ann Griffiths) from ‘The Crucifixion’ St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, London A talk on Wele'n sefyll rhwng y myrtwydd by John Jones: I Intrada and welcome Song of Solomon 2: 1-17 All Creatures of our God and King A talk on Wele'n sefyll rhwng y (St Francis of Assisi, William myrtwydd by John Jones: 2 God so loved the world, Draper) that he gave his only begotten Wele'n sefyll rhwng y myrtwydd Son, Genesis 1:1-19 (Ann Griffiths - modern that whoso believeth in him arrangement) should not perish, Genesis 1: 20-31, 2: 1:3 but have everlasting life. A talk on Wele'n sefyll rhwng y myrtwydd by John Jones: 3 For God sent not his Son into alleluia, alleluia! waters that were under the the world Thou fire so masterful and bright, dome from the waters that were to condemn the world; that givest man both warmth and above the dome. And it was so. but that the world through him light, God called the dome Sky. And might be saved. O praise him, O praise him, there was evening and there was John 3 vv. 16, 17 alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! morning, the second day. https://www.youtube.com/watch? Let all things their Creator bless And God said, ‘Let the waters v=X5Akz6J8Rw0 And worship Him in humbleness under the sky be gathered O praise Him, Alleluia together into one place, and let Praise, praise the Father, praise the dry land appear.’ And it was Intrada the Son so. God called the dry land Earth, Ysbryd y tragwyddol Dduw, And praise the Spirit, three in and the waters that were disgyn arnom ni; Ysbryd y one gathered together he called Seas. tragwyddol Dduw, disgyn arnom O praise Him, O praise Him And God saw that it was good. ni: plyg ni, trin ni, golch ni, cod ni: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Ysbryd y tragwyddol Dduw, Then God said, ‘Let the earth put disgyn arnom ni. https://www.youtube.com/watch? forth vegetation: plants yielding Spirit of the eternal God, descend v=WtT3SRnnG0I seed, and fruit trees of every kind upon us; Spirit of the eternal God, (about 1:00 into the recording) on earth that bear fruit with the descend upon us: seed in it.’ And it was so. The fold us, treat us, wash us, raise us: earth brought forth vegetation: Spirit of the eternal God, descend Genesis 1:1-19 plants yielding seed of every kind, upon us. and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. And there

was evening and there was All Creatures of our God and morning, the third day. King

And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to In the beginning when God separate the day from the night; created the heavens and the and let them be for signs and for earth, the earth was a formless seasons and for days and years, void and darkness covered the and let them be lights in the face of the deep, while a wind dome of the sky to give light from God swept over the face of upon the earth.’ And it was so. the waters. Then God said, ‘Let

there be light’; and there was God made the two great lights— Lift up your voice and with us light. And God saw that the light the greater light to rule the day sing was good; and God separated the and the lesser light to rule the O praise Him, Alleluia. light from the darkness. God night—and the stars. God set Thou burning sun with golden called the light Day, and the them in the dome of the sky to beam darkness he called Night. And give light upon the earth, to rule Thou silver moon with softer there was evening and there was over the day and over the night, gleam morning, the first day. and to separate the light from the O praise Him, O praise Him darkness. And God saw that it Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. And God said, ‘Let there be a was good.

dome in the midst of the waters, Thou flowing water, pure and and let it separate the waters And there was evening and there clear, from the waters.’ So God made was morning, the fourth day. make music for thy Lord to hear, the dome and separated the Genesis 1: 20-31, 2: 1:3 over all the wild animals of the Achieved is the glorious work; earth, and over every creeping the Lord beholds it and is pleas'd. thing that creeps upon the earth.’ In lofty strains let us rejoice! Our song let be the praise of God. So God created humankind in his the praise of God. image, in the image of God he In lofty strains let us rejoice! created them; male and female Our song let be the praise of God. he created them. In lofty strains let us rejoice! Our song let be the praise of God. God blessed them, and God said the praise of God. to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; Performed by Côr y Boro at the and have dominion over the fish 2018 National in of the sea and over the birds of Cardiff Bay. the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.’ God https://www.youtube.com/watch? said, ‘See, I have given you every v=MG9L7gtBpMc And God said, ‘Let the waters plant yielding seed that is upon bring forth swarms of living the face of all the earth, and creatures, and let birds fly above every tree with seed in its fruit; Salm 8 the earth across the dome of the you shall have them for food. sky.’ So God created the great O Arglwydd, ein brenin, sea monsters and every living And to every beast of the earth, mae dy enw di mor fawr drwy'r creature that moves, of every and to every bird of the air, and byd i gyd! kind, with which the waters to everything that creeps on the Mae dy ysblander yn gorchuddio'r swarm, and every winged bird of earth, everything that has the nefoedd yn gyfan! every kind. And God saw that it breath of life, I have given every Gyda lleisiau plant bach a babanod was good. God blessed them, green plant for food.’ And it was rwyt yn dangos dy nerth, yn wyneb saying, ‘Be fruitful and multiply so. God saw everything that he dy elynion, and fill the waters in the seas, and had made, and indeed, it was very i roi diwedd ar y gelyn sy'n hoffi dial. let birds multiply on the earth.’ good. And there was evening and

