After 1739 the progress of the religious revival in Wales was altogether phenomenal; and in 1752 Theophilus Evans delivered an attack in English upon all religious enthusiasts, Fifth Monarchy Men, Methodists, &c., in his "History of Modern Enthusiasm, by Theophilus Evans. London 1752," a second edition of which appeared in London in 1757, and not 1759 as Theophilus Jones has it in his "History of Breconshire.'
In 1758 appeared:
"Llwybr Hyffordd y Plentyn Bach i Fywyd. tragwyddol... wedi ei gyfieithu yn Gymraeg gan Theoph. Evans.
Argraphwyd yn y Mwythig gan Thos. Durston, 1758."
Finally, in 1760, he published: "Pregeth, yn dangos beth yw Natur ac Anian y Pechod yn erbyn yr Yspryd Glân. Gan T. Evans, Vicar Dewi, yn Aberhonddu. Mwythig, 1760."
This was reprinted in the Haul of 1865, PP. 297, &c.
He resigned Llangamarch on August 13, 1763, in favour of his son-in-law, Rev. Hugh Jones, father of the better known Theophilus Jones, the historian of Brecknockshire, but he held the living of St. David's, Llanfaes, till his death on September 11th, 1767. He was buried in a corner of Llangamarch Churchyard, where afterwards his grandson, Theophilus Jones, at his own request, was also interred.
The following is a literal reproduction of the inscriptions on the tombstone:
