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David Thomas was a Welsh preacher and publisher of The Homilist, a magazine of liturgical thought.

The son of William Thomas of Hopsill, also a preacher, Thomas was born near Tenby, Pembrokeshire and started life in a commercial career, in which he achieved a rapid success. Thomas was already giving his Sundays to preaching, and was prevailed upon to give up his business prospects in order to devote himself wholly to the ministry. He entered Newport Pagnell College to prepare for the ministry, and afterwards became pastor at Chesham. In 1844, he moved to Stockwell, London, where he ministered to a congregation reaching up to 900 people until his retirement in 1877. He began publication of The Homilist in 1852, and proceeded to publish over forty volumes. He also wrote The Crisis of Being—six lectures to Young Men on Religious Decision; The Progress of Being; The Genius of the Gospels; A Commentary on the Gospel of St. Matthew; The Practical Philosopher; Problemata Mnndi, and other works. His collected writings eventually filled nine volumes, republished between 1882 and 1889.Thomas was the originator of the Working Men's Club and Institute, of which Lord Brougham was first president; and of an insurance plan for the benefit of widows of ministers. His congregants included Catherine Mumford and Wilson Carlile. Pennsylvania's Waynesburg College awarded Thomas an Honorary Doctorate, recognizing his efforts to reconcile the churches of the United States and England.

Died at his daughter's home in Ramsgate on 30 December 1894 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. Wikipedia  

✵ 1813 – 30. December 1894
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“Amusements are to religion like breezes of air to the flame; gentle ones will fan it, but strong ones will put it out.”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 12.

“Every sinful act is another cord woven into that mighty cable of habit, which binds the spirit to the throne of darkness.”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 296.

“The Divine government of the world is like a stream that rolls under us; men are only as bubbles that rise on its surface; some are brighter and larger, and sparkle longer in the sun than others; but all must break; whilst the mighty current rolls on in its wonted majesty!”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 403.

“Unselfish and noble acts are the most radiant epochs in the biography of souls.”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 4.

“The life of a godly man is like a river, not like a stagnant pool or a dead sea. It is ever in motion, sometimes sparkling in the sunbeam, and sometimes shivering in the clouds; sometimes chanting through scenery as beautiful as Eden, and sometimes moaning through districts of miserable desolation; sometimes clear as the day, and sometimes black as the night. Still it is ever moving to its ocean destiny — progress is its law, infinitude is its home.”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 566.

“How free from every thing like art were the reasonings and language of Christ.”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 63.

“These — lowliness, meekness, long-suffering, loving forbearance — quiet, unpretending, unshowy virtues, are amongst the best means for promoting true unity in the church of God. Who is the most useful Christian? Not as a rule he who has the most transcendent genius, brilliant talents, and commanding eloquence, but he who has the most of this quiet, loving, forbearing spirit. The world may do without its Niagara, whose thundering roar and majestic rush excite the highest amazement of mankind, but it cannot spare the thousand rivulets that glide unseen and unheard every moment through the earth, imparting life, and verdure, and beauty wherever they go. And so the church may do without its men of splendid abilities, but it cannot do without its men of tender, loving, forbearing souls.”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 105.

“A great man, I take it, is a man so inspired and permeated with the ideas of God and the Christly spirit as to be too magnanimous for vengeance, and too unselfish to seek his own ends.”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 293.

“Truth does not require your painting, brother; it is itself beauty. Unfold it, and men will be captivated. Take your brush to set off the rainbow, or give a new tinge of splendor to the setting sun, but keep it away from the "Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley."”

David Thomas (born 1813)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 606.

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