And there was evening and there there was morning, the sixth day. Wrth edrych allan i'r gofod, a was morning, the fifth day. gweld gwaith dy fysedd, Thus the heavens and the earth y lleuad a'r sêr a osodaist yn eu lle, And God said, ‘Let the earth were finished, and all their Beth ydy pobl i ti boeni amdanyn multitude. And on the seventh bring forth living creatures of nhw? every kind: cattle and creeping day God finished the work that Pam cymryd sylw o un person things and wild animals of the he had done, and he rested on dynol? earth of every kind.’ And it was the seventh day from all the Rwyt wedi ei wneud ond ychydig is so. God made the wild animals of work that he had done. So God na'r bodau nefol, the earth of every kind, and the blessed the seventh day and ac wedi ei goroni ag ysblander a cattle of every kind, and hallowed it, because on it God mawredd! everything that creeps upon the rested from all the work that he ground of every kind. And God had done in creation. Rwyt wedi ei wneud yn feistr ar saw that it was good. waith dy ddwylo, a gosod popeth dan ei awdurdod Then God said, ‘Let us make Haydn Y Greadigaeth — humankind in our image, (The Creation) – defaid ac ychen o bob math, a hyd yn oed yr anifeiliaid according to our likeness; and let “Ar Ben Mae'r Gogoneddus gwylltion; them have dominion over the fish Waith” ("Achieved is the yr adar sy'n hedfan, y pysgod sy'n y of the sea, and over the birds of Glorious Work") môr, the air, and over the cattle, and a phopeth arall sy'n teithio ar O Saviour, whose almighty word journey. Despite initial good fortune, gerrynt y moroedd. The winds and waves submissive the ship is driven south by a storm heard, and eventually reaches the icy waters O Arglwydd, ein brenin, Who walked upon the foaming of the Antarctic. An albatross appears mae dy enw di mor fawr drwy'r deep, and leads the ship out of the ice jam byd i gyd! And calm amid the rage did sleep; where it is stuck, but even as the O hear us when we cry to Thee albatross is fed and praised by the O Lord, our Sovereign, For those in peril on the sea. ship's crew, the mariner shoots the how majestic is your name in all the bird. The crew is angry with the earth! mariner and eventually force him to O Holy Spirit, who did brood You have set your glory above the wear the dead albatross about his Upon the waters dark and rude, heavens. neck, perhaps to illustrate the burden And bid their angry tumult cease, he must suffer from killing it, or And give for wild confusion Out of the mouths of babes and perhaps as a sign of regret. infants peace; you have founded a bulwark because O hear us when we cry to Thee In this moment of epiphany from Part of your foes, For those in peril on the sea. Four of the poem the mariner begins to silence the enemy and the avenger. to appreciate Creation and perhaps O Trinity of love and pow'r, the need for greater equality between When I look at your heavens, the Your children shield in danger's man and his fellow creatures at sea. work of your fingers, hour; the moon and the stars that you have From rock and tempest, fire, and established; foe, Protect them where-so-e'er they what are human beings that you are go; mindful of them, Thus, evermore shall rise to mortals that you care for them? Thee Glad hymns of praise from land Yet you have made them a little lower and sea. than God, and crowned them with glory and honour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=BjcSpCSUjdk You have given them dominion over (starts about 00:05) the works of your hands; you have put all things under their The moving Moon went up the feet, sky, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, And no where did abide: all sheep and oxen, and also the from The Rime of the Ancient Softly she was going up, beasts of the field, the birds of the air, Mariner, Part IV And a star or two beside— and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. Her beams bemocked the sultry main, O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is Like April hoar-frost spread; your name in all the earth! But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmèd water burnt alway A still and awful red. Eternal Father strong to save, Beyond the shadow of the ship, Whose arm does bind the I watched the water-snakes: restless wave, And now we stay with the sea and They moved in tracks of shining Who bids the mighty ocean deep Coleridge’s great romantic poem ‘The white, Its own appointed limits keep; Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and you And when they reared, the elfish O hear us when we cry to Thee will remember that he mariner's tale light For those in peril on the sea. begins with his ship departing on its Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship which fostered a lifelong opium Stopped in unfrighted mid-step, and I watched their rich attire: addiction. across Blue, glossy green, and velvet His single poised paw the fixed black, double blaze They coiled and swam; and every R Williams Parry Of his eyes on us. Then with no fear, track Y Llwynog no fuss, Was a flash of golden fire. Across the hillcrest slipped his russet fur; O happy living