ABSTRACT
This chapter records the extraordinary life and impact of a Welsh immigrant who arrived in 1800. Thomas, son of Griffith Jones by Annie, his wife, baptized May 3, 1778. – Parish Register, South Wales, county of Rednor. On earth, they simply said that a man child was born, but in Heaven, in the great Book of Life, the anger noted, in letters of light, the creation of an immortal soul. With the thoughtfulness characteristic of strong natures, he thus early became absorbed in the great mystery and the great truths of life. In England, intolerance, with sword in hand, mocked at that religion which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated; whilst in France the Reign of Terror was at its hight, the Christian religion suppressed, the Sabbath abolished, and, by the passing of a decree, the only French deities from henceforth were declared to be Liberty, Equality and Reason.
