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under the direction then of the
Rev . Mr . 1 hotnas ami the Rev . Mr . afterwards Dr . Jenkins ; this was in the year 176 l . The writer of this article has the pleasure of knowing from one of his fellow , students , that his conduct during
his stay at this seminary of learning , was highly creditable to him , not only as a scholar but also as a Christian , who had his mind influenced and regulated by the nature and importance of his future
office ! Patience , ardour and persevi ranee attended all his literary and theological pursuits , whilst friendship , benevolence and dignified candour , marked theinnocence , firmness and elevation of his mind , in his intercourse with all those
with whom he was connected . As a scholar , as a man and as a Christian , he stood high in the esteem of his tutors ; as a friend and companion , he was deservedly respected by his fellow students . His classical and particularly his mathematical studies , to which he
was ever partial , occupied a large portion ot his time during his stay at Caermarthen , and his proficiency was proportioned to his diligence and genius . Hebrew and theology , as they claimed his ^ ttention , in a high degree had it .
Having finished his studies , he retired for some months to the place of his nativity , and occasionally preached in . the pulpit thaf : had been so long and worthily occupied by his revered ancestor . But he had not been long in this State of retirement before he was
called to lake the charge of the grajnm . ar school attached to the Academy in Caermarthen , I believe on the resignation of Mr . Thomas . He repaired again to
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the seat of learning ^ vbich ha& not long left , and took upon him this new charge . No one who knew Mr . Howell but also knew how well he was qualified for this situation . However , his health
declining , and having received an invitation from I $ eckingt ; on , here , signed his charge at Caermarthen , and settled there about the year 1766 , and remained in that place till within a short time of his
death-It was after his settlement at Beckington , the writer of this account had the happiness an 4 pleasure of his personal acquaintance , which has been ; of . pretty long standing ; therefore it enables him to appreciate . the cha * racter of this worthy man *
From what has been said in the preceding part of this account , you will be di&posed toLinfer '» chat our friend ' s character was not a com . mon one . His ardour in the pur . suit of literature was gratified in this place of retirement with a small congregation who highly valued him . Here he extended
and improved his acquirements in almost all the walks of science , and treasured in himself a store of information in history , * chronology , divinity , &c , and his memory ! was so uncommnoly tenacious , / tha the accurately retained , the most
important transactions with which his extensive reading furnished him , so as to render his society and conversation equally edifying and pleasant . But bis thirst after knowledge , and especially the
study of the Arabic and Persic languages at a late period in life , brought on a nervous debility from which he suffered , great pain and anguish . . But qven , this , was not able to repress his literary ardour , for he continued to increase his
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535 Rev . Roger HowelL
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 536, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/4/
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