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Bev . David Eyans . I 828 v Feb . 14 , at Plymouth , the Rev David Evans , at the age : of 69 , for many years the minister ^ of the Unitarian eon * gregation at Plymouth Dock , or Devonport . Mr . Evana was a native of Glamorganshire ,, and received the Am part of his classical education under the truly learned and estimable Mr . Solomon
Harries , of Swansea . From hence he removed to Carmarthen , and in 1778 , was admitted a student at the academy in that town , then under the care of Or . Jenkins . After the death of Dr . Jen * kins , and on the settlement of the academy at Rhyd-y-gorse House , near
Carmarthen , under the Rev . Robert Gentleman , who was assisted by the Rev . Benjamin Davis , afterwards of Evesham , Mr . Evans removed thither . In 1781 , with the permission of the Presbyterian Board , he quitted the academy to undertake the office of Classical and
Mathematical Assistant to the late Rev . Josiah Rees > of Gellyion , of whose congregation his family were members . After remaining a year in this situation , he was again admitted to the academy to finish his course of studies , which he completed in 1783 . Early in 1785 , he
settled in Derbyshire as the minister qf Workswortb , to which were joine <}> jondler the same pastoral care , stpqey Middle *)^ <* r <| at , ftueklflw , and BradaU . Hwel ^ official Wtk great usefulness foj ? about five years , when he accepted an invitation to settle as the minister of
the Presbyterian congregation at Preston , in Lancashire . From Preston he removed to . Brwiwgpove , ana ; thence , . ilMftftft on $ & reco * nme . iMtetiOM of &e Jate venerable ThSQphUus tanclsey , to Plymouth Doclfc fa s > ccQe& in % \ & tkWW of Ae yni ^ rjan . congregation at that place , ty p late pr . John Joi&a Jlere he continued to qfficjafe tijl within a f ew years of his death . On his first
settlement as a minister Jbe was , an ^ Vran of the school qi Bej * tylonfccai \ but spon after tyb > 4 t 4 ty | tfap ^ * n Derbyshire , he beca . m . ? an ynjtyrjan . M [ r . Evan « was a gutp . ff ' AfrWff natural powers of ym&t wk of c ^ nsider ^ ye literary acquirenpie ^ j ; he possessed gre ^ t energy < rf character an ^ in £ ( exi ^ iUty pf mor ^ l principle . Hip pulpit discourse * were 4 ^ t | ftguj 8 | je ^ by t |* c e ^ fl ^ e of i
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their matter . He Was what may l > e called an useful preacher - y a little more attention to the graces and ornaments of composition and delivery , which he thought it beneath him to cultivate , might h&ve made him more acceptable and popular .
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Mr . John Masou . March 13 , at € awood > near York , John Mason , an humble but effective labourer in the cause of Christian truth iu and near that city . He enjoyed no advantages of education : he read with
facility and energy , but could not write . He became connected with tb& sect of Christians called Methodists , and fora long time remained united with that body ; but he possessed an inquiring disposition and a keenness of observation which would not suffer him to rest
when he thought he had discovered error . There was , However , In the mind of this excellent man , a degree of attachment to opinions once imbibed which he found it extremely difficult to shake off , and in all the stages of his inquiry into what the Scriptures teach , he was ever loth to abandon what he had received as true . This led to a
thorough examination of every opinion by the text , of Scripture ., bath before he embraced and before h $ resigned it . From , a Metbodi ? t l * e becajne a Calviniftt , aud thence successively an Aritm and a Unitarian £ aj > tUt . Puriftg all these chft ^ s be fcad no othflr guide but the word of truth , ft ? 4 e 4 by a ^ etenlive ineinofy > K ^ eat sajftgto , an 4 caolnew of
judg ^ ftt . Jealous as he ever was of changing { iia l > ejief , an ^ l Incessantly and Impartially as he examined it by the Iliblje only , it was a . causf * of fllmjere rejoicing to h > m that hq ar « ve 4 < Kl a ; knowledge of Unitarian Christianity ^ \ t may here be interesting to mention , ^ hat he was one of a small bo 4 y of inquirers in
this city , wty > iflaBy year * a » t > separated themselves from amongst their orthodox dissenting brethren tojiearch to gcriptur ^ s and e ^ an ^ ne fox tfeem « 0 lv «» whethe , r tl ^ ese , t ^ in ae we « e so , Vn * m \\ $ ht ~ ene 4 by ^ ajdji of learning , jthey procee < M < migeotij ; | n tlj ^ ir sacred la ^ aur » , meeting tog ^^ er for divine wowWp , mutual edincat ! op | $ wl dh&wixw the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/59/
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