ROGERS
,
RICHARD SAMUEL
(
1882
-
1950
),
minister (B), editor and writer
;
b.
12 Aug. 1882
, at
Pwll
near
Llanelli, Carms.
, s. of
John
and
Elizabeth
Rogers
. He started
preaching
there at the age of 15 when he was a pupil at the county school. He won the
Dan Isaac
Davies
prize and graduated with honours in
Welsh
at the
University College
,
Cardiff
. He won the college and other
bardic chairs
, but soon abandoned
poetry
for
theology
. He was ordained at
Soar (B)
,
Pontlotyn
, in
1906
, and served ministries at
Rhos
,
Mountain Ash
,
1908-1915
, and at
Gomer chapel
,
Swansea
,
1915-48
. He retired in
1948
. His theological works include two volumes on eschatology —
Y Deyrnas a'r Ail Ddyfodiad
,
1914
, and
Athrawiaeth y Diwedd
,
1934
, the subject of his
M.A.
thesis. His commentary on the
Book of Revelations
appeared in
1944
and he published a volume of well-polished sermons entitled
A'r Drws yn Gaead
in
1948
. He contributed much to periodicals and to
Y Geiriadur Beiblaidd
. His two useful works on the
Welsh
language,
Llyfr gloywi Cymraeg
,
1920
, and
Camre'r Gymraeg
,
1926
, became popular.
He was a member of the
National
Eisteddfod
council
, the
Gorsedd
of Bards
, the
B.B.C.'s religious advisory committee
, and the
Swansea public library committee
. For a considerable period he was
principal
of the
Ilston preparatory school
, and was
president
of the
Welsh Baptist Union
for
1946-47
. He
edited the hymns
for
Llawlyfr Moliant Newydd
, and was
editor
of
Seren Cymru
from
1936
until his death on
21 Feb. 1950
.
Bibliography:
-
The Baptist Union of Wales Handbook and
Diary
,
1951
;
-
Seren Cymru
,
March, 1950
.
Author:
Rev. Richard Bryn Williams, M.A., (1902-81), Rhuthyn / Aberystwyth
