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Description: | Seated male figure, left leg forward, open book on lap, books and newspaper under chair. Left hand holding top edge of book, right hand holding arm of chair. Additional Information: Lewis Edwards (1809-1887). Born at Pwllcenawon, Penllwyn, Cardiganshire. Founder and for fifty years principal of Bala Calvinistic Methodist College (1837-1887). He was a noted teacher and theologian propounding the value of an educated ministry and the importance of education and culture. He argued on behalf of the Presbyterian System, the settled pastorate, the Sustentation Fund, a General Assembly and English-speaking churches. He was moderator of the North Wales Association 1862 and 1875 and of the General Assembly 1866 and 1876. He married Jane Charles in 1836, the grand-daughter of Thomas Charles of Bala and the following year opened a school at Bala which became the preparatory school for ministers of the Calvinistic Methodist denomination. He also had a storng belief in the press; an important contribution in this field was his co-operation with Roger Edwards and Thomas Gee to produce Y Traethodydd in 1845. The building is now owned by the Presbyterian Church of Wales and run as an educational training centre. | Subjects: | Statue | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Goscombe John, William Foundry: Burton, Thames Ditton, A.B. | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6738... | Go to resource |
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