Welsh Journals

THE REVEREND D. EUROF Walters. THE death of the Rev. David Eurof Walters, M.A., B.D., on September 29, 1942, came as a shock to his many friends. The aerial bombardment of Liverpool, where he had lived and ministered to the Congregational body since 1931 — following pastorates at Llan- dovery, Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea and Shrewsbury-had greatly marred his health and gentle spirit. He was born at Ammanford in 1875 and was apprenticed as a jeweller in the Swansea Valley (hence his name Eurof). Always a retiring hard-working student, and he possessed talents of a high order, and this made sure his entry into Brecon Memorial College and his later graduation at Cardiff University College, with first-class honours in Hebrew and a reputation as a Greek prizeman. He took an M.A. degree in History at Liverpool University. His intention to proceed to Germany and study there for a doctorate was frustrated by the outbreak of the war of 1914-18. During 1910-15 he represented the British and Foreign Bible Society in South Wales. As a tutor in Welsh and biblical literature at the Welsh Summer Schools, and as an exponent of phases of Welsh nonconformist history, he was a scrupulously careful and accurate writer. Mr. Eurof Walters was proud of his connection with this Society, and he had been a member of its Council for many years A literary man of fine calibre, he was keenly interested in the National Eisteddfod and other national movements. He was an ex-president of the Swansea Cymrodorion Society. We shall miss him greatly, for he was a rare spirit, a most loyal friend, a master of English, Welsh, and other languages, with the manners of a gentleman and the devotion of a saint. D. R. P.