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Wife kept a school in Carnarvonshire , for a livelihood s hn& hfe drew patterns for the girls to work by . He could not be paiu mitted a quiet abode even there , but was forced to flee mto
Cheshire r from the rcge of his persecutors . His submitting to poverty arid enduring persecution , while with a less stubborn conscience and a more easy virtue he might have avoided th ^ rfr both , was a sufficient proof of his integrity ; but h < s > w detestable
must that government have been under which such a man could not enjoy protection ? He died a persecuted Non-conformist , about tire year 1683 * HUGH OWEN *—He was * a native of Merionethshire , and
educated at Oxford * whence he removed to London , about the time the Bartholomew Act passed , being then a candidate for the ministry . He soon after settled in his native county » where he lived upon a small estate of his own , and preached the gospel with unwearied diligence , aivd eminent success . Calamy
calls him a burning ana shining light . He had many places where he used to preach in Merioneth , and nearly as many m Montgomeryshire * He also sometimes made excursions into Carnarvotishire , and other parts t ai * d used to perform his cir * cuit m about three manths ^ and then begin again * His preach *
ing ' was very affectionate , Hawing , and impressive . Great numbers attended his ministry * and were itiuch affected by it . His painful and incessant exertions impaired his health ; tfhioli ii not to be wondered at , as be often rode in the night , and in cold rains over the mountmm , scarcely allowing him self
necessary food . He rarely &fie any Hesh ; and avoided all mong liquors » His principal £ bod was milk , to which he had ttfiea himself by lodging ia poor houses , where nothing else was td be had . He was a Christian of the primitive at amp , eroi neatly meek , humble , and laborious * One time going to preachy i-ft & frosty , snowy season , he was benighted oti the hills , wheii a sudden storm asose , whfeh drove the snow so violently in hii
face , that the horse could not go forward . He therefore \ t& hinft go as he would , till he perceived himself in d&ngGt of the bog ^ so that it was not safe to ride any further . After he had c&m ± mitttd hifidsdf to God in prayer » he left his horse to shift for
himself , and walked alone in , hi * boow , in a deep snow , till inklnight , when he felt himadf so spent , and so zfteotitdhy th « cold that he despaii ^ d of iflTe ; Pr ovidetitially , itt a Iktle t&fi « he came to a cjow-house , into which he attempted to etitd * t
but when he tried th ^ door , he found it barred withki . Ht « sera ^ mbled about , for above an hou ?; trying to g ^ t in , but to tm purpose . At le * igtfe , wh ^ n all hope was g < me h « j discover ^ * hole at one end of the pkce and with much difficulty got & that way , and lay between the cattla till « tot&ing . He ttttn crept out , and seeing a lK > use « no gr&M d » ttwct f fctf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/9/
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