First, let's see the 28-year-old John Elias fighting one of his greatest battles. It is the Battle of Rhuddlan.
It is the late summer of 1802. Unlike South Wales, North Wales is still largely a mission field, and Rhuddlan is playing host to a fair on a Sunday. There are men and women dancing, drinking and revelling. Musicians and singers are everywhere. People have come to Rhuddlan from miles around in the hope of being hired to work in the harvest fields.
The noise is deafening. It is one vast open-air party. Elias had asked a few Christian friends from Denbigh and St. Aseph to meet him at Rhuddlan that Sunday.
