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which were remarkable for their freshness and racy quality, was issued shortly after his death by his son-in-law, under the title of "Nodiadau Herber" (Dolgelly, 1897, 8vo, with portrait). His brother, the Rev. W. Justin Evans, also edited a volume of his sermons (London, 1897), entitled "True and False Aims and other
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Evans performed some useful literary work as editor of "Y Dysgedydd" ("The
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Throughout his life, Evans took an active part in civic work; he was elected on the first school board at
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reprints of his two addresses from the chair of the congregational union. He had just completed, before his final illness, a chapter which he was contributing for a biography of Dr. John Thomas of
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his sermons were characterised by freshness of presentment rather than originality of idea, being practical rather than doctrinal. Probably no Welsh pastor ever appeared so often in
English pulpits, and he was immensely popular with English audiences.
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