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BY THE REV. DANIEL DAVIES.

I was very pleased when I heard that you were about to write a memoir of the late Dr. Price. My recollections of him go so far back as the time when he settled in the ministry at the old Penypound Chapel, Aberdare. My impressions of him are that he was a very remarkable man in every position he occupied. He was so as a preacher, eloquent and powerful; and as such his fort was the historical. He pictured the narratives of the Bible very vividly to his audience. Once he was preaching on Christ feeding the five thousand men with the five loaves and two fishes; in the midst of the sermon he said, 'I imagine I see the disciples with their baskets going among the multitude. Peter, when he saw the miraculous manner the bread was being multiplied, called out loudly, 'John, how are you getting on? my basket is as full as ever.' What a grand master we have.' Once, he was preaching on the limitation of Satan's knowledge. He said that some people say that Satan cannot see further than his nose, 'But,' said the Dr., 'that nose is rather long sometimes.' He was a most successful preacher, and may be designated the 'Spurgeon of Wales,' for the first 25 years of his ministry especially. This may be seen in the Aberdare Valley in the many memorials of his life. There are other evidences, viz., the noble band of men he rose to the Christian ministry, who are popular and useful at home and abroad. He was also a wise disciplinarian; he showed this in the manner he managed the churches. One time, when the English church (Carmel) was without a pastor, there was a difficult case to deal with in the church meeting there was one unruly member who would partake of the communion against the will of the church. The members felt they could not proceed with the case. I was asked by the deacons to go over to the society at Calvaria, to request Dr. Price to come over and help us. I went, and told him my message. He stood on his feet and said, 'Please go on with the meeting for a short time; I will be back soon. The devil is in the English church, and they want me to cast him out.' He came, and asked the unruly man, who was lame, if he did partake of the bread and wine against the will of the church He replied in the affirmative. Then,' the Dr. said, 'the devil must be in you.' He pointed to the door, and said, 'Please to go out.' He was reluctant to go. Now go,' said the Dr., 'or I'll use my foot to you.' Then the man went