things! no tongue He flared, he faded, like a shooting Their beauty might declare: star. A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware: Sure my kind saint took pity on Ganllath o gopa’r mynydd, pan me, oedd clych And I blessed them unaware. Eglwysi’r llethrau’n gwahodd tua’r llan, The self-same moment I could Ac annrheuliedig haul Gorffennaf pray; gwych And from my neck so free Yn gwahodd tua’r mynydd, – yn y The Albatross fell off, and sank fan, Like lead into the sea. Ar ddiarwybod droed a distaw duth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – Llwybreiddiodd ei ryfeddod prin 1834) was an English poet, literary o’n blaen critic, philosopher and theologian who, Ninnau heb ysgog ac heb ynom with his friend , chwyth Robert Williams Parry (1884 –1956) was a founder of the Romantic Barlyswyd ennyd; megis trindod was one of 's most notable Movement in England and a member faen 20th-century poets writing in Welsh. of the Lake Poets. He also shared Y safem, pan ar ganol diofal gam Born in Talysarn, in Dyffryn Nantlle, volumes and collaborated with Syfrdan y safodd yntau, ac uwchlaw R Williams Parry studied at UCW Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Ei untroed oediog dwy sefydlog Aberystwyth for two years (1902–4) Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems fflam and completed his graduate degree ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ Ei lygaid arnom. Yna heb frys na qualifications at UCNW Bangor and ‘Kubla Khan,’ as well as the braw (1907–8). major prose work ‘Biographia Llithrodd ei flewyn cringoch dros y Literaria’. grib; He first taught in a primary school, Digwyddodd, darfu, megis seren then, after his graduation, as a His critical work, especially on wîb. secondary-school teacher in both William Shakespeare, was highly English and Welsh. He was in the influential, and he helped introduce The summit yards away, as church army from 1916 to 1918. In 1922 German idealist philosophy to English- bells sent he was appointed a lecturer in the speaking culture. Coleridge coined Along the slopes a summons to the Welsh and Extra-Mural Studies many familiar words and phrases, parish, Departments at University College including suspension of disbelief. And the splendid sun of July, unspent, Bangor, where he remained until his Throughout his adult life Coleridge A summons to the mountain – in a retirement in 1944. had crippling bouts of anxiety and flash, depression; it has been speculated With unsuspecting foot and soundless He earned widespread recognition as that he had bipolar disorder, which trot an established poet when he won the chair at the 1910 National Eisteddfod had not been defined during his Before us this rare miracle came on, lifetime. He was physically unhealthy, And we, not stirring, each with breath for his poem 'Yr Haf' ('The Summer'), which may have stemmed from a held taut, which has been described as "the best bout of rheumatic fever and other Were paralysed; like a trinity in stone known and admired of all the childhood illnesses. He was treated Were standing, when he too stood, in eisteddfod awdlau of the 20th for these conditions with laudanum, a daze, century". He published two collections of poetry; ‘Yr Haf a cherddi eraill’ Edward James (‘Ted’) Hughes OM Gras â chariad megis dilyw (1924) and ‘Cerddi'r Gaeaf ‘ (1952). OBE FRSL (1930 -98) was an English Yn ymdywallt ymâ 'nghyd, Some of his greatest works include 'Y poet, translator, and children's writer. A chyfiawnder pur â heddwch Llwynog' ('The Fox'), 'Eifionydd' and Critics frequently rank him as one of Yn cusanu euog fyd. ‘Englynion coffa Hedd Wyn’. the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's [O ddyfnderoedd o ddoethineb! greatest writers. He served as Poet O ddyfnderoedd maith o ras! Ted Hughes Laureate from 1984 until his death. O ddirgelion anchwiliadwy, Full moon and little Frieda Hughes was married to American Bythol uwch eu chwilio i maes! poet Sylvia Plath from 1956 until her Mae seraffiaid nef yn edrych death by suicide in 1963 at the age Gyda syndod bob yr un of 30. His last poetic work, ‘Birthday Ar ddyfnderoedd cariad dwyfol Letters’ (1998), explored their Duw yn marw dros y dyn!] relationship. ‘Full Moon and little Frieda’ describes their young Here is love like the seas, daughter’s encounter with nature, Tender mercies like the flood: which turns out to be one of mutual The Prince of Life dying - admiration of Creation. Frieda is Dying to purchase our life for us. pictured in the photograph above with Who can help remembering him? A cool small evening shrunk to a her father and brother Nicholas. can help declaring his praise? dog bark and the clank of a bucket Here is love not to be forgotten - While glorious heavens shall be. And you listening. William Rees A spider’s web, tense for the dew's Dyma Gariad fel y moroedd On Calvary tore touch. The fountains of the great deep; A pail lifted, still and brimming - This is the Virtual choir of the Welsh All the floodgates of the heavens mirror learners group SSiW (Say Something broke To tempt a first star to a tremor. in Welsh), singing Dyma Gariad fel y Which were secure until then:

