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    tion under the able tution of the Rev . John James , then of Uoyd-Jack in that county , l * u t now minister of Geiliomien in Glamorganshire . From Mr . James ' s school he removed to the Prestnteriari College at Caermarthen ,

    where he past through I lie regular course-. of four years , with exemplary regularity of * conduct , and with great diligence " in the prosecution of his studies . At the public examination of the students of that institution in 1817 , he particularly distinguished

    himself , especially by his proficiency in the classics , and a prize was in consequence awarded him by the visitors ( Dr . Rees , Dr . Lindsay * and Mr , James Esdaile ) as a testimony of their approbation . It was his earnest wish , at the close of his academical course

    at Caermarthen , in 1818 , to have prosecuted his studies for . some time longer at the University of Glasgow , onf ) r . Williams ' s foundation , and an application was made for this purpose to the trustees , which failed , only

    because there happened to be then no vacancy at their disposal . After this disappointment , . which , hi the event , proved to himself a fortunate circumstance , he accepted an invitation from the congregation at ] (

    minster , where he settled in the autumn of the last year . Shortly after his removal to this place some alarming symptoms began to display a hem selves of an internal disease , which , it was evident , had been for some time

    silently preying upon his frame . His liver seemed at first to be the principal seat of his disorder ; but it soon became apparent that his lungs were also deeply affected . As soon as it Was dftfmpd npp ^ snriT ir \ liown % * a was deemed to have

    necessary recourse to medical advice , he was favoured with the able and gratuitous services of Dr . Southwood Smith , of Yeovil , whose kind and unremitting attentions he duly appreciated , and

    acknowledged with sincere And affectionate gratitude . Writing to a friend on the subject , he says , " Dr . Smith has behaved towards * me , throughout rciy whole illness , more like a brother than a medical gentleman . " Or . tfJake , ofTaiJiitoir , also , in the hand * * omest atui-kinclfst manner , gave him occasionally the benefit of his professional advice . Neither the skill , nor the Jandness of these estimable persons was , however , of any avail ,

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    except to alleviate the present sufferings of the patient , and to soothe and support his spirits in the prospect of the fatal result which , at an early period , was anticipated as almost inevitable .

    Mr . Williams ' s conduct , during the progress of his insidious , lingering , and often acutely painful disoicier , to the last hour of his existence , evinced that he had not entered on the profession of a Christian minister before

    he had become deeply imbued with a Christian spirit , and acquired some of the most essential graces of the Christian life . All his complicated sufferings were sustained with exemplary meekness and patience , mn \ he bowed ,

    throughout the whole , with the triost entire resignation to the wi'l of the great Arbiter of life and death . " To

    the last he was comfortable in mind , and perfectly satisfied with all the infinitely wise dispensations uf Providence . He was sensible to the last hour of life , and exhibited no s \ mptotn of terror as he approached the awful

    period of . dissolution . " The attentions which Mr . Williams experienced dining lm protracted-illness from his congregation , and from oth £ r persons in the neighbourhood , are equally to the honour of those from whose benevolence they

    proceeded , and of the individual whose character and behaviour could , on so . short an acquaintance , command such general and marked-ebit'eny Besides Dr . Blake and Dr . Smith , who have already been mentioned , lie received

    the most prompt aTid cordial services , professional and otherwise , from some neighbouring ministers , among whom mav be named" Mr . Fa we . el t , of Yeovil , Mr , Blake , of Crewkerue , ond Mr . Edwards , of ^ Sxetcr . The ! n . st

    gentleman undertook the regular charge of IT 1 Tj his congregation , travelling weekly a distance of upwards of thirty miles to officiate for him ; and had it in his power by thc ^ e visits gre » t ! v to relieve the mind and spirits of Ins young friend by conducting an occasional

    correspondence * , and transmuting some other little matters of business to which be was liin ^ Hf uni qual . The ruembers of his congregation , also , vied with each other in their affectionate zeal to mitigate hist sufferings , and to supply him with every accommodation and comfort of which his

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    Obituary . —Rev . William Williams . . 511

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1819, page 511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1775/page/51/