Introduction

Biography

Educated at St. Ma­ry Hall (now part of Or­i­el Col­lege), Ox­ford, Eng­land (BA 1866), Ev­ans took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1864.

He was suc­cess­ive­ly cur­ate of Slough; New Wind­sor, Berk­shire; and Wal­mer, Kent; Or­gan­is­ing Sec­re­ta­ry to the S.P.G.; Sec­re­ta­ry to the South Am­er­ican Mis­sion­ary So­cie­ty (though he did not serve in the post); As­sist­ant Ex­am­in­er to the Ci­vil Ser­vice Com­mis­sion­ers; and rec­tor of Kirk Hall­am, Ilkes­ton, Der­by­shire (1875).

Works

• Pietas Pue­ri­lis, 1865
• The Four­fold Mes­sage of Ad­vent, 1870
• The Pride of the Vil­lage (Lon­don: Chri­stian Know­ledge So­ci­ety, 1884)
• Second Sight (London: So­cie­ty for Pro­mot­ing Chris­tian Know­ledge, 1893)