Ill health in 1845

In a note after the date June 1 1845, Thomas writes

“The last Sermon was the last I preached for 15 weeks, the longest interval from preaching for three & forty years. The most dire attack & scene of personal affliction prevented my engaging in my long accustomed work for so many weeks my recovery was the wonder of all around me. “Bless the Lord O my soul, etc. Ps ciii.1-5” At the end of the year he writes “Thus ends another in the Summer of which the writer was wonderfully restored to health. Lam III.22."

Operation in London 1828

In his preaching diary Thomas makes a note in 1828 that

“From the 18^th of Feby till the 22^nd of March I was from home in London undergoing a great & severe operatn, viz, the removal of a Tumour weighing Six Pounds & one ounce from my left knee”