PONTYPOOL
December 13th, 1815, the Rev. David Powell, late student of Abergavenny, was ordained over the English particular Baptist Church, at Pontypool, in the county of Monmouth. The Scriptures were read and the blessing of God supplicated, by Mr. Davis of Carewent; - Mr. Evans of Carleon delivered the introductory discourse, asked the usual questions, and received the confession of faith - Mr. Edmonds of Trosnant, (a village adjoining the town of Pontypool) offered the ordination prayer;- Mr. Thomas Tutor, of the Baptist Academy, at Abergavenny, gave the charge from 2 Tim. iv. 5. - Mr. Rowland, of Abergavenny, addressed the people from Deut. i. 38; - and Mr. Evans, of Brecon, concluded the morning service by prayer; who, with Mr. David Jones, student at Abergavenny, preached in the evening a double lecture.
