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    $ fce subject , fie eagerly enquired , — " When did you see Leech- \ aian ? " Soon recollecting that he had been deceased many years , he said , * ' But I shall however

    jneet him again , and I have no doubt that his society will augment my felicity in a future life . " He was buried near the pulpit , in lite new chapel , erected on the site of the old one which had

    been the scene of his labours . The Rev . C . Wellbeloved performed the service at the interment in the horning of the Lord ' s day on which it took place , and delivered a very suitable and impressive discourse on the occasion in the aftefnoob . W . S .

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    Rev . Roger Howeli . Sir , Itafte the liberty of submitting , by your leave , a brief account of die life of the late Rev . RogeU

    Howbll , minister of the Presbyterian congregation at Backingten , in the epunty'bf Somerset . Thfe Worlfcjr aiirf respectable aian was born at a plaice called Nantmole , in the parish of

    Longufelacb , in thfe county of Glamorgah , SouthWdle » , ortthe 18 th day of March , in the year 174 * 2 . His father wasr a respectable farmer residing on his own estate , bad the character of a good man , and wa « the son of the venerable

    and respectable minister of Gelh . <^ en ' and Cwm LynfeH , fora gseat ' niiraber of years . His name wail Rdg # r HbwfcU , as was the Mm * oflus grattdtfon , thef subject of * fe memoir . The tirittre of Rbger Movvellv is > s ^ tiM familiar in the ^ igttbwirhood of Gellu Onnen * dimgw ttei * mmv » gea- inhabit

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    tants $ fft £ * and his memory is respected on account of his piety , learning and labours in the dis * charge of the pastoral office . Hi $ intimate knowledge in the scriptures was so well known , thai

    he was often referred to as a living concordance when in company and allusion had to any part of the Bible ! Doubtless his memory was unusually strong , and in this respect , as well as in many others ^ , his grandson and namesake mucll resembled him .

    Mr . Howeli when he was about six years old sustained the loss of a most excellent mother , whos ^ memory he retained with grktitude and love not only as a dutiful son , but also as a son who . had received from her the first infar ^ -

    mation of the nature and claims 6 { religion . An endearing tie ! It ik highly probable that his first idea of devoting himself to the Christ tian ministry was suggested by the esteem in which his relation had

    been held , and by his useful and successful labours , as a noncon ' - formist minister . " His ardouir for learning appeared at an early period , in a village school , arid the quickness of his

    intellectual powers were soon noticed . After spending some of his early years in schools in the neighbourhood , he was removed to Brecon , and placed under the care of his maternal uncle , the Rev . D . Jones , who officiated there as a Dissent .

    ing minister and kept a seminary for the education of youth . And here the subject of our memoit pursued his classical studies , with

    his usual diligence and success ^ though not without some discouragement and interruption , till the period of his commencing bis academical studies in Cnermarthen ^

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    Rev * Roger Howelt . S 3 i

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 535, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/3/