Christmas Evans by B. A. Ramsbottom.
This paperback by Pastor B. A. Ramsbottom, editor of the Gospel Standard, tells the story of one of the noted preachers of Wales, Christmas Evans. His labours were evidently abundantly blessed of the Lord, many being converted under his preaching in the different parts of Wales in which he laboured. Specimens are given of the allegorical type of preaching which he sometimes employed and this reveals why he was given the name of the Bunyan of Wales. The extracts from his preaching form a very attractive feature of the paperback and will be appreciated by many who read them. For a short time Christmas Evans became affected with Sandemanianism but, becoming aware that he had lost to a great degree the spirit of prayer and of preaching, he was delivered from it and his life resumed its former usefulness. The Lord was pleased in other days to raise up eminent and useful preachers of the Gospel in Wales and elsewhere. May He be pleased to do so again.
D. B. M.