A DISTINGUISHED CONGREGATIONALIST.
i The Rev. .Jolui Thomas,, of Merthyr Tydfil, has ,"[ ; been/elected.\ chairman, of. tho Union :'of. His inthe- vPrincipality has conferred :u'pon liim- all :its honojirs, 1 in'recbghitibn of ; liis servicesVas a faith-. ful minister, a great -'preacher;: and 'one of the leaders of theypeople in - South Wales. . Thomas .: is - a.nativo' of Bettws Ammanford; he.jwas educated, at the Carmarthen Collego, .and.ordained to the ministry in the year 1874, as pastor,of the .Llanedi arid Pontardu-: .lais churches; ; yeare 'iater ■ he-.ac-. cepted ..the - pastorate of-'Zoar Church, Jforthy Tydlil.. In 1887 ho went to the , English ministry, as pastor I of'. tho church "at- I'ontypool, but tho following year: ho , returned to-, iis; old. church at • ■ Mcrthyr.--Tydfil.';- ;; 'Mri Thomas, in "addition to being a. great; preacherj ■ wields' a facile pen, and : is-.tho. editor of. the "Tyst," the'weekly'organ' of the Welsh Congregatioualists, and lie. is .joints editor ofthe.. '.'Cenad Ffedd," one of tho AVclsh'- Congregationalmagazines.. He is. the. father of Rev;: J. -Evelyn Thomas, 8;A.v8.D., of Bournemouth.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 9
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165A DISTINGUISHED CONGREGATIONALIST. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 924, 17 September 1910, Page 9
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