moroedd by William Rees, and Grace and love like a deluge Cows are going home in the lane recorded in their homes between April Pouring down together, there, looping the hedges and May 2020, mostly on phones. And pure justice with peace with their warm wreaths of breath Kissing a guilty world. - A dark river of blood, many [O depths of wisdom! boulders, O vast depths of grace! Balancing unspilled milk. O unsearchable secret, Forever above their finding out! 'Moon!' you cry suddenly, 'Moon! The seraphs of heaven are looking Moon!' With wonder every one On the depths of divine love The moon has stepped back like an God dying for man!] artist gazing amazed at a work Dyma gariad fel y moroedd, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Tosturiaethau fel y lli: That points at him amazed. =KBSD5956S9g&feature=youtu.be Twysog Bywyd pur yn marw -

Marw i brynu'n bywyd ni. Pwy all beidio â chofio amdano? Pwy all beidio â thraethu'i glod? Prayers for Trinity Sunday Dyma gariad nad â'n angof Tra fo nefoedd wen yn bod. Let us pray. And we start as we often do in these services by reflecting on Ar Galfaria yr ymrwygodd those we have lost in the last week or Holl ffynhonnau'r dyfnder mawr; are grieving, including those affected by Covid 19 with a minute’s silence. Torrodd holl argaeau'r nefoedd Oedd yn gyfain hyd yn awr: A prayer for Creation: A prayer for the Holy Trinity: method of retaliatory violence and choose the method that seeks to God, there has been no time when Holy Trinity, sacred sharing of redeem. You have not been creating; no reciprocal love; free flowing space where You have not been relationship of grace: Give to us, “God, we thank you for the imagining. Before our earliest Your friends, that deep regard for inspiration of Jesus. Grant that we ancestors existed, You were interdependence which You will love you with all our hearts, dreaming and designing what manifest, so that our practice may souls, and minds, and love our people could be. We were born be collaboration, drawing strength neighbours as we love ourselves. into the flow of Your creativity and from each other, and that, freed And we ask you, God, in these breathe our every breath in Your from isolation and operating like days of emotional tension, when company. the lone wolf, we may reflect Your the problems of the world are nature which is community; gigantic in extent and chaotic in Come close to us, come alive in us, through Jesus Christ, at one with detail, to be with us in our going stir us to be open to You. Give us You, Creator and Sustaining Spirit. out and our coming in, in our an expansive vision of what our Amen rising up and in our lying down, in world is and can be, and let us our moments of joy and in our move to the music of Your Prayers for George Floyd and for moments of sorrow, until the day resounding call. equality: when there shall be no sunset and no dawn. The ingenuity of Your mind is unfathomable! How perfectly You “We thank you for your church, set up all the ecosystems of earth, founded upon your Word, that the balances of climate and challenges us to do more than sing vegetation and interdependent and pray, but go out and work as species. though the very answer to our prayers depended on us and not How deep Your trust in us, to upon you. Help us to realize that implant in us the wisdom to care humanity was created to shine like for the land and the sea, to be And we hope for peace, calm and the stars and live on through all Your co-workers in ensuring the justice after the death of George eternity. flourishing of all. Floyd and as we think of his family, friends and loved ones and the “Keep us, we pray, in perfect Thank you for the expertise of shock his death has generated peace. Help us to walk together, people who work most closely throughout the world, let us pray pray together, sing together, and with the environment – ecologists in the words of a civil rights leader live together until that day when all and botanists, zoologists and and theologian who we are God's children -- Black, White, conservationists. Thank you for reminded of at this time, Dr Martin Red, Brown and Yellow -- will the successes of the work they do Luther King: rejoice in one common band of and for their persistent efforts to humanity in the reign of our Lord educate and inform so that all of us “Eternal God, out of whose mind and of our God, we pray. Amen.” know the habits we must get out this great cosmic universe, we of and get into for the protection, bless you. Help us to seek that Ein Tad yn y nefoedd, sancteiddier survival and wellbeing of the whole which is high, noble and good. dy enw; deled dy deyrnas; gwneler world. “Help us in the moment of difficult dy ewyllys, ar y ddaear fel yn y nef. decision. Help us to work with Dyro inni heddiw ein bara renewed vigour for a warless beunyddiol, a maddau inni ein world, a better distribution of troseddau, fel yr ym ni wedi wealth, and a brother/sisterhood maddau i'r rhai a droseddodd yn that transcends race or colour. ein herbyn; a phaid â'n dwyn i brawf, ond gwared ni rhag yr Un “God, grant that we wage the drwg. Oherwydd eiddot ti yw'r struggle with dignity and discipline. deyrnas a'r gallu a'r gogoniant am May all who suffer oppression in byth. Amen. this world reject the self-defeating Our Father, who art in heaven, in the storm of judgment to come to steer my hollow body hallowed be thy name; bloody storms battering me over the sea. thy kingdom come; unshakable myriads around me in thy will be done; terror; The earth is full of masks and on earth as it is in heaven. the rock of the ages keeps at such a fetishes, Give us this day our daily bread. time, what is there here for me? are And forgive us our trespasses, in the waters, in the fire: these like him? as we forgive those who trespass there on the flood of eternity Keep company with him and you against us. the rock of the ages shall be my will know: And lead us not into temptation; song. no kin, no likeness to those but deliver us from evil. empty eyes. For thine is the kingdom, https://www.youtube.com/watch? He is a stranger to them all, great the power and the glory, v=cBglyGpuOg4 Jesus. for ever and ever. Amen. What is there here for me? I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v know =ZzF49HPfQzM Ann Griffiths what I have longed for. Him to trans. Rowan Williams hold me always. I Saw Him Standing

