TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVd MICAH THOMAS
THE FIRST MINISTER OF THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION ASSEMBLING IN THIS
PLACE OF WORSHIP
THIS TABLET ERECTED BY HIS AFFECTIONATE PEOPLE AND A FEW OTHER FRIENDS
SERVES AS BUT A FAINT EXPRESSION OF THE HIGH AND LASTING ESTEEM WHICH
THEY CHERISH TOWARDS HIM FOR HIS MORAL EXCELLENCE HIS MENTAL
ENDOWMENTS AND HIS DEVOTEDNESS OF HEART AND LIFE TO HIS MASTERS WORK
HE WAS A SKILFUL AND FAITHFUL INSTRUCTOR
A WIDE AND JUDICIOUS COUNSELLOR
AND A TRUE AND SYMPATHIZING FRIEND
FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY AND TO FOUR SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS HE
PREACHED THE GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD AND FOR THIRTY YEARS
HE WAS THE SOLE TUTOR OF THE ENGLISH AND WELSH ACADEMY WHICH
THROUGH HIS EXERTIONS WAS ORIGINATED IN THIS TOWN
ON THE 28th OF NOVEMBER 1853 AND IN THE 76th YEAR OF HIS AGE
THIS SUCCESSFUL MINISTER QUITTED
THE FIELD OF LABOUR AND ENTERED INTO HIS ETERNAL REST.
WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT THOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS
I WILL MAKE THEE RULER OVER MANY THINGS ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THE LORD
"THEY THAT BE WISE SHALL SHINE AS THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT AND THEY
THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS S THE STARS FOR EVER AND EVER"
This plaque is found in the basement of the present Frogmore Street church
This plaque is found in the basement of the present Frogmore Street church
