Daniel Rowland and the Great Evangelical Awakening in Wales Margaret Paton Friend of William Guthrie of

Friend of William Guthrie of Fenwick

and the fact that all his closest friends were also preachers rather than authors

These estimations still hold true and

For they combine such constantly penetrating depths of biblical and theological understanding with such soaring heights of eloquence that it is difficult to imagine their like being heard in any pulpit in the world today

Daniel Rowland and the Great Evangelical Awakening in Wales Margaret Paton Friend of William Guthrie ofJ. C. Ryle described Daniel Rowland (17111790) as one of the spiritual giants of the eighteenth century. Lady Huntingdon considered him to be second only to Whitefield. Howel Harris wrote of him, In his pulpit he is second to St Paul, while others acclaimed him as the greatest preacher in Europe. Yet he has been one of the least known leaders of that age. The loss of manuscripts shortly after his death, the Welsh language barrier, and the fact that