Arglwydd Iesu, arwain f'enaid (Yr Arglwydd Iesu) at y graig sydd uwch na mi, craig safadwy mewn tymhestloedd, craig a ddeil yng ngrym y lli; llechu wnaf yng Nghraig yr oesoedd, deued dilyw, deued tân, a phan chwalo'r greadigaeth craig yr oesoedd fydd fy nghân.

Under the dark trees, there he Pan fo creigiau'r byd yn rhwygo stands, yn rhyferthwy'r farn a ddaw, Dr Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron there he stands; shall he not stormydd creulon arna' i'n curo, Williams of Oystermouth, PC, FBA, draw my eyes? cedyrn fyrdd o'm cylch mewn FRSL, FLSW (born 1950) is a I thought I knew a little braw; Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian how he compels, beyond all craig yr oesoedd ddeil pryd and poet. He was the 104th things, but now hynny, Archbishop of Canterbury, a position he stands there in the shadows. It yn y dyfroedd, yn y tân: he held from December 2002 to will be draw ar gefnfor tragwyddoldeb December 2012. Previously the Oh, such a daybreak, such bright craig yr oesoedd fydd fy nghân. Bishop of Monmouth and morning, Archbishop of Wales, Williams was when I shall wake to see him Lord Jesus, lead my soul the first Archbishop of Canterbury in as he is. to the rock that is higher than I, modern times not to be appointed He is called Rose of Sharon, for firm rock in the storms, from within the Church of England. his skin Rock which keeps in the He is now Master of Magdalene is clear, his skin is flushed with might of the flood College, Cambridge and Chancellor blood, I will hide in the rock of ages of the University of South Wales in his body lovely and exact; how he come deluge, come fire, 2014. As a poet and critic he has compels and when the creation disintegrates written to great acclaim on writers beyond ten thousand rivals. the rock of the ages shall be my ranging from Waldo Williams to There he stands, song. Dostoevsky, and as well as his own my friend, the friend of guilt and poems, is a noted translator. This helplessness, When the rocks of earth are tearing translation of Ann Griffiths’s poem was set to music at Dr Williams’s iddiderfyn ryfeddodau Thanks for ever, thanks ten enthronement ceremony as Iechydwriaeth Calfari; thousand, Archbishop of Canterbury. byw i weld yr Anweledig While I’ve breath, all thanks and 'fu farw ac sy'n awr yn fyw, praise tragwyddol anwahanol undeb To the God who all his wonders a chymundeb â fy Nuw. For my worship here displays, Rhyfedd, rhyfedd gan angylion, In my nature tried and tempted rhyfeddod fawr yng ngolwg ffydd, Yno caf ddyrchafu'r Enw Like the meanest of our race, gweld rhoddwr bod, cynhaliwr a osododd Duw yn Iawn, Man – a weak and helpless infant, helaeth heb ddychymyg, llen, na God – of matchless power and a rheolwr popeth sydd gorchudd, grace. yn y preseb mewn cadachau a'm henaid ar ei ddelw'n llawn; A heb le i roi'i ben i lawr, yng nghymdeithas y dirgelwch Gone this body of corruption, eto disglair lu'r gogoniant datguddiedig yn ei glwy, ’Mid the fiery hosts on high, yn ei addoli'n Arglwydd mawr. cusanu'r Mab i dragwyddoldeb Gazing deep into the wonders heb im gefnu arno mwy. Wrought of old on Calvary, Pan bo Seinai i gyd yn mygu God, the Invisible, beholding, a swn yr utgorn ucha'i radd, Wondrous sight for men and angels! Him who lives, yet once was slain, caf fynd i wledda tros y terfyn Wonders, wonders without end! Clasped in close eternal union yng Nghrist y Gair heb gael fy He who made, preserves, sustains And communion I’ll remain. lladd. us, mae yno'n trigo bob cyflawnder, He our Ruler and our Friend, There, new-fashioned in his likeness, llond gwagle colledigaeth dyn; Here lies cradled in the manger, Veils and fancies done away, ar yr adwy rhwng y ddwyblaid Finds no resting-place on earth, To the Name by God exalted gwnaeth gymod trwy ei offrymu Yet the shining hosts of glory Highest homage I shall pay. ei hun. Throng to worship at his birth. There, communing in the secret Seen in those deep wounds he bore, Efe yw'r iawn fu rhwng y lladron, When thick cloud lies over Sinai, I shall kiss the Son for ever, efe ddioddefodd angau loes, And the trumpet’s note rings high, Turning from him nevermore. efe a nerthodd freichiau ei In Christ the Word I’ll pass the ddienyddwyr barrier, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= i'w hoelio yno ar y groes; Climb, and feast, nor fear to die; W4_Jg2VT4fw (from c09:20) wrth dalu dyled pentewynion For in him all fullness dwelleth, ac anrhydeddu deddf ei Dad, Fullness to restore our loss; cyfiawnder, mae'n disgleirio'n He stood forth and made danbaid atonement A talk on Wele'n sefyll rhwng wrth faddau yn nhrefn y cymod Through his offering on the cross. y myrtwydd by John Jones rhad. O f'enaid, gwêl y fan gorweddodd He between a pair of robbers pen brenhinoedd, awdur hedd; Hung, our Making-good to be; y greadigaeth ynddo'n symud, He gave power to nerve and muscle yntau'n farw yn y bedd; When they nailed him to the tree; cân a bywyd colledigion, He, his Father’s law exalting, rhyfeddod fwya' angylion nef; Paid our debt and quenched our gweld Duw mewn cnawd a'i flame; gydaddoli Righteousness, in fiery splendour, mae'r côr dan weiddi 'Iddo Ef!' Freely pardons in his name. Diolch byth, a chanmil diolch, Wele’n sefyll rhwng y Myrtwydd diolch tra bo ynw'i chwyth, See, my soul, where our Peace- must be the most famous of am fod gwrthrych i'w addoli maker, Welsh hymns, better known a thestun cân a bery byth; King of kings, was lowly laid, perhaps in English as Guide me, yn fy natur wedi ei demtio He, creation’s life and movement, Oh thou Great Jehova, on the tune fel y gwaela' o ddynol ryw, Of the grave a tenant made, Cwm Rhondda. yn ddyn bach, yn wan, yn Yet on souls fresh life bestowing; ddinerth, Angels view it with amaze; The welsh words were written yn anfeidrol wir a bywiol Dduw. God in flesh with us adoring; by Ann Griffiths, a farmer’s Heaven’s full chorus shouts his daughter of Dolwar Fach Yn lle cario corff o lygredd, praise. (pictured above), in the middle of cyd-dreddio â'r côr yn danllyd fry the hills of Mid Wales; the English He brought me to the banqueting My beloved is mine and I am his; words are a translation of house, he pastures his flock among the Williams Williams Pantycelyn’s and his intention towards me was lilies. words Arglwydd arwain trwy’r love. anialwch. And here is a modern version of,

