1841. This year he baptised 16 at one time. "In the evening," says Mr Thomas, "we received them into the church and I administered the Lord's Supper. Such a spirit towards one another, we have never seen before. Hallelujah." And at the close of the year he said "Bless Jehovah, my soul".
1843. This year he baptised at once 2? and at twelve other times and ended the year with praise to the Lord.
1844. At the end of this year again we find an Ebenezer.
1846. June 24th, he preached the annual sermon to the students at Bristol College. His text was 2 Corinthians 5:18-20. And as before we have "Ebenezer" at the end.
1847. April 18th, we have the beloved brother Thomas Michael being baptised. He is the son of Mr Job Michael, an important man in Abergavenny, and one of the Llanwenarth deacons. T M is now in the Pontypool College. May he be useful in Christ's kingdom. [He went on to serve in Clapton and Evesham]. In the same month Mr Thomas preached at the opening of the English Baptist place of worship in Pontypool; his text was 1 Corinthians 15:64-55. In August we find him preaching in Middleton and Oxford and ending the year with an Ebenezer stone.
1852. This year was the last complete one of Micah Thomas's long extended ministry. At the end he writes, "Praise the Lord forever".
1853. Mr Thomas's notebook ends "September 25th, Psalm 34:7" but he preached for approximately two months after that. It comes up to about 90 sermons in the last year of his life. In the summer of that year he preached twice in Swansea. August 7th, in York Place, from Romans 8:33; the 14th, in Mount Pleasant, from 1 Timothy 4:10.
Lewis says that in his life time Thomas must have preached
At home 4445 times
Away from home 1046 times
Total 5491 sermons!
And baptised about 401 disciples.
"Good servant, good and faithful".
