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When Eben came away from College Carmarthen his holiness was voiced abroad the land and three Capels sent him word to come and rule over them. Of the three he distinguished the finger of God in the weakestCapel Salem in Castellybryn. In the time of the respected Caleb Daviss it was said, “A fountain of light is Capel Salem”; but the godly Caleb ascended, whereof the glory departed and the tabernacle became as a withered roadside tree that harbours upon itself all the refuse the wind brings. Eben summoned the chief praying men into the Capel every night for thirty days, to entreat the Lord to restore the religious lustre of His tabernacle. Their prayers were answered: whereas at the beginning of Eben’s ministry the congregation could be counted by the dozen, in two years their numbers were above any in the shire. His fame