Wele'n sefyll rhwng y myrtwydd Ann was raised, like Pantycelyn, Sustain me with raisins, from Cwmni Theatr Maldwyn’s as an Anglican but became drawn refresh me with apples; production of their musical, Ann, to non‐conformity and, after for I am faint with love. first performed at the National hearing a sermon by John Parry Eisteddfod in Meifod in 2003: of Chester at her home in 1802, Song of Solomon 2: 8-17 which was a regular centre for Wele'n sefyll rhwng y such services, she converted to The voice of my beloved! myrtwydd (Ann Griffiths - the Calvinist Methodists. His Look, he comes, modern arrangement) subject that evening was the Song of Solomon, chapter 2. leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. Cân Solomon 2: 1-5 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. Yr wyf fel rhosyn Saron, fel lili'r dyffrynnoedd. My beloved speaks and says to me: ‘Arise, my love, my fair one, Ie, lili ymhlith drain yw f'anwylyd and come away; https://www.youtube.com/watch? ymysg merched. v=17CgzAqW170

Fel pren afalau ymhlith prennau'r for now the winter is past, Ann Griffiths married a farmer the rain is over and gone. goedwig yw fy nghariad ymysg y from the neighbouring village of bechgyn. Yr oeddwn wrth fy modd Meifod who was an elder of the yn eistedd yn ei gysgod, ac yr oedd The flowers appear on the earth; Calvanistic Methodist chapel. ei ffrwyth yn felys i'm genau. the time of singing has come, However, she died giving birth to and the voice of the turtle-dove their first child in 1805 at the age Cymerodd fi i'r gwindy, gyda baner is heard in our land. of 29. She was buried in ei gariad drosof. Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa and The fig tree puts forth its figs, had, by the end of the 19th Rhoddodd imi rawnwin i'w bwyta, century become a national icon. and the vines are in blossom; a'm hadfywio ag afalau, oherwydd they give forth fragrance. yr oeddwn yn glaf o gariad. I mentioned once before in a talk Arise, my love, my fair one, about the religious imagery and I am a rose of Sharon, and come away. irony that Protestantism did away a lily of the valleys. with symbolism, imagery that the O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, population would have understood. And yet, there are As a lily among brambles, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face, some startling examples in Ann so is my love among maidens. Griffiths’ hymn. “Wele’n sefyll let me hear your voice; rhwng y myrtwydd, gwrthrych As an apple tree among the trees of for your voice is sweet, teilwng o’m holl fyd” – “Behold, the wood, and your face is lovely. standing among the myrtle, a so is my beloved among young men. worthy object of my whole With great delight I sat in his Catch us the foxes, world”. What does it mean? Ann shadow, the little foxes, Griffiths would never have seen a myrtle tree and it appears such a and his fruit was sweet to my taste. that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in blossom.’ meaningless sentence, doesn’t it, until you realize that the myrtle is one of the sacred plants of Therefore, thus says the Lord, I have he shall strike the earth with the rod Jewish liturgy, an evergreen shrub returned to Jerusalem with of his mouth, common in Israel and Lebanon, compassion; my house shall be built and with the breath of his lips he symbolizing sweetness, justice, in it, says the Lord of hosts, and the shall kill the wicked. divine generosity, peace and measuring line shall be stretched God’s promise of prosperity. The Righteousness shall be the belt Psalms and several books in the out over Jerusalem. Proclaim further: around his waist, Bible make reference to it in fact. Thus says the Lord of hosts: My and faithfulness the belt around his In the Roman period, the myrtle cities shall again overflow with loins. was grown for medical and prosperity; the Lord will again ritualistic purposes, such as comfort Zion and again choose From the 11th century, the Tree weddings, and dedicated to Jerusalem. of Jesse has been portrayed in Venus, the Roman goddess of religious manuscripts, wall love and the leaves often Then again – “Rhosyn Saron yw paintings and wood carvings, depicted in military crowns of Ei enw” – His name is Rose of where Jesse is portrayed with a victory. The reference here Sharon”. Not something that tree rising from his body, the comes from the book of grew in Wales, that’s for sure. It ancestors of Jesus in its branches Zecharia 1: 8-17: came from a bulb of uncertain with the Prophets and Christ at origin that was highly valued in the summit. One of the best Zecharia 1: 8-17 the Middle East. Biblical scholars examples I’ve ever seen is the generally regard it as the sand centre piece sculpture of a side In the night I saw a man riding on a daffodil or crocus which grew alter in the church of St. Francis red horse! He was standing among just above the high‐tide mark in Porto, Portugal, though I the myrtle trees in the glen; and around the Mediterranean and recently came across a behind him were red, sorrel, and was emblematic of Christ magnificent example in the parish church of St. Dyfnog, Llanrhaeadr white horses. Then I said, ‘What because it grows in dry, unfavourable conditions, in Denbighshire, between are these, my lord?’ The angel who symbolizing Jesus coming from Denbigh and Ruthin, dating from talked with me said to me, ‘I will the root of Jesse, a prophesy of 1533. It’s been described as “the show you what they are.’ So the the coming of Jesus and his finest glass window in all Wales, man who was standing among the provenance. Here’s the Biblical (pictured below) exceeded by myrtle trees answered, ‘They are reference to Jesse from Isaiah few in England” that was those whom the Lord has sent to chapter 11. removed during the English Civil patrol the earth.’ War to protect it from Isaiah 11: 1-5 destruction. St.David is featured, Then they spoke to the angel of the of course, along with King David, Solomon and the prophets of the Lord who was standing among the A shoot shall come out from the Old Testament. myrtle trees, ‘We have patrolled the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his earth, and lo, the whole earth roots. remains at peace.’ Then the angel of the Lord said, ‘O Lord of hosts, The spirit of the Lord shall rest on how long will you withhold mercy him, from Jerusalem and the cities of the spirit of wisdom and Judah, with which you have been understanding, angry these seventy years?’ Then the spirit of counsel and might, the Lord replied with gracious and the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. comforting words to the angel who talked with me. So the angel who His delight shall be in the fear of talked with me said to me, Proclaim the Lord. this message: Thus says the Lord of He shall not judge by what his eyes hosts; I am very jealous for see, Jerusalem and for Zion. And I am or decide by what his ears hear; extremely angry with the nations but with righteousness he shall that are at ease; for while I was only judge the poor, There’s also a holy well near the a little angry, they made the disaster and decide with equity for the meek church where St. Dyfnog, a 6th worse. of the earth; century saint, was believed to have done his penance and the ill y caf ei weled fel y mae. Cheerful live ’mid all life’s woes — and infirm received remarkable This the Way which, straight healing powers from the water. Rhosyn Saron yw ei enw, though tangled, gwyn a gwridog, teg o bryd; To the heavenly city goes. Amen. Wele’n sefyll is a kind of lovesong ar ddeng mil y mae'n rhagori to God, full of emotion and passion, very personal and o wrthrychau penna'r byd: positively evangelical in its ffrind pechadur, Closing music: Nant y Mynydd sentiment. It’s usually sung to the dyma ei beilat ar y môr. tune Cwm Rhondda, written in Nant y Mynydd groyw loyw, 1905 for a gymanfa ganu in Beth sy imi mwy a wnelwyf Yn ymdroelli tua'r pant, Pontypridd at the height of the ag eilunod gwael y llawr? Rhwng y brwyn yn sisial ganu; religious revival of that time. But Tystio'r wyf nad yw eu cwmni O na bawn i fel y nant! this begs the question, what tune i’w cystadlu â Iesu mawr: was used before then? Some have mention Blaenplwyf, except it was O am aros Grug y Mynydd yn eu blodau, written in 1860. Others have yn ei gariad ddyddiau f'oes. Edrych arnynt hiraeth ddug suggested Capelyddol, Caersalem, Am gael aros ar y bryniau written by Joseph Parry in and See he stands among the myrtles Yn yr awel efo'r grug. Llan Baglan. The point is, Ann object worthy of my heart; Griffiths wrote her lyrics with no although in part, I know Adar man y Mynydd uchel intention of their becoming He is above the objects of the Godant yn yr awel iach, congregational hymns. So it’s world: hail the morning difficult to know for sure. O'r naill drum i'r llall yn 'hedeg; I saw him as he is. O na bawn fel deryn bach! What is known is that Pantycelyn’s words in English Rose of Sharon is his name, Mab y Mynydd ydwyf innau translation were published in white and rosy, fair of heart; Oddi cartref yn gwneud cân, America in 1772 and republished than ten thousand he is better Ond mae 'nghalon yn y mynydd in 1774, inevitably with certain of objects the world prescribes: Efo'r grug a'r adar man. differences, not least Jehova or a sinner's Friend, Redeemer. I guess the truth is here is his pilot on the sea. that Ann Griffith’s words would The fresh clear mountain stream, fit any of those tunes, including meandering towards the hollow, incidentally Nid wy’n gofyn bywyd What is there more for me to do between the rushes whispering song; moethus Calon lan! with wretched idols of the earth? Oh if only I was like the stream! I testify that their company is not But the one that we most to compete with great Jesus: O to The mountain heather in flower, commonly know is Cwm Rhondda, stay in his love the days of my life! Looking on it made me homesick which we’ll sing now. It could be argued that whatever words you to be able to stay on the hills choose or prefer, it really is a Hear Borough Chapel Choir sing this In the breeze with the heather. very good hymn tune. from a remastered LP and their picture is at the end of this guide: The high mountain small birds https://www.youtube.com/watch? Ascending in the fresh air, from one v=lIF9pb_Er_Y ridge to another they do go; Oh if only I was like the small bird!

