MR. DAVID J. ROBERTS. WARRIOR RUN, LUZERNE, PENNSYLVANIA.
Gwelais ar un o bapyrau Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, hanes marwolaeth y brawd anwyl uchod, ac yr wyf wedi dysgwyl gweled yr hanes yn y "Drych," ond yn ofer.Bu farw ar y 5ed dydd o'r flwyddyn hon, a chladdwyd ef ar yr 8fed yn Hanover Green.
Nid wyf yn gwybod dim am y manylion heblaw iddo fod yn gystuddiol am amryw wythnosau.
Daeth Mr. Roberts i'r wlad hon pan yn fachgen lled ieuanc, o Corris, Meirionydd, a sefydlodd yn West Bangor, Pennsylvania, ac yno y priododd y tro cyntaf. Bu farw ei briod gan ei adael ef a thri o blant.
Yr oedd yn weithgar iawn gyda'r achos yn Rehoboth, eglwys y T. C. yn y lle hwnw, a deallaf iddo gael ei wneyd yn flaenor yno, a chyn pen hir aeth i'r weinidogaeth, a galwyd ef i fugeilio eglwys y T. C. yn Warrior Run, Pennsylvania, a bu yno yn llwyddianus iawn am flynyddau, ond daeth cwmwl ar ei fywyd, a gadawodd y weinidogaeth, ond ni chollodd ei grefydd. O na, bu mor weithgar ag erioed, ac yr oedd yn ddiacon gweithgar iawn yn eglwys Warrior Run er's blynyddau, ac hyd derfyn ei daith.
Gadawa ar ei ol dri o blant o'r briodas gyntaf, a thri o'r ail briodas, yn nghyd a'i briod, a thebygol berthynasau yn yr Hen Wlad. Nid wyf mewn mantais i ysgrifenu yn ddigon manwl am dano. Deallwyf mai John Roberts oedd enw ei dad. Hen flaenor enwog a duwiol iawn yn Corris, Meirionydd, ac yr oedd ol magwraeth grefyddol o'r radd uwchaf ar ei fab.
Cefais flynyddau lawer o adnabyddiaeth a David J. Roberts, a mwynheais ei gymdeithas felus a chrefyddol iawn am ddeuddeng mlynedd.
Jabez M. Williams.
Y Drych ~ Chwefror 12fed 1914.
MR. DAVID J. ROBERTS. WARRIOR RUN, LUZERNE, PENNSYLVANIA.
An unusually large concourse of people, many of them prominent in business and professional life, assembled at the Welsh Presbyterian Church of Warrior Run last Thursday to pay their last tributes of respect and esteem to their friend and associate, David J. Roberts, former pastor, writer and Sunday school worker.The obsequies were in charge of Rev. Dr. John Hammond of Scranton, assisted by Rev. H. R. Hughes of Plymouth and Rev. James Jenkins of Kingston. The selected choir, composed of Gladys M. Jones, Mary Ellen Thomas, Diane Jervis, Edythe Morgans, Ella Morris and Minnie Morgans as well as the congregational singing, was in charge of David J. Morris, the church chorister.
The funeral services began at 2 p.m. the cortage having left the home on Chesnut street at 1.30. The rites were begun with "Methodistiaid Calfinaidd," a scared hymn, familiar to the Welsh residents of Wyoming Valley. Rev. Mr. Hughes of Plymouth, read a Scriptoral lesson pertaining to life, death and the resurrection, after which the congregation led by the choir sang "Bydd Myrdd o Ryfeddodau." Rev. Mr. Jenkins of Kingston, offered prayer, prtitioning guidance and sympathy for the grief-stricken family. The congregation sang the consolation hymn "Jesus is Mine," after which Rev. Dr. Hammond of Scranton delivered an impressive sermon.
The text of Dr. Hammond's funeral oration was the 10th verse of the twenty-first chapter of St. John : This spoke he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him. "Follow me."
Dr. Hammond was followed by Rev. Mr. Hughes, who in a few well chosen words, touched upon Mr. Roberts' life of usefullness and dwelt feelingly upon his lonf and painful struggle for the recovery of his health. The congregation sang "Yn y dyfroedd Mawr a'r Tonau." after which the funeral cortege moved to Hanover Green Cemetery, where Dr. Hammond agaib addressed the gathering.
The deceased was born at Corris, North Wales, December 3rd, 1860, and therefore, was a little past fifty-three years of age at the time of his demise. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts, who reared a family of five children, David, Richard, Catherine, Jane and Elizabeth. Feelig an impulse to get along in the world, Mr. Roberts emigrated to this country in 1887, settling at West Bangor, York county, Pennsylvania.
In 1889, he was joined in wedlock to Nellie, daughter of mr. and Mrs. John E. Williams of West Bangor. Their union was blessed by two sons and two daughters, Clifford, Lillian, Gladys and Idwal. Of the children, all survive their father with the exception of Lillian, who died in infancy.