See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

CHRISTMAS See also:

• CHRISTMAS EVANS (1766-1838)
• EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836-1896)
• EVANS, OLIVER (1755–1819)
• EVANS, SIR GEORGE DE LACY (1787–1870)
• EVANS, SIR JOHN (1823-1908)

EVANS (1766-1838)  , Welsh See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist divine, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Llandyssul, See also:

• CARDIGANSHIRE (Ceredigion, Sir Aberteifi)

Cardiganshire, on the 25th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1766 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a shoemaker, died See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early, and the boy See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up as an illiterate See also:

• FARM

farm labourer . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seventeen, becoming servant to a Presbyterian See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

Davies, he was affected by a religious revival and learned to read and write in See also:

• ENGLISH

English and Welsh . The itinerant Calvinistic Methodist preachers and the members of the Baptist See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church at Llandyssul further influenced him, and he soon joined the latter See also:

• DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

denomination . In 1789 he went into See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales as a preacher and settled for two years in the desolate See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of Lleyn, See also:

• CARNARVONSHIRE (Welsh Caer'narfon, for Caer yn Arfon)

Carnarvonshire, whence he removed to Llangefni in See also:

• ANGLESEY, ARTHUR ANNESLEY
• ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM PAGET
• ANGLESEY, or ANGLESEA

Anglesey . Here, on a See also:

• STIPEND

stipend of X17 a See also:

• YEAR

year, supplemented by a little See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract-selling, he built up a strong Baptist community, modelling his organization to some extent on that of the Calvinistic Methodists . Many new chapels were built, the See also:

• MONEY

money being' collected on See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching See also:

• TOURS

tours which See also:

• EVANS, CHRISTMAS (1766-1838)
• EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836-1896)
• EVANS, OLIVER (1755–1819)
• EVANS, SIR GEORGE DE LACY (1787–1870)
• EVANS, SIR JOHN (1823-1908)

Evans undertook in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Wales . In 1826 Evans accepted an invitation to See also:

• CAERPHILLY

Caerphilly, where he remained for two years, removing in 1828 to See also:

• CARDIFF

Cardiff . In 1832, in response to urgent calls from the north, he settled in See also:

• CARNARVON
• CARNARVON, EARLDOM OF

Carnarvon and again undertook the old See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• BUILDING

building and See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting . He was taken See also:

• ILL

ill on a tour in South Wales, and died at See also:

• SWANSEA

Swansea on the 19th of See also:

• JULY

July 1838 . In spite of his early disadvantages and See also:

• PERSONAL

personal disfigurement (he had lost an See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye in a X . 1 youthful brawl), See also:

• CHRISTMAS (i.e. the Mass of Christ)

Christmas Evans was a remarkably powerful preacher .

To a natural aptitude for this calling he See also:

• UNITED

united a nimble mind and an inquiring spirit; his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character was See also:

• SIMPLE

simple, his piety humble and his faith fervently evangelical . For a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he came under Sandemanian See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence, and when the Wesleyans entered Wales he took the Calvinist See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side in the See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter controversies that were frequent from 1800 to 1810 . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief characteristic was a vivid and affluent See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination, which absorbed and controlled all his other See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, and earned for him the name of " the See also:

• BUNYAN, JOHN (1628-1688)

Bunyan of Wales." His See also:

• WORKS

works were edited by See also:

• OWEN, JOHN (1616-1683)
• OWEN, JOHN [OVENUS Or AUDOENUS] (c. 1560-1622)
• OWEN, ROBERT (1771-1858)
• OWEN, SIR HUGH (1804-1881)
• OWEN, SIR RICHARD (1804–1892)

Owen Davies in 3 vols . (Carnarvon, 1895-1897) . See the Lives by D . R . See also:

• STEPHENS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1812-1883)
• STEPHENS, JOHN LLOYD (1805–1852)

Stephens (1847) and See also:

• PAXTON, SIR JOSEPH (1801-1865)

Paxton See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood (1883) .