Writing and Editing Career
The missionary, Dr Helen Rowlands of Sylhet said of him "The map of the world (and not only India) was continuously before his eyes at all times". Yet he never visited India but wrote two volumes on the romance of the mission work. The Welsh volume is called Hanes Cenhadaeth Dramor y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd Cymreig published at Caernarfon in 1907.
He edited two magazines which have been discontinued. He edited Cenhadwr (Missionary) from its inception in 1922 till his retirement in 1949, and it retained its high standard throughout the years giving the readers an idea of the activities of missionaries in the Khasi Hills, Lushai Hills and those who laboured on the plains of Sylhet. He also edited the sister magazine for the English speaking Welsh Presbyterians. The title of this magazine was Glad Tidings.
John Hughes Morris also wrote: The Story of our Foreign Mission (Presbyterian Church of Wales), Liverpool 1930, Hugh Evans & Sons Ltd. His book may be considered the definitive source on the Welsh Calvinistic Missions to:
- The Serampore Mission
- The Khasi Hills 1842 - 1930
- The Plains of Sylhet and Cachar
- The Lushai Hills
- The Breton Mission
In addition to these detailed accounts of the 5 mission fields listed above there is a half page entry in his book relating to the Mission to the Jews that inaugurated in 1846 when the Rev. John Mills of Llandidloes was appointed to work among the Jews in London. The first Jewish convert was a man named Henry Wolf and baptised in 1851 at Rose Place Chapel, Liverpool. Rev. Mills' work ended in 1859 but there ensued later, a number of conversions in London and from other places, to the Christian faith. (ref. John Morris Hughes chp. IX, p. 100).
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