Blessing I am a man of the Mountain From a letter by Ann Griffiths Away from home, making song, But my heart is in the mountains Wholly counter to my nature With the heather and the small Wele'n sefyll rhwng myrtwydd Is the path ordained for me; birds. wrthrych teilwng o’m holl fryd, Yet I’ll tread it, yes, and calmly, er mai o ran yr wy'n adnabod While thy precious face I see; https://www.gwaliachoirlondon. ei fod uwchlaw gwrthrychau'r byd: Count the cross a crown, and org/audio_travelling (Track 4) henffych fore bear it, Dr Dame Jane Goodall, zoologist and Readers: Images from top: conservationist, photographer unknown

Ann Griffiths Dr Martin Luther King, Civil rights leader and Genesis 1:1-19 Anthony Weaver theologian, photographer unknown Genesis 1: 20-31, 2: 1:3 Wyn Holy Trinity, by Szymon Czechowicz (1756– Davies 1758) Artemisia Gentileschi Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, 1623; private collection Salm 8 Megan Evans Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat by Simon de Myle Samuel Taylor Coleridge, from Dr Rowan Williams, photographer unknown The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Outer space, photographer unknown Part IV Mark Salmon Dolwar Farm Farm, unknown artist Dr Dame Jane Goodall with a chimpanzee, a R Williams Parry Y Llwynog species she has studied and conserved over a Song of Solomon, illustration Marian Evans lifetime of pioneering environmental work; Ted Hughes Full moon and little photographer unknown Poster for Cwmni Theatr Maldwyn’s Frieda Dewi Griffiths production of the musical, Ann performed at Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1795 the National Eisteddfod in Meifod in 2003 Prayers for Trinity Sunday By Peter Vandyke © National Portrait Gallery Neil Evans Tree of Jesse window, parish church of St. Ann Griffiths trans. Rowan The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, illustration by Dyfnog, Llanrhaeadr, Denbighshire, 1533 Williams Gustave Doré, 1877 Ann Griffiths, Sculpture

I Saw Him Standing (Yr Arglwydd A fox, photographer unknown Iesu) Jenny Thomas A talk on Wele'n sefyll R Williams Parry, photographer unknown rhwng y myrtwydd Cows walk in moonlight, photographer John Jones unknown Song of Solomon 2: 1-17 June Parry Jones Ted Hughes with Frieda and Nicholas Hughes, Zecharia 1:8-17 Lisa Williams c 1970, photographer unknown Say Something in Welsh Virtual Choir Isaiah 11: 1-5 Rowenna Hughes

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Borough Chapel Choir with conductor D C James in 1929 after they won the choir competition at the National Eisteddfod in Liverpool. They were heard in today’s service in a recording of Wele'n sefyll rhwng y myrtwydd (Ann Griffiths)