Moravian Lives

The Life of the Widower B.r Jr. Evans as Dictated by
himself.  I was born at Presteign Radnorshire May 3 1714.
being in low Circumstances I went as a Boy into Service to do
Husbandry work, but had early impressions, ab.t my present & future
State, not without Temptations to make away w.th my Self having
at times great Anxiety ab.t my unsafe State. But our Sav.r has
graciously kept his hand over me & preserv'd me in many dangers
of Body & Soul. While in Service w.th Esq.r Legge I was sent up a 
Ladder to the pidgeon holes & got a fall, by which my Thigh joint
was put out & has remained so ever since. I then learnd the
Clothing Busyness  Business, here my Concern for my Salvation encreasd  increased &
I thought I had committed the Sin against the H. Ghost, but was much
comforted by hearing some Religious Books Read on the Subject.
One Parker from Lond.n & soon after the late B.r Beaumon came &
preach'd in those parts, & when a Soicety  Society was settled at thelgore, I was 
also a Member thereof, I hereby got some knowledge of the Br.n, I went
on in a very legal course, but co.d find no Rest for my Soul, till once n[?]
my distress I our Sav.r manifested himself to my Soul, w.ch removed all my Fears, & I enjoy'd a
happy Intercourse w.th him for 3 Years. After Br. Beaumons Decease there
was different Doctrines Taught by the Methodists but Br Cennick having
preach'd there many were despos'd to adhere to the B.rn when I w.th sev.l more
Joind B.r Roberts & sent a Written Invitation to the B.rn, w.ch was accepted of.
At a time when there was a difference in opinion whether we [sho?]?
pay our Devotion to our Sav.r in his Glorified State or in that of his
Suffrings upon w.ch I pray'd our Sav.r to make it clear to him me, upon w.ch
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