YOUNG
,
JAMES JUBILEE
(
1887
-
1962
),
Baptist minister
;
b.
15 May 1887
, the year of
Queen
Victoria
's
jubilee
, s. of
Thomas
and
Eunice
Young
(
Revs.
Jabes
,
Glasnant
and
Owen
Young
were his brothers). He was born in
Maenclochog, Pembs.
, but he was brought up in
Aberavon, Glam.
, and as a young man he moved to
Tonypandy
,
Rhondda Valley
, to
work in a draper's shop
. A member of
Moreia Baptist church
he began to
preach
there in
1906
and the following year enrolled at
Old College School
,
Carmarthen
. He was ord.
minister
of
Capel Rhondda
,
Pontypridd
in
1910
and he
ministered
later to churches in
Felinganol
(
1914
) and
Seion
,
Llanelli
(
1931
). He retired in
1957
. His gifts as a powerful
preacher
were clear from the start and he became one of ‘the princes’ of the Welsh pulpit. He was regularly invited to
preach at denominational meetings
, and he preached at the St. David's Day service at
City Temple
,
London
in
1922
, at
Central Hall
,
Liverpool
in
1923
, and at the Welsh service at the
Baptist Union of Gt. Britain
in
Cardiff
in
1924
. He was
president of the Pembrokeshire meeting (
Cymanfa
)
in
1929
, and
president
of the
Welsh Baptist Union
in
1946
. He d.
23 Jan. 1962
leaving a widow
Mya
(née
Jones
of
Capel Rhondda
) and one son.
Bibliography:
-
The Baptist Union of Wales Handbook and
Diary
,
1963
;
-
Portreadau'r Faner
, 1, 7-9;
-
record (Qualiton, DAF 212,
1969
) preaching one of Christmas Evans's sermons.
Author:
Dr Brynley Francis Roberts, Aberystwyth
