DAVIES
,
JOHN OSSIAN
(
1851
-
1916
),
Congregational minister and author
;
b. at
Pendre
,
Cardigan
,
10 Nov. 1851
, son of
Daniel
and
Phoebe
Davies
. Starting life as
printer
and
journalist
, he edited
Y Fellten
at
Merthyr Tydfil
, and became
secretary
of the
South Wales Temperance Society
. He began to
preach
at
Merthyr
and entered the
Memorial College
,
Brecon
, in
1873
. He was invited to succeed
William
Rees
(
Gwilym Hiraethog
,
1802
-
1883
, q.v.)
in
Liverpool
, but accepted a call to
Tabernacle (Welsh)
,
Llanelly
,
1876
. In
1880
he became
minister
of
Herbert Place (English)
,
Swansea
, removing to
Tollington Park
,
London
, in
1883
, and to
Bournemouth
in
1888
; during his ministry there,
Richmond Hill church
was built. He returned to
London
in
1897
as
minister
of
Paddington chapel
. He resigned in
1903
.
Old yet ever new
,
1904
, and
Dayspring from on high
,
1907
, contain sermons by him. He d.
24 Sept. 1916
at
Shortlands, Kent
. His brother,
Timothy Eynon
Davies
, is separately noticed.
Sources:
-
Album Aberhonddu … o'r flwyddyn 1755 hyd
1880
(1898)
, 281;
-
The Congregational Year Book
,
1917
.
Author:
Reverend Thomas Mardy Rees, (1871-1953), Neath
